According to a new Blog on Rockwell’s website, Festo ‘s CPX-AP-I decentralized I/O brings increased responsiveness and diagnostics to pneumatic systems and includes an L5X file export for faster and simpler programming in Studio 5000.
Some of the specs listed in the article included that the CPX-AP-I I/O includes EtherNet/IP connectivity and is rated for IP65/IP67.
The design also include communication and power coming from two separate connection cables, and the system has the following benchmarks:
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2K of I/O process data
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80 or more modules per system
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Parallel data processing of real-time data
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Bus cycle times < 500µs
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Enhanced diagnostics / condition monitoring
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Time Synchronization
See the below video clip for our reaction and thoughts on this story, and for more a complete Festo demo of the product see The Automation Demo Episode 6 viA the following link: https://theautomationblog.com/festo-import-cpx-ap-i-into-logix-studio-5000/
Until next time, Peace ✌️
Shawn M Tierney
Technology Enthusiast & Content Creator
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Shawn is a lifelong Technology Enthusiast who as a pre-teen in the early 80's discovered his passion for programing on the newly released Apple II and VIC-20 computers. After earning a degree in Electronics, Shawn worked as a Certified Automation Specialist for 25 years before leaving to focus full time on teaching online PLC, HMI, and SCADA courses at The Automation School, as well as publishing industrial automation news, interviews, and how-to articles & videos at The Automation Blog.
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