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News Release from: Pepperl+Fuchs GB | Subject: ASi gateway to CC-Link
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2003
Gateway puts AS-i sensors on CC-Link
The ASi gateway to CC-Link provides a simple, cost effective way to realise the benefits of the AS-i within a CC-Link network.
The AS-Interface is well proven as an economical and robust system for the networking of sensors and actuators on the lowest field level The ASi gateway to CC-Link provides a simple, cost effective way to realise the benefits of the AS-i within a CC-Link network
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Sep 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The gateway is a master to the AS-i network and a slave to the CC-Link network.
All ASi functions such as addressing, parameterisation and configuration of the ASi network are accessible via the CC-Link connection as well as standard data exchange.
Status information about the communication is indicated locally via ten LEDs and a two-digit LED display on the front of the unit.
The gateway occupies three stations on the CC-Link network, setting the station address is done via two pushbuttons inside the front cover.
Designed for field installation the gateway has an IP67 rating, connection to the CC-Link is made via cable glands in to cage clamp terminals.
The ASi connection is simplified using the flat cable and a standard base.
As part of a full range of ASi products, Pepperl+Fuchs can also offer ASi gateways to the following common networks: Profibus, DeviceNet, Ethernet, Interbus, Modbus and Modbus Plus. Request a free brochure from Pepperl+Fuchs GB ...
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