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Productivity3000® PAC Software

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... more cost effective than any control solution in the market!

ProductivitySuite Programming Software

The Productivity3000 programmable automation controller (PAC) is a compact controller that combines the features and capabilities of a PC-based control system with that of a typical programmable logic controller (PLC). The Productivity3000 offers you a more powerful control solution that is easier to use and more cost effective than any control solution in the market.

ProductivitySuite is user-friendly programming software designed to allow quick and easy programming of ladder logic programs for the Productivity3000 PAC. The online help file provides information that will help you get acquainted with the software quickly.

• User Defined Tag-based Programming
  Descriptive naming of I/O points and other internal tags that make sense for the application
  • Strong data typing to reduce obscurity
  • Arrays for process management (easier data management, recipe handling)
    
    
• Simple to Use Instructions
  Practical instructions that help solve problems
  • No stack to manipulate
  • Easy math eliminates the need for using complex rungs to do simple calculations
    
    
• Application Tools
  Allow quick access to many of the advanced features of the ProductivitySuite software
  
  • Setup – Hardware Config, Security Accounts, Set PAC Time/Date
  • Write Program – Tag Database, I/O Overview, Rung Comments
  • Monitor & Debug – Data View, Data Logger, PID Tuning, Bit Histogram, Word Histogram, PAC Error History, PAC Event History
  • Control PAC – Offline, Online, Choose PAC, Transfer to PAC, Run, Stop, Debug
    
    
• Task Management
  Task Manager allows quick and easy prioritization of Ladder Logic code. By breaking code into logical tasks, the task manager can then easily change priorities or disable parts of the code.
  • Run First Scan Only, Run Every Scan, Run Every Second, Run When Called, Disable Task

Visit the in-depth Productivity3000 product Web site

Application Instructions

• Contacts (5) – NO, NC, NOE (NO Edge), NCE (NC Edge), CMP (Compare)
• Coils (10) – Out, Set, Reset, OR, Flasher, Debounce, Timed, Toggle, Program End, No Operation
• Application functions (12) – Alarm, Average, Change, Min/Max, Learn Alarm, Limit, Ramp, Ramp Generator, Scale (linear), Scale (nonlinear), Summation, Switch
• Array functions (4) – Array Statistics, Copy, Fill, Shift/Rotate
• Counters/Timers (4) – Simple Counter, Counter, Simple Timer, Timer
• Communications (13) – ASCII in, ASCII Out, Clear Serial Port Buffer, Custom Protocol In, Custom Protocol Out, GS Drive Read, GS Drives Write, Modbus Read, Modbus Write, Send Email, DataWorx Request
• Data Handling (13) – Absolute Encoder, Compare Values, Copy Data, FIFO/LIFO, First Bit On/Off, Inc/Dec, Logical Bits, Logical Words, Lookup Table, Pack Bits, Shift/Rotate Bits, Sign Magnitude, UnPack Bits
• Drum sequencers (2) – Drum, Sequencer
• Math functions (2) – Math Editor (MATH), Data Statistics
• PID (2) – PID Loop, Ramp/Soak
• Program control (6) – Call Task, For Loop, For Loop Break, Next Block, Stop Program, User Defined Fault
• String functions (7) – Compare Strings, Copy Character, Extract String, Find String, Pack String, UnPack String, String Length
• System functions (2) – LCD Page, Set PAC Time

ProductivitySuite PAC Programming Software

PART NO.	DESCRIPTION	PRICE	INFO
P3-PGMSW	Productivity3000 PAC programming and documentation software Free Download	$495.00
P3-USER-M	Productivity3000 User Manual Free Download	$29.00

DataWorx P3K PAC Data Logging Software

Part No.	Description	Price
PC-DATP3K-1	Support for one Productivity3000 PAC system	$595.00
PC-DATP3K-UN	Support for unlimited Productivity3000 PAC systems	$1,595.00
PC-DATP3K-UPG	Upgrade from a single license to unlimited	$1,000.00

Software Features

• Built-in database connectivity
• Tag name based programming
• Powerful task manager
• Easy integration with C-more HMI
• Auto-discover I/O modules
• Auto-discover variable frequency drives (VFDs)
• Documentation stored on CPU
• Comprehensive HELP files
• Plug and play USB programming
• Ethernet programming
• Nimble math instructions
• Multi-level security options
• Run-time edits
• Application specific instructions

PC Requirements

• Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4, XP Home or Professional, or Vista (32 bit only).

• Personal Computer with a 333 MHz or higher processor
• SVGA 800x600 pixels resolution (1024x768 pixels resolution recommended)
• 150MB free hard-disk space
• 128MB free RAM (512MB recommended)
• CD-ROM or DVD drive for installing software from the CD
• USB or Ethernet port for project transfer to PAC

[Bryanw92]

Nobody in a serious industry uses crap like Productivity 3000 PAC. That’s a product you sell to a small factory in light industry to automate something simple, and then its still usually an Epic Fail! Heavy industry relies on the big name equipment: Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Modicon, GE.