I have a client that wants to upgrade their plant SCADA system. They currently have a system comprised largely of old TI-500 I/O with TI-565 processors. They're aware of the difficulty obtaining support (parts) for the old stuff. CTi still makes campatible modules and they've requested that the new system be based on the Siemens Simatic 505 line using either Simatic 545 precessors or CTi series 2500 processors. I don't want to tell them they're nuts to go with that type of equipment but I'm having a problem justifying staying with that platform for a complete redo of the SCADA system. They're using (and will continue to use) a Wonderware HMI package. This is not a large system, having probably only about 1,000 hardwired I/O.
I don't generally see much Siemens gear in the Water and Wastewater field so I'm not sure if my concerns are valid. Will this product platform be supported for the forseeable future?
I don't generally see much Siemens gear in the Water and Wastewater field so I'm not sure if my concerns are valid. Will this product platform be supported for the forseeable future?