SCADA and LCs access sensor data
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Festo product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Nov 18, 2004
Latest generation, open architecture Ethernet gateway for pneumatic valve terminals enables SCADA systems and master PLCs to access diagnostic data at sensor/actuator level.
Automation company Festo will be showing its new Ethernet-equipped gateway for pneumatic valve terminals for the first time in the UK, on stand D28 at mtec 2005.
This latest-generation, open-architecture product is specifically designed for easy integration with factory automation and higher level IT networks, enabling master PLCs or SCADA systems to retrieve diagnostic data from valves, sensors and actuators.
The Festo CPX-FEC front-end controller is the first product on the market capable of accessing this type of 'level 1' data, which is set to become a key requirement in future automation systems.
By using this data to focus preventive maintenance on high priority areas, users will be able to increase machine productivity, eliminate process errors and minimise system downtime.
Festo will be highlighting its commitment to open systems standards at mtec 2005, showing how it is prepared to work in partnership with manufacturers of SCADA systems, DCSs and PLCs to help implement next-generation electro-pneumatic automation solutions.
The company will also be promoting its training seminars for PLC and I/O programming, as well as demonstrating its ability to connect actual PLC technology to design, test and simulation software via its EasyPort interface.
Jacqui Reid, Festo Product Manager, points out: "The CPX-FEC can operate as an embedded Ethernet gateway or standalone PLC, accommodates a wide range of communication protocols, and integrates directly with our CPX range of modular pneumatic valve and I/O terminals.
It is an exceptionally versatile platform for automation OEMs, and opens up a multitude of new control and diagnostics possibilities.".
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