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News Release from: Gefran SIEI UK | Subject: GILOGIK II distributed I/0 PLC system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 July 2007
Modular PLC has high speed automation
option
High performance modular PLC system for small to medium distributed control automation applications has Modbus over TCP/IP option for high speed automation applications.
The GILOGIK II high performance, IEC 61131-3 programmed, distributed I/0 PLC system is modular and is intended for small to medium sized automation applications It makes full use of its TCP/IP Ethernet based network for plant and machine control
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ethernet TCP/IP or Modbus TCP master/slave aids programming, using an integral RJ45 port or with Modbus RTu master/slave using an RJ10 serial port.
The scalable GILOGIK II system includes software configured expansion modules with extractable spring mount connectors.
It has a backplane system with a high-speed data transfer (80Mbps) parallel bus in 4,8,12 and 18 module versions for maximum application flexibility.
A range of dedicated analog I/O modules include sophisticated temperature control and general I/O in various convenient formats.
Digital I/O modules for encoders, counters and general I/O are covered.
Modules with Ethernet switches allow a consistent uniform performance for up to 16 nodes with 256 I/O per node.
Gateways for Ethernet and Modbus over Ethernet and a range of common fieldbus interfaces including Profibus DP/V1 Slave and CANopen are also available.
For high performance, time critical applications a dedicated interface module for GDnet (Gefran Deterministic Network) is available.
Developed to allow synchronous I/O management of high-performance machinery for plastics extrusion or other demanding processes, this field bus uses a deterministic protocol based on Ethernet 10baseT.
In a typical application comprising four slaves, GDnet allowed 6000 I/O points to be scanned in under 200 microsec.
As the system is fundamentally independent of hardware and uses management functions and control algorithms to achieve system synchronisation it does not suffer from the jitter problems associated with hardware based PLC systems and maintains a certainty of I/O refresh rate with local and remote I/O sharing the same high execution speed.
Automation systems built around the GILOGIK II can include industrial PC controlled architectures with Gefran's own GF-BOX module and DIGIPANEL HMI which can include GDnet, CANopen, DeviceNet interfaces.
For a completely integrated PC with HMI, Gefran's DIGISTAR II is able to host the GILOGIK II PLC in addition to Geflex field bus equipped processing components and Gefran SIEI servo and industrial drives over Profibus, Canopen, DeviceNet and Modbus RTU.
Setting up the GILOGIK II PLC is made easy with Gefran's Grafinet configuration software, allowing the user to access each I/O point via a graphical interface and including HMI development platform tools using Java technology. Request a free brochure from Gefran SIEI UK ...
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