Hi all,
I'm throwing together a broad design outline for a customer which will likely require some sort of wireless Ethernet/IP link, and I'm looking for some recommendations for equipment that you can vouch for
Basically, customer wants a mobile counting/weighing station that they can wheel into position at 4 or 5 different places and run. They want to control this via the central ControlLogix PLC and interface it with the existing FTView SE SCADA system.
So my plan is:
- A 3 phase outlet at every location they want to use it
- An onboard point I/O rack with ethernet adaptor
- Some sort of wireless uplink to the main panel
I'm not sure whether I'd be best to set up a dedicated point-to-point wireless link, or utilise the existing factory wireless network. I figure a dedicated point-to-point setup would be the most reliable, but I'm cautious because of the area range they want to use this thing over.
If I use the existing wireless, I know that all of the WAP's are on a different subnet to the PLC's. There is a layer 3 router in place, so I don't think there'd be any issues, but I've still got some more reading to do on that
Can anyone share any success stories (or miserable failure stories!) with an arrangement like this?
Thanks!
I'm throwing together a broad design outline for a customer which will likely require some sort of wireless Ethernet/IP link, and I'm looking for some recommendations for equipment that you can vouch for
Basically, customer wants a mobile counting/weighing station that they can wheel into position at 4 or 5 different places and run. They want to control this via the central ControlLogix PLC and interface it with the existing FTView SE SCADA system.
So my plan is:
- A 3 phase outlet at every location they want to use it
- An onboard point I/O rack with ethernet adaptor
- Some sort of wireless uplink to the main panel
I'm not sure whether I'd be best to set up a dedicated point-to-point wireless link, or utilise the existing factory wireless network. I figure a dedicated point-to-point setup would be the most reliable, but I'm cautious because of the area range they want to use this thing over.
If I use the existing wireless, I know that all of the WAP's are on a different subnet to the PLC's. There is a layer 3 router in place, so I don't think there'd be any issues, but I've still got some more reading to do on that
Can anyone share any success stories (or miserable failure stories!) with an arrangement like this?
Thanks!