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Thomas Wilson

 

As a Controls technician for an industrial gas company, I have been blessed to work with many different control systems. I have experience with networking, PLC logic, HMI graphics, creating scripts, and various IT tasks. I also have experience with electrical and instrumentation that takes place out in the field as the "hands on" portion of the work. This can really help when programming or troubleshooting issues as the control system is communicating with these types of devices. This blog is to give users with frequent questions and concerns the ability to communicate about industrial IT and networking issues. This will include APT and TIA portal for logic and configuration details, Wincc for graphic designs, Win911 for a callout system, and everything in between.  I hope to one day become a manager of a controls team in my company and assist with plant upgrades and installations of new systems. I hope to obtain a deeper knowledge of networking and general IT solutions with this course and hope that it will excel my performance within the IT world. If there are any questions or concerns with my experience in the related fields, please feel free to see the "my contact" tab and reach out via email or write a post on my blog.   

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