Both provide powerful control features and easy Steeplechase VLC flow-chart programming, and both combine secure PLC control functions with PC-based performance, capacity and connectivity options to a degree previously not available, says the vendor. HMI software options for the S-Max and the industrial PCs include Citect HMI and Iconics MachineWorX. For applications requiring local I/O expansion options, the blind-node ILC 350 offers direct connection to the vendor’s modular Inline I/O system. The integrated Ethernet port supports multiple protocols such as Modbus TCP or Ethernet IP. The S-Max PLC goes a step further and combines the functions of a PLC and a color touch screen operator panel in a single unit, allowing easy programming of complex control tasks and user friendly display of color graphics and machine information.
