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- Windows, real time
- PID loops
- PCs vs. PLCs
- Replacing people
- MS 'monopoly'?
- Software quality
- Where do we go from here?
- Why pay?
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Hey Guys! I'm looking for some linux based software for an OPTO B1 brainboard.
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By Brent Simmons on 24 September, 2001 - 4:44 pm -
Great, but I still need some kind of software to run on linx that will push the commands through...
By Mario de Sousa on 24 September, 2001 - 1:09 pm -
Hi Brent, Sorry for the delay. I have never used Opto hardware myself. I have been browsing...
By Bob Page on 24 September, 2001 - 12:39 pm -
Brent, You can communicate with Opto22 brains using a brouser such as Opera which, I am told, will...
By Rene on 24 September, 2001 - 12:37 pm -
The B1 brainboard would talk to your PC via RS-422/485 lines and there are two easy ways to get...
By Paul Jager on 24 September, 2001 - 12:00 pm -
We may be able to do something for you in automationX. We already have the B3000 devices if you...
By Rebeil, Juan P on 24 September, 2001 - 11:06 am -
Embedded Linux Journal ( http://embedded.linuxjournal.com/) ran at least one article related to...
Congratulations to Mario and other guys who have made these 500 volumes extremely interesting!
Hi Louis and all
I've been trying to get some concensus on this for a while now. We don't even need a full PLC for now, just representative IO and the thing that sequences it (dodging terminology problems)
loading the map. This will allow us to answer most of the speed questions and come up with an approach that will work. ...
I've been trying to get some concensus on this for a while now. We don't even need a full PLC for now, just representative IO and the thing that sequences it (dodging terminology problems)
loading the map. This will allow us to answer most of the speed questions and come up with an approach that will work. ...
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By Curt Wuollet on 24 September, 2001 - 3:05 pm -
I'm dissapointed, Paul Our modular approach will accomplish the same goals and cover both areas....
What I need is a very exact timing mechanism in Linux. ...
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By Robert Schwebel on 24 September, 2001 - 1:13 pm -
This is _not_ good news. They are only fixing some minor problems, but the main problem still...
By Curt Wuollet on 19 September, 2001 - 10:57 am -
Good news! FSM and FSF have come to terms on a fully GPL compatible license. Also if you watch the...
By Robert Schwebel on 18 September, 2001 - 9:57 am -
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Ken Emmons, Jr. wrote: > I have had very good luck with FSM labs RTLinux....
By Ken E. on 17 September, 2001 - 1:43 pm -
I have had very good luck with FSM labs RTLinux. It is open source and provides the timing that you...
By Mario de Sousa on 17 September, 2001 - 11:33 am -
Yes! What you are attempting is a very ugly hack. Real-Time OSs exist for exactly this kind of...
By Kipton Moravec on 17 September, 2001 - 11:27 am -
As a general rule, PC operating systems are not geared for real tight real time systems. When I...
Does anyone know what the current situation is with PuffinSCADA?
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By Kannan Moudgalya on 24 September, 2001 - 1:12 pm -
Hi, We are in the process of buying a PLC and we wish to use PuffinSCADA with it. Indeed we have...
By Greg Goodman on 19 September, 2001 - 10:48 am -
> As I remember, PuffinSCADA should be released in this past summer. And we did not hear...
Those of us in Melbourne, Australia, might be interested in this talk... (LUV is the Linux Users of [the state] Victoria; membership is free, no-one will mind if you just turn up.) ...
Removing demo scripts and updating the pid in the dsp module
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By Johan Bengtsson on 24 September, 2001 - 10:21 am -
Bumpless transfer is usually implemented like this: When changing from manual to auto and the I...
By Mario de Sousa on 17 September, 2001 - 2:02 pm -
Juan Carlos Orozco wrote: > > > I am now trying to remove the demo scripts once and for...
I would like to ask if there is any specific reason for the current build setup. ...
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By Curt Wuollet on 22 September, 2001 - 4:29 pm -
I'll second that! Thanks Peter. Regards cww _______________________________________________...
By Mario de Sousa on 21 September, 2001 - 10:18 am -
Peter Hopfgartner wrote: > > I will try to do my best in order set up something that works...
By Peter Hopfgartner on 21 September, 2001 - 10:05 am -
> I did the same for my private copy of the code, but since I don't know > much about...
By Mario de Sousa on 19 September, 2001 - 11:22 am -
Peter Hopfgartner wrote: > > I would like to ask if there is any specific reason for the...
I am writing this message to inform of the current work and plans for the hmi_gtk module.
Is anyone from other continents than Europe travelling to INTERKAMA fair, taking place in Dusseldorf from 24 to 28 September?
Last I heard FSM Labs was working with the GPL people on it and there didn't seem to be a big problem. It seems like a lot of people are getting over worked up about it.
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By Robert Schwebel on 19 September, 2001 - 5:24 pm -
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Ken Emmons, Jr. wrote: > Last I heard FSM Labs was working with the GPL...
By Curt Wuollet on 19 September, 2001 - 5:24 pm -
Well, It is a big deal. The way it was, the licensing IMHO would make it questionable to use for...
I have just commited support for output limiting to the pid block of the dsp module.
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By Mario de Sousa on 13 September, 2001 - 1:12 pm -
johan.bengtsson@pol.se wrote: > > While someone is at it I have a further suggestion: >...
By Johan Bengtsson on 11 September, 2001 - 1:35 pm -
While someone is at it I have a further suggestion: Make it possible to block integrating upward...
By Jiri Baum on 11 September, 2001 - 1:26 pm -
Mario: > I have just commited support for output limiting to the pid block of the > dsp...
By Mario de Sousa on 11 September, 2001 - 1:09 pm -
Mario de Sousa wrote: > pid configuration syntax is now: > fblock pid <in_pt>...
Happened across this site from a posting about a gerber file displayer. Lots of stuff for open hardware and EDA. http://www.opencollector.org
I've been reading this list for quite awhile now and it's time to lend you guys a hand in developing the LPLC. ...
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By Jiri Baum on 11 September, 2001 - 1:04 pm -
Vic Ellescas: > > So What Can I do help? Mario: > Sorry for the delay in replying. I went...
By Mario de Sousa on 11 September, 2001 - 12:56 pm -
Vic Ellescas wrote: > Hi Mario, > My name is Vic Ellescas, control engineer for the Wind...
A call to Dictionaries.
i need some steering in using CIO-DIO48 board and Linux for some industrial automation.
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By Conrad Rehill on 7 September, 2001 - 4:44 pm -
Did you ever get the information you wanted ? ...
While trying to compile LinuxPLC, todays CVS, the compiler stopped on the file lib/period/period. ...
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By Peter Hopfgartner on 5 September, 2001 - 4:15 pm -
On 05 Sep 2001 10:52:17 -0500, Juan Carlos Orozco wrote: > Could you give me more information on...
By Juan Carlos Orozco on 5 September, 2001 - 4:10 pm -
Peter Hopfgartner wrote: > > I think that installation on Debian might be a FAQ. So, starting...
By Peter Hopfgartner on 5 September, 2001 - 10:39 am -
I think that installation on Debian might be a FAQ. So, starting from your exhaustive answer, I...
By Peter Hopfgartner on 31 August, 2001 - 3:55 pm -
On 31 Aug 2001 10:07:30 -0500, Juan Carlos Orozco wrote: > > Mario de Sousa helped me with...
By Juan Carlos Orozco on 31 August, 2001 - 2:02 pm -
Mario de Sousa helped me with this same issue, the problem is that debian is conservative with...
Is anyone working on using Linux PLC with the IEC 870-5 protocol?
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By Joan Valls on 5 September, 2001 - 3:10 pm -
How can I obtain a copy of your IEC 60870-5-101 software to "translate" it to Linux? ...
Currently I'm doing some process visualization on Windows with WonderWare InTouch connected to a current Schneider PLC (model Premium something) over XIP/Ethernet.
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