ganutenator
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I would use Red Lion Graphite if I had to do this. The main reason I would not want to do this is that it would in most cases mean a lot of wiring added to a panel door.
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I would use Red Lion Graphite if I had to do this. The main reason I would not want to do this is that it would in most cases mean a lot of wiring added to a panel door.
My solution for that is to prewire all of the I/O to terminal blocks in the panel, and land the field wiring to the terminal blocks just like with a regular PLC.I've never seen a PLC/HMI combo that was installed cleanly in the field. By the time the field I/O is wired to the door it just looks messy and is tough to troubleshoot wiring problems after someone puts 100 wire ties on it to tidy it up.
Ditto on the annoyingly frequent updates. And I agree, the visilogic software is pretty clunky for anything but very simple programs. But their newer Unistream line uses much better programming software, very much like RSL5000. You no longer have to draw the logic lines, you create your own tag names, user defined data types, your own function blocks, etc. Pretty much what we've come to expect these days.Last I knew visilogic was ladder only without any means to produce your own blocks, which I would find extremely limiting now and relegate the platform to only small projects
I'm working with BECKHOFF and it is a good choice. It has many different options and also for communication usually most of them have an ethernet port which can be used for Modbus TCP or EtherCAT communication. Of course for Modbus TCP you need to setup a MODBUS TCP server.Hi! I would like to order PLC & touch panel all in one device.
Not sure which manufacturer. Was thinking from BACKOFF or ABB, maybe Siemens too.
Main problem with Siemens and ABB is price. Also support is important to me to make final decision, and of course communications with PLC. With Siemens for every kind of connection (MODBUS TCP...) I need to buy some aditional modules...
wow, seems too good to be true.
this might be exactly what I am looking for.
does it do email. the ssl non port 25 type?
It is too good to be true.
IP40 ? If you sneezed on it, that would break IP40.
Backlight 20K hours. About half the life of most today.
Brightness 250 cd/m2. It a brightly lit room, you won't see the screen well.
There is nothing wrong with those specs, for commercial areas. But it doesn't sound good for industrial.
http://www.icpdas-usa.com/tpd_703.html#specifications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code
Hi! I would like to order PLC & touch panel all in one device.
Not sure which manufacturer. Was thinking from BACKOFF or ABB, maybe Siemens too.
Main problem with Siemens and ABB is price. Also support is important to me to make final decision, and of course communications with PLC. With Siemens for every kind of connection (MODBUS TCP...) I need to buy some aditional modules...
I want to ask you for some advice which equipment you used(which manufacturer and which model of PLC Touchmanel device)