PLC

• I/O options: via onboard and expansion modules
• I/O types: Digital (including shaft-encoder inputs & PWM outputs), Analog, & Temperature measurement
• Application Logic: 1MB ; Fonts: 512K ; Images: 3MB
• Scan time: 15µsec per 1K of typical application
• Up to 24 built-in PID loops, including auto-tune
• Recipe programs and datalogging via Data Tables
  

HMI

• 3.5" 256-Color Touchpanel, QVGA TFT display
• Display ‘touchable’ images, text and graphs according to real-time conditions and historical values
• ‘Touch’ properties can be assigned to all text and graphic on-screen elements
• Data entry/modification via keypad
• Up to 1024 user-designed displays and 250 images per application
• 255 variables per display; link up to 150 images/messages to each variable
• LCD illuminated screen
• Image library containing hundreds of images
• Virtual keyboard
• Info mode: view/modify I/O status, integer values, and system data via the panel
  

Communications

• Ethernet via TCP/IP port (optional)
• GSM/SMS support
• Remote access for data acquisition and program download
• MODBUS (master/slave)
• CANbus and UniCAN (optional)
• OPC/DDE server
• Adaptable to most TCP/IP/serial protocols

Our HMI/PLC programming software and software utilities are free to all Unitronics clients.

All-in-one software enables you to develop your PLC and HMI applications in one environment, establish modem and data communications, test and debug your programs in on-line mode, remotely access your controller, and more.

Use the Ladder editor to:

• Click-and-drop Ladder elements
• Build modular programs; create subroutines and call them into your program
• Benefit from built-in function blocks such as Trends, PID, Loadcell, GPRS, Drum Sequencer, MODBUS Serial/IP, SMS, Protocol Serial/TCP/IP
  

See the Ladder editor

Use the HMI editor to:

• Assign "Touch" properties to any screen element
• Create and conditionally display operator messages that contain text and images
• Use color images and graphs to reflect current variable values and historical trends
• Assign functions to softkeys and touchscreen elements
• Creat a multilingual interface, that enables instant language switching via the HMI

See the HMI editor



Download VisiLogic software

Ethernet
GPRS
GSM/SMS
Remote Access
MODBUS
CANbus
OPC/DDE Server
Additional Communication Protocols
DataXport (to Excel)

Ethernet via TCP/IP

Use your factory’s existing LAN wiring to implement stable, high-speed control. Ethernet, the universal COM standard is embedded in Vision controllers.
Ethernet enables MODBUS or open protocol commands to run over TCP/IP. Via the Ethernet port (purchased separately) and easy-to-use Ladder function blocks, Vision can:

• Exchange data, PLC to PLC
• Access external slave devices that support TCP/IP
• Use MODBUS IP or OPC to implement PC access via SCADA
• Acquire data from remote Vision units, networked into Intranets, Internets and wireless LANs
• Boost your connectivity by using dedicated IP address—and access/program remote Vision PLCs via the Internet

GPRS

Use GPRS wireless data transmission services to access your Vision PLC via the Internet. Vision can transmit IP packets of data to a remote PC connected to the Internet via GPRS modem, using a dedicated IP.
GPRS enables you to operate remote PLCs on-line, upload, download, debug programs, and log application data—no wires required.


GSM/SMS

Use your cellular phone to implement real-time remote control in your application. Vision PLCs can send and receive SMS messages to/from any GPRS/GSM/CDMA cellular phone. The SMS-enabled controllers can:

• Send & receive text and variable SMS messages
• Route different messages to different phone numbers
• Auto-acknowledge received messages
• Answer data requests from your cell phone, directly to your cell phone
  

Remote Access

Use your PC to access remote PLCs via network connections, Ethernet, cellular (GPRS/GSM/CDMA) or landline modems. Unitronics’ unique Remote Access utilities enable you to remotely:

• Run, reset, or initialize a controller
• Download, upload, or debug PLC programs
• Read, write, and store online operand and system values
  

MODBUS

Use serial or TCP/IP MODBUS to create a multi-device network, and establish master-slave communication between Unitronics PLCs and any connected device that supports the MODBUS protocol (SCADA systems, servos and other peripheral devices). Any Unitronics controller in the network may function as either master or slave.

CANbus

CANopen: communicate with remote devices, ranging from simple, fast I/O-related devices such as encoders, to complex frequency converters. Compliant with CiA DS 301.

UniCAN: use Unitronics' protocol to integrate up to 60 units into a high-speed network, and to transfer up to 512 MI register values during a single program scan.

CAN Layer 2

OPC/DDE Server

Unitronics’ OPC/DDE servers enable the PLC to exchange data with external applications. Use it to interface with SCADA systems, or to read/write PLC data from/to Excel, Access, or other Windows-based applications.

OPC/DDE Server software utilities are free downloads.

Additional Communication Protocols

The “Protocols” function block enables the Vision PLC to communicate, via RS232 and RS485, with a broad variety of external devices, such as bar-code readers and servos.


DataXport (to Excel)

A powerful software utility that captures PLC application data and exports it to Excel files for logging or processing. Data is exported, either directly, via network connection, or via modem, according to a user-defined schedule, or is pulled manually to view current status.

DataXport is a free download.


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