Winlog SCADA - How To Create a simple IOlog SS3000 modules Modbus Rtu application

In this guide we propose, as an example, the design of a simple supervision application that communicate with IOlog SS3000 data acquisition modules using Modbus RTU protocol; this example is a little step towards the design of more complex SCADA applications, but it can be useful for anybody who approaches for the first time to a SCADA.

Opening of the new Winlog Lite and Pro Forum

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Sielco Sistemi launched the new Forum Winlog Lite and Pro.This forum is a virtual web based meeting place where Winlog users can exchange an unlimited combination of ideas, help, problems and suggestions. The service is provided by Sielco Sistemi to each member of the community on a free of charge basis.

Supervision of low and medium voltage networks

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The continuous increase of energy costs together with the possibility to select the most suitable contract among different energy providers make more and more convenient a supervisory system able to ensure a continuous monitoring of power consumption and energy costs of low and medium voltage networks. Thanks to Winlog Pro SCADA software, it has been possible to develop many supervisory applications able to provide both the continuous monitoring of the electrical network and the possibility to increase the overall efficiency. Winlog Pro includes a series of internal objects especially designed to display electrical schemes and cabinets, to monitor power consumption, to calculate energy costs using both real or simulated calendars with different fares according to date and time. Display of electrical schemes with animated switches and lines changing colour according to current path allow highlighting of energy flows, quick spotting of abnormal operation and prevention of possible power overflow. Monitoring of power consumption and energy costs of single user lines and of the overall network in the form of daily, monthly and yearly bar charts provide an ideal report for analysis and optimization of the electrical network; the possibility to program the yearly calendar with different fares according to date and time is an essential tool to prepare a budget plan and select the contract more suitable for anyone's requirements.

SCADA software Winlog Pro provides a new web support

Sielco Sistemi is pleased to announce the new version of its SCADA software Winlog Pro for an easy creation of SCADA applications with a Web Server support, that can be accessed by any Internet Client with a standard browser such as Internet Explorer. Based on Java and LightTPD technologies, the Winlog Pro Webserver solution guarantees the absolute safety of data and the full independence of the Winlog Pro application from the Web Server support running in a protect environment (sandbox). SCADA applications with a Web Server support can be easily created thanks to the new series of W-NET development licenses with capacity increasing from 256 to 65536 tags. Functions, development tools and communication protocols are provided without any restriction by all Winlog Pro development licenses, independently from the capacity (number of tags) or the Web Server support.

SCADA software Winlog Pro provides new tools for an easy design of animated templates

Supervision of industrial and civil plants requires a realistic and impressive graphic representation; for the development of supervisory (SCADA) applications, it is critical to have the use of tools suitable for the design of animated templates providing a realistic and continuous display of the supervised process.
Sielco Sistemi is proud to announce that its supervisory software Winlog Pro has now been improved to provide new development tools for an easy design of animated templates with bitmap and metafile objects.

These new tools can use either symbols created by the developer and symbols belonging to Symbol Factory 2.0, the popular library provided with Winlog Pro, that includes over 4,000 manufacturing and industrial objects such as pumps, valves, motors, tanks, PLCs, piping, ISA symbols, etc.

Winlog Pro SCADA software now includes Symbol Factory library

Sielco Sistemi is proud to announce that, following the agreement with Software Toolbox, all Winlog Pro SCADA software development licenses will include Symbol Factory 2.0, the most popular library of industrial automation graphic objects.

Symbol Factory 2.0 includes over 4,000 manufacturing and industrial objects such as pumps, valves, motors, tanks, PLCs, piping, ISA symbols, etc. with easy-to-use features for resizing and changing colour, scheme and orientation of objects (bitmap or metafile).

The agreement with Software Toolbox acknowledges the continuous efforts of Sielco Sistemi to make Winlog Pro more attractive and competitive. This powerful, low cost and easy to use SCADA software is indeed collecting increasing consensus among Italian and international users and has been selected by leader manufacturers of electronic instrumentation such as Gefran, Ascon, Tecnologic, Siel, Socomec, etc.

Winlog Pro SCADA software includes new graphic options

In the field of human to machine interfaces (HMI) and supervisory systems (SCADA), there is an increasing request of more attractive and realistic graphic representations.
To this purpose Sielco Sistemi, a leader company in development of SCADA/HMI systems, has equipped its supervisory software Winlog Pro with a new class of powerful objects that increase the graphic impact and the realism of the SCADA applications.
The new library includes circular (Dial, GearDial) and linear (Vslider, Hslider) potentiometers, pointer indicators (120Meter, 180Meter, 270Meter), linear indicators (Vmeter, Hmeter), thermometers (ThermoMeter) , switches and selectors (RockerSwitch, ToggleSwitch).
These new graphic objects will make of Winlog Pro SCADA software an ideal solution for the development of operator interfaces with virtual instrumentation.

This new release confirms the care of Sielco Sistemi to continuously improve Winlog Pro, the powerful, low cost and easy to use SCADA software selected by many leader manufacturers of electronic instrumentation and collecting increasing consensus among Italian and international users.