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I am co-sponsoring a team which has been evaluating various vendors of complete SCADA packages (hardware and software) for a chemical research environment. The team has compiled a list of requirements based on our user's needs. This "requirements" doc has in turn generated a short list of vendors. The team will be spending some time in a "hands-on" evaluation creating a test configuration to confirm or deny some of the vendors claims. We are also developing a decision matrix to move the teams decision to a final decision as there are more aspect of the decision than strictly technical.
I have confidence in the teams technical evaluation but am looking for comments (pro and con) of the following vendors (GE-Fanuc, Modicon,
Honeywell, and Siemens). How easy is it to work with these firms? Has anyone experienced any "gotcha's"? Are there any issues which would be helpful to know about? Does anyone have any "war stories" that would be helpful to know now before a decision is made. These are not the only questions of interest but the only ones that come to mind now.
We are currently using many Honeywell S9100e controllers with either Scan or Plantscape as the HMI.
Thanks
Rodney H. Park
Automation Group Leader Riverside
(708) 442-3737
I have confidence in the teams technical evaluation but am looking for comments (pro and con) of the following vendors (GE-Fanuc, Modicon,
Honeywell, and Siemens). How easy is it to work with these firms? Has anyone experienced any "gotcha's"? Are there any issues which would be helpful to know about? Does anyone have any "war stories" that would be helpful to know now before a decision is made. These are not the only questions of interest but the only ones that come to mind now.
We are currently using many Honeywell S9100e controllers with either Scan or Plantscape as the HMI.
Thanks
Rodney H. Park
Automation Group Leader Riverside
(708) 442-3737