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Pointe Controller User Guide Chapter 1: Introducing the Pointe Controller
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Pointe Controller
Welcome to the Pointe Controller. Nematron’s Pointe Controller is an important
part of the new generation of automation technology. The Pointe Controller
extends automation capabilities, previously available only in high-end PC-based
control systems, to low cost embedded control. It incorporates modular I/O and
advanced communications features in a controller built on advanced e-control
software architecture. The result is a very cost effective, easy to implement, high
performance controller that can be used either stand alone or as a node in a
larger e-control system.
Central to the Pointe Controller is the OpenControl software development
environment. OpenControl is Nematron’s industry leading PC-based control
software package that has been successfully used in recent years in large, high
performance manufacturing applications. It provides the means for advanced
application development in Visual Flowchart Language (VFL) or ladder logic. The
Pointe Controller is the result of Nematron’s development effort to develop
scaleable solutions. With the addition of Pointe Controller, Nematron now
provides the means to address a much larger range of data acquisition and
control applications.
Pointe Controller technology is both powerful and easy to use. It will enable you
to quickly implement application systems ranging from simple, stand alone
machine controllers to large, integrated, communications intensive systems.