Baumüller has expanded its existing controller PLC platform with the addition of the high performance PLC. The significantly improved performance is achieved through increased computing power and increased memory capacity. This new controller class can reach a cycle time of 25 μsec per 1000 lines of STL.
I/O modules can be directly connected to controller PLCs without the need for additional bus couplers. The high-performance PLC can be fully integrated into all Baumüller control platforms and its software is 100% compatible.
This series features PLCs with up to five different Fieldbus module interfaces. For example, these could be EtherCAT master/slave or CANopen master/slave interfaces, or an Ethernet interface that is open to the traditional IT environment for OPC server communication.
The 32-bit RISC CPU has a performance capability of 667 MHz. A 64 MB Flash memory is available for the runtime system, IEC program and cams.
The ProMaster Engineering Framework is used to configure the PLC system, the network components or individual machine units. Irrespective of the hardware platform that has been selected, the user can create the entire machine application intuitively using ProMaster. The communication topology is created, cams are generated and edited and the I/O configuration is assembled in ProMaster. The machine application generated in this way is then stored on the corresponding controller.
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