The short video describes the main FLEXBOOL features and explains the first steps to use the PLC, such as setting up the Arduino IDE for FLEXBOOL programming and basic PLC setup. The example code runs a PLC demo program, which checks the PLC hardware, displays a sample page on the PLC display, and runs a test sequence for the panel LED indicators.

The example illustrates reading of Flexbool analog and digital inputs. It is based on Flexbool PLC Model 3, but can be used with any other Flexbool family controller with a different Input-Output configuration. Once the code is uploaded to the PLC, you can open the serial monitor and observe the printed PLC Input values. 

The example explains the control of FLEXBOOL PLC outputs and usage the output SET and GET functions. It is based on Flexbool PLC Model 3, but can be used with any other Flexbool family controller with a different Input-Output configuration. 

When your system is based on a Siemens PLC as a main controller, you can extend its I/O, by using any FLEXBOOL controller as an I/O extender. In this example we will use FLEXBOOL 3 as an I/O extender of Siemens Logo controller thus adding 40 protected and factory calibrated inputs, as well as 32 outputs and integrated UPS battery charger, monitored and controlled via Modbus TCP (see FLEXBOOL PLC  page for detailed I/O specifications). 

The example demonstrates operation of FLEXBOOL PLC as a Modbus slave (server) device and allows control and monitoring all PLC Inputs/Outputs as well as UPS Battery charging parameters via the Modbus TCP protocol. It provides easy integration of all PLC functionalities in SCADA or any other visualization platform, that supports Modbus TCP protocol. The example can be easy modified to suit your specific project requirements.

When your system is based on Siemens PLC as a main controller you can easily extend its I/O support, by using any FLEXBOOL controller as an I/O extender.
In this example we will use FLEXBOOL model 3 as an I/O extender of SIEMENS LOGO 8 controller, thus adding 72 protected, and factory calibrated Inputs/Outputs, as well as an integrated UPS battery charger, all monitored and controlled via Modbus TCP.
You can build your program using the Siemens Soft Comfort ladder SW and make user interface by Siemens LWE. The same approach can be used with FLEXBOOL 2 and Lite models.

The example demonstrates integration of FLEXBOOL PLC as Modbus slave (server) device into Iridi Pro GUI environment. The Iridi visualization project includes pages for control and monitoring of all PLC inputs and outputs, power supply and charging parameters, as well as some information pages for the terminals wiring. The project can be used as a starting point and modified to fulfil the integrator’s specific requirements.

MQTT is a publish/subscribe protocol designed for connecting IoT devices. Unlike HTTP’s request/response paradigm, MQTT operates in an event-driven manner, allowing messages to be pushed to clients. This architectural approach enables highly scalable solutions by decoupling data producers and data consumers, eliminating dependencies between them. Two key components to establish MQTT connection for publishing and subscribing of the messages are MQTT Clients and MQTT Broker.

The example will allow you to create a MQTT based NodeRED dashboard for control and monitoring of various process parameters, analytics and interactive visualization. It shows arranging of different kind of gauges, charts, graphs, and alerts that can provide the system user with an overall picture of the system's status and detailed information about the processes being monitored. The ability to monitor in real time, can help the system user to easily analyze and troubleshoot problems in the monitored system.