The FC512x PC plug-in cards link the PC (PCI Express®) to a CANopen network. They optionally act as network master or slave. In addition, general CAN messages can be sent or received – without having to bother with CAN frames in the application program. The cards provide a powerful implementation of the protocol, offering many desirable features:
- All CANopen PDO communication types are supported: event driven, time driven (using an event timer), synchronous, polling.
- individual monitoring of the process data objects
- synchronization with the PC controller’s task cycle
- SDO parameter communication at start-up and runtime
- emergency message handling
- Guarding and Heartbeat
- boot-up according to DS 302
- powerful parameter and diagnostics interfaces
- freely configurable error management for each bus user
- it is possible to read the bus configuration and the node parameters.
- online bus load display
In TwinCAT, all functions are conveniently available.
Product status:
regular delivery
Product information
| Technical data | FC5121 |
|---|---|
| Fieldbus | CANopen |
| PC interface | PCI Express® x1 |
| Number of channels | 1 |
| Data transfer rates | 10, 20, 50, 100, 125, 250, 500, 800, 1000 kbaud |
| Bus interface | 1 x D-sub socket, 9-pin, galvanically decoupled |
| Termination resistor | switchable |
| Bit width in the process image | total max.: 4 kbyte input and output data |
| Hardware diagnostics | 2 LEDs per channel |
| Driver | TwinCAT 2.11 R3 and higher |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | single slot, approx. 100 mm x 130 mm |
| Operating temperature | 0…55°C |
| Material compliance | FC5121 |
|---|---|
| CAS No. | 7439-92-1 |
| REACH SVHC | Lead |
| REACH Annex XVII | compliant |
| REACH Annex XIV | compliant |
| SCIP No. | 452326a5-3c40-4591-996e-ae8d465f269d |
| POP | compliant |
| RoHS | compliant with exemption |
| RoHS exemption | 6c: Copper alloy with a mass fraction of up to 4% lead, 7c-I: Lead-containing electrical and electronic components in glass and ceramic materials, excluding dielectric ceramics in capacitors |
| China-RoHS | www.beckhoff.com/china-rohs-ipc |
| CA Prop65 | www.beckhoff.com/prop65 |
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