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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #15 on: August 19, 2011, 04:44:55 PM »
I have seen all of the control panel stuff. I am curious how they do the i/o? I didn't know if it was some off the shelf system or a custom i/o board. Don't post anything on the site that is propritary. I don't want to get myself or anyone else in trouble for that matter. I didn't mean to make a big deal out of this.

For what it is worth I am working on a retrofit PLC for the Javelin. I started with a DirectLogic PLC and have some of it working. I started thinking the touch screen was cool and one thing has lead to another and now I have a nettop pc powering a 3M Touchstone touchscreen monitor. I can connect that to the PLC and eliminate my old analog control panel. The more I look at it I think with the right i/o board I can control everything from the pc itself and eliminate the PLC. To make this perfectly clear I am not intending to copy Anatol or any other manufacturer for that matter.

I am currently looking at possibly using something like this:

Bill
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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #16 on: August 25, 2011, 08:55:10 AM »
I got the touch screen drivers working on Windows. Now going to try on the nettop with Linux

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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2011, 01:46:26 PM »
Do you think you can upgrade to that interface  from the 6 month old Titian?
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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2011, 05:42:27 PM »
The user interface can be configured to look like anything. That is actually the easy part. The control will be the more difficult. Once I get it done it should be able to be configured for any older press that uses a PLC. Mine is a 6/8 but since it is configurable I will just have to rearrange the interface to add more heads. The i/o ports and control will be configurable too. Once I have it running on mine I will be looking for someone with a 10/12 (maybe a M&R) to upgrade!

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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #19 on: August 30, 2011, 01:54:39 PM »
Is the Titan all air? Does it use MAC valves?

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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2011, 06:43:35 PM »
I have seen all of the control panel stuff. I am curious how they do the i/o? I didn't know if it was some off the shelf system or a custom i/o board. Don't post anything on the site that is propritary. I don't want to get myself or anyone else in trouble for that matter. I didn't mean to make a big deal out of this.


You have sparked my curiosity for sure. I’ll try to get you some pics next week. They just look like circuit boards to me  :D

If it means anything to you they all have PCB## printed on them, and they do look a bit different than the pic you posted. Much more stuff on them..?

For what it is worth I am working on a retrofit PLC for the Javelin. I started with a DirectLogic PLC and have some of it working. I started thinking the touch screen was cool and one thing has lead to another and now I have a nettop pc powering a 3M Touchstone touchscreen monitor. I can connect that to the PLC and eliminate my old analog control panel. The more I look at it I think with the right i/o board I can control everything from the pc itself and eliminate the PLC. To make this perfectly clear I am not intending to copy Anatol or any other manufacturer for that matter.

I am currently looking at possibly using something like this:

Bill


Wow... :o
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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2011, 06:18:28 PM »
So what did you find out about the controller? Anything fancy?

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Re: New Anatol OS what hardware - The Geek in me wants to know
« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2011, 11:18:22 PM »
The machine got switched to a 6/8 standard Titan at the last minute... 

Turns out a customer needed our original show machine more than we did....  :'(

So sadly no... I didn’t get to see one in person.

When I finally lay hands on one, I will be sure to let you know what I find out.
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