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Is Omron the product to study in terms of popular use or is Siemens more commony used in industry in the US?
if you understand the PLC programming logic, would it matter what what prouct you start with as all PLC programming is similar?
The best group for this topic is sci.engr.control.
"G" wrote in news:xjMPd.632$W% snipped-for-privacy@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:
It's probably a toss-up between Siemens and AB. AB seems to be a lot better at automation/machine handling, while Siemens is by far, IMHO, the best for motion control (NC)
The logic would be similar, the difficulty would be in learning the programming software, and the quirks of each type of PLC.
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