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  • Key Features
  • Standard Features
  • Advanced Features
  • Device Support
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Opto 22 Ethernet Key Features Include

  • Maximum Number of Channels & Devices: 
    • Channels - 256
    • Devices per Channel - 65535
    • NOTE: Practical channel/device limits will vary depending on your available system resources and communications architecture
  • Supports TCP/IP and UDP Ethernet Protocol
  • Supports Memory Map and Strategy Variables (MMIO & CONT)
  • Memory types supported for MMIO Protocol: Analog Points, Digital Points (4-Channel Digital Modules), High Density Digital (HDD) Points, Point Configuration, Alarm, Scratch Pad (SNAP PAC Controllers and Ultimate Brains Only), PID
  • Memory types supported for CONT Protocol: Variables (I32, I64, F, S, T), Tables (I32T, I64T, FT, ST), Analog Points, Digital Points
  • Automatic Tag Database generation for plug and play ease of use

Standard Opto 22 Ethernet Features Include

Opto 22 Ethernet Advanced Features Include

  • Supports TCP/IP and UDP Ethernet Protocol
  • Includes Opto 22 specific error messaging
  • Supports Automatic Tag Database Generation via the Opto Browser Configurator tool file (*.bdb file)
  • Optimized communications allow each device to have a separate thread/channel of communications (up to 100 devices)
  • User-selectable socket connection termination on device response timeout
  • Specify a Network Interface Card at the channel level (Details)

Supported Devices Include (Don't See Your Device Listed? Contact Us)

  • E1 Brain Board
  • E2 Brain Board
  • SNAP Brains SNAP PAC EB-Series
  • SNAP Ethernet I/O
  • SNAP PAC R-Series
  • SNAP PAC S-Series
  • SNAP Simple I/O
  • SNAP Ultimate I/O
  • SNAP-LCE

Supported Protocols / Networks

  • Protocols:
    • CONT over Ethernet
    • MMIO Ethernet
  • Networks:
    • TCP/IP Ethernet
    • UDP Ethernet

Available Languages

  • English

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