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DMC to Present at UEI Seminar Series on April 25

DMC Project Director, Jon Carson, will lead presentations at the United Electronic Industries educational seminar series on April 25, 2018. A morning session and an afternoon session will be held in Hauppauge, NY. The seminar is target...


FactoryTalk View: Parameter Linking Bug Fix

Global Objects are a great way to cut down on development time, modularize, and add repeatability to your FactoryTalk HMI project. We previously explored this topic in our blog, Rockwell FactoryTalk Studio Basics: Global Objects and Tag Substitu...


Leveraging Siemens MultiUser Engineering for TIA Portal

With Siemens TIA Portal V14, a great new tool for PLC and HMI development called MultiUser Engineering was released. MultiUser Engineering allows multiple developers to access a server project through local sessions and quickly and ...


Efficient SCL Development in TIA Portal V14

With the recent release of TIA Portal V14 and V14 SP1, several new additions have been added to increase the efficiency and organization of code written in SCL (structured control language). Recently, I have been using many of these new features w...


Turning an Arduino into a Modbus Device

A situation arises where you have a system that includes a PLC, an HMI, and some peripheral devices. The HMI displays some information to a user and allows for some basic control and the PLC manages data collection and communication th...


How to Change a Fanuc Robot's Default Speed on Cold Start

Short answer:  $SCR.$coldovrd Long answer: The robot's done. Testing went perfectly, operators know how to start, stop, and reset the system from the HMI without ever needing to touch the Teach Pendant. Then, someone powers off ...


Siemens Open Library Version 2.0 Release

Version 2.0 has just been released for the Siemens Open Library. This includes a Portal V14 SP1 release, including WinCC Pro and WinCC OA support. Explore and download the Siemens Open Library at openplclibrary.com.   V2 contains...


DMC Joins Beckhoff Integrator Network

DMC is proud to be recognized as an inaugural member of the Beckhoff Integrator Network (rebranded the Beckhoff Integrator Group in 2020). This designation recognizes our proficiency in implementing Beckhoff automation solutions and our close&nb...


Siemens RFID Card Reader Setup, User Administration, and Auto-Login

This blog is an instruction guide to installing the necessary Comfort Panel HMI software for interfacing with a Siemens RFID card reader. Additionally, the guide will demonstrate the necessary setup elements in the PLC project, as well as instru...


How to Connect to an Allen-Bradley SLC 500 PLC

With most modern PLCs, all you need to start programming or troubleshooting is to plug in your laptop with a plain old ethernet cable. Older PLCs, however, tend to use a myriad of different cables and protocols. With a large number of legacy systems,...


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