PAC PROJECT SOFTWARE
SNAP PAC S-Series User’s Guide
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PAC PROJECT SOFTWARE
SNAP PAC controllers use Opto 22’s
PAC Project™
, a Windows®-compatible automation software suite for
control system programming, human-machine-interface (HMI) development, and OPC connectivity.
Two versions are available: PAC Project Basic, a free to download from the
(
www.opto22.com
); and PAC Project Professional, available for purchase and download from our website.
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PAC Project Basic
includes PAC Control™ for developing control programs, PAC Display™ for creating
operator interfaces, and PAC Manager™ configuration software. Documentation is also included.
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PAC Project Professional
also includes PAC Manager, and adds expanded versions of PAC Control and
PAC Display, plus two more tools: OptoOPCServer
™
software for exchanging data with OPC 2.0-compliant
client software applications, and OptoDataLink
™
for exchanging SNAP PAC System data with databases
(including Microsoft SQL Server®, Microsoft Access®, and MySQL®), text files, and email systems).
Documentation is also included.
You can also purchase PAC Control Professional, PAC Display Professional, OptoOPCServer, and
OptoDataLink separately. For details, see the
(form 1699).
PAC Control Basic
is a graphical, flowchart-based programming tool for machine control and process
applications. Using PAC Control, you create, download, and run strategies on a SNAP PAC controller. In addition
to flowchart programming with subroutine capability, PAC Control includes a powerful, built-in scripting
language based on C and other procedural languages.
PAC Control Professional
adds the ability to import legacy OptoControl strategies, support for older
mistic™
serial I/O units, and support for the dual independent Ethernet ports on a SNAP PAC controller. A SNAP
R-series controller simultaneously runs up to 16 PAC Control flowcharts, although the PAC Control strategy can
actually contain a much larger number of flowcharts. The total number of flowcharts is limited only by the
memory available for strategy storage.
PAC Display Basic
is an intuitive HMI package for building operator interfaces, or
projects
, for communicating
with a SNAP PAC controller. PAC Display offers a full-featured HMI including alarming, trending, and a built-in
library of 3,000 industrial automation graphics.
PAC Display Professional
adds the ability to import projects created in OptoDisplay, part of the legacy
Opto 22 FactoryFloor
®
software suite, and using redundant Ethernet communication links on SNAP PAC
controllers. PAC Display Professional can also connect to Ethernet-based FactoryFloor controllers running
OptoControl strategies.
OptoOPCServer
is a fast, efficient OPC 2.0-compliant server for communicating with many Opto 22 products,
including SNAP PAC controllers and I/O units, plus legacy Opto 22 Ethernet-based controllers and I/O. Using
OptoOPCServer, you can consolidate data from all these Opto 22 systems into the OPC client software of your
choice, such as third-party HMI and data acquisition packages, and custom software applications you create
with tools such as Visual C++
®
.
OptoDataLink
is a software application that makes it easy to share data from the SNAP PAC System with
commonly used databases, including Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, and MySQL, as well as text files.
The I/O points and strategy variables already created in your PAC Control strategy are automatically available
for OptoDataLink to use for data exchange.
PAC Manager
is a utility application for assigning IP addresses to SNAP PAC controllers and brains, reading or
changing basic controller configuration, and configuring and testing I/O.
For information about documentation, see
.
FOR DEVELOPERS: SNAP PAC REST API
If you’re a developer who’d like to use PAC Control strategy tags in communications with other devices, the
Opto 22 SNAP PAC REST API is a secure and powerful way to do just that. The API is available in SNAP PAC
