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Presentation,
description
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Modicon M580 automation
platform
Architectures with remote racks
Architecture D
Presentation
Architecture D consists of remote I/O and remote functions (including eldbus
masters).
Architecture D is fully compatible with the references in the Modicon M580
automation platform and Modicon X80 I/O platform offers. The capacity of Modicon
X80 I/O drops depends on the CRA Ethernet drop adapter used. A maximum of
16 RIO drops 1 can be supported in an architecture D system.
The available Ethernet devices are:
b Variable speed drives 2
b Energy supervision 3 and HMI 4
b Tesys T motor protection, etc.
It is possible to include DIO devices in architecture D via the SERVICE port of the
CPU or of the BMECRA31210 drop adapter 1 or via ConneXium DRS (Dual Ring
Switch) switches 5.
Rack Viewer function r
The Rack Viewer function provides access to Ethernet RIO data via a web browser.
Predened congurations for ConneXium managed switches
The use of ConneXium managed switches specically for Modicon M580
architectures is simplied using 15 predened conguration les.
Standard architecture D
This is composed of a daisy chain loop consisting of a Modicon M580 main rack and
several Modicon X80 I/O drops containing an Ethernet drop adapter:
b BMECRA31210 Modicon X80 performance EIO adapter, with SERVICE port
b BMXCRA31210 Modicon X80 RIO Ethernet drop adapter, with SERVICE port
b BMXCRA31200 Modicon X80 RIO Ethernet drop adapter, without SERVICE
port
Long distance architecture D
Similar to the standard architecture D, this variant comprises of one or more
remotely located Modicon X80 I/O drops connected via integrated NRP optical ber
repeaters.
There are two types of NRP repeater:
b BMXNRP0200: multimode optical ber repeater (remote location up to 2 km)
b BMXNRP0201: single mode optical ber repeater (remote location up to 16 km)
The NRP repeaters are linked to CRA drop adapters by means of Ethernet Interlink
cables.
High availability and expanded integration capacity
Architecture D can integrate ConneXium DRS (Dual Ring Switch) switches 5 (1).
15 predened congurations which can be loaded into the switches simplify their
implementation.
The use of these switches provides enhanced capacity for the integration of
devices:
b RIO sub-rings
b Optical ber media for long distance remote location, etc.
b Enable DIO integration to architecture D
The advantages of this architecture are:
b Reduced wiring costs
b Deterministic data exchanges between the PLC and the EIO devices
b Secondary rings can be linked to the main ring by two DRS switches, which
improve availability
Maximum distance between each ConneXium managed switch:
b 100 m/328.084 ft with copper (twisted pair) cables
b 2 km/1.243 mi with multimode optical ber
b 16 km/9.942 mi with single mode optical ber media
(1) Supported ConneXium switches: TCSESM083F23F1, TCSESM063F2CU1,
TCSESM063F2CS1.
Processors:
page 1/18
Software:
page 4/2
Ruggedized Modicon M580
modules: page 5/2
HMI
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