Automation Control Migration from ProSoft

ProSoft Technology's Rockwell PAC migration solution reduces the risk of programming and configuration errors.

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How to effectively minimize EMI issues when best practices are not available

Grounding and shielding is an often misunderstood process. It is common to hear quotes ranging from "it's just black art!" to "the rules change all the time!" and "there's no way to understand it!" These statements are often repeated but not true. There is a process, it hasn't changed, and the more one knows about coupling mechanisms the more one will see that it's sound engineering principles.

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Safety Instrumented Systems - Design, Analysis and Justification
August 21, 2012 - August 24, 2012
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Control Systems Engineering (CSE) PE Exam Review Course
August 21, 2012 - August 23, 2012
Location: Columbia, IL, USA
This course reviews the knowledge and skills areas that are included on the Control Systems Engineer (CSE) Professional Engineer (PE) examination produced by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and administered by US state professional license boards each October.

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Upcoming ISA Events:

ISA Automation Week 2012
September 24, 2012 - September 27, 2012
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
ISA Automation Week 2012 brings automation and control end-users and solutions providers together at Orlando's Orange County Convention Center.

Travis Capps to Give Keynote Address at ISA 2012
Travis Capps, vice president of energy and gases at Valero Energy, will be a keynote speaker at ISA Automation Week, 24-27 September 2012.

NIWeek 2012: Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference/Expo
August 6, 2012 - August 9, 2012
Location: Austin, TX, USA
NIWeek 2012, the annual customer and technology conference held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas is the industry's premier event on graphical system design, bringing together over 3,000 of the world's brightest engineers, educators, and scientists.

2012 North America Invensys Foxboro User Group
August 13, 2012 - August 17, 2012
Location: Boston, MA, United States
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Industrial Automation North America
September 10, 2012 - September 15, 2012
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
International Trade Fair for Process, Production and Industrial Building Automation. This world-class industrial automation event will provide an excellent platform for exhibitors and buyers from around the world to meet. Even more exciting is the launch of IANA in parallellwith IMTS the international manufacturing technology trade show.

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