ClearSCADA is a surprisingly open piece of software. The help file is packed with example code, decent explanations of settings and objects, system requirements, example architectures and more. Schneider Electric has some great online resources for the ClearSCADA software product too. Thankfully this is one of the few sections of the internet left where you do […]
Category: General Tips
Absolute Pressure vs. Gauge Pressure
In measurement knowing how your sensors are configured is extremely important. In the case of static pressure measurement, you need to know if you are measuring the absolute pressure in the meter run or the gauge pressure of the meter run. When you are installing and configuring new meters knowing which to choose is imperative. […]
Using git for Industrial Automation – Part 3 – Remote Basics
This is continuation of the series of articles I have written about git and using it for industrial automation projects. Every automation shop eventually gets to a point where they need some sort of central library of code or central project file store. Eventually you need a way to share files, share projects, or archive […]
Software Library Recommendations
Any developer’s toolkit is going to involve a decent amount of software. An automation programmer’s toolkit is full of odd-ball, proprietary, weird dependency driven configuration software. Here are some quick tips my mentor shared with me regarding software installers when I started doing automation programming. When I first got my laptop, she sat me down […]