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Presentation Modicon M580 automation

platform

Processor modules

Modicon M580 conguration

Presentation

The Modicon M580 BMEP58 modular processors form the core of a complete

control solution based on Modicon M580 specic and compatible modules and

racks. These standalone processors physically occupy two module slots (0 and 1)

on a backplane.

The processors can manage the Modicon X80 I/O platform in a single-rack or

multi-rack Ethernet PAC station. Their slots can be equipped with:

b Discrete I/O modules

b Analog I/O modules

b Counter modules

b Communication modules: Ethernet Modbus/TCP network, EtherNet/IP network,

Modbus serial link, AS-Interface actuator/sensor buses and RTU (Remote Terminal

Unit) serial link

b Expert modules

The seven processors available in this range have different memory capacities,

processing speeds, number of I/O, number of supported local racks, and embedded

Ethernet port functions.

An optional 4 GB SD memory card is supplied with M580 processors for application

and data storage. Each processor has a USB terminal port for connecting to a

programming terminal. A temporary connection to an HMI is possible via the USB

port (1).

In addition, depending on the model, these processors offer a maximum (non-

cumulative) of:

b 1,024 to 4,096 discrete I/O

b 256 to 1,024 analog I/O

b 64 application-specic channels (2) (process counter, motion control, and serial

link, or RTU)

b 1 Ethernet service port

b 2 Ethernet device network ports

v DIO ports (distributed equipment) for all processors

v RIO ports (remote equipment) for BMEP58pp40 processors

b 4 “Full extended master” AS-Interface V3 actuator/sensor buses, prole M4.0

Applications can be downloaded to the M580 processor when:

b Unity is connected via a local BMXNOC0402 communication module (Ethernet

module) (3)

b Unity is connected directly to M580 through USB or Ethernet. For a faster

transfer, users can select FTP protocol.

(1) Please refer to HMI catalogs on www.schneider-electric.com.

(2) Maximum number of application-specic channels per station. Only the application-specic

channels actually congured in the Unity application are considered.

(3) The BMXNOC0402 communication module will be replaced by the BMENOC03p1 modules

during the 2nd quarter of 2014.