Joesteva Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Greettings, have there been any development on the construction of a simulator to test new programs or modifications before uploading them to the PLC? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Posted April 29, 2016 Report Share Posted April 29, 2016 Currently it is still required to use a UniStream PLC in order to test the code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitronicsHansi Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Hi, Wasn't able to find any information on "Joesteva"s question. Any update on this post? Regards, Hansi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Joe Tauser Posted November 22, 2017 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 No. There is no simulator. Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitronicsHansi Posted November 23, 2017 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 Thanks for replying on my question Joe. Is there any simulation-software that would work on Unitronics PLCs/HMIs? Any experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Joe Tauser Posted November 23, 2017 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 There was one once, developed by Ash Neilson- http://virtualplc.co.nz/ This was developed a few years ago. I've tried contacting the developer a couple of times and got no response. It looks like the last time the site had any activity was 2014. Being a distributor, I have the luxury of grabbing one out of stock when I need to try something. Maybe you'll have better luck. Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Flex727 Posted November 23, 2017 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2017 I didn't look, but my recollection is that was for VisiLogic, not UniLogic. Either way, it wasn't very successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitronicsHansi Posted November 24, 2017 Report Share Posted November 24, 2017 Thanks for coming back to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnOKelly Posted December 18, 2017 Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 A simulator would be great, I work on over 30 sites and the only way I can test code is to visit a site which isnt always so easy as we dont own the sites. Is there any sign of a simulator in development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Moldovan Posted August 13, 2018 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 Hello, i have read all the comments since everybody was interested in a simulator, it seems it's more then 6 years now and there's no simulator yet?!?! I have just purchased a samba 7 because the reviews where good and the pricing is ok, to work in semi industrial enviroment. I am planningon gettin a few more, if i get used to this product and especially it's software. Can you tell me please if Unitronics is planning on delivering this update for simulation?? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Joe Tauser Posted August 13, 2018 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2018 Understand that I am not a Unitronics employee, just a loyal fan and distributor for 17 years. All Unitronics software is free. Always has been. If you download and look at UniLogic you'll start to understand why a simulator hasn't been developed yet. Unitronics only has so many resources and has to put them into things that will generate revenue. A simulator would not significantly improve sales, but all the IoT goodies they've been pumping into the UniStream product will. I, too, would like a simulator. We do projects and systems here, and I understand the need. But I don't think it's going to happen. Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Flex727 Posted August 14, 2018 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 13 hours ago, Joe Tauser said: I, too, would like a simulator. We do projects and systems here, and I understand the need. But I don't think it's going to happen. My perspective is that with other companies you pay for the software. Even buying a PLC from Unitronics is still cheaper than buying software from other companies. And with an actual PLC for your simulator, you can be assured that the simulation of your code is 100% accurate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORSO2001 Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 37 minutes ago, Flex727 said: My perspective is that with other companies you pay for the software. Even buying a PLC from Unitronics is still cheaper than buying software from other companies. And with an actual PLC for your simulator, you can be assured that the simulation of your code is 100% accurate. I am totally agree...is what I do and I don't have surprise when the real project is installed and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAAAAAAAR Posted March 1, 2019 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 Saying that a simulator does not improve sales but if the things that you add to the plc is to be quite absurd, right now I'm only here because of the fact that I do not have a simulator. RIDICULOUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Ausman Posted March 1, 2019 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted March 1, 2019 8 hours ago, WAAAAAAAAAR said: right now I'm only here because of the fact that I do not have a simulator. That's fine, Wa.... Simulators are nice, but all the ones I have encountered can never fully imitate the real world conditions I work in, so a real plc is always best. And I often have to leave fine tuning until a site is complete, due to the myriad things involved in getting a program right. Unitronics in your case is like a TV program, if you don't like it, turn it off. However, don't necessarily can a product you don't like on first impressions, until you've learnt a lot about it and how to use everything properly. This is called a learning curve. If you buy a top of the line Mercedes/Porsche etc after only riding a bike, do you expect to know how to use all it's features without learning a whole heap of stuff from the manual? No. And you are showing your obvious ignorance through claiming that Unistream and Visilogic are the same in your I4.0 post. They are vastly different animals. The forum welcomes informed discussion and offers a very large knowledge base to those who want to use it. To those who don't.....have a nice day and goodbye. cheers, Aus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikis Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 11 hours ago, Ausman said: Unitronics in your case is like a TV program, if you don't like it, turn it off. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelo Caparoz Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 11/23/2017 at 8:01 PM, Joe Tauser said: There was one once, developed by Ash Neilson- http://virtualplc.co.nz/ This was developed a few years ago. I've tried contacting the developer a couple of times and got no response. It looks like the last time the site had any activity was 2014. Being a distributor, I have the luxury of grabbing one out of stock when I need to try something. Maybe you'll have better luck. Joe T. Hi, this site is offline, do you know other one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVP 2022 Joe Tauser Posted May 24, 2019 MVP 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 I do not. I probably wouldn't promote it if I did - I get very suspicious of people who don't respond to my questions. Joe T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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