I know someone that may be able to do it (perhaps in a few weeks, maybe sooner, maybe later), if the time frame is reasonable I'll pass it on. Emailing you directly bounced. Let me know > Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: > > dwayner@planet.eon.net > > Technical details of permanent failure: > Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the > server for the recipient domain planet.eon.net by > mx.svc.telus.net. [207.167.198.18]. > > ... > > Would you happen to know what the time-frame for this job is? > immediate/a month, mission critical/low priority? Do you know where > this is to be project? > > I've done some work for a company that does a lot of industrial > automation, your description of the project is indeed very typical of > what they do every day. However, they are incredibly busy project-wise > at the moment. If this is something that could wait a while (perhaps a > few weeks), they wound be interested. > > Let me know, if its doable time-wise, I'll definitely pass this on to the= m. > > Thanks, > Jason White On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Dwayne Reid wrote: > Good day to all. > > My business partner is looking for someone that has used AB HMI > panels to talk to AB temperature controllers. Just looking for some > advice to begin with, probably ending up with that person doing a > fairly simple project with said HMI / MMI panel and temp controller. > > We build control systems for Industrial Ovens using Catalytic > heaters. One customer wants a fancy temperature controller for the > system, capable of holding several "recipes" for both temperature and > blower VFD speed. We are looking at some stuff that Watlow makes but > the end user uses mostly AB equipment and would prefer to stay with > that if possible. > > As far as I know, the temperature profiles are stable - they don't > involve ramp or soak times. Just set the temperature to some > set-point and keep it there. Same with the re-circulation blower > speed - just set a value (open loop). The requirement for setting > the conveyor speed has not been discussed (yet) but is possible. > > Our modulating-valve control module takes a 4-20mA input or a 0.25 - > 1.25V control input for controlling the gas flow valves. Obviously, > our 0.25 - 1.25V control input can be scaled to whatever is > needed. The VFD can take either 4-20mA or 0-10V control input. > > Interested people can contact me directly at dwayner@planet.eon.net > . This is a paying gig . > > One final note: I'm assuming that Allen Bradley is probably among the > most expensive gear available. Although this particular customer is > requesting AB, I can see that other Industrial Oven customers would > also like to have this kind of functionality - but at a lower > price. If anyone can suggest other products that can do the same > thing for less money than AB would charge, we would very much like to > hear about it. That can include Watlow, Automation Direct, or whoever. > > Many thanks! > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 Jason White --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .