I find Ignition very interesting, but unfortunately it is price-wise out of my league.
For comparison, I have small machines for which I use WinCC Advanced RT 128 tags + archives for approx 700 €,
and larger plant projects for which I use WinCC Advanced RT 512 tags + archives for approx 1500 €.
(actually I get a discount as well).
Ignition Vision limited plus Siemens driver would come in at 3700 USD.
That would be just about tolerable for the larger plant projects, but impossible for the smaller machines. I dont want to use different solutions for small machines and larger plants. I want one solution to rule them all.
Enter Ignition Edge !
The Ignition Edge Panel version at 1500 USD plus possible bulk discount could be acceptable for us.
But I am disapointed of how little presales info there is.
I am mystified at what Ignition Edge actually is and is not.
Where is the detailed spec-sheet for Ignition Edge ?
Even though 1500 USD sound cheap for Ignition, at that price it should be reasonably full-fledged, with 'limitations'.
I guess I can visualize my machine.
I guess I can press buttons and change parameters.
I guess I can view and acknowledge alarms. Are alarms logged, and can the log be viewed ?
Is there support for multilanguage ? If so, how is this handled ?
There is a 1-week buffer for trending so there must be trends. Are there X-Y plots ?
Can I do my own stuff with scripts ?
Can code developed for 'full' Ignition and Ignition Edge be shared ?
For comparison, I have small machines for which I use WinCC Advanced RT 128 tags + archives for approx 700 €,
and larger plant projects for which I use WinCC Advanced RT 512 tags + archives for approx 1500 €.
(actually I get a discount as well).
Ignition Vision limited plus Siemens driver would come in at 3700 USD.
That would be just about tolerable for the larger plant projects, but impossible for the smaller machines. I dont want to use different solutions for small machines and larger plants. I want one solution to rule them all.
Enter Ignition Edge !
The Ignition Edge Panel version at 1500 USD plus possible bulk discount could be acceptable for us.
But I am disapointed of how little presales info there is.
I am mystified at what Ignition Edge actually is and is not.
Where is the detailed spec-sheet for Ignition Edge ?
Even though 1500 USD sound cheap for Ignition, at that price it should be reasonably full-fledged, with 'limitations'.
I guess I can visualize my machine.
I guess I can press buttons and change parameters.
I guess I can view and acknowledge alarms. Are alarms logged, and can the log be viewed ?
Is there support for multilanguage ? If so, how is this handled ?
There is a 1-week buffer for trending so there must be trends. Are there X-Y plots ?
Can I do my own stuff with scripts ?
Can code developed for 'full' Ignition and Ignition Edge be shared ?