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C-more Computer Programming Connections Company

Information

Control Systems
Overview
Using the C-more Programming Software EA9-PGMSW for project development, the
touch panel can be connected to a PC (personal computer) in one of several ways:
USB Programming Cable CLICK PLC
• Connect a USB Programming Cable such as (USB-CBL-AB15) from a USB port type A on the PC to
the USB type B programming port on the C-more touch panel. The USB connection is for direct Do-More
connection only and does not support USB hubs. PLCs Overview

• Connect the C-more touch panel to a PC with a Cat5 Ethernet cable via an Ethernet switch.
Do-More H2
Multiple panels can be programmed in this configuration. PLC

Following are the minimum system requirements for running C-more Programming
Do-More T1H
Software, p/n EA9-PGMSW, on a PC: PLC
• USB or Ethernet connection to touch panel (cables sold separately). Part No. USB-CBL-AB15
• Operating System - Windows 7 (Pro, Ultimate, 32 or 64-bit) or Windows 8 (Pro, Ultimate, 32 or DirectLOGIC
64-bit) $22.50 PLCs Overview

Other lengths available see

USB-CBL-AB3, USB-CBL-AB6, USB-CBL-AB10 DirectLOGIC
NOTE: Regarding Ethernet access to a C-more panel. DL05/06

If you intend to take advantage of the methods of remote access to the panel, including the web DirectLOGIC
server, PC remote access, FTP, iPhone or iPad app, you need to consider the security exposure
Stride™
DL105
in order to minimize the risks to your process and your C-more panel.

Ethernet Switch DirectLOGIC

DL205
Security measures may include password protection, changing the ports exposed on your
network, including a VPN in your network, and other methods. Security should always be DirectLOGIC
carefully evaluated for each installation. Message is sent DL305
out only from the
port connected to DirectLOGIC
destination device DL405

USB Connectivity Productivity

PC
C-more Message in from Controller
Touch Panel a device Overview

Productivity
3000

USB Universal
Port Part No. SE-SW5U Field I/O

Software
USB-CBL-ABxx
USB
Port
$99.00
USB Cable C-More
HMI
Ethernet C-More Micro
Configuration Kit HMI
Ethernet Connectivity via a Hub or Switch
ViewMarq
Stride™ Industrial
Ethernet Switch Marquees
PC 10/100 Base-T
(such as SE-SW5U)
Other HMI
Ethernet C-more
Port Touch Panel
Communications

Appendix
Book 1

Terms and
Ethernet CAT5 Conditions
Cable Auto MDI / MD-X
Ethernet Port
Part No. RT-CNFGKIT
$100.00
Ethernet Direct Connection
PC The Ethernet Configuration Kit includes a
C-more
five-port 10/100 Base-T Ethernet switch,
Touch Panel four straight-through cables, and one
crossover cable. (The cables are at least
Ethernet five feet in length.) The kit provides a
Port
Ethernet CAT5 great convenience for configuring systems,
Cable demonstration systems or basic control
projects using Ethernet.
Auto MDI / MD-X
Ethernet Port
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Programming Power...
Powerful configuration software with legendary ease of use
C-more’s mission is to make you feel like a touch panel configuration expert. So we put in many
tools to make your job go faster and more effeciently. Even simple things, such as object configu-
ration boxes, have improved. We think you’ll be able to do more with C-more in even less time!
Click on the Library tab to view
Save your screens in the Build your own keypads to libraries of personally stored
Screen Library to use use with numeric and text objects, screens, sound bites, etc.
with other projects entry This saves hours of work!

Scrolling
Thumbnail object
project selection
preview window lets
window you find the
helps you object you
organize want fast.
multiscreen Just drag
projects. and drop
And you can it on the
rearrange screen.
the screens
with a drag
& drop of Scrolling
your mouse parts list
shows
variations of
the objects
selected
above. Just
Select drag and
background drop on
screen, the screen.
and back-
ground color,
with one
click!

Object Layer List Window shows all the objects on the active screen.
Lock/Unlock Object- This editing tool Quickly select an object from the list to edit or highlight the Object.
disables edits to objects that are locked.
Once Locked, the object will remain
locked and saved within the software.
Reduces edit mistakes to objects when
multiple users may be accessing or editing
a project.

Hide/Unhide Object feature- This

editing tool allows hiding objects
that may interfere with editing
other objects on the screen, such
as Pop-up window objects. Grouping Control: expand or collapse
Grouped objects. Access individual
objects in a group without having to
Hardware manuals and help files are a few clicks away. Need more? Follow separate the group or move objects on
the links to C-more’s online library of objects and sound bites, or visit the screen.
C-more’s online forum.

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Powerful Database Tools

Company
Information

Control Systems

Customize your searches

Overview

CLICK PLC
Easily edit C-more’s databases with the latest software tools. with a click of a button. Powerful search filters allow for custom
Create, import, export and search for tags and other datatypes search terms based on various options. Do-More
PLCs Overview

Customize and Do-More H2

• Tagname Database • Event Manager Database save your own PLC
• Message Database • Address Book search terms for
those most used Do-More T1H
PLC
items.
DirectLOGIC
PLCs Overview
Device type fil-
ters allow you to DirectLOGIC
DL05/06
reduce the view
to just the device DirectLOGIC
tags you want to DL105
find or edit.
DirectLOGIC
DL205

Data type filters

DirectLOGIC
allow you to DL305
reduce the view
to just the DirectLOGIC
specific tag data DL405
types you want to
find or edit. Productivity
Controller
Overview

Productivity
3000

Database Import & Export saves you time Universal

Field I/O
The Import and Export tools allow you to quickly exchange xls file. This greatly reduces the time needed to create a new
database files between C-more projects, or PLC tagname files. database, especially when there are hundreds, or thousands of Software
With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can create a .csv or data points to work with.
C-More
HMI

C-More Micro
Import or Export Importing PLC tags is easy HMI

With supported PLC databases, simply export the PLC ViewMarq

• Tagnames tagnames and use the C-more import tool to select the Industrial
Marquees
• Messages .csv or xls file.
• E-mail Addresses Other HMI
• Languages
Communications
• Events
• Project File Appendix
Book 1
• Screen Library
• Graphics Library Terms and
Conditions
• Object Library
• Sound Library
• Recipe Sheets

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Productivity Tools: Built-in Simulator

Built-in project simulator pays for the panel in time savings!
The “one click” built-in simulator is one of C-more’s most powerful The same will be true for thumbwheels, slider switches (simply
features. You will find yourself using this feature every couple of hold your mouse button down and slide), selector switches, toggle
minutes while developing your project. Using this intuitive simulator switches and so forth. Want to see how an analog meter moves
will result in a better looking and more effective project completed based on dynamic data from the PLC/PAC? Simply move your
in less time. mouse to the “Simulation control window” of the simulator, move
The simulator allows you to fully simulate your entire project (every to the tag and click on the data you wish to change. Now type in
object, every screen) while it is being developed, without being the value that you want to simulate, and watch your meter move
connected to a touch panel or PLC/PAC. Simply click on the on the simulated screen.
“Simulate Project” button at any stage of project development. A And here’s the really cool thing - whatever values you modify
window will appear over your development screen that contains a during simulation, the effect will be propagated throughout your
pixel-for-pixel representation of how your project will appear on entire project, object by object, screen by screen. That’s because
your physical C-more panel. A simulation control window will also this is a true “project simulator”.
appear. To stop the simulation, just click on your project development
Now the fun begins. Simply click your mouse on any simulated screen and you’re back to project configuration. You can go back
screen object and it will behave as if your finger is actually touching and forth in a flash. It’s that easy!
a C-more panel. For example, clicking on a pushbutton object
will activate and deactivate it as if an operator were touching it!

The simulation control window shows

the list of screens and the tags, with
their values, for the highlighted screen
in the list.

For objects tied to bit or analog data,

change actual values here in the tag list,
then verify the correct behavior on the
screen. You can also change input data
on the simulated screen and see the value
change in the tag list.

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User Libraries, and Project Migration Company

Information

Control Systems

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

CLICK PLC
C-more provides three user libraries that allow you to graph below). You can also store entire screens, graphics and
efficiently re-use your work throughout your project or for sound bites. You can access your libraries at any time and Do-More
other projects in the future. You can store a custom object, re-use your work by merely clicking on the saved item and PLCs Overview

such as your company logo or a group of objects that dragging it from the library into your project. You can even
Do-More H2
compose a custom object (see the tank with cut-away and bar import and export library items to share with other designers. PLC

Do-More T1H
PLC

DirectLOGIC
PLCs Overview

DirectLOGIC
DL05/06

DirectLOGIC

2 1 DL105

DirectLOGIC
DL205

1
DirectLOGIC
Object, graphic and sound DL305
libraries
DirectLOGIC

3
DL405

2 Create, store and retrieve your:

• Custom objects Productivity
Controller
Overview
• Entire screens
• Sound bites Productivity

3 Re-use
3000

your work in this Universal

project or future projects Field I/O

Check out our online library at: c-more.automationdirect.com/support_tools/library.html check link Software

C-More
Change your project screen size with a click of your mouse HMI

C-More Micro
Imagine developing your project on a 10-inch panel and then a different size display with a click of the mouse. Of course, HMI
deciding to change the size to a 15-inch panel or an 8-inch you may wish to move things around a little since you have
panel. In the past, you most likely had to recreate your entire a different screen size. This feature is great for OEMs or ViewMarq
Industrial
project and reconfigure every object, tag and screen. integrators that may be installing different configurations of Marquees

With C-more, your project can be automatically converted for the same machine or process.
Other HMI

Communications
Original project for a 10-inch panel
Appendix
Book 1
Click - it’s now a 12-inch project
Terms and
Conditions
Click - it’s now a 15-inch project

Click - it’s now a 6-inch

project

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Powerful Event Manager Triggers

Alarms and Actions
Fill-in-the-blank Event Manager saves time, On the Event Manager
screen, create an event,
PLC/PAC programming and memory enter the required data,
C-more provides a powerful yet easy-to-use Event Manager which takes exception and select multiple actions.
handling (including alarms) and scheduling to the next level. The simple fill-in-the-blank It’s that easy!
manager allows events to automatically trigger several actions without the need for hours of
PLC/PAC programming. The Event Manager goes beyond
simple Alarm and Message functions,

A
and allows C-more to take action
based on events such as:
• Tag status or value
CHOOSE
EVENT • A combination of tag status or values
• Date or time
• A screen change

B
SELECT
The Possible Actions include:
• Create an alarm
• Play a sound
ACTIONS • Write values to tags
• Copy tag values
• Send e-mails (with embedded tag data!)
• Force screen changes
• Capture screen image
• P op-up messages
(with embedded tag data!)
• Send files via FTP
• Carry out math formulas

Tag Combinations allow for simple Math Actions add more power to your
logic with multiple events project
Create a custom formula or use the Math Keypad to create
Combine up to four different formulas with Constants or even Tag Values. The Result is placed
tags into simple logic events into a User Defined Tag.
that will trigger actions.

1234+SIN(<TAG>+PI(123)+LOGa
• Numbers in Black
• Tags in Blue
• Calculations and Functions in Green
• Errors in Red
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Convenient Recipe & Alarm Functions Company

Information

Control Systems
Overview
More flexible recipes reduces programming effort CLICK PLC

Recipes make it easy to make large numbers of tag changes with the push of a single button. Do-More
PLCs Overview
C-more provides tremendous flexibility and capacity to applications that require multiple recipes. It has a simple recipe button that supports
99 recipe sheets, each with 1000 recipes of 256 possible #tags or values. C-more recipe values can be modified and saved on the fly by Do-More H2
the operator while the machine is running. PLC

Do-More T1H
PLC
Spreadsheet-based Recipe Creation
DirectLOGIC
PLCs Overview

DirectLOGIC
DL05/06

DirectLOGIC
DL105

DirectLOGIC
DL205

DirectLOGIC
DL305

Select tags with Insert constant values DirectLOGIC

DL405
one click or select a tag
Productivity
• New Recipe Database Controller
Overview
• 99 recipe sheets
• 1000 recipes per recipe sheet Productivity
3000
• 256 possible tags or values
• Load recipe data directly to PLC registers Universal
Field I/O
• Operator editing of recipes while running
Software

C-More
Alarm List Object offers detailed alarm management for operators HMI

Alarms are used to notify operators of critical situations that may arise during a process. The Alarm List Object allows operator C-More Micro
HMI
interaction with alarms that have occurred and allows operators to view, confirm or clear the alarms. Alarms can include specific
messages with embedded PLC tag data as well as, date and time information for the alarm status. Alarm status can be color coded ViewMarq
Industrial
to help operators quickly interpret the status for each alarm. Marquees

Other HMI
The Alarm List Object allows alarm details to be displayed and logged for future reference
Communications

Icons help to see Appendix

alarm states Book 1

Terms and
Conditions
Color code the
alarm status

The Alarm List Object can be

filtered to show alarms based
on status.

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Trends, Logging and Control Options

Trend graphs, PID faceplates, true historical data logging
C-more’s trend graph supports 16 pens, selectable to be limited only by you. The information can also be sent from
hidden or shown by the operator. Show only the trends you C-more to your PC over the Internet, triggered by an event.
wish to see, when you wish to see them. In addition, the full C-more also has the standard PID faceplate and an enhanced
featured C-more units support data logging to SD cards or version which shows trend data of the setpoint process variable
USB memory devices. Gigabytes of trend data can be stored, and control variable.

• 16 pen trends
• PID faceplate
• PID with trend faceplate
• Each pen can be turned on/off
• True historical data logging

Log to SD card/USB

Pop-up windows for

information and control
Use Pop-up Window Frames to overlay information or to provide
extra controls on top of other screens. Operators can reposition
the pop-up anywhere on the screen or close the pop-up when no
longer required. Pop-up windows are created just like the other
objects in the project, and can include a portion of any C-more
screen (except other Pop-ups - no cascading available).

Pop-up Message Boxes for

critical events
Create Pop-up Message Boxes in the Event Manager. You
define the trigger criteria, and then select “Message Box”
as the “action”. You can type in a short message to appear
in the box, and select an icon to display with your message.
You can even include tag data, and date/time information in
the message. The operator must click the OK button in order
to clear the message box. You can also log an alarm at the
same time the message box is activated via the event manager
(along with many other actions).

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Fonts and Animation Company

Information

Control Systems
Built-in fonts Overview

Need even more fonts? Use any of the dozens from your PC CLICK PLC
C-more has 14 different fonts for objects such as pushbuttons,
indicators, meters and so on. These fonts are used for object- as “Bitmap Text”. (Although bitmap text cannot be used as an Do-More
integrated labels and ON/OFF phrases for each of C-more’s integral part of standard objects, they can be used for a wide PLCs Overview
standard objects. Each font can be bolded, italicized and variety of static annotations.)
Do-More H2
underlined. Fonts can be scaled to hundreds of sizes, giving PLC
you extreme flexibility.
Do-More T1H
PLC

DirectLOGIC
PLCs Overview

DirectLOGIC
DL05/06

DirectLOGIC
DL105

DirectLOGIC
DL205

DirectLOGIC
DL305

DirectLOGIC
DL405

Object Fonts Bitmap Text Fonts Productivity

Controller
Overview
Built-in animation makes the process come to life Productivity
Virtually any bitmap object (from your PC hard drive, the Of course, the object can also do any combination of actions 3000

built-in 4,000 symbol library, custom-drawn, etc.) can be as well. Best of all, the animation process is very straightfor-
Universal
animated to follow a straight line or a scribbled path. In ward. You will be animating your first object in as little as a few Field I/O
addition, the object can change size or orientation (rotation). minutes!
Software
Axis Animation:
5 types of animation (any combination) PLC tag values dictate the actual screen position of an
C-More
HMI
object. Move objects along a single axis or use different
• Straight line... X or Y tags for simultaneous X-Y position control. C-More Micro
HMI
• Scribbled path with up to 64 points
• Rotational Point Animation: ViewMarq
Industrial
• Change size Marquees
Define a path with up to 64 points for point-to-point object
• Multi-State Bitmap motion, or use “ratio” mode to move smoothly along a path. Other HMI
Scaling of PLC tag values to the path positions is optional.
Communications

Object Rotation: Appendix

Book 1
Control rotation of an object based on the value of a PLC
tag. Also allows scaling of tag values to angular values. Terms and
Conditions
Object Size:
Control the size of an object based on PLC tag values.
Independent X and Y-axis scaling of object size is possible,
along with scaling of the tag values.

Multi-State Bitmap:
Use up to 16 different bitmap images to animate changes in
the appearance of an object.
A bitmap object (picture of cardboard box) follows a curving path along
a conveyer (the path can be hidden). The box can rotate around the Benefit:
bends in the path and even change sizes. The bitmap changes toward Animations of machine motion and factory processes enhance
the end to a closed box shape. comprehension, and give operators a visual representation of
the desired motion of products, and machinery on screen.

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Wide Array of Objects and Customized Parts

Here are just a few of the more than
50 types of objects in the standard Object List
Pushbuttons

Indicator Lights

Analog Meters

Switches Slider Switch

Personalize your
screens
Object Format options make
personalizing your screen objects
simple. Select the colors, frames,
and background effects with just
a few clicks of the mouse.

Choose from the default color

templates or create and save
your own templates to use as
often as you like.

Backgrounds for many objects

support gradient fill effects that
make them stand out.

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Company
Information
Over 4000 industrial graphics with Symbol Factory
Control Systems
Select from 80 different categories offering vector graphics that can be scaled up Overview
and down in size without loss in image quality. Free Cutaway Control is also included
CLICK PLC
for doing tank type fills. If that is not enough, you can always use your own bitmap
graphics with the same objects. Do-More
Tri-State Switch PLCs Overview

Do-More H2
PLC

Do-More T1H
PLC

DirectLOGIC
PLCs Overview

Thumbwheel DirectLOGIC
DL05/06

DirectLOGIC
DL105

DirectLOGIC
DL205

DirectLOGIC
DL305

DirectLOGIC
DL405
Dynamic Bitmap
Productivity
Controller
Overview

Hundreds of Productivity

pre-configured parts 3000

Universal
C-more also provides ready-made “parts” (versions Field I/O
of each default object) that are available to drag
and drop into your project. Select any object to see Software

preconfigured parts in the Parts List. Select the one

C-More
that most closely matches your needs - and customize HMI

Set Language it even further, if you like. Then save it in the user
C-More Micro
library for future use. HMI

ViewMarq
Industrial
Marquees

Other HMI

Communications

Appendix
Book 1

Terms and
Conditions

Create custom objects

Use a combination of C-more objects and parts to create
Bitmap Text your own objects, or even entire sections of screens.

Circle Shape

=
Static
Bitmap Analog Meter

Frame
Numeric Display
Static Text
Custom Object Assembled from 12 parts
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