It offers "Cycle-Precise" communication controllers for all major PLC brands on the market, see image below...
The Black-Box version offers continuous recording of process status signals and process control signals, in case the causes of a production defect need to be investigated.
The quality of functionality is primarily determined by the application software of the PLCs. It also depends on the brand of PLCs in use and the application architecture.
To compare the signals represented in the memory of the PLCs with the physical signals in an installation, there is an AD_USB-Box extension option with USB Inputs and Outputs to allow the PLC-ANALYZER pro 5 to access the physical signals without going through the PLCs.
The PLC-ANALYZER pro 5 is installed on a PC in the Control Center or on a laptop PC to take to the production plant to perform the functionality analysis of the PLCs.
Online visualization allows for the observation of signals and values as a real-time graphical curve. In addition to long-duration recordings, trigger conditions can be specified for the acquisition of specific events. This allows the rare occurrence of sporadic errors to be recorded for subsequent analysis.
In contrast to traditional analyzers, the PLC-ANALYZER pro 5 has the decisive advantage of being able to record process data from different PLCs and PLC brands via the different communication interfaces with the PLCs.
PLC-ANALYZER pro 5 supports communication with different PLCs in parallel, for example, MPI/PPI, PROFIBUS and TCP/IP Ethernet communication for SIMATIC S7 and for SIMATIC S5 and other PLC brands.
Some production plants keep the PLC-ANALYZER pro 5 running continuously as a "black box" on the aircraft. This solution, called "black box," continuously records production quality data to the hard drive.
