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Hi all,
I am in the (very) preliminary steps of creating a new control system. I am also in a unique position that this is a grass-roots installation. As such there are an awful lot of options available. The only constraint that I
have is the actual PLC hardware...it will be a SLC 500 series since they currently have some SLC 5/0x hardware that was moved over from another
location (but not installed). I am also hoping to leave the future expansion end of things wide open. That is, I will want to add Internet
capability, PalmPilot capability, etc. in the future. The overall system is pretty small with less than 500 I/O points. HMI software is also yet to be decided.
I was looking at using Ethernet for the control backbone and a separate Ethernet for the 'office' backbone. I was also looking at using an OPC
server and RS Linx to serve the data from the PLC's (~ 3) to the Operator stations and Engineering stations.
So, getting to the point...what OS do you think I should use: Win9x, WinNT, or Win2000?
Thanks for any advice.
Bill.
I am in the (very) preliminary steps of creating a new control system. I am also in a unique position that this is a grass-roots installation. As such there are an awful lot of options available. The only constraint that I
have is the actual PLC hardware...it will be a SLC 500 series since they currently have some SLC 5/0x hardware that was moved over from another
location (but not installed). I am also hoping to leave the future expansion end of things wide open. That is, I will want to add Internet
capability, PalmPilot capability, etc. in the future. The overall system is pretty small with less than 500 I/O points. HMI software is also yet to be decided.
I was looking at using Ethernet for the control backbone and a separate Ethernet for the 'office' backbone. I was also looking at using an OPC
server and RS Linx to serve the data from the PLC's (~ 3) to the Operator stations and Engineering stations.
So, getting to the point...what OS do you think I should use: Win9x, WinNT, or Win2000?
Thanks for any advice.
Bill.