Many thanks, Harrison. Sorry about the email bounces - I am having words with my ISP=20 regarding this matter. My logs showed that email service stopped=20 working at about 5:00 AM this past Saturday morning and no one was=20 able to fix it until Monday. I am NOT happy . I have forwarded your message on to my partner - I expect him to=20 reply to you today. Same with anyone who tried to send me email either last Thursday or=20 this past weekend - please resend if you got a bounce. Many thanks! dwayne At 09:02 AM 7/9/2013, Harrison Cooper wrote: >Tried emailing direct as well....have some suggestions for you on=20 >HMI....AB PanelViews are dinosaurs along with the software for=20 >them. PLC's are great. I've had much better success using=20 >AutomationDirect C-More and EZautomations HMI. Less expensive and=20 >the dev software is so so so much better. Easy to interface with=20 >any major PLC vendor as well. I've used them with Koyo and AB PLCs=20 >without any issues. > >-----Original Message----- >From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On=20 >Behalf Of Jason White >Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2013 4:32 PM >To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >Subject: Re: [AD] Looking for Allen Bradley PLC developer > >I know someone that may be able to do it (perhaps in a few weeks,=20 >maybe sooner, maybe later), if the time frame is reasonable I'll pass it o= n. > >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 t= hem. > > > > 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 > > > >-- >Jason White >-- >http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 >View/change your membership options at=20 >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > >This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may be=20 >privileged. Any unauthorized use, copying, disclosure or=20 >dissemination of this communication is prohibited. If you are not=20 >the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and=20 >delete all copies of the message and its attachments. > >-- >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 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 --=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 .