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Thanks guys. That helps me out tremendously.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY HELPFUL HINTS ON USING THE LOG IN /LOG OUT FUNCTIONS ON PANEL BUILDER 32. I AM GOING TO BE USING IT ON AN OLDER PANELVIEW 1000 WITH NO KEYPAD. MY MAIN QUESTION IS WILL IT AUTOMATICLY GIVE THE USER A NUMERIC PAD OR DO I HAVE TO. ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

TWCONTROLS Sounds like you and I went to the same schools for electrical work. Know enough to sound convincing, then cram all the knowlege you can get your hands on into your head so you can do it. Hence the prediciment I am in now.

Thanks for the info guys. My main concern is being called out on a service call to troubleshoot a plc and not being to connect or worse yet crash a system. Just a little knowlegde and a lot a of practice is what I need. On a side note. I noticed that the support and training for Modicon is a lot cheaper than AB. Considering checking them out for new installations. Any opinions?

Hello all. I work for a small company that is being dragged kicking and screaming into the automation industry. Are the AB training courses worth the money? We have a very small start up budget. The main thing that I am worried about is the actual communication to the plc. Once I get online I do fine, but I have already given my laptop the blue screen of death once for installing the incorrect driver on RSLinx. Any suggestions for literature that is in plain english would be most appreciated.