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Created Date: July 30,2007
Created By: a agnone
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With all the cool stuff AD has, there has to be a way to get data from a PLC to my desktop or flash card. Is it really necessary to buy expensive software to do what I want? I need to get 8 temp readings from an oven. The oven is already connected to our network using a ECOM100. Surely someone has done something along these lines. My thoughts were when the start button is pushed, the 8 temps will go out every 2 minutes until the oven is hot, then stop logging the data. That part seems simply enough to program the PlC. How do I get the info to my pc or somewhere else where I can extract the data and put it in a spreadsheet. I do not have a HMI panel connected.
Created Date: July 30,2007
Created by: jackson
Of course you could always write your own server application to run on a desktop and 'catch ' the data sent from the PLC.
If you can't or aren't willing to write the application itself, you are asking someone else to do this for you or to provide an application that they spent their time (time=money) developing.
This doesn't seem reasonable to me, assuming that you are going to make money on this application yourself.
If you are doing all this for charity, well then that is another story...
Created Date: July 30,2007
Created by: KPrice
a agnone, we have done similar projects in the past. Options we used:
1-write own DirectNET comm program using BASIC-very tricky, lot of work
2-AutomationDirect Comm server program with Excel or Visual Basic-much easier
3-LookoutDirect-higher cost but very powerful, flexible, and no comm programming
4-Also, look at AutomationDirect DataWorx
Hope this helps.
Created Date: July 31,2007
Created by: sii
I have had dataworx running on 6 PLC's for almost a year now. Logging multiple fields of data every 60 seconds over ECOM100. Have missed a total of less than 10 packets in 10 months...well worth the money if you ask me.
Created Date: July 31,2007
Created by: testone
You have 2 choices at www.ljbeng.com
You can log to a compact flash card or an SD card. Very simple to use.
Created Date: July 30,2007
Created by: a agnone
With all the cool stuff AD has, there has to be a way to get data from a PLC to my desktop or flash card. Is it really necessary to buy expensive software to do what I want? I need to get 8 temp readings from an oven. The oven is already connected to our network using a ECOM100. Surely someone has done something along these lines. My thoughts were when the start button is pushed, the 8 temps will go out every 2 minutes until the oven is hot, then stop logging the data. That part seems simply enough to program the PlC. How do I get the info to my pc or somewhere else where I can extract the data and put it in a spreadsheet. I do not have a HMI panel connected.