Shadowing Practice: Going Online with a PLC, Uploading and Downloading Code! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello and welcome back to LeMaster Tech.
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In today's video we'll be continuing our PLC programming educational series on the concepts of going online with a PLC
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and we will then cover uploading and downloading, how to do it and what it means.
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So as with this entire series I am using the Siemens PLC platform.
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I'm using TIA Portal or Totally Integrated Automation Portal from Siemens to program my PLCs
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but the concepts that we talk about in the latter schematic diagram code that
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is going to be pretty universal to any PLC platform.
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If you have specific questions about your platform, I've seen most of them, feel free to drop them in the comments below.
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So as I mentioned in the beginning of the video, today we're going to be talking about going online with a PLC, what that means, the various different things that it means,
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and the difference between downloading to a PLC, uploading from a PLC, and then going online without doing either of those
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was online with my PLC
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and I'm going to make a brand new project with you right here and I'm going to call it tutorial online.
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and I'm going to create that project with you.
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I'm gonna save the current project because that'll close out but That doesn't matter.
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You could be connecting to a PLC for the first time right now and you have nothing online.
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Now Siemens actually has a really nice feature.
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Some other platforms do have it in a way.
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I believe Studio 5000 by Alan Bradley, as well as the Bekoff TwinCat platform, all have ways to detect a PLC that you're connected to.
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So in terms of my computer,
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I know it's physically Don't worry about the specifics of what I just said.
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The really cool thing about TIA Portal is it actually gives you a way to browse available devices.
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But even if it didn't, Rockwell has RS links.
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TwinCat has the like router, ADS router configuration tool, Bekoff does.
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And then every other PLC platform that I've worked on, Mitsubishi, Omron, they have some way to basically enter an IP address and discover a PLC there.
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serial cable and use serial like RS -232 or RS -485, but we're gonna assume you have a PLC that you can access via Ethernet.
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Let's take a look at how we can go online with this PLC without even having a backup of the program.
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I will say this all gets a lot easier to go online with a device
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if you do have a backup of the PLC program, but a lot of times, assuming it's not super locked down with passwords and restrictions, you can actually just get a lot of information about the PLC.
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PLC right off the PLC.
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So in the top I'm going to go to online
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and almost every PLC IDE has some version of go online menu
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and we can upload the device as a new station hardware and software.
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We point at our ethernet adapter and we hit start search
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and it actually is just browsing its ethernet connections for any discoverable device on the same VLAN or virtual network
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420 69 169 nice we're gonna hit upload and see
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if it works now if this was a system you got from a vendor
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or a system that's been in a factory forever and you just inherited the role as a person responsible for it.
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There may be usernames, passwords, credentials that you have to enter there to be able to upload it.
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But honestly, most PLC programmers don't prefer to do it that way.
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So there's a decent chance you'll be able to upload any PLC that you connect to just as a new device.
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And that's pretty cool because now we have the program blocks which show the code for it.
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So I can go to main and I can see, oh, there's a routine called increment running on this PLC.
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if I look at what my PLC is doing, the digital output lights are incrementing one at a time on the front of the PLC, which tells me I should look at this routine increment.
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And so you notice this button at the top of Tia Portal says go online now
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because there's a PLC with an IP address added to our device.
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So if I hit go online,
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Tia Portal specifically has a few different color styles from TwinCat and Omron and Mitsubishi,
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but generally speaking every PLC platform has some way of going online, some indication that you've successfully gone online,
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and then some tool in the case of Siemens it's these glasses with a little play button for live monitoring.
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And live monitoring the code is really useful because it shows you what's going on.
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I can look at this little routine
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that's just counting 0 to 9 and again this correlates exactly to what I'm seeing on the PLC.
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So generally speaking when you go online with a PLC you don't always have to upload
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or download but it's more of a live viewing environment.
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If you have a backup of the PLC so now
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that I have this code I'm gonna go ahead and save it
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and if I close Tia portal out completely and then reopen it and then
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that stored all that information about our PLC and the code
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that we pulled off of the PLC by uploading
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and I'm able to just go in here and and immediately hit the go online button.
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If I didn't have the go online button,
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you can usually use extended go online or older versions of Allen Bradley PLCs had who active go online,
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where you can check for available IP addresses and devices.
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And you can see all the devices available to you that you're connected to through a variety of drivers, whether it's serial, ethernet, profinet, whatever.
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And then you can check for your device, see if it's connected, that way as well.
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Okay, and we can once again see that we're online, we can get back into the increment code and we can live monitor it.
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And again, the thing to speed recap what we've done
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so far is uploading generally refers to pulling the code off of the controller into a file on your computer
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that you can read.
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Going online is generally just thought of as live connecting to the device for monitoring of status.
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So there's going online and there's uploading.
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Now let's talk about downloading
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and downloading bold letters is the dangerous thing to be very careful about doing
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because downloading is what you do when you change the code on the controller.
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at a time it's just going to turn half my outputs on
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and then the other half of the outputs on like a flip -flop circuit very similar to increment
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but all I have to do to make
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that happen is I have to go to main
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and then I need to say well main
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which is sort of my like master routine
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that calls all the sub functions now I want main to call flip -flop
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and not increment and you can see that even though shows unaccepted changes in a different way.
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So does every platform.
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And now if I want to download to the controller, I can hit the down arrow, I can go to online and I can hit the download to device button.
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You have to be very careful when you do downloads because
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Normally a PLC is not in a nice clean bench setup like I have it here.
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It's usually in an industrial control cabinet and it's usually controlling real world outputs.
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And you're immediately changing how they will react.
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So most of the time before you download to a controller, you want to power that device into a completely safe and idle state.
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But what you can see is now that it's gone solid green again.
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the two count variables I have set up.
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So the flip flop is working really well.
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Now that I've gotten rid of increment, if I turn this one on, you'll see that it's all grayed out because nothing's calling it.
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It's not a live function anymore.
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Okay, and then you also don't have to do downloads exactly the way I did where you do them online, you can go fully offline.
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And you can change something about the code like right now it's changing between
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um position one
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and position two every one second i could change this to just a hard -coded uh like five seconds
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and i can download
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and i'm completely offline right now i can download without being
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online those two do not have to be the same thing
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but it can be very helpful to do online downloads anytime you're not changing physical hardware
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because you're acutely aware of the current state of the device and you can immediately monitor how it changes when it changes.
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So now that we've downloaded, I'll hit that monitor again, it'll go online again, and it'll show us this counter counting up to five seconds.
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So you can do downloads from an offline state or an online state because in either of those scenarios, you're making the call as the engineer or programmer to say,
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I don't care what code was on that device, take this code and now this is your brains.
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This is also why before you do a download on a live system, you should almost always start by doing an upload,
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making sure you have a backup of the most recent code that you're viewing.
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Save it as underscore old.
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Like right now I'm live with this code so I can go to save.
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I can do project save as I could say tutorial online.
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backup or something like that and and I can hit save.
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Okay and now that I've saved off a backup copy I could go ahead
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and make changes and delete stuff and change stuff.
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But again you have to understand anytime you download to a PLC you are changing how
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that PLC is going to command stuff and so you need to be incredibly careful.
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You need to make sure production is aware of any changes
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that you're making and downloading is the thing that you want to be extremely trained to be able to do.
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Or you have a nice bench to f around and find out as they say.
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So again, uploading is pulling code off of a PLC.
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It's generally thought of as quite safe.
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It's a good way to get a backup.
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It's a good way to make sure that you have a recent version of whatever code is running on your device.
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Going online is live monitoring your code.
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It doesn't necessarily refer to making changes.
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There are ways to go online
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read only so you can't even make changes
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and that's a really great tool for like maintenance sometimes
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and support technicians and folks who don't write code
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but they need to understand what's happening
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and then download is the big careful safe you're pushing changes to the controller
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so you really need to be aware of what you're doing
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so I hope that all made sense again even
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if you don't program in TIA portal with the Siemens platform these concepts are quite
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if you have any questions about what you saw in this video today.
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And let me know what programming or automation and controls concepts you want to see next on the channel.
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Thanks for watching and see you next time.
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Bye.
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Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- upload /ˈʌpˌloʊd/ (werkwoord) — uploaden. To transfer data to a computer on a network, especially to a server on the Internet.
- monitor /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — toezichthouder. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- backup /ˈbækˌʌp/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — reserve. A reserve or substitute.
- portal /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — portaal. An entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
- connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (werkwoord) — verbinden. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- output /ˈaʊtpʊt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — productie. Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
- offline /ɔfˈlaɪn/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — ontkoppeld, offline. Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer…
- flop /flɑp/ (werkwoord) — instorten, inzakken. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
- refer /ɹɪˈfɜː/ (werkwoord) — verwijzen, doorverwijzen. To direct the attention of (someone toward something).
- bench /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bank, zitbank. A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
- hardware /ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — ijzerwaren. Fixtures, equipment, fasteners, tools, and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as…
- anytime (bijwoord) — altijd, wanneer dan ook. At any time.
- password /ˈpæs.wɜɹd/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — wachtwoord. A word relayed to a person to gain admittance to a place or to gain access to information.
- automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — automatisering. The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
- tutorial /ˌtjuːˈtɔːɹɪəl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — snelcursus, tutorial. A self-paced learning exercise; a lesson prepared so that a student can learn at their own speed or convenience.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- find out (werkwoord) — ontdekken, onderzoeken. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (werkwoord) — verder gaan. To continue in extent.
- set up /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ (werkwoord) — bereiden, voorbereiden. To make ready for use.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 55 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, you're, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, restriction /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/, technician /tɛkˈnɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: automation /ˌɔ.təˈmeɪ.ʃən/, universal /ˌjunəˈvɜɹs(ə)l/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als upload, monitor, backup.
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