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UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC
MASTER TROUBLESHOOTING
Become the Go-to technician
Ladder Logic Solutions
BLOG 4 — COMPLETING THE MAP OF THE PLC BRAIN (Function File Awareness — The Final Piece Most Techs Never Learn)
____________________________________________________ ⚠️ FUNCTION FILE AWARENESS DISCLAIMER ⚠️ • Function Files exist only on platforms that support special hardware features. • Not all PLCs have RTC, HSC, STI, or PTO Function Files. • Even when they do exist, their layout and configuration vary by processor family. • This post is awareness only — not configuration training. • Understanding Function Files helps technicians recognize where special behavior lives inside the cont
Jim Joros
Jul 312 min read
BLOG 5 — ENGINEERS VS PLC TECHNICIANS ...Why Troubleshooting Requires a Different Kind of Thinking
Engineers Build Systems — Technicians Recover Them Engineers think in terms of: design performance features specifications Technicians think in terms of: faults symptoms recovery production pressure One builds the map. One navigates the terrain. 👉 Different missions. Different thinking. Different stress. Engineers Work in the Future — Technicians Work in the Present Engineers imagine what the machine should do. Technicians deal with what the machine is doing. Engineers desig
Jim Joros
Jul 282 min read
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