HMI Faceplates for Easy Switch Diagnosis
23/02/2016 Phoenix Contact Ltd
HMI faceplates for easy diagnostics and configuration are also available now for the advanced managed switches from the FL Switch 7000 series from Phoenix Contact. The switches support the Device Level Ring (DLR) protocol in an Ethernet/IP environment for nearly seamless switching times of less than 3 ms, as well as the Common Industrial Protocol (CIP).HMI faceplates enable operating systems in Ethernet/IP networks to access important diagnostic information about the network, without programming effort, and to perform port-specific configurations in the field. Due to the preconfigured use of CIP information, commissioning is possible without programming work.
The HMI faceplates enable, among other things, full detection of changes in the machine network, such as the loss of a link to a port, power supply failure, or the activation of a DLR redundancy mechanism. This means that the user can act quickly when there is a problem and initiate the appropriate maintenance measures.
For more information, please contact:
Phoenix Contact Ltd
Halesfield 13
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 4PG
Tel: 0845 881 2222
Fax: 0845 881 2211
Email: info@phoenixcontact.co.uk
Web: www.phoenixcontact.co.uk
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