Global Controls

MARK V (SPEEDTRONIC) OPERATOR INTERFACE REPLACEMENT	GE <I>	GE <HMI>	GCI– Global Controls
Communications with any Mark V over the existing StageLink!	Proprietary ARCnet Cards	Proprietary ARCnet Cards	Standard off-the-shelf Non-proprietary ARCnet Cards.
Type of Interface Driver to Mark V!	IDOS	TCI	GCI
PC Hardware & Operating Software!	Out dated Hardware & DOS (OS)	Standard Hardware w/limitations & Windows NT (OS)	Standard off-the-shelf Robust Hardware, also Supported by Windows XP Professional (OS)
Updating the Mark V PROMS!	Yes	Yes	NO, The GCI does not require updating the PROMS in the Mark V
Driver Configuration and Modification!	Idos File Structure	TCI - Control Panel Configuration	GCI - Uses Standard INI File Configuration and Control Panel Modification.
Operator Interface Software System (HMI)	Proprietary DOS Interface	Cimplicity 4.0 w/Proprietary Cimbridge Tag Interface	Cimplicity 7.0� w/ GCI Tag Interface
HMI Software Upgradeable by Customer	NO	NO	YES
Balance Of Plant (BOP) Interface Capabilities!	NO	Limited	YES
High Speed Sampling Rate (View2)!	29 Tags Only	29 Tags Only	1000 Tags All the Time!�Samples up to 8 times per Second (Adjustable)
Reading Mark V Memory Points!	Limited to Screen View	Limited to Cimplicity Program Setup	All memory points!
Communications Scan Rate with the Mark V!	Typical 1-Second per Screen Selection	Typical 5-Seconds	Standard Rate of 1 Second! All Memory Locations (Adjustable)
Pre-Voting!	YES	YES	YES
Logic Viewing & Changing!	YES	YES	YES
Logic Forcing & Constant Changing!	YES	YES	YES
Alarm & Event Capabilities with Mark V!	YES	YES	YES
EEPROM Download Capability!	YES	YES	YES
Historian Capabilities!	NO	Purchase Separately	YES - Proficy Historian 3.2 / 300 Tags "Expandable"!
Interfacing to Customer Database!	NO	Purchase Separately	YES - Standard OPC, PI Interfacing included with Historian 3.2