Rockwell, once a proud brand
Ahh yes, this will soon bloom into the Win/Apple or Android/IOS debate. Face it, the plethora of HMI software platforms are a response to poor product development/support/cost. If the FTVIEW cost $10, we would all have a license, unfortunately, we must weight cost/service vs ROI, so where is the value?
I choked down the WinVista debacle, after Win8, I fled to Linux and Apple. I choked down the FTVIEW 32-64 Win7 catastrophe, now we have Design Studio that works on Win7, but not Win10 (ask around, someone has it working).
Basically, if you are an OEM, you can purchase a great HMI tech support package and FTVIEW is a great buy, enjoy the software. If you are like me, a lowly bottom feeding end user, you must rely on great sites like PLCS.net.
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