TwinCAT PROFINET IO Device
The TwinCAT PROFINET IO Device (slave) is a TwinCAT supplement that turns every Beckhoff PC-based control system into a PROFINET IO device. By installing the supplement, a Ethernet interface becomes a PROFINET slave. The supplement can be used on PCs and Embedded PCs. PROFINET can also be tunnelled via EtherCAT in conjunction with the EL6631 PROFINET terminal for the EtherCAT I/O system. This way, any EtherCAT network can exchange data with PROFINET IO controllers. When using the EL6631, the TwinCAT PROFINET IO Controller supplement is not necessary.
PROFINET system structure
| Technical data |
PROFINET via RT Ethernet |
PROFINET via EtherCAT (EL6631-0010) |
| Ethernet hardware |
real-time Ethernet hardware |
PROFINET terminal EL6631-0010 |
| Operating system |
Windows XP, Embedded Standard, Vista, Windows 7, CE |
| Software |
TwinCAT I/O, PLC, NC, NC I, CNC |
| Target systems |
PC (x86), Windows CE devices |
PC (x86), Windows CE devices with EtherCAT interface |
| Cycle time |
min. 1 ms |
| Number of possible IO devices |
1 + 7 virtual devices |
1 + 1 virtual device |
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| Ordering information |
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| TwinCAT PROFINET IO Device |
licence for using the TwinCAT PROFINET IO Device for Windows XP, XP Embedded |
| TwinCAT PROFINET IO Device CE |
licence for using the TwinCAT PROFINET IO Device for Windows CE platforms |
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