• Balluff India

IO-Link Interfaces

Balluff offers IO-Link Interface. This eliminates the bottleneck on the sensor/actuator level and makes the binary point-to-point connection dialog-capable. It replaces complex interfaces with a 3-wire standard cable and allows consistent parameterisation and diagnostic concepts all the way to the process level. IO-Link transmits the actual process signal along with diagnostic and parameter data over a simple standard cable at a data rate of 4.8 or 38.4 K baud, or optional 230 K baud. Expensive cabling is eliminated, since IO-Link needs only an unshielded 3-wire standard connection cable, even for multi-channel sensors and when transmitting digitised analogue values. IO-Link documents a detailed picture of the status of the actuators and sensors. Availability of the system increases with improved diagnostic and maintenance functions. Time-consuming set-up work on the process level is eliminated; the required parameters are stored centrally and loaded as needed. IO-Link simplifies handling, reduces downtimes along with the total cost of ownership.