F(x) Software and Electronics

It’s All About Control

CONTROL F(x) Programming Software

EFX Electronic Controllers

SFX High Performance Controllers

VFX Display Solutions

EATON F(x) Software and Electronics E-ELCL-MR001-E April 20072

Take Control with Eaton’s

F(x) Software and Electronics

Eaton CONTROL F(x)™ software and EFX, SFX and VFX Controllers let you develop programs for control-ling electrical and electrohydraulic components. With the CONTROL F(x) graphical interface, you can create, debug, and monitor control logic using industry standards and Eaton supplied functions. This means you can integrate electrohydraulic systems easily and efficiently. You get reliable results while saving process time—and money.

EATON F(x) Software and Electronics E-ELCL-MR001-E August 20072

Minimum System Requirements

• Pentium II, 500 MHz

• 128 MB RAM

• 70 MB hard disk

• Windows 98 / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP

• MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

• CD-ROM drive

CONTROL F(x) Programming Software

Power and Flexibility

Create custom control programs for electrohydrau-lic components with Eaton CONTROL F(x)™. Designed around open standards and based on the IEC-61131-3 programming standard, Eaton CONTROL F(x)™ is a Windows-based tool that lets you develop scalable electrohydraulic systems. Standard function blocks can be used to combine any electrohydraulic components, while an additional set of pre-defined logic blocks specific to Eaton® hydraulic com-ponents enable even more rapid, reliable development.

Eaton CONTROL F(x) provides six graphical and textual programming languages for logic devel-opment. It even includes tools to help you debug and monitor the programs you create.

Tools for Rapid Development

Native code generators and intelligent algorithms let you quickly compile large projects with thousands of global variables and hundreds of components.

Eaton CONTROL F(x) offers development capabilities such as a robust set of data types, offline simula-tion, and powerful online functions like breakpoints, single stepping, power flow, sampling trace and online change.

Autodeclare and autoformat functions, plus context-sensitive input assistance, simplify use of the appli-cation. All functions are accessible by use of the keyboard or mouse point-and-click. The software has low minimum system requirements, letting you run it efficiently on almost any computer.

Eaton CONTROL F(x) Components

- Library management for user defined libraries

- Run time system in ANSI-C for flow control, debugging and communication

- Visualization elements

- Code Generators for multiple processors

- Complete offline simulation

- Hierarchical graphical configuration

- DDE Server, OPC Server

Editors for programming in:

• Instruction List

• Sequential Function Chart

• Function Block Diagram

• Structured Text

• Ladder Diagram

• Continuous Function Chart

Online functionality:

• Monitoring of all variables

• Writing and forcing of receipts (sets of variables)

• Debugging your complete project (breakpoints, stepping, single cycle, call stack)

• Interrupt-free online changes of POUs and data

• Power Flow

• Sampling Trace

Software Minimum System Requirements

• Pentium II, 500 MHz

• 128 MB RAM

• 70 MB hard disk

• Windows 98 / NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP

• MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or later

• CD-ROM drive

Six language editors, visualization capabilities and real-time debugging and simulation make CONTROL F(x) an efficient and extremely effective tool.

Eaton EFX electronic con-trollers and IO modules provide a full range of elec-tronic control solutions. With an array of controller options and IO modules, an EFX system can be created to address any application need. All EFX products are IP67 rated and are built for the harsh mobile and indus-trial application environment. The EFX line is programmed and configured using the intuitive CONTROL F(x) pro-gramming software.

Applications: Excavators, forestry, telehandlers, utility vehicles, cranes, ag machinery, paving, and other specialty machines.

Specifications: 4 different EFX controllers and 3 IO expansion modules provide analog, digital, and frequency inputs as well as digital, PWM, and current-controlled outputs. Each EFX controller has both CANopen and J1939 interfaces.

EFX Electronic Controllers and IO Modules

The SFX high performance controllers are designed to address applications where control loop times are critical. Whether it’s a precise closed-loop control or a safety-critical applica-tion, the SFX controllers are built to address the demands of complex appli-cations.

The SFX controllers are built for the harsh mobile and industrial application environ-ment and is programmed and configured using the intuitive CONTROL F(x) pro-gramming software.

Applications: Excavators, forestry, telehandlers, utility vehicles, cranes, ag machinery, paving, and other specialty machines.

Specifications: The SFX controllers have multiple I/O for analog, digital, and frequency inputs, and digital, PWM, and analog outputs. They also contain a 32 bit processor, a CAN interface and the SFX 2000 has a Time-Triggered Protocol con-troller for SIL3 safety-critical applications.

Eaton’s VFX controllers provide an operator interface solution for electro-hydraulic systems. The VFX 1000 con-troller is used for dedicated display control, while the VFX 2000 also provides digital IO for additional controls. The VFX control-lers are built for the harsh mobile and industrial applica-tion environment and are programmed and configured using the intuitive CONTROL F(x) programming software.

There are two LCD display options available for use in conjunction with the VFX controllers.

Applications: Excavators, forestry, telehandlers, utility vehicles, cranes, ag machinery, paving, and other specialty machines.

Specifications: VFX 1000 & 2000 are used for elec-tronic display control and networked via CAN into electro-hydraulic systems. The VFX 2000 provides an additional 50 digital IO. Two LCD displays, 6.5 in. and 10.4 in. are used in conjunc-tion with either of the VFX controllers for a complete operator interface solution.

SFX High Performance Controllers

VFX Display Controllers and LCD’s

TOTAL MAXIMUM MAXIMUM TOTAL CAN CAN PROTOCOL(S) INPUTS/OUTPUT* INPUTS OUTPUTS INTERFACES SUPPORTED

Electronic ControllersEFX 1612J 12 8 4 2 CANopen/J1939EFX 1624 24 24 8 2 CANopen/J1939EFX 1640 40 40 24 2 CANopen/J1939EFX 1680 80 80 48 4 CANopen/J1939

Input/Output Expansion ModulesEFX IO08 8 0 8 1** CANopenEFX IO84 12 8 4 1** CANopenEFX IO88 16 8 8 1** CANopen

* Inputs and Outputs on most modules are configurable** EFX I/O Expansion Modules connected to the main controller via CANopen

Programmable Electronic Hardware

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