Industrial embededd systems - MSX-E

ADDI-DATA offers fieldbus systems for Ethernet and EtherCAT. The Ethernet Systems can be upgraded with an additional Wi-Fi interface for parameter settings and easy monitoring. Measurement and control directly in the field The intelligent Ethernet systems of the MSX-E series are especially suited for industrial measurement, control and regulation tasks directly at the measuring point. They are mounted in robust metal housings and comply with the degrees of protection IP67/IP 65/IP 40. Furthermore, they can be used in a temperature range from –40 C to +85 °C as they are equipped with many protective circuits. The Ethernet systems can be freely cascaded and synchronised in the µs range. Sensors can be connected directly to the measurement systems through screw connectors. Driverless installation The installation of the MSX-E systems is fast and easy: After connecting the systems just click on „import web services“ in your compiler and enter the IP address of your MSX-E system. Then open the WSDL file, where all functionalities are described. After that you can access all system functionalities without driver installation. To get remote access to the system from a distant PC, each system has a SOAP server. The data transfer is realised with the network protocol HTTP. Direct administration via PLC The MSX-E systems can relieve PLCs by taking over fast measurement tasks. To administrate the systems from a PLC, the Modbus TCP Client library is available which enables a direct parameterisation of the systems, the installation of the measurement processes like for example the choice of the acquisition mode, start and stop commands or trigger functionalities and the administration and reading-out of system information. Easy administration with ConfigTools ConfigTools is a user-friendly tool with which all MSX-E systems in a network can be scanned and administrated and their status visualised. It is available for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows and Linux operating systems in German, English, French and Chinese. Time stamp Several MSX-E systems can be synchronised with one another through a synchro connection. This allows to start a synchronous data acquisition, to generate trigger events and to synchronise the time on several MSX-E systems. Furthermore, the systems have a time stamp that logs the point in time at which the data was acquired by the system. The combination of the synchronisation and time stamp allows a clear allocation of signals that were captured by several systems. The systems are composed of two parts: the control part is identical for all types of systems and allows a fast and reliable communication and signal processing. The signal part contains the specific functions of each type of system system: counter, digital I/O, analog I/O, distance measurement, temperature distance, temperature, etc.