Beckhoff FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

The FC520x PC plug-in cards link the PC to a DeviceNet® network.

They can act there as master or as slave modules. The PCI™ bus interface ensures both high transmission rates to the PC and fully automatic configuration of the cards in the PC hardware.

The DeviceNet® cards provide a powerful implementation of the protocol, offering many desirable features:

All DeviceNet® I/O modes are supported: polling, change of state, cyclic, strobed.

unconnected message manager (UCMM)

Device Heartbeat Messages, Device Shutdown Messages

Optionally two DeviceNet® channels in parallel on one card are possible.

powerful parameter and diagnostics interfaces

The error management for each bus user is freely configurable.

It is possible to read the bus configuration and automatically assign the “eds” files.

In TwinCAT, all functions are conveniently available. High-level language programs use the DLL, Visual Basic applications the ActiveX interface.

OPC applications can access process data and parameters via an OPC server.

Technical data    FC5201-0000    FC5201-0002

Fieldbus    DeviceNet®

PC interface    PCI™

Number of channels    1

Data transfer rates    125. 250. 500 kbaud

Bus interface    open style connector, 5-pin, according to DeviceNet® specification, galvanically decoupled (Connector is supplied.)

Termination resistor    switchable

Bit width in the process image    per channel total max.: 3 kbyte input and output data

NOVRAM    –    32 kbytes

Hardware diagnostics    2 LEDs per channel

Driver    TwinCAT I/O and higher levels

Dimensions (W x H x D)    single slot, approx. 106 mm x 175 mm

Operating temperature    0…55°C