
Click&Go V2 User’s Manual Introduction
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Overview
Everybody can be a programmer! Moxa’s Click&Go local control logic for the ioLogik Active
Ethernet I/O server eliminates the cumbersome programming generally required for data
acquisition, alarm messaging, and local control tasks. No knowledge of C-language or PLC ladder
is required for field applications. Instead, users familiar with IF-THEN-ELSE statements will have
no problem understanding the Click&Go interface and will be able to control I/O channels and
alarm messaging after a few simple steps. The configuration utility also makes the control process
easy to define and configure. Simply download the control logic to the ioLogik Active Ethernet
I/O server and Click&Go will be ready-to-go in no time.
Click&Go performs various functions including local I/O control, remote output control, alarm
generation and messaging, and event-driven or time-based I/O status reporting.
Click&Go eliminates the need for host computers to continually poll I/O devices for status. Instead,
the server itself is able to monitor the status of each I/O device and take the appropriate action
when the I/O status satisfies a user-defined condition. For example, users may need to configure
the Moxa ioLogik Active Ethernet I/O servers to send a TCP/UDP message only when the switch
attached to DI-0 is turned on. This event-based structure results in a much improved response time
and a much reduced load on the host computer’s CPU and on network bandwidth.
Simple IF–THEN–ELSE statements are used to specify conditions that are required for certain
actions to take place. Up to three conditions, three actions and three opposite actions (ELSE) can
be combined in a rule, and you can define up to 24 rules. Supported actions include sending SNMP
traps or TCP/UDP messages to up to 10 hosts at a time.
Click&Go can also be used to map an input channel on one Moxa ioLogik Active Ethernet I/O
server to an output channel on another ioLogik for peer-to-peer I/O communication. Up to five
different IP addresses can be entered as the output destination. Peer-to-peer I/O provides a very
flexible and easy way to extend I/O signals or connect remote on/off switches. It can be used, for
example, to replace or extend the wiring of PLC or DCS systems over Ethernet.
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