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i have a woodhead sst profibus scanner in a remote rack, connected by controlnet. i can see the scanner but it is listed as unidentified. do i need an eds file or is unidentified ok for correct communication?

if you get into a school and take more classes, look into doing a semester or 2 of co-op, or cooperative education. you apply to a company, they pay you about half of what their engineers make, but they know you have no experience and it is a time for training. they will train you in your...

do you record data and post it on your hmi aka trending? i don't believe that rsview is capable of trending, but i havent used it in a while. the basics of wonderware are actually quite easy to use. if you purchased a license, you should be able to make small changes yourself. the scripting...

i've already set up a new module with Dint's. this is my configuration in rs5000. each is 32-bit. the PB scanner setup looks like this in rslogix 5000: assembly instance input 1 125 ouput 2 124 config 3 0 statusin 5 125 statusout 6 the...

also, any tips from anyone who has connected profibus to rslogix would be appreciated. thank you.

i am running an SST profibus scanner with a ControlLogix PLC. I have so many questions that i dont think i could discuss them all here, so i'll just ask 1 for now. my i/o, automatically setup by the scanner, looks like this Local1:c Local1:i Local1:o Local1:s i changed the i/o from...

^right. not all pe's have phd's, but if you have a phd, you are a pe. this sounds like one of those iq questions.

i think it was rsview32 v7.2 windows xp sp2 i remember that there was a problem with one of the xp fixes (KPxxx) that didnt work well with some RS program, but that is vague and all i can recall.

TW, i recongnize you from mrplc i couldnt get rsview to work on windows xp, let alone vista. it crashed my system.

in the US, look for PE after the name. this is a professional, certified engineer who took the PE exam and earned the title. i also beleive a PE comes with PHD degree.

do not be afraid to ask questions at your new company. be afraid to ask questions when in front of a client. if your question is a 'rookie' question, and you ask in front of a customer, the customer may get the impression that your company is inexperienced, so hold your tongue until you only...

wonderware in totally compatible with rockwell products. where i work, we do mostly Wonderware and iFix. they are both more powerful thatn rsview. you can script commands for buttons, create animations, script commands for the whole application, etc. i have only a limited knowledge of...

not sure how much citect experience is out there. We are working on a particular part of a job where we are trying to get different jobs to save from the citect interface to the network and local drives. all of the jobs (jobs are sections of the process) save except for one. citect finds the...

when something doesnt work: check to see if its plugged in check to see if its grounded these next ones everyone might not agree with. i am very new to the engineering world, but this is what i've learned: never be afraid to deny fault in a situation. there is nothing worse than taking...

no. you can create multiple paper spaces for, say, 8.5x11, 11x17 etc. you can copy the text and rescale it in every paper view so that it doesnt become impossible to read if you shrink from a 36" paper to 17". i forget about dims. they are easier in model, but the text will shrink, so you...