jamesb
Member
I need some advice and guidence.
We have 6 Aisa laminate tube machines 4 using S5 the other 2 S7 that my boss would like to monitor output and downtime on a PC in his office.
We used to have another machine which came with a standalone HMI system, the machine has now gone and the PC dismantled for spares inclueding the hard drive but it does have a CP 5611 card in it.
So where do I start.
Do I need extra modules for the plc's in the machines if so can anyone suggest what types?
I guess the manufacturer will need to modify the plc program?
Is the CP5611 card OK for this job if so do I need software for this?
I am thinking of using a visual basic program to collect and display the data, are there any demo programs availible that I can modify?
Any help please
Regards
We have 6 Aisa laminate tube machines 4 using S5 the other 2 S7 that my boss would like to monitor output and downtime on a PC in his office.
We used to have another machine which came with a standalone HMI system, the machine has now gone and the PC dismantled for spares inclueding the hard drive but it does have a CP 5611 card in it.
So where do I start.
Do I need extra modules for the plc's in the machines if so can anyone suggest what types?
I guess the manufacturer will need to modify the plc program?
Is the CP5611 card OK for this job if so do I need software for this?
I am thinking of using a visual basic program to collect and display the data, are there any demo programs availible that I can modify?
Any help please
Regards