Red Lion Graphite Series?

[kolyur]

Yes, there are some holdovers from Crimson 2.0

Here's my favorite of the holdovers. Mayor McCheese is a good one too.

 

[JHarbin]

Here's my favorite of the holdovers. Mayor McCheese is a good one too.

I have "Long Haired Freaky People..." hidden in everyone of my projects.

 

[TConnolly]

Come on Redlion people, at least throw us fans a bone. We're dying of curiosity here.

 

[RussB]

The website is changing too: http://better.redlion.net/

Distributors are being trained.

 

[Elcan]

Come on Redlion people, at least throw us fans a bone. We're dying of curiosity here.

Here's a bone:
http://www.controldesign.com/articles/2013/montague-versatile-hmis-combine-functions.html

Take a look at the link posted in the article: www.redlion.net/graphite.

 

[PLC Gremlin]

Graphite

 

[MikeGranby]

Come on Redlion people, at least throw us fans a bone.

I believe July 15th will be an important date.

 

[Elcan]

The info is available now!
http://www.redlion.net/Products/HumanMachineInterface/ProductFamilies/GraphitePanels.html

 

[Ken Roach]

Right on, it's Graphite Day !

 

[zimmer988]

Now the next big question....how much do they cost?

 

[Clay B.]

Looks like the G3 and the module master got together and made a youngin...lol

 

[Eric Nelson]

If the price is right, I will definitely be using these panels. I never used the membrane buttons on the side anyway (although they were perfect for one project I did).

The optional I/O might come in handy too. Perfect when you need a few more analogs than the PLC supports. I could also see using it for the I/O that is local to the HMI, like PBs, switches, and status lights. Less cabling from the PLC to the HMI...



-Eric

 

[Bullzi]

We are such "Geeks"!! I love it

 

[califflash]

I love the mounting mechanism. Hole alignment has always been an issue when we are doing a panel with a g3. I also like the change to the soft keys. No plastic to wear out and crack to let water in anymore. I never used them either. The only one I would use is yhe menu button and create a pop-up.

I wish they had a strain guage input card like the dsp. And I never noticed that the pod module had an autotune function until now. That would sure beat manually tuning the pid loops in rslogix.

I love it, but I doubt that it would be cost effective against the g3 for my applications. Also, couldn't find any info on the actual viewable area of the screens.

 

[padees]

They look pretty nice and I have an upcoming app with a bunch of analog and thermocouples. My rep should have pricing soon.

On a side note: I installed the new build, 573.001, then updated a G306A000 and none of the screen buttons worked anymore. The soft keys worked and the indicator lights on the screen worked. No buttons at all.

Anyone else have this issue?

I went back to 548.001 and everything is cool again.