Sorry this must be brief- thanks for any help.
I want to get (2) 5/04 racks onto Ethernet for Wonderware data collection. Each has a Panelview 1400E on it's DH+ port.
Options I've considered:
NET-ENI -
cons: Wonderware has no driver that supports it directly. CimQuest's Ingear OPC server and Wonderware OPCLink together work - that's what I have working now. But I'm not confident in them staying running, the tag setup seems complex, and we seem to have new communication problems that may in fact cause the process to shut down suddenly.
Has anyone had trouble with the NET-ENI's in this mode?
Upgrade to 5/05 - with Ethernet Panelview plus -
cons: $$$$$.
This does seem the simplest, but at a cost of $2400 for 5/05 and $5300 for the PV+. I also heard this new unit may have bugs.
Anyone have experience with the PV+?
Contrologix rack - to supply a DH+ gateway to Ethernet.
This would mean tying 7 conveniently close DH+ nodes together and to the DHRIO card.
Cons: I'm not at all clear on how to set this up, configure the DHRIO, set up Wonderware to talk to them (I may need RSLinx higher than the lite version).
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
I want to get (2) 5/04 racks onto Ethernet for Wonderware data collection. Each has a Panelview 1400E on it's DH+ port.
Options I've considered:
NET-ENI -
cons: Wonderware has no driver that supports it directly. CimQuest's Ingear OPC server and Wonderware OPCLink together work - that's what I have working now. But I'm not confident in them staying running, the tag setup seems complex, and we seem to have new communication problems that may in fact cause the process to shut down suddenly.
Has anyone had trouble with the NET-ENI's in this mode?
Upgrade to 5/05 - with Ethernet Panelview plus -
cons: $$$$$.
This does seem the simplest, but at a cost of $2400 for 5/05 and $5300 for the PV+. I also heard this new unit may have bugs.
Anyone have experience with the PV+?
Contrologix rack - to supply a DH+ gateway to Ethernet.
This would mean tying 7 conveniently close DH+ nodes together and to the DHRIO card.
Cons: I'm not at all clear on how to set this up, configure the DHRIO, set up Wonderware to talk to them (I may need RSLinx higher than the lite version).
Any thoughts?
Thanks.