David.Reed.Schmidt
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I have a coworker who wants to take on a project to control a variable speed belt and four water pumps with a small HMI instead of wiring switches on a panel.
Incorporating an HMI like this will be a first for him. I have reassured him the first project is always the most intimidating and online forums like this are helpful.
Can you please share some ideas on how to do this? The final state is that the operator will input the speed of the belt into the HMI in in/min, the HMI will apply a scaler to change it to the corresponding Hz for the drive, the pumps just need basic I/O from the HMI. He will be using an AB powerflex 5HP drive and would like to use a Red Lion HMI because he has had good experiences using them in the past.
Some of his concerns are the ability to program the HMI with the software, and establishing the correct communication with the drive. As long as the HMI has I/O outputs I'm not concerned about the pumps. He has not ordered the drive yet.
From my end I'm concerned about the future connectivity of the HMI such as via the Ethernet with a driver for our SCADA system, of which we use Ignition by Inductive Automation. Ignition has Modbus TCP driver for devices.
Thanks.
Incorporating an HMI like this will be a first for him. I have reassured him the first project is always the most intimidating and online forums like this are helpful.
Can you please share some ideas on how to do this? The final state is that the operator will input the speed of the belt into the HMI in in/min, the HMI will apply a scaler to change it to the corresponding Hz for the drive, the pumps just need basic I/O from the HMI. He will be using an AB powerflex 5HP drive and would like to use a Red Lion HMI because he has had good experiences using them in the past.
Some of his concerns are the ability to program the HMI with the software, and establishing the correct communication with the drive. As long as the HMI has I/O outputs I'm not concerned about the pumps. He has not ordered the drive yet.
From my end I'm concerned about the future connectivity of the HMI such as via the Ethernet with a driver for our SCADA system, of which we use Ignition by Inductive Automation. Ignition has Modbus TCP driver for devices.
Thanks.