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What do you think of Keyence PLC?

What do you think of Keyence PLC?

What do you think of Keyence PLC?

(OP)


Personally I like them but I would like to know what do you think of them.

What can you say about future of PLC from Keyence?

RE: What do you think of Keyence PLC?

Barmaley; They were nowhere years ago and burst onto the scene as the cheapo (cheapest) PLC you could get.  They were EXTREMELY low cost.  Under a hundred bucks if my memory serves me.  They actually sold them door to door.  I remember a kid showing up at my company pedalling them.  I thought he was another door to door suitcase salesman and was about to kick him out when he whipped out a PLC the size of paperback book.  It came in modules, buy what you need.

That was the beginning of the major price drop in the industry.  I had just used a $57,000 Allen Bradley and was amazed.

So anyway this was about 15 years ago and they are now pretty common so to answer your question; I think they will be around for quite a while.

RE: What do you think of Keyence PLC?

I looked into the Keyence PLC's a couple of years ago, they were going to give me one to try. But, after downloading and using the software I decided against them. They may be great PLC's but the programming software is about the worst I've ever tried. The salesman was upfront about the software being a little below standard, but when I actually tried it, I found it was way way below standard.

But, the software was free and I guess you might say worth every penny you pay for it.  :=)

RE: What do you think of Keyence PLC?

(OP)
Hi ADMIRALEKEN:

Now Keyence doesn't provide the software for free. It costed $180.

Maybe I havn't seen a really good PLC software but I am happy with Keyence Ladder Builder + datamemory editor from
http://plcutils.com

RE: What do you think of Keyence PLC?

(OP)
... I mean full version price is about 180, but the demo (you can run it up to 50 times) is for free.

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