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June 11.2025

Automated Parking System

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Project Background

Compared to traditional flat parking lots, automated parking systems expand vertically, offering multiple times, even dozens of times more parking spaces within the same footprint. Taking tower-style systems as an example, they require only 1/5 to 1/10 the land area of conventional parking while accommodating up to a hundred vehicles. This remarkable space compression capability acts like spatial magic on limited urban land, effectively alleviating the parking dilemma of "not a single space available" in city cores.

However, ensuring the efficient operation of these systems is challenging. Equipment safety and control real-time performance directly impact the safety of vehicles and personnel. During vehicle storage and retrieval, even minor operational errors can lead to severe consequences. Equipment safety and control real-time performance are critical to vehicle and personnel safety, demanding precise motor start/stop, millisecond-level response from safety sensors, and reliable emergency mechanisms.

 
 
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Efficient and Reliable Professional Solution
To ensure the safe and efficient operation of the automated parking system, the solution utilizes the ​​FATEK​​ M-Series PLC as the control core, leveraging its robust computing power and high stability. Simultaneously, the deployment of ​​FATEK​​ MC0EN high-reliability modules establishes a distributed architecture. This architecture overcomes the limitations of traditional centralized control by distributing control functions to critical nodes, enhancing both system responsiveness and overall fault tolerance.

Critical points across 62 carrier platforms integrate anti-drop detection sensors, laser alignment positioning units, and weight imbalance detectors. Combined with the MC0EN module's signal anti-vibration technology and FHB high-speed bus transmission, these ensure project stability and efficiency.
The ​​FATEK​​ M-Series PLC calculates carrier platform offset in real-time, dynamically outputting VFD speed adjustment commands; dual-path braking signals are simultaneously triggered under emergency conditions to activate mechanical brakes and hydraulic buffers.

The ​​FATEK​​ P5B-Series HMI provides simulation of garage operation status, with real-time pop-up alerts for self-diagnosed errors on abnormal platforms. Via ​​FATEK IOT​​, maintenance personnel can perform remote maintenance without being on-site. It supports project download, configuration parameter modification, and records crucial data. Analysis of this data enables predicting potential equipment failures for preventive maintenance, further boosting the safety control responsiveness and operational reliability of the automated parking system.
 
 
 
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FATEK Makes You Stand Out
► Enhanced Safety Mechanism
MC0EN remote IO and module anti-vibration design bus ensure 62 safety sensors have zero signal distortion possibility under mechanical vibration. and FHB high-speed transmission enables rapid response to loading platform misalignment. Dual-path braking signals instantly trigger brake and buffer systems to ensure timely and safe handling.

► Upgraded Safety Architecture
MC0EN remote IO features a hardware initialization knob for emergency factory reset, eliminating the risk of control system crash cascading;Additionally supports hardware knob IP setting + module status indicator, enabling precise fault point location and drastically compressing repair time.

► Optimized Efficiency Upgrade
MC0EN remote IO modules support independent MCU architecture to distribute safety logic operation load, reducing utilization of PLC master controller resources, further speeding up master operation efficiency.
 
► Flexible Expansion Capability
Dual Ethernet port daisy-chain topology supports direct connection of new parking spaces without switches, causing wiring complexity to plummet.Moreover, MC0EN remote IO's 64-module expansion capability matches the demand for doubling garage capacity. System upgrades require no architectural modifications.

 
 
 
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FATEK Products Selected
in the Solution