Phoenix Contact's new Control Panel product line with HLC function and integrated Ethernet and USB can be simultaneously controlled and operated on a variety of tested hardware without licensing fees. The Control Panel is based on the open-source Windows CE architecture in which the hardware interfaces and decentralized I/Os are integrated. You can also write and load your own modules in addition to the standard communication mechanisms over TCP/IP, SQL or other databases. A web server is already included.
Decentralised I/O data can be accessed directly over the existing Ethernet port. The product comes with a simple driver-interface high-level language fieldbus interface (HFI) for this purpose.
The controller is available in two different performance classes: the CP 204 HLC ETH and CP 206 HLC ETH, which are based on the ARM9 platform and run at 100 MHz with 32 MB RAM, and the CP 310 HLC ETH and CP 310 HLC ETH IB, which are based on the XSCALE platform and run at 400 MHz with 64 MB RAM. There are different display sizes for both platforms with a 4" or 6" grayscale touch display in the 200 class and a 10in TFT touch display in the 300 class. A USB interface is also included for connecting input and output devices such as a keyboard, mouse or scanner.