Data Acquisition, Process Control, and Hardware-in-the-Loop Validation

VisSim/Real-TimePRO provides the capability to couple a VisSim system model directly with a "real" process or controller. With VisSim/Real-TimePRO, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems can be configured and executed by interfacing VisSim plant or controller models with real-world hardware, such as manufacturing plants, chemical processes, motors, pumps, and electric drives. The interface to the real-world hardware is through computer I/O cards; high-speed motion control interface cards; or serial port connections to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) or Distributed Control Systems (DCSs). There is no code generation or programming involved to configure an HIL system with VisSim/Real-TimePRO.

VisSim/Real-TimePRO has been successfully used in a wide variety of industries to: 

• Develop and validate control strategies
   

• Perform off-line tuning of controllers against a real-time plant
   
• Perform real-time control of actual plant
   
• Operator training against a real-time plant simulation

VisSim/Real-TimePRO supports analog and digital I/O boards from Measurement Computing, Quanser and National Instruments. 

FEATURES

• Works interactively under Windows

• Up to 10 kHz data sampling rate

• Universal library support for both Measurement Computing and National Instruments boards

• 4-20 ma I/O

• Thermocouple linearization

• Cold junction compensation

• PWM output

• Counter-timer

• Quadrature encoder

• Connect up to 16 boards simultaneously

• Simultaneous use of boards from different vendors

• Multiplexer add-ons provide up to 112 channels per board

• Supports USB devices like PMD-1208

• Download Datasheet (PDF)
   
• Download Case Study
   
• Board Support