What is EcoStruxure Machine Expert

Presentation

EcoStruxure Machine Expert is a professional, efficient and open Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) software solution that aides you in the developing, configuring and commissioning of the entire machine in a single environment (including logic, motor control, and related network automation functions).

EcoStruxure Machine Expert allows you to program and commission the entire range of elements in the Schneider Electric Flexible Machine Control offer, and helps you to achieve the most optimized control solution for most machine requirements.

Schneider Electric Flexible Machine Control

Schneider Electric Flexible Machine Control is the comprehensive solution-oriented offer for OEMs that includes the following elements:

o1 software environment

oEcoStruxure Machine Expert

o3 hardware control platform types

ologic controller

omotion controller

oother devices

oHMI

ospeed drives, servo drives, motor drives

osensors

odistributed I/O modules, etc.

oindustrial PCs (iPCs)

EcoStruxure Machine Expert integrates:

oHMI controllers

oMagelis SCU HMI Controller

oLogic controllers

oModicon M241

oModicon M251

oModicon M262

oMotion controllers

oModicon M262

oPacDrive LMC Eco

oPacDrive LMC Pro/Pro2

oHMI Magelis graphic panels

oMagelis XBTGH

oMagelis GK

oMagelis GTO

oMagelis GTU

oMagelis GTUX

Other HMI graphic panels are supported via the Modbus connection which do not support the Machine Expert protocol.

Features and Functions

EcoStruxure Machine Expert provides the following features and functions:

oentire range of IEC 61131-3 languages

ointegrated fieldbus configurators

oexpert diagnostics and debugging

ovisualization screen

oupgrading software and online help via the Machine Expert Installer

ointegrated function block finder to simplify programming

ointegrated Functional Tree to group and display the content of a controller according to your individual requirements

ointegrated OPC DA and OPC UA server

ooptional installation of the HMI application development tool Vijeo-Designer

ooptional installation of EcoStruxure Machine Expert - Safety to configure safety controller.

ooptional installation of the Controller Assistant to manage firmware and application download

oapplication and function templates

omachine code analysis

osmart template integrated in standard projects

ocreate and configure controller certificates

odata exchange between service tools such as Motion Sizer and EcoStruxure Machine Expert

Simplifying the User Workflow

With EcoStruxure Machine Expert you can design a complete solution with just:

o1 software program

o1 project file

o1 cable connection

o1 download

Dedicated OEM Libraries

EcoStruxure Machine Expert integrates tested, validated, documented and supported expert application libraries and project templates dedicated to many OEM applications. A simple configuration methodology speeds up design, commissioning, installation and troubleshooting.

For more information, refer to the Libraries Overview.