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ptonsparky

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EC - retired
A month or so ago a customer called and said they wanted to modify, again, a harvest procedure that worked out really well. Last year we did it while they were in the field during harvest. Fun, but I did appreciate the heads up this year.

A CLICK plc is half the price of the PICO we used last year with so much more to offer so I learned it and started the process full time with one guy on job yesterday. I went today and ironed out a few points with him. Things under control and well on the way to harvest start in 10 days until we talked to the one of the workers. Management has changed there minds. Still changing things with a totally different sequence of events. Oh, and all the new equipment isn't here yet and yes that will need to be modified as well.
 
Those Clicks are fun little plcs. I'm always looking for a job to use them on, I've only had a chance to install one so far. I sure hope they hold up, I don't want to be eating crow over these things.
 
Cow said:
Those Clicks are fun little plcs. I'm always looking for a job to use them on, I've only had a chance to install one so far. I sure hope they hold up, I don't want to be eating crow over these things.
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They work pretty good. I took an old gates and re-wired 90% of it through the Click. It is outside in the heat too.
 
Boy did that post bring back some memories. Not so much about managers changing their minds, but about managers who have advanced to their level of incompetence (Peter principle I believe it's called).

I had an elevator manager who insisted a limit switch at the top of an elevator leg was malfunctioning. After my second trip to the top in the dead of winter to find a perfectly functioning limit switch I started questioning the manager. Apparently someone had taught him how to force points in the PLC program. He would turn them on or off and forget about what he had done, then blame it on a mechanical problem when something didn't work right. At least troubleshooting was easier after that. Straight to the nice warm office to see what points he had forced.
 
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