Welcome to CX-Supervisor SECTION 1 Introduction SECTION 1 Introduction This chapter introduces the CX-Supervisor application to a new user. 1-1 Welcome to CX-Supervisor CX-Supervisor is dedicated to the design and operation of PC based visualisation and machine control. It is not only simple to use for small supervisory and control tasks, but it also offers a wealth of power for the design of the most sophisticated applications. CX-Supervisor boasts powerful functions for a wide range of PC based HMI requirements. Simple applications can be created rapidly with the aid of a large number of predefined functions and libraries, and even very complex applications can be generated with VBScript.
CX-Supervisor has an extremely simple, intuitive handling and high user friendliness. Importing ActiveX® components makes it possible to create flexible applications and extend functionality. CX-Supervisor offers a comprehensive range of facilities for the developer and is capable of developing solutions with the following features:
• Operator interface to processes • Data acquisition and monitoring • Information management • Manufacturing control • Supervisory control • Batch sequencing • Continuous process control • Alarm monitoring and reporting • Material handling (monitoring and control) • Simulation and modelling through graphic animation • Data Logging • Error logging • Project Editor and cross referencing • Multi-lingual user interfaces • Report editor • Database Connectivity • Connection to OPC Servers • Use of ActiveX objects • Use of Visual Basic script CX-Supervisor runs on standard PC desktop computers running Microsoft Windows.
CX-Supervisor is intuitive and easy to use, and allows the developer to rapidly configure, test and debug a project. CX-Supervisor comprises two separate executable Windows programs, CX-Supervisor Development environment and CX-Supervisor Runtime environment. Applications are created and tested using the development environment and then delivered as a final customer application with the runtime environment. The runtime-only environment may only be used for executing an application previously generated using the development environment. It is not possible to generate a new runtime application using the runtime environment. 5