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Fernando B 🚀

Nice! Which platform do you mostly use?

At the moment I use mainly RS5K, and Studio5000 on CompactLogix, and ControlLogix, we still provide support for old systems on SLC's with RS500. Prior to this job, I used Siemens for 5 years and worked in the whole S7 lineup with Simatic Manager, and a bit on TIA, I am not a big fan of everything in one window tbh.

Our customers are mainly switching to S7-1500 with TIA Portal (unless
special requirements like redundancy), but from my experience Siemens
is rarely used in the US while Rockwell dominates the market. Do you
agree?

I agree, US market is mainly dominated by Rockwell. Though there is a lot of european equipment here on several industries, and it usually comes in some form of European PLC, Siemens, Wago, Beckhoff, etc.

I miss working on Siemens, S7 lineup is a workhorse for sure.

Cheers!