Phoenixville, PA -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/10/2010 -- The better the information plant personnel have regarding operations, the greater the ability to manage costs, output, quality, and ultimately – profitability. Some of the most valuable data lies within the programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that automate assembly lines. Manufacturers typically deploy PLCs machine-by-machine, however, accessing that data can be a real challenge.

Developing automation and control projects for Allen-Bradley MicroABLINK, SLC and PLC-5 programmable ABLINK controllers in a team environment is now made easy with NET.ABLINK Developer Team Edition. With all the features of NET.ABLINK Developer Edition, the Team Edition is the most cost-effective solution for multiple developers in your organization.

Each member of the team receives the following:

Immediate electronic software delivery
2 - NET.ABLINK Activation Codes
Immediate online software registration and activation
Unlimited runtime distribution and deployments
12 months of product support and software updates

Recognizing the growing importance of this data, manufacturers are looking to integrate plant floor operations with enterprise applications; PLC vendors have been offering solutions to improve communications with their devices. Rockwell Automation, a world leading manufacturer of PLCs, offers its customers a software connectivity solution built on the Object Linking and Embedding for Process Control (OPC) standard to enable connectivity between human machine interface (HMI) software packages and Allen Bradley PLCs. One OPC connectivity solution, which Rockwell Software offers is its RSLinx software. The RSLinx connector is an OPC Data Access 2.0 compliant server that provides communication services for Rockwell Automation’s Allen-Bradley brand of PLCs.

The INGEAR.NET software from CimQuest is a set of runtime free class libraries that simplify building, developing, and deploying connected systems for manufacturing applications using Visual Basic or Visual Studio .NET. It uses only three primary classes of .NET code:

- one of which manages the PLC,
- one manages the data that are read from or written to that PLC,
- one manages groupings of methods, properties, and events to optimize read/write operations on a collection.

This simple programming model by CimQuest InGear contributes to faster response times and ease of use and ultimately – profitability.

CimQuest INGEAR
http://www.ingeardrivers.com
Chuck Karwoski
plc.net@ingeardrivers.com
Toll Free: 1.866.935.7979 | Telephone: 1.610.935.8282