Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about IO-Link Products, Ethernet to DeviceNet to Modbus Bridges, Codesys Updates, AI, DCOM, SCADA and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Friday March 10, 2023.

First up we have a press release here from Pepperl+Fuchs about being chosen as Rockwell Automation’s Ecosystem award winner for 2023.

In new product announcements, today we have four new IO-Link products detailed here in the latest edition of Profinews. First up is a new line of full metal inductive sensors from Gavazzi here.

The next here is a programmable incremental encoder from Baumer.

We also have a new IO-Link version of Trafag’s pressure transmitters here.

And finally we have a new combination temperature and vibration sensor with IO-Link here from Turck.

In other new product news, Codesys announced here the release of v35 SP19.

Our first new article of the day is from ProfiNews here and covers the impact of the move to digitalization.

Next we have a new article here from Prosoft discussing the advantages of it’s updated DeviceNet to EthernetIP/ModbusTCP/ModbusRTU bi-directional bridge.

And over on the ISA’s website here we have an article covering a proposed standard to allow Robotic products from different manufacturers to work together.

An on the Antaira website here we have a new article about how the latest products with advanced AI features are bound to affect industry.

In our product spotlight today we’re featuring our PLC Course Bundle of our PLC and Nano Basics courses, designed for users who want get started learning PLCs using free software and free PLC emulation. To learn more, click here.

On the Digital Newsstand today we have a new multi-part article from Software Toolbox here covering the latest developments in with their products.

And in downloads today we’re featuring a free new SCADA Guide here from Onlogic.

In our “pub crawl” today we found several new documents of interest. The first here is a new manual for the Siemens XP-200.

The next is a new catalog here from Schneider which includes all their products for Panel Builders.

And we have two updated manuals from Emerson today, with the first here being for their Bettis RTS Electric Actuator.

And the second here on their Rosemount 6888C Oxygen Analyzer.

New to Audio and Video today is an Automation Tech Tip here covering Reporting and Data Logging options for FactoryTalk View Site Edition.

And in upcoming events we’re highlighting two new events. The first is an IO-Link workshop in Detroit which you can learn about here, and the second is an Omlox online seminar you can learn about here.

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition “Automation Morning Show,” you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically available within an hour of this article being published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

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Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

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Shawn Tierney

I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

Latest posts by Shawn Tierney (see all)

• First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13) - April 17, 2025
• MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236) - April 9, 2025
• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about Transmitters, Aveva, Touch Sensors, Groov Epic, Wifi 6, LOTO, Level Monitoring, PowerFlex, Micro800 & RIO, Modicon TM3 RIO and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Thursday March 9, 2023.

First up we have a press release here from Honeywell about their new Versatilis condition monitoring transmitters for rotating machinery.

Today we also have a new press release here from Aveva about their commitment to make their entire portfolio available via their subscription service, Aveva Flex.

In new product announcements, today we have a touch sensor announcement from Banner here detailing their new on/off and dimming LC25T touch switch.

Our first new article of the day is from Opto22 here and covers commissioning their Groov Epic controllers, and also links to a free course on the same subject.

Over on the ISA website here we have a new article detailing Wifi 6 products from R3 Solutions.

On the Grace Engineering website here we have their weekly article which this week focuses on their CheckVolt product and how it can be a big timer saver when used in Mining and Water/Waste Water applications.

And on the Digi-Key website here is a new, well done article covering level monitoring sensors used in tank applications.

Today in our product spotlight we’re featuring our 2013-2020 Video Collection with over 280 videos ad 29 hours of content available on USB for $35, or as a digital download for $30. To learn more, click here.

In our “pub crawl” today we found several new documents of interest. The first here is a new programming manual for the PowerFlex 6000T VFD.

Also on Rockwell’s website is a manual here on using PointIO as distributed IO with the Micro800 line of PLCs.

On the Schneider website we came across three new documents. The first here is a catalog of Distributed IO for use with the Modicon TM3 line.

The next here is an overview of Robotics and some of the solutions Schneider Robotic products can be used in.

And the third here is a control panel guide to breaks and transfer switches fit for generator applications.

And on the Emerson website here we have a new manual for their FBxStation Controll application.

New to Audio and Video today is the latest edition of The Automation Podcast with featured guest Diane Davis of Red Lion Controls who discusses their brand new Managed Gigabit line of Industrial Ethernet Switches, the NT5000 series.

In today’s Automation Tech Tip (see video from today’s show below) we walk through the different options that exist for those who want to log and report on data inside of FactoryTalk View Site Edition.

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition “Automation Morning Show,” you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically available within an hour of this article being published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

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Automation This Morning and the Automation Morning Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who read, watched, or listened today!

If you’d like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!

Vendors: Would you like your product featured in our product spotlight? If you would, contact us directly at: https://theautomationblog.com/contact

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

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Shawn Tierney

I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

Latest posts by Shawn Tierney (see all)

• First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13) - April 17, 2025
• MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236) - April 9, 2025
• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about AI Identification, SoftPLCs, IPCs, ZeroTrust, Industrial Wireless and more in our Automation This Morning blog for March 8, 2023.

First up we have a press release from Siemens here about their new Passenger Train manufacturing facility in North Carolina. Score one for manufacturing local!

In product announcements, today we have a new product from Cognex here which is an AI driven product identification camera touting quick and easy setup.

We also have a new IPC here from Neousys with the latest rugged 12th Gen cpus from intel, and an nVidia RTX graphics card capable of 9 Teraflops which is the equivalent of a PS5.

Our first new article of the day is from Schneider Electric here and it covers Digitization through phased migrations.

Over on the Straton website here we have a new article about their collaboration with Welotec to bring their SoftPLC engine to IPCs supporting IEC61850-3.

And I also came across an interesting article here on the DNP website which summarizes Zero Trust and how DNP SAv6 implements that model.

Today in our product spotlight we’re featuring our Logix Book Of Knowledge™, a compilation of all of my ControlLogix articles from the last ten years into a single ebook which is on sale now for just $9.99 here.

In our “pub crawl” today we found a great new manual from Siemens here which covers the technology of Industrial Wireless Ethernet. We also found a new manual here for Siemens Soft Start products.

On the Rockwell website we found one new publication of interest here which is an updated user manual for the 6300B and 6300T line of IPCs.

And on the Emerson site we found a newly updated manual here on their Topworx PD100 Smart Valve Positioner.

New to Audio and Video today is an Automation Tech Tip here covering TIA Portal v18 and how to create and simulate a PLC program using it.

As far as coming content releases, this afternoon at 3:30pm ET here we will be releasing our latest episode of The Automation Podcast with featured guest Red Lion to discuss their brand new Gigabit line of Industrial Ethernet Switches, the NT5000 series.

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition “Automation Morning Show,” you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically available within an hour of this article being published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

Watch the show:

The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here.

Listen to the Podcast:

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Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

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Shawn Tierney

I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

Latest posts by Shawn Tierney (see all)

• First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13) - April 17, 2025
• MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236) - April 9, 2025
• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about PLCSim v18, Bar Codes, Ethernet, FID02, Optimization, Smart Devices, AOIs, MTConnect, Flash Memory, Vision, Steppers and more in our Automation This Morning blog for March 7, 2023.

First up we have a press release here from Endress-Hauser about their new location in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Next, in product announcements today we have news here about a new Cognex Dataman 282 Bar Code Reader.

We also have a new product announcement here from Advantech about their CC-Link IE TSN certified switch.

And RF Ideas announced here support for End to End FIDO2 credentials supporting IDmelon.

Our first new article of the day is from Schneider Electric here and covers thoughts on process and plant automation for the purpose of increasing productivity and profits.

Next we have a new article here from the ISA about the need for implementing Smart Infrastructures in facilities.

We also have a new article from Advantech here about AOIs – no, not Add-On Instructions, but Automated Optical Inspection.

Over on the RTA website we have a new article here explaining what MTConnect is.

And on the IEEE Spectrum website here there’s an interesting article here on recent advancements in Flash Memory.

In our product spotlight today we’re featuring our S7-1500 & 1200 Level 1 PLC Course designed for users with some PLC experience who want to learn how to use, program, and troubleshoot the Siemens S7-1200 and 1500 PLCs. To learn more, click here.

In upcoming events we’re highlighting a two new online events. The first here is by Cognex and is an Introduction to Machine Vision scheduled for March 22, 2023 at 3:00 PM ET.

The other here is from Faulhaber on Accuracy with Stepper Motors and will go live on Tuesday Mar 28, 2023 11:00 AM CEST (which I believe is 5am ET.)

In today’s Automation Tech Tip (see video below) we walk your through how to create a new PLC Program in the TIA Portal v18 Trail we downloaded previously, and then simulate it with PLCSim.

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition “Automation Morning Show,” you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically available within an hour of this article being published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

Watch the show:

The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here.

Listen to the Podcast:

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Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

• Author
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Shawn Tierney

I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

Latest posts by Shawn Tierney (see all)

• First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13) - April 17, 2025
• MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236) - April 9, 2025
• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News Roundup:

Today we’re covering news about Ultrasonic Sensors, Chillers, Speed Control, DFM & Industry 4.0, Data Protection, Condition Monitoring, Simulating Modbus and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Monday March 6, 2023.

First up we have a new product announcement from Pepperl+Fuchs here about their new ultrasonic sensors with CAN interface.

Next we have a couple of new products from SMC, with the first here being a new Thermo Low Temp Chiller.

The other here is a new Metal Speed Controller.

As far as new articles, the first new article of interest is from SMW here and covers “Design for Manufacturing” in the age of Industry 4.0.

The other new article here is from WWT and is an update list of trends that are shaping data protection.

In applications today, we have one new profile here on the Rockwell website about a customer application that required 140 GraceSense condition monitoring devices along with the gateways for connectivity both to the Grace cloud offering as well as to the Rockwell control system.

In our product spotlight today we’re featuring our FactoryTalk View Site Edition Course, ViewSE Basics, designed for users who want to learn how to create, deploy, and troubleshoot View Site Edition applications. To learn more, click here.

New in downloads today is a free utility here from Doug Lyons which allows users to simulate a Modbus Device using their PC. Please thank Doug for sharing his utility with the community free of charge!

In our “pub crawl” today we found several new documents of interest. The first here is a new manual for the Siemens ET 200pro Motor Starters.

The next here is a new brochure for Schneider Electric’s 3 Phase UPS line.

Also from Schneider Electric is a new brochure here on their in-rack air conditioners.

And over on the Emerson website we have two new manuals here and here on the Rosemount 5408 Transmitter with Hart and Foundation Fieldbus respectively.

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition “Automation Morning Show,” you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically available within an hour of this article being published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

Watch the show:

The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here.

Listen to the Podcast:

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Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

• Author
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Shawn Tierney

I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

Latest posts by Shawn Tierney (see all)

• First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13) - April 17, 2025
• MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236) - April 9, 2025
• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips:

Today we’re covering news about Siemens FDE, FactoryTalk Optix, Banner Temperature Sensors, Turck RFID, TopServer as Modbus Device, Stepper Troubleshooting, Zero Trust and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Friday March 3, 2023.

First up we have a press release from Siemens here about providing access to unused field data from production for the integration of IT and OT.

Next we have a press release from Rockwell Automation here about their new FactoryTalk Optix products which they bill as an Open, Scalable, Flexible HMI platform with Unlimited Options.

Over on the Banner Engineering website here there’s a new product announcement about their S15S non-contact infrared temperature sensor.

And on the Turck website here there’s news about their new smart RFID Forklift System.

Our first new article of the day is from Software Toolbox here, and it covers how to setup TopServer as a Modbus device/server.

And the other new article of interest today is from Oriental Motors here and covers the basics troubleshooting steps for a Stepper motor control system.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s PanelView Plus Course, PVP Basics, designed for users who want to learn how to use, program, and troubleshoot the PanelView Plus line of HMIs. To learn more, click here.

In our “pub crawl” today we found two new documents on the Emerson website. The first here is a quick start guide for the Rosemount 1208C Transmitters.

The other here is an updated edition of their ControlWave handbook.

And in our upcoming event spotlight we’re highlight a new webinar here from WWT titled, “The Journey to Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture”

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition of the Automation Morning Show, you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically released an hour after this article is published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

Watch the show:

The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here.

Listen to the Podcast:

Podcast (morningshow): Play in new window | Download

Show Notes:

Thanks to everyone who watched or listened today! All the links to today's news can be found on our sister site, Automate.News, and if you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who'd like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

And if you'd like to join our community and support our work, you can do so for the price of a cup of coffee each month at TheAutomationBlog.com/join.

Huge thanks to all our supporters there!

Until next time, Peace ✌️ 

If you enjoy this episode please give it a Like, and consider Sharing as this is the best way for us to find new guests to come on the show.

Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator

Eliminate commercials and gain access to my weekly full length hands-on, news, and Q&A sessions by becoming a member at The Automation Blog or on YouTube. You'll also find all of my affordable PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at TheAutomationSchool.com.

• Author
• Recent Posts

Shawn Tierney

I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

Latest posts by Shawn Tierney (see all)

• First Look: Siemens S7-1200 G2 – Unbox, Wire, Program (S2E13) - April 17, 2025
• MaintainX: Prevent Unplanned Downtime (P236) - April 9, 2025
• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips:

Today we’re covering news about Motors, Reporting, Modbus, KNX, Pwn2Own, LOTO, Light Curtains, Simulating XYZ Machines, Node-RED, Coils, Alto, IEEE, Tower Lights, Valves, Ethernet IO and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Thursday March 2, 2023.

First up we have a press release from Siemens here who is launching a new motors and large drives company named Innomotics.

Next we have news here about the release of the latest version of SyTech’s XLReporter, v15.

Over on the Banner Engineering website here we have the release of a new Modbus to Analog Output device, their R90C.

And on the Intesis website here they have announced the latest edition of their Modbus to KNX Building Automation network gateway.

Making the pivot from new products to new articles, first up today is a very interesting article from Inductive Automation here about their recent trip to the Own2Pwn event.

And on the Grace Engineering site here we have the latest in their series on Lock Out Tag Out and their Check Volt products.

Omron also has a new article here covering Safety Light Curtains used in conjunction with automated retrieval systems, and how features like muting and blocking are used.

Omron also has a new tech note here on how to create an XYZ machine in their Symac Simulator and connect it to a PLC.

Over on the Opto22 website here we find a new technical article detailing the best practices of implementing Node Red for MTQQ communications.

And on the Panasonic website here is a new article covering three methods for reducing coil holding voltage.

On the IEEE spectrum site here we have a real treat for computer enthusiasts – an article detailing the original mouse based computer, the Xerox Alto.

While on the IEEE website we also noticed they are running a membership special here where new members can sign-up at 50% off.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s ControlLogix Course, PAC Basics, designed for users with some PLC experience who want to learn how to use, program, and troubleshoot the ControlLogix line of PACs. To learn more, click here.

In our “pub crawl” today we found several new publications of note. Over on the Schneider Electric website here we found a lot of updated publications on their SCADAPack product line.

We also found an updated catalog here for their Harmony Tower Lights.

Over on the Emerson website we found new editions of their Fisher Catalog 96 on Valves Actuators, Catalog 95 on Caged Sensors, and a new Quick Start for their Valve Controllers.

Today in our daily Audio / Video section we have two videos. First up is a new video here from Acromag detailing their Ethernet IO system.

The second is Episode 143 of The Automation Podcast with special guest David Peterson of Control.com. In this episode we discuss his experience using Industrial Arduino and Pi systems as PLCs, as well as IPCs.

And that’ll wrap up today’s edition of Automation This Morning! If you’d like to watch or listen to the companion edition of the Automation Morning Show, you can do so using one of the links at the bottom of this post (the audio and video editions are typically released an hour after this article is published.)

If you think we missed something, or just want to share a news tip, please do so using this link.

Vendors who’d like to sponsor our show can learn about the options we offer, as well as contact us directly, using this link.

Watch the show:

The Automation Morning Show is also available on most Video and Podcasting platforms, and direct links to each can be found here.

Listen to the Podcast:

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I'm a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who began programing in the early 80's on the Apple II and VIC-20 personal computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, I worked as a Certified Controls and Information Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to become a full time Industrial Automation instructor and mentor at TheAutomationSchool, as well as publishing industry interviews, news, and product how-to’s at TheAutomationBlog.com. If you're interested in my training, mentoring, or becoming a sponsor, please schedule a teams meeting with me via https://calendly.com/shawntierney/business-meeting

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