QTP 04

Quick Terminal Panel - 4 I/O + 2 A/D + I2C BUS + Serial Line + Power Supplay

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QTP 04 is a complete Low Cost serial operator panel, compatible with the already known QTP 03 (See Technical Sheet or the depth Manual, panel with small overall dimension, specifically designed for industrial use and for direct mounting on automatic machinery. It is a video terminal suitable for a direct interface between operator and machine in any of the control or comand operations which could be necessary during running or diagnostic of the same machine.
Some new features make it suitable for interesting application fields as a stand alone message visualizator that are previously saved and then displayed by the digital I/O signals available on the card.

QTP 04 is available with Alphanumeric Fluorescent or LCD Displays, backlite with LEDs panel, with 16 or 20 characters for 2 or 4 lines or with 40 characters for 2 or 4 lines. QTP 04 is directly connected to the display, so it has an overall frontal dimension equal to the selected display used for visualization. For the mechanic fixing the user must use the onboard displays holes.

QTP 04 is really usefull in all those applications where the user must visualize some messages and must manage no more than 4 keys for user interaction. QTP 04 allows, with its EEPROM, the capability to store more than 90 messages. These messages can be then displayed in two different ways: by dedicated commands received by the master unit to QTP, through the communication line, or Automatically, for example at the switch on operation, and in an Autonomous Way by the status change of the proper digital signals. With this feature the master work time and its program space are optimized or even erased, in fact messages must not be sent to the panel every time, they are already stored inside EEPROM of the QTP 04.

Furthermore it is possible to get messages back through the serial line and read them again. So QTP 04 can be used as little mass memory where the user can save and read Set-Up informations, Passwords, Identification Codes, etc.
The horizontal Scrolling attribute for the saved messages, let the user displays more information on less space: on the first row of the display up to 200 characters can be shown in a self managed sliding modality.

Another interesting feature of QTP 04, is to display the data coming from the two lines of the A/D Converter or from the on board
Counters.
These data can be displayed, and in an Autonomous Way , at the moment of the switch on so transforming the QTP 04 in an efficient Instrument Panel, for example, to measure the Voltage and Current of an apparatus; the Temperature for instance of an Oven; the pH of a solution; the Frequency of a signal, the Count of the pieces produced; etc. etc. The applications are limited only by the needs and imagination of the user. Furthermore, it should be noted, the significant opportunities offered by the use of Libraries, the grifo® produced, through which it is possible to generate simple procedures able to face even the most complex situations.

Some models of QTP 04 can be inserted in the proper container QTP 72144 or QTP 96192 obtaining an enclosed product that have a protected front side and back openings for connections and that can be easily mounted in front panel modality.

Main features of QTP 04 are as follows:

• Overall dimension: same of the selected Display.
• The Operator Panel is available with different alphanumeric displays:
  • QTP 04-C2L : LCD display, backlite, with 2 lines for 16 characters.
  • QTP 04-C2 : LCD display, backlite, with 2 lines for 20 characters.
  • QTP 04-C4: LCD display, backlite, with 4 lines for 20 characters.
  • QTP 04-C4B: BIG LCD Display, backlite, with 4 lines for 20 characters.
  • QTP 04-C24: LCD display, backlite, with 2 lines for 40 characters.
  • QTP 04-C44: LCD display, backlite, with 4 lines for 40 characters.
  • QTP 04-F2L: Fluorescent display with 2 lines for 16 characters.
  • QTP 04-F2: Fluorescent display with 2 lines for 20 characters.
  • QTP 04-F4: Fluorescent display with 4 lines for 20 characters.
  • QTP 04-F4B: BIG Fluorescent Display, with 4 lines for 20 characters.
  • QTP 04-F24: Fluorescent display with 2 lines for 40 characters.
  • QTP 04-F44: Fluorescent display with 4 lines for 40 characters.
• LEDs Backlite of LCD display to ensure a Long Life of the product.
• Working mode as Dumb Terminal: the chaaracters received from the master unit, if they aren't commands, are directly shown on display while the key pressed or the possible commands results are directly returned to master.
• Tens of commands dedicated to visualization and other functions, compatible with ADDS Wiew-Point standard.
• 2 A/D Converter lines 10 bit 1,1-10Vdc; 0-20, 4-20 mA.
• Command to use the line of A/D Converter for generating and controlling a Keybinding Analog up to 16 keys with management and Keyclick Autorepeat.
• Management of 4 signal of Digital I/O with differents functions selectable by user:
  • Keys connected through external wires;
  • Digital Output with user defined status;
  • Digital Inputs acuired by user;
  • Digital Inputs provided of autonomous Visualization functions.
• Autorepeat and Keyclick functions for stroked keys.
• Possibility to enable up to 8 different autonomous Visualization, configurable between:
  • Single message;
  • Static messages sequence (screen);
  • Auto Scrolling messages sequence.
• Buzzer programmable as BELL or to sound with keystroke or for acoustic indications, driven by software.
• Internal EEPROM for permanent storage of Set-Up, messages, user characters, etc.
• Serial EEPROM (Options) for permanent storage messages, user characters, etc. In base version the EEPROM is xxx Bytes but it can be increased to xxx K Bytes), by ordering .MEX option.
• Memorization on EEPROM and visualization of maximum 97 different Messages, even with Auto Scrolling mode.
• Up to 255 different characters defined on display and thus visible on display.
• 8 User Characters provided of selectable pattern.

• AVR microcontroller with 7,3728 MHz crystal.
• Memory:
  • 32K FLASH
  • 2K RAM
  • 1K EEPROM
  • Up to 128K Serial EEPROM (Optional)
• Communication line configurable as asyncronous serial, at RS 232 or TTL level, or as I2C BUS.
• Serial Network connection through I2C BUS protocol.

• The MSI 01 is a simple interface card between the most frequently used serial communication electric protocols. In details the card converts a TTL serial line into an RS 232, RS 422, RS 485 or Current Loop serial line.
• Local Set-Up for operating modalities.
• Serial selectable communication protocol:
  • 1.200, 2.400, 4.800, 9.600, 19.200, 38.400, 115.000 Bauds;
  • 1 or 2 Stop bit
  • No parity
  • 8 bit
• I2C BUS selectable communication protocol:
  • Bit rate from 400K bps;
  • Master - Slave mode;
  • Slave Address range from 00H to FEH.
• Single +5 Vdc power supply.
• Optional wide-range power, DC from 10Vdc to 33Vdc or AC up to 24Vac to 9VAC
• Total power consumption change according with selected display, from 140 to 800 mA
• Optional Housing QTP 72144 or QTP 96192.
• On board protection aganist voltage peaks by TransZorb.
• Customized keyboard and program packages (please contact grifo®).
• For specific requirements about consumption and price, the LCD diplay can be not backlite (please contact grifo®).

Both firmwares, once received the command and the necessary input parameters, perform autonomously the specified operation and at the end they return the possible results established by execution. The firmwares, that are really similar, are different for the user modalities, as below described:

• Serial Firmware ( STANDARD ) The QTP 04 functionality is completely autonomous and the communication occours through the asyncronous serial line (in RS 232 or TTL) or the synchronous I2C BUS line, with an external system. The QTP 04 works as a slave unit that receive commands from a Master unit, and it offers both operator interface and manager of his resources, even at a long distance from the same master. The user doesn't change the QTP program but only the Mater unit (PC, PLC, control card, etc.) program. Among the features of this firmware there is a Local Setup that allows manual setting of communication parameters (logic protocol, name, Baud Rate, Stop Bit, etc.) and the management of QTP 04 inside a serial network composed by many different units (up to 256). In addition to the firmware is provided a detailed description of the commands and their use tecniques plus some demo programs for PC and grifo® cards, under source and executable format.
  
• Library Firmware ( OPTIONAL ) In this condition the firmware is linked inside the application program for QTP 04, developed by the user, and it coincides with a list of Library functions directly called by each low and high level development tools. The library functions can be called by all the Console instructions of the selected programming language, as Print, Printf, Kbhit, KeyHit, Input, Getch, Scanf, etc. This choice really simplify the QTP management, reduces the developing time and mantain compatibility with serial firmware. By using this firmware the user must write the application program and he must save, debug and test it directly on QTP 04. Certainly the application program can also use the hardware resources directly, without using the library, whenever it is necessary. In addition to the firmware is provided a detailed description of the commands and their integration tecniques plus some demo programs for the most diffused development tools, under source and executable format.

A list of accessories can be used to speed up and simplify the connection of QTP 04 to the other electronic systems, as described below:

A C C E S S O R I E S
	CKS AMP 2 Connector KIT Set, 2 pins 2 Female pins + AMP plastic housing for GMB_HR84, etc..
	AMP2 Cable AMP Cable Connector, 2 pins 1 m cable with 4 pins female AMP connector for GMB_HR84, etc..
	CKS AMP 2 Connector KIT Set, 4 pins 4 Female pins + AMP plastic housing for GMB_HR84, etc..
	AMP4 Cable AMP Cable Connector, 4 pins 1 m cable with 4 pins female AMP connector for GMB_HR84, etc..
	CKS AMP 8 Connector KIT Set, 8 pins 8 Female pins + AMP plastic housing for QTP_03, etc..
	AMP8 Cable AMP Cable Connector, 8 pins 1 m cable with 8 pins female AMP connector for QTP_03, etc..
	EL 12 The EL 12 module is a complete, low cost, power supply with extremely reduced dimension, that can be used in conjunction with grifo® cards as SDI 02, QTP 12, QTP 16Big, QTP 16, QTP 22, QTP 24, QTP 04, etc.

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