AutoSave Safeguards All Automation Devices

“We are a multi-platform organization; we use Modicon devices, Rockwell devices, Schneider devices and more. We needed an automation change management solution that would work with everything rather than using multiple types of change management software. That is what only MDT can bring to the table. MDT AutoSave is third party, it isn’t affiliated with a particular PLC manufacturer, it supports everything.” - Mark Buettner, Director of Electrical and Controls, Nestlé Purina Petcare.

"The system [AutoSave] supplied by MDT is very reliable and easy to use. It maintains an excellent ancestor history of all PLC program files on site. With its universal capability, the software is also used to store non-PLC files.”
 - David Bryden, Technical Services Technician, Coca-Cola Enterprise,  
 Wakefield UK Plant

"Mozal chose MDT Software's  AutoSave because it met operational requirements and supported a wide variety of PLCs, HMIs, robots and drive systems. More importantly, MDT are specialists in change management and understand our urgent needs at the plant floor level." - Ugan Maistry, Automation Specialist, Mozal Aluminum

AutoSave Reduces Downtime

“With AutoSave we can easily download the previous copy of the [PLC]program and get things running again quickly. If one device is down, the entire plant could potentially be down, so the ability to get up and running again is very important.”  -  Alan Hiler, Controls Engineer, Nestlé Purina Petcare

“We recently had a problem with a PLC controlling our water treatment plant where all the code was lost in the PLC, therefore stopping all water supplies used in our production process. We quickly checked out the archived copy of the PLC code from that plant to one of our field PGs and reloaded the code locally at the PLC. We were up and running with only five minutes downtime. On another  occasion, our main preparation PLC fell over. This time we were able to immediately reload the code over the network from AutoSave, incurring zero downtime.” - David Bryden, Technical Services Technician, Coca-Cola Enterprise,  Wakefield UK Plant.

AutoSave Increases Productivity and Safety

“A big benefit to us is AutoSave’s ease of use for our maintenance guys. We have people here that have never accessed a PLC program before and they have to download a program to make a simple change. Before AutoSave, we had to write pretty detailed documentation on how to find the file, open it, connect to the server and so on. With AutoSave, the right program is listed right in front of you and all you have to do is click on it and you are in the program. Not only does AutoSave save us time, it also significantly reduces any change that the wrong PLC is accessed, causing big safety issues. “
-  Alan Hiler, Controls Engineer, Nestlé Purina Petcare