So why is DCS more difficult to install? Why is TMCC is easier to use? Why is TMCC cheaper to get started with? You have made a bunch of statements here that may or may not hold up under scrutiny depending upon the modelers needs or wants. Be careful when making blanket statements about the systems as everyones situations are different. I could site many examples where none of your statements would hold water, but alas it’s getting late and I’ve waived the MTH flag long enough, so I call a truce… [8D]
Wow, my favorite employer, the Foxboro Company, made it onto the MR forum (I was a 4th generation employee)… [:)] Cool! Now, I admit I wasn’t involved in the design end at the company (I worked for both the Measurements & Instruments Div. and on the staging floor), but would this “Distributed Control System” (DCS) tag apply to both I/A and the old Spectrum line? I/A came out in the late 1980’s-early 1990’s after “mother” Siebe bought them out, and Spectrum was in the 1970’s (which would totally pre-date good old Mike).
Of course, now the company’s under some kind of dumb modern name (Invensys) which means nothing and says even less. Like Verizon, NStar, Singular, Acela, etc. Even so, the Foxboro Company was one of the few places that actually had that family atmosphere, and was a good place to work. Of course, that was almost 10 years ago now…
Paul A. Cutler III
Home of The Foxboro Company World Headquarters &
The 3-Time Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots