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PLC Programming Software: What It Is and How to Protect Your Work

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PLC Programming Software: What It Is and How to Protect Your Work

This PLC programming software article was written by Chris Urban, an automation educator and PLC trainer with over 40 years of hands-on experience. Find Chris on YouTube and LinkedIn. — CU Please allow me to start with a quote from Robert A. Pease: “My favorite programming language is solder.” Among the mistakes I made when I was younger, I chose … Read more

Control 32 PLCs at Once: Master Omron Host Link Protocol

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Previously we used VB6 (Visual Basic 6) to implement the Omron Host Link Protocol to communicate to our programmable logic controller. (PLC) In part 2 we used Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to accomplish our host link serial communication. We will now look at using VB.Net to establish and retrieve information in and out of … Read more