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Shawn Tierney shares construction pictures and upcoming content in this "member update" for May 5, 2025. For any links related to this episode, check out the...

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 2,) including unboxing, wiring, and programming in episode 13 of...

First Look: IXON Industrial Remote Access (S2E12)

This week Shawn takes a first look at IXON's industrial remote access device, including unboxing, first time setup, and using with RSLinx Classic and...

First Look: New Rockwell Products Shown At Automation Fair 2024 (TME06)

This week on The Automation Minute and Show I cover the top new Rockwell products shown at Automation Fair 2024: For more information, check out...

SLC-500 Migrations Compared: SoftPLC vs Studio 5000 (S2E10)

In this episode of The Automation Show, Shawn walks through migrating a SLC-500 project to both SoftPLC and Studio 5000, then compares the results. For...

First Look: Connecting to a SLC-100 and Uploading the Program (TME05)

This week on The Automation Minute and Show I walk through how you connect to a SLC-100 (or 150) to upload the program from...

First Look: MOXA WiFi 6 Access Points & Clients (S2E09)

In this episode of The Automation Show, Shawn walks through setting up MOXA's new WiFi 6 Access Points and Clients, and tests them out...

First Look: Get RSLogix for FREE, Use Emulate and Debug Files (TME04)

This week on The Automation Minute and Show I walk through how you can get RSLogix and Emulate for FREE, and on The Automation...

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

In this episode of The Automation Minute and Show, I setup ViewStudio and a PanelView Plus 7 to communicate to PLCs and SLCs on...

First Look: Prosoft’s AN-X4-AB-DHRIO DHPlus to Ethernet Gateway (TME02)

In this episode of The Automation Minute and Show I take a first look at Prosoft's AN-X4-AB-DHRIO Data Highway Plus to Ethernet IP Gateway. For...

First Look: RTA’s Ethernet to Data Highway Plus Gateway (S2E08)

In this episode of The Automation Show, Shawn walks through setting up RTA's Ethernet Based Allen-Bradley PAC / PLC to DH+ Gateway. In the...

First Look: Rockwell’s Studio 5000 v36 (TME01)

In Episode 1 of The Automation Show First Looks for Members, I take a look at the official Rockwell public technical presentation for Studio 5000...

First Look: S7-1200 Gen 2 (S2E07)

Today I take a first look at the new S7-1200 G2 (Generation 2) Technical Presentation in this episode of The Automation Show. For more information,...

Top Ten Automation Videos for 2023

Today we're taking a look at our Top Ten Videos for 2023. These include episodes of The Automation Show, Minute, Demo, Q&A and Tech...

The Automation Show: Top Ten Episodes for 2022

Today we're taking a look at the Top Ten episodes of The Automation Show released since 2020. If you don't know, The Automation Show is...

TIA Portal, S7 – Read CompactLogix or ControlLogix Tags Over Ethernet (S2E05)

Today I create a Siemens S7 PLC Program using TIA Portal Step 7 to read tag values from a ControlLogix over Ethernet (TAS2 E5.) For...

PLCs: Past, Present, and Future (S2E04)

In today's video I take a look back at the evolution of PLCs, then I talk about some of the next generation features vendors...

Siemens Products – What’s New from this week’s Virtual Tour (May 2022) (S2E03)

In today's video I share my top picks from this week's Factory Automation Virtual Tour presented by Siemens (TAS2 E3) For more information check out...

IFM CR1203 HMI Controller: Initial Setup & Adding Ethernet IO in CODESYS (S2E02)

Today I setup an IFM CR1203 HMI Controller for the first time, then I add and test Ethernet IO inside of CODESYS (TAS2 E2.) For...

The Automation Show: Top Ten Episodes Of 2021

Thanks to our viewers, videos content from The Automation Blog saw a doubling of views and subscribers this past year! Now as we head...