The EZSeries HMI Touchpanels communicate to more PLCs and Networks than any other HMI. Allen-Bradley panels talk to mostly AB PLCs, Siemens panels talk to their PLCs, Mitsubishi HMIs communicate mostly to their PLCs and Automationdirect's C-More talks mostly to Koyo PLCs.

A vast majority of North American Plants still have AB's Data Highway Plus (DH+) or Remote I/O (RIO) networks in place. A significant number has Modbus Plus (MB+) networks and the use of C-C-Link is finding increasing usage in the Japanese Transplants.

Industrial Ethernet is fast becoming the hardware communication platform for an increasing number of plants all over the world. But Ethernet without the proper supporting protocol (software driver) is like having a great vehicle without tiers . Not so with EZAutomation, our Universal Ethernet "U" model Touchpanel HMIs can communicate to:

1. Ethernet I/P to Controllogix
2. DF1 protocol over Ethernet for Micrologix & SLC 500 series PLC's
3. Modbus TCP/IP
4. SRTP for GE networks

Our EZ-ETHERPLUS ($240) option module can communicate to both Modbus TCP/IP as well Directlogic K sequence

No other Touchpanel HMI manufacturer other than AVG can communicate to all these PLCs and Networks.

This is a great feature for OEMs and System Integrators to consider, when selecting a Touchpanel HMI to be their standard HMI.