drbitboy
Lifetime Supporting Member
Maybe the way to do this have a form instead of a free-form text box in response the the [start a thread] button.
If the form is not adequately filled out, then the query is not posted.
We could have a separate forum for general comments/discussion.
The form could have sections like
If the form is not adequately filled out, then the query is not posted.
We could have a separate forum for general comments/discussion.
The form could have sections like
- General description
- Industry (wastewater, petrochem, etc.)
- Process description
- P&ID or sketch
- constraints
- safety constraints
- Makes and models of hardware
- Skill level
- Over what timescale/time-zone can/will you check for a reply, and/or respond to queries for more information?
- Type of problem
- Wiring
- Installing software
- Running software
- Comms
- serial
- ethernet/TCP
- device
- ...
- Networking issue
- E/IP
- Modbus
- Profi*
- TCP/IP
- Device
- ...
- Programming an algorithm and/or logic
- Feedback Control/PID
- ...
- What is the problem?
- What do you want/expect it to do?
- What is it actually doing?
- Screenshots of trends
- Urgency
- ...
- What has been tried?
- Zip your code, or better yet, PDF
- More screenshots of trends
- Relevant URLs (manuals, etc.)
- ...
- ...