John C Jones

Owner at Custom Automation Services

Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States

About

Safety Training (LOTO, Lock Out Tag Out, Confined Space, and Arch Flash) Process and Environmental Control, 38 Years Experience with GE Fanuc and GE controllers. Series One, Six, GE Fanuc 90-30 PLC's, GE VersaMax Micro/Nano PLC's GE VersaMax Moduler PLC's RSTI-EP PAC systems with Profinet Rx3i PAC systems with Profinet Quickpanel and Quickpanel+ Red Lion HMI's, Protocol Converters, Crimson 3.0, 3. and 3.2 Maple Systems HMI, ProFace w/ GP-PRO EX MS Visual Studio 2008-2022 HMI design with Vendor COM objects or ActiveX Controls, OPC, UA and DA Complex systems, robotic, pneumatic and hydraulic. Variable AC Drives, Yaskawa, Duraline, ABB, SEW EuroDrive Epson SCARA Robotics, G3, RS3, and the new T3. AutoCAD Electrical for 22 years Training of Maintenance Technicians, 15 years AutomationDirect 105,205 and 305 PLC's. The new Brix line of modular PLC's. C-More HMI's, EA7 and EA9's. Some working knowledge of Siemens TIA V13 and V14. S7-1200 and S7-1500 Controllers, Allen Bradley Studio 5000, Control Logix and Compact Logix Various protocols, Profinet, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP/IP Husband, father and married to my soul mate for 42 years.

Experience

  • Owner at Custom Automation Services
    Sep 1996 - Present · 29 yrs 11 mos

  • System Integrator at Self-employed
    Sep 2017 - Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

  • GE Power & Water (9 yrs 1 mo)
    • Controls Engineer
      Sep 2008 - Sep 2017 · 9 yrs 1 mo

      Maintain control systems Retired 9/1/2017 Will not retire from contract work or project work.

    • Facilities Technician
      Sep 2008 - Sep 2017 · 9 yrs 1 mo

  • GE Lighting Systems at East Flat Rock, NC
    Jan 1978 - Sep 2008 · 30 yrs 9 mos

    programmer, cell designer

  • Engineering Assistant at General Electric Lighting Systems
    Jan 1978 - Sep 2008 · 30 yrs 9 mos

    Design HMI's, Programming of PLC's. Backup schedules for critical systems. Cell design. Network protocol specification.