Dave Johnson and Gary Mintchell
Articles
I/O Systems, I/O Modules December 1, 1998
Common control engine helps reduce controller confusion
With control choices expanding daily, some users are confused about what type of control to specify: soft control, PLCs, hybrid controllers, or new architectures. To assist users, Rockwell Automation (West Allis, Wis.) plans to provide a control engine (the services that implement control tasks) that will be common throughout company's platforms and devices.
By Dave Johnson and Gary Mintchell