easymon is a remote monitoring solution that brings the ease of use of the smartphone world to the domain of machine controllers. It only requires to install the PLCnext function extension from the PLCnext store and the corresponding smartphone app from the iOS or Google Play Store. After a… Read More
Hello all, This blog-post will detail how to get the apt package manager running on the Linux OS of the PLCnext. Thus opening up more possibilities for installing packages. This post assumes you have some experience using Linux !!!!! DISCLAIMER THIS POST IS NOT ENDORSED OR SUPPORTED… Read More
Introduction Hello everyone, here is the second tutorial about the IEC61850 standard, to follow it correctly, I strongly advise you to read the first one because I start from its end to continue the engineering. Here is the link: https://www.plcnext-community.net/en/hn-makers-blog/658-straton-introduction-tutorial-1-data-exchange-between-plcnext-engineer-and-straton.html We are not going… Read More
Hello Everyone, this summer was my first time working with PLCnext technology and I wanted to share what I was able to do. More specifically, I worked with the eHMI technology in PLCnext Engineer. If any of you are like me and have no artistic abilities you may not… Read More
The PLCnext function app easymon removes the hassle of setting up a remote monitoring of your control.Instead of configuring all the nitty gritty bits and pieces of a cloud-based IoT services, it just leaves you with selecting your PLCnext project variables that you want to monitor on your mobile devices… Read More
Once you have your Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control data flowing to the cloud, it’s time to develop some fast and efficient algorithms and Machine Learning models for real-time processing of the data. Azure Machine Learning empowers us with a wide range of productive experiences for building, training, and deploying… Read More
Once you have your Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control data flowing to the cloud, it’s time to create some Power BI reports so that you can easily monitor everything. But first things first, let’s get our PLCnext Control connected to Microsoft Azure. Phoenix Contact has a video at … Read More
Once you have your Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control data flowing to the cloud, it’s time to setup alerts and notifications so that you can easily monitor everything. I prefer using Microsoft Logic Apps for sending email and text alerts when temperatures rise above a specified threshold. But first things… Read More
Once you have your Phoenix Contact PLCnext Control data flowing to the cloud, it’s time to create some Grafana Dashboards so that you can easily monitor everything. But first things first, let’s get our PLCnext Control connected to Microsoft Azure. Phoenix Contact has a video at … Read More
