AUTOMATIONDIRECT'S
TECHNICAL LINKS

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USING YOUR PRODUCTS

Technical Forum at AutomationDirect.com

Application Stories

Frequently Asked Questions

Technical and Application Notes

Cable Wiring Diagrams

Troubleshooting Guides

Example Programs

Guided Tutorials

Product and Technology Web Seminars

Learn.AutomationDirect.com

http://support.automationdirect.com
Contains FAQs, demo programs, firmware and software updates/downloads, FREE product manuals (PDF downloads), example programs, application notes

AutomationDirect Microsite Resource Center

www.aboutplcs.com
This site offers product selection guides, specifications and programming information for the CLICK and DirectLOGIC PLCs.

www.c-morehmi.com
C-more touch panels

www.c-moremicro.com
C-more micro-graphic panels

http://motors.automationdirect.com
General purpose and inverter-duty motors

www.durapulse.com
Complete line of AC variable frequency drives

www.sureservo.com
Servo drives, motors, cables and software

ONLINE SUPPORT TOOLS/DOCUMENTS

Installation Instructions

Online User Manuals

AutoCAD Template Drawings

Compliance Documents

Product Selection Information

Product Cross References

A Guide to Common Automation Terms

How to Design and install a Control System

How to connect 3-wire sinking and sourcing
devices to PLC input modules

PLC Selection Considerations

DOWNLOADS

Firmware Upgrades

Free Software Upgrades and Tools

Restricted Software Downloads (password required)

Free Demos

USEFUL INDUSTRY LINKS

INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS

www.isa.org (Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society)

www.ieee.org (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

www.profibus.com (Profibus Trade Organization)

INDUSTRY SEARCH ENGINES/DIRECTORIES/VIRTUAL EXHIBITS

www.globalspec.com

www.thomasnet.com

www.packexpo.com

INDUSTRY MAGAZINE SITES

www.manufacturing.net (Reed Publishing Group site)

www.controleng.com (Control Engineering)

www.machinedesign.com (Machine Design)

www.mmh.com (Modern Materials Handling)

www.automationworld.com (Automation World)

www.newequipment.com (New Equipment Digest)

www.controldesign.com (Control Design)

www.controlmagazine.com (Control)

www.designnews.com (Design News)

www.pddnet.com (Product Design and Development)

www.ianmag.com (Instrumentation and Automation News)

www.motionsystemdesign.com (Motion System Design)

www.automationmag.com (Manufacturing Automation
( Canada ))

INDUSTRY BLOGS/PODCASTS

http://www.controlglobal.com/voices/sound_off.html (Control magazine's Editors' blogs and podcast library)

http://radio.weblogs.com/0133292/ (AutomationWorld magazine's Gary Mintchell blog)

http://automation.libsyn.com/ (Gary Mintchell's podcast library)

www.jimpinto.com (Industry thought leader)

http://waltboyes.livejournal.com (Control magazine's, Editor in Chief, Walt Boyes blog)

INDUSTRY TECHNICAL FORUMS

www.control.com (Online community of control and automation engineers with forum topics such as Applications, Automation Business, HMI and Open Control. Encompasses the Automation List.)

http://cr4.globalspec.com (Subsite of globalspec.com, encompasses a wide range of engineering and industry topics, including patents and engineering failures)

http://forum1.automationdirect.com (AutomationDirect product topics)

INDUSTRY TECHNICAL/TRAINING

www.automation.com (Products, Jobs, technical information)

www.interconnectingautomation.com (Interconnecting Automation Inc, Doug Bell, Trainer – regional and onsite training classes on DirectLOGIC PLCs; Trainers/simulator hardware and training videos for PLCs, Analog I/O, and PID; online training center with subscription-based access)

http://resource.controleng.com (Technical Resource Center developed by Control Engineering magazine)

www.plcs.net (PLC technical training and forum)

www.wowmanuals.com (Basic PLC study)

www.nttinc.com (industry training)

http://electrical-contractor.net (electrical products training and resources)

http://www.controlsweekly.com (A portal of free, non-vendor specific web resources for control system designers, installers, and maintainers.)

“Automação Aplicada” (Applied Automation), PLC book published in Brazil by Editora Érica www.editoraerica.com.br, that covers Basic Concepts of PLC Configuration and Programming, including Stage Programming (RLLPLUS). All examples are based on AutomationDirect PLCs.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION TRAINING

Colleges, universities, technical schools, and trade schools that teach industrial technology courses using AutomationDirect equipment

Alfred State College, Alfred, NY
( www.alfredstate.edu )

Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School, Jefferson, OH
( http://www.acjvs.org )

Center for Advanced Technology (CADTEC)
Augusta Technical College, Augusta, GA
( http://www.augustatech.edu )

Boise State University
(after July 1st 2009, College of Western Idaho), Boise, ID
( http://www.boisestate.edu )

Cal Poly Pomona
ISA Student Chapter, Pomona, CA
( http://www.csupomona.edu )

Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, WI
( http://www.cvtc.edu )

DeVry University
(several campuses, and their online program offer
ADC PLC training)
( http://www.devry.edu )

Lanier Tech, Oakwood, GA
( http://www.laniertech.edu/academic-programs_/academic-programs.asp?m=4 )

Oregon Institute of Technology
( http://www.oit.edu )

Panola College, Carthage, TX
( http://www.panola.edu )

IBEW, San Diego Electrical Training Center, San Diego, CA
( http://www.sdett.org/home.asp )

University Of Houston - College of Technology,
Department of Engineering Technology, Houston, TX
( http://tech.uh.edu/Departments/Engineering_Technology/ )

Vermont Technical College, Middlebury, VT
( http://www.vtc.edu/ )

Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
( http://www.Vinu.edu )

Walla Walla University, College Place, WA
( http://engr.wallawalla.edu/engr480 )

Wilkes Community College, Ashe campus, West Jefferson, NC
( http://www.wilkescc.edu/wcccms/default2.aspx?id=414 )

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Il
( http://www.niu.edu/CEET/ )

Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton, WI
( http://www.fvtc.edu/public/academics/subjectarea.aspx )

Central Community College, Columbus, Nebraska
( http://www.cccneb.edu )

Electric League of Maryland, Lansdowne, MD
( http://www.elmd.org )

Independent Electrical Contractors, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Loveland, CO   ( http://www.iecrm.org )

IBEW Training Center (Alameda JATC), San Leandro, CA
( http://www.595jatc.org )

INDUSTRY RESEARCH SITES

www.arcweb.com