Along with that is naming the panels you make.
When building a new panel for a line or machine the name of the line or machine will stay what it was, but you can give the control panel its own name and model #.
One example - I built a panel for an old TMP press and it is the "Ivanova 726" and the drawings show "Ivanova 726 Control For TMP Press (serial #)"
Big sign on the front, graphics in the HMI, and a "Custom Built for xxx By me" sign on the side of the panel.
We used to call all our panels "George". We even created a decal with Kilroy peeking over the company logo. Calls from the field would often start out with "George is sick" or "I think we killed George". I'd even get calls from prospective customers saying "I want a George like theirs."
I started doing it in the '80s. Back then phrases like "The CPU" or "The master controller" would make wastewater operator's eyes roll back in their head and their tongues hang out. On the other hand, saying "George will open the valve" or "George will start the next blower" made all kinds of training issues disappear.
OOps....Cant use "Master" any more, must now be "Primary". "Master" is now considered racially biased...
Realtors in Texas and a few other states have been notified... It is Primary Bedroom and Primary Bathroom, Not Master.
OOps....Cant use "Master" any more, must now be "Primary". "Master" is now considered racially biased...
Yes...going to screw up Master/Slave references for a lot of things, like Modbus, and a lot of other communication protocol references.
OOps....Cant use "Master" any more, must now be "Primary". "Master" is now considered racially biased...
Realtors in Texas and a few other states have been notified... It is Primary Bedroom and Primary Bathroom, Not Master.
I don't think you can make a blanket statement like that. Intellectual property law is a vast swamp.I don't know about Australia, but in the US those drawings would be considered work product of work for hire. Therefore they are client property and they can do what they choose with them.
I read an article other other day saying that we need to call it Client/Server..... That's not the same thing you idiots it's a completely different model.
Or 'backplane' and 'daughtercard'.
Have to laugh at how this term is often used, considering how it was popularized.precious little snowflake