ControlWave Micro PLC/RTU/PAC Hybrid Controller

ControlWave^®Micro
PLC/RTU/PAC Hybrid Controller

General Description

Hardware Features

Micro I/O

Specifications

Local Operator Interface

PLC/RTU Hybrid Controller

High Speed ARM 9 based processor

Very low power consumption

IEC 61131-3 with ACCOL 3

Multiple protocol support

One or two optional 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports

Up to eleven serial communication ports

Built-in Modem and Radio

On-board Alarm & Historical database

FTP servers

Wide temperature range (-40 to +70 deg C)

Class 1, Div. 2 Groups approved

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ControlWave Micro breaks the price/performance barrier for small to mid sized PLC/RTU products and adds significant scalability to the ControlWave family of Hybrid controllers. ControlWave Micro evolves the capabilities of the proven ControlWave into a lower priced, space efficient package required by small to mid- sized applications. ControlWave Micro offers rugged, long-term reliability, wide temperature operation for remote sites and very low power consumption for solar applications.

ControlWave Micro offers exceptional communication capability with up to eleven serial ports and one or two optional 10/100 Mb Ethernet I/P ports. Optional built-in spread spectrum radios and worldwide dial-line modems offer convenient integration and communication flexibility. ControlWave Micro facilitates communication with other devices through widely accepted networks such as TCP/IP Open Modbus, serial Modbus, DF1, CIP, HART and Foundation Fieldbus. For open access to most HMI products, Bristol offers a flexible, easy to implement OPC Server. And of course, ControlWave Micro comes with the popular Bristol BSAP protocol as a standard feature.

ControlWave Micro, through its modular architecture, meets the needs of a wide range of applications, from a compact, cost effective PLC and RTU, to a powerful plant process control system. For a simple RTU application, ControlWave Micro can be configured with two or six I/O slots in a panel mount base package. The RTUs CPU includes three serial communication ports and one optional built-in 100/10 Base-T Ethernet port.

ControlWave Designer programming software supports all five IEC 61131-3 programming languages and is enhanced with a powerful library of ACCOL III process control function blocks allowing the use of a single controller for logic, process control functions, measurement, calculations and data storage. Engineers can also develop their own reusable function blocks, further reducing engineering time and cost. These capabilities are further enhanced with time stamped alarming and historical archive storage within the PLC/RTU itself to provide maximum data integrity.