Article Series

Industrial simulation models that act as virtual plants and can be controlled through OPC UA from a PLC or any compatible client.

From configuring an OPC UA server on an S7-1500, through certificate configuration, to connecting it to a data historian for visualization

A field route through configuration, transfer, users, OPC UA, JavaScript, CWC, Open Pipe, GraphQL, reports, collaboration and redundancy in WinCC Unified.

A focused Siemens hardening path: certificates, secure OPC UA flows, protected communication, CUM, UMC, user redundancy and Simatic Logon.

Prepare, test and secure OPC UA connections with Siemens PLCs, UaExpert, Docker, Python, WinCC, Beckhoff and encryption checks.

A route through simulation, transfer, blocks, libraries, Get/Put, HMI scripts and project practices in TIA Portal.

Web publishing, certificates, real errors, WebNavigator runtime behavior, WebUX and DataMonitor reporting for classic WinCC.

VBScript, VBA, libraries, ActiveX, .NET, WPF, Excel, PDF, ping, menus and utilities to extend classic WinCC.

Updates, Industrial Graphics, widgets, .NET controls, BarcodeLib, SQLite and modern extensibility in AVEVA InTouch.

Alarm reading, historical data, HistData, RDS, RDP, NAD, events and 21 CFR part 11 traceability in AVEVA InTouch.

Licenses, FTLD interfaces, PIPerfMon, performance counters, FactoryTalk View SE status and Historian clients.

A practical FactoryTalk View route: communication, clients, import, users, alarms, datalogs, messages, recipes, email, SQLite and global objects.

A practical route to simulate Rockwell controllers, prepare RSLinx OPC and FSGateway, and connect InTouch, FactoryTalk View SE/ME and RSView32 with RSLogix Emulate 500/5000.

Introduction, simulation, messaging, produced/consumed tags, GSV/SSV, ALMD, EDS, firmware, PowerFlex, MicroLogix and RSLinx.

Modbus RTU/TCP from simulation to Siemens, Schneider, Rockwell, WinCC, Wireshark and real vulnerabilities.

PROFINET, STP, MRP, segmentation, SNMP, EtherNet/IP, CIP, PPS, Prosoft and industrial network diagnostics.

A natural PM Quality series: introduction, PM-Server, stations, topology, phases, trends, reports and PM-Analyze.

Version control for TIA Portal, collaborative flows, VS Code environment, Copilot, AI agents and an assisted OPC UA example.

AI examples taken into code, games, small SCADA, algorithms and industrial problems for learning by building.

A three-part mini-series that evolves a temperature simulator into a control architecture with OPC UA.

GRAFCET theory and the GrafSim interactive tool as a natural continuation for designing and simulating sequences.

First project, hardware configuration, upload/download, TwinCAT OPC server, OPC UA, HMI CE and CERHOST access.

Modernization and compatibility for old controls: FactoryTalk View, iFix, WinCC V8, InTouch, MS Controls, ActiveX and .NET.

Capture, storage, querying and reporting: SQL, SQLite, ODBC, Oracle, MySQL, DataLogs, SSRS and PLC/SCADA data.

A historical but still useful route for S5, S7-200, PPI, PC/PG, KepServer, InTouch, WinCC Flexible, ProTool, Modbus and Profibus.