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The connection in ActiveX technology.
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Connects your Visual Basic application to Panasonic PLCs.
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Gives you the possibility to easily develop highly customised control solutions.
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Create your own application very quickly by simply adding the functionality of ActiveX control to your code written with Visual
Basic.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The connection between PLC and SCADA software.
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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.
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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.
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Monitoring PLC data graphically in real time
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Analyze signal waveform in real time
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Supports all kind of data types
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Comprehensive trigger functions
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Easy and convenient connection to any Panasonic PLC
using the integrated MEWNET Manager
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