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Automation Engineer Career Path: From Apprentice to Senior Controls Engineer

February 5, 2026 Liam (Site Owner)
Siemens Siemens Q&A

Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 5

February 4, 2026 Liam (Site Owner)
Siemens Siemens Q&A

Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 4

January 28, 2026 Liam (Site Owner)
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Managing Pre-Sequence Issues in PLC Control Systems

January 26, 2026 Liam (Site Owner)
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Using LLMs as a Distributed System: ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian, and MCP

January 25, 2026 Liam (Site Owner)
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Automation Engineer Career Path: From Apprentice to Senior Controls Engineer
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Automation Engineer Career Path: From Apprentice to Senior Controls Engineer
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 5
Siemens Siemens Q&A
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 5
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 4
Siemens Siemens Q&A
Siemens TIA Portal – Q&A Podcast – Episode 4
Managing Pre-Sequence Issues in PLC Control Systems
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TIA Portal – Using BLKMOV and AT Constructors
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TIA Portal – Using BLKMOV and AT Constructors
TIA Portal – TON / TOF / TP Timers And Different Use Cases
TIA Portal
TIA Portal – TON / TOF / TP Timers And Different Use Cases
TIA Portal – Optimized / Non-Optimized – What’s The Difference?
TIA Portal
TIA Portal – Optimized / Non-Optimized – What’s The Difference?
TIA Portal – Working With Variants
TIA Portal
TIA Portal – Working With Variants
Automation Engineer Career Path: From Apprentice to Senior Controls Engineer
General
Automation Engineer Career Path: From Apprentice to Senior Controls Engineer
Managing Pre-Sequence Issues in PLC Control Systems
General
Managing Pre-Sequence Issues in PLC Control Systems
Using LLMs as a Distributed System: ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian, and MCP
General
Using LLMs as a Distributed System: ChatGPT, Claude, Obsidian, and MCP
Centralising System Options With a PLC Configuration Block
General General PLC Rockwell Siemens Studio 5000 TIA Portal
Centralising System Options With a PLC Configuration Block
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Introduction To Ladder Logic

September 19, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

A complete introduction to Ladder Logic programming, generalised for use in any environment

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TIA Portal – Optimized / Non-Optimized – What’s The Difference?

September 18, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

Unique Views: 4,186 Since TIA Portal came along, there’s been an argument between whether or not you should allow TIA Portal to “Optimize” your data. Set to ON by default,…

TIA Portal

TIA Portal – Virtualizing PLCs With PLCSIM Advanced

September 17, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

Unique Views: 3,508 Leveraging virtualized environments is one of the best things that can be done in the new “Working from home” world. I have a copy of PLCSIM Advanced…

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TIA Portal – Difference Between Tags & Variables In Siemens TIA Portal

September 15, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

Unique Views: 8,465 Apart from the obvious that one is a purple icon and the other is a blue, the difference between how these two objects should be used is…

TIA Portal

TIA Portal – Searching Through Entire Project

September 14, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

Unique Views: 3,606 When trying to follow structured data through interfaces, or across multiple uses in a project, cross-reference doesn’t always work. This is because, when using structures, the global…

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WC – Wild Cards

September 14, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

Unique Views: 2,060 When developing new code, especially for a project that is still in development in other disciplines (such as electrical or process), not all of the information may…

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First Post!

September 13, 2022 Liam (Site Owner)

Unique Views: 984 So I’ve finally decided that from today, my posts will be hosted myself, instead of exclusive to LinkedIn and instead, extracts will be pointed to LinkedIn that…

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Q&A Time! How can I access a Byte inside A Word, symbolically?

If working with protocols such as Modbus, or hardware like Variable Speed Drives, it's common to come up against needing to extract part of some data, a Byte from a Word or a Word from a DWord.

TIA Portal can do this directly, and easily, but it's not very commonly known and TIA doesn't make it very obvious either!

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Commissioning often requires simultaneous visibili Commissioning often requires simultaneous visibility of logic, status bits, and diagnostics.

If the editor area is compressed, engineers rely on scrolling instead of observation. This increases the chance of overlooking conditions or transitions.

By floating diagnostics and collapsing unused panels, the logic regains priority on screen. The information that matters most becomes immediately visible.

The result is not just comfort. It is reduced cognitive load and faster, safer decision-making during live system work.

Watch more about this in The Complete Guide To TIA Portal V20 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaRi5fvk2h4

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