The new ControlLogix 5580 controllers provide increased performance, capacity, productivity, and security to help meet the growing demands of smart machines and equipment for manufacturing. The ControlLogix 5580 controllers use the Studio 5000 Automation Engineering & Design Environment™ application as a common design environment and Integrated Motion over EtherNet/IP […]
Rockwell Automation and The Reynolds Company presented the 2016 Automation Update on Monday, February 1, in New Orleans. The update gave a quick look at recent new product introductions from Rockwell Automation, including the ControlLogix 5580 CPU, 5069 Compact IO, and the PanelView 5500. To learn more about […]
January 2016 New Orleans Users Group Enabling the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): How to Configure a Stratix 5700 Our January Users Group seminar is this Wednesday, January 20. Our topic is Enabling the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT): How to Configure a Stratix 5700 Managed Industrial Ethernet Switch. […]
Rockwell Automation has released a new app for the iPad that will help you migrate your SLC PLC to a Logix controller platform. Use the new Rockwell Automation Migrations Mobile App to quickly migrate an existing SLC™ configuration to a ControlLogix® or a CompactLogix™ controller-based configuration. Specify the […]
December 2015 New Orleans Users Group Reducing Hardware Maintenance While Increasing Automation Software Uptime: How to Deploy Virtualized Servers with Thin Client Nodes About our topic: Continuous availability and the need for always-on applications have always been critical requirements in the industrial control environment. With fault tolerant servers, […]
November 2015 New Orleans Users Group Automation Design Productivity with Studio 5000: Introducing Studio 5000 Architect About our topic: The Studio 5000 environment combines engineering and design elements into one standard framework that enables optimized productivity and reduced commissioning time. With the Studio 5000 environment, you can respond […]
October 2015 New Orleans Users Group Defense-in-Depth Strategies for Industrial Cybersecurity October is National Cybersecurity Awareness month, and we did our part to bring awareness to cybersecurity as it applies to industrial control systems. About our topic: Most industrial security standards written today call for a “Defense-in-Depth” approach. […]
September 2015 New Orleans Users Group Phased Legacy Network Migration Strategies In our September users group session, ProSoft Technologies presented on migration solutions for legacy networks. ProSoft Technologies provides solutions to “bridge the gap” between your older legacy protocols and modern EtherNet/IP networks. About our topic: The number […]