Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips:

Today we’re covering news about CAN XL, PLCNext, EtherCAT, Actuators, Robot Controls, Packaging Trends, Raspberry Pis, Ransonware, Data Trends, Pipetting and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Tuesday, February 28, 2023.

First up we have a press release here from CAN In Automation about the third generation of CAN, CAN XL, being shown in recent live demonstrations.

Next we have a press release here from the PLCNext community announcing that their Beehyve project is now up on Slack.

In new products today we have the release of detailed product information here on Omron’s new EtherCAT slave module.

We also have information here about Faulhaber’s new L line of Linear Actuators.

Over on the SMC website we have an announcement here about their new Deceleration Controllers.

And on the Oriental Motor’s site here we have new information about their MRC01 Robot Controller with Ethernet/IP.

From new products to new articles, our first today is on the Omron website here and covers the top six trends they see in packing.

On the Onlogic site here we found a new article on the Raspberry PI and its use as a low cost industrial PC (IPC.)

On the ISA website here is a new article on Ransomware and how it affects manufacturing and industrial automation systems.

And today on the WWT website here, they’re sharing the 8 trends they see for Big Data in 2023.

Today we also have one new application profile here from Festo, on how their DHOP closed-loop pipette head enables high speed robotic pipetting (dispensing of exactly measured amounts of liquid.)

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s Micro800 Nano Basics Online course, designed for users with electrical experience who want to learn how to use, program, and troubleshoot Micro800 PLCs. To learn more, click here.

In our “pub crawl” today we found one new publication of interest here, which is an updated manual for the Rosemount 3410 Flowmeter.

Our audio video file of the is a new Tech Tip here on how to change the visual properties of Numeric and String Inputs in FactoryTalk View Studio.

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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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 and Tips:

Today we’re covering news about IPCs, Robot Trends, High Speed Systems, Tunnel Tech, PanelView, Redundancy, Industrial Networks, ViewSE and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Monday, February 27, 2023.

First up we have an announcement here from Advantech about a new 15″ and 21″ editions of it’s UTC-500 lines of industrial PCs.

Next we have a new article from Schneider Electric here discussing how their Harmony wireless devices can increase productivity. To learn more, check out the associated brochure here.

On the ABB website we found a couple of new articles. The first one here includes their prediction of the top three robot trends of 2023. The other here discusses their solutions for monitoring data data centers.

Over on the B&R site we have two new application stories. The first here details how they were able to help a customer shave 30ms off a 150ms cycle time.

And the other here discusses how a new tunnel utilizes over 100 X20 PLCs to keep the trains on time.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s PLC Basics Online course, designed for users with electrical experience who want to learn how to use and troubleshoot PLCs. To learn more, click here.

In our “pub crawl” today we came across two new publications from Rockwell Automation. The first here is an updated manual for the PanelView 800.

The other here is an updated edition of the redundancy manual for the 5580 line of controllers.

Over on the Siemens Website we also came across three new publications of interest. The first here is a brochure outlining their Wireless Indsutrial Lan Products.

The next here is a quick selection guide to their Managed Switches.

And the final one here is an updated brochure for their Sinumerik One product line.

In our audio video file of the day we’re spotlighting Friday’s new Tech Tip here on how to Export, Edit, and Import Tags in FactoryTalk View Studio.

In today’s Tech Tip we cover how to change the Graphical settings for Numeric and String Inputs in FactoryTalk View Studio (see today’s video below.)

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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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 Barcode Verification, Windows 10 IoT, Top Server, Commutation of DC Motors, IEC104, S7-1500, Codesys 3.5, Sharing Distributed I/O and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Friday, February 24, 2023.

First up in our new article section is an article from Cognex here about the difference between Barcode Verification and Barcode Quality.

Next we have a new article here from OnLogic discussing Windows 10 IoT and how it differs from Windows 10 Professional.

Over on the Software Toolbox website here we found a new article discussing Top Server’s client and server roles.

And on the Digi-Key website here is a new article about Commutation of Brushless DC Motors.

In our product spotlight today is our Logix Book Of Knowledge, which is an updated compilation of all of Shawn’s ControlLogix articles. To learn more, click here.

In our downloads section today is a new sample code file here which supports IEC104 communications and works with most CompactLogix and ControlLogix controllers.

And in our “pub crawl” today we came across two new publications. The first here is from Siemens and is an update to their popular manual collection for the S7-1500 and ET200 MP I/O.

The other here is from Emerson and is a new manual on their MR98 Series of Backpressure Regulators and Relief Valves.

Today we also have a “news tip” from Brandon T. He writes in to share news from WAGO about support added to their PFC200 series of PLCs for CodeSys 3.5. Brandon also sent in two links here and here where you’ll find more information (Thanks Brandon!)

In our audio video file of the day we’re spotlighting yesterday’s new Q & A video here where we discuss what may be causing a user’s CompactLogix to revert to an old IP Address each time power is cycled.

In “what’s coming up,” today at 3:30pm ET a new Automation Tech Tip releases here which covers how to Export, Edit, and Import HMI Tags with FactoryTalk View Studio.

As far as upcoming events, today we’re sharing news about an event here on Tuesday, February 28th at 2pm ET hosted by Horner Automation and will cover share I/O between multiple PLCs.

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
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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 IIoT, SMC, HMI Cybersecurity, Thermal Monitoring, Stratix, UPSs, Profinet, Pendant Stations, Power Monitoring and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Thursday, February 23, 2023.

First up in our new products section is a new IIoT focused industrial PC from ASRock here.

Next we have new Vacuum Pad/Bowl attachment from SMC here.

From new products to new articles, the first in this morning’s roundup is from Stahl here, and covers Cybersecurity as it pertains to HMIs.

Next we have a new article from SME here which discusses Continuous Improvement in a post COVID era.

And today in the Grace blog we have a new article here about their Thermal Monitoring solution.

In our product spotlight today is our Video Collection 1: 2013-2020, which contains over 280 of our videos totaling over 29 hours. To learn more and pickup either the physical collection or digital edition, click here.

In our audio video file of the day we’re spotlighting two new videos. First up is the latest edition of The Automation Podcast here in which we look at four new or popular I/O and HMI products from Rockwell.

Today we’re also featuring a new video here from Linmot showcasing their product in use in a Kroning packaging machine.

In our “what’s coming up” section, today we’re highlighting a new episode of Automation Q & A  due out at 3:30pm ET in which we discuss why a user’s CompactLogix keeps returning to an old IP Address.

As far as upcoming events, today we’re sharing a new PROFINET one day in-person training course in Richmond, VA on March 2nd. To learn more, click here.

And in our “pub crawl” today we came across new publications from Rockwell and Schneider. On the Rockwell side we have a new Stratix 5800 User Manual here.

And on the Schneider side we have new publications on their Pendant Control Stations, UPS PowerChute Software, and their PM5000 Power Monitors.

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
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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 Cobot Grippers, PoE Budgets, AS-i Safety, Machine Vision, 3D Printing & Robots, NEC 2023 Changes and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

First up in our new products section are new grippers here from SMC designed specifically for cobots.

We also have a new product announcement here on A3’s website about a new gripper coming from Flexiv which is based on Geckos.

And over on Flexiv’s website here is another new product announcement, this one about their new Force-Controlled Parallel Robot.

From new products to new articles, the first article in this morning’s roundup is from Schneider Electric here and covers the basics of what is Industrial Automation.

Next is an article from Antaira here about how to develop a POE Power Budget.

On the Bihl-Wiedemann website here there’s a new article about their AS-i to EtherCAT safety gateways.

And on the Electromate website here there’s a new article which defines what Motor Dynamics and Motor Dynamism is.

On the Real-Time Automation website here is a new article that take takes a look back at Data Highway.

And on the Cognex website here we have an article on the importance of tracking regulatory compliance of product labels, and how machine vision can help.

And our final article today is from IEEE here, and it discusses a recent presentation by the president of AMD about power consumption challenges designing next gen microprocessors.

Today we also found a new application profile here from Fanuc which covers how one of their customers is using a robot to increase production after their staff leaves for the day.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s PanelView Plus online course, PVP Basics. Designed for those who’d like to get up to speed on FactoryTalk View Studio and the PanelView Plus line of HMIs, it comes with lifetime access and support.

New to the Digital Newsstand today we found two newsletters. The first here is from Antaira and focuses on their new NAT Router.

And the other newsletter here is from Maple Systems and focuses on their new, high performance HMI.

In today’s downloads we also have two new product updates here from Auvesy-MDT.

In our audio video file of the day we’re spotlighting our Automation Tech Tip here on how to get the TIA Portal Free Trial.

And in our what’s coming up section today we’re highlighting a new episode of The Automation Podcast due out at 3:30pm ET in which Shawn interviews a long -time friend and Rockwell product expert on what new and coming products he’s  focusing on for Spring of 2023.

As far as upcoming events, today we’re highlighting three new online sessions. The first here is hosted by Universal Robots and covers how manufacturing technology impacts employee retention. The free event is scheduled for February 28, at 11am ET.

The next event here is a two half-day training online event from Beckhoff from 2-28 to 3-01. For more information including cost check out the event using this link.

The final event we’re covering today is from Opto22 and HiveMQ and will focus on using MQTT Sparkplug. To learn more, click here.

In our Automation Tech Tip and Q&A today we share our thoughts on why a user is having issues Exporting and Importing Tags to and from CSV files in View Studio (see show video at the end of article to view tech tip.)

And in our “pub crawl” we came across a couple of new publications. First up is a new publication from Leviton here covering the recent changes to the National Electric Code.

The next is from Siemens here and covers everything you need to know to setup communications between S7 PLCs.

And that wraps 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 Stepper Drives, Digital Nameplates, Robot Trends, Ransomware, ViewSE, CIP Safety & Security and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

First up in our new products section is the announcement here of the P8000 Stepper Drive from Kollmorgen,

We also have an announcement on the ISA’s website here about Fuzzy Logic’s release of their Fuzzy Studio robot programming software.

First up in our new article section is an article here from Ignition about three tools that can help with rapid HMI & SCADA development.

Next we have an in-depth article here from STAHL about the emerging standard for Digital Nameplates.

Over on the ISA website we have a couple of new articles. The first here covers the Top Five Robot Trends for 2023, and the second here covers Communication Safety Challenges for Mobile Robots.

And today on the WWT website we have a new article here which covers Cyber Resilience to defend against some of the newest forms of attacks.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s View Site Edition online course, ViewSE Basics. Designed for those with existing PLC experience who’d like to get up to speed on FactoryTalk View Studio for Site Edition applications, it comes with lifetime access and support.

In our coming content release, at 3:30pm ET here we will be releasing a new Automation Tech Tip on how to get the TIA Portal Free Trial.

In upcoming events we came across a new event here from Horner Automation scheduled for 2pm ET today that will cover installing their all-in-one PLC/HMI outdoors in conjunction with a Stahlin Solar Shield.

We also came across to upcoming events here and here from the ODVA scheduled for March 6th. The first will cover CIP Safety while the second covers CIP Security.

In our Q & A section today we share our thoughts on why a reader’s CompactLogix continues to return to a previous IP Address each time power is cycled (see the morning show video below for today’s segment.)

In our “pub crawl” we came across three new Emerson Manuals, including a new manual on their Sola HD UPS’s here and here, and a new Quick Start Guide here for their Rosemount 2240s.

And that wraps 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 3D Safety, NAT, Din Rail UPS, Regulator, Filtration, ControlLogix and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Monday, February 20, 2023.

First up in our new products section is a new Din-Rail mount UPS from Eaton here.

Next is a new Sick Safety Rated 3D camera here supporting an area up to 4 meters, and a safely level up to PLc.

Wago also has new Terminal Blocks here in its TopJob line, of which my interest was peaked by the Lever version.

In new articles today, first up is one from Antaira here featuring it’s Wired Router with 1:1 NAT and VPN features.

Parker also has a couple of new articles of interest. First up is an article here on how to go about select a pressure regulator.

The next article from Parker is here and covers “game-changing” developments in water filtration.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s ControlLogix Online Course, PAC Basics. Designed for those with some existing PLC experience who’d like to get up to speed on the CompactLogix, it comes with lifetime access and support.

Today’s “video file” is a new episode of Automation Q & A here and covers our response to a question about a users PVPlus error, “Unable to load ActiveX.”

And that wraps 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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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
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• First Time Using Ignition: Tags and Views (P235) - March 24, 2025

Daily Industrial Automation News and Tips:

Today we’re covering news about Cobots, Haptics, IPC, APC, MQTT, UPC UA, DIO, Free TIA Portal and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Friday, February 17, 2023.

First up is a press release here from the IEEE celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the IEEE Foundation which does many good things like providing free STEM lesson plans here.

Next we have an interesting article (and video) here from Fanuc about using Cobots with AMRs or AGVs to operate other machines.

In related news, we also have an announcement here that Wittenstein is starting a new joint venture to bring haptic feedback (touch sensors) to robots.

And Global American has a new article here detailing what makes Industrial PCs different from their commercial counterparts.

PiControl Solutions also has a new article out here discussing how their APC software can help companies reduce waste and increase efficiency.

On the Opto22 website this morning we found a new blog here detailing all the resources they have available to help users of their groov products implement MQTT communications.

And today on the Software Toolbox website here there’s a new article detailing OPC UA Directory Servers, and how to add their OPC UA servers to them.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s CompactLogix Online Course, Compact Basics. Designed for those with some existing PLC experience who’d like to get up to speed on the CompactLogix, it comes with lifetime access and support.

Today’s “video file” is a new episode of Automation Tech Tips here in which we show viewers how to use the RSLinx Classic’s Ethernet Devices Driver.

In our “what’s coming up” segment, today we’re featuring a new episode of Automation Q & A releasing at 3:30pm ET here and covers our response to a question about a users PVPlus error, “Unable to load ActiveX.”

And that wraps 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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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 3D Sensors, IEC 61850, Condition Monitoring, Dual Booting, ITOps, Saving Energy, Python on PLCs, HDMI vs DP, and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Thursday, February 16, 2023.

First up is a new product announcement here from Banner about their ZMX Series 3D Time Of Flight Sensor which can measure and monitor objects within a three-dimensional area.

Next up is the latest update of Inductive’s Ignition product here. New features include IEC 61850 and RS-485 support, as well as Custom Right Click menus and One Shot buttons with Disabled States.

Over on the Grace Engineering website here we have their latest mid-week blog, this one covering different advantages of using condition monitoring products like those in their GraceSense line.

OnLogix has a new blog here which does a great job of walking readers through how to setup their PC to dual boot between Windows 11 and Linux.

And Global American has a new blog here discussing the differences between HDMI and DisplayPort.

On the WWT website today I found two new articles of interest. The first here explains ITops, DevOPs and Agile Software Development. The Second here discusses the steps you should take to insure a successful hypervisor installation.

And the final article for today is one from AspenTech here detailing the concrete steps they help customers take to substantially reduce their energy bills.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s S7 PLC Online Course. Designed for those with some existing PLC experience who’d like to get up to speed on the S7-1200 and S7-1500, like all their courses it comes with lifetime access and support.

On the digital newsstand today we have a new newsletter here from RTA, and this one lives up to it’s name for being pretty “darn” good!

Today we also have two new audio video files. The first here is the second in a series of videos from Opto22, this one covering the use of Python with their groove products.

The other video file for today is a new episode of The Automation Podcast here in which our guest brings us up to speed on what’s new in CNC Automation.

In our “what’s coming up” segment we’re featuring a new episode of Automation Tech Tips releasing at 3:30pm ET here which covers what to do if the RSLinx Classic Ethernet/IP driver won’t find your device.

And that wraps 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 Rockwell, Prosoft, Leviton, Locus, Cybersecurity, Intel, OnLogic, Siemens, Omron, Schneider and more in our Automation This Morning blog for Wednesday, February 15, 2023.

First up is a new blog from Rockwell Automation here which touts the many benefits of it’s new FLEX500HA Universal I/O.

Next we have a new article here from Prosoft Technology about the latest version of its Ethernet/IP to DHRIO gateway.

There’s also an announcement here from Leviton about their new CAT 6 and CAT 6A line of patch cables.

As far a new articles, first up is one here from Locus Robotics which dives into the how Human-Robot partnerships can increase productivity in warehouse operations.

And over on the SME site here we have yet another excellent article on Cybersecurity for Manufacturing.

Keeping up with every new iteration of Intel’s and AMD’s chipsets can be a challenge, but thankfully the folks over at Premio are helping with their latest blog here about the Intel’s Elkhart Lake release.

OnLogic also has a new blog here which dives into how Asset Performance Management is used in the Oil and Gas industry.

In our product spotlight today is The Automation School’s Micro 800 Nano Basics course. Designed for those with some existing PLC experience who’d like to get a jump start with the Micro800 line of PLCs, the course comes with lifetime access and support.

In our daily search through new publications we came across a new Tech Data sheet here from Siemens on their SIMOTICS condition monitoring devices.

And over on the Omron website here we found a new selection guide for their Traceability products includes Bar Code Readers and RFID products.

Over on the Schneider Electric site we found three new docs. First was a new brochure here for their EcoExpert program. Next was a new brochure here on their VisiTrip Circuit Breaker with LED Indication. And the last was a brochure here on their Actassi line of networking products.

Today’s audio video file is a Q&A here about what to do if the BOOTP-DHCP Utility won’t disable BOOT-P on your PLC or HMI.

And in our “what’s coming up” segment, we’re highlighting a new episode of The Automation Podcast releasing today at 3:30pm ET here in which our guest brings us up to speed on what’s new in CNC Automation.

And that wraps 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