Hey guys,
I have an unusual request from a customer of mine. They're asking to do a laser marking on some parts, ( no problem ) then read the bar-code we marked ( again no problem ) and then export that data into a text file on the local computer.... ( problem ).
I haven't ever had the request to do this. They're open to different file formats but I believe that they would like it to be something in the realm of a standard windows document file (.xml, .txt, .csv, .doc, .xls..... etc).
Has anyone had any experience with this? I've done jobs before using the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager which can upload to a SQL server, but I don't know about a local document file. Is this something an OPC server could facilitate? Does anyone have any recommendations? It's pretty much 100% open on design at the moment which includes hardware/software.
Thanks
I have an unusual request from a customer of mine. They're asking to do a laser marking on some parts, ( no problem ) then read the bar-code we marked ( again no problem ) and then export that data into a text file on the local computer.... ( problem ).
I haven't ever had the request to do this. They're open to different file formats but I believe that they would like it to be something in the realm of a standard windows document file (.xml, .txt, .csv, .doc, .xls..... etc).
Has anyone had any experience with this? I've done jobs before using the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager which can upload to a SQL server, but I don't know about a local document file. Is this something an OPC server could facilitate? Does anyone have any recommendations? It's pretty much 100% open on design at the moment which includes hardware/software.
Thanks