rdrast
Lifetime Supporting Member
Okay, I've been reading good things about the Red Lion G3 HMI's, and even downloaded the software to play with some.
This is part of an exploration about moving completely away from AB PanelView Plus terminals, to, well, anything else.
Question #1, and this is a deal breaker - Using Ethernet IP, can the G3 Terminals read down through elements of UDT tags in Logix 5k Processors? As in (typical stucture):
"My_UDT.My_Filt_Data.Act_Val_Filtered"
?
Not being able to read program scoped tags is not a deal breaker, but not being able to read UDT elements is.
Question #2 - How do these units hold up in bad environments, if mounted properly in a sealed box?
I'm not talking chemicals here, but very high humidity, occasional water spray (not washdown). How about Direct Sunlight?
Question #3 - For the platform, I'm guessing that now I'd be targetting the Crimson 3.x? rather then the older version?
Thanks in advance
This is part of an exploration about moving completely away from AB PanelView Plus terminals, to, well, anything else.
Question #1, and this is a deal breaker - Using Ethernet IP, can the G3 Terminals read down through elements of UDT tags in Logix 5k Processors? As in (typical stucture):
"My_UDT.My_Filt_Data.Act_Val_Filtered"
?
Not being able to read program scoped tags is not a deal breaker, but not being able to read UDT elements is.
Question #2 - How do these units hold up in bad environments, if mounted properly in a sealed box?
I'm not talking chemicals here, but very high humidity, occasional water spray (not washdown). How about Direct Sunlight?
Question #3 - For the platform, I'm guessing that now I'd be targetting the Crimson 3.x? rather then the older version?
Thanks in advance