Flashback Friday! PanelBuilder32 “Providence Beer” Demo

October 31, 2014

Welcome to The Automation Blog's “Flashback Friday!”

Today I'm highlighting my PanelBuilder32 “Providence Beer” demo.

The year was 1996 and I was tasked with designing a custom “hands-on” seminar for the new PanelView 550. The goal was to walk attendees through communication set-up, tag creation, and basic screen design.

In order to have a little fun with the project, I decided to model it after a fictional “Providence Beer” micro-brewery as our office was in Providence, RI.

The resulting PanelBuilder32 project represented what each student's HMI should approximate after completing all the labs.

Posted on my original website back in 2002, you can now find this article and PB32 project HERE on The Automation Blog:

http://www.theautomationblog.com/panelbuilder32-providence-beer-demo/

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Sincerely,

Shawn Tierney
Automation Instructor and Blogger

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Shawn Tierney

Shawn began programming as a pre-teen in the early 80's, and after earning a degree in Electronics he worked as an Automation Specialist for 25 years. In 1999 Shawn launched his first website which was the pre-cursor to TheAutomationBlog.com which he launched in 2013. Today Shawn continues to publish and edit content for The Automation Blog while also teaching PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.