upstatemike
Senior Member
This is a good debate but let's keep it about the technology!
I think that's the main reason why many people use PCs for HA. Its not necessarily the most reliable thing available, but the performance vs cost advantage is so attractive that for non-critical application like controlling lights and watching movies, it is hard to beat for the convenience and cost.penngray said:- proven performance/reliability at a fraction of the cost of all other solutions.
Now now....Your gonna cause me to post links to the science of established reliability and make you feel, ummmm,,,, not as smart as you think...
I don't like people who profess a knowledge of a science or profession they have not researched..
Ok then,,, why does a plane not use Windows to directly control the flight surfaces ?? You can get a analog output from a DAC card and directly drive a servo to move a plane flight surface - why not do that then ??????
Why do extreme safety systems not use PC's and instead use -relays- ???
Neither did my toaster, tough as hell to microwave popcorn in it though... I wonder if that's why I had to replace it...And ummm,,,,, Crestrons DONT NEED UPDATES.
Your 100% uptime is ONLY UP TILL IT FAILS.
performance vs cost advantage is so attractive that for non-critical application like controlling lights and watching movies, it is hard to beat for the convenience and cost.
People who are confuzed when i state that its mathematically / scientifically impossible for a PC to be as reliable as a Crestron need to go explore this field of science before posting. I'm not gonna cover that any more unless you have some new science or math that justifies your position. There are zillions of lines more code running in a PC and 10 to 20 times more parts
5. Why don't industrial systems use PCs for automation. Almost all factories use PCs these day I'm sure. I worked in an industrial automation earlier in my careerr and all we did was put PCs into factories. Yes, they were combined with PLCs, but the PCs were running the show, usualling talking to a larger factory server to coordinate things. They were moving huge devices.
Anyway, he's quickly approaching the level of troll now that he's started throwing around his intellectual superiority to everyone else here, and he's just going to turn it into a pissing match.
We are designing a brand new order picking system (15 Million is that last figure!!!)