I recently moved from a wastewater facility that used AB PLCs and was in the process of switching from Wonderware to Ignition for SCADA. I'm currently in a manufacturing test lab that is looking to integrate PLC control, but currently has nothing. Everything is manually controlled and test results are taken by hand.
I'm a technician, with very little experience in programming, though I will be going to several different training courses once we decide what direction we're going. I will also have several of the manufacturing engineers available to assist me as I'm getting started.
Currently I'm trying to compare my hardware and software options, and am kind of stuck. We've looked at HBM eDAQ and QuantumX data acquisition hardware and will likely be using either multiple CompactLogix or a single ControlLogix PLC for controls.
I guess I'm just looking to see what is typical in this setting. Because the lab currently has nothing, the folks here don't really have the knowledge of what is needed. I would love to be able to do what we need on a ControlLogix PLC with Ignition, but that's because I'm familiar with it. I don't want to go down the path of what I know if I'm overlooking something big because it's a new environment.
Thanks!
I'm a technician, with very little experience in programming, though I will be going to several different training courses once we decide what direction we're going. I will also have several of the manufacturing engineers available to assist me as I'm getting started.
Currently I'm trying to compare my hardware and software options, and am kind of stuck. We've looked at HBM eDAQ and QuantumX data acquisition hardware and will likely be using either multiple CompactLogix or a single ControlLogix PLC for controls.
I guess I'm just looking to see what is typical in this setting. Because the lab currently has nothing, the folks here don't really have the knowledge of what is needed. I would love to be able to do what we need on a ControlLogix PLC with Ignition, but that's because I'm familiar with it. I don't want to go down the path of what I know if I'm overlooking something big because it's a new environment.
Thanks!