$500 only gets you the software. You will also need I/O cards.
http://www.camsoftcorp.com/prod11.asp
Anyone have experience with this item?
I would like to automate some pilot scale process machinery and would like to be able to turn off relays, motors, etc and maybe even some stepper/servos and have input from thermocouples, transducers and the like.
Can I use a data logger with this too? Is there some way to operate this over a ethernet/LAN/web?
Does the $500 price mean I can have it on several machines at once?
Thanks in advance.
$500 only gets you the software. You will also need I/O cards.
On all equipment there are 2 levers...
Lever "A", and Lever F'in "B"
I understand I need the cards themselves (which don't seem to be to cheap either). What is the difference between this, and say, labview?
You can easily do all this and more with Camsoft. There was a fella that goes by murphy625 that used this package for a large factory automation project. He was a regular here, but I see his last post was in April. You might email him. I know he loved it.
Labview is a much less capable and a less expensive package.
You can only run one instance of Camsoft per purchase. There is a printer or USB hardware key that must be in place. I move this key around all the time to three different computers/machines.
Karl