ATEX is the name commonly given to the two European Directives for controlling explosive atmospheres in workplaces.
Several Opto 22 products are now approved for both standards and offer you options for applications in potentially explosive areas.
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Topics: Process control, Food & beverage, Discrete control, Machine builder, optonews, PACs, OEM, Integrators, I/O, Oil & gas, OptoNews 2016-06-08
Want to make your groov operator interface look just the way you want, with your own company logo and colors?
The groov R3.1 release includes new tools to customize pages and gadgets, so you can do that and more.
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Topics: groov, Updates, Remote monitoring, Machine builder, optonews, OEM, OptoNews 2016-04-27
Way back in 1883, the Frick Company started manufacturing refrigeration compressors. During the next 100 years they became well known for a variety of reliable refrigeration system components.
By the 1980s Frick began automating their systems with Opto 22 products, and they began to notice a new need in the industry: custom system design and integration.
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Topics: Case studies, Process control, Food & beverage, Machine builder, optonews, OEM, Migration, Integrators, Building management, OptoNews 2016-03-30
Plan now to attend The Automation Conference & Expo this May in Chicago, Illinois—and save $100 on the cost of admission with your Opto 22 VIP code (see below).
The Conference focuses on the process industries, discrete manufacturing, and packaging, and this year it includes over two dozen educational sessions on:
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Topics: Internet of Things, IoT, Machine builder, optonews, PACs, OEM, Events & conferences, Integrators, OptoNews 2016-03-16
Curious about the technology for the Internet of Things (IoT)? Interested in developing products or solutions for the IoT?
Then don't miss the Open IoT Summit next month in San Diego.
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Topics: Internet of Things, IoT, optonews, OEM, Events & conferences, Integrators, OptoNews 2016-03-02
OptoPartner Hy-Line Systems GmbH invites you to Embedded World 2016 in Nürnberg, Germany, next week from 23-25 February.
Embedded World brings together everything for embedded systems, from ASIC and FPGA design to programming to wireless, this year with an emphasis on the Internet of Things and security for embedded systems.
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Topics: Internet of Things, IoT, Machine builder, optonews, OEM, Events & conferences, OptoNews 2016-02-17
You already know that groov is the simple way to build your own mobile operator interface—your own mobile app—so you can securely monitor and control your systems and equipment from a smartphone or tablet.
With groov it really is easy to build your interface and control who can use it.
But there's one part that can be more complicated: setting up your network so you can access the data you need while maintaining security for your systems.
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Topics: groov, Remote monitoring, Machine builder, optonews, OEM, Integrators, Networking, Building management, OptoNews 2016-02-17
Sinking or Sourcing?
Let’s take a quick look at the topic of sinking and sourcing outputs.
Where did the difference come from, and where does it matter in automation?
Quick answer: you often have to choose the correct module because the device you are wiring requires either a sink or source. For example, if you have a prebuilt electrical cabinet, it may be wired using a common positive or a common negative method. Thus you HAVE to choose the correct digital output module for the way the panel is wired.
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Topics: PLCs, Electronics, Tips, IoT, Machine builder, OEM, I/O
The Case for Intelligent I/O Systems.
The automation PC is located in the control room, and the dump valve is on the other side of the tank farm wired to a remote I/O cabinet, all connected over an Ethernet network.
The IT guys are working on the network, and they say it may take a few days to track down the intermittent cable. But hey, in the meantime, they say that it mostly works…
That answer might be sufficient for watching YouTube, but it is just not going to cut it for controlling that valve.
What do you do?
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Topics: Discrete control, PLCs, Remote monitoring, Tips, IoT, PACs, OEM, I/O
What time is it?
Do you know what time it is? Does your SNAP PAC controller know what time it is? Are they the same time? Who’s right?
In this week's blog we are going to talk about this big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.… No, not time travel, but actual time…. Specifically how to set your PAC Controller to the current time.
No reading ahead; remember, time flies like an arrow and fruit flies like a banana.
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Topics: Internet of Things, PLCs, IoT, PACs, OEM, Networking, PAC Project