Author Topic: Driver for Pro-Face PLC  (Read 874 times)

Arvanoss

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Driver for Pro-Face PLC
« on: February 21, 2019, 08:20:04 AM »
I have 22 Pro-Face PLC's in the plant that I would like to be able to interrogate directly, with plans for 16 more in the future.

Pro-Face was chosen over Allen Bradley due to cost and size, they are ok for the task.

Currently the Pro-Face devices all talk to a L32 processor but the processor can't see the Pro-Face devices.
I would like to create an HMI that will live in a central PC and talk to the Pro-Face PLC's without having to bounce data off of the L32 processor.

Any thoughts on building a driver?

Thanks
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Re: Driver for Pro-Face PLC
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2019, 08:29:54 AM »
Do the Proface support Modbus?

It would be unlikely a driver would be developed without someone contracting to have it done. New drivers can take 3-6 months to fully develop and debug, so they can be very expensive to create.

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Re: Driver for Pro-Face PLC
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2019, 10:53:08 AM »
Geez, probably should have done a little due diligence before buying everything! You get what you pay for. Save a little money on hardware, then blow all the savings to make it work.