This week marks year two of attending the Well Site Automation conference in Houston. Last year there were lots of presenters who mentioned MQTT and IoT architectures. This year the focus was on data analytics, but IoT came up lots in the presentations. I only attended two days this year. Day one definitely had a […]
Author: Dustin Symes
Troubleshoot RSLinx OPC Server Issues
Rockwell Software’s RSLinx is the communication hub for their RSLogix and FactoryTalk programming suites. It allows users to connect to Allen Bradley PLCs and PACs as well as Panelview Plus HMIs and other equipment that speaks Ethernet IP, DF1 or DH+ (and their variants). Typically it is used solely with Rockwell and Allen Bradley products. […]
Setting Up the Redigate 110e IoT Gateway for Modbus TCP
I took some time ‘off’ over the holidays in December to play with some of the new technology and equipment that is now available on the market place. Earlier this past fall I purchased a couple Redigate IoT Gateways from Elecsys. They are nifty units with support for over 60 protocols and the ability to […]
Basic Redigate Configuration
This is the first post in a series of posts regarding the setup of a Redigate IoT Gateway. I purchased a couple a few months ago and have finally gotten around to playing with them. Out of the box the Redigate is almost ready to go. If you follow the quick start documentation provided you […]
Box Opening – RediGate 400c and 110e
Well the IIoT revolution is here. There is a lot to learn. SCADA has a lot of similarities to IoT but there are a lot of differences. To keep ahead I ordered a couple of these IoT Gateways from Elecsys Corp. The units came in on Friday. Jaden and I cracked the box towards the […]
ClearSCADA 2017 – ViewX New Group Disable Default Mimic
I had found this forum post a long time ago and then lost it for a time because I forgot which key words to search for. I am posting this up on the blog so it can be easier to find, wish it was in the help file somewhere. Maybe it is… they have added […]
System Design – Conway’s Law
I was involved in a meeting recently and it was really apparent the business systems they had designed were done so in reflection of how their business was organized and how they wanted to use the data, not necessarily how their business apps were intended to be used. One of the participants mentioned to me […]
Fun Font Facts
I have been working on a new project for a client and the topic of fonts came up today. I thought it would be interesting to find some facts on different fonts, what they are used for and where they came from. Created in the 1990’s by Matthew Carter, Tahoma was first distributed with Windows […]
SCADAPack Store and Forward
Little known fact: SCADAPacks can act as a Modbus Store and Forward hub when configured properly. Lesser known fact: SCADAPacks will also Store and Forward Enron Modbus, ROC Protocol, or basically any communications protocol where the first byte of the message is the address, has messages less than 240 bytes and uses Modbus CRC for […]
Set ClearSCADA WebX Homepage
This has been puzzling me for a while… how do you set the WebX homepage? It is useful to put the user on a landing page other than the usual WebX logo page. I know I had done this in the past for other clients, but had since forgotten. Well no longer! To set the […]