Hi all,
I'm lucky enough to be in the position of helping a new startup define their standard equipment list. I'm currently working out a couple of options for their standard/preferred HMI's, and hoping the good folk of the forum can throw in their 2c worth!
My current thinking is, give an option for Red Lion and Allen-Bradley.
The Red Lions I'm a fan of wherever I've used them, but haven't used them enough to know which series would be a good pick for a general-purpose HMI. Any tips? I can specify one series for small applications and another series for larger if necessary.
Allen-Bradley is just because that's what the preferred brand of PLC and drive is, so it makes sense to have it as an option. I was wondering whether I should be specifying the PVP7 (standard for smaller applications, performance for larger), or looking more at the new PV5500 series. I like the idea of going the PV5500 series because it's the latest equipment, and I've got the chance here to standardize on something from day one, so I should make the most of it. And also because to be honest FTView ME can be a royal PITA. But at the same time, I'm wondering if they're far enough advanced in their development yet to be viable in a "all applications must use this HMI" sort of way, or whether I'd be safer staying with the PVP7 that, while a PITA at times, is at least a known quantity. Any frequent users of the PV5500 out there?
And of course, open to other suggestions entirely. A penny for your thoughts?
Edit: some of the HMI's in this application will be used by people wearing thick gloves, that will be very cold (may have been recently submerged in a liquid that's around -50 degrees*, and might still have some of the liquid on them). So for those particular HMI's, they'll need to be reasonably rugged in that regard
*celcius or fahrenheit, take your pick, they're almost the same down that low
I'm lucky enough to be in the position of helping a new startup define their standard equipment list. I'm currently working out a couple of options for their standard/preferred HMI's, and hoping the good folk of the forum can throw in their 2c worth!
My current thinking is, give an option for Red Lion and Allen-Bradley.
The Red Lions I'm a fan of wherever I've used them, but haven't used them enough to know which series would be a good pick for a general-purpose HMI. Any tips? I can specify one series for small applications and another series for larger if necessary.
Allen-Bradley is just because that's what the preferred brand of PLC and drive is, so it makes sense to have it as an option. I was wondering whether I should be specifying the PVP7 (standard for smaller applications, performance for larger), or looking more at the new PV5500 series. I like the idea of going the PV5500 series because it's the latest equipment, and I've got the chance here to standardize on something from day one, so I should make the most of it. And also because to be honest FTView ME can be a royal PITA. But at the same time, I'm wondering if they're far enough advanced in their development yet to be viable in a "all applications must use this HMI" sort of way, or whether I'd be safer staying with the PVP7 that, while a PITA at times, is at least a known quantity. Any frequent users of the PV5500 out there?
And of course, open to other suggestions entirely. A penny for your thoughts?
Edit: some of the HMI's in this application will be used by people wearing thick gloves, that will be very cold (may have been recently submerged in a liquid that's around -50 degrees*, and might still have some of the liquid on them). So for those particular HMI's, they'll need to be reasonably rugged in that regard
*celcius or fahrenheit, take your pick, they're almost the same down that low
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