Product category:
HMIs/Operator Interfaces
News Release from: Red Lion Controls | Subject: CL40
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 02 May 2002
Operator interface provides more
features
The Red Lion CL40 operator interface terminal combines with the company's Edict software and a PLC to provide features normally associated with more complicated and costly PC/Scada systems.
The Red Lion CL40 operator interface terminal combines with the company's Edict software and a PLC to provide many of the capabilities and features normally associated with more complicated and costly PC/Scada systems The CL40 offers a two line, 40 character display, in 5mm LCD characters with LED backlighting
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Other features include a 250 alarm point logger, recipe handling, 32bit/floating point math, comprehensive report generation and unlimited password protection.
Operation is either direct, or through network or modem PLC control.
The terminal is robustly constructed for an industrial environment, with a metal enclosure and a noncorroding NEMA 4/IP65 front panel.
The keypad consists of five screen legendable soft keys and a numeric pad with tactile feedback keys for raise, lower, next, previous, enter, delete, exit, menu, alarms and mute functions.
As with all Red Lion Paradigm operator interfaces, the CL40 is configured using powerful Edict software.
With its unique event-driven approach, Edict reduces the requirement for time-consuming PLC ladder logic.
This results in time savings in getting challenging applications up and running, and frequently saves hardware costs by performing functions usually carried out in separate expensive devices.
After completion of the programming, the program is directly downloaded to the CL40 from a PC, without any compiling or saving requirement.
When a change is required in a program, Edict loads only the change, not the entire program, saving valuable online time.
The capability of the CL40 in conjunction with Edict and a PLC ensures a great deal of advanced functionality for the system.
Display pages are easily generated, including PLC and internal variables, text strings, or bar charts.
With over 70 communication drivers available, the CL40 offers a wide range of connectivity including PLCs, variable speed drives, temperature controllers and barcode readers.
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