Resources & Insights

Ice cube relays are one of the cheapest parts in the panel and they cause a surprising number of callouts. A few rules of thumb I've picked up.

Straight-through, crossover, or four-wire. All three end up in the same plant, and once the boot is on they look identical.

The easiest mistake to make when ordering IO.

Watched a coworker wire up a Profibus connector a while back. 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 to A1/A2, 𝐫𝐞𝐝 to B1/B2. He stopped and asked me which was which, because he couldn't tell them apart.

If a button on your HMI changes its own label, it's asking the operator to read before pressing...and we know some will just double-click the button.

Great demo on the importance of inspecting your PPE.

There's a Studio 5000 edition that lets you go online with any controller in the plant and change absolutely nothing.

he best argument I've got for IO-Link has nothing to do with fancy data.