OT SCADA CON

Here are all the nice things people said about us last year!… https://lnkd.in/gYA7gRGh FYI Prices go up Jan 1 So, if you’re thinking of coming in 2025, this is your sign! OT SCADA CON Houston, Texas July 23-25th …be there! Link to tickets in comments ?? P.S. - Thanks Eilaina Velan for talking with Rafey Shahid about the CON 2024! Nikki Gonzales Alicia Gilpin Mu?oz (Ali G) Courtney Fernandez Alma Fernandez Emily Merritt

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Live at 1pm ET today talking about Micro800 PID control, hop on the link in the comments.

We promise there will be syrup for the pancakes this year. Cracker Barrel doesn't disappoint ??

The super popular Scandinavian-style pick n’ mix candy bar will be back again at OT SCADA CON this year thanks to Corso Systems! Alex Marcy, CEO and founder of Corso Systems, loved it so much last year he wanted to sponsor it! He will also be teaching us all about Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)! Learn more about Corso Systems here https://corsosystems.com/ **************** What's OT SCADA CON? It’s an exclusive, vendor-agnostic educational & networking conference for… ….Cybersec people trying to learn what OT (operational tech) really is ….Salespeople for automation OEMs who want to learn all the automation languages ….Controls & maintenance people who want to learn & network with the best of the best Imagine “speed dating” various industrial automation topics you didn’t know you loved! ?????????? ??????????????: ???Date: July 23-25, 2025 ???Location: Vector CAG/Endress+Hauser Customer Center, Houston, TX ???Learn more + register: www.otscada.com ? Interested in sponsoring too? Reach out to [email protected] for more information. ? ? Nikki Gonzales Courtney Fernandez Jennifer Mass, PCM? Alicia Gilpin Mu?oz (Ali G) David Garcia Automation Ladies Credit Albert F. & Clearlead Marketing for this AI video creation!

Ask Patrick in person wether these certifications are worth it Come to OT SCADA CON www.otsacada.com

We love having technical sales folks attend OT SCADA CON! You are doing yourself and your clients a huge favor when you train up on “adjacent” technology and processes - be an expert at your stuff and know enough to be dangerous on others. Your ability to understand your customers and point them in the right direction makes you a far more valuable partner than someone that just “sells” what you have to offer

Great PLC code makes life easy for maintenance, and no this doesn't mean "going online" to add AFIs and shorts in the logic. ????Continuing the debate about writing code that can be debugged by maintenance, are we focusing resources on the right priorities? ????A common argument for why maintenance needs access to PLC code is troubleshooting a malfunctioning sensor. The typical quick fix? A debounce timer, a bypass, or a temporary logic tweak to get production back up and running. Key word: temporary. Traditionally this means a technician must: ? Find the right laptop ? Open the correct VM and software version ? Navigate the upload/download process without mishaps ? Cross-reference logic to find where to apply the "fix" ? Document the change (hopefully) and follow up to remove it later ???? Or, we take a pro-active approach on the dev side and write the code to handle these scenarios directly in the HMI. A tech could simply navigate to the affected sensor, adjust its configuration, and move on. ? No PLC code changes ? Actions logged automatically (e.g. John Doe updated 1033OL to ManOn on Mar 18, 2025, at 14:38) ? Follow-ups can be automated (tickets, reminders, etc.) ?? Not only does this simplify life for maintenance, but it also eliminates the need for process owners to track who’s making what changes in PLC code (especially important given the lack of version control in many PLC environments). ?? But dev time costs moneys! So does downtime, which scenario creates more potential for downtime? Plus, with modern PLC environments, creation of this code is a one time cost (and a minimal one at that for something simple like this). One Function Block, one Visualization object. Below is a simple example of this concept in action. It uses an enumeration with text list support in a drop-down menu to select the operating configuration of a discrete input. I’ve also implemented this using radio buttons on other platforms-some may prefer that approach, and honestly, I might as well. The exact implementation isn’t the key point; what matters is making it intuitive for maintenance. Worried about manually entering all those descriptions? Fear not! In a real implementation, these labels are dynamically generated based on what the input is part of. In this case, a motor that’s part of an auger, which is part of a bin. #plcprogramming #codesys #agtech #agautomation #systemintegration #ladderlogic #structuredtext

There only 40 seats left for OT SCADA CON which is essentially and industrial automation special interest group