DMC

09/07/2016

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Visitors to DMC may notice our ever-changing "Quote Board," documenting the most infamous utterances of the moment.

John Sullivan

09/06/2016

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DMC and Siemens recently co-hosted a webinar on "Developing PLC and HMI Code Faster Through Use of the Siemens Open Library." I joined Carson Kennedy of Siemens in presenting a free, 45-minute educational webinar that was originally introdu...

Steven Dusing

09/05/2016

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At NIWeek this year, there were a few sessions that I really enjoyed focusing on user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design in LabVIEW. I take a personal interest in designing intuitive and aesthetic interfaces for my applications. Here are ...

Frank May

09/02/2016

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Part of the fun of working at DMC is the activity fund budget we get to use for monthly fun events. One of our new favorite things to do is buy pizza and fly some of the drones (quadcopters) we have around the park outside our office.  Before...

Curtis Weir

09/01/2016

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SharePoint forms are usually very simple in terms of validation. The only out-of-the-box feature is to make a field required. While this is useful, sometimes businesses want more control over what users should and should not enter into a form. F...

Otto Gottlieb

08/31/2016

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In a previous blog I discussed programming motion control with a S7-1500 with Technology Objects in TIA Portal. This is a very popular method of doing the motion control on the PLC. We can also offload the motion control to the drive con...

Peter King

08/30/2016

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Each month, a different DMC office location gives the rest of the company an update. In the spirit of OneDMC, it helps keep us all connected and up-to-date on the latest employees, projects, and events. Though a PowerPoint is generally required, some...

Darren Jones

08/29/2016

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DMC will host the Chicagoland LabVIEW User's Group meeting on Wednesday, September 7, 2016. We've had the pleasure of hosting local LabVIEW developers for several years, and we're excited to open our space to the community. Agenda...

Kevin Service

08/25/2016

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Michael Phelps has clearly made a splash in the Rio Olympics. The 31 year-old swimmer has grabbed a hefty six medals in this Olympics alone. Retiring with a grand total of 28 medals, Phelps is most decorated Olympian of all time. If this didn...

Nicklas Thystrup

08/24/2016

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This guide will get you started with Beckhoff PLCs by showing step by step how to go online with an existing PLC to monitor or troubleshoot existing code on a running PLC. To upload the code from the PLC for modification or backup, just follow ste...