PLC Code This past week, I took on the challenge of turning one of our IO demo kits connected to a Siemens PLC into a working game system. I chose to program the classic games Bop It and Simon Says as they would be easy to understand while still p...
WinCC Unified is a powerful HMI (Human Machine Interface) system for a wide range of applications. Unified is powerful and flexible due in part to its event-based scripting. These JavaScript scripts can be set to execute from a wide range of eve...
The Siemens TIA Portal Cloud makes accessing the different versions of TIA Portal fast and easy. I got the opportunity to try out the TIA Portal Cloud and some of its features. My first impression of the website was that it was super easy to navig...
In today's digital era, ensuring the security of your industrial automation systems is crucial. User login systems play a vital security role by controlling who can access sensitive data and manage processes. Siemens TIA Portal V18 and Wi...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
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 ...