geoffewart
Member
Hi all,
We're looking to install a remote I/O to interface with some pumps (Max of 4) and instruments (Max 6 for now) at a pier 7 miles from our main facility. The site at the pier has power but little else though there is the possibility of adding internet to the site if that will make integrating easier. We have a couple of Controllogix PLCs and assorted goodies (ethernet/IP, Devicenet, and Profibus comms) here at the main facility. The other option we have is that we have a spare Controllogix PLC and modules that we could install at the pier but we have concerns about security with the value of that.
The communications if it is wireless will have to contend with travelling directly over the airport, a couple industrial facilities and the fact that the pier is an active cargo pier with a container port, customs, warehouses etc.
So my questions are:
Firstly, remote I/O or remote PLC?
How to communicate with either selection? I've done some searches on radios here but haven't been able to find a response I'd be comfortable betting the farm on for our application.
We also have Square D Powerlink lighting panels that are networked in here at the facility and are hoping to be able to tie the lights down at the pier in remotely?
We're looking to install a remote I/O to interface with some pumps (Max of 4) and instruments (Max 6 for now) at a pier 7 miles from our main facility. The site at the pier has power but little else though there is the possibility of adding internet to the site if that will make integrating easier. We have a couple of Controllogix PLCs and assorted goodies (ethernet/IP, Devicenet, and Profibus comms) here at the main facility. The other option we have is that we have a spare Controllogix PLC and modules that we could install at the pier but we have concerns about security with the value of that.
The communications if it is wireless will have to contend with travelling directly over the airport, a couple industrial facilities and the fact that the pier is an active cargo pier with a container port, customs, warehouses etc.
So my questions are:
Firstly, remote I/O or remote PLC?
How to communicate with either selection? I've done some searches on radios here but haven't been able to find a response I'd be comfortable betting the farm on for our application.
We also have Square D Powerlink lighting panels that are networked in here at the facility and are hoping to be able to tie the lights down at the pier in remotely?