Think & Do Live! is a full-featured PC-based control and Human Machine Interface (HMI) development tool.
A common tag database and built-in HMI make Live! a great low-cost PC-based control solution. Live! includes an OPC client, and an OPC Server (2.0 compliance) as well as supporting MODBUS TCP, MODBUS RTU, and other industrial fieldbuses. It runs on Windows NT, 2000 or XP systems.
Think & Do Live! software for PC-based control $1,895.00
Think & Do Live! software includes these features:
- Flowcharts for Control
Easy-to-use and easy-to-read flowcharts for control let you program like your machine or process operates, rather than one device at a time
Subcharts (subroutine flowcharts) let you develop your logic once and re-use it on multiple projects
Online changes are supported with graphical debugging to simplify troubleshooting your application
Develop for Windows XP, 2000, NT and CE platforms in the same environment
- Existing Users:
Think & Do Live! Development Package - is completely backwardly compatible with any prior version of Think & Do PC Control software.
Think & Do Live! simply adds productivity enhancement tools to the existing awesome features of Think & Do PC-based control you already know and love.
- New Users:
Check out our convenient Starter Kits for building a PC-based control system. They include everything you need to demo Think & Do software or develop your application.
- AutomationDirect offers two PC Control Starter Kits:
PC-505-START - Everything you need to experience a PC with Think & Do Live! controlling distributed I/O activity
PC-WPLC-START - A complete embedded PC control package with a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) style CPU controlling local I/O activity in a PLC backplane
(NOTE: Starter kits include Think & Do Live! and are limited to only one per customer)
Built-in HMI with same database
- Full screen editor with over 2,000 bit-mapped graphic symbols, such as buttons, lights, pumps, motors, conveyors, and tanks
- Single database for HMI and control functions means there are no communication errors
- Text, numeric display, messaging, and trend charts
- Import any bit map or metafile format graphics to display CAD drawings, company logos, or digital photographs
Function key and touch screen support to give you flexibility in design
Communicate to business systems
- OPC (OLE for process control) support allows easy connectivity to other standard software applications at host and ERP levels.
- Live! includes an OPC client and server.
- DCOM/COM for communications to other programs or for network communications
OCX allows direct connections to Visual Basic® and C++ user programs
- Easy serial communication and string manipulation
Easy connection to I/O and serial devices
- All I/O drivers are included, with virtually no limit on I/O tags including Ethernet, MODBUS TCP, MODBUS RTU, Profibus, DeviceNET and SDS
- Built-in serial communication block within the flowchart environment allows easy communication to barcode readers, drives, and other smart devices
- All motion drivers are included for both serial and PC-card based motion
- Supports C-more operator interface touch panels and EZTouch/EZText panels
Integrated motion and PID control with easy-to-use flowchart blocks
- Common flowchart language for motion control independent of the motion card you choose
- All motion parameters accessible to flowcharts and screens
- Several motion drivers supported; check the Think & Do Web site for the latest list (www.thinkndo.com)
- Easy to synchronize motion and control with your flowchart logic
- 64 full function PID loops
- Advanced PID functions like cascaded loops, bumpless transfer, anti-windup and wildflow variables allow you to perform complex process control applications
Productivity analysis tools:
- Downtime analysis - Monitor machine downtime by reason codes to identify production bottlenecks
- Cycletime analysis - View machine cycle time by hour, shift or operator to enable you to increase machine and production yield
- Capacity analysis - Compare production yield versus maximum capacity to determine maintenance schedules, identify supply problems, or to justify new equipment purchases
System requirements:
Pentium 133 MHz CPU or better
64 MB RAM (32 MB minimum with NT)
2 MB VRAM
500 MB hard disk space available (not including OS)
WinPLC - An embedded PC in a PLC module
[more info on WinPLC]
DL205 H2-WinPLC CPUThe WinPLC gives you the communication advantages of a standard PC in a PLC package and price. You get the security of backplane access to I/O, while at the same time you can communicate to host systems with standard Microsoft tools like DCOM or OPC over standard Ethernet.
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Think & Do Studio is a comprehensive control and Human Machine Interface (HMI) development tool powered by Microsoft's Visio.
A common tag database and rich development tools separate Studio from any other automation software on the market. Think & Do Studio builds on Think and Do Live! features for advanced applications.
You should choose Think & Do Studio (instead of Think & Do Live!) when:
- 1) You need to communicate to a SQL database,
- 2) You need a superior HMI with animation and advanced Visio graphics, or
- 3) You will have multiple developers on the same projects or sharing flowcharts on many projects.
Think & Do Studio! Development/Runtime software for PC-based control $3,495.00
Think & Do Studio, based on Microsoft Visio 2000, contains three key components:
1. Studio Control Logic
A flowchart development tool for fast, intuitive control logic. The Studio Control Logic Run-time engine executes the flowcharts on Windows XP, NT, Windows 2000 or Windows CE platforms (such as the WinPLC).
2. Studio HMI
A full-featured HMI development tool that also utilizes the power of Microsoft Visio to create rich, data-powered screen graphics for operator interface panels. The HMI is linked to the same tag database used in the Control Logic component.
3. Studio Connectivity Center
A sophisticated network configuration and management tool that allows you to easily identify and instantly connect to system hardware.
Think & Do Studio features include:
- SQL Interface for easy, direct ODBC communication integration
- Advanced Visio graphics
- Over 3,500 new or improved smart shapes, with background animations
- Background animations allow universal buttons and indicators on HMI screens
- Common database for HMI, logic and motion
- Supports MODBUS TCP and MODBUS RTU, as well as other industrial fieldbus communication
- Reusable subcharts - Saves development time
- Powerful debugging tools - Debug your program in real-time
- Offline logic testing - Debug your logic wherever you are
- Integrated serial communication - Built-in serial block easily captures serial data
- PID process control (64 loops) - Easy fill-in-the-blank loop control
- Productivity analysis tools - Easy tools to improve your profitability
- WinPLC support - Develop unlimited applications for the WinPLC
- Linked flowchart libraries - increase productivity with reusable code
- Project Sync - A multi-user development environment
- Remote screen development - To deploy multiple HMIs across a LAN
- Supports C-more operator interface touch panels and EZTouch/EZText panels
- Runs on Windows XP, 2000 and NT operating systems
Newest features include:
Project Sync, a multi-user development environment, linked flowchart libraries and over 3,500 new or improved smart shapes with background animations. Also, you may add HMI screens anywhere on your network with the PC-ENT-SRN-USB software, a run-time license for displaying remote screens (developed under Studio) on a remote PC across a LAN.
Development and Remote Screen Node Run-time System Requirements:
700 MHz PIII CPU or better
256 MB RAM recommended/ 128 MB RAM minimum
32 MB VRAM or more recommended/ 4 MB VRAM minimum
560 MB hard disk space available for Studio and Visio (not including OS)
Run-time System Requirements:
700 MHz PIII CPU or better
256 MB RAM
8 MB VRAM or more recommended
500 MB hard disk space available (not including OS) (385 MB Studio/ 125 MB Visio)
WinPLC - An embedded PC in a PLC module
[more info on WinPLC]
DL205 H2-WinPLC CPUThe WinPLC gives you the communication advantages of a standard PC in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) package and price. You get the security of backplane access to I/O, while at the same time you can communicate to host systems with standard Microsoft tools like ActiveX or OPC over standard Ethernet. |
