Advantech’s New HMI Product Line for PLC Control
- WOP-2000 Series -

Advantech has announced a new line of HMI devices targeted specifically at the industrial operating panel market, the WOP-2000 series. With ARM9-based RISC processors up to 200MHz and 4~16MB flash memory, the WOP-2000 series supports a variety of LCD sizes from 3.5" to 12.1" and are highly suited for applications involving the use of PLCs, motion/thermal controllers, inverters and sensors. This unique line of HMI devices comes bundled with PM Designer 2.0 software, providing a complete solution for any factory automation need, including packaging, label cutting, and motion-based robot dispensing tasks.

With various communication interfaces, including RS-232/422/485, Ethernet and USB ports, the WOP-2000 series can easily connect to a variety of equipment. The monitors boast SVGA TFT LCDs with 64K colors and 800 x 600 resolution for clear displays in any factory setting. Furthermore, these products include NEMA 4/IP65 protection and 0 ~ 50° C operating temperatures to ensure reliable performance in the most demanding environments.

Compatible with over 250 of the most popular PLCs on the market, including; Allen Bradley Micrologix series, Modicon Corp. Quantum series, GE Corporation 90 series, Siemens AG Simatic S7 series, Mitsubishi Electric Corp. FX/Q series, Omron Corporation Sysmac C/CV/CS/CJ series, and Yaskawa Corporation MP Series, the WOP-2000 series and PM Designer 2.0 provide an outstanding price/performance ratio for a variety of factory automation needs.

PM Designer
PM Designer is proven in many application fields and is an easy to use integrated development tool featuring solution-oriented screen objects, high-end vector graphics, Windows fonts for multi-language applications, recipes, alarms, data loggers and operation logging. PM Designer also includes online/offline simulation and other utility programs such as Data Transfer Helper (DTH); recipes editors and text editors. WOP runtime, a part of PM Designer, guarantees reliability and performance because of the minimum system overhead, high communication data rates, sub-second screen switching, and 24/7 operation.

The WOP-2000 series is available now. Contact Advantech for more details.

WOP-2000 Series Details