Thank Routeco It’s Friday! (TRIF)

Last night Routeco hosted the annual quiz night for Cancer Research UK. The night featured 7 rounds including general knowledge (it’s always a gamble), music, entertainment, and history/geography/nature. We also had two picture rounds one of which was a logo quiz (the marketing team breathed a sigh of relief) and the other was a catchphrase quiz (which was, extremely challenging).

There was a mixture of questions suited towards the variety of age ranges that participated last night. Some that should have been easy for us spring chickens (but really weren't) and some that we have never heard of…

Did you know that the size of the table tennis ball was increased by 2mm to make it more visible for TV?! (No, we didn’t either…)

The night was a fantastic success and raised a huge £681.26 for charity!

The winners of the night were one half of the MK Sales team, yet again! Congratulations to Boggey’s Taste Nice! 

We would also like to thank Rachel and Tracey for organising the event; Marie for being a great compere, Fiona for selling the raffle tickets and Wes for the delicious food; it was a great evening for a fantastic cause!

We would also like to thank everyone who donated the amazing raffle prizes, including:

• Ian Stewart 
• Carl Wallace 
• HR Department 

Have a great weekend!

Rachael

Routeco and Weidmuller bring you up to date information on ACT20M Analogue Signal Conditioners

Routeco and Weidmuller have teamed up to bring you the most up to date electronic and connectivity solutions for industrial automation and process control applications as well as for power protection and generation inside and outside of the cabinet.

We are pleased to provide you with the newest leaflet on the extensive high quality ACT20M Analogue Signal Conditioners.  

To view the leaflet, click the image. 

For more information, email: info@routeco.com or call: 0370 607 1000.

The 'Internet Of Things' making its way into our everyday lives!

"If you know where something is or what its status is you can resource your engineers to go and fix it…” BT project director Alan Ward.

The ‘Internet of Things’ is a term that is frequently being used in the Industrial Controls and Automation world. The term is cropping up all over the place and it really is looking like the way forward in the manufacturing world.

Earlier on I stumbled across this article here on the Guardian website about the ‘Internet of Things’ coming to Milton Keynes. In all honesty I thought they were advertising a seminar that I was going to be interested in attending…but they weren’t. Milton Keynes is becoming the trial location for day to day ‘Internet of things’ and it’s fascinating. Pushing aside the obvious “they should be spending money on repairs/roads etc” statements, the development in technology is significant. Who would have thought your own satnav (and google maps) will let you know whether there is a car park space available!

I can imagine this is only the start of these technological changes to come and this one is pretty small and makes us all a tad lazy and fit into this 'efficient, busy, fast, lifestyle' we seem to be creating, all that aside I’m pretty excited!

Thoughts/opinions on the IOT's?

Ashleigh

Automation University on the Move is coming soon to Aberdeen!

With topical content and a wide variety of industry perspectives, AUOTM brings together people, products, tools and technologies to help you meet your business and manufacturing requirements.

Each day you can expect a comprehensive programme of presentations and demonstrations with an exhibition floor showcasing Rockwell Automation and Partner products, technologies and demonstrations.

Our recommended highlights for the Nottingham event are as follows:

• The process optimisation presentation session 
• The process automation solutions: PlantPAx demonstration session which includes an overview on the subject, instrumentation comms and alarm management. 
• The pump optimisation presentation session - The benefits of medium voltage Drives & intelliCENTER MCCs 
• The Addressing Cyber Security for Process Control Systems presentation session 

Rockwell Automation University on the Move will also be coming to:

Nottingham -  3rd June

Peterborough - 5th June

Warrington - 12th June

For more information on each of these events, or to register click here.

Thank Routeco It’s Routeco (TRIF)

This week the BAFTA awards we’re held in London and lots of stars turned up to support their previous films and TV shows over the past year.

This ranged from US film starts such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to British Soap Stars such as Coronation Street’s Hayley Cropper. 

US TV’s Breaking Bad picked up Best International Award, and Newcastle’s Ant & Dec picked up two awards for entertainment performance and entertainment programme!

But our highlight of the night was when we stumbled across this selfie of EastEnders Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) posing with Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul (Jessie).

What was your highlight of the BAFTAS?

Have a lovely weekend!

Rachael  

ProSoft Technology – EtherNet/IP to ASCII Gateways

The EtherNet/IP to ASCII gateways offer bi-directional data between ASCII serial devices and the EtherNet network. The EtherNet/IP driver uses class 1 I/O connections or class 3 message instructions. Protocol conversion gateways provide the ideal solution for distributed networks when the addition of a rack becomes too costly.

The PLX31-EIP-ASCII gateways are standalone DIN-rail mounted gateways that provide one Ethernet port for communication, allow for remote configuration and diagnostics, and one serial communication port. The PLX30 gateways also come with an SD card slot for storing configuration files. 

In the event of failure the SD card can easily be transferred to another gateway reducing downtime. These gateways also come with a wide input power range (1- Vdc – 36Vdc), and an extended temperature range (-25 to 60 C).

Features

• 4000 word database 
• Multiple I/O connections 
• 10/100 MB Ethernet port with Auto cable crossover detection
• Data analyser for ASCII network 

For more info call 0370 607 1000 or email info@routeco.com.

Plantwide Benefits of Ethernet/IP Seminar

We would like to invite you to a free Ethernet/IP seminar at Belasis Business Centre, Teesside on 9th July. Ethernet/IP on the plant floor provides a single network architecture using open, industry standard networking technologies that seamlessly deliver real-time control and information data throughout the plantwide network infrastructure. 

Presented by Rockwell Automation, Cisco systems Panduit and Fluke, the seminar will cover:

• The Rockwell Automation/ Cisco strategic alliance partnership and its value to customers
• Fundamentals of Ethernet/ IP
• What the convergence is and what benefits it brings
• To understand subnets and how to configure
• Rockwell Stratix Industrial Ethernet switch range overview, incorporating joint Cisco technology devices
• Stratix Managed Industrial Switch set up demo and benefits guide

The schedule for the event is as follows:

Please join us to learn more about the benefits of Ethernet/ IP and how to deploy this network infrastructure, converge with your IT network and optimise your plant floor network.

For more information or to register please email info@routeco.com.