Entries for the 'PLC' Category

Nick Morales

07/11/2022

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One of the most essential tasks on any PLC platform is linking software variables to physical hardware inputs and outputs. Without the ability to do this, our software would be meaningless code executing on a processor, unable to affect the...

Nick Morales

04/21/2022

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Why Version Control? If you’ve ever gone through a project archive, found something that looks like the following: Project_20180807 Project_20180813 Project_20180813_Final Project_20180813_FinalB Project_20180813_FinalFinal P...

Nick Morales

04/20/2022

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One of the many advantages to using Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 is that it stores project files and code in text-based file formats — making it a great candidate for use with version control software. When setting up a project, there are a few steps ...

Jack Haskell

02/22/2022

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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...

Nick Morales

02/17/2022

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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...

Dave Weldon

11/18/2021

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The Scope tool in TwinCAT 3 is typically utilized when debugging during commissioning phases or troubleshooting a malfunctioning machine. As an inaugural member of the Beckhoff Integrator Group, we're very familiar with these processes—we e...

Nikhil Holay

11/17/2021

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Recently, a client reached out to DMC looking to improve their part traceability and simplify their future maintenance. Specifically, their Cognex camera timestamps were not synchronized with their Beckhoff IPC. This had the potential to cause tracea...

Grant Ralston

03/22/2021

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From reading and writing XML files to restarting the IPC, TwinCAT PLCs offer a lot of functionality through their built-in libraries. Additionally, TwinCAT runs on a Windows environment that can offer an even wider variety of functionalities to ...

Jessica Mlinaric

03/05/2021

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Ginkgo Bioworks, a biotech company that DMC recently partnered with was featured on the February 28, 2021 episode of 60 Minutes. Ginkgo co-founder and CEO Jason Kelly discussed their efforts to optimize the manufacturing process for RNA. Opti...

Nick Morales

02/15/2021

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This is the third and final installment of a three-part blog series covering all you need to know about getting started with a Beckhoff PLC/HMI. In this blog, we'll be covering how to configure the HMI and the final steps to configure your B...