I am working out on a project and it is in initial phase of estimation.
There are four operations in a plant with 200-300 I/Os at each station.
All are connected together on Ethernet TCP/IP
Following is hardware at each Station:
PLC :Control Logix 1756-L55-M24
I/O Network :1756 CNB
Communication Interface :1756 ENBT
Following are the some of the specs of the scada system.
1. One data acquisition server for data acquisition-RsLinx Professional or RS Linx Gateway
2. One operator station-for monitoring and controlling the process (all four plants).This should be connected to Data server.
3. One engineering station-Capable of connecting to process or office network and should be able to modify and supervise PLC software.
4. One archive and report station connected to Data server
I am proposing RSVIEW SE for distributed monitoring and control of each plant.
Following is the idea of connectivity.
All controllers are connected to Ethernet hub at each plant and routed to Ethernet switch in central SCADA room. From here a network is connected to central system (data server- opc server) No SCADA system in this Node.
All other nodes (one operator station, Engineering station and Archiving and reporting station) will be connected to this OPC server.
Do I need a separate RSLINX license at each station or should I install RSlinx gateway in Data server and remotely access all data from other nodes. I think second idea goes good with RSView SE. Please make me clear if I am wrong.
I would like to have a better idea who has better knowledge of these products for implementing the distributed monitoring and control system.