HI,
I want my PLC applications to permit remote hmi operation. For example, I have installations up and down the east coast of the US and would like to be able to monitor how they are doing using my computer browser or perhaps and iphone. I have not installed any real devices that have that capability, although I have played around with some in the office that work pretty well. For example, the C-More OIT has an iPhone app that lets me go online with it and use the OIT just as if I was on site. [Please don’t preach about the dangers of that action - they are obvious.]
We use (nearly exclusively) Allen Bradley PLCs. I am totally underwhelmed with the built in “browser” capability of those devices. On one group of PLCs, I have a advancedHMI PC. Other isolated equipment has PanelView and PanelView Plus OITs.
What have other people done about having online remote access so that they can help a customer troubleshoot a problem without sending a person to the site?
narlin
I want my PLC applications to permit remote hmi operation. For example, I have installations up and down the east coast of the US and would like to be able to monitor how they are doing using my computer browser or perhaps and iphone. I have not installed any real devices that have that capability, although I have played around with some in the office that work pretty well. For example, the C-More OIT has an iPhone app that lets me go online with it and use the OIT just as if I was on site. [Please don’t preach about the dangers of that action - they are obvious.]
We use (nearly exclusively) Allen Bradley PLCs. I am totally underwhelmed with the built in “browser” capability of those devices. On one group of PLCs, I have a advancedHMI PC. Other isolated equipment has PanelView and PanelView Plus OITs.
What have other people done about having online remote access so that they can help a customer troubleshoot a problem without sending a person to the site?
narlin