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PC Cards cifX PC/104 | Installation, Operation and Hardware Description
DOC120206UM42EN | Revision 42 | English | 2014-12 | Released | Public
© Hilscher, 2008-2014
3 Descriptions
and
Requirements
3.1 Description
The PC cards cifX are communication interfaces of the cifX product family
of Hilscher on the basis of the communication controller netX 100 for the
Real-Time Ethernet or fieldbus communication. Depending of the loaded
firmware, the protocol specific
PC card cifX
proceeds the communication of
the corresponding Real-Time Ethernet or fieldbus system.
The used Real-Time Ethernet systems are:
The used
fieldbus
systems
are:
EtherCAT Master
EtherCAT Slave
EtherNet/IP Scanner (Master)
EtherNet/IP Adapter (Slave)
Open-Modbus/TCP
POWERLINK-Controlled-Node/Slave
PROFINET IO-Controller (Master)
PROFINET IO-Device (Slave)
sercos Master
sercos Slave
VARAN Client (Slave)
PROFIBUS DP Master
PROFIBUS DP Slave
PROFIBUS MPI Device
CANopen Master
CANopen Slave
DeviceNet Master
DeviceNet Slave
CC-Link Slave
The PC card cifX handles the complete data exchange between the
connected Ethernet or fieldbus devices and the PC. The data exchange is
proceeded via dual-port memory.