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News Release from: Hayes Control Systems | Subject: AS-i master bus terminal
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 June 2002
Easing low to high level fieldbus
integration
A master bus terminal makes it easy to integrate the AS-i low-level fieldbus system with installations based on any of 12 higher-level fieldbuses.
The new AS-i master bus terminal from Hayes Control Systems makes it easy to integrate the AS-i low-level fieldbus system with installations based on any of 12 higher-level fieldbuses Users of the new module benefit from the simplicity and low cost of the AS-i system for connecting sensors and similar simple field-mounted devices, while retaining the higher-level fieldbus for use where larger volumes of data need to be handled
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new AS-i master bus terminal is manufactured in Germany by Beckhoff, for whom Hayes Control Systems is the exclusive UK distributor, and it features the same compact design as standard input/output modules in the Beckhoff bus terminal range.
In use, the KL6201 can simply be added alongside other I/O modules, or it can be used as a standalone unit.
In each case, it communicates with the higher-level bus via a bus coupler module.
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Twelve of the most popular fieldbus protocols are supported by currently available bus couplers, including Profibus, Interbus, Ethernet, DeviceNET, CANopen, Modbus and Beckhoff's own fibre-optic based Lightbus.
The new KL6201 bus terminals from Hayes Control Systems provide all of the functions associated with standard AS-i masters.
These include optional automatic identification and addressing for up to 62 AS-i slave devices, and support for star, line and tree connection topologies.
To provide optimum flexibility in larger installations, multiple AS-i masters can be used with a single bus coupler, up to a limit set by the data capacity of the higher-level fieldbus.
Programming, configuration and data access for AS-i devices connected via the new bus terminals are carried out via the normal process image, making complete integration easy, even in the most complex applications.
When used in conjunction with PC-based control systems implemented with Beckhoff's TwinCAT software, working with data from the terminals is made even easier by TwinCAT's powerful and intuitive IEC 61131-3 compliant instruction set.
Hayes Control Systems is the leading UK expert in the design and supply of complete automation solutions based on open-architecture PC technology.
The company is the exclusive UK distributor for Beckhoff in Germany, whose products include fieldbus-independent input/output systems, industrial PCs, and soft programmable controllers which use standard PC hardware, and which can also provide sophisticated motion control functions.
In all of its product areas, Hayes Control Systems champions an open-systems approach, which avoids the technical limitations, high costs and restricted availability associated with proprietary equipment.
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