Visualizing automation solutions intuitively

The machine visualization ProVisIT stands out for its easy and intuitive usage and its powerful object dynamization. The possibility of instantiating objects several times allows the most effective way of working.

The status quo...

Many mechanical engineers have now resorted to programming machine visualizations in Visual Basic. The reason: The visualization systems available at the market today have mostly been developed for process visualization. Often, they are difficult to adapt to the requirements of the mechanical engineers with regard to functionality and license costs. Visual Basic may not incur any license costs and it enables access to the world of Windows, however, considering the total development costs, starting with the OPC Client for interconnecting the PLC, including user interface programming, the implementation of machine-specific know-how and maintenance and adaptation of the visualization to customer-specific changes on-site, the question arises whether this really is a cost-effective solution.

Another decisive factor: Automation projects are getting more and more complex. This fact requires the usage of software tools which support the trend towards decentralized control concepts and modular mechanical engineering. Functionality is no longer the only decisive criterion when choosing a visualization software. Integration and availability on the most diverse hardware platforms are rather significant today.

... and the solution: ProVisIT

ProVisIT at a glance: Cost-effective, fast and multifunctional

Supporting Windows® CE devices

Projects that were created in the Windows^® NT/2000/XP development environment can be loaded onto a CE device and executed there. For this purpose, copy, start and stop functions are available in the development system for synchronization of the project data.