Effortless integration

With its compact dimensions of 85 x 65 millimeters, the module can easily be plugged into the control card of existing sensors and actuators or connected by a cable. In terms of software, the module features a Modbus RTU, a shift register interface, a dual port RAM interface and an easy-to-program script interpreter. The interface for the electrically isolated POWERLINK network is formed by two RJ45 connectors. The module also has two rotary switches for setting the node address and integrated LED indicators for diagnostics.

The POWERLINK module is able to process 512 bytes of input and output data and is designed for cycle times of 250 microseconds. The KUNBUS-COM platform has a standardised pinout, so the module can also assume the function of a cost-effective option card for a range of fieldbus or network protocols.