The C5 Firmware version 5.3 has several new templates, including Microsoft Windows and Linux templates for the new User Interrupts and Failover features. The Controller Status feature provides users with key information about their controller, including the version of the project they are running, as well as the cycle time and the number of locked variables. The Variable Lock Monitor displays a list of all locked variables. Functions and function blocks are contextual to the selected project, device or resource, they are grouped by scope or category, and users can also search by block name. The Block Library is a user interface improvement that allows users to drag and drop any function or function block into a program instead of making a selection from the block selector. The Dependency Tree plug-in provides users with a complete overview of all related elements in an application so that they can see all variable dependencies, as well as ascendant and descendant dependencies for each variable.
The ISaGRAF 6.1 Failover feature allows the user to modify control decisions and change the conditions under which a controller gains or loses control. It is used to make control systems more fault-tolerant. It also includes a plug-in for end-users to configure and program the interrupts.įailover is a back-up operational mode in which the functions of a control system are assumed by a secondary control system when the primary system becomes unavailable due to equipment failure or scheduled down time. time, pulse, I/O…), ISaGRAF’s implementation of Interrupts provides a toolkit that allows OEMs to define and map their interrupts to an ISaGRAF application. Since different types of applications require different types of Interrupts (e.g. Other ISaGRAF 6.1 features include User Interrupts, Failover, Dependency Tree, Block Library, Variable Lock Monitor, and Controller Status. It also allows users to manage multiple versions of a project, back-up and restore entire projects or certain elements of a project, and compare files between different versions. Device, Resource, POU) by performing a check-out/check-in. Other available languages include: LD, FBD, ST, SFC, and SAMA.Īnother important feature now available with this latest release is Version Source Control, which provides a means for multiple users to work on the same elements (e.g. Amongst the features reintroduced in the ISaGRAF 6.1 Workbench is the addition of an IEC 61499 editor. ISaGRAF 6.1 includes plug-ins for new features as well as plug-ins to implement some of the features that in ISaGRAF 5. Now based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, it offers improved speed, a new and improved user interface, and enhanced windows docking and package management. ISaGRAF 6.1 has a new workbench, and version 5.3 of the C5 firmware.
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