CX-SUPERVISOR V4

Powerful machine visualisation

» Easy to use

» Fe a t u r e r i c h & f u n c t i o n a l
» Supports open standards
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V4, power and convenience

If you’re familiar with CX-Supervisor, then like many FH Vision Integration

Our FH Vision controllers can be integrated into
automation professionals, you probably love its your HMI pages to include live camera streams from
ease-of-use, its full visualisation, its instant your vision application. This can be used to monitor
measurement overlays and also review the test failures.
overviews, and its advanced functionality – the type Using standard HMI buttons, controls or scripting you
can control the vision system Scenes and Lines directly.
you only expect from much more expensive
For ultimate flexibility you can even access the whole
packages. vision programming panel to commission or reprogram
from your HMI screen, with appropriate security
permissions of course.

Now, prepare yourself for the new CX-Supervisor V4.

Easier, faster fine-tuning
It’s more powerful, more convenient and The data log viewer allows you to quickly and easily
more versatile than ever – take a look at how you compare the process parameters of one week against
those of another – enabling you to identify which
can benefit: settings work best.

Extended graphics library

The “Smart Graphics” support embedded animations.
In addition you can easily create your own objects so
your virtual machine looks just like the yet-to-be-built
one.

One-click simulation
Spectacular, instant simulations that test your
applications with a single click of a mouse.

Remote maintenance
See the exact status of your application from anywhere
in the world – without modifying your application.
Simply use your web browser to securely access your
application and monitor its status.
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Plus all the functionality you’ve enjoyed so far

Complete project overview on screen: the workspace
window (fully dockable) gives you a complete overview
of your project. Clicking on a page in the main view
shows all objects and animations on that page. You can
also see all the alarms, recipes, logging and database
connections.

Page editor: shows project pages and lets you create

new pages. Simply adjust the zoom for intricate HMIs.

Point editor: lists all project points, which can easily

be imported from Sysmac Studio and other CX
applications. Enables easy and direct reuse of symbols
used in Sysmac Studio and CX-Programmer.

Alarm editor: lets you set and visualise process alarm

conditions. Automatic alarm acknowledgment, email
notification and audible warning are selectable.

Animation editor: serves the wide range of animations

supported to visualise changing process parameters.

Recipe editor: recipes are often linked to batches of

production. So, use of the editor means you can easily
download a new recipe to start a new batch.
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Continuous performance improvement

Analyse at a glance Stay in touch at all times
The data log viewer gives you the best way yet to With remote maintenance via the web you can check
continuously fine-tune your machine and optimise its your application’s status from anywhere in the world.
performance, all in a simple visual way. You can overlay Simply log on to see and set values, check the alarm
one week on top of another, and identify anomalies at a log and acknowledge/clear alarms. Any errors in the
glance. You can compare one week against another or past week? See it all while your project is running.
one month against another, no more guess work, just
quick and easy identification of what works best.

With the data table, created by bringing the vertical

and horizontal cursors together, you can analyse your
machine’s performance in minutes. Reporting is also
easier: now you can export data as an image, CSV or
directly to a printer.

Viewing data logs. Remote connectivity with the screen.

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Proven run-time benefits

Health check during run-time Advanced data retrieval and storage
You can view the ‘Health Checker’ at runtime to You can gather and store machine data for process
monitor each part of your system and protect against analysis from any database. CX-Supervisor also has its
overloading. In conjunction with the ‘Application own data logging function and data log viewer.
Analysis’ tool, you can tune your application for
optimum performance and maximum reliability.

Choice of language
CX-Supervisor V4 supports sixteen different European
languages, and you can select and change them
even while an application is running. Moreover, the
runtime environment is fully extendable to support any
language using text files.

Run-time

COMPLETE COMPATIBILITY

Designed specifically for PC-based machine For complete multivendor compatibility, CX-Supervisor
visualisation, CX-Supervisor V4 is perfect for any PC V4 is an OPC client enabling easy communication
including Omron’s robust and high-quality NY series whatever devices you have in your machine. This
purpose-built touchscreen IPC. means that CX-Supervisor V4 enhances the ‘One
Connection’ architecture beyond even Omron. In this
Naturally, CX-Supervisor V4 communicates with way CX-Supervisor V4 extends our ‘One Connection’
a whole range of cutting-edge (as well as older) strategy to a multivendor world.
devices, including Omron’s entire range of PLCs,
motion devices, temperature controllers and sensors.
Moreover, future compatibility with new devices is
assured with Omron’s ‘One Connection’ Smart Platform
architecture.
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Choose your way of working

CX-Supervisor V4 is highly flexible and will perfectly Omron believes in and fully supports open
fit to your way of working. For example, you can technologies, so you are guaranteed the freedom to
choose which Omron PLCs you want to work with: it’s choose devices that best suit your machine or system.
compatible with the NJ/NX/NY range using EtherNet/ As a member of the OPC Foundation, Omron also
IP protocol and with the CS and CJ ranges, the C series supports open connectivity via open standards.
and even the CV series, as well as Omron’s Trajexia
motion devices, ZX and ZS sensors and CelciuX°
temperature controllers. And with 3rd party devices
using Modbus TCP protocol and more drivers are
continuously being added for registered users.

You can also choose which scripting language you use.

CX-Supervisor V4 supports several, including VBScript®
and Omron’s own language, which enables you to
interact with graphical elements on a page, read/write
data and send commands to Omron devices.

FH Vision Integration on NY IPC

Benefits for developers

Faster simulation – faster prototypes Improved picture handling
CX-Supervisor has always given you fast and easy CX-Supervisor V4 supports JPEG and GIF images and
simulation of HMI and PLC applications, but now with transparency – so you can layer images and create
the improved CX-Supervisor V4’s integrated simulation perfect pictures.
you can do them both on one screen – and, with just
one click of the mouse.
Any colour you want
The palette tool let’s you choose from standard or
Graphics library custom colours, with gradient fills and alpha blending
CX-Supervisor V4 supports “Smart Graphics” with transparency.
embedded animations. There’s also a “Point
Substitution” feature for easy object connection. Since
you can now create your own objects, your virtual machine .NET web interface
looks just like a real one. While the included CX-Designer For our advanced users, you can extend your
graphics library helps ensure that your HMI and IPC application into a complete web solution.
applications always have a consistent look and feel.
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A choice of two versions

This is the perfect choice for almost all machine The Plus version is for those exceptional cases where
visualisation requirements. Supporting connection of an application demands a higher number of devices
up to 15 devices and up to 500 user-defined points, or points than can be handled by CX-Supervisor V4
it is flexible and powerful enough for the control Machine Edition. It otherwise shares all of the same
and supervision of a complete machine or an entire power and features.
manufacturing process. And its easy-to-use Windows®
Explorer-style development environment makes simple
work of building even the most advanced graphic
interfaces.

Product selector

Indicator Description Product Code

CX-Supervisor Development Development program and runtime for testing. Does not include a runtime
CX-SUPERVISOR-V_
Package dongle. Includes 12 months free maintenance and upgrades.

CX-Supervisor Development Upgrade for the Development program and runtime for testing. Does not include
CX-SUPERVISOR-UPGR-V_
Upgrade Package a runtime dongle. Includes 12 months free maintenance and upgrades.

CX-Supervisor Runtime Machine

CX-Supervisor runtime DVD media including Machine Edition USB dongle. CX-SUPERVISOR-RUN-ME-V_
Edition

CX-Supervisor Runtime PLUS

CX-Supervisor runtime DVD media including PLUS Edition USB dongle. CX-SUPERVISOR-RUN-PLUS-V_
Edition

Quick reference comparison

Feature Machine Edition PLUS

ActiveX® Yes Yes

VBScript® Yes Yes
Recipes Yes Yes
Alarm definitions 300 5,000
Animation Yes Yes
Max Devices (PLCs etc) 15 256
OPC Connections Yes Yes
Max user defined Points 500 8,000
Max point elements 512,000 8,192,000
Max Regular Interval Scripts 10 100
Max No pages 100 500
SQL, ODBC, MS Access,
Supported database formats MS Access
MS Excel, dBase, CSV
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