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FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

FC5201 | DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™

The FC520x PC plug-in cards link the PC to a DeviceNet® network. They can act there as master or as slave modules. The PCI™ bus interface ensures both high transmission rates to the PC and fully automatic configuration of the cards in the PC hardware. The DeviceNet® cards provide a powerful implementation of the protocol, offering many desirable features:

  • All DeviceNet® I/O modes are supported: polling, change of state, cyclic, strobed.
  • unconnected message manager (UCMM)
  • Device Heartbeat Messages, Device Shutdown Messages
  • Optionally two DeviceNet® channels in parallel on one card are possible.
  • powerful parameter and diagnostics interfaces
  • The error management for each bus user is freely configurable.
  • It is possible to read the bus configuration and automatically assign the “eds” files.

In TwinCAT, all functions are conveniently available. High-level language programs use the DLL, Visual Basic applications the ActiveX interface. OPC applications can access process data and parameters via an OPC server.

Product status:

regular delivery

Product information

Technical dataFC5201-0000FC5201-0002
FieldbusDeviceNet®
PC interfacePCI™
Number of fieldbus channels1
Data transfer rates125, 250, 500 kbaud
Bus interfaceopen style connector, 5-pin, according to DeviceNet® specification, galvanically decoupled (Connector is supplied.)
Termination resistorswitchable
Hardware diagnostics2 LEDs per channel
Bit width in the process imageper channel total max.: 3 kbyte input and output data
NOVRAM32 kbytes
DriverTwinCAT I/O and higher levels
Dimensions (W x H x D)single slot, approx. 106 mm x 175 mm
Operating temperature0…55°C
Ordering information
FC5201-0000DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™
FC5201-0002DeviceNet® master/slave card, 1 channel, PCI™, with 32 kbyte of NOVRAM

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