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Device Manual AS-i IO-Link-Gateway (AC5225) Firmware V1.16
2017-11-20
System description
What is IO-Link?
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3.2.3
IO-Link flow of information
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Example
of IO-Link flow of information:
Graphics: IO-Link sensors communicate with the
fieldbus master via an AS-i IO-Link gateway and an AS-i
ControllerE.
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Signal transmission from the IO-Link
sensor to the IO-Link master (here:
AC5225) via standard sensor cable
(orange).
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Protocol conversion in the IO-Link
master to the AS-i slave (in the same
device).
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Data transmission via AS-i cable (yellow)
to the AS-i master (here AC1337).
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Evaluate data in the AS-i master.
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Transfer result to the higher-level
controller via Ethernet/IP (green).
Summary of Contents for AC5225
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