Re: [foxboro] replacing field Op panels
- From: "Jim Mowrey" <jmowrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:06:13 -0500
Forgot to mention in my last email that we also set up special environments,
one for each hardened PC. This was necessary as we didn't want an operator
in one area running a process in another, and thus causing us problems. I
also neglected to mention that these were explosion proof.
If you'd like more information, please contact me off line.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Corey R Clingo
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:15 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] replacing field Op panels
Just throwing out some ideas; I haven't personally tried any of this. Each
has its advantages and disadvantages
"Industrial" environmentally-hardened PC with Ethernet running some
Windows variant and Exceed/GoGlobal/VNC, or custom OS with X server, and
remote DM/FV from an AW/WP. These can be had with solid-state flash disks
(no moving parts), panel-mount form factors, and NEMA 4/7 enclosures. A
special I/A environment could be set up to limit what the field operator
could see/change.
Panelview or something similar connected via FBM224/FDSI and Modbus. The
Panelview would have to be capable of acting as a slave (polled device)
unless the FDSI supports being a Modbus slave itself (I don't believe the
FBM224 does).
Other variations: OPC connectivity, for example, or using some fiber-optic
KVM extenders to put only the monitor and any input devices in the field
with the CPU (either a WP or a non-I/A PC) residing in the rack room.
Corey Clingo
BASF Corp.
"BrianLong" <blong@xxxxxxx>
Sent by: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
03/16/2005 11:42 AM
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Subject: [foxboro] replacing field Op panels
I have a need to remove a number of operator hardwired field panels. I
want
to replace them with a "display" panel. All I/O is wired to the I/A. If
it
was a PLC I would install a panelview, anyone got any ideas?
Brian Long
Arkansas Kraft
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