Easy Electronics xLogic Micro PLC - Chapter 1 General Introduction to Xlogic; Overview; Highlight Feature

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Chapter1GeneralIntroductiontoxLogic
1.1Overview
xLogicisauniversallogicmodulemadebyEasy.
xLogic,acompact,expandableCPUthatcanreplaceminiPLC,multipletimers,relaysandcounters,
Splittingthedifferencebetweenatimingrelayandalow-endPLC,EachCPUhousesareal-timeclock
andcalendar,andsupportsoptionalexpansionI/Omodulestoenhanceyourcontrolandmonitoring
applications.Dataadjustmentscanbedoneviatheon-boardkeypadandLCDdisplay,orwithxLogicsoft.
ItcanbeeitherDIN-railorpanelmounted,dependingupontheneedsofyourapplication,anditis
availablein120V/240Vacaswellas12Vand24Vdcversions,anditistheidealsolutionforrelay
replacementapplications,simplecontrolapplicationssuchasbuildingandparkinglotlighting,managing
automaticlighting,accesscontrol,wateringsystems,pumpcontrol,orventilationsystemsinfactory,and
homeautomationandapplicationsinwhichcostisaprimarydesignissue.
1.2Highlightfeature
l 4-lines,10-charactersperline,backlightdisplay(16-charactersperlineforELC-22/26CPU).
l MultiplevaluedisplayandinputviakeypadandLCDdisplay.
l Key-panelprogrammingfeature(optional)
l FunctionBlockDiagram
l StandardModbusRTU/ASCII/TCPcommunicationprotocolsupported.
l It’soptionalforxLogictoactasslaveormasterincertainModbusRTUcommunicationnetwork.
l CANBUSprotocolbasedexpansionmodules(ELC-18/22/26seriesCPU)
l Expandableupto9linkedIOexpansionmodulesreaching162I/Opointsinmaximum
l 1RS232portand2RS485portsbuilt-in(merelyappliedtostandardELC-12Series);1RS232port
and1RS485portbuilt-in(merelyappliedtoELC-18Series)
l OptionalEthernetconnectivity
l SMS/GSMmoduleforremotecontrol,monitoringandalarm
l MultiplechannelsanaloginputsavailablewithDC0-10Vsignal,PT100signal&0/4….20mA.
l DefaultRealTimeClock(RTC)andsummer/wintertimerisavailable