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Services

PLC, SCADA and HMI programming

We program the PLCs, touchscreens and SCADA systems that run pumps, conveyors and process plant, and we document them so the next person can follow what they do.
Close-up of PLC input and output modules with labelled blue control wiring

What we do

  • New control systems, from a written description or a walk around the site
  • PLC programming and changes on Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens and Omron
  • Open and hardware-independent control with CODESYS and OpenPLC
  • HMI touchscreens with plain screens for operators: status, alarms, setpoints and trends
  • SCADA and secure remote access for sites spread across a farm or a district
  • Upgrades from obsolete PLCs to current hardware
  • Fault finding on existing systems installed by others

Problems we solve

  • A plant that only one person knows how to run
  • An obsolete PLC with no spares and no copy of the program
  • Operators guessing at alarms that do not say what is wrong
Platforms we work with: Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Omron, CODESYS and OpenPLC. Programs, I/O lists and drawings are handed over with the job.

Examples of this work

Outdoor control panel with PLC, relays and terminal rows, blue control wiring
Outdoor control panel with PLC, relays and terminal rows, blue control wiring
Controller module with neatly ferruled field wiring
Controller module with neatly ferruled field wiring
Inside a control panel: duct, relays and terminal wiring
Inside a control panel: duct, relays and terminal wiring
Two-door control panel with controller, breakers and power supplies
Two-door control panel with controller, breakers and power supplies
Outdoor pole-mounted control panel with indicators and breakers
Outdoor pole-mounted control panel with indicators and breakers
Network and server rack with structured cabling
Network and server rack with structured cabling

Questions

Our system was installed by someone else and there is no documentation. Can you work on it?

Usually, yes. We start by reading the program out of the PLC, mapping the inputs and outputs, and writing down what it actually does before we change anything.

Can we see the plant from a phone?

Yes, through a secure VPN connection. Alarms can also be sent by text or email.

Need something built, fixed or upgraded?

Call to talk it through, or send the job details and photos and we will come back to you with a time or a price.