Model 2601 Automation Controller

The 2601 Automation Controller is a high performance control system whose small size conceals a range of resources and capabilities usually found only in much larger and more costly systems. A few of this controller's unusual features:

	Multitasking, with up to 28 parallel tasks running simultaneously.
	Fast State Language programming using Quickstep™.
	988 storage registers, including 500 non-volatile registers.
	A Data Table capable of storing over 8000 numbers in a two-dimensional array.
	Short-circuit and overcurrent-protected outputs.
	Integrated RS-232 communications port.
	Internal counters which may be software-linked to any input.

These capabilities combine to allow you to build additional power into machines which in the past could not cost-justify a controller of this caliber. For example:

	Run a diagnostic routine in parallel with your main program, catching problems before they occur.
	Collect production data and communicate it to a computer, for logging or display.
	Connect an operator interface to the serial port, and have full interactive control of machine parameters.

These are just a few of the ideas which can add value to your control application without adding significant cost.

Programming the 2601 is accomplished using Quickstep™, a powerful automation language which dramatically reduces programming time. Software capabilities include the ability to simultaneously run up to 28 independent tasks, and the instruction set includes time delay, input monitoring, math and data manipulation commands. These commands make full use of such internal resources as the controller's non-volatile and volatile registers, user-definable Data Table, input-linkable counters and 32 flags.

The 2601 offers strong communications capabilities, including computer-based data collection, programming, and configuration, as well as the ability to actively transmit messages to displays and other remote subsystems. Because these messages can contain live data from the controller's registers, you have the necessary tools to create fully interactive operator controls using inexpensive LCD displays or remote terminals.