Up to 255 distributed Lightbus input and output modules can be connected to a standard PC with the C1200 interface card. Fibre optics carry data at 2.5 Mbaud between the PC and the industrial peripherals, rapidly and without interference.
Drivers and high level language libraries for various operating systems and programming languages are available for programming the interface card.
Features
| Technical data | C1200 |
|---|---|
| Fieldbus | Lightbus |
| Data transfer rates | 2.5 Mbaud, 32 bits of process data in 25 µs |
| Data security | hamming distance d=3 |
| Transmit register | 2 register sets of 8 bytes each |
| Receive register | 2 register sets of 8 bytes each |
| Status register | 2 registers |
| Software | Beckhoff TwinCAT, DOS drivers, high-level language libraries |
| Supply voltage | 5 V DC via PC bus |
| Dimensions | short 8 bit PC plug-in card, L=116 mm |
| Operating temperature | 0…55 °C |
| Ordering information | C1200 |
|---|---|
| C1200 | standard version |