The BradCommunications™ Direct-Link™ Profibus-DP interface cards (EN50170) are equipped with 1 Profibus port handling Profibus protocol in Master
and/or Slave modes up to 12 Mbps.
A smart A.D.M (Automatic Dual port ram Mapping) mechanism avoids the I/O
tags configuration in the Dual Port RAM of the card. More than a simple I/O
acquisition card, the Direct-Link™ interface cards provide the applications with additional information such as: device status and diagnostics, process data read/write monitoring, communication tools for troubleshooting, hardware and software Watchdog, etc..
The communication layers are completely embedded on the cards, allowing easy
and fast communication with field devices resulting in remarkable application
performance.
Product package includes:
- Graphical console for configuration and diagnostic tools
- Data servers (Multi-protocol OPC DA 3.0 & 2.05, ActiveX, DAServer,
FastDDE/SuiteLink)
- I/O libraries for Windows (DLL) and Ardence's hard real time extensions
(RTX)
- Static library for non-windows OS
- Drivers for soft-logic packages
Features
- Connect PC-Based Control applications directly to I/O devices
- Protocols supported:
• Profibus-DP V0 Master/Slave Class-1 & 2
• Profibus-DP V1 Master Class-1 & 2 (for PCI-Universal card only)
• Profibus-DP Slave passive
- Available in various card form factor: PC/104, PCI-Universal and CompactPCI 3U
- 1 Serial or Ethernet port for remote configuration and diagnostic
- Automatic devices detection on the network
- Embedded Communication on the card for powerful data throughput
- Configuration stored in the device (Flash memory), with auto boot mode
Ordering Options
| Manuf. Part No | | Molex-SAP | | Part Description |
| DRL-DPM-104 | | 1120130003 | | BradCommunications™Direct-Link™ PC104-DPIO Profibus-DP Master/Slave 12 Mbps, PC/104 bus |
| DRL-DPM-104-B25 | | 112013-0005 | | PC104-DPIO PROFIBUS-DP Master/Slave 12 Mbps, PC/104 bus, HE13 connector, Bulk of 25 pc |
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