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Modicon Premium automation
platform
Ethernet Modbus/TCP network
FactoryCast HMI active Web services
Architectures
FactoryCast HMI Web servers can be integrated in various architectures:
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Installations that require a flexible distributed HMI solution
b
Mixed architectures, supplementing conventional SCADA systems
b
Architectures where a direct link is required between automation systems and
information management levels (IT link)
Flexible distributed HMI solution
The use of Web-based technologies means that FactoryCast HMI can replace
conventional HMI or SCADA solutions in applications where architectures require a
flexible multistation HMI, thus providing a temporary “nomadic” remote control
function.
These architectures consist of:
b
Several PLCs networked on Ethernet, equipped with FactoryCast HMI Web server
modules
b
One or more PC terminals simply equipped with a web browser thus providing a
Thin Client interface (licence free)
b
If necessary, a relational database in which FactoryCast HMI can archive data
from the automation system
FactoryCast HMI modules read PLC data and execute HMI services (e-mail,
interpreted calculations, connection to relational databases, updating Web pages) at
source in the PLC, without affecting the PLC program or the scan time.
This solution provides:
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A reliable HMI application, which is executed at source in a robust PLC device
b
An integrated multistation interface and remote access that is easy and cost-
effective to set up (Thin Client terminal, for example Magelis Smart)
b
An HMI application that is easy to maintain (the application is housed in a single
location on the server side)
b
Preventive maintenance via e-mail
b
Greater availability for archiving data in the PLC
Relational database
Ethernet Modbus/TCP
Thin client
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