Mitsubishi Electric has now rounded off its GOT1000 series with four new entry-level control terminals in the GT10 line. These very compact new terminals combine powerful visualisation with outstanding value for money.

The graphical control terminals of the GT1030 line have 5.5” touch-sensitive screens. Measuring just 145mm wide, 76mm high and 29.5mm deep, the terminals have bright, clear displays with a resolution of 288 x 96 pixels. The switchable backlight is available in a choice of two colour combinations: green, orange and red or white, pink and red. Processes can be visualised clearly and intuitively with the help of a wide selection of screen fonts in different sizes, including Windows fonts. The 1.5 megabyte project memory is amply dimensioned, even for more complex projects.

A wealth of integrated functions
Even the entry-level models come with many integrated functions, including setpoint value entry, alarm displays, recipe management, password protection and multi-language support. They support the Unicode 2.1 standard, which means they can also correctly display languages with complex character sets like Chinese, Japanese, Cyrillic and Arabic. For international applications the user interface can be switched to different languages at the touch of a button. The control terminals can be installed and operated horizontally or vertically and the front panels have an IP67 ingress protection rating (protected against dust ingress and brief immersion in water).

The GT10 line supports fast serial communications, both with the manufacturer’s own products and with third-party products, with data rates of up to 115 kilobaud. Drivers are available for Mitsubishi’s modular and compact programmable logic controllers (PLCs) of the FX and Q series, the Alpha series of micro controllers and frequency inverter drives, but also for common controllers from other manufacturers. In “transparent mode” the control terminal can be used to load new programs into the PLC without having to open the switchgear cabinet door.

The new GT1030 models are the successors to the popular F930GOT control terminals. In addition to being very attractively priced, the new models offer higher display resolution, more memory and faster communications. Existing applications can easily be upgraded with the help of the GT Designer control terminal soft-ware package available for the entire GOT series. The terminals can be connected to the PC with a USB adapter.

The smaller models
In addition to these four new products, the GT10 line also includes the smaller GT1020 line of control terminals, with a choice of six models featuring 3.7” displays with a resolution of 160 x 64 pixels. These small terminals also have a choice of two colour combinations for the backlight and two serial ports (RS-232 and RS-422). Two versions without power supply units are also available – they can draw their 5V power supply from the base units of the MELSEC FX3U controller.

Mitsubishi Electric’s GT10 product line is aimed particularly at ex-port-oriented mechanical engineering firms that build smaller and medium-sized machines in large quantities. Typical applications for these compact control terminals include machines in the printing, textiles, packaging and food industries, woodworking and handling machines and the heating, air-conditioning and ventilation sector.

Clear application visualisation
The GOT1000 series also includes the GT11 and GT15 lines, which are designed for more demanding control and visualisation tasks. These lines include both powerful standard serial communications control terminals with 5.7” displays and more high-end network-capable terminals with up to 15” (diagonal) screens and an optional MES function.

The GOT1000 series is part of Mitsubishi Electric’s Vision 1000 process visualisation concept, which encompasses three series of control terminals with over 60 individual models ranging from simple keypad-operated units to graphical touch-screen units and powerful industrial PCs. They provide a comprehensive selection of flexible control and visualisation tools for a very broad spectrum of industrial applications. The other two series in the Vision 1000 concept are the E1000 and IPC1000 families.