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The release of the expansion products for the open network, "CANopen" range

Posted: 2008, June 16

Brief

One of the leading manufactures*1 in touch-screen operator terminals, Pro-face is pleased to announce that open network, " CANopen" used throughout Europe and equipped with master function, has been officially released. A total of fifteen units*2 have been made available and will go on sale as of the 16th of June.

The fifteen touch-panel displays, comprising of 7 models from the GP3000 Series with built-in CANopen*3 master and 8 models from the LT3000 Series with CANopen master unit installation, are now on the market.

Slave equipment, such as motors, which are connected through the CANopen network can simultaneously be operated and controlled thanks to the master function.

In addition to our wiring saving network (FLEX NETWORK) the new products, which support CANopen have now been released. We will put additional slave equipment on our website and respond to the customer demand.

  1. Source: The share of displays with touch-panels (programmable display) is 39.2% in Japan. The panel computer's share is 44.3% in Japan (2007 Fuji Keizai, Mechatronic Parts). The share for Touch screen operator terminals is 22.9% in the world (IMS research in 2006).
  2. Since certain products may not be sold in certain areas, please contact your Pro-face branch or representative for details.
  3. The framework of this standard was developed as part of a project funded by the European Union. In 1995 the specifications that had been created up to that point were transferred to the organization CiAe.V. (CAN in Automation). Since then the standard has been maintained and further developed under the auspices of this CAN user organization. Since 2002 it has been available as a European standard (EN 50325-4 2002 Part 4: CANopen).

Features

  • The slave equipment which supports CANopen, and was made by a 3rd party can be connected thanks to the open fieldbus network. The temperature input and counter are supported, whereas the previous FLEX NETWORK does not support such features.
  • The master unit for LT3000 can be installed
  • The recommended third-party slave units, which have had their evaluations completed, will be accordingly added on request.

Inquiry

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