In discrete hybrid and process applications, users are looking for a highly scalable, openly interoperable, flexible, high-speed deterministic PLC platform. Finding that system without compromise, however, can be a challenge. In a recent video, Vibhoosh Gupta, senior staff manager, product management, Machine Automation Solutions, breaks down what a truly scalable “no compromise” PLC and industrial automation infrastructure looks like. Vibhoosh begins by defining the broad range of I/O points from the micro-PC environment at only 8 to 16 I/O points all the way to the high performance PLC system with 3200 or more I/O points. Availability options are equally flexible according to application, with redundant switchovers from 300 milliseconds to an advanced bumpless availability switching in one PLC sweep. On a Profinet backbone, customers can mix and match this range of optional capabilities to fit their exact needs.
Watching this video will give you a better idea of the flexibility of this PLC infrastructure, including the wide range of protocols and programming languages that make it adaptable to the specific application, both today and tomorrow.
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