Im afraid I have no power here. I am technically a Machinist that has the unpaid luxury to do maintenance on the machines here. I take very opportunity to do automation maintenance as I am entry level. Im in a small city in Florida where Automation let alone employement opportunities are scare. As bad as this place is I am one of the lucky ones to not have to work as a machine operator or at a fast food or hospitality job. I have a 2 year degree in automation and honestly my experience with PLC programming is limited to what I did at school.
They are going to do what they want. In fact I told them today that I dont think its at all what I was trained on and its not symbol drag and drop programming and the addressing is way different than what I know. I offered up the possibility of getting the software and copying it manually but this was before I knew how different the programming was.
Remember I wasnt saying I could re write the program just copy it based on the PLC program print out we have, which looked rung based so I figure would be very similar. I since have told the guy that calls the shots on projects like this and maintenance(which to tell you how small and unorganized this place is,its the Quality guy);that I dont think I can do it. He said he thinks its not that bad and that between me and him we can do it,even though he has zero programming experience and I have school level experience. He is a good old boy that would try and design a aircraft without knowing college Algebra and say" lets not over analyze it, we not building a space shuttle". I dont mean to sound arrogant because I drop out of Engineering because I hated all the Calculous. I just mean to say this is the type of guy that will take something on he has no idea how much is involved and it becomes a lost attempt and he will find some other reason to why it failed besides him. There are no checks and balances here. Im just the Machinist that secretly they wouldnt even attempt to do alot of the projects they have been talking about lately without me being here,but will always down play as just the Machinist.
Long story short I have no other options yet and I am using this place for experience to get to the next level. I rather not even attempt this project as it is obsolete technology and really wont help me in the future but if they are going to do it anyways and I can have something to do other that machining braze fixtures( which is irrelevant to my field) that hey, whats the harm? They cant and wont hold me responsible. I advised them not to do it today. His response was he thinks we(by we, he means me and he will take credit) can do it and at worst he we only be out a $1000.00 for parts and software. He hasnt thought how much time its going to take me to figure it out(If I can) and do all the other things that are required out of the only Machinist/Maintenance Technician on a whole shift. Oh I do some quality stuff like adjust programs for parts to. And all for $12.00 an hour. Yeahits that bad here.
Sorry for the long posts got caught up. Just want you guys to know how helpless I am in this situation. And I will work on getting the electronic copy online. Honestly, knowing that there is no drag and drop I and dreading I even opened my mouth. I am hoping the guy that wrote this made it drag and drop.
http://plc2software.com/products.html
Im aware of the concern of it not being the programming software and that the product being offered is simply software for the cable to be able to be used. I contacted them today.
Thankx
