Process page of a fiber-optic tower, redrawn from the original screen Operator panel with the gas mimic for N2, SF6, HE, O2 and CL2, twenty valves, pressure and flow readings, X and Z axes, safety, furnace and the page column. The oxygen line is open. M1 Active recipe: Active phase: - Process start: Process end: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Calibration Out In N2 SF6 HE O2 CL2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 PIA 1 (bar) Act 0.00 PIA 2 (bar) Act 0.00 PIA 3 (bar) Act 0.00 PIA 4 (bar) Act 0.00 PIA 5 (bar) Act 0.00 ROTA 1 (l/m) Act 0.00 MFC 2 (slm) Sp 0.00 Act 0.00 % 0.00 MFC 2 (slm) Sp 0.00 Act 0.00 % 0.00 MFC 3 (slm) Sp 0.00 Act 0.00 % 0.00 MFC 4 (slm) Sp 0.00 Act 0.00 % 0.00 MFC 5 (slm) Sp 0.00 Act 0.00 % 0.00 Scrubber M U F F L E Legend NO valve NC valve X axis - Horizontal Home Zero spd mm/min 0.01 mm 230.00 Z axis - Vertical Home Zero spd mm/min 0.01 mm 290.04 Muffle rotation Zero spd rpm 0.00 Safety Upper floor doors Ground floor doors Z axis position X axis position Furnace Ready Closed Zone 1 (°C) 0.0 Zone 2 (°C) 0.0 Zone 3 (°C) 0.0 Z.low (°C) 0.0 X Z Operator User: 31/10/2018 16:26:23 M1 Active recipe: Active phase: - Process start: Process end: 01/01/1970 00:00:00 01/01/1970 00:00:00 Calibration Out In N2 SF6 HE O2 CL2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 PIA 1 (bar) PIA 2 (bar) PIA 3 (bar) PIA 4 (bar) PIA 5 (bar) ROTA 1 (l/m) MFC 2 (slm) MFC 2 (slm) MFC 3 (slm) MFC 4 (slm) MFC 5 (slm) Scrubber M U F F L E Legend NO valve NC valve X axis - Horizontal Home Zero spd Z axis - Vertical Home Zero spd Muffle rotation Zero spd Safety Upper floor doors Ground floor doors Z axis position X axis position Furnace Ready Closed X Z Operator User: 31/10/2018 16:26:23

Process page of a fiber-optic tower · redrawn from the original screen

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The product

One screen.
Three layers deep.

What the operator touches is the surface. Underneath are the states the PLC controls and the values coming in from the machine.

  • 30 values

    Pressures in bar, flows in slm, axis positions in mm, furnace temperatures. They come from the field and show up where they’re needed.

  • 31 states

    Twenty valves, the doors, the axis positions, the furnace ready and closed. Behind every light is a condition written into the PLC.

  • 1 screen

    The process drawn the way the plant is built: recipe and active phase up top, the other screens one tap away on the right. Here the oxygen line is open, and it shows.

The same screen as the opening, split into its three layers

Machine-mounted operator panel with the alarm history screen open.
The alarm history of the same tower, on the machine-mounted panel

Diagnostics

When it stops,
it tells you where.

A useful alarm doesn’t just say something is wrong. It says what, where on the machine and when. Whoever shows up already knows where to start.

  • Date 05/01/2012
  • Status In-Out

Warning panel door ground floor

  • What a control panel door, open
  • Where the ground floor, not the upper one

From the alarm history in the photo, translated from Italian

In the field

Every machine gets its own screen.

From the ship to the shop-floor line, in the language of whoever runs it. All written by us.

  1. HMI process screen with the gas mimic, numbered valves, machine axes and safety devices.

    Fiber-optic tower

    The original screen

    The one redrawn at the top of this page: gases, valves, axes and safety in a single view.

    The project
  2. Control console with a Siemens operator panel and push-button station in front of an industrial platform.

    Redundant platform

    Controls in two languages

    Control screen and push-button station in Finnish and English, on a Siemens panel.

  3. Schneider Magelis panel showing the mimic of the cable carousel on the Ulisse vessel.

    Ulisse vessel · Prysmian

    The cable carousel

    Motor speeds, brakes and torques in a single view, on a Schneider Magelis panel.

    The project
  4. Siemens operator panel with a process mimic, mounted on the side of a machine.

    On the machine

    The mimic right where you work

    The screen with the physical controls just below: you look and act in the same spot.

  5. Back of the operator panel in its enclosure: network cable, relays and terminal block.

    Fiber-optic towers

    Behind the panel

    The network cable to the PLC, with relays and terminal block in the same enclosure.

    The project
  6. The next one is yours.

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Platforms
Siemens, Rockwell, Schneider/Modicon.
Networks
ProfiNet, ProfiBus, Ethernet/IP, DeviceNet.
Supervision
SCADA, trends and data logging, when needed.

The service

The software doesn’t end
when the machine starts.

What comes with the program, and doesn’t show up on any screen.

The process screen on the machine-mounted panel.
On the machineWhat the operator sees
The same process screen, seen by D&D over remote support.
Here in MeseroThe same screen, at the same moment

Remote support

We look at your machine without getting on a plane.

If the plant has secure, authorized access set up, we connect from here: diagnostics, alarm review, parameter checks, backups and low-risk changes, without waiting for anyone to travel.

  • Warranty

    The software we deliver is under warranty.

    We know what we wrote for you, and we stand behind it.

  • 12 months

    The first year of support is free.

    Call whenever you need to, without wondering what the question will cost.

  • Always

    We always answer.

    Every day, for everyone who bought from us. +39 02 97289083

The first step

Snap a photo of your panel.
We’ll tell you what’s possible.

One photo of the screen, one of the control panel. The PLC brand, if you know it. That’s enough to see what we can work on.

An engineer reviews them, and the first reply comes within 1–2 business days.

Already running our software? Call +39 02 97289083 or email info@dedautomazione.it.