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Hi there,

I have a remote pumping installation and I would like to make some easy monitoring about working hours, pressures, etc. I would like to receive email reports with real working values.

I have found a library for Step-7 MicroWin that does the work: Nubitek_Email (http://www.nubitek.com/section02/pr02-email.htm)

Anyone out there has heard about it or used?
Any feedback?

Thanks.

Hi,

You'd have to be nuts to spend anything to do this, it's all available for free! Read the manual and download the free working examples from the Siemens website. It's so simple, you'll end up with a program that you can fully support and can even make your own library, that you don't have to pay for each time you use it.

Colin Crofts

Sorry Colin, I must absolutely disagree.
Let's suppose I say: "You'd have to be nuts to spend so much to buy a PC, you can get cheap components and find all the instructions on the internet..."

Well I think that would only be correct for someone who... likes to build PCs! :)

OUR TIME is normally the most expensive resource. I prefer to pay for software as long as it saves my development and maintenance time so I can concentrate on programming the right algorithm for my bussiness problem.

> Colin wrote:
>You'd have to be nuts to spend anything
>to do this... <


Daniel,

I've not used or tested the Nubitek_Email, but I used the Nubitek_SMS_Manager on one of my last projects and it worked just fine. Great product, easy to integrate.

>Daniel wrote:
>I have found a library for Step-7 MicroWin that >does the work: Nubitek_Email >(http://www.nubitek.com/section02/pr02-email.htm)
>
>Anyone out there has heard about it or used?
>Any feedback? <

Hi,

No it is not the same. Why add third party encrypted libraries, that you cannot fault find (but they're bug free!) that you must replace when some hardware dies (but modems never fail!) and that you must pay for?

The beauty of PLC programming is that it is open to the end user to understand and modify - essential for traceability and auditing. I feel it would be unfair and unprofessional to lumber the customer with yet another layer of suppliers.

Besides, if you are capable of programming the 'right algorithm' then you can program it all, if you can't, then you are using the wrong platform.

Marc Sinclair