[PSUBS-MAILIST] PLC HMI selection

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Alan,

There is a reason I have 15 employees. haha. There is no way I could learn all this in 5 years time. The learning curve is extreme! lol

Thank you,
Scott Waters

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PLC HMI selection
>  Sent: Jan 02 '18 16:19
>  
>  Scott,
>  thanks but $5000 is more than I want to spend on it.
>  I can probably do the screen & PLC for under $1500 with automation
>  direct.
>  Wow big learning curves for you with Pisces; better than a University
>  education.
>  Alan
>  
>  Sent from my iPad
>  
>  On 3/01/2018, at 10:15 AM, Scott Waters via Personal_Submersibles
>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>  
>  > Alan,
>  >
>  > I can give you the info on what we used on Pisces VI, but we spent
>  > $5,000. Quality was more important than price to us.
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Scott Waters
>  >
>  > Sent from my U.S. Cellular® Smartphone
>  >
>  > -------- Original message --------
>  > From: Alan via Personal_Submersibles
>  > <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>  > Date: 1/2/18 2:33 PM (GMT-06:00)
>  > To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org
>  > Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] PLC HMI selection
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  > am looking at purchasing a PLC & HMI.
>  > Don't know a lot about what I am doing other than I have completed a
>  > basic
>  > PLC programming course in RSLogix 500.
>  > I will be having at least 31 analog & 4 digital inputs and 7 digital
>  > & 1 analog
>  > output plus HMI connection. So most of the input is just for display
>  > on the
>  > HMI & for alarms.
>  > I want the PLC to be as small as possible & have been looking at the
>  > Automation
>  > Direct Productivity 1000 stackable Micro PLC
>  >
>  https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Overview/Catalog/Programmable_Controllers/Productivity_Series_Controllers/Productivity1000_(Stackable_Micro_PLC)
>  > This item has just enough analog inputs.
>  > Also I am looking at a 7-8" HMI screen. Automation Direct have this
>  > item I have been
>  > looking at...
>  >
>  https://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/HMI_(Human_Machine_Interface)/C-more_Touch_Panels/C-more_Touch_Panels_EA9_Series/C-more_EA9_Series_Touch_Panels/EA9-T8CL
>  > Is a bit expensive at $999-
>  > I envisage I will be designing the graphics; have done a lot with
>  > photoshop in
>  > the past & a tiny bit of annimation, so any program that has
>  > similarities to the
>  > photoshop format would probably be helpful, however not too
>  > concerned about that.
>  > Has anybody got any suggestions about suitable PLCs & HMIs or any
>  > comments
>  > about what I'm looking at.
>  > The PLC has a 125V DC input, I couldn't see an IP rating for it. The
>  > HMI is IP 25.
>  > Cliff, what size screen do you have & are you feeling it is the
>  > correct size?
>  > Thanks,
>  > Alan
>  >
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