On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 15:37:40 +0000, mick wrote:

You could use an "intelligent relay" here. You can get them with 4 n.o.
mains-rated contacts and 6 or 8 digital inputs. They include built-in
time switching, timers, logic etc. unfortunately the programming
software and lead is usually charged for, but not as much as for a
proper PLC! Most manufacturers do their own flavour of these. Have a
look at the Crouzet Millenium 3 range. This is a complete kit:
http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...seAction.html?
method=getProduct&R=5368979

Interesting. Probably overkill for this application but not enough for
something like the wood-burner + boiler controller I built recently which
more than half a dozen outputs to pumps & motorised valves.

Presumably the programming s/w is proprietary, closed-source and windoze-
only?

Of course, a real tech-head would build a board with a PIC and relays on
it and program it using LDmicro ladder logic for free! http://cq.cx/
ladder.pl

I thought Arduinos were current flavour of the month? :-)

But even if I were au fait with stuff like that it wouldn't be doing any
favours to my clients, who would have to find someone else to maintain
the system if I got run over by a bus.





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