Operator panel with QVGA touch screen
August 2005
Operator Interfaces, Switches & Relays
The G3 family of operator panels feature an Ethernet port and CompactFlash socket as standard, and with support for up to five high-speed serial ports for connection to PLCs, motor drives, temperature controllers, etc. The G3's datalogger permits the recording of process values to CompactFlash for later access in CSV format via the integrated web server, making access to historical data easy. The G3's communications architecture provides high-performance links to an unlimited number of devices, and allows serial data to be exposed via Ethernet protocols to provide access to even simple devices via the enterprise network. A 32-bit processor and generous amounts of flash storage, the G3 provides high performance. These panels can now also receive exact positional and directional information from any suitable GPS receiver.
The high-capacity datalogger can record speeds and locations, while the built-in protocol converter can pass the data to any other devices connected to the G3, either over the standard 100-Base-TX Ethernet port, or via any of the five serial ports.
Over 4000 symbols
Red Lion's Crimson 2.0 programming software has an extensive symbol library. There are over 4000 industrial and manufacturing visualisations, including pushbuttons, tanks, motors and machinery-plus over 60 other categories. Clicking through the options, it is easy to add professional quality graphics to G3 display pages.
Using the build-in object browser, users can view the various categories, and then drag the selected image on to the display page. Images may be rotated or flipped as required, or even re-coloured to get the exact effect desired. Since the images are fully scalable without loss of quality, they can be precisely adjusted to fit any application. Crimson also provides the ability to select between multiple images based on a data value - and even to move the image about the screen based on the state of a process - thereby allowing symbols to be animated to provide dynamic indications of plant status.
Crimson 2.0 can also import JPEGs, bitmaps or Windows Metafiles - allowing users to incorporate clipart images from a virtually unlimited number of web sources. Crimson 2.0 is still available free-of-charge.
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