Flexibility and scalability are key design features that enable System Q to be a single automation platform. Users can apply simple control to an individual machine or integrated plant wide management all from the same hardware base.
Supporting the System Q platform is a suite of software tools enabling easy and comprehensive integration. In addition, Mitsubishi also offers software tools that comply with international standards such as IEC11313, OPC and Active X. This tremendous flexibility permits users to reduce development time, simplify commissioning and provide ongoing system maintenance.
The modular concept allows users to mix and select the best combination of CPUs, communication devices, specialist control modules and discreet I/O on a backplane. This allows users to configure systems as they need, when they need and where they need.
Multiple capabilities allows for basic and advanced PLC CPUs, specialist motion and process controllers and even PCs to be combined into a single System Q solution with up to four different CPUs. This gives users a choice of control philosophies, programming concepts and programming languages – all from a single platform.
Not every control application requires the full power of System Q. For example many machine builders embed control technology into their machines and require small compact designs featuring flexible high-speed operations. System Q’s basic PLC CPUs offer just this kind of solution, balancing power and performance against cost. This all-in-one unit provides power supply, CPU and backplane as a single, ready-to-use unit ideal for small systems that still require powerful performance.
For advanced machine designs and controlling manufacturing cells, including infrastructure and site-wide management, System Q’s advanced PLC CPUs offer incredible performance and versatility. Processors are available with a wide range of memory capacities, all of which can be expanded as required. This means that System Q PLCs can support complex programs as well as store large volumes of operational data.
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