ToolGuyFred
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Ho Yuss.allscott said:Bubba ain't stupid, we just don't program PLC's all day every day. Some of the things we might need to do on a daily basis include;
1. Troubleshoot faulty limit switch.
2. Fix hydraulic proportional valve.
3. Replace blown up VFD
4. Wire 2MVA transformer.
5. Unjamb paper out of secretaries printer.
6. Change bearings in 100HP motor
7. Fix plant managers excel spreadsheet/monthly report.
8. Fix the A/C for the office.
9. Weld a broken piece of something back together.
10. Make a new X in the lathe.
11. Tune a motion controller.
To the poster that said "we'll find a different Bubba". I can do all of these things, can you? Should we hire another 15 people who are experts at all these things and then go out of business because costs are too high?
Sounds familiar. I have worked the last 20 or so years for machine builders, mostly writing PLC software. I can follow STL as well as the next key-tapper but when you're looking at someone else's code, nothing beats ladder. This is the same reason one previous employer uses Pascal and Delphi for PC applications. C++ is fine when written by an expert wanting someone else to be able to follow his code - BUT - C++ can be as obtuse as you like. Pascal is just easier to follow. I don't want clever-clever. Give me serviceable every time.