Free software resources

Dear All
I would like to share experience with others on the subject free software and open source.
I have very briefly tested an open source process control system called Proview. You can find it on www.proview.se
It is developed and used by SSAB, a Swedish steel manufacturer.
It would probably make big success in other places too, but it is basically unknown to the public.
Documentation is ok but could be better and it is up to anyone to contribute both to documentation and the software itself.
I have tested it with the Modbus/TCP driver to control some Beckhoff I/O modules. So far it seems to work ok. I am looking forward to using this software in a real application.

Please give me some input if you know any other open source / free software.

Martin Pettersson

Try reading through the latter half of the thread here:

http://www.control.com/thread/980189718#1249372453

It started in 2001, was recently re-opened in July of this year, with some comments from Microsoft haters/linux proponents.

The posts are date stamped, so it's easy to find the recent ones.

Dan

Thanks for the link
Has anybody used the Pvbrowser software?
http://pvbrowser.org

Martin