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Process Controllers: PAC, PLC, Loop control
News Release from: Autem | Subject: PLC-Analyser pro 5
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 25 May 2005
Failure diagnosis in PLC systems
PLC-Analyser pro 5 is a software system for logic analysis and acquisition of recorded data on PLC-controlled facilities, enabling easy recording, display and evaluation of PLC signals
PLC-Analyser pro 5 is a software system for logic analysis and acquisition of recorded data on PLC-controlled facilities Recording, display and evaluation of PLC signals such as inputs, outputs, flags, data words, etc is very easy now
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 10 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Online display makes possible observation of the signal waveform in real time.
In addition to long-term recording and trigger conditions can be specified for the acquisition of particular events.
This allows rarely occurring sporadic errors to be recorded for later analysis.
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In contrast to traditional logic analysers, the PLC-Analyser pro 5 has the decisive advantage of recording process data through standardised PLC interfaces (e.
g.
Simatic S5 - programming unit interface), or by automation networks (e.
g.
Simatic S7 - MPI/PPI, Profibus or Industrial Ethernet).
A computer that is connected for the purpose of programming the PLC can be used for recording process data without hardware modifications.
The tiresome process of hooking up monitoring cables is now a thing of the past.
Cycle-precise recording is attractive because of the complete acquisition of measured values in each PLC cycle.
By using the measurement interface AD_USB-BoxR external voltage and current signals, which are not available in the PLC, can also be recorded.
Project files make it possible to automate frequently recurring acquisition sessions for various facilities.
New features of PLC-Analyser pro 5 Project documentation and printing options are substantially more comfortable; Signals, which have already been entered, can be edited - projects get own directories; More comfortable definition of trigger conditions, like Start- and Stopptrigger; Automatic alarm via e-mail or sms in case of trigger event; In addition to hexadecimal-, decimal-, binary and ASCII representation of measurement values, REAL, TIME, S5-TIME are also possible; Besides the export as "text" (csv-file) different image formats are possible too JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP or very comfortable as HTML file; Select PLC-signals easily with drag- and drop- Height, position and colour of signals are adjustable; By means of a pseudo signal-editor it is possible to create new pseudo signals from real signals and formulas; STEP7-symbols can be loaded directly in S7-driver; PWs can be recorded; New PLC-Driver: Beckhoff TwinCAT - Recording of all TwinCAT-Variables; New PLC-Driver: Schneider TSX Quantum/Modicon 984 - Recording of unlocated variables.
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