Barry Londrigan
Member
I am working on setting up several DL-06 PLCs on our printing presses so that we can capture production data (footage, speed, run hours etc.) I would like to be able to look at the data "real time" and also be able to have the data then manipulated into nice reports for analyzation purposes. I am fairly new to PLCs and we have just installed them on the presses for some safety devices. This prompted the data acquisition thoughts.
My question is this. I am trying to understand what I will need to get these PLCs on the network, have my manager able to graphically view and then compile his reorts (on all sorts of runtime data) and do all this in real time. I am not knowledgeable enough on the differences between Lookout and the C-more panels. Do they do the same thing? Do I need both? What are the advantages of one over another if they can both do the same thing? Thank you for your input.
My question is this. I am trying to understand what I will need to get these PLCs on the network, have my manager able to graphically view and then compile his reorts (on all sorts of runtime data) and do all this in real time. I am not knowledgeable enough on the differences between Lookout and the C-more panels. Do they do the same thing? Do I need both? What are the advantages of one over another if they can both do the same thing? Thank you for your input.