With the industrial pneumatics moving more into electronics, the
controller and its CPX terminals provide machine builders with the means
of overseeing all the units, including pneumatic, electric drives or
I-O functions. The unit can operate autonomously or in conjunction with a
host controller, such as a master PLC, and be used an intelligent slave
in fieldbus systems to provide localized pre-processing.
Other features include a 400MHz low power consumption 32-bit
processor, backed by 64MB of memory, and an Ethernet 10/100 Base-T
interface for programming and host controller communications. The
controller can accommodate communication protocols CANopen, DeviceNet,
EtherCat, EtherNet/IP, Interbus, Modbus TCP (transmission communication
protocol), Profibus and Profinet.
Carries an IP65/67 rating against dust and water ingress, and has the
ability to deploy the CPX terminal and its constituent modules in the
same environment as the machine itself.
Festo Corp.
www.festo.com/usa
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