Panasonic FP0 Series Universal Remote User Manual


 
Control CommX, PCWAY, OPC Server
Visualisation software for ready made or customised solutions
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The connection in ActiveX technology.
Connects your Visual Basic application to Matsushita PLCs.
Gives you the possibility to easily develop highly customised control solutions.
Create your own application very quickly by simply adding the functionality of ActiveX control to your code written with
Visual Basic.
No knowledge of MEWTOCOL (Matsushita's PLC communication protocol) needed.
Control CommX
Add-on software for Excel to monitor and change PLC data.
The Excel add-in software PCWAY is available for data collection of the networked
PLCs. The contents of the PLC bits and data registers can be simply shown and
managed on Excel worksheets.
Settings in PCWAY can be used to switch display contents and character colour
corresponding to contact on/off status and register values, and perform calculations
based on register values. Excel macros are not necessary.
PCWAY
The connection between PLC and SCADA software.
Provides a standard interface between our FP Series PLCs and various
SCADA/HMI software* used to build a monitoring system compliant
with commercially available OPC clients. It is also possible to use OPC
automation interface to link our FP series PLCs with Visual Basic.
OPC (OLE for Process Control) is an interface standard for linking
software with various companies control devices. This standard
allows connections between OPC-compliant products.
MEWTOCOL OPC Server
Initial Setup in Visual Basic Configuration of Communication Register of Various Programming
Setup Process
Communication Types
Completion
Remote
supervisory
control
Plant
Plant
Plant
* We have confirmed linking with iFIX Ver.2.6 (Intellution),
InTouch Ver.7.0 (Wonderware), and RSView32 Ver.6.3 (Rockwell Software).
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