NevergoldMel

Use Nat is irrelevant when properly connect via VPN.

Itemize a new laptop 

Loop power exists because one cannot trust electricians to power field devices. 

Slap a panelview on each station. Throw a PC up with view SE for this main blah blah [it's called scada]

You need to use tcp not sms

can you use node-red?  

First you let the customer spec serial communications.  But it's probably something stupid like the Numeric Input widget will not show data read from comms.  

I've been running tests on NODE-RED and I'm impressed so far. The hardware seems to be the only limit I can find.

I wouldn't depend on a dhcp reservation to assign an IP to a vfd.

DLR topography is somewhat overblown. Especially as shown in the examples in that document.

Sounds like he got hold of some push to test lights.

I've never seen the right-click method work use the tool.  

It's a micrologix or an SLC isn't it?  Fault Code = 0002H  accompanied message:"Unexpected hardware watchdog timeout or an ASIC reset occurred. Cannot go online or upload from default processor (no program). You must perform download." This occurs from one of three conditions on AC powered units. AC power browns out slowly. AC power modulates below 50hz before failing The PLC is now a crippled self-bricking POS that can no longer hold a program past a power cycle.

rslogix emulator connects through a virtual port in RSlinx, so you'll have to get the crimson to read it through the OPC-DA of RSlinx.  I'm unsure if the OPC-DA service runs in RSlogix Lite.

Ahh, the program migrator is junk, better off copy and pasting it.