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Human-machine interface (HMI) design standards vary and evolve, but end users always appreciate simplicity and clarity. Short read article on how to 'Keep Things Simple to Create Great Automation HMI Designs for Your Applications'.

With 3 hardware platforms to choose from and a FREE powerful programming package, the Productivity Series shatters the price per feature paradigm.

The ProSense DPTA Series offer accurate low-differential pressure measurement of air and non-condensing, non-corrosive gases of air filter monitoring, building pressurization and clean room applications. The ProSense DPTA Series senses 0.1 to 25 inches (2.5mm to 635mm) water column in positive, negative, and bi-directional pressures.

Your Low-Cost Digital Display of Analog Process Signals, Temperature (in either Fahrenheit or Celsius) from RTD or Thermocouple Temperature Sensors or Potentiometer & Resistive Inputs

Representing Direct Automation, John Deakin & Philip Veneris attended the Smart Cities Expo World Forum 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. They heard from industry experts, met with Australian Governments & also local & international Exhibitors all interested in the same thing, Smart Cities.

Just released at Direct Automation is the new Widescreen 7-Inch C-more EA9 Touchscreen HMIs. These deliver top level functionality, usability and value to our popular C-more touch panel family. With logic, math, alarming, remote accessibility and a myriad of supported protocols, C-more EA9 series HMIs are capable, practical graphical displays. The C-more 7-inch widescreen touch panels are equipped with 800 MHz CPUs and 800 x 480 resolution WVGA displays. For more information, visit C-more EA9 HMIs

The new BRX PLCs at Direct Automation are a very versatile modular Micro PLC system which combine powerful features in a compact, standalone footprint. The BRX platform is designed to be used as a standalone controller or can be expanded using a wide variety of expansion modules that easily snap onto the side of any BRX  Micro PLC Unit (MPU) creating a sturdy and rugged PLC platform. Four Micro PLC Unit (MPU) form factor combinations are available (3 with built-in I/O) to provide strong system designs that fit application requirements exactly, keeping system costs to a minimum.

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WEG Australia has entered into an alliance agreement with Direct Automation for the sale and support of its industrial switchgear range Australia wide.

We offer thousands of quality automation products designed and built by some of the best manufacturers in the industry. Our name brand products come from companies such as Automationdirect.com, EMA, Koyo, Kepware, Lidding Pneumatics and AZ Pneumatica.

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The Productivity2000 is a micro-modular rack-based PLC that supports up to 240 local I/O for discrete, analog and motion applications, with free full-featured programming software. The high-performance P2-550 CPU, priced at $395.00, has 50Mb memory; 5 communications ports including USB, Ethernet, RS-232, RS-485; and offers Micro SD card data logging. The two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports support programming and client/server connections (Modbus TCP, Ethernet/IP scanner and adapters), and connection of up to 16 variable frequency drives. A full lineup of 29 discrete and analog I/O modules is available. Free ProductivitySuite programming software features tag name-based programming; combined ladder logic and function block-style programming; advanced instructions that simplify complex tasks, and an exhaustive HELP file that covers both hardware and software topics.

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