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HMIs/Operator Interfaces
News Release from: Sensor-Technik UK | Subject: AT3 CANbus HMI
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2005
Style and functionality in farm
equipment control
A farm equipment manufacturer who had already decided to move to CANbus control had stringent requirements for the display unit, but Sensor-Technik UK was up to the task.
Farmers are under constant pressure to improve productivity and cut costs Hence every machine has to be more accurate and efficient in order to meet ever more stringent targets, such as minimising size and weight
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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One manufacturer needed a display unit to pick up CANbus signals and display them to the operator.
It also had to make it easy for the operator to make adjustments to keep the vehicle running constantly.
Further, the display unit package had to look unique for the customer.
The solution was a standard Graf model AT3 CANbus HMI that had all the functions required for this application.
It was supplied with freely programmable software - including graphics - and was repackaged in the customer's own housing.
What was required was to specify the signals that needed to be displayed and the control signals that were needed by the operator in order control the trailer.
Once this was determined, implementation was simply a question of setting up the unit to display with the appropriate graphical and functional screens.
The program was simple to write in standard Graf C software, and the images uploaded in JPEG format.
With simple modifications to a standard product, the customer gained a piece of hardware that was unique in its mechanical style but which provided all the functionality required.
For more information on CANbus control, Sensor-Technik UK has a free 16-page introductory technical guide now available. Request a free brochure from Sensor-Technik UK ...
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