I made a video where i explain how to connect and read tags from and Opc server using OpcNetApi.dll library with C#. This post follows a serie of old article that you can read on my old blog. This code comes from Beckhoff OPC how-to section and if you run a ...

Let’s say that you want to build your own HMI, because: commercial SCADAs are too expensive for your application you need more control over the code and VBA is not good you want to protect your know-how you need a better HMI and you can’t do it with a normal ...

When logging datas from sensors it’s important to visualize them with a powerful real-time chart. In automation especially it’s common to analyze processes with the help of charts to predict and regulate the process. One of the most powerful charts (and for many the best) is Dynamic Data Display, an ...

While analizing the process that you have to automate you always have many conditions to respect for the safeness of the equipments, of the operators and of the process itself. What is an Alarm An alarm is a condition of non-safe state of the machine. Depending on the impact on ...