Hello Hello!
Rusty here, looking for some advice from the experts! I have just started working on a project that will
require an S7-300 PLC to extract positional data, via an Ethernet connection, from a CSV file located on a PC.
This data will then be treated by the PLC and transferred,
again via Ethernet to an ABB robot.
I was just wondering what your suggestions would be regarding the architecture. I was thinking of running WinCC on the PC server (I believe they want some type of SCADA application running on it) with the Simatic Net OPC server in the background. I could write a C or VB script to treat the CSV file and transfer the data into tags linked to the PLC. I reckon I've got the PLC to Robot connection worked out thanks again to your expertise!
( http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.php?t=41068 )
So, wondering what you guys think. I'm open to all suggestions and/or criticisms. I'll be speaking to the project manager to get an idea of the costs / budget, wondering also what you reckon of the transfer speed with a system like this.
Cheers!
R.K.
Rusty here, looking for some advice from the experts! I have just started working on a project that will
require an S7-300 PLC to extract positional data, via an Ethernet connection, from a CSV file located on a PC.
This data will then be treated by the PLC and transferred,
again via Ethernet to an ABB robot.
I was just wondering what your suggestions would be regarding the architecture. I was thinking of running WinCC on the PC server (I believe they want some type of SCADA application running on it) with the Simatic Net OPC server in the background. I could write a C or VB script to treat the CSV file and transfer the data into tags linked to the PLC. I reckon I've got the PLC to Robot connection worked out thanks again to your expertise!
( http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.php?t=41068 )
So, wondering what you guys think. I'm open to all suggestions and/or criticisms. I'll be speaking to the project manager to get an idea of the costs / budget, wondering also what you reckon of the transfer speed with a system like this.
Cheers!
R.K.