OPENcontrol - Overview
OPENcontrol is a comprehensive product line for automation, consisting of a full range of
hardware and software solutions addressing the most diverse application requirements.
The central unit can be chosen within the complete OPENcontrol CNC family, where
several models of Numerical Controls are available according to machine requirements.
The CNC range starts from OPEN-XS, characterized by a compact design and a competitive
price/performance ratio, up to the powerful OPEN-XLi, designed to handle complete
manufacturing processes.
The advanced OPENcontrol software, designed to be applied in different industry sectors,
simplies the applications management in several technology markets, from Laser and
Plasma cutting to metal chip removal, as well as the advanced built-in software CNC
functions simplify panel and solid wood machining.
The OPENcontrol family includes:
Control Units acting as CNC, GMC or PLC
Operator Panels, Industrial Monitors
Modular I/O systems
Servo-drives and servo-motors
Industrial PCs
OSAI Numerical Controls are “modular units”
The OPENcontrol platform is a modular set of hardware and software elements, or
“building blocks”, which can be combined to suit every application requirement. This
design choice allows the system functionalities upgrade, adding new software or hardware
functions incrementally, with no need to change the system architecture.
Hardware scalability
Several interchangeable Control Units with different CPUs, ensure the appropriate
computational power required by the application.
Different CNC congurations allow the adoption of the best solution for the machine,
maintaining the same software:
• One single hardware module (CNC) where the real-time and the HMI components
coexist, both running on the same real time Operating System.
• Two independent hardware modules connected through network, one for real-time
(CNC) and the other (PC) for the remote Operator’s Interface.
• One single hardware module (CNC) where the real-time and the HMI run independently
on two separated Operating Systems. One dedicated to the real-time software, the
second to run the operator interface software (Dual Operating System).
All configurations can be further expanded, distributing the HMI software on more
stations (PCs) over the network.
OPENcontrol Technical overview
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