ADAM-5510 Series' Powerful Communication Capacity with Communication Functional Block
Compared to other PLCs, the rich communication interface of the ADAM-5510 SoftLogic Controller Series is a major advantage. To provide an easy-to-use environment through networking interfaces, Advantech has released a new functional block for ASCII communication integration through onboard COM ports and ADAM-5090 (4-Port RS-232 Module) modular expansion COM ports.
This means you have not only five IEC61131 compatible programming languages, but also great communication capacity. ....read more.

Hot Reset Output Memory
You would never want to see machinery arms waving, valves opening, or engines starting in a critical application when you didn't want them to. But an unexpected power failure, machine breakdown or programming error might be enough to make this happen by simply resetting your system. When the system is online again, uncontrolled output signals go from the interface card to the connected equipment. The result could be disastrous. Obviously, the need to control the output status of your interface cards is critical.There are two methods to resolve this problem; a programmable power-up setting or a hot reset output memory. The programmable power-up setting is used to simply define the output signals of the interface card when the system starts up and is used in cards like PCI-1758UDO.....read more.