Big Country Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Just ran across this on ebay. Thought it looked kinda shady. http://cgi.ebay.com/Mitsubishi-PLC-s-Progr...1QQcmdZViewItem Quote
gravitar Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Don't expect any support from Mitsubishi if you buy that. The tip-off is the fact that he's emailing it to you! (BTW.. Tell me that isn't the best Mitsubishi has to offer.. they must at least have a windows-based package by now?!) Quote
Rodney Posted March 22, 2007 Report Posted March 22, 2007 Medoc a Dos based software has been has been available for almost 20 years. But has been discontinued for some time and replaced with the windows based G X Developer. G X Developer does not support the older Mitsubishi P.L.C.s such as the "F" series P.L.C.s. I am sure that what these people are doing is not legal because Mitsubishi will still have all licencing rights to this software. But how much effort Mitsubishi put into enforcing their rights I do not know. There does seem to be many internet sites that have this software available. Rodney Quote
504bloke Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 If you google enough you will find a Medoc Download somewhere out there, whether its legal or not is another issue... As for the old Medoc DOS software IMO GX Developer is not much better!!!!! Quote
TimWilborne Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 You don't even have to Google. A 1000 step version of GX Developer is here http://forums.mrplc.com/index.php?autocom=downloads&showfile=526 Quote
Crossbow Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Well it's not legal, and I sent a copy to Mitsubishi's legal team. I see this guy has a new name, but he's done this before. I've seen the same listing before. There used to be another one trying to sell a couple PDFs of manuals and a free copy of FX-Win. Just because MEDOC is a dead product doesn't make it free. Oh well, there's always someone out there trying to make a fast buck (legal or not) and Ebay has hordes of them. Quote
TimWilborne Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 This is what always scares me about Ebay. For a person who is trying to get into the PLC market this may look legit. For example I requested the Omron CX1 30 day trial. It has expired but I was extremely impressed and would love to have a copy of it to work with. If you search on Ebay you can find it much cheaper than you can find it from Omron, but you know there has to be a catch. Say what you will but I feel your better off to purchase from the manufacturer than try to get a deal somewhere else. Crossbow - Like the new avatar - Wicked Quote
Crossbow Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 From the Disturbed album cover for Ten Thosand Fists... done by Todd McFarlane (Spawn) Quote
PdL Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Cheap license is nice - paid license with support & updates is better. Quote
TimWilborne Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Finally found some snippets from them. Quote
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