Insights, updates, and project stories from Elite Automation.
The Practice When adding new signals to an existing SCADA system, there is often a choice: create new points or reuse old spare/decommissioned points.…
The Risk When installing open-source tools from package managers (pip, npm, GitHub releases), verify the spelling of the package name carefully. Attackers regularly upload…
What ONS Does The ONS (One Shot) instruction in RSLogix 5000/Studio 5000 executes the output logic for exactly one scan when the input conditions…
The Principle When troubleshooting a PLC or SCADA issue, do not accept secondhand conclusions at face value. Everyone involved — operators, other engineers, maintenance…
The Problem If your PLC logic uses time-of-day comparisons to trigger actions — batch starts, valve sequencing, report generation, data logging — daylight saving…
Deadband Minimum of 1.0 When migrating PID blocks from older versions that used INT data types to newer versions using REAL, the deadband parameter…
The Issue Proworx NXT programs saved with long filenames may fail to open. The software was built around older file naming conventions, and exceeding…
The Problem Writing configuration parameters to SEL protective relays via Modbus can brick the relay. Not crash it temporarily — brick it. When this…
You Need a Baseline Before You Touch Anything This one sounds obvious. It isn't — at least not to the degree it needs to…
Why Application Passwords Exist — And What Happens Without Them PLC application passwords aren't an IT checkbox. They're the last line of defense between…
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