Combining flexible PC-based control technology with an EtherNet/IP interface, the CX8095 Embedded PC from Beckhoff Automation is a controller with integrated connection to EtherCAT I/O technology. Compatible with the entire range of Beckhoff Bus Terminals and EtherCAT Terminals, the PC is ideal for daisy-chain cabling and acts as a 2-port switch for EtherNet/IP.
The CX8095 is suitable as a stand-alone controller for a range of industrial applications in smaller-sized machines or systems and can be used in a distributed fashion as a tie-in to EtherNet/IP systems as a single EtherNet/IP slave. When the optional virtual device (slave interface) is activated, the CX8095 Embedded PC behaves like two EtherNet/IP devices. The PC—as a local controller—can verify two incoming master signals by means of a plausibility check to monitor the function of the cabling. Conversely, failure of one of the masters can be detected and the second master can respond accordingly.
