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ClassicLadder will also run on embedded platforms (Arduino, etc.) which could be an alternative if you wish to eliminate the PC from the equation: http://sites.google.com/site/classicladder/

Now that would make a tiny PLC for sure.

John

Hello! Original Poster here; just unifying some accounts.

I like the sound of PLC, this particular system type has been recommended to me in another forum where I have posted a topic about a new machine build if you'd like to see it:

www.cnczone.com/forums/general_electroni...ion_aventure_uk.html

I'm glad to hear that two of you specialise in industrial automation, as it is becoming clear that is the nub of what I'm trying to do.
I hope my absence hasn't caused you to lose interest in my project!

I'm starting to learn that the stepper control may be the simplest part, as you have said Wizard. If you read the other thread, you may get some insight into my application.

To Marzetti: That's good to know, but I hope to run the control PC remotely, so that I can check performance and perhaps take video feeds as well.
Does the Ubuntu version LinuxCNC is on support virtual network computing? And does ClassicLadder have the ability to write logs to files and respond to sensor events?

Thanks for all the help so far chaps, I can't believe how I was stumbling around in the dark before I came here asking for guidance!

Let me see now Zookes your first post is strange and parts of it make no sense and hijacks another persons thread... Your not Elvis in disguise are you?

Pondering if your a spammer or not...

John

Oh? Which bits don't make sense?

I'd log into Smecky just to make things easier, but since I changed the email address I haven't been able to log in.

As to the Elvis comment; I am Elvis, I've been trying to figure out industrial automation this whole time!

Edit: Maybe the mod could see I was the same bloke and just deleted Smecky?

Now you make sense if you used to be Smecky... but how can you be Smecky and Elvis at the same time?

I looked and don't see a user named Smecky in the DB. Could be the reason why you can't log in as Smecky.

Only now does the first line of your post make sense to me...

John