subject: PAC Motion to Improve Engineering Productivity [print this page] Synchronization of separate motion and logic programs and the lack of open motion programming standards can present a challenge event for simple motion applications. Proficy Machine Edition provides one tool for control, view, and motion and provides one universal engineering development environment for all programming, configuration, and diagnostics, resulting in f aster time to solution, reduce training and more compact, efficient design. The high level of Programmable Automation Controller (PAC) Motion integration with RX3i platform can significantly reduce system engineering and commissioning costs:
1. Motion and machine login in a common program greatly simplifies programming.
2. Motion function blocks and state model designed to comply with the PLCopen programming standard reduce learning curve and training costs.
3. Buffer modes allow program logic to queue motion command sequences and specify or change the velocity transition between buffered moves on the fly.
4. All Proficy Machine Edit components view, logic and motion share a common database and common objects across applications, including logic, scripts, and animation. Once a variable is created it can easily be used in all other domains of the application.
5. Proficy Machine Edition components share common development tools such as a common user interface, drag and drop editing, and take full advantage of industry standard technologies like MEL, COM/DOM. OPT and ActiveX.
6. Suitable for distributed control solution for digital and analog I / O and motion control.
7. Provides an intelligent remote data acquisition controller which can collect data from both digital sensors such as discrete I / O modules, pressure sensors and temperature sensors, and analog I / O modules
