Hoping someone can shed some light on this...
We have a customer that has a 5/04 processor talking DH+ to a Wonderware HMI, and they need a spare HMI. Our Wonderware rep told us that they stopped making the DH+ card, and the new HMI will be Ethernet.
My thoughts are I have 2 options:
1) Do the HMI and upgrade the SLC 5/04 to a 5/05. Pros - simple change of communication protocol in the InTouch config file for the new HMI; a simple PLC configuration change; I know how to do it... Cons - more costly; 5/05 processor and spare HMI will both sit on the shelf until the current one dies.
2) Get a DH+/Ethernet protocol converter (like the Prosoft AN-X2-AB-DHRIO) or do a DH+/Ethernet Gateway with a ControlLogix DHRIO & Ethernet card. Pros - costs less. Cons - Customer wants the HMI soon and I don't know how involved it'll be, and I've never done this before.
I've read through the ProSoft manual, but it still doesn't make sense on what I need to do with the HMI program (if anything besides updating the communication protocol) or creating the configuration file. We probably have 100+ addresses (B, I, and N in the SLC) being displayed / manipulated by the HMI. Would the config file need to basically list every address that is being seen/controlled by the HMI?
All documentation I've read for the CLX Gateway is from 1999 and requires a 1784-KTX Card.
Has anyone done something similar recently that can point me in the right direction?
We have a customer that has a 5/04 processor talking DH+ to a Wonderware HMI, and they need a spare HMI. Our Wonderware rep told us that they stopped making the DH+ card, and the new HMI will be Ethernet.
My thoughts are I have 2 options:
1) Do the HMI and upgrade the SLC 5/04 to a 5/05. Pros - simple change of communication protocol in the InTouch config file for the new HMI; a simple PLC configuration change; I know how to do it... Cons - more costly; 5/05 processor and spare HMI will both sit on the shelf until the current one dies.
2) Get a DH+/Ethernet protocol converter (like the Prosoft AN-X2-AB-DHRIO) or do a DH+/Ethernet Gateway with a ControlLogix DHRIO & Ethernet card. Pros - costs less. Cons - Customer wants the HMI soon and I don't know how involved it'll be, and I've never done this before.
I've read through the ProSoft manual, but it still doesn't make sense on what I need to do with the HMI program (if anything besides updating the communication protocol) or creating the configuration file. We probably have 100+ addresses (B, I, and N in the SLC) being displayed / manipulated by the HMI. Would the config file need to basically list every address that is being seen/controlled by the HMI?
All documentation I've read for the CLX Gateway is from 1999 and requires a 1784-KTX Card.
Has anyone done something similar recently that can point me in the right direction?