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Hi Pete
Why would anybody who cares enough to write Open Source code on Linux want to depend on MS proprietary protocols and having a Windows box
in the mix? At that point your system is neither Open or Free as in Freedom. I would think people who care enough to give us a chance would like an Open System from one end to the other. It's binary
rather than a continuum. Being a little proprietary is like being a little pregnant. This by the way, is IMHO, others take a more pragmatic view. There may be compromises we have to make, but OPC isn't worth compromising for. I just don't see the reasons for mixed environments. Folks who think Windows is necessary or even
adequate are unlikely candidates. Just my personal view. For the project, we'll do what we have to do. We should offer an Open
alternative.
Regards
cww
Peter Wurmsdobler wrote:
>
> Chaire Chiron !
>
> On the one hand PuffinSCADA could talk to matPLC over a server sitting
> on top of matPLC and being implemented with code from both PuffinSCADA
> and matPLC. On the other, could a server be implemented on a non-UNIX
> machine with PuffinSCADA libraries, which talks both to the OpenPCS PLC
> programming environment and matPLC?
>
> Now I use a word like in Monty Python's film "The Holy Gral": We are the
> knights who say: Ni! Ni! OPC! Using again PuffinSCADA library elements,
> would it be possible to implement something which talks PuffinSCADA on
> one side, and OPC on the other? I know, OPC is based on MS technology,
> yours on UNIX standards.
>
> If I understand correctly from our Houston conversation, PuffinSCADA
> offers a sophisticated protocoll between modules, clients and server,
> tailored for automation. I do not know both this protocoll and OPC
> in detail, but does the PuffinSCADA protocoll a similar functionality.
> Finally, how can a PuffinSCADA system talk to other automation software
> other than in Puffin ?
>
> Still searching for a multi-element solution THE PuffinControl,
> peter
> --
> Peter Wurmsdobler
> Control.com Inc.
> 508-621-3611 fon
> 508-621-3614 fax
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Why would anybody who cares enough to write Open Source code on Linux want to depend on MS proprietary protocols and having a Windows box
in the mix? At that point your system is neither Open or Free as in Freedom. I would think people who care enough to give us a chance would like an Open System from one end to the other. It's binary
rather than a continuum. Being a little proprietary is like being a little pregnant. This by the way, is IMHO, others take a more pragmatic view. There may be compromises we have to make, but OPC isn't worth compromising for. I just don't see the reasons for mixed environments. Folks who think Windows is necessary or even
adequate are unlikely candidates. Just my personal view. For the project, we'll do what we have to do. We should offer an Open
alternative.
Regards
cww
Peter Wurmsdobler wrote:
>
> Chaire Chiron !
>
> On the one hand PuffinSCADA could talk to matPLC over a server sitting
> on top of matPLC and being implemented with code from both PuffinSCADA
> and matPLC. On the other, could a server be implemented on a non-UNIX
> machine with PuffinSCADA libraries, which talks both to the OpenPCS PLC
> programming environment and matPLC?
>
> Now I use a word like in Monty Python's film "The Holy Gral": We are the
> knights who say: Ni! Ni! OPC! Using again PuffinSCADA library elements,
> would it be possible to implement something which talks PuffinSCADA on
> one side, and OPC on the other? I know, OPC is based on MS technology,
> yours on UNIX standards.
>
> If I understand correctly from our Houston conversation, PuffinSCADA
> offers a sophisticated protocoll between modules, clients and server,
> tailored for automation. I do not know both this protocoll and OPC
> in detail, but does the PuffinSCADA protocoll a similar functionality.
> Finally, how can a PuffinSCADA system talk to other automation software
> other than in Puffin ?
>
> Still searching for a multi-element solution THE PuffinControl,
> peter
> --
> Peter Wurmsdobler
> Control.com Inc.
> 508-621-3611 fon
> 508-621-3614 fax
--
Free Tools!
Machine Automation Tools (LinuxPLC) Free, Truly Open & Publicly Owned
Industrial Automation Software For Linux. mat.sourceforge.net.
Day Job: Heartland Engineering, Automation & ATE for Automotive
Rebuilders.
Consultancy: Wide Open Technologies: Moving Business & Automation to
Linux.
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