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News Release from: Phoenix Contact | Subject: PPC 5515
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 16 September 2005
Panel PC adds redundancy for reliable
control
Developed by combining a redundant industrial PC with a panel PC, the PPC 5515 system from Phoenix Contact is the solution for soft PLC applications requiring high availability and flexibility.
Developed by combining a redundant industrial PC with a panel PC, the PPC 5515 system from Phoenix Contact is the solution for soft PLC applications requiring high availability and flexibility The operating system and application are passed on within the multiple hard drive system or organised redundantly via a separate RAID controller
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 11 Sep 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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If the main hard drive fails, the second hard drive takes over, without the machine or system having to be stopped.
The disk drives are housed in an industrial removable rack and can be exchanged quickly.
The PPC 5515 system has an inbuilt temperature and fan speed monitoring feature with LED display, so that the PC operating status and the PLC status (run/stop/error) can be displayed online.
All monitoring values can also be read out via the operating system.
Based on Pentium M technology, this system provides a powerful and highly available solution for controlling and monitoring machines and systems.
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