LessThanThree
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New management team at my company is making a big push for automated reporting and OEE. They are also don't want to make any major capital purchases.
For our newer systems I have no problem interfacing with the plcs and pulling the data I need out of them.
However, I'm trying to figure out what to do with those few remaining older systems. The ones that don't have network capabilities or only have relay logic. We also have completely manual operations where display cases are built by hand.
I'm considering the idea of building a standalone cabinet with just a few sensors to count the number of products/rejects and when they were produced. I would read the data out of these system every few minutes to feed our reporting system which I also built and have complete control over.
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
This arduino based plc looked promising. I'm just not sure if/how I could pull data out of it.
https://www.automationdirect.com/ad...s/open_source_controllers_(arduino-compatible)
For our newer systems I have no problem interfacing with the plcs and pulling the data I need out of them.
However, I'm trying to figure out what to do with those few remaining older systems. The ones that don't have network capabilities or only have relay logic. We also have completely manual operations where display cases are built by hand.
I'm considering the idea of building a standalone cabinet with just a few sensors to count the number of products/rejects and when they were produced. I would read the data out of these system every few minutes to feed our reporting system which I also built and have complete control over.
Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
This arduino based plc looked promising. I'm just not sure if/how I could pull data out of it.
https://www.automationdirect.com/ad...s/open_source_controllers_(arduino-compatible)