mrtweaver
Member
Ok ladies and gents. I would like to throw something out here and see what information and ideas come back.
I am working on a vision system, currently because we like to repurpose things, i am using an older TSX07 PLC.
Has anyone here written code to talk to this PLC using any avail language?
I ask this because i am attempting to write a program for the users on the floor and dont need the users on the floor to have complete control over the vision system. At the same time i am using the PLC for some control over the machine center. I would like to be able to access the Inputs and outputs of the PLC and use those in my program. Program to run on PC. However not sure if things would be fast enough.
So the next part of the question would be if you were successfull in writing such a code, what would you say of its speed?
I will need something to be able to handle approx 4 cycles per sec.
Now here is where the questioning gets more in depth. I am thinking that speed wise this whole way of doing it will be to slow. So what other options do i have for getting the inputs and outputs of some device controllable by a PC?
Hope that is clear. Would like to see how others have handled such things.
Thanks and have a great day.
I am working on a vision system, currently because we like to repurpose things, i am using an older TSX07 PLC.
Has anyone here written code to talk to this PLC using any avail language?
I ask this because i am attempting to write a program for the users on the floor and dont need the users on the floor to have complete control over the vision system. At the same time i am using the PLC for some control over the machine center. I would like to be able to access the Inputs and outputs of the PLC and use those in my program. Program to run on PC. However not sure if things would be fast enough.
So the next part of the question would be if you were successfull in writing such a code, what would you say of its speed?
I will need something to be able to handle approx 4 cycles per sec.
Now here is where the questioning gets more in depth. I am thinking that speed wise this whole way of doing it will be to slow. So what other options do i have for getting the inputs and outputs of some device controllable by a PC?
Hope that is clear. Would like to see how others have handled such things.
Thanks and have a great day.