V0N_hydro
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We're considering switching PLC brands. We are considering Omron, Siemens, Allen Bradley and Automation Direct. We have virtually no experience with any of the above brands, and have only heard that Siemens are good but the software can be confusing, and that allen bradley is easier than siemens but the most expensive.
As long as the programming software is nice, I don't mind confusing at first. I probably heard that from someone who wasn't a programmer.
We have to bid to get our projects and nobody else is using allen bradley, so they're probably to expensive for us.
Projects generally have 500-1000 IO, of which 80% is 'in the field' so comes in to the PLC with modbus over ethernet on fiber.
Also have heard good things about codesys but am not sure what PLCs and remote IO solution to use that with yet.
Anyone have any platforms they recommend or ones to avoid!
The only requirements we really have is that on-line changes are a must, and so is a simulator so systems can be fully tested before they go out the door.
As long as the programming software is nice, I don't mind confusing at first. I probably heard that from someone who wasn't a programmer.
We have to bid to get our projects and nobody else is using allen bradley, so they're probably to expensive for us.
Projects generally have 500-1000 IO, of which 80% is 'in the field' so comes in to the PLC with modbus over ethernet on fiber.
Also have heard good things about codesys but am not sure what PLCs and remote IO solution to use that with yet.
Anyone have any platforms they recommend or ones to avoid!
The only requirements we really have is that on-line changes are a must, and so is a simulator so systems can be fully tested before they go out the door.