Enhanced Automation Programming Environment

Important components of Automation Studio Version 2.5 include: standardized, open data management with XML; object-oriented projects that support simple configurations for powerful tasks, without complex IEC syntax expansions that don’t conform to the standard; automation topology displayed intuitively in both logical and physical forms; support for third-party components by integrating standards; a natural environment for integrating into the entire production process, including ECAD and ERP systems; “software on demand” philosophy that allows machines from an ERP system to be represented without additional configuration by integrating ECAD data; an integrated software version management system; Open Automation Net communication architecture for applications and service regardless of the physical structure being used; seamless integration of standards such as Ethernet Powerlink, CanOpen, Profibus DP and DeviceNet; and IEC 61131-3 languages, as well as high-level C programming language seamlessly integrated with all IEC languages and function blocks.