Programmable Controllers provide flexible factory control.

Xycom Automation Inc. Mar 20, 2003

Press Release Summary:

Pro-face Series LT Graphic Logic Controllers include Types B+, D, and H. Type B+ provides 32-points of I/O and Flex Network interface. Type D offers DeviceNet master capabilities with HMI. Type H is packed with Discrete I/O, Analog I/O, high-speed counter, and pulse output. Some Type H units have thermocouple or RTD inputs. All LT models include 5.7 in. LCD with HMI features. LT Editor software v2.0 supports Proportional, Integral, Derivative instruction.

Original Press Release:

Xycom Automation Announces New Pro-face Brand LT Series Models - Satisfying the Need for Flexible Factory Control

Saline, MI - March 11, 2003 - Xycom Automation, Inc., a subsidiary of Pro-face America, Inc. and a market leader in Industrial PCs, announces the expansion of the popular Pro-face LT Series Programmable Controller. The LT Series Graphic Logic Controller (GLC) has expanded to include an entirely new field in factory automation by combining safer and more accurate
production systems.

The original LogiTouch Series, released in 2001, already contains three different types: Type A with 32-points of I/O, built in, Type B with an interface that will connect with the Pro-face brand of I/O called Flex Network, and Type C which also has a Flex Network interface but adds a serial port to talk to other controllers, temperature controllers or serial devices. All models of the LT Series have a 5.7" blue-and-white LCD with fully functional Human Machine Interface (HMI) features.

New LT Series units being introduced consist of types B+, D and H. Type B+ is a combination of the Type A and Type B units with its built-in 32-points of I/O and Flex Network interface. Type
B+ provides cost-effective built in I/O with 16 inputs and 16 outputs (all 24 VDC) and the ability to connect to the Flex Network line of distributed I/O. This space saving unit will also reduce the size enclosure once needed for this much equipment.

Applications that use DeviceNet(TM) slave I/O now have an incredible choice for a controller, the LT Series Type D. Type D offers DeviceNet master capabilities with HMI, all in one package - an industry first. This new controller now gives you the ability to choose from hundreds of vendors supplying I/O, all supporting the same industry specification. The uses are limitless!

Type H is packed with Discrete I/O, Analog I/O, high-speed counter, and pulse output. Some units have thermocouple or RTD inputs. Type H has so much I/O, it's hard to believe it all fits in a unit this size. The LT Editor software (version 2.0) now supports the Proportional, Integral, Derivative (PID instruction, common in today's control systems.

The LT Series units increase functionality, reduce time to market and reduce overall system costs.

Xycom Automation is a leading global supplier of innovative industrial automation solutions. Principal products include PC-based, open architecture visualization and control offerings.
Xycom products serve industrial, automotive, aerospace, packaging, plastics, textile, and other markets, with hardware and software installed in over 200,000 factory-floor systems worldwide.

Xycom Automation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro-face America, Inc., and provides marketing and sales for all Pro-face products in North, Central, and South America, and all
Xycom products worldwide. Headquartered in Saline, Michigan, Xycom has employees and representatives around the world.
Founded in January 1999, Pro-face America, Inc. is a majority-owned subsidiary of Digital Electronics Corporation based in Osaka, Japan. Pro-face America, the North American headquarters of Digital, is located in Glendale Heights, IL.

For more information about Xycom Automation and Pro-face America, visit www.xycom.com.