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Pointe Controller Embedded System
Pointe Control and the 21st Century Factory Information System:
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Constant demand for increased productivity and profitability has once again returned the focus to the shop floor environment. |
Real-time performance management tools are being combined with the traditional enterprise systems to improve the business automation. Line balancing, cycle times, trackside fulfillment, supply chain efficiency, WIP and quality are but a few of the metrics that must be dynamically monitored to drive the enterprise toward optimum performance.
The Concept: Technical Convergence
Industrial Ethernet has changed the Factory Information System landscape. In a domain orientated architecture the real time flow of information is the lifeblood of the enterprise and crucial if performance targets are to be met. Providing the vital link often requires the integration of a diverse set of shop floor equipment and legacy system technology, many of which are unable to support the protocols and formats of a current day transaction based processing. Pointe Controller technology brings together enterprise connectivity and advanced e-control software with local I/O control, local HMI and data acquisition. The result is a cost effective, easy to implement, high performance information-centric controller/intelligent equipment interface; effective in stand alone or enterprise-wide e-control networks.
The Difference: Intelligent Equipment Interface
Pointe Controller means manufacturing need no longer be an island in the enterprise. Pointe Controller provides localized modular control along with a high speed data interface for real time data communication. Pointe Controller utilizes industry standards such as XML, SOAP and Java to speed the integration of shop floor equipment and business logic and device network protocols such as Modbus TCP/IP, UDP/IP.
The Advantage: Extensive Capability, Lower Costs
The Pointe Controller extends automation capabilities previously available only in PC-based control to more cost conscious embedded control and data management applications. A single development environment unifies the programming of machine functions in Visual Flow Chart, Relay Ladder Logic and Java whilst eliminating the need for additional PC interfaces to manage IT intensive applications such as Electronic Product Code – RFID, database server applications, XML based data transaction and CAMX Networking. The modular PTC-5800 hardware platform very cost effectively deploys an extensive range of local or distributed OptiLogic I/O Modules for machine or process interface, local HMI modules along with Ethernet and serial connectivity as standard.
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