3.5 Connection to a PLC system
For the inclusion into your PLC system several HMI/SCADA project-engineering platforms
are at your disposal that has to be installed at an external PC. Here you may create your
project, where appropriate simulate it and transfer it to the Touch Panel via a connection
that you’ve entered before. Via the at the Touch Panel pre-installed runtime version of the
HMI/SCADA project engineering platforms your project is run able.
By using the according communication driver, the Touch Panel supports connecting
options to the PLC via field bus and Ethernet.
During operation your operating device communicates with the according PLC and reacts
to the application courses in the PLC according to the configured processes. Via dia-
logues configured before, process values may be monitored graphically, altered and eval-
uated.
Overview
VIPA HMI
Deployment under Windows CE 6.0 Core
Connection to a PLC system
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