Control Programming

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PAC Control BasicPAC Control Basic Ref: PACCONTROLBAS
PAC Control uses a comprehensive, plain-English command set, which includes commands for analog process and digital sequential control, complex math, conditional branching, string handling, serial device control, PID loop control, data arrays, and other complex functions. PAC Control is based on flowcharts, which offer a more intuitive alternative to ladder logic programming, and it also offers an optional advanced scripting language similar to C or Pascal. PAC Control also includes subroutines and a graphical debugger.

The database of I/O points, variables, and other data elements you create in PAC Control becomes the single tagname database also used by other components of the PAC Project Software Suite. Because this database is automatically available in PAC Display HMI programming software, you save significant development time.

NOTE: If you need additional features, including network segmenting and a migration path for legacy Opto 22 hardware and software, see PAC Control Professsional. You can purchase PAC Control Professional as an individual application or as part of the PAC Project Professional Software Suite, which also includes software for HMI development, OPC communication, and database connectivity.


PAC Control ProPAC Control Pro Ref: PACCONTROLPRO
PAC Control uses a comprehensive, plain-English command set, which includes commands for analog process and digital sequential control, complex math, conditional branching, string handling, serial device control, PID loop control, data arrays, and other complex functions. PAC Control is based on flowcharts, which offer a more intuitive alternative to ladder logic programming, and it also offers an optional advanced scripting language similar to C or Pascal. PAC Control also includes subroutines and a graphical debugger.

The database of I/O points, variables, and other data elements you create in PAC Control becomes the single tagname database also used by other components of the PAC Project Software Suite. Because this database is automatically available in PAC Display HMI programming software, OptoOPCServer, and OptoDataLink, you save significant development time.

In addition, PAC Control Professional offers the following features:
The ability to create redundant Ethernet links or a segmented control network
Additional features in I/O units, such as ramping and pulse generation
Additional I/O-related data types in subroutines
A migration path for Opto 22 FactoryFloor customers, including support for serial-based mistic I/O units (requires SNAP PAC S-series controller) and a conversion utility to move legacy OptoControl 4.1 strategies to PAC Control
NOTE: If you don't need these additional features, see PAC Control Basic.

You can purchase PAC Control Professional as an individual application or as part of the PAC Project Professional Software Suite, which also includes software for HMI development, OPC communication, and database connectivity.


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