INGEAR is Core Technology for Data Collection & Control Systems


CASE STUDY- CORE TECHNOLOGY FOR DATA COLLECTION AND CONTROL

According to Barnard, "The challenges True Logic Group faced that caused the initial conversation with INGEAR were twofold. Firstly we wanted a simple more flexible object model that would allow dynamic controller IP changes. Secondly we were trying to overcome licensing issues associated with OPC communications."

The primary reasons True Logic Group investigated the INGEAR product:
  • Develop a next generation fully redundant system architecture that will allow the equipment to continue to operate after any single point of failure.
  • Develop a system that will transfer to backup modes of operation automatically without user intervention and will transfer back automatically when the problem is corrected.
  • Redundancy schemes must be predictable, repeatable, and reliable.
  • Develop or implement new communication drivers to eliminate problematic drivers.

    Barnard noted, "We originally used the INGEAR Allen Bradley Studio 5.1 for an application many years. We tried this product base on good recommendations from a colleague.

    For the last two years we have leveraged Visual Studio.NET and have focused our attention on the INGEAR NET.LOGIX and NET.ABLINK products. We've worked with two integrators who continue to use the INGEAR products with success.

    Word of mouth is important in this industry and a poorly developed product would quickly be weeded out.

    The INGEAR model was easy to implement and does not appear to be problematic. (We've tested our data collection software with over 20,000 tags).

    We now have a base product (with INGEAR as that core technology) that we will implement as a starting point for all our custom data collection systems. We feel that over the next few years we should start to see the profits increase and the labor decrease."

    Contact us
    CimQuest INGEAR
    518 Kimberton Rd Ste 325
    Phoenixville, PA 19460
    www.ingeardrivers.com
    Toll Free: 1.866.935.7979
    Telephone: 1.610.935.8282
    Fax: 1.610.935.1902

    ABOUT TRUE LOGIC GROUP
    True Logic Group's primary focus is the development of Data Collection & Control Systems for industrial equipment.

    We develop software modules for:
  • Tracking product flow
  • Historical Archiving of Trend and Alarm data
  • Reporting on equipment downtime (Production reporting)
  • Dash-boarding your equipment for easy plant monitoring from your office
  • Retrofit equipment with recipe and scheduling

    True Logic Group
    190 Chester Street
    Hamilton, ON L9C 3W3
    905.318.3004
    www.truelogicgroup.com
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