Product Description

The Beckhoff FC5202-0000 is a dual channel DeviceNet Lightbus card taken as part of the FC Lightbus Card Series that communicates through PCI interface. DeviceNet fieldbus is incorporated making it possible to connect personal computers on DeviceNet migration networks, with the ability of a master or slave configuration. The card supports serial bit rates of 125, 250, and 500 kb/s plus a galvanically isolated open style 5 pin (as per DeviceNet requirements) connector for dependable communication purposes which is provided with the card.

For such activities, commercial communication networks care made available on differential signaling methods that over the existing hardware and other peripherals that are meant for external application use. The FC5202-0000 assumes real time monitoring of communication status because of LEDs per channel that were incorporated into the card for hardware diagnosis and fault detection. Each of the channels handles up to 3 kbytes each of the input as well as output data in the atomic process, this is efficient for excessive data movement.

The Unit is designed to work with TwinCAT I/O software that enables interconnection and assimilation in the Beckhoff Automation systems. It accepts I/O in all the major DeviceNet I/O modes, that is Polling, Change of State, Cyclic and Strobe modes of communication. More advanced features of the card include: UCMM Does not allow messaging that does not use the conventional means of wiring harnesses; heartbeat Messages Shut device and Message lock to manage the various devices on a network at once; it is possible to control two DeviceNet channels in parallel on one card; possibility to configure error handling mechanisms for each bus user through software; ability of the user to load the bus structure automatically and load the EDS files.