First let me say I don't know much, "that's more like nothing" about Visual Basic. I've seen a few post about using VB to interact with a plc. I must say, I'm very interested in this. I'm not interested in some big application, just something for me to mess around with. I want to be able to control maybe some outputs and get some data from the plc using my computer.
After searching the web and finding out buying VB6 is not an option, I searched for VB5, but not much luck there either. I ask where can I begin? I'm willing to spend some money, but not $1000.00(VB6) for something I may not need. I realize that I'm going to have to do some reading, but I first would like to know what is the cheapest version of VB I can get and still do what I'm tring to accomplish. It seems to me that I can get VB off of Ebay, but I have know idea what version I need.
I'm running windows XP and the plc I'll be communicating with is a Mitsubishi.
Thanks in advance.
Tim
After searching the web and finding out buying VB6 is not an option, I searched for VB5, but not much luck there either. I ask where can I begin? I'm willing to spend some money, but not $1000.00(VB6) for something I may not need. I realize that I'm going to have to do some reading, but I first would like to know what is the cheapest version of VB I can get and still do what I'm tring to accomplish. It seems to me that I can get VB off of Ebay, but I have know idea what version I need.
I'm running windows XP and the plc I'll be communicating with is a Mitsubishi.
Thanks in advance.
Tim