Slave Tough SmartMarquees need to have the message to be displayed communicated to the marquee. These marquees do not have mes-

sage storage Slave ToughSmart Marquees need to have the message to be displayed communicated to the marquee. These marquees do

not have message storage capability except fot the last message sent to it. The message protocol can either be simple ASCII or PMD proto-

col that has been extensively used for Uticor Marquees. ASCII or PMD selection is made by the user through a DIP switch on the back

panel of the Marquee.

Slave Tough SmartMarquees can also be ordered with Ethernet, DeviceNet, or Profibus communication interface built-in. This allows you

to connect multiple Slave Tough SmartMarquee over any of these networks and reduces hard wiring costs.

ASCII String directly from PLC

Most PLCs have the capability of generating ASCII string for e.g. Allen Bradley SLC and Micrologic series have AWT ASCII write command,

Mitsubishi FX series PLCs have RS (FNC 80) and Siemens S7 series have SMT string generator instructions.

ASCII String over Ethernet

ASCII strings can also be sent to the Slave Tough SmartMarquees over Ethernet medium using TCP/IP protocol.

PMD Input from Uticor 3100 Master Marquee or PMD External Message Controller

The Slave Tough SmartMarquees can also accept message strings in PMD protocol. This protocol has additional advantages of being able

to blink a single character or word, have a chained message, invisible message or a circular message que.

ASCII String from DeviceNet or Profibus

Slave Tough SmartMarquee models when ordered with built-in DeviceNet or Profibus interface provides DeviceNet or Profibus connectiv-

ity. This interface provides a digital, multi-drop network that can be used for communicating with DeviceNet or Profibus enabled con-

trollers and I/O devices. These slave interfaces accept ASCII strings from their respective masters. DeviceNet control system provides a

single point of connection both for configuration and support for I/O as well as explicit messaging. The Profibus communication interface

also has an autodetect feature for the baud rate of the Profibus network.

Marquee Configurations

Slave Marquees DO NOT STORE message, and do not initiate communications with other intelligent devices, such as PLCs. These

Marquees display characters received on their serial port. The slave marquees are typically driven by another Master marquee, PLC, a

message controller or some other intelligent device, such as a PC

Master Tough SmartMarquees has a built-in Toughpanel HMI CPU which allows to read,

calculate, compare PLC tags and perform complex math operation, generate alarms.

Message Database

With Tough SmartMarquee, messages displayed can be Stationary, Scrolling or Blinking based on the embedded codes in an ASCII string.

These messages along with their display characteristics are stored inside the Tough SmartMarquee. The number of mesages stored are

practically unlimited. Messages can be imported from and exported to an Excel spread sheet.

Alarms & Alarm Database

Tough SmartMarquees offer a sophisticated Alarm system. It allows you to monitor events (bits), and values (registers). The values can be

monitored for a variety of conditions (=, >, <, in/out of range). The alarms can be selectively displayed, printed and/or logged. The alarms

are also stored in a seperate alarm database which can also be imported from or exported to Excel spread sheet.

Math-logic/Multi-function Buttons, Overlapping Objects

Master Tough SmartMarquees offer a sophisticated control, called the Multi-function Object. As the name implies, this Object allows you

to perform multiple functions, including Mathematical and Logical operations on PLC data. For example, you can set/reset multiple bits &

transfer constants or variables or expressions to tags. Remarkably, this Benefit allows a user to perform up to 20 operations with one

Object. Master Tough SmartMarquee also allows you to perform these Multiple functions under the PLC control a very useful feature to

offload mathematical & logical computations from the ladder logic to the Marquee.

Connects to most Major PLCs and Networks

Uticor Tough Master Marquees connect to Allen Bradley, Modicon, Siemens, Mitsubishi, DH+, Profibus, etc. Essentially all drivers serial as

well as Network that are available on Toughpanels are also incorporated into master Tough SmartMarquees.

Simple Software

Master Tough SmartMarquees are programmed using an easy, Windows based Programming software. This software contains message

import/export capabilities to other applications.

Marquee Configurations

Master Marquees STORE user-programmed messages. These marquees have PLC interfaces, and INITIATE communications with PLCs to

monitor various PLC registers. Based on PLC register values, and programmed messages, Master Marquees display messages. Master

Marquees can also drive Slave Marquees.