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Charlie England wrote:
> I run xp home & xp pro at home, xp pro at work supported by a Huge IT 
> group (US Gov. agency). XP is much more reliable than the older 
> versions; it only locks up once every week or two instead of every day 
> like the older versions.
> 
> No thanks on MS in the cockpit, except for stuff like an iPaq that's 
> non-essential.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> al p Wick wrote:
> 
>> I suspect there are not Unix versions, but don't know for sure. You may
>> be able to find out from wonderware web site. There are no penalties for
>> using windows. Particularly newer versions.

There are some Open Source projects under development that run on Linux. They 
aren't as robust and feature-rich as you'd find in a commercial SCADA product, 
but they might do for some basic data logging and sensor displays. I'd suggest 
taking a look at Qt4Lab (http://www.qt4lab.com/). This is an interesting 
little project that includes a chart-style data plotter (good for charting 
temperatures) and a series of basic control/display widgets (dial, 
thermometer, LED bar graph, some switches, etc.) Some assembly is required, 
but if you want a cheap/free solution it may be a good foundation.

If you just want data logging, any basic terminal program hooked to a serial 
output on an instrument will do the job, provided the instrument is capable of 
serial output.

Regards,
Chad