ControlWave Designer allows engineers the flexibility to choose the most appropriate controller hardware system without the necessity of learning a new programming language for each platform. The flexibility of IEC61131-3 further allows each manufacturer to augment the basic set of functions with product-specific high-level functions to take maximum advantage of their products’ distinguishing capabilities, yet strictly adhere to the IEC 61131-3 standards.
In addition to the basic functions and function blocks, ControlWave Designer brings the benefit of over twenty years of SCADA and plant control experience in Bristol's ACCOL III function block library. ACCOL III includes over sixty function blocks for use in oil and gas, water and wastewater, and process measurement and control applications.