SNAP PAC Learning Center
Opto 22 • 43044 Business Park Drive • Temecula, CA 92590-3614 • www.opto22.com
SALES 800-321-6786 • 951-695-3000 • FAX 951-695-3095 • sales@opto22.com • SUPPORT 800-835-6786 • 951-695-3080 • FAX 951-695-3017 • support@opto22.com
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Form 1639-100921
SNAP PAC Learning Center
Features
Complete package of fully functional Opto 22 hardware
and software
Full, step-by-step assembly and configuration
instructions
Nine-lesson, self-guided tutorial
FREE technical support and pre-sales engineering
Description
The SNAP PAC Learning Center delivers a complete package for
learning, demonstrating, and examining the capabilities of the
powerful and versatile SNAP PAC system.
Not just a sample, the SNAP PAC Learning Center includes the field-
proven, real hardware and software used by Opto 22 customers all
over the world. Use the SNAP PAC Learning Center to explore
Opto 22’s industrial controllers, reliable I/O, and full-featured
automation software. Configure the I/O, develop a control program
(called a strategy) to run on the SNAP PAC controller, and create an
HMI (human-machine interface) for your PC. And then use the
same hardware and software in your own industrial control, remote
monitoring, or data acquisition application.
Developed in part as a response to the success of our free
Introduction to the SNAP PAC System training program, the SNAP
PAC Learning Center provides lessons applicable to any industrial or
commercial application but tailored to this standalone system and
its panel of input and output devices. With the learning center you
get industrial automation software, controller and I/O, mounting
rack, sample instruments, and self-guided training.
SNAP PAC Learning Center Guide
The content of our popular instructor-based training is now
available in a self-paced, nine-lesson tutorial, which is included
with the SNAP PAC Learning Center. Step-by-step instructions guide
you in assembling your hardware, configuring your I/O unit and
points, programming the SNAP PAC controller, and building a
human-machine interface. Instruction is split into nine easily
managed lessons. Each lesson targets a certain aspect of the
system, such as configuration, flowcharts, scripting, analog points,
and so on, and each lesson provides easy-to-find concept sections
to review and apply what you have learned.
The course uses a learning scenario of a fictional convenience store,
with digital input and output devices (lights and door contacts),and
analog inputs and outputs (fuel sensors and displays).
Learning Center Software
The SNAP PAC Learning Center includes the PAC Project Basic
software suite. Use this software with your system as part of the
Learning Center or deployed in your application:
•PAC Control Basic—a graphical, flowchart-based
programming tool for machine control and process
applications. Includes subroutines plus a powerful scripting
language for easy math, string handling, and control loops.
•PAC Display Basic—an intuitive HMI package for building
operator interfaces for your Microsoft® Windows®-based
clients communicating with PAC Project controllers.
PAC Display includes advanced alarming, trending, and security
as well as a built-in library of 3,000 industrial automation
graphics.
•PAC Manager—a configuration and maintenance utility
provided with the SNAP PAC System.
Part Numbers
Part Description
SNAP-PACLC
SNAP PAC Learning Center, SNAP PAC
Learning Center Guide (printed), and PAC
Project 9.0 software with PAC Project docu-
mentation in PDF format.
SNAP I/O Racks
SNAP PAC Learning Center
Opto 22 • 43044 Business Park Drive • Temecula, CA 92590-3614 • www.opto22.com
SALES 800-321-6786 • 951-695-3000 • FAX 951-695-3095 • sales@opto22.com • SUPPORT 800-835-6786 • 951-695-3080 • FAX 951-695-3017 • support@opto22.com
© 2007–2010 Opto 22. All rights reserved. Dimensions and specifications are subject to change. Brand or product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.
SNAP PAC Learning Center
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Form 1639-100921
Learning Center Hardware
SNAP-PAC-R1
The SNAP-PAC-R1 programmable automation controller provides
control, communication, and I/O processing in a compact, rack-
mounted package. The SNAP-PAC-R1 runs the control strategy you
build; interfaces with analog, digital, and serial modules; and
communicates with the HMI and other networked computers. It
has two, independent Ethernet network interfaces for network
segmenting or Ethernet link redundancy.
Because this intelligent, flexible PAC can be used in several ways, it
continues to be useful as your system grows and changes. The
SNAP-PAC-R1 can provide complete cell control on its own rack
with I/O modules, as it is used in the Learning Center. It can also
control other SNAP PAC I/O units at the same time, as part of a
larger system. Or the R1 can be used in a more extensive distributed
control system as an I/O unit controlled by a SNAP PAC S-series
standalone controller.
SNAP-PAC-RCK8 Mounting Rack
The SNAP-PAC-RCK8 rack mounts the controller and up to a total of
eight SNAP digital, analog, and serial modules.
SNAP I/O Modules
• SNAP-IDC5D: Digital DC Input, 2.5–28 VDC, 5 VDC Logic
• SNAP-ODC5SRC: Digital DC Output, 5–60 VDC Source, 5 VDC
Logic
• SNAP-AOV-27: Analog Output, Dual, -10 to +10 VDC
• SNAP-AICTD: Analog Input, Dual, ICTD Temperature
• SNAP-AIV: Analog Input, Dual, ±10 or ±5 VDC (configurable)
Learning Center Load Panel
• Two toggle switches, two momentary switches, one SonAlert
buzzer, three LEDs, one DC panel meter, one potentiometer, one
temperature sensor
Accessories:
• Power cable. Input voltage range for the Learning Center is
120–300 VAC. The appropriate power cable is included, based
on your location (U.S., international, or UK); if you need to
specify a different cable, please call Opto 22 at 800-321-6786
(toll-free in the U.S.) or 951-695-3000.
• Ethernet category 5 crossover cable
Computer Requirements
To use the SNAP PAC Learning Center with your PC, you must have
the following minimum computer configuration:
• A computer with at least the minimum processor and memory
required for your version of Microsoft Windows, and Ethernet
capability. Additional memory may be required for some
configurations.
• VGA or higher resolution monitor (Super VGA recommended).
Minimum size: 800x600 with small fonts.
• Mouse or other pointing device
• Installed Windows printer (optional)
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows
Vista® Business (32-bit), or Windows XP Professional (32-bit,
with Service Pack 2 or higher)
NOTE: Microsoft Windows server and embedded
Windows operating systems are not supported.
• At least 187 MB of available hard drive space
Learning Center Product Support
Opto 22’s product support services are available to assist you with
any problems relating to your work with the Learning Center. Call
(800) 832-6786 or (951) 695-3080, or email
support@opto22.com.
Excerpt from the SNAP PAC Learning Center Guide—Numerous illustrations
demonstrate procedures and describe concepts, so any computer user can
succeed in this independent, self-guided course.
More About Opto 22
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© 2010 Opto 22. All rights reserved. Dimensions and specifications are subject to change. Brand or product names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.
Products
Opto 22 develops and manufactures reliable, flexible, easy-to-use
hardware and software products for industrial automation, remote
monitoring, and data acquisition applications.
SNAP PAC System
Designed to simplify the typically complex process of
understanding, selecting, buying, and applying an automation
system, the SNAP PAC System
consists of four integrated
components:
•SNAP PAC controllers
•PAC Project™ Software Suite
•SNAP PAC brains
•SNAP I/O™
SNAP PAC Controllers
Programmable automation controllers
(PACs) are multifunctional, multidomain,
modular controllers based on open standards and
providing an integrated development environment.
Opto 22 has been manufacturing PACs for many years. The latest
models include the standalone SNAP PAC S-series and the rack-
mounted SNAP PAC R-series. Both handle a wide range of digital,
analog, and serial functions and are equally suited to data
collection, remote monitoring, process control, and discrete and
hybrid manufacturing.
SNAP PACs are based on open Ethernet and Internet Protocol (IP)
standards, so you can build or extend a system without the expense
and limitations of proprietary networks and protocols.
PAC Project Software Suite
Opto 22’s PAC Project Software Suite provides full-featured and
cost-effective control programming, HMI (human machine
interface) development and runtime, OPC server, and database
connectivity software to power your SNAP PAC System.
These fully integrated software applications share a single tagname
database, so the data points you configure in PAC Control™ are
immediately available for use in PAC Display™, OptoOPCServer™,
and OptoDataLink™. Commands are in plain English; variables and
I/O point names are fully descriptive.
PAC Project Basic offers control and HMI tools and is free for
download on our website, www.opto22.com. PAC Project
Professional, available for separate purchase, adds OptoOPCServer,
OptoDataLink, options for Ethernet link redundancy or segmented
networking, and support for legacy Opto 22 serial mistic™ I/O units.
SNAP PAC Brains
While SNAP PAC controllers provide central control and data
distribution, SNAP PAC brains provide distributed intelligence for
I/O processing and communications. Brains offer analog, digital,
and serial functions, including thermocouple linearization; PID loop
control; and optional high-speed digital counting (up to 20 kHz),
quadrature counting, TPO, and pulse generation and measurement.
SNAP I/O
I/O provides the local connection to sensors and equipment.
Opto 22 SNAP I/O offers 1 to 32 points of reliable I/O per module,
depending on the type of module and your needs. Analog,
digital, serial, and special-purpose modules are all mixed on
the same mounting rack and controlled by the same processor
(SNAP PAC brain or rack-mounted controller).
Quality
Founded in 1974 and with over 85 million devices sold,
Opto 22 has established a worldwide reputation for high-
quality products. All are made in the U.S.A. at our
manufacturing facility in Temecula, California. Because we
do no statistical testing and each part is tested twice before leaving
our factory, we can guarantee most solid-state relays and optically
isolated I/O modules for life.
Free Product Support
Opto 22’s Product Support Group offers free, comprehensive
technical support for Opto 22 products. Our staff of support
engineers represents decades of training and experience. Product
support is available in English and Spanish, by phone or email,
Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. PST.
Free Customer Training
Hands-on training classes for the SNAP PAC System are offered at
our headquarters in Temecula, California. Each student has his or
her own learning station; classes are limited to nine students.
Registration for the free training class is on a first-come, first-served
basis. See our website, www.opto22.com, for more information or
email training@opto22.com.
Purchasing Opto 22 Products
Opto 22 products are sold directly and through a worldwide
network of distributors, partners, and system integrators. For more
information, contact Opto 22 headquarters at 800-321-6786 or
951-695-3000, or visit our website at www.opto22.com.
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