The powerful CTVue HMI line and integrated drivers for Control
Technique drives make it easy to integrate HMI with CT drives. The
broad offering of CTVue HMI's are easy to program with the free and
easy to use CTVue configurator software. The broad hardware offering
also ensures there is a CTVue HMI that balances your price and
functionality needs.
For small displays, the economical 303L and 303M provide a 3"
monochrome graphical LCD display. The 303L is the low cost choice
with only one RS485 port. The 303M is full featured with one
Ethernet, two RS232, one RS485 and one Compact Flash port. The 303
is available in an outdoor version, upon request.
Versions range from 3" up to 15".
Software
CTVue Configuration Software
CTVue Configuration software is the key which allows the casual
to advanced HMI programmer to harness the full capabilities of the
HMI Hardware and Control Technique drives. The entire software
structure is based on building blocks that go from simple to
complex. The software opens into a very simple programming interface
which is setup to walk the programmer through communications setup,
defining tags, making graphics, and more advanced features such as
programming, data logging, web server, and security.
Below is just a brief Introduction to each of these sections:
Simple Programming
The first thing you notice when you open CTVue
Configurator is how straight forward and clean the software
is. The building blocks design from left to right walks the
programmer through each section while offering help boxes
whenever a user holds the mouse over a specific block.
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Flexible Communications
The power of the CTVue hardware is made evident in the
communications section. At the most basic level is the built
in Control Technique Drivers which make setting up tags and
data easier and faster not to mention an extensive third
party driver list. Then there is the ability to create
gateway connections from one port on the HMI to another
making it easier to integrate or migrate from your existing
automation architecture.
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Powerful Tag Database
Save a lot of time and leverage pre-defined datatypes for
Control Technique Drives using the Tag Database. The tags
are a key element to making graphics, alarming, security,
drive interfacing, and recipes very easy. Powerful and
unlimited array tags can be used for very flexible recipe
applications. The properties you define for a tag mean you
only define the properties once and they are reused on every
graphic you create.
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Simple and Powerful Graphics
The graphic design editor was developed around the
principle of making it fast and easy to create 80% of
applications. Therefore, such tasks as making a push button
or creating a data field are completed with a simple drag
and drop. Even making objects move is simplified with a
unique object drag and drop for motion technique. Setting up
Alarm screens and variables is easy using the drag and drop
icons and also using tag properties.
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Data Logging and Security
Many applications require multiple user rights and the
ability to time stamp and log data. Both are made easy using
defined tag properties, the security manager and the graphic
interface. These features fully leverage the compact flash
capability on the HMI especially for medical,
pharmaceutical, and general higher level systems
integration.
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Advanced Programming
The built in programming language with C like
programming ensures that even the most complex applications
are possible with a little more advanced knowledge and
programming capabilities. The easier program tasks include
doing math on data in the HMI or loading a .csv file into a
recipe. More complex programs include parsing ASCII data to
communicate to a proprietary serial device such as a special
barcode reader.
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Web Enabled
Machine builders looking to add value don t have to be
expert to web enable their machines. From full remote
control to program download and custom webpages, the CTVue
configurator makes it easy to setup and configure the built
in webserver. Combined with datalogging and timestamping the
CTVue offers simple yet powerful preventive maintenance and
diagnostics tools that even the casual HMI programmer can
utilize.
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Literature