Maintenance6 min read
Your SCADA backup probably does not restore
The most common serious finding on a first maintenance visit is not a missing feature. It is that nobody has ever tested the backup.
Insights
Notes from inside other people's control systems
Written for the engineer or plant manager doing the work, not for search engines. Everything here is something we have had to explain more than once.
Retrofit7 min read
Planning a PLC changeover around the shutdown window you can actually get
The window is the constraint. Everything else in a retrofit is arranged around it, including the decision to stop.
Migration8 min read
Allen Bradley to Siemens: what actually transfers, and what does not
Cross-brand PLC migration is sold as a conversion and delivered as a rewrite. Here is where the line falls.
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