Bio
- Early promoter of state language in control technology
- Founder of the Automation List
- Cofounder of Industrial Computing Society
More detailed biographical information
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Articles
Welcome to Control.com!
(September 17, 1999)
Control.com is being launched RSN (Real Soon Now), with content supplied by a star-studded cast drawn from the most distinguished members of our professional community.
You'll get news, technology, information resources, rumors, opinion, advice, more opinion, trend spotting, insight, and did we mention opinion?
Best of all, YOU GET TO TALK BACK!!!
Control software development practices
(September 27, 1999)
I’ve been asked to write an article on control software development for an upcoming issue of a major control industry publication. The article relates mostly to embedded PCs, as opposed to the PLC/ladder world. I’m focusing on development practices, in particular how the tension is managed between schedules/budgets on the one hand, and safety/reliability on the other.
List admin note...
(January 06, 2000)
Hi all,
Welcome to the LinuxPLC list.
LinuxPLC/GPL
(January 08, 2000)
In answer to:
>A question for Ken Crater. Would your company consider making its controller available under LinuxPLC, perhaps as a commercial add-on?<
A proposed mascot
(January 11, 2000)
A mascot has been created for the LinuxPLC project
which I propose we adopt as a symbol and logo: the Puffin! (a small sea bird with lots of personality)
Anon FTP site is available (and currently empty)
(January 12, 2000)
An FYI: there is an anonymous ftp site set up on linuxplc.org which may be used for dissemination of files relating to this project.
Positive mention in I&CS editorial
(February 23, 2000)
I just received the February issue of I&CS magazine, which contains an editorial by Editor in Chief Ron Kuhfeld entitled "Keep an eye on Linux".
TimeSys Linux/RT
(March 04, 2000)
Did anyone notice the recent release of another realtime Linux variant: TimeSys Linux/RT? Here's the link:
http://www.timesys.com/1linuxrt.htm
Ethernet DIO, was DIO Boards
(March 27, 2000)
This message is being forwarded from Stephen Mason [stephenm@jescousa].
> I am new to this group so forgive my ignorance. I thought the whole issue about using Ethernet for control was the fact that Ethernet is not
deterministic and is susceptible to data collisions. Am I wrong about this?...
The project (was: Supports Open Standard)
(April 27, 2000)
Would anyone like to take a first crack at a FAQ and/or introduction for the project?
ISA web seminars
(May 03, 2000)
I thought this was an interesting idea -- ISA is starting to offer short seminars using the web and telephone.
Open poll
(May 08, 2000)
OK, so it's not a scientific sampling, but the below poll (shown with responses to date) was up on the Control.com site for a number of days and
accumulated an interesting response -- it seems that there's a pretty wide variation in the definition of "open" as it relates to controls. ...
ISA web seminar on Safety Instrumented Systems
(June 30, 2000)
ISA has scheduled another web seminar for July 19th. The topic of this one is: The Basics of Implementing Safety Instrumented Systems and Satisfying Regulatory Requirements. The instructor is Paul Gruhn. More info about the seminar is available on the ISA website at http://www.isa.org/training/sis ....
Ballot box stuffing
(June 30, 2000)
Well, there's been a lot of activity on our current poll on Control.com, which asks about trade shows in our industry (specifically, when was the last time you attended one). Unfortunately, 63 of the most recent responses
were all by the same person! ...
PLC Programming Archive ready to go
(July 06, 2000)
The PLC Programming Archive is now available at http://www.control.com/control_com/PLCArchive
ISA conference on Industrial Ethernet
(October 16, 2000)
I thought some of you might be interested in an upcoming ISA conference, where I'll be speaking on the topic of IP protocols for industrial control.
Open Control Lab
(October 25, 2000)
As promised earlier in the year, our Open Control Lab is preparing to launch.
Interesting patent approach
(January 22, 2001)
Given the recurring discussions about patents in our industry, I thought a recent announcement from Schneider Automation might prove interesting. ...
Conference speaking opportunity in Netherlands
(January 26, 2001)
This message is forwarded from Maarten Legius, asking if anyone would like to make a presentation on the project for a conference in the Netherlands. Any interest?
See you in Chicago?
(February 28, 2001)
For anyone attending National Manufacturing Week in Chicago next week, we're hosting a "Control.com Cafe" on the show floor as a place for Automation List members and Control.com regulars to get together for a cup of coffee ...
Support Survey by Control Engineering magazine
(March 01, 2001)
We've been asked by one of the editors at Control Engineering magazine to help out with a survey they're doing for publication in their June 2001 issue, on the topic of service and support in our industry ...
GPL and ownership, was Schneider's interest in Control.com / LinuxPLC
(June 15, 2001)
> Hmm, maybe your attorney should read the GPL and modify the notice appropriately... <
A careful reading (i.e., a legal reading) of the legal notice will show that we are not claiming any ownership of content submitted by others, only the nonexclusive right to distribute it ...
2nd International Symposium on Open Control Systems
(August 13, 2001)
Announcement of the following conference just arrived, and we thought some of you might be interested.
New forum topic - Open Control
(January 30, 2002)
People who have been regulars at Control.com and on the Automation List will recall that our principal mission as an organization is to encourage the advent of open control, in the sense of multi-vendor standards-based systems...
Valves for irrigation control?
(June 27, 2002)
Distribution valves needed for irrigation system for small nonprofit farm.
New front end for Control.com
(November 18, 2006)
Control.com gets a facelift and some new features...
AList disaster recovery
(January 15, 2007)
The week when everything went wrong on the AList...
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