Dear all,
We are looking into virtualizing an old HMI server (Cimplicity 5.5 on Windows 2000 SP4). The PLC backbone is an ControlLogix system on a ControlNet. Currently a Controlnet PCI card is installed in the server. Cimplicity uses OPC for communication with RSLinx OEM installed on the server with a Controlnet driver.
Since the control net pci card cannot be used inside a virtual machine (I am using VMware Workstation Pro v14), I am looking into other solutions.
A solution I think is viable is installing a controlnet PCI card in the new host machine, installing RSLinx Gateway on the host machine, making a host only virtual network between host and virtualized HMI server and configuring a new driver in RSLinx OEM (on the guest) which connects to the RSLinx gateway (on the host).
Will this solution work? Any other options that minimize the hardware and software impact?
Any help is appreciated.
We are looking into virtualizing an old HMI server (Cimplicity 5.5 on Windows 2000 SP4). The PLC backbone is an ControlLogix system on a ControlNet. Currently a Controlnet PCI card is installed in the server. Cimplicity uses OPC for communication with RSLinx OEM installed on the server with a Controlnet driver.
Since the control net pci card cannot be used inside a virtual machine (I am using VMware Workstation Pro v14), I am looking into other solutions.
A solution I think is viable is installing a controlnet PCI card in the new host machine, installing RSLinx Gateway on the host machine, making a host only virtual network between host and virtualized HMI server and configuring a new driver in RSLinx OEM (on the guest) which connects to the RSLinx gateway (on the host).
Will this solution work? Any other options that minimize the hardware and software impact?
Any help is appreciated.