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Roadmap 2017! Roundup 2016!

Cara Bereck Levy

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Hello - welcome back! The holidays are over, the New Year is here.
Here at Unitronics headquarters, we are at work, setting up our development Road Map for 2017.

As Unitronics users, you know that we pride ourselves on listening to our user community.

And so, we ask you:

What would you like Unitronics to develop in 2017?
You can post suggestions to this blog, PM me, or email me at cara.levy@unitronics.com.

Here is a summary of Unitronics major developments in 2016, many of which were the results of user requests – so, without further ado, I hereby present:

The 2016 Unitronics Roundup!

First, Hardware:

New Samba models

Samba now offers the TA22 configuration in 3.5", 4.3", and 7" screen sizes.

·        SM35/SM43/SM70 J-TA22 comprise 12 digital inputs, configurable as 1 hsc/shaft-encoder, 2 analog/digital, 2 thermocouple / pt100 inputs, and 8 pnp plus 2 analog outputs.

·        SM70-J-RA22 offers a 7" screen and the same inputs as the TA22; the outputs comprise 4 relay and 4 npn outputs.

New Jazz models

·        JZ20-T20HS offers 6 digital, 2 analog/digital, 2 analog, 3 high-speed inputs, and 8 transistor, plus 5 high-speed outputs supporting PWM via hardware configuration.

·        JZ20-R16HS offers the same inputs, plus 6 Relay Outputs.

UniStream additions

UniStream welcomed new I/O Modules:

·        UIS-WCB2 Wide I/O comprises two temperature and 2 analog inputs, 2 analog outputs, and 10 digital inputs, 10 digital pnp outputs including 2 high-speed outputs.

·        Slim temp module UIS-4PTKN Comprising 4 RTD inputs that support PT1000/NI1000.

KNX connector

UniStream supports a KNX to MODBUS Gateway device, available as GW-KNX1.

 

 

 

Our Remote Operator mobile app for the Vision™ and Samba™ series, a major user request, was released in 2016—here are links for Apple and Android:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unitronics-remote-operator/id1063107386?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unitronics.remoteoperator&hl=en

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some of the features we added to UniLogic in 2016:

 

User Access Control (UAC)
Security

UAC enables you to require users to log in via the HMI application, and restrict access to HMI elements, including whether an element is visible or enabled.

SQL Connectivity

·        Access SQL databases via IP address or Hostname

·        Build SQL Queries and execute them via Ladder functions

·        Connect Data Tables to SQL databases and transfer data

HMI Screen to Web Page

Click to convert existing HMI Screens to Web Pages.

Reusable HMI Custom Controls

Create your reusable HMI Custom Control, drag and drop it from the Solution Explorer, export/import it between projects, and add it to the Library.

Hardware Interrupt: UID-0808THS

A new Scenario, Measure Length, supported by the UID-0808THS module, allows you to implement length measurement via hardware-based interrupt.

HMI File Selector Browser

Enable your operator to select files from an SD/DOK/memory stick, store the Path and Name of the selected file in a Data Tag.

Video Streaming Widget: RSTP

Allows you to provide the RSTP url in the format required by your particular application and device.

HMI Indirect Images

Display indirect images hosted on the SD card or DOK.

HMI Trends: FIFO

Display a Trend as Standard or FIFO.

HMI email Configuration Widget

Your users can add recipients in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields of an e-mail via the HMI keyboard.

Web Server –  new features

·        Trends: view Trend graphs via web browser.

·        mailto fields, and a new widget enable your users to add recipients in the To, Cc, and Bcc fields of an e-mail via the HMI keyboard.

·        A new Web Data Tables Widget allows a user to view, edit, and enter data via web browser.

Print to pdf

The Tools tab on the UniLogic ribbon offers Print Project, enabling you to print your Hardware Configuration and Ladder Modules.

Data Tables

·        New Functions: Convert .CSV to UDTF, UDTF Count counts number of columns and rows

·        email .csv files as attachments.

MODBUS

You can now run Modbus via Serial COM Module/USB ports

Ethernet/IP

·        Explicit Messages support for both Scanner and Adapter in addition to I/O (Implicit) messaging.

·        Scanner Node support doubled, from 16 to 32.

DNS Resolver

Ladder Function: resolves a server IP address from its host name.

UID-0808T
Advanced Functions

New functions for counters, Immediate Reset + new Scenarios

UniLogic
Advanced Layout

Pin/unpin, undock and float pane options. If you use two monitors, float panes onto different monitor screens.

USB keyboard support

Just plug a keyboard into the UniStream USB port.

Alarms - Additions

·        Language Localization for French, Russian, Polish, Finnish and Czech.

·        Alarm History Widget

 

 

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max_145

Great work Unitronics team!!!

Some ideas from my personal wishlist:

Samba:

  • more  models of the new Samba plc (different IO configurations) or the possibility to add local IO expansions

Unistream:

  • The possibility to write UDFB in structured text
  • add the support for more than only one Long range extension kit
  • Visualization: add a possibility to display moving objects
    e.g. a user defined picture in a slider would be more comfortable, instead of using "list of images" to display a moving object
  • more than one display per project. With different size and different vizualisations
  • User defined styles for HMI controls (e.g. Tanks, Sliders, Bars, Trends, ....... )

BR

Markus

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Cara Bereck Levy
On 1/19/2017 at 0:11 PM, max_145 said:

Unistream:

  • User defined styles for HMI controls (e.g. Tanks, Sliders, Bars, Trends, ....... )

 

Thanks Marcus! 
Question: do you mean like a template style, so that anytime you used a tank it would have the same fill color?

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max_145

Hi Cara,

I mean to add my own styles to the pre-defined styles. 

E.g. when I want to use a tank i have pre-defined styles (tank1, tank2 , with and without ladder,.... ). But there is no possiblity to change the tank picture to my own one.
I know changing the fillcolour is possible by using customized HMI-themes....... 

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hotwires

I implore your team to bring the MODBUS mixed R/W function (currently exclusive to the Vision line) to UniLogic. This is an awesome and exclusive feature Unitronics has offered and should be carried on in the UniStream line. As an intergrator who uses RS-232 radio/data modems in SCADA systems this feature offers great simplication of bidirectional I/O exchanges in a single data handshake. This cuts the RF airtime in half. Also miss the drum sequencer found in Visi but not UniLogic. Also would love to see the help files with examples completed in Unilogic. hope it's not to late to make the "roadmap 2017". Kudos. 

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