Cermate IIoT HMIs: IT400 Series

04/16/2021

Optimized OT/IT Integration Solution

In the IIoT trend, machines are asked to connect to a network, making Ethernet ports a "Must Have" specification for more machines. The engineering team's biggest challenge is finding an intelligent device to integrate different protocols and consolidate data from machines to the IT system or cloud. The best choice is to adopt an HMI with dual Ethernet ports to communicate with both the device and the network. IT400 series HMIs are equipped with Serial ports and dual Ethernet ports having different domain support for all mainstream protocols. Using IT400 series HMIs, OT data and IT systems integrate information perfectly without changing the current machines, making it easy for smart management.

Flexible Wireless Networking Expansion

Building a network is the engineering team's biggest headache since it takes much time and money to construct network wiring or build a network in an area without a network signal. Network wiring is complicated when machines have to shut down, change location, and adjust the current manufacturing site layout, impacting all production. IT400 series HMI supports expandable 4G/WiFi wireless communication modules. 4G communication makes the data collecting range more expansive, and it is the best solution for an area that cannot build a wired network. WiFi communication can be used on the Intranet and Internet; it allows secure data transmission using the Intranet with convenient Internet networking. Expandable wireless communication is cost-saving with an easy connection to the network.

Exchange Data for a Few Systems

Unique Feature in Data Exchange:

Exchange to another Network Are you still fighting with expensive and difficult network routers? Does the PLC need to get data from another network? Throw it away; now, you can simply publish data between two different networks.

(support model: two Ethernet ports IT series panel)

Extention feature “COV”; The new “Change on value” feature

When the system contains too many devices in the old design, the constantly poll and respond data will cause the communication data overflow. Besides exchanging data, we also develop a way to keep the data safe. We can now use the panel in any massive node among PLC systems without communication data overflow or lose any data due to communication blockage with COV feature. In other words, the panel does not always have to continually poll all the nodes one by one because the COV feature will significantly reduce the communication flow.