Configuration software includes:
1、InTouch
InTouch software of Wonderware is the first configuration software to enter China. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, InTouch software based on Windows3. 1 made us feel refreshed, and InTouch provided a rich library.
But the early InTouch software used DDE to communicate with the driver, and its performance was poor. The latest InTouch version is completely based on 32-bit Windows platform and provides OPC support.
2、iFix
Intellution company started as Fix configuration software, and/kloc-0 was acquired by Emerson in 1995. Now it is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Emerson Group. Fix6.x software provides familiar concepts and operation interfaces for industrial control personnel, and provides complete drivers (to be purchased separately).
Intel Solutions named its latest product line iFiX. In iFiX, Intel solution provides powerful configuration functions, but the new version is not completely compatible with the previous 6.x version. The original scripting language was changed to VBA(Visual Basic For Application), and Microsoft's VBA development environment was integrated inside.
3、Citech
Citech of CiT Company is also an early product to enter the China market. Citech's operating model is simple, but its operating model is more oriented to programmers than industrial users.
Citech provides a scripting language similar to C language for secondary development, but unlike iFix, Citech's scripting language is not object-oriented, but similar to C language, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of secondary development for users.
Extended data:
Configuration software usually has the following functions:
1, powerful interface display configuration function. At present, most industrial control configuration software runs in Windows environment. By making full use of the graphical functions of Windows to improve the beautiful interface, visual M-style interface and rich toolbars, operators can directly enter the development state, saving time.
2. Good openness. Socialized mass production makes it impossible for all the software and hardware of the system to come from the products of one company. Heterogeneity is one of the main characteristics of today's control system. Openness means that configuration software can be interconnected with various communication protocols and support various hardware devices. Openness is an important index to measure the quality of a configuration software.
3. Rich functional modules. Provide a rich control function library to meet the user's measurement and control needs and field needs. Using various functional modules, real-time monitoring can produce functional reports, display historical curves, real-time curves, remind alarms and other functions, which makes the system have a good man-machine interface and easy to operate.
4. A powerful database. Equipped with real-time database, it can store all kinds of data, such as analog quantity, discrete quantity and character type. , and realize data exchange with external devices.
5. Programmable command language. There is a programmable command language that enables users to write programs according to their own needs and enhance the graphical interface.
6, careful system security, according to different operators, given different operating authority, to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the whole system.
7. Analog function. The powerful simulation function enables the system to be designed in parallel, thus shortening the development cycle.
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