Most conversions are at least 90% complete. It will convert them to the equivalent Web Studio file formats. You simply submit your original files to the corresponding import utility. Once converted, the application can be run on any SoftPLC HMI (Cat No SSH-x), or your own Windows-based computer with a Web Studio runtime installed. The Import Utilities convert applications from PanelBuilder32 software *, FactoryTalk or PanelMate to Web Studio file formats. Screens (frames, objects, shapes, properties and dynamics).Tags Database (Name, Type and Description).It’s possible to save considerable time in conversion from a previously designed application to a SoftPLC Web Studio application with the Import Utilities for PanelBuilder32, FactoryTalk, and PanelMate. PanelView, FactoryTalk and PanelMate users who want to take advantage of Web Studio's comprehensive feature set and lower costs can use our automated add-on tools to import PanelBuilder, FactoryTalk, or PanelMate applications into SoftPLC Web Studio. Most often, the larger cost of an HMI application is the engineering investment in the development of the application. Our A-B Crossover page includes a chart with hardware size equivalents. Many SSH- x HMI's are 'drop-in' replacements for Allen-Bradley PanelView's, having the same cut-out size. Today's PC-Based HMI's (such as our SoftPLC Web Studio SSH family of operator interfaces) provide lower cost solutions with many more features, and easy future migration paths as hardware advances are made.

The original PanelView products were proprietary, closed HMI platforms. Migrate from PanelView/FactoryTalk/PanelMate to Web Studio SoftPLC Gateways can also be configured to support many other protocols. The SoftPLC Gateway can be mapped to appear to the HMI as an A-B PLC or a Modbus/ModbusTCP or Ethernet/IP device. The SoftPLC Gateway appears to the A-B PLC to be the original HMI/Drive, and can be connected to your new HMI/Drive via Ethernet, serial, other industrial networks or even by analog I/O. Using a Smart SoftPLC or NeoPAC SoftPLC Gateway equipped with a RIO Adapter (Slave) or a Data Highway Plus interface, you can achieve a virtually seamless upgrade. If you have an HMI, Drive or other equipment that communicates to an A-B PLC on 'Blue Hose', whether it is A-B Remote I/O or a Data Highway Plus network, you can replace it with a new HMI/Drive of your choice, without changing the A-B PLC logic or network cabling!

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