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Entries for February 2022

MagneMotion Guide Part 6: Track Recovery Considerations

In the last blog (MagneMotion Blog Part 5: Advanced Vehicle Controls)  we discussed using additional PLC commands to send vehicles around a track. Here we’ll discuss general strategy for reinitializing and startup up your MagneMotion syste...


Tour de Houston 2: Welcome Party + Activity Fund

At DMC, one of our favorite ways to enact our core value, ‘Have Fun’, is by hosting a ‘Welcome Party’ for each new team member. Welcome parties give new members of DMC the opportunity to get to know their c...


TwinCAT Project Variants

Introducing TwinCAT Project Variants! Variants are available from build 4024 onward and allow you to modify hardware configuration and even run different code based on different versions of the same project. You can quickly toggle between these versi...


Security Considerations for Remote Access

Remote access has long been a great way to allow timely and cost-effective maintenance of systems. Often, a problem can be fixed in an hour of remote diagnostics versus a day of travel and an hour on-site. On one occasion, I actually hooked a 56...


DMC Quote Board - February 2022

Visitors to DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board," documenting the best engineering jokes and employee one-liners of the moment.  Learn more about DMC's company culture and contact us for your ne...


The Guide to Life at DMC Houston

Houston has produced some of the nation’s gems, including NASA and BeyoncĂ©. Now, a new masterpiece has arisen—the new and improved DMC Houston office.  New Building New Me Prior to the pandemic, DMC Houston relocated to th...