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Polymath: freedom of communication
Remote control
Today, thanks to PC Remote Access, having all your production plants
constantly under control without geographical constraints and in a
completely safe environment is possible. With this application, all you need
is an internet connection to monitor every industrial plant in real-time,
with no limitation and from anywhere in the world. Malfunctions and
temporary unavailability may cause serious production losses: this solution provided by ESA allows you to remotely carryout
maintenance operations or x possible malfunctions, thus preventing unnecessary trips and wasting time. With PC
Remote Access you can use any PC to connect to your plant and interact as if you were actually in front of the operator
panel. You can also, for example, monitor several production sites and view trends, production data, alarms, load and
amend recipes, run scripts, view feeds from video cameras connected to the panel and much more. VPN (Virtual Private
Network), corporate LANs and Web connections are fully supported, allowing PC Remote Access to be used in any situation,
meeting any requirement.
ESA offers three different models to meet any communication requirement:
• PC-USB SP: serial version with RS232/RS485 interface towards the eld supporting all the serial drivers in Polymath
and Siemens MPI (both at the speed of 187,500 KBit/s and 1.5Mbit/s)
• PC-USB DP: version supporting Probus DP
• PC-USB CAN: version supporting CANOpen and Devicenet protocols
Unlimited connectivity: Polymath PC Machine Edition allows you to remotely verify the correct operation of a system by
means of a simple internet connection, thanks to a tried and tested system compatible with corporate rewalls.
Ethernet protocols are managed directly through the serial port found on any PC, while for other types of protocols,
special adapters are available. ESA expansion cards are eld interfaces equipped with a dedicated microprocessor, which
fully and autonomously manage communication, thus relieving the PC from that task and ensuring that communication
time with the various protocols is respected (even in real-time).
Remote supervision
Any project made in the Polymath Advanced development environment
can also be run on PC with Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP, Vista and
Seven, as well as on all ESA industrial PCs. With Polymath PC Machine
Edition, an ordinary computer becomes a powerful supervision and
control station, that can connect directly to the system and manage a
massive number of communication protocols, including Probus-DP,
CanOpen and DeviceNet.
Codes and descriptions
Codes and descriptions
PCMACHINEBASE Runtime Polymath License without modules
PCUSBADP0SP2 External module to connect PC in RS232/485
PCUSBADP0CAN External module to connect PC in CAN/DeviceNet
PCUSBADP0DP External module to connect PC in Probus-DP
PCREMOTEACCESS PC Remote Access License
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