Panasonic C16P Video Gaming Accessories User Manual


 
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Visualisation Softwa re for Ready Made or Customised Solutions
The connection in ActiveX technology.
Connects your Visual Basic application to Panasonic 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 (Panasonic's PLC communication protocol) needed.
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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 automa-
tion 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.
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Convenient acquisition and recording of PLC data from inputs, switches,
sensors, outputs, internal and external relays, timers etc.
Monitoring PLC data graphically in real time
Analyze signal waveform in real time
Supports all kind of data types
Comprehensive trigger functions
Easy and convenient connection to any Panasonic PLC
using the integrated MEWNET Manager
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