Emerson PACSystems RSTi-EP CPE 200 PACs

Emerson has announced the release of its PACSystems RSTi-EP CPE 200 programmable automation controllers (PAC). The family of compact PACs is designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) meet customer requirements by minimising the need for specialised software engineering talent. CPE 200 controllers are said to deliver large PLC capability in a small, cost-effective, IIoT-ready form factor.

To stay competitive, today’s OEM machine builders must provide equipment that is ready to support analytics and give end users competitive advantage through increased efficiency, speed and quality. However, as builders develop innovative solutions they can struggle to program and deliver machine control systems on time and within budget with the performance, security and flexible connectivity customers require. The CPE 200 series is designed to solve these problems with security-by-design, open programming and open communications built in to simplify connectivity to external analytics software platforms while reducing cost and complexity for OEMs and end users.

The controllers offer open communications through native, pre-licensed support for OPC UA Secure and other common industrial protocols for flexible connectivity over high-speed Gigabit Ethernet. IEC 61131 programming languages and C also help engineers write and run the high-performance algorithms that enable proprietary production strategies and advanced automation technologies.