TouchPanel with 5.7 inch TFT Display,
Shipping and ATEX Approvals

The MFD4 multi-function display from the easyHMI device series now features a full graphics 5.7 inch colour TFT display with 256 colours, resistive touch, as well as a host of communication and network options.
The MFD4 is now approved for use on ships and is also suitable for use in dust environments in accordance with the ATEX Directive 94/9/EC Zone 22 Cat 3D.
In keeping with the “easy to use” principle, the 5.7 inch MFD4 multi-function display is designed as a single unit: One unit not only provides the PLC, visualization and operation but also the easySoft-CoDeSys software. This combines the programming system and the visualization in one, and thus allows direct access to PLC variables. easySoft-CoDeSys thus eliminates the need for additional visualization software with their often cumbersome variable lists that have to be configured.

The touch-sensitive display (320 x 240 pixels) allows the implementation of intuitive operating concepts. The absolutely flat and seamless display surface is protected to IP65 and can be cleaned easily. The rugged metallic MFD4 stands for its elegant design, a bevelled front frame and small mounting depth.
The MFD4 not only offers operating and visualization functions. The 133 MHz, 32-bit RISC processor can also handle PLC tasks for smaller automation applications. MFD4 comes with an Ethernet, CANopen/easyNet and RS232 interface. The CANopen/easyNet gateway allows motor starters to be controlled directly from the MFD4, for example, via SmartWire. The CANopen interface of the MFD4 also enables other CAN nodes such as remote I/Os or frequency inverters to be integrated. easy control relays or easyControl (EC4P) can also be connected simply via the easyNet interface of the MFD4 for remote pre-processing or controlling.

The Windows CE-based MFD4 device comes with an integrated 64 MB SRAM, 2 MB Flash for data / program memory, 6 MB for the visualization and a battery-backed real-time clock. A complete project, recipe data or the operating system can be transferred to the device via a Multi-Media memory card. Only a PC connected to the controller via Ethernet is required to print out alarm lists, recipe or operating data. This also allows FTP access to the standard file system of the MFD4. This therefore also provides a convenient way of exchanging PC recipe or operating data with the MFD4 online.

easySoft CoDeSys offers a large number of functions: A visualization created with it can be called up using any standard web browser from a PC with access to the Internet, so that it can be used to implement remote maintenance tasks. The additional functionality at no extra cost is made possible by the web server integrated in the MFD4. For this PLC data and visualization objects are loaded in XML format onto the PLC and made available by the web server.

The CoDeSys programming system offers an integrated visualization editor in which users can already create their visualization screens in one and the same user interface whilst developing the application. The language selection function and self-explanatory buttons are ideal for the international use of MFD4. The visualization tool features a number of functions: Password management, online project simulation on the PC, alarm table and history function. Other elements enable powerful and creative visualization design. The display of a visual element can also be associated with project variables and thus changed dynamically.

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