Hi guys, I am looking in to a downtime reporting system, we have around 20 production lines here and we have a very old system for reporting minor stops, oee etc. Almost all of our machines are compact Logix/control Logix. I have managed to pull running data out and into an excel spread sheet using DDE and vba, however I am now thinking that a scada system may be alot more efficient. Here are some of the must haves
1: it will run on Allen bradley versaviews
2: it must have a trial capability to set up on one line, even if its only for a limited time.
3: it must have good online info for learning etc and be easy to use.
4: it needs to be able to output shift/day/week reports preferrably into an excel sheet that can be accessed through our network.
5: I would also like automated top loss reports etc. And also have the ability to link runs to the products (via barcode scanners)
Nice to haves
1: Web access from outside the factory
2: mobile equilvalent to access the data
I have been looking into some, so far schneider egss has caught my eye. Also rockwell factorytalk historian would be the obvious answer, however I have noticed that they use their own card to capture the actual data which doesnt seem too ideal for us. We already have a massive scada system on site running proficy ifix so that would be a potential solution.
Many thanks in advance
Rhys
1: it will run on Allen bradley versaviews
2: it must have a trial capability to set up on one line, even if its only for a limited time.
3: it must have good online info for learning etc and be easy to use.
4: it needs to be able to output shift/day/week reports preferrably into an excel sheet that can be accessed through our network.
5: I would also like automated top loss reports etc. And also have the ability to link runs to the products (via barcode scanners)
Nice to haves
1: Web access from outside the factory
2: mobile equilvalent to access the data
I have been looking into some, so far schneider egss has caught my eye. Also rockwell factorytalk historian would be the obvious answer, however I have noticed that they use their own card to capture the actual data which doesnt seem too ideal for us. We already have a massive scada system on site running proficy ifix so that would be a potential solution.
Many thanks in advance
Rhys