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WATER INDUSTRY REMOTE CONTROL MONITORING SYSTEMS
20 September 2004 - Omniflex
| Water industry remote control and monitoring systems with the Omniflex Maxiflex T2 CPUs, a remote terminal unit or programmable controller dedicated to data acquisition and telemetry applications. Water industry remote control and monitoring systems with Maxiflex remote terminal unit or programmable controller. |
Water industry remote control and monitoring systems with the Omniflex Maxiflex T2 CPUs, a remote terminal unit or programmable controller dedicated to data acquisition and telemetry applications. Water industry remote control and monitoring systems with Maxiflex remote terminal unit or programmable controller. Omniflex has a set of Maxiflex CPUs - the T2, dedicated to data acquisition and telemetry applications. They require no user programmes when used for data acquisition or telemetry application. Simply plug them in; connect field wiring and power up. All I/O is scanned automatically and I/O status assembled into Data Interchange Table. The CPUs however can be programmed for control as well. Other CPUs in the Maxiflex range offer IEC61131 programming with 6 languages standard and function blocks for PID suitable for dosing plant control. The telemetry functions run automatically and independently of the control application so SCADA systems can be acquiring data whilst control application are running. Maxiflex also supports remote programming service via IT communications networks. The system integrates the remote pump start/stop function with motor status feedback from pumps and level statuses directly to an annunciator panel.
No more hard wiring of panel indicator lamps for stop start run indication, all this can be displayed on the annunciator via a Modbus link. The telemetry aspect of the remote control can be implemented on copper cable (screened twisted pair - instrument cables) up to 10km from the control centre.
Radio systems can be used for wireless applications where cable infrastructure is non existent. GSM Networks can also be utilised with short message services being used for data transmission. Maxiflex also supports redundant applications where on larger pumping stations, pumps run redundant with the control and monitoring application also redundant for maximum availability or service. Typical applications for Maxiflex are pump remote control, reservoir level control, pump station monitoring and control, dosing plant applications, flow meter monitoring. Configuration is easily made using a free Windows based software package called 'OmniSet' and a serial cable available from Omniflex. Simple selection of pull down options allows the user to configure the CPU completely. This configuration includes the ability to create multi-drop telemetry systems using the Omniflex CONET local area network up to 10km on twisted pair cable.
Maxiflex provides a very cost-effective solution to remote control applications and simplifies the field I/O systems by eliminating the need to write time consuming application programs for data acquisition or telemetry. Should data acquisition also be required with the pump control, Maxiflex I/O systems cover analogue inputs, voltage, current, thermocouple, RTD and digital inputs, potential free and voltages up to 200Vdc, series contact chains, pulse inputs up to 50kHz.
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About: Omniflex
OMNIFLEX designs and manufactures electronic products and systems for the automation and control industry worldwide, specialising in industrial networking, remote I/O systems, process automation systems, signal conditioning, and alarm and event management.The company was founded in 1965 in South Africa and was originally named CONLOG, developing expertise in systems integration and product development for the process control and instrumentation market. The company's products are now sold on 5 continents and include such well known brands as OMNI16 alarm annunciators, MAXIFLEX process automation and remote I/O systems, and OMNITERM signal conditioning and RTU systems.
History.
Over the early years the company, under the CONLOG brand, grew to become the largest manufacturer of instrumentation for the process control industry in Africa and became a well respected designer and manufacturer of innovative products and systems of superior quality. In 1997 the CONLOG industrial products business was acquired by the present owners and the name of the company changed to OMNIFLEX. OMNIFLEX owns all of the intellectual property rights for the entire range of industrial products sold under the CONLOG brand and provides full technical and service support for all these products sold over the past 38 years. OMNIFLEX continues to market these products under the OMNIFLEX brand and continues to invest in research and development to maintain its state-of-the-art technology base.
Mission.
OMNIFLEX has as its core business, the design and manufacture of industrial automation electronic products and systems. OMNIFLEX has as its strategy the ongoing investment in research and development of electronic products for the control and instrumentation market globally. As a world-wide supplier of automation products, OMNIFLEX provides technical training, backup and application engineering support to a variety of locally based distributors and value adding re-sellers in order to provide superior levels of technical assistance to system integrators and end users in their own environment. |
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