Steeplechase VLC features

Engineering Tool

Intuitive, visual flowchart programming language
Highly advanced instruction set including trigonometric, Boolean and string handling functions as well as advanced iteration constructs
Single tag database includes the following data types: bit, byte, word, integer, 64-bit floating point, string, timers, I/O and powerful multi-dimensional arrays
Patented Exception Handling feature eliminates redundant coding
Subroutine capability enables creation of reusable libraries

Runtime Target Platforms

Steeplechase VLC supports a scalable line of runtime targets including the ILC 150 VLC, ILC 350 VLC, S-MAX VLC and a generic PC-based runtime
The VLC runtime provides repeatable, deterministic performance while allowing the programmer set the scan rate for a given application
PC-based runtimes are deployed inside the Intime RTOS kernel and can achieve hard real-time, deterministic scan rates as low as 200 microseconds
PC-based runtimes can also be deployed with in a multi-core CPU environment
Integrated OPC server for serving up runtime data to other Windows applications
The ILC xxx VLC and S-MAX xxxx VLC controllers also provide integrated web servers for configuration

I/O Fieldbus Connectivity

Runtime Monitoring and Debugging

HMI Functionality

An integrated OPC server provides the ability to visualize controller runtime data with any OPC capable HMI product
Steeplechase VLC currently bundles several Windows®-based software tools for building HMI screens. These bundled HMI tools include a reduced functionality version of Citect as well as the Iconics MachineWorX product
Both HMI schemes provide an upgrade path for full SCADA functionality