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[ptonsparky]

Why would you set someone up for failure?

I was on another forum that deals more with PLCs. One of the questions posed was by someone who was given a solenoid and told to make it work. The goal was to cycle the solenoid once a day. He has had no experience with PLCs. IDK if they are an electrician or a window washer.

 

[Hv&Lv]

Why would you set someone up for failure?

I was on another forum that deals more with PLCs. One of the questions posed was by someone who was given a solenoid and told to make it work. The goal was to cycle the solenoid once a day. He has had no experience with PLCs. IDK if they are an electrician or a window washer.

Probably the guy that handed it to him and said “make it work” was a supervisor that had no idea how to make it work..

 

[xformer]

Why would you set someone up for failure?

I was on another forum that deals more with PLCs. One of the questions posed was by someone who was given a solenoid and told to make it work. The goal was to cycle the solenoid once a day. He has had no experience with PLCs. IDK if they are an electrician or a window washer.

There are many answers to this question IMHO. One possible answer is the boss does not know how to do it.

 

[ptonsparky]

The boss may not know how, but Good Golly Molly, sending a novice to the PLC that controls your plant? That is a new level of ignorance.

 

[xformer]

The boss may not know how, but Good Golly Molly, sending a novice to the PLC that controls your plant? That is a new level of ignorance.

Could be a situation where the boss wanted to use it as a teaching moment to some know-it-all.

 

[ptonsparky]

Could be a situation where the boss wanted to use it as a teaching moment to some know-it-all.

Well that should have worked.