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  • Cara Bereck Levy

    UniCloud: not just for Unitronics! Affordable, Do-It-Yourself IIoT for ANY Device!

    By Cara Bereck Levy

    Hi people! The team has been hard at work—and here is the result: now, you can easily integrate any PLC—or other devices that talk MODBUS, such as sensors—into UniCloud.  Our safe, secure, sophisticated IIoT platform is now available to any machine, process, or application—whether based on Unitronics' products or not—that connects to UniCloud via Unitronics’ UCR routers. People, I want to tell you that in the world of IIoT, UniCloud is a total game-changer. IIoT Cloud platform impleme
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  • Cara Bereck Levy

    Loadcell! BACnet IP server! UniLogic Spring 2020 Release!

    By Cara Bereck Levy

    Hi people! Unitronics Spring 2020 release introduces a powerful feature—UniStream controllers can now function as BACnet IP Servers. Particularly valuable for Unitronics users who are active in Building Automation and Environmental Control, UniStream BACnet Server supports a broad range of Services, Objects, and Tasks—we invite you to activate the trial license to check it out! This new release increases your project reach with: New Ethernet-based URB Components: - I/O Modules: L
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  • Cara Bereck Levy

    Forum Mod. Joe T. in CE - and Wanted: Legacy Apps!

    By Cara Bereck Levy

    Joe Tauser - if you've spent 5 minutes on this forum,  you know Joe as a forum moderator, expert in all things Unitronics. If you have ever asked for help, you have probably benefited from his broad knowledge of control engineering. Joe offered some good, cautionary advice for those implementing IoT in their applications that appears in the May edition of Control Engineering, European edition,  in  an article on machine control technology developments, spotlight on IIOT,  Click here to
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  • Cara Bereck Levy

    New Application Stories: Motion, Pump Control, Packaging, Breweries! 

    By Cara Bereck Levy

    One Integrated Solution in Action: New Application Success Stories! Motion, Pump Control, Packaging, Breweries!  We love seeing the innovative ways that members of the Unitronics community succeed - and we think that you will too! And now:  Drum roll! Presenting great, new Application Success Stories showcasing Unitronics One Integrated Solution for PLC, HMI, VFD and Servo!   Motion Control: Unitronics PLCs & Servos Precisely Position Punch Press
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  • Cara Bereck Levy

    UniStream PLC--the PLC with Virtual HMI

    By Cara Bereck Levy

    Hi people! Our newest product was developed in answer to customers who needed UniStream performance--but who do not require an integrated HMI panel. >drum roll< Meet the UniStream PLC   This unique PLC,  unlike other UniStream controllers, does not have an integrated HMI panel--however,  it supports HMI applications just like any other UniStream. The secret is Virtual HMI. This means that you can mount the controller on a DIN rail in a cabinet, and access it from: any
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Retrofit Article Featuring SAMBA - IEN Magazine

Last month, I blogged about recent Application Stories. One was a retrofit application - a rice-filling machine - done by Imapsa Automation of Guatemala and Honduras. The story was picked up by IEN. You can find it featured on page 22. Hat-tip to Ober Yela (HighTech on the forum) for collaborating on the application story with us! Remember, guys - if you have an interesting application, we'd love to hear about it http://digital.ien.eu/digitalMagazine?issue_id=573 Imapsa also posted sh

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

NEW!!! UniLogic 1.12.20

All-in-One HMI + PLC programming software, UniLogic™ version 1.12.20, introduces features and enhancements that extend the application reach of UniStream™, Unitronics’ award-winning All-in-One HMI + PLC controller. Machine builders can now display streaming video via an Ethernet networked camera using the RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol, enabling users to easily integrate a network camera and display its video stream output on the elegant UniStream HMI panel. SNMP (Simple Network Manage

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

Unitronics OPLC training 2015 Jazz, Vision and Unistream

Our 2015 training schedule is available on line. Or contact us direct to fast track your project with our dedicated engineers. Ideal if you already know PLC programming and want to save programming time and hardware costs. Free training for ALL new customers. http://www.i4automation.co.uk/training2.aspx

i4 Automation

i4 Automation

Go Wide—Meet the NEW Vision430™

The award-winning Vision controller series welcomes its newest member—the Vision430™. The beautiful, wide 4.3" built-in color touchscreen brings added value to any application that requires a compact PLC controller with onboard I/Os. The touchscreen and five function keys are housed in a flat fascia with an IP66/IP65/NEMA4X rating—a fine fit for the food and pharmaceutical industries. Each Vision430™model offers a unique onboard I/O configuration that can include digital, high-speed, and analog

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

Job Board - a new Forum Section!

Hi guys! We know that people sometimes use the forum to find Unitronics programmers, and that programmers have on occasion contacted members who they believe may require automation project services. This is why we have added a new section to the forum: the Job Board. We hope this will make it easier for people within the Unitronics Community to locate each other. The Job Board is located here: http://forum.unitronics.com/index.php?/forum/71-job-board/ Please note: **Disclaimer: Unitronics

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

From the Field: Application Stories

Oil recycling, textiles, retrofits in the printing and packaging industries - here are some of the latest application stories submitted by Unitronics customers . Read, watch, and enjoy! Company: Aaron Oil Company Inc., USA Sector: Oil Recycling and Petroleum-Based Hydrocarbon Reclamation PLC + HMI Controller: Vision560™ + V200-18-E6B Snap-on I/O module Aaron Oil needed to track the amounts—and analyze the type—of liquid pumped through a collection truck during loading. They also needed to

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

New Product Roundup - have you met them all?

Hello everybody! In addition to the UniStream products I blogged about recently, there are other great, new products now available from your local Unitronics' distributor. A picture paints a thousand words--so, look below Remember that you will need to update your software and firmware in order to support these powerful additions to your application range. New Product List UIS-08TC: 8 Thermocouple inputs, standard size Uni-I/O Module ​Wide Uni-I/O modules - UID-W1616T - 6 isolated pnp

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

UniStream Modular HMI + PLC Controllers: the Latest and Greatest!

Here is a quick recap of the latest and greatest updates to our UniStream controller line. We’ve rounded out the HMI panel offerings with a big, beautiful 15.6” screen, added ‘wide’ I/O modules, and boosted your potential application range with a new thermocouple I/O module. There are some incredibly cool features now available: a powerful, embedded Web Server together with a drag & drop web page editor, CAN Layer 2, UniCAN, a built-in CANbus sniffer, and a UniBACnet Configurator. UniLog

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

Unitronics Developers' Market: 3rd-Party Apps & Images from our User Community

With millions of products installed worldwide, hundreds of thousands of installations, and a vibrant user forum, we decided that establishing a Developers' Market would be a highly effective way to enable individual users to impact the Unitronics' community. To purchase applications such as Virtual PLC Simulator for PC, UniGo SCADA for Android mobile, or marvelous graphics for HMI applications, you simply create a secure account in our on-line store located at http://www.plc-apps.com. If you a

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

Unitronics Vision software Training

Come and join us for a two day training course designed for you to get the most out of the free Vision software. July 22 2014 & July 23 2014 Limited places avalible so please contact us first.

i4 Automation

i4 Automation

Samba - featured in CAN Newsletter Online

I am proud to report that our new Samba controller was reviewed in the CAN Newsletter!!!! Here is the article: http://www.can-newsletter.org/hardware/host-interfaces/140617_palm-sized-all-in-one-device_unitronics/ Palm-sized all-in-one device Published 2014-06-17 The Samba 3,5-inch touchscreen with an integrated programmable logic controller (PLC) by Unitronics (Israel) supports CANopen and J1939. It measures 109 mm x 114,1 mm x 59,6 mm and weighs 205 g. The all-in-one device supports up t

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

An invitation to suggest ideas for new UDFB's

Hi all, This is an open invitation for you to suggest new ideas and thoughts for Unilogic UDFB's. It is very important for us to keep track of our customers needs. As part of this agenda we want to create and develop useful tools for your benefit. These UDFB's will be attached to the next releases of Unilogic. Please feel free to suggest any idea that seems useful. Thank you

Eyal Koren

Eyal Koren

If Budget = Text Display, Try SAMBA™

Samba™ is an all-in-one palm-sized HMI + PLC + onboard I/Os. As a trendsetter in the field of all-in-one PLC + HMI integrated controllers, Unitronics has specifically developed Samba for applications that require PLC control, but that are limited by budget to simple text displays. System integrators and OEMs often develop applications that require PLC control, but that settle on simple text displays due to limited budget. Samba's beautiful HMI 3.5” QVGA 16-bit touchscreen enables data entry

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

Come and see for yourself....

We will be exhibiting at the NEC in Birmingham (UK) 8, 9,& 10 April. Fluid Power & Systems 2014 is the only event in the UK that is 100 per cent focused on a comprehensive range of hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, together with products that facilitate better electromechanical system design and application for improved process automation, control and monitoring. Co-location The new show will also be co-located with a series of FREE highly complementary exhibitions: European Offshore

i4 Automation

i4 Automation

2014 Course dates

If you are looking to use your first PLC or you are “power“ users (with extensive PLC programming experience) we have a range of products and a training course to meet your needs. We hold regular training course at our office and can also come to you and train your team. Give us a call for more information. 01 480 395 256 (UK) Or download the 2014 training schedule. http://www.i4automation.co.uk/unitronicspdf/trainingschedule2014.pdf

i4 Automation

i4 Automation

News, news, news: Engineer's Choice nomination, Webinars and more :-)

I've got some great news to share with you! Unitronics is proud to announce that UniStream has been nominated in Control Engineering's Engineer's Choice awards, in the category of Hardware: Integrated HMI Controllers. The Engineers' Choice Awards includes 29 categories of control, instrumentation, and automation products, revealing the best as chosen by Control Engineering's print and digital audience. If you would like to cast your vote, go to: http://ocreg.controleng.com/onecount/flex

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

UniStream and UniLogic--New Training Video

Just a quick post to remind you of the UniStream and UniLogic training videos. The newest addition is Languages--invest less than 5 minutes of your viewing time, learn you how to enable your users to switch the HMI display language by touching an HMI screen element.

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

**NEW RELEASE*** The UniStream Control Platform: All-in-One. Modular. Scalable.

Unitronics is proud to introduce the UniStream™ control platform, quality products that are the result of over 20 years of experience in PLC development combined with the strongest trends in automation today. UniStream brings you--and your customers--major benefits: Cut Programming Time by 50% UniLogic™ studio software means you ‘write-it-once’, creating code structures that can be used across projects. Save Time on System Design Easy hardware configuration process, plus effortless commun

Cara Bereck Levy

Cara Bereck Levy

Don’t reinvent the wheel!

When you install the Unitronics programming software this includes a comprehensive set of example programs covering all aspects of Vision and U90 Ladder functions. These example programs can be opened by selecting Help > Examples from the Visilogic or U90 Ladder software. The examples split into two general areas, those which demonstrate how to use the PLC functions, such as maths or comparisons, and those which show how to configure applications, such as sending SMS messages or logging da

i4 Automation

i4 Automation

Connecting Profibus to Modbus is easy…

You can easily add a Profibus card to all V350 and V130 units making them an ideal gateway between Profibus and Modbus or one of the other popular networks that are available. For the price of a gateway device you get a PLC and a display. More information on our main website. And if need further assistance then you can always ask us!

i4 Automation

i4 Automation

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