Using the CX-Designer reduces the time spent on creating
screens from 23 minutes to 4 minutes 35 seconds.
The CX-Designer greatly reduces design time.
Customer Requests
Reusing existing screens
takes time.
Existing screens are reused to
improve design efficiency, but
each screen must be imported
individually and alarm settings
must be imported.
Incorporating ten
pages and setting the
alarms required
6
minutes.
Inputting addresses is a
hassle.
Addresses for the touch panel
were typed into the PLC but the
same addresses has to be
typed again into the screen
creation tool.
6
minutes required to
input 36 addresses.
Creating screens is a
hassle.
There's not enough time to
create screens. And, debugging
is a hassle . . .
Just creating a
Temperature
Controller faceplate
takes
5
minutes.
Multiple objects can't be
changed all in one
batch.
Shared settings, such as the frame
color and interlock addresses for
numeric inputs, must be changed
after importing screens. Changing
36 addresses and colors one by
one is a hassle.
6
minutes required to
change 36 items.
Start the multiple
projects, select the
screens to be reused, and
simply drop them where
they will be reused.
Multiple screens and
alarm settings can be
imported in one
operation.
Multiple projects can be started at the same time.
6 minutes
reduced
to 1
6 minutes
reduced
to 3
6 minutes
reduced to
20 seconds
5 minutes
reduced to
15 seconds
Completed in 1 minute with the CX-Designer.
When 36 objects are
selected as a group, the
shared properties of those
objects will be displayed in
the property list. When the
address or frame color is
changed in the property
list, they are instantly
changed for all the objects.
Changes can be made all in one batch in the property list.
Completed in 20 seconds with the CX-Designer.
The CX-Designer can
import PLC symbol
tables. Simply select the
address input from the
symbol table list and click
the OK Button. I/O
comments are included,
so address selection is
easy.
Addresses can be directly selected from symbol tables.
Completed in 3 minutes with the CX-Designer.
Select the Smart Active
Part in the library and
simply drag and drop it.
The Smart Active Parts
are produced by OMRON,
so debugging is not
required.
Creating screens is easy with the Smart Active
Part library.
Completed in 15 seconds with the CX-Designer.
The figures above are reference values based on comparisons made by OMRON.
CX-Designer version 1.0 was used for the measurements. Actual figures may vary with the computer's
operating environment.
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6 times
as fast
6 times
as fast
18 times
as fast
18 times
as fast
Twice
as fast
Twice
as fast
20 times
as fast
20 times
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