HMI/SCADA Software Adds New Connectivity, Run-Time Features
Offering enhancements for communications, scripting, development efficiency, data management, and security, Emerson's Movicon.NExT Version 4.4 human-machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) platform empowers users to create interoperable automation architectures for discrete and process manufacturing applications.
The updated software boosts functionality, performance, and flexibility with updated industrial communication protocol drivers for OPC UA, EtherNet/IP, and others to support multi-stations, advanced arrays, and more.
An updated DNP3 driver enables Movicon.NExT HMI/SCADA to integrate with industry and utility networks. Optimized I/O operations more efficiently aggregate read/write tags for greater throughput, and there's open connectivity with digital assets. Native support within Movicon.NExT for Python runtime scripting enables custom, cross-platform logic. Also, updated user interfaces, new graphical properties for controls, and streamlined license management help accelerate project development.
Other features include support for TimescaleDB for improved storage efficiency and higher performance, increased data precision, and SQL database compatibility, while recipe and alarm management are performed through a centralized connection. CFR21 compliance has now been enhanced with the addition of user group information logged alongside usernames.
Additional Movicon.NExT modules, such as Pro.Lean and Pro.Energy, are also revised to v4.4. Updates include an improved user interface and navigation, new library symbols, and the addition of grouping and overview screens.
