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Velocio’s Branch Expansion PLC
The Branch Expansion PLC is a member of the Velocio’s groundbreaking series of programmable logic controllers. These PLCs introduce revolutionary new concepts, capabilities, performance and ease of use features to the automation market. They constitute a generational leap over the staid products that have comprised the PLC world for years.
A key feature of the Velocio PLC line is distributed operation. By placing IO and optionally, program intelligence, right at every point of application, historical problems with accuracy, reliability, safety, installation cost, maintenance and others, are radically reduced or eliminated.
Branch Expansion PLCs expand the tree for a distributed system. Each Expansion unit contains up to 30 points of IO and can contain its own program. vLink communications ports on the Branch Expansion communicate autonomously, upstream to the Branch or Expansion unit above it in the tree, and downstream to the next level of Branch Expansion PLCs. Three levels of Branch Expansions are permissible in a system.
In an application, each Branch Expansion PLC, that is configured as IO, is expansion IO for the next level PLC above it that has a program. If the application places a program in a Branch Expansion, Branch Expansion units that are below it in the tree and configured as IO serve as its expansion IO.
Branch Expansion PLCs are programmable, using Velocio’s vBuilder software. They connect to a PC through vLink communications and any Branch and Branch Expansion PLCs above them in the tree. Through a single USB communication link to a PC an entire system of Velocio PLCs can be programmed, debugged and deployed.
Branch Expansion PLCs feature integrated local IO. Up to 12 digital inputs, 12 digital outputs and 6 analog inputs are available. In addition to basic input/output capabilities, the Branch Expansion can be configured for high speed digital pulse counting for either simple pulse or quadrature inputs. It can also be configured for high speed stepper motion pulse and direction control.
This PLC, which fits in a shirt pocket, is a building block of the most advanced, flexible, easiest to develop and deploy automation technology available anywhere.
Available Versions of the Branch Expansion PLC
Exp 11 : 6 digital in, 6 digital out, 2 vLink ports
Exp 22 : 12 digital in, 12 digital out, 2 vLink ports
Exp 221v5 : 12 DI, 12 DO, 6 Analog in (0-5V), 2 vLink
Exp 221v10 : 12 DI, 12 DO, 6 Analog in (0-10V), 2 vLink
Exp 221c : 12 DI, 12 DO, 6 Analog in (0-20mA), 2 vLink
Features
• Up to 30 Inputs and Outputs
- 12 Digital Inputs
- 12 Digital Outputs
- 6 Analog Inputs
• Distributed IO Expansion
• Distributed Processing Platform
• vLink Communications with host
• Two vLink Expansion Communications ports
• vLink communications up to 100 meters (328 feet)
• Smallest physical footprint of any PLC
• Software features at or beyond those of the most advanced PLCs and Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs)
• Program development via vBuilder
- Graphical program development
- Flow Chart Programming
- Ladder Logic Programming
- Distributed Processing
- Integrated deployment and debug of distributed processing systems
- Interactive, graphical full system debug functionality
- Software reusablity
Applications • Machine control
• Process control
• Entire manufacturing line control
• Building automation
• Distributed system control
• Motion system control
• Robotics
• Machine to Machine applications
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