What s new in AO 2.33? April Think Automation and beyond

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1 What s new in AO 2.33? April 2014

2 FT1A Approval Updates NEMA Type 4X (Indoor Only), 13 FT1A Touch Class 1 Div. 2 Hazardous Locations FT1A series (Touch and Controllers) Marine Approvals ABS, Lloyds Register, DNV, and NK FT1A series (Touch and Controllers)

3 FT1A Touch Additional Drivers FT1A Touch now can communicate with other PLCs Current Supported Drivers IDEC PLCs (Serial/Ethernet) Modbus RTU and TCP (Serial/Ethernet) Additional NEW Drivers Siemens S (Ethernet) Automation Direct DL205/405 Ethernet Mitsubishi FX3U (Ethernet) FX (Link) Q/QnA (Ethernet) Omron CS1/CJ (Ethernet) Others Keyence Yaskawa Fuji Hitachi Yokogawa More Drivers in the future Allen Bradley Benefits: FT1A Touch can communicate with internal PLC and external PLCs (IDEC or others) at the same time We can promote the FT1A as Display only if needed to For applications require more I/O than internal 12 I/O PLC, we can suggest using external PLCs

4 Modbus Error Status Current Issues User has option to designate data registers to monitor Modbus TCP/RTU communication status Problem is that the status register does not get update when recovered from communication failure The current spec is not useful since the error status remains in Error status even though communication already recovered User does not know when PLC communication recovered User does not get alert (through /text) on subsequent communication failures Communication Fails After Communication Recovered

when error occurs and when it s recovered User has option to keep track on how many failures occur Subsequent failures can now

5 Modbus Error Status Improved Specification User has option to designate data registers to monitor Modbus TCP/RTU communication status with or without Update Data register will be reset to 0 when communication recovered User now has the ability to detect when error occurs and when it s recovered User has option to keep track on how many failures occur Subsequent failures can now be detected and or text alert can be sent to users for notifications Communication Fails After Communication Recovered

Remote Host List Current Specification and Issues Remote Host List IP address can be configured using WindLDR software This method requires users to know ahead of time which IP address to use In some

6 Remote Host List Current Specification and Issues Remote Host List IP address can be configured using WindLDR software This method requires users to know ahead of time which IP address to use In some instances, OEM and machine builders don t know or want to provide end users the capability to configure this settings Providing WindLDR software is not an option for OEM because end users have access to the program In some instances, users want to be able to configure on HMI

7 Remote Host List Improved Specification Remote Host List IP address can be configured using data registers Four consecutive data registers will be occupied for one IP address Remote Host IP address can now be updated via HMI or Web page

Email Address (Recipients) Current Specification and Issues Email address can be configured using WindLDR software This method requires users to know email address of the recipient ahead of time In

8 Address (Recipients) Current Specification and Issues address can be configured using WindLDR software This method requires users to know address of the recipient ahead of time In some instances, OEM and machine builders don t know or want to provide end users the capability to configure this settings In some instances, users want to be able to configure on HMI In some instances, users can t delete and update existing address if the person is no longer with the company Providing WindLDR software is not an option for OEM because end users have access to the program

Email Address (Recipients) Improved Specification Email address can be configured using data registers Thirty

9 Address (Recipients) Improved Specification address can be configured using data registers Thirty consecutive data registers will be occupied for one address address can now be updated via HMI or Web page

Email Address (Sender) Improved Specification Sender Email and Password can now be configured using data registers

10 Address (Sender) Improved Specification Sender and Password can now be configured using data registers 107 consecutive data registers will be occupied Sender address and password can now be updated via HMI or Web page

Email Attachment Improved Specification User now has option to attach a CSV file when an email get

11 Attachment Improved Specification User now has option to attach a CSV file when an get send Max bytes can be configured Useful for logging data and keep track of production status

12 Connect/Disconnect Client Connections Improved Specification Special internal M8230, M8231 and M8232 can be used to Disconnect or Connect Client Connections Useful if user needs to refresh the connections

What s new in AO 2.31? February Think Automation and beyond

What s new in AO 2.31? February 2014 Support Windows 8 and 8.1 The following software, which is included in Automation Organizer suite, now supports Windows 8 and 8.1 operating systems: WindLDR version