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Building HMI Applications in Visual Studio.NET Your Host Today: Mike Smith, Development Tools Product Manager

Building HMI Applications in Visual Studio.NET Agenda – 1 Hour  Reading / Writing PLC data using runtime free components  Displaying animated graphics using the Symbol Factory.NET library of 3600 industrial objects  Read data from OPC data sources  Trending data  Sending plotted data to a log file  Summary  Discussion, Questions & Answers

What are the Requirements?  Visual Studio.NET (2005 is used in this example). You can use C# or VB.  Components to communicate to your PLC.  Connecting directly to the PLC using the INGEAR.NET family of components.  Connecting to an OPC Server using the OPC Extender component.  EMD Virtual Keyboard for keyboard-less applications  Symbol Factory.NET to supply you with over 3,600 industrial symbols – each that can be animated.  Plot Pack.NET to display your trend data and to log the data. Visual Studio to 1-N Devices

INGEAR.NET Components for Visual Studio.NET  Supported on both Visual Studio 2003 and 2005  Makes DIRECT connections to the PLC.  Components available to connect to Allen-Bradley and GE Fanuc PLCs via Ethernet.  Easy to use.  No point count limits or other artificial limits.

OPC Extender.NET  Supported in Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and  Turn any.NET component into an OPC Client without writing any code.  Connects to any OPC Server (TOPServer, OmniServer, INGEAR, Kepware, Matrikon, etc.), which in turn talks to your PLC.

EMD Virtual Keyboard.NET  Supported in Visual Studio 2005  Set of on-screen keyboard components perfect for:  Industrial Operator/Machine Interfaces  Point of Sale applications  Information Kiosks  Multilingual keyboards  Easy to implement, easy to deploy

Symbol Factory.NET  Supported in Visual Studio 2003, 2005, and  Over 3,600 industrial graphics that can be animated.  Each graphic is a vector graphic – meaning it can scale up and down in size without loss in image quality.  Free tank cutaway control for showing tank fills.  Unlimited number of instances on a form.

Plot Pack.NET  Supported in Visual Studio 2003 and  Real-time plotting component perfect for trending data or scatter diagrams.  Unlimited number of channels. Mix and match trending data from different sources for maximum visual effect.  Visual layout can be changed at both Design and Run time.  Log incoming data to a log file.

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What Tools are Needed?  Runtime-free distribution rights.  Bundled solutions available containing:  INGEAR.NET direct connect components for Allen-Bradley and GE Fanuc PLCs  Two Allen-Bradley components and one GE Fanuc component available.  Developer Licenses: $999 US per component  OPC Extender.NET OPC Client components for connecting to OPC Servers - $1195 US  EMD Virtual Keyboard - $395 US  Symbol Factory.NET Industrial Graphics Component - $795 US  Plot Pack.NET Visual Trending component - $895 US

Contact Information & Other Learning Opportunities  Questions later?  Mike Smith   x 1328 or x1328  For More Information:  Visit our Visual Studio.NET HMI Information Web Page and download FREE demonstration packages of the products you’ve seen here:  Other learning opportunities:  Visit for a listing of other webinars.