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Product category: Mid-range and Large PLCs
News Release from: RS Components UK | Subject: Modicon M340
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 19 December 2007

Controllers cope with complex machines

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Billed as an ideal automation controller, the M340 has multitasking processing capabilities, and supports all five of the IEC61131/3 programming languages.

Available now from RS Components, the Modicon M340 programmable automation controller from Schneider Electric combines power and compact design and is the ideal solution for complex machine control and medium-sized infrastructure applications Features of the M340 include up to 4Mbyte of internal RAM, program constants and symbols up to 3584Kbyte and data up to 256Kbyte

There is a USB interface for programming and HMI connectivity, and Ethernet TCP/IP.

The fact that it requires no battery back-up means there is extremely low maintenance, and robustness is ensured by CE, UL, CSA, ACA and GOST certification.

An ideal automation controller for today's manufacturers, the M340 has multitasking processing capabilities, and supports all five of the IEC61131/3 programming languages, meaning it can handle the most demanding of applications.

Key advantages of the Modicon M340 are its reduced footprint, giving maximum space savings, and over 4Mbyte of internal RAM, enabling greater memory flexibility coupled with high performance.

Other benefits include powerful integrated motion capabilities making "plug and move" solutions a reality; intelligent counter function; programmable process control; and real synergy.

The M340 has an integrated motion function block library conforming to PLCopen standard, with a single graphical configuration built into Unity Pro.

Dedicated functions enable simple access to speed drive status and diagnostic data, while faulty device replacement is automatic, requiring no software recognition or parameter reloading.

Through a common library of control function blocks in Unity Pro, the Modicon M340 brings machine level PID within reach.

The need for external controllers is eliminated, and the overall control architecture is simplified, as well as the design, commissioning and operation.

The M340 offers real synergy with all of Schneider Electric's automation products, from control to supervision, and from monitoring to machine data acquisition.

Everything is designed to ease integration, speed up development and simplify installation, use and maintenance.

The Modicon M340 Programmable Automation Controller is available immediately from the Schneider Electric section of the RS website.

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