CIMPLICITY 8.5 ships with a broad library of native communication daemons. It connects effortlessly to PLCs and controllers using: (TCP/IP and Serial) Allen-Bradley (EtherNet/IP, ControlLogix) GE Series 90-30, 90-70, and PACSystems RX3i (SRTP/Ethernet) Modbus TCP/IP Device Connection Steps
: If external engineers require access to GE Vernova WebSpace or database historians, funnel the traffic through a secure Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) utilizing a terminal server or reverse proxy arrangement.
The software provided a powerful suite of tools for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). It enabled operators to maintain a clear, real-time view of their manufacturing environment, equipment, and resources, empowering them to respond quickly to operational issues. The system's architecture was built for high availability, supporting redundancy configurations to ensure 24/7 uptime in critical industrial environments.
While CIMPLICITY 2023 requires high-end SSDs and modern multi-core CPUs, 8.5 runs comfortably on refurbished industrial PCs (IPC). This is a financial advantage for small water districts or machine builders.
To reduce configuration time, 8.5 features robust Smart Object capabilities. Engineers can design a master object (e.g., a pump or valve) with pre-configured data points, animations, and alarms. Instantiating 100 pumps across a plant becomes a matter of dragging, dropping, and defining the base tag prefix. Enhanced Action Calendar