EtherNet/IP to CC-Link gateway introduced
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ProSoft product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Jan 18, 2008
The EtherNet/IP to CC-Link gateway allows users to integrate any of the over 800 available types of CC-Link compatible products with any Rockwell Automation platform.
ProSoft Technology has addd a protocol to its product line with Mitsubishi's CC-Link (Control and Communication Link), a fast and reliable open fieldbus.
The ProLinx EtherNet/IP to CC-Link communication gateway was released at the 2007 Rockwell Automation Fair.
CC-Link is known for being highly robust and offering precise performance at fast operating speeds.
As such it has been widely adopted in the Asian marketplace and seen heavy advances in Europe and North America.
With the EtherNet/IP to CC-Link gateway, Rockwell Automation users can integrate any of the over 800 available types of CC-Link compatible products with any Rockwell Automation platform.
* About CC-Link - the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) reports that they now have over 900 members and over 4 million installed CC-Link nodes in the marketplace.
It is used in a number of industries beginning with automotive, where it was first developed by Mitsubishi.
CC-Link now can be found in industries such as pharmaceutical, semi-conductors, material handling, automatic transfer systems and food production lines.
Because of their speed and accuracy, CC-Link devices have been adopted in a number of machine, cell, motion control, or process control applications.
Devices include the following.
* Robots.
* Drives.
* Valve manifolds.
* Temperature controllers.
* Mass flow controllers.
* Servos.
The EtherNet/IP to CC-Link gateway emulates a slave on the network and is able to read data from the CC-Link network at local stations then move the data to another (EtherNet/IP) network.
For Intelligent Device stations, the gateway connects non-CC-Link devices to a CC-Link network.
Features include the following.
* RS485 high-speed service.
* User defined speeds ranging from 156 kbps to 10 Mb/s.
* Support for up to four occupied stations.
* Frame synchronization and broadcast polling systems.
* Five independent TCP server sockets permit remote clients to interact with all data contained in the module.
* Messaging: PCCC on CIP; Explicit Messaging supported.
* Error correction system.
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