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I need thoughts and opinions on the B&R PLC. The X20 product line is the one main one we are looking at.
The items I like so far are:
1) Cost of components is low.
2) Remote I/O cost appears to be low and easy to configure both hardware and in the ladder.
3) Software appears to be easy to use once you learn the environment. The Help files appear to be better then some of the other PLC mfgs. When you select an instruction or hardware component and press F1, the help for the particular item pops up without having to search. (New version 3.0)
All the other brands, AB, GE, Omron, Mitsubishi had either higher costs on parts or the software was not as straight-forward and time to create, de-bug and support needs to be considered.
I have been around PLCs for 20 years and have not worked on a B&R. So any insight would be very helpful.
Thanks.
The items I like so far are:
1) Cost of components is low.
2) Remote I/O cost appears to be low and easy to configure both hardware and in the ladder.
3) Software appears to be easy to use once you learn the environment. The Help files appear to be better then some of the other PLC mfgs. When you select an instruction or hardware component and press F1, the help for the particular item pops up without having to search. (New version 3.0)
All the other brands, AB, GE, Omron, Mitsubishi had either higher costs on parts or the software was not as straight-forward and time to create, de-bug and support needs to be considered.
I have been around PLCs for 20 years and have not worked on a B&R. So any insight would be very helpful.
Thanks.