Can your PLC-based system do all of this?
- Store a nearly unlimited amount of historical information
- Give you comprehensive graphic displays showing any information you wish to see
- Back itself up with only the cost of a second desktop computer
- Let you view electrical diagrams of your system right from the control screens
- Call you in case of trouble and let you remotely control your plant via the web
- Text or email you alarm messages
- Run thousands of PID loops concurrently — a typical multi-thousand-dollar PLC tops out around twelve
- Get tech support over the Internet
- Verbal alarm announcements with custom descriptions, delays, and actions
Simple. Familiar. Reliable.
Our customers appreciate the simplicity of operation and maintenance, the flexibility, the familiarity, and the reliability of the PC environment. Control systems don’t need to be intimidating.
Want to harness the power of the internet to access data, generate reports, or remotely control your plant? No problem. Want to change the way your facility operates? It’s easy. Want to connect your control system to the company network? No expensive, proprietary hardware required. Want to implement new computing technology into your system? No waiting necessary — you’re already on the cutting edge.
Simplify your life and reduce costs at the same time. Computers do it better, quicker, and cheaper. Empire Controls provides next-generation control systems. Stop wasting time and money on complex solutions to a simple problem.
Why our customers choose us
- Open architecture. No proprietary hardware lock-in. Replace any component with off-the-shelf parts.
- Massive control capacity. A single PC can run thousands of PID loops at once. A typical PLC costing several thousand dollars maxes out at around twelve.
- Unlimited history. Store years of process data and trend it instantly.
- Built-in remote access. TeamViewer, AnyDesk, VNC, RustDesk — whatever fits your IT policy.
- Live documentation. Pull up the actual electrical schematics from the same screens you use to operate the plant.
- Affordable redundancy. A backup desktop is all it takes for full system redundancy.
Want to dig deeper into the technical case for PC-based control over PLCs? Read our full whitepaper on the topic. (Article archived — ask us for a copy.)