Press Release

Release of upgraded screen editor for touch-screen operators
Enabled to share Alarm messages between multiple devices
16 times more alarm message registrations, 50% of reduction of man-hour

2009, February 25

Brief


The leading manufacture in touch-screen operator terminals, Pro-face has released an upgraded screen editor for programmable display, GP-Pro EX Ver.2.5*1 on February 25, 2009.

With this upgrading of GP-Pro EX, the number of alarm messages, which appear on a touch-screen operator when an error occurs on site, has been expanded 2048 to 32767. (A Function Expansion Memory*2, which has been released simultaneously, is required to be mounted on a display unit.)

By enabling to share similar alarm messages, which you registered to each device or equipment before, you can use alarm messages sorted by device or level of importance in one Alarm settings.

Before the release of this version, you needed to register messages to be displayed when an error occurred to each device and it took you lots of time to create screens.

Also, one of the main features of this touch-panel operator is to gather information from devices, such as sensors, temperature controllers, and PLC’s, coexisting in equipment.

Now, sharing information gathered to a display unit enables simplification of setups and up to 50% of reduction of screen creation hours (comparing to the conventional product).

Moreover, the new version of GP-Pro EX has added good-looking Bitmap Font and 3D Real Parts. 3D Real Parts which are downloadable from our website can be used immediately and you can create high-value-added screens with them.

  1. GP-Pro EX is screen-editing software for the GP3000 series (graphic operator interfaces), the LT3000 series (graphic logic controllers), the IPC series (industrial computers).
  2. The Function Expansion Memory is supported by 11 models of 15”, 12.1”, 10.4”, and 7.5” displays. (The GP3000 series only)

Features

Expansion of Alarm messages
Mounting a Function Expansion Memory on a GP unit expands the number of Alarm messages that can be registered from 2,048 to 32,767.

Share of Alarm messages
It is not necessary to individually register Alarm messages any more. This new feature allows you to use alarm messages sorted by device or level of importance in one Alarm settings

Easy creation of high-value-added screens
-Bitmap Font
You can use graphically-created bmp files as fonts for Numeric Displays.

-3D Real Parts
Ready-to-use 3D Real Parts can be downloaded from our website.

Product Information

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