Free downloadable utility uses EtherNet/IP technology to add base-level information enabled attributes to the Logix platforms
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO, July 7, 2005 — A new EWEB Toolkit from Rockwell Automation can help OEMs and end users capture data from their Logix-based controllers and monitor it over the Web in a single-screen view using a standard browser such as Internet Explorer. Used with the Allen-Bradley 1756-EWEB Module and a Logix control system, the EWEB Toolkit demonstrates how easy it is for the Rockwell Automation Integrated Architecture to leverage Web technology over EtherNet/IP in delivering real-time production data anywhere in the manufacturing organization. “By improving data-sharing processes, manufacturers can gain a significant competitive advantage,” said Joe Lee, product marketing specialist, Rockwell Automation.
“Those systems with the most effective data-sharing models hold key advantages over the ones with a more data-restricted model.” The new EWEB Toolkit is intended to help engineers create simple data monitoring Web pages where the application would not warrant a more full-featured Rockwell Automation human-machine interface system with functions such as alarm acknowledgment, data entry, or data logging, all commonly used in the Allen-Bradley PanelView Plus or Rockwell Software RSView. With the EWEB Toolkit, engineers can create Web pages without any HTML programming and easily access plant floor data with the intuitive drag-and-drop objects. These objects, with minimal configuration, can link to an Allen-Bradley Logix controller and deliver view-only live system data via Web pages.
To create the same Web pages without the Toolkit, the engineer would need to have Web authoring software and HTML programming knowledge, as well as additional development time. OEMs and system integrators also can leverage this utility to offer customers additional services, such as remote troubleshooting and notification capabilities. “One of the major benefits of using standard Web browsers to manage information is that information becomes accessible virtually anywhere, either through a corporate intranet or through the Internet itself – without the need for proprietary software or special computer setup,” said Lee.
The Allen-Bradley EWEB Toolkit is available as a free download on the Rockwell Automation Web site, at www.ab.com/networks/webenabled.html .Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK) is a leading global provider of automation, power, control and information solutions that help manufacturers achieve a competitive advantage in their businesses.
Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.A., the company employs about 20,000 people serving customers in more than 80 countries.For more information on the 1756 EWEB Toolkit, please contact the Rockwell Automation Response Center, 10701 Hampshire Avenue South, Bloomington, Minn., 55438, 800.223.5354, Ext. 1822.Visit their website at www.rockwellautomation.com .
