- Hardware and software from a single source, featuring all the familiar functionalities of a modern automation solution
- Auto-detection of hardware, automatic configuration and commissioning of all hardware components without complex engineering
- Ontological principles down to the last control bit, requiring no programming skills for project setup and operation
- Control hardware as an agent-based system with high interoperability, also with third-party components
- Flexible communication model with all common protocols (e.g. OPC UA, MODBUS) via TCP/IP-based XPA communication protocol
- Consistent and intuitive HMI operation for both engineering and runtime environments
- Uniform data interface and structure for seamless integration of modern control and AI concepts
- Recipe creation and modification, followed by visualization, documentation – all accessible to skilled technicians (e.g. trained brewers) without programming knowledge, thanks to the newly developed XML-based automation description ‘XAL’
- Designed for small and medium-sized process systems, reducing typical engineering effort by at least half
NGA Hardware:
Control hardware of a compact, fully automated 4-vessel brewhouse, consisting of: CM module with main processor (CPU), power supply connector, Ethernet network port, various I/O modules: AIO16, DI16, DO16 (PNP or relay), PT8 (RTD)