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PAC Project Data Sheet

The PAC Project software suite provides flowchart-based control programming, a Microsoft Windows-based HMI, and more for your groov EPIC System or SNAP PAC System. PAC Project comes in two forms: Basic and Professional.

PAC Project Basic is included free in your purchase of a groov EPIC processor or SNAP PAC controller. It includes everything you need for most automation or monitoring applications: control programming, HMI development, and I/O configuration software.

PAC Project Professional is available for purchase as a suite or as individual software components. It includes everything in Basic and adds OPC 2.0 communication, database connectivity, additional features, and support for legacy Opto 22 hardware.

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Legacy Edition, PAC Manager User's Guide

This document is the Legacy Edition of the PAC Manager User's Guide. It includes information about both SNAP PAC hardware and older hardware.

Use this guide if you are using any legacy hardware (SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, and SNAP Simple I/O, E1 and E2 brain boards) with PAC Manager (software part number PACMANAGER).

If you are using SNAP PAC controllers and SNAP PAC brains only, use Form 1704, PAC Manager User's Guide instead of this guide.

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Legacy Edition, PAC Display User's Guide

This document is the Legacy Edition of the PAC Display User's Guide. This guide includes all the information you need if you are using groov EPIC, SNAP PAC, and older Opto 22 hardware with PAC Display.

Use this guide if you have SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, SNAP Simple, SNAP-LCE, or mistic I/O units, or ioProject or FactoryFloor controllers that you're using with PAC Display.

If you have groov EPIC and SNAP PAC hardware only, use the PAC Display User's Guide (form 1702) instead of this guide.

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Legacy Edition, PAC Control User's Guide

This document is the Legacy Edition of the PAC Control User's Guide. It includes all the information you need to use PAC Control with groov EPIC, SNAP PAC, and legacy hardware.

Use this guide if your PAC Control strategy includes SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, SNAP Simple, or mistic I/O units.

If your strategy works only with groov EPIC processors, groov RIO modules, and SNAP PAC controllers and brains, use Form 1700 instead of this guide.

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OptoDataLink User's Guide

This guide shows you how to use OptoDataLink, part of the PAC Project Software Suite, to collect and share data from Opto 22 SNAP PAC industrial controllers and other sources, and then send that data to one or more destinations. OptoDataLink supports sending data to:

• Databases, including Microsoft Azure®, Microsoft SQL Server®, MySQL®, Microsoft Access®, and other ODBC-compliant databases
• SNAP PAC controllers and brains
• ASCII text files

1704

PAC Manager User's Guide

This guide shows you how to use PAC Manager to assign IP addresses, configure I/O, and inspect and maintain Opto 22 SNAP PAC hardware. PAC Manager is part of the PAC Project Software Suite and also available separately (part number PACMANAGER).

NOTE: If you are using older Opto 22 hardware in addition to SNAP PAC controllers and brains, use the Legacy Edition of this guide, form 1714.

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PAC Display User's Guide

This guide shows you how to use PAC Display, part of the PAC Project Software Suite, to create human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for your groov EPIC or SNAP PAC System.

NOTE: If you are using PAC Display with older Opto 22 hardware in addition to groov EPIC and SNAP PAC hardware, use the Legacy Edition of this guide, form #1712.

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PAC Control User's Guide

This document shows you how to use PAC Control, part of the PAC Project Software Suite, to develop control programs to run on groov EPIC processors and SNAP PAC controllers. These programs, called strategies, contain the process logic that controls, monitors, and gathers data from your equipment and devices.

PAC Control strategies form the foundation for other PAC Project software, providing the single tagname database used for HMI creation in PAC Display, for OPC data elements in OptoOPCServer, and for data to be shared with databases in OptoDataLink.

This document also contains helpful information about the groov EPIC and SNAP PAC Driver Module (a product of Cirrus Link Solutions®), included with Ignition Edge® in the GRV-EPIC-PR1 and the GROOV-AR1, and also distributed by Inductive Automation®.  Use this driver to:

• Publish SNAP PAC System data via MQTT.
• Use other Inductive Automation applications with SNAP PACs.

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Using Modbus Devices with Opto 22 Products Technical Note

This technical note introduces the Modbus protocol and gives you basic information for using it to communicate between Opto 22 products and other devices. Because Modbus/TCP and Modbus serial are handled differently by various manufacturers, the tech note describes specific areas that may be a concern and includes troubleshooting suggestions.

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El Software PAC Project (Spanish)

(Spanish)

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El Software PAC Project (Castellano)

(Castellano)

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El Software PAC Project (Catalan)

(Catalan)

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SNAP PAC System Specification Guide

This guide is a comprehensive introduction to the SNAP PAC System. The guide describes the system's components (software, controllers, I/O processors, and I/O); shows how to build a basic system and how to expand it; and includes installation instructions, wiring diagrams, dimensional drawings, and specifications for parts.

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PAC Project Basic and Professional Comparison Chart

This chart compares the features included in PAC Project Basic and Professional. These software suites provide automation software for the groov EPIC system and the SNAP PAC System. 

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SNAP PAC System Product Guide

This document lists and describes all current Opto 22 SNAP PAC System part numbers, including PAC Project software, SNAP PAC controllers, and SNAP I/O modules of all kinds. SNAP PAC mounting racks and SNAP power supplies are also listed.

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PAC Project Readme Notes

This is the latest Readme (Release Notes) for PAC Project Basic and Professional. It includes information about new features, enhancements, and bug fixes for each PAC Project application: PAC Control, PAC Display, OptoOPCServer, PAC Manager, and Tools.

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PAC Project 10.3 Release Notes

Release Notes for PAC Project Software Suite, version 10.3. This document covers both PAC Project Basic and PAC Project Professional. 

These release notes describe new features and enhancements for PAC Control, PAC Display, and PAC Manager, as well as important notes on installation and use. For information about bug fixes in this release, see the PAC Project Readme. 

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PAC Project R10.2 Release Notes

Release Notes for PAC Project Software Suite, version 10.2.

PAC Project Basic provides control programming, HMI development and runtime, and configuration and utility programs.

PAC Project Professional adds a robust OPC server, database connectivity, multiple PAC Display seats, controller redundancy, legacy hardware support, and a software-based controller for PC-based control.

These release notes include new features and enhancements for PAC Control, PAC Display, and PAC Manager, as well as important notes on installation and use. For information about bug fixes in this release, see the PAC Project Readme Notes.

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PAC Project R10.0 Release Notes

Release Notes for PAC Project Software Suite, version 10.0.

PAC Project Basic provides control programming, HMI development and runtime, and configuration and utility programs.

PAC Project Professional adds a robust OPC server, database connectivity, multiple PAC Display seats, controller redundancy, legacy hardware support, and a software-based controller for PC-based control.

These release notes include new features and enhancements for PAC Control, PAC Display, and PAC Manager, as well as important notes on installation and use. For information about bug fixes in this release, see the PAC Project Readme Notes.

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Legacy Edition, PAC Control Commands Quick Reference

This document is the Legacy Edition of the PAC Control Commands Quick Reference. It lists all PAC Control commands used with both SNAP PAC hardware and legacy hardware.

Use this reference card if your PAC Control strategy includes SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, SNAP Simple, or mistic I/O units.

If your strategy works with SNAP PAC controllers and brains only, use Form 1703, PAC Control Commands Quick Reference instead of this guide.

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Legacy Edition, PAC Control Command Reference

This document is the Legacy Edition of the PAC Control Command Reference. This guide includes all the commands that apply to groov EPIC, SNAP PAC, and legacy hardware.

Use this guide if your PAC Control strategy includes SNAP Ultimate, SNAP Ethernet, SNAP Simple, or mistic I/O units.

If your strategy works only with groov EPIC processors, groov RIO modules, and SNAP PAC controllers and brains, use form #1701 instead of this guide.

1703

PAC Control Commands Quick Reference

This document provides a quick reference to all commands used in PAC Control, part of the PAC Project Software Suite. PAC Control is control programming software for the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System.

NOTE: If you are using older Opto 22 hardware in addition to SNAP PAC controllers and brains, use the Legacy Edition of this reference card, form #1713.

1701

PAC Control Command Reference

This document provides detailed information on commands used in PAC Control, part of the PAC Project Software Suite. PAC Control is control programming software used by Opto 22's groov EPIC System and SNAP PAC System.

NOTE: If you are using older Opto 22 hardware in addition to groov EPIC processors, groov RIO I/O modules, and SNAP PAC controllers and brains, use Form 1711, the Legacy Edition of this guide.

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Case Study: Amalgamated Research, LLC

As the research and development department of Amalgamated Sugar in the 1970s, ARi began with a mission to develop efficient processes to extract sugar from sugar beets.

But over time, their continuous research in the industrial separation field has led them far beyond sugar.

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Opto 22 announces strategic partnership with IBM and acceptance into the IBM Watson IoT partner ecosystem

Opto 22 announces strategic partnership with IBM and acceptance into the IBM Watson IoT partner ecosystem, providing developers a full stack end-to-end toolset for rapidly developing and deploying industrial IoT applications.

This partnershiip will bridge the gap between existing industrial assets and infrastructure, and the digital world of mobile, cloud, and information technology.

Watch this video and see how to get started. 

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Best Practices for PAC Project and groov View Technical Note

Opto 22’s PAC Project automation software suite and groov View HMI software are flexible tools that offer many choices for developing your monitoring, control, and data acquisition projects.

This flexibility provides the power to do everything you need, but the choices you make can sometimes cause problems.

This technical note suggests some best practices you can use when developing your control programs and operator interfaces (HMIs), to help make building and maintaining your projects easier. Included are tips on building, documenting, and backing up your projects.

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Communication Tools & Protocols for Opto 22 Products Technical Note

This technical note describes the networking tools and protocols that are compatible with Opto 22 products for communication with a wide variety of software and systems.

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Case Study: Bureau of Reclamation

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation constructs dams, power plants, and canals, and delivers water to more than 31 million Americans. The Bureau also operates the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT), which drains off and treats water from the local mining district so it can be safely discharged into the Arkansas River.

At the LMDT, the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System is used to monitor water levels, remove metals, adjust the water’s pH, reduce water turbidity, and otherwise treat the water before releasing it—cleaner even than everyday drinking water. More than 2500 I/O points are monitored, controlled, and alarmed.

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Case Study: Sotavento Power Plant (Chinese)

This document is in Chinese.

The Sotavento Virtual Power Plant in Galicia, Spain, is a "green" power utility with an annual production of approximately 38,500 MWh. The plant uses alternative fuels, specifically wind power, supplemented by hydrogen. At the Sotavento plant, Opto 22's SNAP PAC System provides a solution for not only automation and control, but also data acquisition, enterprise connectivity, and communication to databases.

Systems integrator Optomation Systems designed an integrated supervisory system for the Sotavento site, based on the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System platform. Utilizing a mix of analog and digital I/O connections, standalone and rack-mounted SNAP PACs connect to electrolyzers, motor generator units, and other plant systems and communicate with this equipment as well as with the plant's legacy SCADA systems. Disparate machinery and instrumentation from vendors such as Hydrogenics, Emerson, and Bauer Compressors are linked to the Opto controllers, which communicate using a variety of industrial protocols, such as Profibus and Modbus. The controllers also aggregate all data and serve it to Sotavento databases for analysis and archiving.

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Case Study: Sotavento Power Plant

The Sotavento Virtual Power Plant in Galicia, Spain, is a "green" power utility with an annual production of approximately 38,500 MWh. The plant uses alternative fuels, specifically wind power, supplemented by hydrogen. At the Sotavento plant, Opto 22's SNAP PAC System provides a solution for not only automation and control, but also data acquisition, enterprise connectivity, and communication to databases.

Systems integrator Optomation Systems designed an integrated supervisory system for the Sotavento site, based on the Opto 22 SNAP PAC System platform. Utilizing a mix of analog and digital I/O connections, standalone and rack-mounted SNAP PACs connect to electrolyzers, motor generator units, and other plant systems and communicate with this equipment as well as with the plant's legacy SCADA systems. Disparate machinery and instrumentation from vendors such as Hydrogenics, Emerson, and Bauer Compressors are linked to the Opto controllers, which communicate using a variety of industrial protocols, such as Profibus and Modbus. The controllers also aggregate all data and serve it to Sotavento databases for analysis and archiving.

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Case Study: Hong Kong Power Plant (Chinese)

This document is written in Chinese.

The Lamma Power Station in Hong Kong is using Opto 22 SNAP PAC standalone controllers to control heat, pressurization and other critical processes. The Opto 22 PACs connect to weigh scales, conveyors, pressure transducers, and thermocouples to ensure that the coal burning operations taking place at Lamma are executed safely and optimally.

For example, analog I/O modules wired to scales measure the weight of the coal prior to its delivery to the furnaces and sends these figures to the controller. Based on these readings—and whether they're low or high—the controller then instructs the conveyors delivering the coal to the furnaces to speed up or slow down appropriately, so the furnaces generate the proper amount of heat needed to spin turbines that produce the power.

At the same time, integrated circuit temperature derivative probes (ICTDs) connected to thermocouple analog input modules monitor the actual furnace temperatures, which are then used in PID calculations to regulate the temperature via analog output modules.

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Case Study: Hong Kong Power Plant

The Lamma Power Station in Hong Kong is using Opto 22 SNAP PAC standalone controllers to control heat, pressurization and other critical processes. The Opto 22 PACs connect to weigh scales, conveyors, pressure transducers, and thermocouples to ensure that the coal burning operations taking place at Lamma are executed safely and optimally.

For example, analog I/O modules wired to scales measure the weight of the coal prior to its delivery to the furnaces and sends these figures to the controller. Based on these readings—and whether they're low or high—the controller then instructs the conveyors delivering the coal to the furnaces to speed up or slow down appropriately, so the furnaces generate the proper amount of heat needed to spin turbines that produce the power.

At the same time, integrated circuit temperature derivative probes (ICTDs) connected to thermocouple analog input modules monitor the actual furnace temperatures, which are then used in PID calculations to regulate the temperature via analog output modules.

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Optimizing PAC Project System Performance Technical Note

This technical note includes optimization tips to help you design your PAC Project™ system and program your PAC Control™ strategy to ensure optimum system performance. These tips are also helpful if you have already designed your system, and can be used during or after system startup.

The technical note covers groov EPIC^®, SoftPAC, and SNAP PAC controllers, as well as groov RIO^® and SNAP I/O units. Tips are included for host communication, I/O communication, and HMI, SCADA, and other software performance.

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Using Floats Technical Note

This technical note describes the format for floating point numbers used in Opto 22 products (IEEE 754 32-bit floats). It also discusses some issues that may occur as you use floats in software such as PAC Control or custom software built with the OptoMMP Protocol.

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Software for Programmable Automation Controllers (Chinese)

This document is written in Chinese.

This white paper explores some important features of programming software for a programmable automation controller (PAC).

For additional white papers on PACs, see About PACs.

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Software for Programmable Automation Controllers

This white paper explores some important features of programming software for a programmable automation controller (PAC).

For additional white papers on PACs, see About PACs.

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PAC Project Demo Quick Start

The PAC Project Demo Quick Start pdf explains how to run the PAC Project Demo. The demo download includes the pdf as well as PAC Control, PAC Display, and SNAP PAC Sim (a software simulation of a SNAP PAC controller.) The download also includes a pre-made control strategy, which will run on the PAC Sim, and several HMI projects you can explore.

Using the PAC Project Demo, you can demonstrate and experiment with Opto 22's control and HMI development software even before purchasing SNAP PAC hardware.

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6 Razones Para Considerar el Sistema SNAP PAC

Este documento corto sugiere seis razones porqué debe de considerar el Sistema SNAP PAC para su siguiente proyecto de automatización.

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6 Reasons to Consider the SNAP PAC System for Your Next Project

This short document suggests six reasons why you should consider the SNAP PAC System for your next automation project.

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FactoryFloor to PAC Project Migration Technical Note

This document describes how to migrate from FactoryFloor to PAC Project Professional.

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SNAP PAC System Migration Technical Note

This document describes migration options for customers integrating the SNAP PAC System with older Opto 22 systems. It explains the SNAP PAC System's similarities and differences with earlier systems, defines legacy products, and shows how to mix old and new hardware.

Customers moving to the SNAP PAC System may also want to consult form #1693, Legacy and Current Product Comparison and Compatibility Charts.