Watlow Silver Data sheet

Silver Series Operator Interface Terminal

Watlow® Offers the Silver

Series Operator Interface

Terminal to Give Your System

an Easy-to-Use, Reliable,

Affordable Interface

The Silver Series is a rugged, touchscreen operator interface
terminal (OIT). Available in three sizes (4.3, 7 and 10 inch
diagonal display sizes), the OIT’s feature serial and Ethernet
communications with multiple controllers, universal serial
bus (USB), secure digital (SD) card, data logging, flexible
password security and multiple languages. The small bezel
size and two-inch depth make mounting in tight spots easy.

The Silver Series programming software, EasyBuilder5000,
is easy to use and features a large variety of built-in screen
objects that makes it powerful. When creating screens,
the user can call upon extensive graphics libraries, import
custom graphics and add numeric displays, entry fields,
analog meters, bar graphs and trend graphs with just a few
mouse clicks. Screen objects are highly customizable, and
the user can create libraries of their own objects for repeat
use. The online simulator, Ethernet and USB support make
testing and downloading fast. EasyBuilder5000 is part of
the EZware-5000 software suite and is available as a FREE
download on www.watlow.com and on the DVD-ROM found
in the accessories list on page six.

The Silver Series OIT paired with Watlow® controllers is
the perfect solution for your industrial process or machine
control application.

Features and Benefits

Bright, 65,536 color, high resolution, graphic, touchscreen,
thin film transistor (TFT) display

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Maximizes display space in the OIT footprint

• Allows application specific interface design

• Allows viewing from a distance and at an angle

• Highlights important process information with color

and animation

User selectable portrait or landscape operation

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Fits in tight spots

Ethernet, serial, USB and SD Card ports

• Allows options for connecting to controllers

• Provides options for downloading projects

• Expands memory for recipe and data log storage

• Supports external keyboard, mouse and printers

• Supports monitoring from a personal computer (PC) with

free VNC Client software

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Supports dozens of serial and Ethernet protocols and up
to four simultaneously

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Connects to a wide range of industrial controllers and

devices

• Integrates a variety of devices to simplify complex

operation tasks

Data logging, display and trending

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Helps operators monitor processes

• Reduces labor and increases accuracy by automating

time-stamped data collection

• Stores captured data for future retrieval in multiple files

• Saves time by exporting data to Excel®-compatible

comma separated value (CSV) files

• Improves process understanding by allowing live and

historical data to be viewed on the OIT

Alarm and event monitoring and recording

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Reduces downtime by helping troubleshoot equipment

and processes

• Simplifies troubleshooting by recording time and

date-stamped alarm and event history

• Organizes and prioritizes alarms and events in up to

255 categories and 4 priority levels

Recipe management

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Reduces errors by automating process setting changes

Offline and online simulation

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Speeds up development by making it faster and easier to

test projects

• Allows faster creation of fine-tuned interfaces by speeding

up iterations

Time or trigger-based data exchange

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Simplifies integration by allowing the OIT to copy data

from one controller or OIT to another

Internal, piezoelectric buzzer

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Provides audible alarms and key chirp

Two-year warranty

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Provides product support and reliability

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Not all ports are available on 4.3 inch models.

See specifications.

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Features and Benefits (cont.)

Audio output to third-party, amplified speakers

• Alerts operators with sound even in noisy environments

Screen object password security with programmable
hierarchy and multiple users

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Prevents errors and tampering by allowing only

authorized users to access restricted items on the screen

• Allows flexible hierarchies by letting the developer assign

each screen object to any of six groups and grant each
user access to any combination of groups

• Provides password protection for upload, download and

access to local setup

• Supports up to twelve users

Screen object invisibility and/or interlock control

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Prevents errors by guiding operators

Powerful, easy-to-use EasyBuilder5000, programming
software

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Requires only a small investment in time to create a useful

interface

• Provides the ability to learn additional features as needed

• Provides advanced interface features such as animation

and pop-up windows

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• Reduces development time by providing extensive

graphical libraries and facilitating reuse with user-created
libraries

• Simplifies development by allowing import of common

graphic formats: bitmaps, JPEGs and animated GIFs

User-programmable macros with math functions and
support for floating point

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Extends functionality

• Automates processes

TrueType fonts with Unicode (international) characters
and language switching feature

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Makes screens easy to read by allowing bold, italic,
underlined, scrolling and blinking text to direct
operator’s eyes

• Prevents errors by communicating with users in their

native languages

• Reduces development and support by allowing inclusion

of up to eight user-selectable languages in a project

UL®, NEMA 4, CE, RoHS

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Allows use in harsh industrial environments

• Assures prompt product acceptance

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Not available on all models. See specifications.

Integrate multiple devices to simplify

operation of complex systems

Log and graph process data for quality

records and better process control

Include the types of displays users understand such as

gauges, sliders and bar graphs to make screens intuitive

Create screens that guide work flow

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