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News Release from: Red Lion Controls | Subject: Modular controller series
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 23 October 2003
Modular series eases distributed control
Integrating multizone PID control into PC and PLC based systems now only takes a few minutes with Red Lion's new modular controller series.
Integrating multizone PID control into PC and PLC based systems now only takes a few minutes with Red Lion's new modular controller series The modular controller was designed to provide all of the benefits that dedicated, panel-mounted, controllers possess while offering the system designer the convenience of DIN-rail mounting and drag-and-drop integration
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The series comprises a master module and up to 16 PID modules.
The master communicates PID module data to the external PC or PLC simply by selecting and downloading the proper device driver, and mapping the desired data.
With its RS232/485 and 10Base-T Ethernet ports, the master can be connected to almost any device.
It also stores each module's configuration and firmware data so replacement modules do not need to be configured.
The series' hot-swap design allows the modules to be replaced while powered up, reducing downtime to a minimum.
The modular controller series is configured via Windows-compatible Crimson software.
Crimson is an easy to use graphical interface that provides a means of communication configuration, as well as commissioning and calibration of new systems.
With its built in PC/PLC drivers and drag-and-drop data mapping, multizone integration is reduced to minutes, not hours.
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