[mbanzi]

The hardware on these products is really great but the software development experience is total HELL. I got a Siemens PLC because I wanted to write a tutorial. I just needed an app to configure it so that it would accept messages from the network. I contacted Siemens, after a while somebody replied, when they realised I wasn't going to buy 7 truckloads of PLC they told me to download the evaluation software. The UI is very convoluted, you can see that it's an oldish software with tons of features layered on top of it... I asked on forums and reddit , the reply was "watch these few dozens of videos where everything is explained.." so the PLC is sitting there on the desk waiting for me to have the time to find someone who knows how to program these who can change that 1 setting I need.. :)