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Transparent FactoryInternet-based technologiesfor the factory floor

Building a New Electric World

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Welcome to Transparent Factory®

Over thirty years ago, Schneider’sMODICON brand became the firstprogrammable controller and revolution-ized the world of industrial automation.Today, our dedication to openness andinnovation places Schneider at theforefront once again.

With a clear vision of the future, we haveembraced open systems architecture anddeveloped a suite of technologies thatvirtually eliminates the specializedbut cryptic systems of the factory floor.Utilizing commercially availableInternet-based technologies, Schneider’sTransparent Factory solutions provideunprecedented levels of flexibilityand connectivity in your automationinfrastructure.

Welcome to the future of automation...welcome to Transparent Factory.

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Unlimited Flexibility

With the developmentof our embedded webservers for Premiumand Quantum,Schneider was thefirst automationsupplier to bringInternet-basedtechnologies toindustrial automation...but that was just thebeginning.

By embracing opensystem architecturesand Internet technolo-gies such as HTTP*,XML*, JAVA, andMicrosoftTM DNA*,Schneider deliversproducts that not onlyenhance your installedbase, but create anopen and clear pathfor informationexchange.

Finally, an automationarchitecture that’sflexible and openenough to keep pacewith your changingneeds and able towithstand the testof time.

Unrestricted Access

Transparent Factory“information-enables”your manufacturingoperation by exposingreal time informationat its source — elimi-nating proprietarybarriers and simplify-ing access.

Whether you work inmaintenance, processcontrol, finance,purchasing, engineer-ing, or the executivesuites, TransparentFactory makes realtime data from yourmanufacturing envi-ronment immediatelyaccessible anywherein the world.

The networking strategybehind TransparentFactory is the samethat drives theInternet — Ethernetand TCP/IP*.

Undeniably Open

Proprietary networkshave dominatedindustrial automationat all levels of themanufacturingenvironment. Withinany given plant, it iscommon to havemultiple layers ofvarious networks.These proprietarynetworks complicateyour infrastructure anddrive up support costs.

Transparent Factoryeliminates your relianceupon proprietarynetworks in favor ofopen and universally-available Ethernet,TCP/IP and relatedtechnologies, tech-nologies alreadyfamiliar to your ITdepartment. Currentlythere are moreEthernet nodesinstalled daily thanany of the proprietaryfieldbus networksannually! Thisbroad-based support,together with its useas the media for theinformation revolution,ensures continualimprovements inspeed, security andreliability — attributeswhich are criticalto the industrialenvironment.

*HTTP = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol*DNA = Distributed Internet Applications Architecture (renamed Web-Solution Platform by Microsoft)*XML = Extensible Markup Language*TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

Transparent FactoryReal Benefits in Real Time

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Q: “Why do I need Transparent Factory?”

A: With Transparent Factory you can:

• Use a common Ethernet infrastructure fromManufacturing to MES

• Gain competitive advantage through provenreal-time performance

• Reduce downtime through Web-based diagnostics

• Create secure inter-plant communication worldwide

• Cut training costs with everyday tools

• Contain costs through open standards

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MODBUS

The industry’s serialde facto standard since1979, MODBUScontinues to enablemillions of automationdevices to communi-cate.

Today, support forthe simple andelegant structure ofMODBUS continuesto grow. The Internetcommunity hasadopted MODBUS bygiving it a reservedport on the TCP/IPstack. Users candownload theMODBUS/TCPprotocol specifica-tions and sourcecode free fromSchneider Electric’sIndustrial AutomationBusiness web site.(See URL below.)

True Standards

Transparent Factory

When a versatile,scalable physicalnetwork (Ethernet)is combined with avendor neutral datarepresentation(MODBUS), the resultis a truly open,accessible network.A network so powerfulit can exchangeprocess data rightdown to the sensorlevel.

Schneider Electriccontinues to pioneeropen standardswith the world’s firstautomation embed-ded web server.New enhancementsto the TransparentFactory platformprovide critical newservices includingreal time Publish/Subscribe, FaultyDevice Replacement,Network Management,and ResourceMonitoring.

Ethernet

It’s fast, cost-effectiveand reliable. Designedfor the factory floor,Industrial Ethernethas helped constructopen networks that nolonger face bandwidthrestrictions, and bringthe benefits of IP tothe factory floor.

TCP/IP

TCP/IP is the Internetstandard as well asthe global networkingstandard for allcomputing needs.Its optimal flexibilityallows it to act as acarrier for HTTP,MODBUS, FTP andmany other protocols.

Transparent Factorytechnology from

Schneider Electricdelivers seamlessconnectivity to the

“multi-vendor”environment of

today’s factory floor

Quantum NOE Module

Premium ETY Module

ConneXium

Momentum M1E

Transparent FactoryThe Value of Open Standards

www.schneiderautomation.com

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Schneider Electric’sTransparent FactoryReal Time solutionsdeliver products thatare compatible,interoperable andeasy to maintain. Ina Transparent Factoryenvironment, perfor-mance is high andoverall costs are low.Transparent FactoryReal Time innovationsinclude:

• New IndustrialEthernet functionalityfor Premium andQuantum

• Improved MomentumENT Communica-tions Adapter

• EnhancedConneXium hubs,switches andtransceivers

Publish-SubscribeReplacement

Continuing to pioneeropen standards onthe factory floor,Transparent FactoryReal Time technologynow supports a realtime publishersubscriber protocol(RTPS). This openstandard delivers

many features thattranslate into realbenefits for customers— benefits that don’trequire networkprogramming, including:

• “many to many”deterministiccommunications

• synchronizationof distributedapplications

• global availabilityof information

• automatic discoveryand reconfiguration

• optimized traffic load

Faulty DeviceReplacement

To improve productiv-ity and minimize risks,this new functionalityallows automaticreconfiguration andnetwork addressingof ANY faulty device.Available in theMomentum ENTcommunicationadapter. Faulty DeviceReplacement bringsEthernet one stepcloser to becomingthe preferred plantfloor network.

BandwidthMonitoring

Transparent FactoryReal Time’s newbandwidth monitoringservice preciselydetermines thecommunication loada device is exposedto and allows usersto make tuningchanges to achieveoptimal performance.

Enhanced NetworkMonitoring,Web Services,Diagnostics

Every TransparentFactory Real Timedevice can nowaccess its enhancedManagement Informa-tion Base (MIB). UsingSimple NetworkManagement Protocol(SNMP) and standardNetwork ManagementSoftware, this func-tionality allows usersto monitor a device fornetwork performanceand perform diagnos-tics. Additional webpages available withTransparent FactoryReal Time alsocomplement the MIBservices with theirconfiguration anddiagnostics capability.

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Transparent FactoryPioneering Industrial Ethernet Solutions

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Accessible Data

Transparent Factoryuses object-basedtechnologies anduser-definablefunction blocks toorganize data withinthe PLC. When thisfeature is combinedwith the powerof Schneider’sembedded servers,you can easily exposemanufacturing data foruse by any otherbusiness systemthroughout thecompany.

These embeddedservers can presentdata in a number ofways — even HTML.Now simple Webbrowsers can becomea window into thefactory floor andassume a widearray of standardmanufacturingactivities... includingsimple HMI monitoring.

And because brows-ers are familiar andintuitive, trainingbecomes easierand faster, and lessexpensive than ever.

Familiar Tools

JAVA, browsers,HTML... everythingthat makes theInternet an easy andsimple way to findinformation can workjust as effectivelywithin your manufac-turing environment.

Because TransparentFactory eliminates theuse of proprietarynetworks and proto-cols, your automationinfrastructure canbecome more flexibleand adaptable. PCsand other electroniccomponents can nowbe integrated into yourautomation infrastruc-ture regardless of theiroperating system.

With TransparentFactory, your PLCswill even have theability to send e-mailautomatically — alertingyou of potentialproblems beforethey become costly.

Unlocked Potential

Open and innovative,Schneider providesyou with a whole newway of looking at yourmanufacturing oper-ation. With TransparentFactory, you canestablish a virtualconnection with yourcontrol platform.This allows you toview real-time data ona Personal DataAssistant (PDA),personal computer,or any other devicewhich has access toyour enterprise network.

Best of all, you’ll neverhave to worry aboutinstalling specializeddriver software tovisualize that data.You can even usesearch engines to findspecific pieces ofinformation from anylevel of the network.

Anything you can doon the web, you cando with TransparentFactory.

Transparent FactoryThe Power to Make it Easy

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Transparent FactoryAdapting your automation systemfor Web Technologies

Real Time

Through TransparentFactory’s use ofembedded servers,your PLC can becomeits own website —broadcasting data toany business systemwhich subscribes andany browser whichaccesses its IPaddress.

Because we enablePLCs to serve theirown Web pages, youcan also “surf” fromone factory system toanother. You can callup an HTML pagefrom a PLC’s embed-ded server, then clickon a hyperlink in thatpage and view awiring diagram froman entirely differentserver. For the user,this all happensinstantly and transpar-ently... just like theInternet.

Separation from thecontrol real timeoperating systemensures that thecontrol system stayssecure. Enhancementto the server can beachieved withoutdisruption in control.These servers can beadded to existingsystems, providing agradual evolution.

Real Benefits

Because TransparentFactory utilizes trulyopen technologies,you can grow yourmanufacturingsystems incrementally.And thanks to ourMODBUS-to-Ethernetbridge, you can evenbring all the benefits ofopen networking toyour legacy systemswithout creatingdiscontinuity orrebuilding your entireinfrastructure.

The TransparentFactory architecturealso works equallywell with both PLCand PC-basedsolutions. Thatmeans that your plantwill remain infinitelyexpandable andupgradable... regard-less of what the futuremay bring.

No more scrappedinvestments, no morewaiting to upgrade —just make the changesyou need, when youneed them.

Right Now

The growth of theInternet and itsassociated technolo-gies has been nothingshort of remarkable.Thanks to Schneider,the world of automa-tion can now takeadvantage of theseinnovations.

Putting an end tothe Fieldbus Wars,Transparent Factoryprovides the only trulyopen, commercially-enabled automationsolution available...and that meansSchneider can helpyou to save time andmoney while enhanc-ing the capabilities ofyour existing automa-tion environment.

Meeting all yourautomation needs oftoday and providingflexibility and expan-dability options fortomorrow, Schneideris revolutionizing theworld of automation...again.

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Transparent FactoryFlexible views for monitoring andcontrolling your system

Access real timedata for diagnosticpurposes usingpredefined embeddedweb pages.

Selecting a modulein the predefinedgraphical representa-tion of your controllerprovides anotherwindow into real timedata.

Custom design yourown browser viewsinto live data andcontrols using off-the-shelf web designsoftware.

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Visit www.schneiderautomation.com for specific part numbers.

A TransparentFactory combinesproducts fromSchneider Electricalong with otheropen, commerciallyavailable technologies.

Servers FactoryCast Servers for QuantumFactoryCast Servers for PremiumFactoryCast SoftwareOPC Factory Server

Ethernet ETY Module for PremiumTCP/IP NOE Module for QuantumCommunication MODBUS Plus - Ethernet Bridge

MODBUS - Ethernet Bridge

Ethernet Input/Output Momentum Family

Programming ConceptSoftware PL7

Transparent Factory Enabled Product Portfolio

Quantum NOE Module

• 10/100 Mbps with autosensing (STP RJ45)

• Fiber Optic (ST)

• Support of MODBUS protocol on TCP/IP

• System diagnostics via Web server

• SNMP Agent (standard MIB II)

• Ethernet I/O Scanning without programming

• BOOTP - System IP address management

Momentum ENT V2 Ethernet Communication Adapter

• High speed communication rate - 10/100 Mbpswith auto-sensing

• Supports IEEE 802.3, Ethernet II, and Auto-detect framing

• Supports (SNMP) for device management over network

• Auto-set half-duplex/full-duplex port operation

• Automatic Faulty Device Replacement (FDR)

• Embedded HTTP Web Server with Password Protection

• Web Page based Configuration and Monitoring

ConneXium Switch

• DIN rail mounting

• No Fan (moving parts)

• Signaling contacts for function control

• RJ-45 shielded connectors for twisted-pair connections

• Certifications

• Connect up to five 10/100BaseTX auto-sensing devices

Premium TSX ETY

• 10/100 Mbps with autosensing (FSTP RJ45)

• Support of legacy protocols on TCP/IP–UNI-TE–MODBUS

• I/O Scanner service

• System diagnostic Web server

• SNMP Agent (standard MIB II)

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Accessing information inthe Transparent Factory

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Schneider ElectricMore control with a click

Putting the Web to work onthe factory floor

Schneider Electric ’s TransparentFactory is an open automationframework based on Internet andEthernet technologies thatprovides seamless communica-tion between plant floor andbusiness sytems. A worldwhere performance is highand overall costs low.

Let Transparent Factoryharness the power ofInternet technologiesto optimize yourproductivity.

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