- There is no need to write ladder programming to collect data. Even with an existing system, just mount an SPU Unit and add it to the I/O tables to start data collection.
- The total size of variables that can be specified to collect data is 7,776 words.
- Use specified times or events as triggers to record the contents of specified words in I/O memory in the CPU Unit.
- In Data Storage Mode, up to 65 data collection patterns are possible with one basic collection pattern and data collection patterns 1 to 64. Combine the collection patterns with events to simultaneously collect many different types of data.
- Collected data can be stored in PC cards or in a computer connected via Ethernet. Data Management Middleware can be used to make a few simple settings to store the data in a host computer.
- Recipes can be used to batch-write numeric or text string data, such as production parameters, in the memory areas of the CPU Unit. Recipe data can be saved in a Memory Card in the SPU Unit to easily enable process switchovers.
- SPU Units with a unit version of 2.1 or later also provide an FTP client. This enables sending files of collected data to an FTP server on a host computer, eliminating the need to write programming to store data in the host computer.