August 12, 2009 - ScadaMobile is a native iPhone app provides access to variables (tags) and memory of programmable logic controllers (PLCs).Mobile phone users tend to quickly switch from one application to another and they expect quick launching times and immediate response. This is exactly where ScadaMobile fits.Performance is much better than any Web based solution and responsiveness is excellent. User experience is therefore better than any current web based system.
It can be used as a standalone solution or as a complement to existing remote access servers and it is extremely easy to set up by only exporting a file from the PLC programming tool and importing it back to the iPhone.
Key Features
ScadaMobile provides many possibilities designed to meet most PLC remote monitoring needs.
- Monitor (display and change) PLC variables (tags) through local or remote wireless access.
- Supported types are boolean, both signed and unsigned 16 and 32 bit integers, and 32 bit floating point.
- Optional automatic scaling of the variables being monitored (v2.0).
- Edition of variables directly from the iPhone application and the ability to import files created in Excel, Word or Open Office containing the specification of variables
- Access to files and settings via Web browser: Safari, Firefox or Microsoft Explorer.
- Highly optimized engine for communications with the PLC allowing a large number of variables (literally tens of thousands) with a minimum of network traffic.
- Ability to set various access levels with password to prevent accidental modification of variables or display of sensible data.
- Monitor all areas of memory including: IO bit, IO channel, DM area, Work Bit, Work Channel, Timer/Counter area, HR Bit, HR Channel, EM area, and AR area.
- Supports all CJ1 and CS1 series PLCs, as well as most older models with TCP / IP connection.
- Supported CX-Programmer-generated 'cxr' files for direct import of selected variables without any additional step.
Specific support for OMRON PLCs
ScadaMobile is available for OMRON programmable logic controllers, for which includes the following additional features.
Other Features
ScadaMobile connects directly to the PLC without routing through servers or personal computers, using a direct TCP/IP link between the iPhone and the PLC, with minimal configuration.Security is guaranteed through extensive use of passwords and the encryption and tunneling options that the TCP/IP technology provides.The package contains "out of the box" several configuration file examples created in Microsoft Excel or CX-Programmer that can be used as templates for your own developments.