Posted to News on 3rd Sep 2008, 00:00
PLC and HMI combination provides complete machine control system
A combined HMI and PLC system, capable of completely self-contained machine control for small to medium sized automation applications is available from Gefran UK. The new GF_VEDO 35 and 57 series includes a choice of 3.5in or 5.7in colour or mono touchscreen HMIs with an IEC61131-3 PLC plus I/O and fieldbus expansion to offer the convenience of a single package with the potential for significant time, cost, wiring and space savings.
The 320x240 QVGA touchscreen displays offer full graphics capability via JAVA based VISUAL designer software which is integrated with the IEC 61131-3 PLC under the single programming environment Gefran Automation Builder (GAB). PLC expansion is via the built-in GILOGIK Bus with a wide selection of analogue and digital I/O modules, temperature and counter modules available from the extensive Gefran GILOGIK PLC range.
An Ethernet 10/100 port is provided as standard for data communication and programming via Modbus TCP. USB 2.0 or RS485 are optionally available along with CANopen or DeviceNet networking. The 200MHz ARM9 processor based system includes 64MB user memory and 64MB (FLASH) system memory for program and parameter storage and SSD/HD memory card support is available up to 1GB.
