As the groov EPIC platform passes the year-and-a-half mark in its maturity, Opto 22 releases version 1.5.0 of its firmware. This release broadens the palette of visualization and storage options for groov EPIC to suit an even wider variety of applications and hardware.
The embedded groov View server is updated to version 4.2, with functions to create even more dynamic web and mobile HMIs, dashboards, and Andon boards. New shape gadgets allow users to create custom SVG images and animations directly in groov View, and to dynamically change their color and size (height and/or width) based on process variables or on any other data source connected to groov EPIC. This version also introduces tag-driven conditional formatting for other gadgets, allowing users to make elements visible or invisible, as well as change text color and formatting.
These options could be used, for example, to enhance overhead displays for a bottling line by changing the color of text and numerical readouts to reflect line status or quality metrics stored locally in PAC Control, CODESYS, Node-RED, or Ignition. For batch and continuous control applications, users could enhance situational awareness in operator interfaces by creating custom level and range indicators that change height and color in response to level, temperature, pressure, or alarm readings.
使用GROOV EPIC 1.5.0，OEM还可以从更广泛的外部HDMI监视器和触摸屏中进行选择，包括来自Dell，Hope Industrial，Superlogics和AIS的型号。这使消除Windows PC和OIT的本地观看和操作员接口变得更加容易，大大降低了材料和维护成本以及总拥有成本。GROOV EPIC 1.5.0通过其内置HDMI端口支持电阻和电容型模型，并可以通过GROOV管理来校准和配置它们。
为了使Grov Epic实现分布式数据库，通信和文件服务器的工程师，1.5.0现在增加了对USB质量存储设备的支持。此功能使得将Edge设备服务器扩展到Groov Epic的6GB SSD用户空间之外，从而进一步减少了对关键应用程序中高维护，通用PC的需求。
此更新还添加了用于PAC控件，CODESYS，NODE-RED和GROOV管理的USB文件访问，使工程师可以编程管理文件，例如将食谱配置从拇指驱动器上传到在GROOV EPIC上运行的控制应用程序，或创建滚动缓冲区这会自动将旧数据日志存档到附加的存储。
GROOV EPIC有两个USB端口，可以支持多个驱动器，枢纽或串行适配器以及一个Netis USB WiFi适配器。
Other enhancements in this upgrade include:
• Support for the new CAN bus integration module, GRV-CCANI-2.
•升级到Node-RED 1.0.2，包括编辑器，搜索和核心节点增强功能，以及底层更改，以更好地调试和更可预测的流逻辑。
Version 1.5.0 is a free upgrade for all groov EPIC users. Current customers can log into manage.groov.com and simply download the file and update their EPICs. Complete upgrade instructions are available in the groov EPIC User’s Guide. For new customers, all groov EPICs now ship with this latest firmware version.
Opto 22
www.opto22.com
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