> > Let me know if you stumble onto a way to look at the Is and control the Os of any PLC,
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable_logic_controller)
> > on any machine, anywhere in the world.
> >
> What kind of PLC are you looking at?? we use PLC's on our bottle
> inspection machines,
> the ladder programming is usually done on some software that the
> manufacturer of the
> PLC provides. I was just sort of looking at the whole thing and I
> guess PLC programming
> though the idea is common, the methods are different for each manufacturer...
>
Good engineers (just like parents) work themselves out of a job.
PLCs are extremely reliable.
On my production line, I only had one output module failure in 14 months.
Even with lightning strikes, power surges, and power outages, I probably only reset the PLC three times.
Consider the possibilities of PLC ladder logic piped to HTML.
Viewable by a group with common hand held devices,
midifiable by the owner locally or remotely.
Take a peek at
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8775890970.html
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