As part of Insights In Automation’s 10 Year Anniversary Celebration of offering affordable quality online courses at The Automation School, this week we released the complete remaster of our very first course, PLC Basics at it’s original 2014 price of just $35! So if you know anyone who would like to get started with PLCs and would benefit from learning RSLogix (MicroLogix, SLC-500, PLC-5) please share the below link with them: https://theautomationschool.com/courses/091-plc/ Note: All students is our Programmable Controller courses also get free access to our PLC Application Simulator ..read more

Danfoss Introduces New Generation HVAC Programmable Controller Portfolio: Danfoss announces the Alsmart Universal Controller platform which is a new-generation programmable controller portfolio for the HVAC market. The platform has been designed to meet today’s advanced needs as well as tomorrow’s combining flexible and advanced control features, multiple communication options, the highest levels of cybersecurity protection, and powerful and easy to use programming tools. Alsmart is an enabler allowing manufacturers and end users to deliver sustainable solutions with the highest efficiency w ..read more

New PLCNext article details how they make OPC-UA easy: The complexity of OPC UA does not make it easy for new users to get started with this technology. For example, a user who only wants to implement a specific use case is faced with a number of standards, functions and models that are difficult to understand. This is the scenario that Phoenix Contact wants to prevent with its OPC UA portfolio in the context of the PLCnext Ecosystem. We do this by providing: Intuitive configurability in PLC engineering as well as configuration via files for advanced users Trial licenses for all chargeable ..read more

This week I take a look at what’s new with Rockwell’s Logix and View products as seen at Automation Fair 2023 in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch to the Podcast on The Automation Blog:  Listen to the Podcast on The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 191 Show Notes: Special thanks to our audience and all the vendors who came on the show this year and helped make us the #1 Industrial Automation Podcast and Show with over 158K downloads! If you’d like to support our work or come on the show, se ..read more

This week I meet up with John DeTellem and Bryan Lilly to learn all about the Siemens S7-1500V Virtual PLC in this episode of Automation Tech Talk. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch to the Show on The Automation Blog: Automation Tech Talk is also available on most Video, Podcasting , and Social Media platforms, and direct links to each can be found here. Listen to the Show on The Automation Blog: Coming soon! Automation Tech Talk Episode 1 Show Notes: Special thanks to John DeTellem and Bryan Lilly for coming on the show to bring us up to speed o ..read more

This week I meet up with Chuck Ridgeway of Horner Automation to learn all about their OCS All-in-one Controllers in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. The Automation Podcast is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here. Listen to the Podcast on The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 186 Show Notes: Special thanks to Chuck Ridgeway of Horner Automation for coming on the show to bring us up to speed on the OCS Platform. Vendors: Would you like yo ..read more

This week my guest is Andre Ristaino of ISA, and he introduces us to ISASecure in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. The Automation Podcast is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here. Listen to the Podcast on The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 184 Show Notes: Special thanks to Andre Ristaino of ISA for coming on our show and bringing us up to speed on ISASecure! Vendors: Would you like your product featured on the Podcast, Show or Blog? I ..read more

This week my guest is Zachary Stank of Phoenix Contact, and he introduces us to PLCnext and demos how to program it in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. The Automation Podcast is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here. Listen to the Podcast on The Automation Blog: The Automation Podcast, Episode 183 Show Notes: Special thanks to Zachary Stank of Phoenix for coming on our show and bringing us up to speed on PLCnext! Vendors: Would you like your product fe ..read more

As we previously reported, the Straton redundant runtime now supports S2 redundancy on ProfinetIO. In this configuration, the Primary and Secondary controllers both connect to devices on Profinet, allowing active switching with low latency, avoiding temporary network failures. S2 redundancy also allows a reduction of the switching time from one controller to another without having to restart the Profinet stack because the Profinet link remains active. See the below video clip for our thoughts and reflections, and for more product details visit the following link: https://straton-plc.com/en/r ..read more

Today my guests are Armand Prezioso and Chris Stearns of Rockwell Automation, and they bring us up to speed on their new High Availability Distributed I/O, FLEXHA 5000, in this episode of The Automation Podcast. For more information, check out the “Show Notes” located below the video. Watch the Podcast: Listen via Apple, Google, Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, TuneIn, YouTube, Rumble, Amazon Music, Podcast Index, Deezer, Podchaser, RSS, or below: The Automation Podcast, Episode 167 Show Notes: Special thanks to Armand Prezioso and Chris Stearn for coming on the show to bring us up ..read more