EPSON RC+   PC Based Robot Workcell Controller Software EPSON RC+ is EPSON's high performance PC based Robot Workcell Controller Software. By taking advantage of the strengths of open PC architecture (fast CPU's, reliable high performance hardware, access to 1000's of standard hardware and software products, well known Windows 2000 Operating System, etc.), EPSON RC+ provides the power and flexibility required for today's Robot Workcells while maintaining the ease of use and reliability EPSON Robots and Controls are famous for. At the heart of EPSON RC+ is EPSON's Real-Time Engine capable of controlling up to 32 simultaneous tasks. Add to that our robust SPEL+ Language and superior motion and I/O control and you've got a powerful controller capable of handling the demands of even the most difficult Robot Workcells. But we didn't stop there. EPSON RC+ also excels in the areas of flexibility and expandability. One of the reasons we use an Industrial PC with Windows 2000 as our core controller platform is to provide our customers with the vast expansion capabilities available for users of PC's. There are literally thousands of third party hardware and software products for the PC which EPSON RC+ users can take advantage of. This open access to adding capabilities to EPSON RC+ is what open architecture is all about. In fact, we feel so strongly about allowing our customers open access to third party PC products that we even built our SPEL+ language with expansion in mind. With EPSON RC+, users can extend the SPEL+ language through user built DLL's (Dynamic Link Libraries). This allows our users to take advantage of the open architecture of the PC but at the same time program their robot workcells from the familiar, powerful, and easy to use SPEL+ language.
		OPTIONS
		Vision Guide 4.0: Provides a powerful yet easy to use machine vision option integrated into the EPSON RC+ system that can be used for Robot guidance or part inspection tasks. Vision Guide 3.0 significantly reduces the development time normally required with most machine vision systems.
		Conveyor Tracking: EPSON Robots offers Vision and sensor based conveyor tracking solutions with our RC420 and RC520 controllers. Parts can be picked up off moving conveyors at high speeds with great reliability. And of course EPSON conveyor tracking is extremely easy to setup and use.
		VB Guide 4.0: EPSON leads the industry with powerful ActiveX controls that allow EPSON Robots to be programmed using popular Windows based programming languages such as Visual Basic, Visual C/C++ or Delphi.
		Ethernet I/O: We teamed up with OPTO 22 and integrated the popular products into EPSON RC+. Through using standard Ethernet TCP/IP, EPSON RC+ customers can have a distributed I/O network in their factory which is fast, flexible, and allows a variety of devices to be connected from very long distances.
		Force Sensing: Provides an Integrated Force Sensing solution for customers requiring Force Sensing to be used in conjunction with our EPSON Robots. We partnered with  to build the best integrated force sensing robot guidance solution available.
		Security Option: Flexible mechanism to "lock out" specified areas of EPSON RC+ from use by non-authorized personnel. Also provides a "Security Audit" to keep track of who logs into the system and the associated actions performed.
		Discrete I/O: 64 I/O (32 In/ 32 Out) are provided on a single PC board which is also supplied with a cable and terminal block for easy wiring. PNP and NPN configurations available.
The Power of Choice!