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This user's guide shows you how to install and use Opto 22's SNAP PAC R-series programmable automation controllers. SNAP PAC R-series controllers are on-the-rack industrial controllers. Each controller monitors and controls a wide range of devices and equipment wired to the I/O on its own rack and on distributed racks equipped with SNAP PAC EB-series brains. Alternatively, the R-series controller can be used as a slave to a larger, SNAP PAC S-series standalone industrial controller.
SNAP PAC controllers are programmed with PAC Control Basic or PAC Control Professional, Opto 22's flowchart-based development software, which is part of the PAC Project software suite.
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This chart compares details for all SNAP PAC programmable automation controllers: SoftPAC software controller, SNAP PAC S-series standalone controllers, and SNAP PAC R-series rack-mounted controllers.
For additional details on SNAP PAC R-series controllers (including specific I/O processing features), see the SNAP PAC Controller and Brain Comparison Chart, form 1677.
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Toyo Tanso USA manufactures a fine grade of graphite called isotropic graphite, and the company also provides graphite-related silicon carbide surface treatments to customers.
The batch automation process systems used to perform these surface treatments are in a busy, tough industrial setting. The multiple vessels involved in the process each require different specializations and careful management.
To control the vessels, Toyo Tanso needed a rugged control system with plenty of I/O options—and one that could be easily programmed and deployed.
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Press release announcing new built-in HTTP/HTTPS server and RESTful API in Opto 22 SNAP PAC standalone and rack-mounted programmable automation controllers.
For complete API documentation and steps to get started, visit developer.opto22.com.
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Networking can be a complex subject. This guide tries to reduce the complexity by providing guidelines for how you might set up communications between your computer or mobile device and your SNAP PAC control system, including groov.
The goal is for you to be able to monitor and control your system from anywhere you need to, either inside your facility or outside it. It's possible to do this because Opto 22 control systems are built on standard protocols such as TCP and UDP over IP, which are the same protocols used by off-the-shelf computers, routers, and the Internet.
This guide shows you how to communicate with Opto 22’s SNAP PAC controllers and groov using wired Ethernet networks and wireless LANs, both within your facility and over the Internet.
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Latest Readme for PAC Project Basic and Professional. Includes information on new features, enhancements, and bug fixes for each PAC Project application: PAC Control, PAC Display, OptoOPCServer, PAC Manager, and Tools.
Also see form 2212, the PAC Project 9.6 Release Notes, which include important information on installation and use.
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This README file lists changes to the I/O coprocessor firmware available in rack-mounted Opto 22 controllers and brains manufactured starting in 2016.
I/O coprocessors can be present in the SNAP PAC R-series controllers, and in SNAP PAC EB-series and SB-series brains. Instructions to find out if your device has an I/O coprocessor are included in this README and in the PAC Manager User's Guide.
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This white paper explores some important features of programming software for a programmable automation controller (PAC).
For additional white papers on PACs, see the Guide to PACs.
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This white paper compares programmable automation controllers (PACs) with other automation technologies and suggests several considerations to keep in mind when choosing PACs for your industrial control or monitoring application.
For additional white papers on PACs, see the Guide to PACs.
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This white paper describes the advent of the programmable automation controller (PAC) and its use in modern industrial applications.
For additional white papers on PACs, see the Guide to PACs.
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This document is written in Chinese.
This white paper explores some important features of programming software for a programmable automation controller (PAC).
For additional white papers on PACs, see the Guide to PACs.
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This document is written in Chinese.
This white paper describes the advent of the programmable automation controller (PAC) and its use in modern industrial applications.
For additional white papers on PACs, see the Guide to PACs.
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You've probably heard about the Internet of Things (IoT). But what is it, and how will it affect our businesses?
This primer helps you understand the IoT and the significant challenges we face to realize its benefits.
The primer defines operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT), and shows how they are converging and why. It defines IoT technologies and suggests 3 steps you can take to develop an effective and profitable IoT strategy.
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Successful industrial internet of things (IIoT) applications send data from systems that monitor and control the physical world to information technology (IT) data processing systems. There the data can be analyzed and the results used to improve business capabilities: better inventory management, better predictive maintenance, reduced asset downtime, and much more.
But to achieve these IIoT goals, we need to solve 3 problems: how to connect the physical world to the IT world, how to handle the huge masses of data that physical systems produce, and how to efficiently structure the IIoT.
This white paper explores these problems and how edge computing and architectural change can help solve them.
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The next industrial revolution, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), is happening now. This white paper summarizes the key IIoT trends from 2016, with predictions and recommendations for 2017 on:
- IIoT challenges still to be met
- Standards and architectures that work well for the IIoT
- Platforms to watch; their strengths and weaknesses
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The country of Jordan, with few oil resources, imports 96% of its energy needs from neighboring Middle Eastern countries. Starting in 2007, the Jordanian government committed to investing heavily in renewable and nuclear energy.
One of the universities leading the adoption of renewable energy technology is Hashemite University (HU) in Zarqa. This case study shows how FB Group in Amman designed and built a solar farm with enough photovoltaic (PV) capacity to power the entire university.
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Smaller water and wastewater treatment districts often have difficulty funding SCADA systems to monitor their operations as required. In addition, remote and rural equipment sites are much more difficult to connect. Wireless communication can fail due to terrain, while cellular communication can be cost prohibitive.
Recognizing the needs of smaller water and wastewater treatment plant operators, systems integrator Perceptive Controls decided to develop a cloud-based SCADA system to reduce costs and provide operators with the data they need.
Read about the problems involved in building the system and the ways Perceptive Controls approached solutions in this application brief.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation constructs dams, power plants, and canals, and delivers water to more than 31 million Americans. The Bureau also operates the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT), which drains off and treats water from the local mining district so it can be safely discharged into
the Arkansas River.
At the LMDT, the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System is used to monitor water levels, remove metals, adjust the water’s pH, reduce water turbidity, and otherwise treat the water before releasing it—cleaner even than everyday drinking water. More than 2500 I/O points are monitored, controlled, and alarmed.
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Systems integrator Automated Interface Solutions (AIS) used the SNAP PAC System to solve a problem for one of its large customers, a manufacturer of polypropylene film.
Part of the company’s manufacturing process used older Measurex and Foxboro systems, tied by custom software to an Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® PLC. Parts were becoming difficult to get and the custom software was expensive to change.
AIS installed the SNAP PAC System to replace the older hardware. Opto 22 PACs communicate natively with Allen-Bradley PLCs using the EtherNet/IP protocol. AIS worked with its customer to define all of the process control data it wanted the A-B system to have access to, and then made that data available within the shared memory of the Opto 22 PACs.
In addition, the SNAP PAC System sends data via OPC to the company’s Wonderware® Intouch® HMI, which displays real-time information on scanners, indicates die bolt positions (on or off), roll lengths and averages, and other statistics. Data transfer is accomplished via OPC, and more than 6,400 I/O tags are passed through to the HMI without issue.
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What's in North Dakota that's as bright as the city of Chicago in the nighttime sky? It's flare gas from oil fields, a waste stream going up in smoke.
Pioneer Energy is changing that waste into resources, with their Mobile Alkane Gas Separator (MAGS). Mounted on a trailer, the complete system can be trucked to a well site, installed in 24 hours, and remotely monitored.
This case study explains how the system processes flare gas and how it is controlled and monitored.
Watch the video case study, too.
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Opto 22 announces strategic partnership with IBM and acceptance into the IBM Watson IoT partner ecosystem, providing developers a full stack end-to-end toolset for rapidly developing and deploying industrial IoT applications.
Automation manufacturer Opto 22 and information technology company IBM join forces to bridge the gap between existing industrial assets and infrastructure, and the digital world of mobile, cloud, and information technology.
Watch the video and see how to get started:
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This guide is for programmers who are writing custom applications to communicate with Opto 22 memory-mapped devices. These devices include SNAP PAC controllers and SNAP PAC EB and SB brains; G4EB2 brains; SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, and SNAP Simple I/O; E1 and E2 brain boards, and SNAP-LCE controllers.
The guide describes how to use the IEEE 1394-based OptoMMP memory-mapped protocol for programming. The guide also contains the complete memory map for all Opto 22 memory-mapped devices.
NOTE: This guide replaced previous individual programming guides for SNAP Ultimate I/O (form #1312) and SNAP Ethernet I/O (form #1227). This document was formerly called the "SNAP Ethernet-Based I/O Units Protocols and Programming Guide."
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If you've heard about our Opto 22 SNAP PACs with their built-in RESTful API (application program interface), you may be wondering how you'd use that API to send real-world data to the IBM® Watson IoT® platform.
This technical note shows you how, step by step.
This technical note is also a blog post on our website.
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It is rarely necessary to update the loader in a SNAP PAC controller or brain, but if you need to, this document shows you how. If you have questions, contact Opto 22 Product Support.
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Several SNAP PAC controllers and brains contain a rechargeable backup battery. The battery recharges whenever the brain has power and retains data for an extended period of time with the power off.
You should never have to replace this battery, but if you do, this technical note shows you how.
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SNAP PAC controllers manufactured in November 2008 and later have a microSD
card slot in the top of the controller’s case.
Behavior for the microSD card has changed since the first release. This technical note describes behavior with controller firmware versions older than 9.0.
If you are running controller firmware 9.0 or newer, use instructions in the controller user’s guide; do not use this technical note.
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We’ve all heard about the Internet of Things (IoT) and its promises: bringing useful data directly to people who make business decisions, and enabling machines to communicate with each other and make decisions for human benefit.
But how does the IoT actually work? How does the data get from inside these machines to computer networks where we can use it?
This technical paper describes that pathway for IT (information technology) professionals, explaining how physical "things" communicate, what kinds of data in them might be useful, and the current barriers to getting that data—especially from existing sensors and devices that have no IoT capabilities built in.
The paper also describes a new method to cut through those barriers and achieve the IoT results you want now.
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We’ve all heard about the Internet of Things (IoT) and its promises: bringing useful data directly to people who make business decisions, and enabling machines to communicate with each other and make decisions for human benefit.
But how does the IoT actually work? How does the data get from inside these physical "things" to computer networks where it can be used?
This technical paper describes that pathway for OT (operational technology) professionals—automation professionals. It describes the kinds of data you may be asked to provide and why. It explains how data from physical "things"—especially existing sensors and actuators that have no IoT capabilities built in—can be securely communicated to company computer networks, without disturbing control networks.
The paper also explains concepts important to any IoT strategy, like encryption and authentication, and introduces a new method to achieve the IoT results you need now, without requiring a complex chain of conversion hardware and software.
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This document is the Legacy Edition of the PAC Manager User's Guide. It includes information about both SNAP PAC hardware and older hardware.
Use this guide if you are using any legacy hardware (SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, and SNAP Simple I/O, E1 and E2 brain boards) with PAC Manager.
If you are using SNAP PAC controllers and SNAP PAC brains only, use form #1704 instead of this guide.
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