He smiled grimly. RSLogix hadn’t fixed the machine. But it had told him the truth.

The tag comment read: "High-pressure sprayer interlock - disables conveyors during cleaning."

And then he found it.

He double-clicked the controller—a CompactLogix L32E. The ladder logic unfolded like a blueprint of the plant’s nervous system. Rungs of XICs and OTEs. Timers counting milliseconds no human would ever feel. And there, on rung 47—the "Bottle_Twist_Diverger"—a single bit of truth.

Dale leaned back. It was November. No one had run a washdown since August. He checked the timestamp on the input’s status. 3:15 AM. It had flickered on and stayed on.

He grabbed his radio. “Brenda, it’s not the conveyor. It’s the washdown input. Pull the fuse on panel J7. I’ll reset the fault.”

“Alright, old man,” he muttered to the screen, “show me where you’re lying.”