TwinCAT PROFINET IO Controller

The PROFINET IO Controller (master) is a TwinCAT supplement that turns every Beckhoff PC-based control system into a PROFINET IO controller. By installing the supplement, a standard Ethernet interface becomes a PROFINET master. This supplement can be used on PCs and Embedded PCs.

PROFINET can also be tunnelled via EtherCAT in conjunction with the EL6631 PROFINET terminal for the EtherCAT I/O system. In this way, any EtherCAT network can exchange data with PROFINET IO devices.

Technical data	PROFINET via RT Ethernet	PROFINET via EtherCAT (EL6631)
Ethernet hardware	real-time Ethernet hardware	PROFINET terminal EL6631
Operating system	Windows XP, XP Embedded, CE
Software	TwinCAT I/O, PLC, NC, NC I, CNC
Target systems	PC (x86), Windows CE devices	PC (x86), Windows CE devices with EtherCAT interface
Cycle time	min. 1 ms
Number of possible IO devices	limited by CPU power and memory	up to 15 devices

Ordering information
TwinCAT PROFINET IO Controller	licence for using the TwinCAT PROFINET IO Controller for Windows XP, XP Embedded
TwinCAT PROFINET IO Controller CE	licence for using the TwinCAT PROFINET IO Controller for Windows CE

Product announcement

estimated market release 1st quarter 2010