Yes, our Maple Systems brand Micro PLCs and Modular PLCs use our free PLC programming software (MapleLogic) and can easily integrate with our HMI/cMT products via ethernet or serial cables, using common communication protocols such as a MODBUS TCP/IP or MODBUS RTU. This Tutorial will step you through how to Set Up your Maple PLC…
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A media access control address (MAC address) of a device is a unique identifier assigned to a network interface controller (NIC) for communications at the data link layer of a network segment. MAC addresses are used as a network address for most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet and Wi-Fi. In this context, MAC addresses…
Transport Layer Security (TLS), and its now-deprecated predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols designed to provide communications security over a computer network.
We have both Advanced HMIs and High-Performance cMT/HMIs models with built-in Wi-Fi functionality. The Wi-Fi models can connect directly to a Wireless Network when paired with our M02 Wi-Fi module.
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No, it is not possible to connect multiple Maple Systems Dual Ethernet HMIs in a Daisy Chain configuration and give them all access to data in a single PLC. The HMI project can, however, be configured to copy data from a PLC on one of the ports to a single HMI on the opposite port.
It is important to understand IP addressing when connecting devices together over Ethernet. Whether you are connecting a Maple Systems HMI or cMT to a PLC to communicate over Ethernet, or connecting your PC to an HMI to upload or download a project over Ethernet, you must know the IP addresses of all the devices…
Uploading is the act of taking a project from the HMI and bringing it to the computer.
Integrating CANbus communication offers several advantages for industrial automation industries: Speed: CAN data transfer speeds far outperform traditional analog wiring since multiple messages can be sent simultaneously to all connected devices, sensors or actuators. Flexibility: Because of its single cable, two-wire structure, CANbus offers enhanced installation and maintenance flexibility. CAN-connected systems not only contain significantly…
Yes. Our HMIs can be paired with our PLC products via Modbus RTU or TCP. The Modbus Slave driver is configured in the PLC software, and the Modbus Master driver is configured in HMI software (EBPro). Tags can be exported and imported in both directions.
You can use the Data Transfer object in EBPro to move data from a block of registers on one PLC connected to the Maple Systems HMI and write the data to a block of registers on another PLC connected to the HMI. This can also be accomplished with a macro using the GetData() and SetData()…
In the HMI configuration software, Local and Remote refer to the answer to this question: “Am I going through another HMI besides this one to get PLC variables?” If Yes, then the PLC is to be configured as a Remote PLC. If No, then the PLC is a Local PLC for the purposes of the…
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As long as all cMT HMIs are connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your device and you know the password of the target cMT HMI, you can connect to the cMT HMI with the free cMT Viewer app. cMT Viewer software is designed to allow you to easily monitor multiple cMTs HMIs.
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