PLC Automation Consultancy & Training | Liam Bee
Learn PLC automation properly, through structured courses, deep technical guides, and industrial consultancy.
State machines are one of the most powerful yet misunderstood design patterns in PLC programming. Instead of building control logic around scattered conditions and boolean flags, state-based design focuses on…
Engineering teams often implement PLC code protection without genuine need, creating operational headaches rather than security benefits. This article examines when know-how protection makes sense, the hidden costs of unnecessary…
When working in TIA Portal, the ANY and Variant data types can seem deceptively similar because both can accept almost anything you pass into a function block. However, once you…
OPC UA is rapidly becoming the industry standard for PLC to SCADA communication and industrial automation networking, replacing legacy industrial protocols that rely on fixed memory addressing and vendor specific…
Ongoing automation support shouldn’t begin when production stops. This article explores how structured PLC support packages give maintenance teams immediate access to experienced diagnostic thinking, reducing downtime, avoiding costly misdiagnosis,…
If you have spent any time working in TIA Portal, you have probably run into that puzzling moment when blocks show up as different online compared to your offline project,…
Migrating from Siemens Step 7 to TIA Portal is rarely as simple as running a conversion tool. While Siemens provides automated migration utilities, real-world projects often require manual logic restructuring,…
Consulting Insight | Liam Bee Why the gap between “it works” and “we understand it” is where the real expense lives. Every automation engineer has inherited a project with no…
My journey from music technology student to senior automation engineer. Learn how I built a career in PLC programming, SCADA, and control systems without a degree.
Working with Siemens TIA Portal often means navigating data types that behave a little differently than expected. One question that comes up regularly is whether you can access the individual…