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Customizing WinCC Tags in PCS7

PCS7’s AS-OS Engineering feature automatically creates and connects WinCC OS tags for your PCS7 AS blocks during compilation. Although this feature is a huge timesaver, it sometimes needs to be customized for your specific application. In th...


DMC Attends PCC Oktoberfest 2023

DMC recently returned to PCC Oktoberfest, the annual industrial automation conference hosted by Siemens and PCC. This conference features educational seminars and an expansive expo where attendees can network and demo th...


Using an SD Card for Retentive Memory - Siemens PLC

When working with Siemens PLCs, sometimes you will need the ability to save data that does not fit in retentive memory when there is a power cycle. The solution is to use an SD card with a Siemens PLC to periodically write data from a ...


DMC to Present at PCC Oktoberfest 2023

DMC looks forward to attending PCC Oktoberfest this Thursday, September 28 at Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center in West Bend, Wisconsin. PCC Oktoberfest is a one-day conference of seminars, demos, and hands-on workshops host...


Go Further with Siemens Motion and Safety Using the S7-1517TF

This blog will discuss how we are currently using S7-1517TF PLCs in TIA Portal to achieve coordinated motion and failsafe functionality. Our motion solution involves camming, controlling non-linear proportional valves, and interfacing with 3rd par...


Modifying a Customized Display Case with Siemens PLC Programming

Our Work DMC worked with a nonprofit Midwestern art museum to modify a custom display case and turn it into one that can reliably be used universally for other displays. The large display case originally contained a piece of long scroll art on ...


 Siemens IPC Disk Space Monitoring in WinCC Runtime

Siemens Industrial PCs (IPC) are a great option for projects that require data logging and storage within a Windows operating system. A project I worked on recently required us to do exactly that. We needed to log alarms and audit trails, but...


Virtualizing a DCS in PCS7

Before applying changes to your PCS7 control system, it’s always good practice to simulate on a virtual processor. While PLCSIM makes the process of simulating changes to the DCS nearly effortless, it’s a bit more complicated to simula...


Using the Version Control Interface (VCI) in TIA Portal V16

Using a version control system is a great way to manage your company’s code and track changes over time; however, many PLC programming platforms do not work nicely with version control, since they tend to use binary files instead of human-reada...


DMC to Present at PCC's 2022 Oktoberfest - Tap into Technology Event

DMC is excited to present at PCC's 2022 Oktoberfest - Tap into Technology event. This year's event will be held at the Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center on Thursday, September 29. DMC Seminar Project engineer ...


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