Lupo

I would love to go Red Lion, but is not an option at this stage. As well, I have now found out that all the data i need is in the HMI, none in the PLC. Madness.

I have View Site Edition Version 5.10.00 Further investigation has shown that all the data I need is in the HMI, none in the PLC. I don't need to see any screens currently available in the HMI, I need to customize the data I collect. If I go with your proposed solution would I have to make the screens with View Studio, in the HMI, and then serve them (as opposed to simply reading tags out of the HMI remotely)?

Hi all, We have 6 new machines being installed, all using ControlLogix or MicroLogix controllers. We need to be able to create some graphics so the business side of the operation can see some data in real time. Pretty standard stuff for some of you I hope. Some of our HMIs are AB with Factory Talk installed and some are Beck Automation S II. I see quite a few options here (Factory Talk Clients, Webservers, etc.) and am leaning toward webservers. From what I've read that would involve installing webservers in all the controllers. The Beck HMIs have built in webservers but the Factory Talk don't. Red Lion HMI's would have solved all my problems but I got on board too late for that. I'm from the Process Control world where this is second nature (Honeywell TPS/Experion) but am relatively new to this side of things. (I was shocked to see control being done in the HMI software...a no no in my old field). Any help will be appreciated. Rob PS. Oh ya, to compound things the ethernet link from the production building to the office is slooooooow. Working on getting a fix in the budget for Q3, but am not hopeful. So there's that...