It has been quite a while since I have used Wonderware, so maybe you guys can help me. I recently went to a customer site, to look at a machine that the customer wanted to upgrade. This machine was built quite a while ago, and it had an HMI created using Wonderware 4.0. I remember at one company I worked at we stayed pretty busy upgrading old HMI's to the newer verision, at that time, version 5.6. If I remember correctly all you had to do was try and open the older application, and you were asked if you would like to convert it to the newer version.
I currently have Wonderware 7.0, which I have not used in quite a while. I know that this will only convert a program as old as 5.6. As soon as I got home from the customer site, I pulled out my old laptop and tried to convert the Wonderware version 4.0 application to version 5.6. Much to my dismay I could not find the development dongle that was required for this old version of Wonderware. You can run it in demo mode, but you are limited to 32 tags. Immediately I called my Wonderware distributor, and asked him how I should proceed. He stated that the development dongle was no longer available for version 5.6. He suggested that I send the application to him, so he could convert it, and charge me an outrageous price. When I questioned him on the price, he told me that it would take him about a day? I am not sure because I have not done this in a while, but I never remember this taking a day.
So if I am wrong please tell me. There has to be someone out there who runs into this very same thing. My customer is aware that he has to upgrade his runtime license. Any input would be greatly appreciated. The reason I no longer use Wonderware so much, is because so many cutomers ask for RS View.
Big Al.
I currently have Wonderware 7.0, which I have not used in quite a while. I know that this will only convert a program as old as 5.6. As soon as I got home from the customer site, I pulled out my old laptop and tried to convert the Wonderware version 4.0 application to version 5.6. Much to my dismay I could not find the development dongle that was required for this old version of Wonderware. You can run it in demo mode, but you are limited to 32 tags. Immediately I called my Wonderware distributor, and asked him how I should proceed. He stated that the development dongle was no longer available for version 5.6. He suggested that I send the application to him, so he could convert it, and charge me an outrageous price. When I questioned him on the price, he told me that it would take him about a day? I am not sure because I have not done this in a while, but I never remember this taking a day.
So if I am wrong please tell me. There has to be someone out there who runs into this very same thing. My customer is aware that he has to upgrade his runtime license. Any input would be greatly appreciated. The reason I no longer use Wonderware so much, is because so many cutomers ask for RS View.
Big Al.