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M4RTU/M4 I/O User’s Guide
Tank Farm
INTRODUCTION
All these tools can be live on your workstation at the same time, thanks to Window’s multitasking. This self-
documenting control environment is further enhanced by the use of a plain English command set, and a long
tagname database that is shared by all FactoryFloor components.
During development of your application, you can download your control strategy to the M4RTU/M4 I/O and
debug the program using the OptoControl debug mode. OptoDisplay, Opto 22’s operator interface package,
uses the long tagname database generated by OptoControl to easily develop a graphical display of your process.
OptoControl’s built-in Software Developers Kit (SDK) allows custom software developers a direct interface to
Opto 22 controllers from high level programming languages. OptoControl also provides open access to the
database for third-parties and custom developers through the use of OptoServer, and the communications-
enabling technologies inherent in Windows. Using OptoServer, the data server that connects the controller
network with the PC-based FactoryFloor network, you can develop client/server architectures supporting any
DDE or OPC aware third-party applications.
The FactoryFloor software environment supports modems (direct, lease, and radio), two-way dial-up capability
(host to M4RTU/M4 I/O, M4RTU/M4 I/O to host), and peer-to-peer communications. It also supports remote
kernel downloading to flash memory, remote program downloading and debugging, and remote data uploading
and downloading.
POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS
Flexibility is a key feature of Opto 22’s Modular controllers. This flexibility enables the M4RTU/M4 I/O to be
used in a wide range of applications, including SCADA, remote, distributive, stand alone, process control,
tooling, communication, data acquisition, and OEM applications.
The following diagrams depict two common applications for the M4RTU/M4 I/O: a tank farm and a remote
plant management system. Both applications typically require process control and data acquisition to be
performed remotely.
Summary of Contents for Modular M4RTU
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