I've just been told AB has a 2 week lead time to purchase FactoryTalk ME
What kind of nonsense is that ? I asked, and was told "FactoryTalk is a custom software product and takes time to prepare"
What a load of ****. I was also on the line forever trying to get in touch with somebody there.
Anyway, this has left me willing to consider alternatives.
My needs are simple :
Hardware : SLC5/05 with ~ 4 DIGITAL Input cards, 4 Digital Output cards.
Display 15" Capacitive Touch Panel driven by a vanilla Windows PC that I'll install XP or Win7 on.
My application will only need to monitor / display 8 or 9 counters on the SLC and keep up with a few totals on button presses that will be done on the display.
Bonus points if I can easily export any of this data to an excel spreadsheet and print out from there or directly.
Can anyone suggest some nicely supported alternatives to FactoryTalk ME ?
Thanks !
What kind of nonsense is that ? I asked, and was told "FactoryTalk is a custom software product and takes time to prepare"
What a load of ****. I was also on the line forever trying to get in touch with somebody there.
Anyway, this has left me willing to consider alternatives.
My needs are simple :
Hardware : SLC5/05 with ~ 4 DIGITAL Input cards, 4 Digital Output cards.
Display 15" Capacitive Touch Panel driven by a vanilla Windows PC that I'll install XP or Win7 on.
My application will only need to monitor / display 8 or 9 counters on the SLC and keep up with a few totals on button presses that will be done on the display.
Bonus points if I can easily export any of this data to an excel spreadsheet and print out from there or directly.
Can anyone suggest some nicely supported alternatives to FactoryTalk ME ?
Thanks !