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Things that happened to me on the plant floor and got written down: procedures, licensing and last-minute rescues.
2025-07-25ESHow to copy an iFIX SCADA to another computer
The full backup procedure in Fix32 and iFIX: which folders to copy (LOCAL, HTDR, PIC, PDB) and which driver matches each PLC brand.
2025-07-22ESProficy iFIX and FIX32 licensing
Licensing by tag count, USB hardware key versus software licence, merging keys, and what makes sense for the size of your process.
2025-07-20ESRecovering the password of a Siemens S7-200 PLC
A machine down, a password-protected S7-200 and an original programmer who no longer worked there. How it was solved without replacing the PLC.