NI Lookout 6.2 Adds Connectivity to Most PLCs

National Instruments today announced the release of NI Lookout 6.2, the latest version of the Web-enabled human machine interface (HMI) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software. Lookout delivers unparalleled power and ease of use for demanding manufacturing and process control applications. The new features in Lookout 6.2 include integration with NI OLE for Process Control (OPC) servers, offering one software tool that can communicate with multiple programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and a client connection monitoring window that can be used to view the connectivity between the local server and its clients.

Lookout 6.2 compatible with industry-standard OPC specifications, so users can easily connect to a wide variety of PLCs, other OPC Server software systems and NI hardware such as Compact FieldPoint. Rather than purchasing specific software to communicate with individual PLCs, engineers can use the new version of Lookout as inexpensive and easy way to publish data to legacy remote terminal units and the latest PLCs that span the most popular vendors.

The new version of Lookout also includes a client connection monitoring window that improves development and deployment efficiency. The monitoring window displays the numbers of current and licensed connections, client computer name, IP address, logon user, connected time and other information about each connected client. Engineers can monitor the connections between the Lookout server and the clients without interruption while using the Lookout software system to simplify the building of their industrial automation applications.

Additionally, Lookout 6.2 is equipped with an easy-find display window that helps find display objects on panels rapidly and highlights the display object on the control panel. The latest version of Lookout also introduces a new controlled expression feature that offers engineers the option to specify when a controlled expression should be evaluated.

Readers can learn more about Lookout 6.2 at www.ni.com/lookout.

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