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PMA controllers in all formats
New: Soft PLC with Soft PMA controller function
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At the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2004 exhibition, PMA Prozeß- und Maschinen-Automation GmbH, in Kassel,
Germany introduced a soft controller integrated into PMA's Soft PLC, which offers
the same functionality as PMA's established BluePort® controllers. "With this step, we offer
our customers a universal PMA controller, which includes the familiar projecting tools of
our Soft PLC", says Carsten Bunk, head of PC-based Automation.
The user is able to integrate the controller easily into his PLC project as a function module
according to IEC 61131-3, with an automatic display of operating dialogs on the Soft PLC's screen,
plus an interface for parameter setting. Controller functions are configured by means of
PMA's BlueControl® Engineering Tool.
Wolfgang Baedt, head of Product Management and Development, explains the advantages of PMA's offer:
"We have created a practical Engineering Tool for all controller formats. Whether for panel-mounted
BluePort® devices such as the KS 40-1, for rail-mounted equipment like the KS 45 rail line module,
for multi-zone controllers with KS vario and KS 800, and now for the our Soft PLC with Soft PMA
controllers: The controller type and its range of functions are configured in a standard format.
In this way, PMA permits the flexible use of available controller functions in all application areas".
Photo 1: PMA controllers in all formats
Photo 2: Integration of the PMA control function into the Soft PLC being demonstrated by
Carsten Bunk at the "SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2004" exhibition
Photo 3: The touch screen of an IPC shows three dedicated displays for operating and configuring PMA's new Soft PLC
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