Happy Thanksgiving!
At Bennett Automation Solutions, we have a lot to be thankful for this year such as the spectacular Texas sunrises we get to enjoy so often: This year, however, two things really tops our list. We are first of all very thankful that we live in America. Lately, there seems to be a never ending barrage of divisive news articles, pundits, and bloggers each of whom has a laundry list of reasons why the people on their side are saints and the people on the other side are devils h
Did you know...Importing Data from a Website?
In the olden days, SCADA networks used specialized communication standards and each computer existed as it's own standalone environment. Consequently, SCADA networks existed as a separate entity from the business networks and a de facto "Air Gap" kept SCADA environments far from the internet. Then manufacturers starting using Ethernet for everything and since the blue wire was already connecting all the equipment together anyway, why not connect the SCADA network to the busi
Did you know... the M340's Default Addresses
The first time you connect to a PLC just shipped from the factory can be frustrating experience. Firmware may need to be updated, special cables exhumed from their dusty crypts, or automatic IP addressed assigned from DHCP servers tracked down. Recognizing these issues, Schneider-Electric has come up with a useful solution. Did you know that every M340 with a builtin Ethernet port, comes with a default IP address? Better yet, rather than giving each M340 the same IP addres
