E-WEB modules

[G_DeMark 2]

I have not used an E-Web module before.  What I have read about them so far sounds very interesting.

According to AB..."the EWEB module can store custom Web pages, and documents such as drawings and user manuals. This provides users quick and easy access to system-related information on the plant floor, saving valuable time when troubleshooting a problem on the line."

Does anyone have any experience good or bad with these modules?

I would be very interested in a solution that enabled a PLC to call up a work instruction residing on a company web page.  To my limited knowledge, I assume that I would need to use an OPC server and a simple program (like VB) to call the web page.  Could an EWEB module be a simpler solution?

Thanks

 

[TimWilborne 108]

The EWEB was a neat concept but it never was fully developed by AB.  Unless they have done some recent updates, which I don't think they have, it runs on ASP and some very old Java libraries.   I think you will be better off with a SCADA package that has a web server than you would with the EWEB.