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First Look: MOXA Smart Switches (TIA Portal & Studio 5000 Integration)...

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This week Shawn unboxes and integrates MOXA SDS-G3000 Smart Switches...

First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13)

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This week Shawn takes a first look at the new...

First Look: IXON Industrial Remote Access (S2E12)

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This week Shawn takes a first look at IXON's industrial...

What’s New at Insights for 2025 Livestream (W016)

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Happy New Year! In today's update I cover what's new...

Latest Shows

Trends in Robotics with Winston Leung...

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Shawn Tierney meets up with Winston Leung of QNX to discuss Trends in Robotics...

First Look: MOXA Smart Switches (TIA...

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This week Shawn unboxes and integrates MOXA SDS-G3000 Smart Switches into a TIA Portal...

The Automation Museum

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Shawn Tierney shares information about the new Automation Museum fundraiser, as well as his...

Talking Automation with Rylan Pyciak of...

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Shawn Tierney meets up with Rylan Pyciak of Cleveland Automation Systems to discuss Trends...

Latest Articles

Custom In-person PLC and HMI Training...

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Insights In Automation offers custom in-person training on Rockwell and Siemens PLCs/PACs and HMIs...

Christmas Light Show Automation, 2024 Update

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Will I decorate for Christmas? Not in this lifetime... In June 2015 we moved into...

How to download RSLogix Micro, RSLinx,...

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In early 2024 Rockwell changed their website and the updated procedure to download RSLogix...

CCW – How to download Connected...

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Note: If you need help learning to use CCW with the Micro800 line of...

Programmable Controllers

First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13)

This week Shawn takes a first look at the new Siemens S7-1200 G2 (Generation...

MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Colin Morris of MaintainX to learn about their CMMS...

What’s New & Next with Logix and 5590/L9 (P234)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Liz Prosak and Dennis Wylie of Rockwell Automation to...

Human Machine Interface

First Look: PanelView Plus 7 to Data Highway Plus (TME03)

In this episode of The Automation Minute and Show, I setup ViewStudio and a...

What’s New with FactoryTalk View v14 (P208)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Johann Kotze of Rockwell Automation to learn about what's...

Second Look: Rockwell PAC and PV Generations (SL01)

A good friend of mine and I were talking about how many different generations...

Sensing

K50Z Multipoint Sensor from Banner Engineering (P209)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Alex Novak of Banner Engineering to learn about their...

Radar Level Measurement: Is 80GHz Right For Your Application? (P194)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Ashley David of Endress+Hauser to learn all about Radar...

Banner AC Voltage Sensor

AC Voltage Sensor, Continuously Monitor Voltage to Gain Insights on Plant and Equipment Performance: Banner's...

Robotics

Trends in Robotics with Winston Leung of QNX (P239)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Winston Leung of QNX to discuss Trends in Robotics...

Micropsi: AI-Powered Computer Vision for Robots (P220)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Ronnie Vuine of Micropsi to discuss their AI-Powered Computer...

Emerson Robotic Paint Automation Solutions (P217)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Sumit Kapde of Emerson to discuss Robotic Paint Automation...

SCADA

First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Kyle Van Eenennaam of Inductive Automation to learn how...

FrameworX v10 from Tatsoft (P225)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Marc and Harry of Tatsoft to learn about the...

What’s New with FactoryTalk View v14 (P208)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Johann Kotze of Rockwell Automation to learn about what's...

Motor Control

Schneider’s Altivar Solar ATV320 VSD (P218)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Nick Rosner of Schneider Electric to discuss their new...

The New G220 VFD from Siemens (P214)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Ivan Spronk of Siemens to learn about their new...

Schneider Altivar Machine Drives (P187)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Jay Cortel, Nicolas Rosner, and Charlie Adkins to learn...

Motion Control

AMCI Motion Control Products (P206)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Matthew Tellier of AMCI to learn about the Motion...

Year In Review: Our Top Ten Podcasts, Videos, and Blogs for...

This week is our annual Year In Review Podcast in which we cover our...

Siemens S200 and S210 Servo Drives (P188)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Craig Nelson of Siemens to learn all about their...

Computing, IPCs, Edge

Siemens Industrial Computers (P196)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Kristen Quasey of Siemens to learn what's new with...

MOXA’s New Industrial Computers (P181)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Shahid Javed of MOXA, and he introduces us to...

First Look: Siemens SIMATIC IPC Tablet MD-34A (M5E39)

I take a first look at Siemens' new Industrial Tablet IPC, the MD-34A, including...

Control Panel

Rockwell’s New Ethernet/IP In-Cabinet Solution (P237)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Kelly Passineau of Rockwell Automation to learn about their...

DinStorage – Clean, Organized Din Rail Storage (P158)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Jordan Wiens of DinStorage who introduces us to his...

Eaton’s New Din Rail Mount UPS, Switches, and more (P156)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Rick Conneely of Eaton who introduces us to their...

Software

Manufacturing Execution Systems (P229)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Ryan Kuhlenbeck to learn about Manufacturing Execution Systems and...

The State of Industrial DevOps with Copia Automation (P211)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Adam Gluck of Copia Automation to learn about the...

Paessler PRTG: IT and OT Monitoring Solution (P199)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Johannes Liegert of Paessler to learn all about their...

Networking, Gateways

First Look: MOXA Smart Switches (TIA Portal & Studio 5000 Integration)...

This week Shawn unboxes and integrates MOXA SDS-G3000 Smart Switches into a TIA Portal...

Rockwell’s New Ethernet/IP In-Cabinet Solution (P237)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Kelly Passineau of Rockwell Automation to learn about their...

What is DeviceNet?

In today's article and video I’m going to answer the question, “What is DeviceNet?” If...

IoT, IIoT, Digitization

Christmas Light Show Automation, 2024 Update

Will I decorate for Christmas? Not in this lifetime... In June 2015 we moved into...

AI, Technology, and Manufacturing with Rhonda Dibachi (P223)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Rhonda Dibachi of HeyScottie.com to talk about AI, Technology,...

IXON Secure Remote Access and Edge Gateway (P202)

Shawn Tierney meets up with Brandon Penrod of IXON to learn about their Remote...

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