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News Release from: Sercos North America
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Team on 08 May 2006
Controller-to-Controller profile spec
released
The Sercos Controller-to-Controller (C2C) Profile specification for interconnecting distributed controls in modular machines and systems was released at Hannover Fair.
The Sercos Controller-to-Controller (C2C) Profile specification for interconnecting distributed controls in modular machines and systems was released at Hannover Fair 2006 A live demonstration with the first device implementations of this C2C profile was presented at the joint booth of the Interests Group Sercos interface
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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