

Hardware is tested twice, customer service is free, and they’re now expanding their training offerings with things like video training via the Web. Its first products (in 1974) were solid-state relays, and now most SSRs and I/O modules are guaranteed for life. It was well known for its industrial PCs or programmable automation controllers (PACs) before the industry knew what to call them.

’the process for people who want to act on their ideas.’Įven before the black armbands that employees wore to proclaim the demise of PLCs more than 18 years ago, Opto 22 had positioned itself as different. The more than 20 revamped products include project, simulation and connectivity software I/O processors, modules and racks and the Snap Motion Control Subsystem. Temecula, CA - ‘Products that serve the automation industry are confusing to understand, complex to use and expensive to buy,” says Benson Hougland, vice president of Opto 22, ‘but they don’t have to be.’ The occasion was the launch of a redesigned and simplified suite of Opto 22 hardware and software that is easier to understand, simpler to select and configure, and less expensive to install.
