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Hi All,
I have a customer with a almost total AB plant that bought a machine a couple of years ago with a Modicon Quantum controller. Now they want to integrate certain monitoring functions and make data available from the Quantum to controllers on the AB DH+ network.
Anybody know of a inexpensive way to do this? I don't need to bridge a whole bunch of PLCs, just a lonely Quantum out there. It's currently talking only to a HMI Panelmate 4000 via MB+ (or maybe serial... I'm not sure).
This machine needs to provide information to other systems up-line that control material delivery and such. I have a under-used PLC-5 sitting 20 feet from the thing so I've even considered using discretes to get cycling data and such, but that would be too darn easy.
Any suggestions... I'm an AB guy at heart and the customer only has MODSOFT (man, I hate Modsoft... NxT is better but they won't spring for it with only one machine).
Thanks,
John Kelley
I have a customer with a almost total AB plant that bought a machine a couple of years ago with a Modicon Quantum controller. Now they want to integrate certain monitoring functions and make data available from the Quantum to controllers on the AB DH+ network.
Anybody know of a inexpensive way to do this? I don't need to bridge a whole bunch of PLCs, just a lonely Quantum out there. It's currently talking only to a HMI Panelmate 4000 via MB+ (or maybe serial... I'm not sure).
This machine needs to provide information to other systems up-line that control material delivery and such. I have a under-used PLC-5 sitting 20 feet from the thing so I've even considered using discretes to get cycling data and such, but that would be too darn easy.
Any suggestions... I'm an AB guy at heart and the customer only has MODSOFT (man, I hate Modsoft... NxT is better but they won't spring for it with only one machine).
Thanks,
John Kelley