What do you get with the free PAC Project Basic automation software suite?
PAC Project Basic offers flowchart-based control programming plus HMI development and runtime. It's suited for industrial automation, remote monitoring, and data acquisition applications in any field.
Topics: Process control, Discrete control, Remote monitoring, Machine builder, optonews, PACs, PAC Project, OptoNews 2016-03-02
In automation, proportional integral derivative (PID) control loops are common, useful, and tricky to get right.
Each loop is different and each requires individual tuning for maximum effectiveness.
Now here's a new tool to help you tune your PID control loops: our online PID Control Loop Tuner.
Topics: Energy management, Process control, optonews, Integrators, Building management, OptoNews 2016-01-06
Did you miss any of these? Here are the 5 OptoBlog posts our readers found most interesting in 2015:
Topics: Process control, Internet of Things, optonews, PAC Project, OptoNews 2016-01-06
We've talked recently about digital and analog totalizing: getting total running values for on-time, flow, power production, and so on.
The next step is using those totals in your PAC Control strategy—and in your groov mobile operator interface—to get the information you need.
Topics: Process control, Discrete control, Tips, optonews, PACs, PAC Project, OptoNews 2016-01-06
In an earlier OptoNews we defined the terms accuracy and resolution as they apply to analog I/O modules.
These specs help you choose the right module for the job, so you get the results you need.
Some applications require highly accurate values or very fine resolution, while others do not. Choosing the right module for your application will save you time and money.
Topics: Process control, optonews, I/O, OptoNews 2015-12-02
Suppose you have an analog input—maybe it's a flow meter, for example—and you want to know not only the current flow rate, but also the cumulative flow over time.
How many gallons went through that pipe over the last 24 hours, or over the last month?
If you're using an Opto 22 analog input module and PAC Control, you're in luck.
Topics: Energy management, Process control, Tips, optonews, I/O, PAC Project, OptoNews 2015-12-02
Join us in Houston, Texas, November 9-12, 2015, for the ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium.
You'll learn about instrumentation, communications, control systems, safety, and security.
The symposium is geared toward engineers, technicians, and plant managers from oil and gas, refining, chemical, petrochemical, and other process industries.
Topics: Process control, groov, optonews, Events & conferences, Oil & gas, OptoNews 2015-11-04
Just released: the free groov R3.0c update.
This update improves security and performance and adds an enhancement to the Momentary Button gadget.
Security and Performance. We're always looking for ways to improve product performance, and providing the best possible security is a top priority.
Topics: Process control, groov, Updates, optonews, OptoNews 2015-09-09
Communicate with your smart HART® (Highway Addressable Remote Transducer) devices with these two HART SNAP I/O modules—an input and an output.
HART is the most widely used digital communications protocol in process automation, so you'll find plenty of devices you can monitor and talk to using these modules.
Both I/O modules have channel-to-channel isolation and carry a lifetime warranty.
Topics: Energy management, Process control, optonews, I/O, HART, OptoNews 2015-08-26
Take a look at what Pioneer Energy is doing with waste flare gas from drilling sites.
With Pioneer's Mobile Alkane Gas Separator (MAGS) installed on site, oil producers can add up to 30% to their revenue stream—from waste that would otherwise be burned off and lost.
Topics: Energy management, Case studies, Videos, Process control, Remote monitoring, optonews, Oil & gas, OptoNews 2015-08-26