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Hi everybody.
I'm using a PC with ADAM 500 series to control the process of an autoclave. It is a slow process, also ADAM modules are slow. But I need to update the user interface somehow rapidly. Now, it looks like discontinous: the user interface is updated every 5 seconds. also it responds to key strikes very slowly. I want to optimize it and make it faster.
Simply I have two questions:
1 - What is the classic way of controlling systems with PCs? I know PLCs have their rules: they first read all inputs and outputs and then do the process, then again...
But how PCs do the controlling? Is it a good practice to implement PLC-like controlling methods? or there are other ways to do this? I would appreciate any help or any reference/web page/...
2 - Is it just ADAM modules that put delay in system? their rate is now 10Samples/second! very slow! do you suggest PCI-based I/O modules? what are their problems?
Thank you very much in forward, I hope this will be a hot topic, because I do want to learn!
Regards,
Mehdi
I'm using a PC with ADAM 500 series to control the process of an autoclave. It is a slow process, also ADAM modules are slow. But I need to update the user interface somehow rapidly. Now, it looks like discontinous: the user interface is updated every 5 seconds. also it responds to key strikes very slowly. I want to optimize it and make it faster.
Simply I have two questions:
1 - What is the classic way of controlling systems with PCs? I know PLCs have their rules: they first read all inputs and outputs and then do the process, then again...
But how PCs do the controlling? Is it a good practice to implement PLC-like controlling methods? or there are other ways to do this? I would appreciate any help or any reference/web page/...
2 - Is it just ADAM modules that put delay in system? their rate is now 10Samples/second! very slow! do you suggest PCI-based I/O modules? what are their problems?
Thank you very much in forward, I hope this will be a hot topic, because I do want to learn!
Regards,
Mehdi