1: INTRODUCTION
SNAP-LCM4 User’s Guide
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Options
Interface Adapter Cards
The SNAP-LCM4 has four expansion slots that can accommodate the following communication interface
cards. (For installation information, see the interface card documentation.)
Memory
Memory (RAM and Flash EEPROM) is not expandable.
Software
The SNAP-LCM4 controller is designed to work with Opto 22’s FactoryFloor software suite, which consists of
four integrated components:
•
OptoControl
™
, a graphical, flowchart-based development environment for machine control and process
applications, which can run on a real-time industrial controller such as the SNAP-LCM4 or in a pure
Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
environment
•
OptoDisplay
™
, an intuitive, shared database, human-machine interface (HMI) and trending package
•
OptoServer
™
, a robust, OPC-compliant data server that connects the controller network with the PC
network
•
OptoConnect
™
, a bi-directional link between the SNAP controller database and Microsoft’s SQL Server
®
and Access
®
databases.
The SNAP-LCM4 controller is programmed using OptoControl on a PC workstation. OptoControl is easy to use
and self-documenting. It uses a plain English command set and a long tagname database shared by all
FactoryFloor components.
The SNAP-LCM4 also works with Opto 22’s Classic 16-bit software: Cyrano, Mistic MMI, and Mistic Data Server
(MDS).
Interface Adapter Card
Use
Current Draw
M4SARC
High-performance coaxial ARCNET
200 mA
M4DUALARC
Dual twisted-pair ARCNET (for HA brains)
150 mA
M4SARCF
Fiber optic ARCNET
250 mA
M4SARCFR
Fiber optic ARCNET with repeater
350 mA
M4SENET100
10/100 Mbps Ethernet* (Cat. 5 UTP)
1.00 A
*NOTE: Only one Ethernet card per controller is supported at this time. The Ethernet card currently accommodates
128 sessions, including FactoryFloor, Ethernet brains, and other Ethernet devices.
