Omron NT3S User manual

NT3S HMI-SERIES
Advanced Industrial Automation
powerful and flexible touch technology
Small-scale automation solution

The Omron NT3S terminal is designed to replace mechanical pushbuttons and lamps or text
based function key terminals by offering extra functionality, without increasing overall costs.
The NT3S-series offers powerful, free programmable functionality on a small touch screen based
user interface. You can create your own “function keys” wherever you want them on your screen
and at the same time make use of text in multiple languages. You can also use comprehensive
graphics to monitor your application. This product is a step up from our NT2S/NT11S function
key series and a step up to our more intelligent NS-series.
Small, Powerful, Flexible,
Economic ..... NT3S
The NT3S applications are designed by making
use of standard objects like text displays,
bar graphs and lamps, and on the other hand
by tasks that can for instance be assigned
to buttons and screens. Also application
specific functionality like alarms and recipes
can be easily configured with the free software
NT-XS. This software is also used to program
our NT2S function key series.

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On the NT3S you can show different kind of bar graphs. Single
bar graphs can be filled in different directions and multiple bar
graphs with legend can easily be created with a simple wizard.
Up to nine languages can be used in the NT3S. This means
you can for instance make the text buttons variable. This way
you can design one project with different languages, so you
can use it in different countries.
You can monitor up to 256 alarms in 16 different groups with
the NT3S. Alarms can be shown with text, time, date and
status. Acknowledgement can be prohibited by password.
Analogue meters can also monitor values of connected
devices. You can set the range, angle, and “colours”
to your wish.
You can create your own buttons and lamps by making use
of bitmaps or by choosing one from the library. You can set
the “colour”, filling and label.
Showing and entering data is easy with the NT3S. Data can
be shown in the desired format (HEX, BCD etc.). Entering data
is performed with a pop-up keypad.
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NT3S Touch Screen Series
featuring:
• 4.1" monochrome STN LCD with LED backlight
(long lifetime)
• Maximum of two universal (RS232/485/422)
serial ports to connect multiple devices with
different protocols at the same time
• Drivers for most PLCs, Inverters and
Servo Controllers
• Multiple data entry objects per screen with
individual limit setting and math operations
• Support for floating point data
• Wizards for rapid application development
of standard bitmapped objects
• Real-time and historical alarms
(historical alarms in RTC version only)
• Trend graph for defined tags (RTC models only)
• Saves recipes data in non-volatile memory
• Windows® based programming software NT-XS
for free!
• IP65 design, CE/cULus Class 1 Div 2 certification*
* Class 1 Div 2 pending
Outstanding in many applications
The NT3S is capable of communicating trough two serial ports
with two different protocols at the same time. This means that
you can connect a PLC on the first port and for instance
an Inverter or a Servo Drive on the second port.
The NT3S can act as gateway by reading bits or words from
the PLC and “copy” them to a drive, for instance to start/stop
the drive. Also you can start and stop a drive from the NT3S
directly or write variables/parameters like speed, distance,
voltage or torque.
You can save a lot of money by communicating directly
to devices like Servo Drives or Inverters. You don’t need
a bus-system master in your PLC and you don’t need a special
Inverter with a bus-interface, because most Inverters can
communicate by a standard serial protocol without extra costs.
Add to this the touch screen, the multi-language possibility,
the optional real-time clock and the graphical features, like
analogue meters and bar graphs, and you have a product that
can really upgrade the functionality of machines with ordinary
switches or buttons.
The NT3S is programmed with the same software as our
NT2S function key terminal, so if you use a NT2S and your
customers ask for more functionality, the NT3S is the
product to use!
You can download the NT-XS software from the Omron
Software Registration & Download Area
(http://www.europe.omron.com).

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Two port solutions
A typical application for the NT3S is a machine where an Omron PLC
and Intelligent Servo Drives are used. The NT3S can be used to
communicate with both the PLC and the Servo Drives. This means
setting parameters, reading and writing variables like speed, torque,
distance and actual position. It is also possible to move data from
the PLC to the Servo Drive (e.g. to change acceleration times).
The NT3S gives you the advantage of being able to communicate with
the drives without using a bus-system, so a smaller and less expensive
PLC can be used.
Gateway functionality
You can also use the NT3S to connect Omron Inverters to another PLC
brand. In this solution the NT3S can communicate with the third party
PLC* and at the same time the NT3S can change data in the Omron
Inverters. Inverter settings can be changed directly from the screen but
also from the PLC program. The NT3S acts as a gateway between the
different protocols. This way you can save a lot of time developing the
communication between the PLC and the Omron Drives.
NT3S as local operator
Connecting multiple NT3S terminals to one Omron PLC is a good
solution for long machine lines where local setting or monitoring
is needed. You can connect a maximum of 7 screens to one PLC.
By using the multiple NT3S terminals next to one more advanced HMI
like the Omron NS-series, you can have a high functional solution with
local operation possibility against few extra costs.
* Please contact your local Omron representative for a list of available drivers.
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Specifications
Cable ordering information
* Please contact your local Omron representative for a list of available drivers.
Model NT3S-ST126 NT3S-ST124 NT3S-ST123 NT3S-ST121
Type of display LCD 4.1 inch, STN, monochrome display
Dimensions (W x H x D, mm) 140 X 77 X 35
Effective display area 98 X 35 mm (4.1 inch)
Display colour Green LCD, monochrome
Communication 2x RS232 1x RS232, 1x RS485/422/232 2x RS485/422/232
RTC - Supported
Power supply 24V DC ±15%
Touch panel Analog Resistive
Obtained standards CE, cULus (Class 1 Div 2 pending)
Display graphics Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Circle, Oval, Line, Bitmaps
No. of display characters
(standard characters) 32 characters x 8 lines
No. of registered screens 65,000 max. (limited by memory capacity)
Screen data capacity (standard) 120 Kb
Internal memory 1 kWords data memory, 1 kWords retentive, 64 words system memory
Printer connection Supported
Backlight life LED, min 50,000 hours
Multi-vendor support Supports most third party PLCs*
Product Name Product description
NT2S-CN212-V1 NT3S to peripheral port CPM-series (except CPM2C); 2 metre
NT2S-CN215-V1 NT3S to peripheral port CPM-series (except CPM2C); 5 metre
NT2S-CN223-V2 NT3S to mini-peripheral port CJ1/CS1-series and CPM2C-series; 2 metre
NT2S-CN002 NT2S and NT3S programming cable; 2 metre