Industrial Automation

1/10

FX1S-

FX1S-

Messenger

Messenger

the

the

 

 

easy

easy

 PLC-SMS-

 PLC-SMS-

module

module

Industrial Automation

2/10

Items of 

Items of 

FX-

FX-

Messenger

Messenger

Industrial Automation

3/10

SPS

+

FX Messenger

Sending SMS from the field

Sending SMS from the field

E.g.
alarm

Industrial Automation

4/10

Reasons for SMS in the industrial automation

Reasons for SMS in the industrial automation

• Increase of the availability

• Lowering of the operating costs

(Personal and telephone costs)

Only the transferred packets must be paid

• The customers can extension their service

• GSM-network is very stably

(1 Billion SMS messages per month only in Germany!)

Industrial Automation

5/10

FX-

FX-

Messenger

Messenger

: 

: 

warrent of apprehension

warrent of apprehension

• Developed for small applications in those only few

messages must be transferred

• perfect as a “alarm box”

• No programming everything is selectable by

“easy to use” software

• No specialised knowledge about PLC and SMS

• Minimum training phase

• Finished project in few minutes

Industrial Automation

6/10

• SMS - Established for many years

• No Contract with GSM Provider

(“Prepaid cards”  -> small costs)

• Sending SMS messages to PLC from Internet is free

of charge (e.g. www.vbj.de)

• Normal telephones in the future can send also SMS

• GSM will be bigger and bigger with more devices

and bigger networks (now in USA!)

FX-

FX-

Messenger

Messenger

: 

: 

warrent of apprehension

warrent of apprehension

Industrial Automation

7/10

SMS - 

SMS - 

application examples

application examples

In the industry

Enviromental technology

Shipping technology

Emergency applications

Holiday houses

supermarkets

heating system

In the building automation

Industrial Automation

8/10

Editor - The heard of the software

Editor - The heard of the software

4 different Receive SMS

messages

(mobile -> PLC)

4 different mobile

destination phones

If X1 = 1 then

„Message2“ send to

„+491711234567“

Industrial Automation

9/10

Transfer - 

Transfer - 

The window 

The window 

to 

to 

the plc

the plc

Communication

selection

Industrial Automation

10/10

GSM Monitor - 

GSM Monitor - 

The 

The 

„

„

debugging

debugging

“ 

“ 

window

window

Status GSM

network

SMS

counter

test SMS

Status of

inputs and

outputs

Industrial Automation

11/10

PLC Monitor

PLC Monitor

PLC

Status

Error handling

Synchronisation PLC RTC

with PC

Industrial Automation

12/10

Hannover Fair 2002

Hannover Fair 2002

PLC Mobile No.

0172 / 2110138

SMS 1: Lamp  On =

Y1ON

SMS 2: Lamp Off =

Y1OF