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Lenze adds Soft-PLC to EL100 HMI range

A Lenze product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Mar 9, 2009

Lenze has extended its EL100 range of touchscreen HMIs with the addition of an optional Soft-PLC.

This brings together visualisation and machine control to reduce machine build costs.

EL100 HMI/PLCs are cost-effective because visualisation software, PLC programming software and the Windows CE operating system are all included in the price.

Windows CE offers real-time capability and is a familiar and suitable platform for both control tasks and motion control.

EL100 HMIs include visualisation software called VisiwinNet at no extra charge.

The supported visualisation functions include alarms, info messages and formulae or trend charts.

The Soft-PLC element of the device helps reduce costs by meeting the de facto industry standard IEC61131-3.

Programming software is included, together with an additional, maintenance-free Goldcap UPS for bridging brief power failures.

This UPS ensures that all necessary variables are saved on the integrated Flash disc in the event of a supply loss or an emergency stop.

This guarantees that the PLC can be set to a defined status ready for a restart, so it is not necessary to save the variable cyclically to a 'slow' memory and the controller can run faster.

Connectivity is an important factor to reduce costs in the control system.

EL100 HMI/PLCs include USB-A and USB-B interfaces, allowing industrial communication with higher-level PCs and connection of additional devices, printers, keyboards or communication media.

The SD card slot located on the back of the device allows SD cards of various capacities to be used.

Lenze maximises cost savings by fitting a CAN interface that is also the system bus for a range of Lenze L-force products.

This system bus approach saves a large amount of engineering time during the installation and commissioning phases.

EL100 HMIs with PLC feature TFT display sizes from 5.7 to 12.1in.

A long and trouble-free life is assured by the absence of cooling fans and their moving parts.

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