IC697BEM771 | GE BUS CONTROLLER

IC697BEM771BUS CONTROLLERGENIUS I/OSERIES 90-70THIRTY DROPS PER SECONDI/O DIAGNOSTICS90-70 IC697BEM741 FIP Bus allows the IC697 PLC to attach to a 1 Mbit FIP or WorldFIP Fieldbus network.▪ The Bus Controller can exchange up to 128 bytes with each device on the Genius I/O bus.▪ Genius blocks and other devices on the bus automatically report faults, alarms and certain other predefined conditions to the Bus Controller. The Bus Controller stores any diagnostic messages it receives. They are read automatically by the CPU. Faults can then be displayed in the fault table using the programming software.▪ The Bus Controller supports all Genius datagrams. Refer to chapter 3 of the Genius I/O System and Communications User’s Manual, GEK-90486-1, for details on using datagrams.▪ The Bus Controller can send up to 128 bytes of Global Data each bus scan. Global Data is data that is automatically and repeatedly broadcast by a Genius Bus Controller.▪ The Bus Controller can receive up to 128 bytes of Global Data each bus scan from every other Bus Controller on its bus.