David Szymakowski

It is not often that my two worlds of industrial automation and web development cross paths. It is so rare that I sometime wonder why I still work in two separate fields of occupation at the same time. I love both so I forge ahead with a divided mind. Therefore I was pretty excited when I found an alternative use for my knowledge of PHP.
Recently I attended a training conference for Delta Computer Systems to get a refresher on there motion controller products. Classes like these give me time I normally do not have to explore further into a products capabilities. In this case the Delta Motion Controller can be accessed with a COM component called RMCLink. Using RMCLink I was able to write a simple PHP script running on a local installation of XAMPP to read and write to the Motion Controllers memory. Pretty cool!
When, and if, I have some more time I would like to write a simple User Interface that could run in a web browser. The limitation is I would have to install a local web server like XAMPP to run it. That leaves me looking for a way to run a PHP script as an stand alone application; the hunt begins.