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I help one of my co-workers out with some industrial work. Its AB Studio 5000 and Wonderware edge. These programs are terrible. They are not backward compatible
by karmicthreat 4y ago
I help one of my co-workers out with some industrial work. Its AB Studio 5000 and Wonderware edge. These programs are terrible. They are not backward compatible so the standard thing every control engineer seems to do is have 500 different VMs. One for each version of each individual program. It's bonkers.
Working on industrial equipment even with current technology is like going back 20 years. The controls software ecosystem seems to just barely be accepting version control now. Instead of just directory after directory of duplicates named "XXX - v1.000 - I really deployed this one to plant XXX"
- airbreather 4y agoYeah and full version of Studio 5000 that supports all five IEC PLC languages is $20k in Australia.
- theduemmer 4y agoAnd God forbid you have any issues with it and need help, because Rockwell support is $$$$!
- airbreather 4y agoDo they have support? I thought they just had guys that bought you coffee and the odd cake until you had handed over the cash, and then you never see or hear from them again.