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  Asked: Jun 17 2005   7:35 AM GMT
  Asked by: hahajokes

capture PLC-data in our LAN


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Our PLC-vendor is going to provide us collected PLC-data on a server in our LAN. Are sockets (port higher then 1024) the best way to do this? As we are AS/400-minded people, will FTP resolve this with the same performance? Or are there other possibilities? Please, please, give us some guidelines.

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Last Answered: Jun 17 2005  8:06 AM GMT  by problemsolver




If you give me a call at 1-800-656-5482 ext. 206, I'd be happy to provide you some information and literature on our PLC Driver for iSeries ( an IBM eServer proven tool) that allows PLC and iSeries to talk directly in real-time with no initermediate servers or store and forward operations. Our customers are using business modules on their iSeries boxes to collect data and directly control PLC attached devices on their plant floors. Tom Sullivan
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wizard90  |   Jun 17 2005  9:30AM GMT

I have seen this done a couple of different ways but TCP/IP works the best for real-time data collection. Only because once you get the data, you can do what you want with it. All real time. I have also seen data transferred via text files as well as through a serial port.

Using OZEXE Pro, you can easily receive the data (by any of the above methods) and send back a response if neccessary. Now that you have the data you can manipulate it an then programattically use ODBC, FTP, or send it elsewhere through TCP/IP, serial, or even http if that works for you.

If you give more information about the data the PLC is giving you (is it real time, batch, a string of formatted data, or something else) as well as the data’s ultimate destination, I can be more specific as to a good solution.

Hope this helps,
-James

For more information about OZEXE Pro visit <a href="http://www.ozdevelopment.com/ozpro." rel="nofollow">http://www.ozdevelopment.com/ozpro.</a>

 

problemsolver  |   Jun 20 2005  1:40PM GMT

Didn’t hear from you after my previous note with the phone number. If you wish to see a write-up of the product, you can go to the following webpage.

<a href="http://www.murcomp.com/murcomp.nsf/htmlmedia/plcdrv.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.murcomp.com/murcomp.nsf/htmlmedia/plcdrv.htm</a>

We currently have it installed in three major distributors in Canada and one large book publisher in New Jersey. The solution is capable of supporting physically remote sites in real-time.

I’ll thing you’ll find it worth a look.

Tom