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MOSAIC - IEC61131-3 compliant development environment with USB dongle for "small controllers" TECOMAT Foxtrot and TECOMAT Compact series. Extension for the next installation of the first MOSAIC Compact package.
Programming tool for TECOMAT PLC controllers. The integrated development environment MOSAIC is designated for application programming both of TECOMAT and TECOREG controllers (PLC). The environment of MOSAIC allows programming in the firm instruction language (mnemonic code), the systems with 32 bit processors (TECOMAT TC650, TC700 and Foxtrot) can be programmed also in the languages according to IEC EN 61131-3 (IL, ST, LD, FBD). MOSAIC development environment also comprises a number of tools, which facilitate the development and debugging of applications. The environment preserves the compatibility with the older DOS environment xPRO and allows working with source programs created in this environment. MOSAIC includes the same programming module as IDM parametrizing software for creating the CIB based BMS controll structures.
Features - Running under Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Support of programming in the languages according to IEC 61131-3: Structured Text (ST), Instruction List (IL), Ladder Diagram(LD) and Function Block Diagram (FBD)
- The IEC manager for graphics declaration of all elements of the PLC program - data types, variables, functional blocks and program units; possibility of declaration of user-specified libraries
- POU viewer - a tool for PLC program debugging, monitoring and display of the status of selected variables, it allows using of breakpoints
- PLC simulator - it allows debugging of programs without the necessity of the connection of real hardware, all types of TECOMAT and TECOREG PLCs can be simulated, also the RELIANCE visualisation software can be connected to the simulator and the entire application can be debugged on one PC
- PanelMaker - a tool for creation of the dialogs for operator panels ID-07, ID-08 and PLCs of series TC500 and TR200; the program for the panel is part of the program for the PLC
- PanelSim - this operator panel simulator allows testing of the dialogues created by PanelMaker without the necessity of the connection of a real panel, it works with both the real and simulated PLC
- PIDMaker - a tool for debugging and design of PID controllers, it offers a view of the control course and facilitates a correct setting of the controller parameters and generates the program code. The simulation of simple systems till the third order with transmission delay is part of the tool.
- GraphMaker - a tool for the support of debugging and diagnostics of the controlled system allows displaying of courses of selected variables offline also at the real time. Two tracing cursors and the adjustable sampling period allow data storage on the disk as well as the export to DB programs. Function of digital oscilloscope (16 channels) and logic analyser.
- PLC software configuration - a configuration tool allowing selection of PLC type and definition of the concrete system including parameter setting for particular modules. It also allows reading of the current configuration from the connected PLC.
- PLC network definition - the tool allows creating the connection among the PLCs within a project in a graphic form and defining of the connection of operator panels or external devices
- Project manager - comfortable project management, project archiving and backup
- hypertext and context-sensitive help comprises the entire documentation for the TECOMAT and TECOREG systems in the PDF format
On-line change of the PLC program The Mosaic development environment allows performing of on-line modifications of the PLC program without the necessity of control stop. This function requires the support from the CPU and concerns only the systems TECOMAT TC700 and TC650. Besides the changes to the control algorithm, it is possible to add and delete variables, change their data type, etc. The switching between the previous and the new program is very fast, typically less than a tenth of the time necessary for program processing. Together with the possibility to change the I/O modules of the pLC without control stop is the on-line modification of the program a very important condition to minimize losses arising by putting the control system out of operation for maintenance purposes of SW and PLC hardware.
Communication possibilities Mosaic allows communicating with the control system via
- serial line,
- Ethernet,
- USB.
The environment also includes the support for
- dial-up connection via phone or GSM modem
- Wi-Fi connection, that allow remote control.
For libraries see also Control Libraries for Mosaic and Libraries for programming Tecomat PLC according to IEC 61131-3
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