Hello Everyone,

> IMHO, better have a well-maintained implementation on one platform
than lousy one on several.

Concur 100%.

I am working about five versions of kernels on my Fedora systems and I really enjoy the experience.  ;)

Sending positive Fedora energy from my computers to yours!!!  :)

David

> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:23:17 +0200
> From: fab@fedoraproject.org
> To: ambassadors@lists.fedoraproject.org
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] To all Ambassadors and Fedora Contributors
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> On 07/30/2014 06:18 PM, Iosif Bancioiu wrote:
> > Maybe you know that there are 2 big companies building PLC and PLC
> > Platforms for industrial automation systems, Delta PLC and Siemens
> > PLC.
>
> Well, there are others...like Beckhoff [1] and they support, as far as
> remember, with ADS and/or a kernel driver the communication between a
> linux host and their hardware. Only speaking about the communication
> and not IDE.
>
> > Recently I've got an Delta DVP-10SX and they only support Windows
> > for WPL Soft and ISP Soft, the platforms used to develop software
> > for their PLC. I tried to install and use it under Wine but I'm
> > unable to get COM ports to work inside those apps. (I'm able to see
> > in other apps but not inside those). I contacted them to ask about
> > Linux Support and they told me that they have requests from Russia
> > for porting ISP and WPL Soft to Linux.
>
> The issue here is that PLCs are only interesting for a very small
> target audience, the industrial automation guys. It's possible to get
> hands on this kind of hardware but it's not a cheap endeavor
> (referring to Siemens here). I think that a Soft-PLC can not be easily
> ported to another platform because their are special requirements
> (protocols, real-time, etc.) which are are to fulfill.
>
> > They asked me to provide them some statistics about Linux Systems
> > numbers in Industrial use because they are open for this, they take
> > in consideration to support Linux.
>
> If there is a linux tool that customers can use to program their PLC,
> they will probably start using linux. My experience is that they still
> will use the windows version because all other tools (speaking about
> CAD, CAE, et al) are not available for other platforms that windows.
>
> > I would like if you can do some research in your country regarding
> > this.
>
> It's very unlikely that you can get accurate data without investing a
> lot of time.
>
> > Is time for Linux to be supported by one of the bigest PLC
> > builders.
>
> IMHO, better have a well-maintained implementation on one platform
> than lousy one on several.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Fabian
>
> [1] http://www.beckhoff.com
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