 Application Task List
Application task list includes tasks which are executed at power-on
and global tasks which are executed irrespective of the active
screen.
Screen Task List
The screen task list includes tasks, which are executed only
when that particular screen is active. Different set of tasks
can be executed “before” the screen is shown; “while” the
screen is being shown and “after” the screen is
closed.
Touch Screen Task
A list of tasks can be created which are executed upon touching
an area (button) on the Prizm screen. Different set of tasks
can be executed when the button is “pressed”; while
the button is “held down” and “when” the
button is “released”. Special tasks allow creating
buttons such as numeric inputs, alarm management, data logger
management etc.
Easy events logging and trend tracking
Upto 2 MB of FLASH memory can be alloted to give you the memory
you need for historical event logging and trending.
Bitmaps / Wizards
Bitmaps can be imported into the application and displayed on the Prizm screens.
In addition, several wizards are supported to create commonly used objects such
as Analog meters, Lamps, Buttons and Bar graphs.
Screens
The Number of screens, which can be defined, is constrained only by the unit
memory. Various types of objects can be defined on the screen such as plain
text objects, Data display (coil status, register value, value dependent
text), Data entry objects, Alarm objects, Bitmaps, Wizards, Date / Time etc.
Date Entry
Data entry objects can be placed on screens. Each data entry object can have
high / low limits and math function associated with it. Various types of
data formats are supported including floating point data.
Alarms
Up to 256 real time alarms can be defined in Prizm. Alarms can be displayed
on the screen in formatted (user-defined) columns. Alarms could also be logged
and historical alarms can also be displayed. Buttons can be created to acknowledge
alarm, print alarm, view next / previous alarm etc.
Multilanguage / Unicode Support
All the languages are supported in the Prizm unit. The user can now display messages,
alarms in any regional language. All Winows® fonts can also
be used in an application.
Recipes
Recipes data is stored in the Prizm 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.
Dual Port Support
Prizm series has two communication ports. One port is used for connecting to
a PLC. The other port is used for programming of Prizm unit, printing screens,
connecting to third party serial devices (barcode readers, printers etc.)
or to connect to another PLC or drive.
USB Port
Prizm550 has USB port that can be used as programming port.
Ethernet Port
Prizm units can have an Ethernet port. It can
be used to connect to a PLC and monitor machine / process status
from remote locations. The Ethernet port can also be used for
remote programming of Prizm. |
