The FlexiPanels® support Operator interface as well as Programmable Logic Controller features. The user can implement logic, specific to application using standard Ladder programming. A PLC logic block can be executed at power up, during every scan, upon receiving an interrupt on specific I/O pins or upon a timer interrupt. The FlexiPanels® operator interface functions revolve around Screens and Tasks that can be assigned to screens and application.
Pluggable I/O (Digital)
FlexiPanels® have facility to expand I/O using pluggable I/O modules. The I/O modules can be selected based on the application requirement. Each High Speed I/O module can support 4 nos. of High Speed inputs of 25KHz.Quadrature input of up-to 20KHz is also supported. Each high speed I/O Module can support 1 quadrature input of 20KHz or 2 quadrature inputs of 5KHz. Each high speed I/O Module can support up-to 2 PWM outputs of 10KHz. Maximum 5 I/O modules can be connected to one 7” FlexiPanels®.
Digital I/O
FlexiPanels® Touch Screens can have up-to 80 digital I/O on the unit through the expansion units. Digital inputs are high impedance 24 VDC and outputs are transistor outputs with NPN, PNP or relay types.
Analog I/O
FlexiPanels® support pluggable Analog I/O Modules. FlexiPanels® can have up-to 40 Analog inputs and / or 10 Analog outputs. The Analog inputs are 0-5 VDC, 0-10 VDC,4-20 mA, mV, TC, RTD, - 10 to + 10 VDC and Analog outputs are 4-20mA / 0-10VDC. User can Plug only Analog I/O modules or use them in combination with Digital I/O.
Touch Keys Task
Touch Keys in FlexiPanels® can be assigned Tasks for three instances: when the screen is touched, while the screen is touched and when the screen is released. Multiple tasks can be assigned to a touch key. In addition to above, tasks for data entry, alarm management etc. can be defined. These definitions allow Complete flexibility in cursor control and key operations when changing data.
Alarms
Real time and historical Alarms can be defined in FlexiPanels®. User-friendly Alarm object can be defined on the display. Alarms can be real time or historical.
Recipes
Recipes data is stored in the FlexiPanels® memory. With one button stroke, a set of data can be downloaded to the PLC. Once in the local memory, the recipes data can be edited using simple data entry objects.
Bitmaps / Wizards
Different bitmaps can be embedded on the FlexiPanels® screen. Transparent buttons can be used for data entry and set points on bitmap images. Bitmaps can be imported into the application and displayed on the FlexiPanels® screens. In addition, several wizards are supported to create commonly used objects such as Analog meters, Lamps, Buttons and Bar graphs. 32K colors are supported for bitmaps.
Easy events logging and trend tracking
FlexiPanels® support (Color Touchscreen based models) data logging feature. A part of FlexiPanels® memory can be allotted for data logging. Real time as well as Historical Trending is also supported. The user can also display multiple trends with different pen color on one screen.
High Speed Counters
FlexiPanels® with pluggable I/O support High Speed Counter inputs up-to 25 KHz. These High Speed Counter inputs can be used for applications such as Rate Measurement, Speed Measurement, Totalizer, etc. The user can define up-to 4 High Speed inputs in each expansion module.
Ladder Support
FlexiPanels® support ladder functionality. User can define logic in the unit using FlexiSoft® software. The execution of ladder could be through communication port or through I/O. Only HMI version of FlexiPanels® also support ladder functionality. It is used for critical applications where data is processed before sending it to controller. The FlexiLogics® support following different types of instructions :
I/O Instructions |
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NO contact |
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NC contact |
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Output |
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Falling Edge |
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Rising Edge |
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Inverter |
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Inverter Coil |
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Positive Pulse Contact |
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Negative Pulse Contact |
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Positive pulse coil |
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Negative Pulse Coil
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Data Transfer |
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MOV word |
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MOV DWORD |
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Invert Transfer |
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Table Initialize |
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Table Block Transfer |
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Table Invert Transfer |
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Data Exchange |
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Multiplexer |
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Demultiplexer |
Math |
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Addition |
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Subtraction |
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Multiplication |
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Division |
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Addition with Carry |
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Subtraction with Carry |
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Increment |
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Decrement
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Compare |
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Greater than |
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Greater than or equal |
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Equal |
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Not Equal |
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Less Than |
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Less than or Equal |
Logic |
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AND |
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OR |
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XOR |
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Shift |
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Rotate |
Data Conversion |
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Hex to Ascii |
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Ascii to Hex |
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Absolute Value |
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7 segment decode |
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Ascii conversion |
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Binary Conversion |
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BCD conversion |
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2's complement word |
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2's complement Double word |
Counter |
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Up counter |
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UP Down Counter
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Program Control |
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Subroutine CALL |
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Subroutine RET |
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For |
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Next |
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Master Control Set |
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Master Control Reset |
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Jump Control Set |
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Jump Control Reset |
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En Intr |
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Dis Intr |
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DT |
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Step sequence Init |
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Step sequence Input |
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Step sequence output |
Function |
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Moving Average |
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Digital Filter |
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PID1,4 |
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Upper limit |
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Lower limit |
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Maximum Value |
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Minimum Value |
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Average Value |
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Function generator |
Special |
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Device Set |
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Device Reset |
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Register Set |
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Register Reset |
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Set Carry |
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Reset Carry |
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Encode Decode |
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Bit Count |
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Flip Flop |
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Direct I/O |
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Set Calender |
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Calender Operation |
The execution of ladder logic is in microseconds. Ladder monitoring for debugging is also supported in FlexiPanels® configuration software.
Multilanguage / Unicode Support
All the languages are supported in the FlexiPanels® (Color Touchscreen
based models) . The user can now display messages, alarms in any regional language. All Windows® fonts can also be used in an application.
Communication Ports
FlexiPanels® have two serial communication ports. Both the ports can be used for programming of FlexiPanels®, printing screens (only text), connecting to third party serial devices (barcode readers, temp scanners etc.) or to connect to a PLC or drive. Dual port feature is supported for FlexiPanels® models. User can configure these serial ports to connect 2 different devices supporting different protocols such as PLC / Drives / DCS / SCADA etc.
Ethernet Port*
FlexiPanels® support Ethernet port (Modbus TCP/IP). It can be used to connect to a PLC and monitor machine / process status from remote location. The Ethernet port can also be used for remote programming of FlexiPanels®.
Configuration Software
FlexiSoft®is a compact, Windows® based software to configure the FlexiPanels® units. User friendly configuration tools and easy approach,
helps user create applications quickly and easily.
To get started with FlexiPanels®, user needs:
1. FlexiPanels®unit
2. FlexiSoft®Software
3. USB Programming cable (Part no. PC-USBAB-00)
OS requirements for FlexiSoft® are:
Windows Version : Microsoft Windows® 2000 or above
Supported Printers
FlexiPanels support following Dot matrix serial printers:
• EPSON
• SAMSUNG
• TVS
*Not supported in FP4030MT |
