Troubleshooting
Fault-finding & diagnosis
Nuisance trips, unreliable sequences, alarm floods, a line that stops for no clear reason — found and fixed at the root, not patched over.
Industrial control systems · Northern California
We understand the process, not just the panel.
Independent control-system engineering — troubleshooting, optimization and integration for operations that can’t afford to stop. Deep experience in the process-heavy end of industry, and capable well beyond it.
15+ yrshands-on in heavy industry
Any brandindependent & vendor-neutral
48 hrstypical on-site response
Line status Sample dataLive view
99.2%
Uptime
+14%
Throughput
0
Active alarms
Throughput · last 24 h
Grinder line ARunning
Aeration blowersRunning
Screen deck 2Watch
Illustrative view of Strule Current — live equipment status in one portal. Learn more →
Independent and vendor-neutral. We troubleshoot and improve the control systems you already have — whatever the brand — and we don’t sell you hardware you don’t need.
What we do
Practical automation expertise
Aimed squarely at the problems that cost you uptime and throughput — and at the causes behind them, not just the symptoms.
Optimization
Getting more from what you have
Reprogramming, tuning, sequence and logic redesign, alarm rationalization, and SCADA/HMI visibility so problems are seen before they stop the line.
Engineering
PLC, HMI, SCADA & integration
Migrations off obsolete hardware, retrofits, and tying machines, sensors and data into one working system. Line-voltage installation handled by licensed partners.
Platforms we work across
Rockwell / Allen-BradleySiemensSchneider / ModiconIgnitionAVEVA / WonderwareGEOmronRed LionVFDs & drivesCAN bus (CANopen · DeviceNet · J1939)
Sectors
Deep specialism, broad capability
The deepest experience is in the harsh, process-heavy facilities that depend most on their control systems. The same discipline applies to any operation where reliability matters — we’re not limited to one industry.
Deepest experience
Organics recycling & composting
Anaerobic digestion
Waste & material recovery
Quarrying & aggregates
Mining
Heavy process
Equally at home in
Food & beverage
Manufacturing
Water & wastewater
Building materials & cement
Packaging
Bulk material handling
In practice that means the equipment these sites actually run on — grinders, screens and aeration blowers; crushers, conveyors and weigh-scales; fillers, mixers and batch controllers; pumps, VFDs, and the PLC, HMI, SCADA and CAN bus device networks that tie them together.
Explore all 12 sectors →Serving Northern California — and we travel for the right job.
Approach
Start with the problem
No large commitment to find out whether we can help. We start with the issue that’s hurting most, and earn the rest.
Step one
Health-Check
A fixed-fee visit to diagnose a specific problem — what’s wrong and a clear plan to fix it. Credited toward the work if you proceed.
Step two
Optimization project
The scoped fix — quoted as a fixed price for the outcome, then delivered, tested and documented.
Step three
Ongoing support
Scheduled reviews and secure remote dial-in — so many issues are diagnosed and fixed the same day, without waiting for a site visit — plus priority response when you do need someone on site.
Strule Current
See your equipment, wherever it runs
Remote monitoring and asset tracking that puts every machine’s live readings, run-hours and service history in one secure portal. Problems surface early, and nothing slips through the cracks.
Live in your browser
Not a brochure — try the real portal
The link opens the actual customer portal running on sample data. Click around it the way your operators would.
- Live readings with threshold alerts, trends and run-hours per machine
- Service history, costs and drawings tracked against every asset
- Works wired, on WiFi, cellular or satellite — including mobile plant
Equipment Sample dataLive view
Trommel screenRunning · 4,182 hrs
Feed conveyor VFDRunning · 12,077 hrs
Aeration blowerWatch · temp rising
BalerRunning · 9,310 hrs
Bearing temp · aeration blower · last 7 d
⚠ Alert raised — service task created automatically
On the ground
Real panels, real plants
The work behind the words — control panels built to survive plant conditions, live equipment diagnosed on site, and the screens that keep operators in control.
About
Independent and founder-led
Strule Automation is founded and run by Jonathan Gilmour, a time-served electrician with over 15 years hands-on in demanding industrial environments: organics recycling, waste, quarrying and mining. The firm takes its name from the River Strule, which runs through Omagh in County Tyrone. More about Strule →
Understand the site, fix the real problem, and stand behind it.
Independent & vendor-neutral — any brand, no hardware upsell
Fixed quotes, priced on the outcome
We answer the phone, and we’re on site fast — usually within 48 hours
We work to your site’s safety rules and complete your vendor-onboarding paperwork
Safety comes before every deadline
Qualifications
City & Guilds 2330 — Electrotechnical, Levels 2 & 3
City & Guilds 2391-10 — Inspection, Testing & Certification
Level 3 Apprenticeship — Electrotechnical Services
Contact
Get in touch
Tell us what’s giving you trouble. The first conversation is free, and you’ll get a straight assessment.
Email
Phone
Based in
Napa, CA · serving Northern California
Install
Line-voltage work via licensed partners