SoftFlow ™ 4.0 Standard Features

High-resolution graphics display with integrated touchscreen Soft Motion Controller with:

• up to 16 servo and virtual axes (user configurable)

• up to 8 Soft State Sequencers

• Soft PID controller with:

• 32 loops (user configurable)

• execution rates up to 500 updates per second per loop

• scalable feed forward for cascaded loop control

Soft PLC with:

• full-featured ladder editor and monitor with subroutine support

• programmable limit switch blocks for motion synchronized timing

• direct access to the servo motion control and status data values

• direct access to the status/recipe data values and PID control

• serial ports read and write access

• 256 Discrete inputs and outputs

• 48 Analog inputs/outputs

Soft State Sequencer that provides simple yet powerful interface to SERCOS for:

• power up management

• drive homing

• drive fault detection and recovery

• emergency stop action and recovery

• dynamic reconfiguration management for recipe-based changeovers

• easy to use start, stop and jog control

Integrated Recipe System with:

• storage for up to 100 recipes

100 user configurable recipe buttons with:

• configurable high and low entry limits

• configurable data type and scaling

• programmable button colors for up to 5 separate data value bands

• configurable run state sensitivity (prevent editing while machine is running)

• operator change logging with date, time, user name, old and new values

• TCP/IP connectivity for remote editing

Integrated Password Security system with:

• 6 user configurable security levels

• security administration tools for adding, removing or editing user data

• user configurable security levels for every button on every screen

• TCP/IP connectivity for remote administration

Integrated Alarm/Event messaging and logging system with:

• 150 User programmable messages

• user programmable logging of event categories with count and duration for each sequencer

• display of events in real time, by shift or 24 hour composite

• TCP/IP connectivity for remote logging

Integrated Operator Help system with:

• one-touch help for every button on every screen

• built-in user editing feature for customizing help text

Integrated Diagnostics tools including:

• updating digital/analog input and output display with forcing capability

• updating SERCOS motion diagnostics display

• built in Oscilloscope/Logic Analyzer and ladder logic monitor

• TCP/IP connectivity for remote diagnostics