C-more CM5 Series Touch Panels: Features

Security Matters

Secure MQTT (with TLS)

With Secure MQTT you can have encrypted data without having to configure the broker. It also means that data is encrypted end to end and not just between the broker and the client.

SMTPs Client (Secure Email)

SMTP, SMTPS, and STARTTLS protocols are supported. These encryption protocols are used to secure an email messages in transit, which helps to protect the privacy of sensitive information and ensures messages are delivered to the intended recipient only.

HTTPs (Secure Webserver)

HTTPS provides a more secure and trustworthy browsing experience than HTTP, protecting users' sensitive information from interception and misuse, and helping to prevent attacks like phishing.

Create a private or public key that can be stored in the panel project. Remote users will need the correct credentials to access the HMIs built-in Web server.

Manage Ethernet Port Access

Port management tools allow the ability to disable ports that are not being used, as well as require user login credentials when attempts are made to connect to the panel.

Online panel operations effected by username and password:

• Transfer project to panel
• Read project from Panel
• Panel information
• Change panel IP address or name
• Display screen
• Adjust clock
• Reboot
• Clear memory
• Reset factory defaults
• Reset web server contents
• Update firmware

Manage Access to the HMI

Up to eight user group accounts can be configured for various levels of access to the HMI. Use these group password to control:

• Screen Access: Screens can be configured with passwords to allow access to only authorized individuals.
• Alarm Log Access: Requires password before user can clear alarms.
• Object Activation: Configure application critical objects to limit access to specific individuals (pushbuttons, switches, data entry objects, etc.).

HMI System Screen Access

A password can be configured to control access to the series of built-in System Setup screens that allow the user to:

• View detailed information about the panel
• Adjust certain features
• Configure communications
• Test various functions of the touch panel
• Backup & restore firmware, recipe, log, and project memory
• Clear memory and reset all values and conditions back to the original factory defaults.

Remote Access Accounts

There are three Remote Access user accounts that are configured and stored in the panel project. Each account has a password option as well as a "Permission Level" field that can be configured by the user. The user accounts are for Remote Access permissions, which are:

• View only
• View & screen change (control buttons only)
• Full control

Project Protection

If the project loaded in the C-more panel was saved as a "Protected Project File", then users who go online with the panel cannot save or edit the project using the IP address that they have been given for the Remote Access Connection. This keeps users from intentionally or unintentionally saving or editing the project file. The project should be protected if the panel is located on the internet and users know the IP address.

Supreme PLC Compatibility

C-more HMIs can support many brands of PLCs and in particular include many protocols for the Allen-Bradley PLC brand. C-more's A-B Ethernet drivers allow the simple connectivity of multiple panels and/or multiple Allen-Bradley PLCs.

Allen-Bradley^® PLC Driver Support:

• ControlLogix^®
• CompactLogix^TM
• FlexLogix^TM
• SLC^TM 5/05 Ethernet
• MicroLogix^TM 1100/1400 Ethernet
• Micro800^TM

ControlLogix EtherNet/IP tag-based messaging

C-more HMIs also support ControlLogix EtherNet/IP Tag Messaging. This drastically reduces the time required to map your PLC tag database into another device. You can import the RSLogix 5000 L5K file directly (1 below), or with just a few clicks of the mouse you can directly enter your ControlLogix/ CompactLogix tags from the PLC into C-more (2 below). No mapping or translation required!

2. Type in the PLC tag names directly. You can use the PLC tag names as your C-more tag names or choose a different C-more tag name when appropriate.

Lots of Programming Power

Powerful FREE configuration software with legendary ease of use

C-more's mission is to make you feel like a touch panel expert, so we put in many tools to make your job go faster and more efficiently. With these tools you'll be able to do way more with C-more in even less time!

Helpful Database Tools

User-friendly databases

Easily edit C-more's databases with user-friendly software tools. Create, import, export, and search for tags and other datatypes with a click of a button. Powerful search filters allow for custom search terms based on various options.

Database Import & Export saves you lots of time

The Import and Export tools allow you to quickly exchange database files between C-more projects, or PLC tagname files. With supported PLC databases, simply export the PLC tagnames and use the C-more import tool to select the .csv or xls file. Or with just a few clicks of the mouse, you can export your HMI tags to a .csv or xls file. This greatly reduces the time needed to create a new database, especially when there are hundreds, or thousands of data points to work with.

Easily import or export:

• Tagnames
• Messages
• E-mail Addresses
• Languages
• Events
• Project File
• Screen Library
• Graphics Library
• Object Library
• Sound Library
• Recipe Sheets

Built-in Simulator

Built-in project simulator pays for the HMI in time savings!

The "one click" built-in simulator is one of C-more's greatest features. This feature allows you to fully simulate your entire project (every object, every screen) while it is being developed, without being connected to a PLC/PAC. Simply click on the "Simulate Project" button at any stage of project development. A window will appear over your development screen that contains a pixel-for-pixel representation of how your project will appear on your physical screen along with a simulation control window.

Now the fun begins. Click your mouse on any simulated screen object and it will behave as if your finger is actually touching the screen. For example, clicking on a pushbutton object will activate and deactivate it as if an operator were touching it. The same will be true for thumbwheels, slider switches (simply hold your mouse button down and slide), selector switches, toggle switches, and so forth. Want to see how an analog meter moves based on dynamic data from the PLC? Simply move your mouse to the simulation control window, move to the tag and click on the data you wish to change. Now type in the value that you want to simulate, and watch your meter move on the simulated screen.

And here's the really cool thing - whatever values you modify during simulation, the effect will be propagated throughout your entire project, object by object, screen by screen. That's because this is a true "project simulator".

1. Click the "Simulate" button on the ribbon of the main project page.

2. The simulation screen will open with working objects.

3. The simulation control window shows the list of screens and the tags, with their values, for the highlighted screen in the list.

4. For objects tied to bit or analog data, change actual values here in the tag list, then verify the correct behavior on the simulation screen. You can also change input data on the simulated screen and see the value change in the tag list.

User Libraries and Project Migration

User libraries allow you to re-use your work again and again

C-more provides three user libraries that allow you to efficiently re-use your work throughout your project or for other projects in the future. You can store a custom object, such as your company logo or a group of objects that compose a custom object (see the tank with cut-away and bar graph below). You can also store entire screens, graphics and sound bites. You can access your libraries at any time and re-use your work by merely clicking on the saved item and dragging it from the library into your project. You can even import and export library items to share with other designers.

Versatile Event Manager

Fill-in-the-blank Event Manager makes programming a cinch

C-more provides a powerful yet easy-to-use Event Manager which takes exception handling (including alarms) and scheduling to the next level. The simple fill-in-the-blank manager allows events to automatically trigger several actions without the need for hours of PLC programming.

It only takes 2 simple steps to set up your object actions.

1. Choose the trigger event based on:

• Tag status or value
• A combination of tag statuses or values
• Date or time
• A screen change

• Create an alarm
• Play a sound
• Write values to tags
• Copy tag values
• Send e-mails (with embedded tag data)
• Force screen changes
• Capture screen image
• Pop-up messages (with embedded tag data)

Convenient Recipe and Alarm Functions

Flexible recipes reduces programming effort

C-more provides tremendous flexibility and capacity to applications that require frequent configuration changes. It has a simple recipe button that supports 99 recipe sheets, each with 1000 recipes of 256 possible tags or values. Recipes make it easy to make large numbers of tag changes with the push of a single button. C-more recipe values can also be modified and saved on-the-fly by the operator while the machine is running.

C-more from your Mobile Device

Mobile users can download the FREE C-more Remote HMI app from the App Store, Google Play, or Amazon App Store, to get remote access and control for Mobile devices.