All Posts

Read tutorials, watch guides on YouTube, and browse projects on GitHub

Navigation Panels in FactoryTalk Optix

Learn how to use a Navigation Panel to navigate between screens in a FactoryTalk Optix application.

Ken Bourke

|

July 23, 2026

Panel Loader Basics in FactoryTalk Optix

Learn how to use a Panel Loader to navigate between screens in a FactoryTalk Optix application.

Ken Bourke

|

July 23, 2026

How to Import Tags in FactoryTalk Optix

Learn how to import tags online from a Logix 5000 controller and offline from a Studio 5000 Logix Designer project

Ken Bourke

|

July 24, 2026

MLB Series: Add Equipment Modules (EMs)

Learn how to add Equipment Modules (EMs) to an ACM project and link an EM to a Unit

Ken Bourke

|

July 20, 2026

MBL Series: Add a Unit

Learn what a Unit is in Machine Builder Libraries and how to add one to an Application Code Manager project

Ken Bourke

|

July 20, 2026

MBL Series: Add a PLC to an ACM Project

Learn how to add a PLC to an Application Code Manager project

Ken Bourke

|

July 17, 2026

MBL Series: Create a Project in Application Code Manager

Learn how to create your first project in Rockwell Automation's Application Code Manager to begin configuring your Machine Builder Libraries project.

Ken Bourke

|

July 14, 2026

MBL Series: Register Machine Builder Libraries

Learn how to register Machine Builder Libraries in Application Code Manager so that they can be used to build application code for Studio 5000 Logix Designer.

Ken Bourke

|

July 14, 2026

MBL Series: Download Machine Builder Libraries

Learn how to download Machine Builder Libraries from Rockwell Automation's website and explore the content of the Machine Builder Libraries.

Ken Bourke

|

July 14, 2026

MBL Series: Introduction

An introduction to my series on using Rockwell Automation's Machine Builder Libraries to develop application code for machines used in discrete manufacturing.

Ken Bourke

|

July 21, 2026