Transport And Storage; General Information About Devicenet - AUMA Aumatic ACExC 01.1 Operation Instructions Manual

Operation instructions
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Transport and storage

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General information about DeviceNet

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Transport to place of installation in sturdy packing.
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Do not attach ropes or hooks to the handwheel for the purpose of lifting by
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hoist.
Store in well-ventilated, dry room.
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Protect against floor dampness by storage on a shelf or on a wooden
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pallet.
Cover to protect against dust and dirt.
Apply suitable corrosion protection agent to bright surfaces.
For the exchange of information among automation systems and between
automation systems and the connected decentral field devices, serial
fieldbuses are mainly used today as the communication system. Thousands
of applications have proved impressively that cost savings of up to 40 % in
wiring, commissioning and maintenance are achieved by using field bus
technology. While in the past the fieldbuses used were often manufacturer
specific and incompatible with other bus systems, the systems employed
today are almost exclusively open and standardized. This means that the
user is independent of individual suppliers and can choose the best product
at the most competitive price.
DeviceNet ® was developed by Rockwell Automation as open fieldbus stan-
dard, based on the CAN protocol. The first DeviceNet products were intro-
duced in 1995.
The ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendors Association Inc., refer also to
http//www.odva.org) was founded in 1995 as organisation of all DeviceNet
users, all rights within the DeviceNet were transferred from Rockwell Auto-
mation to ODVA.
DeviceNet is part of the European standard EN 50325-2 and of IEC
62026-3 which is recognised worldwide.
DeviceNet is an open protocol. In this context, "open" means that the specifi-
cation and the technology are not the property of Rockwell Automation but
may be further developed by all members of the ODVA.
The DeviceNet protocol is designed as simple, cost-efficient by but powerful
protocol on the lowest fieldbus level. Therefore, DeviceNet is also ideally
suited for interconnecting sensors, actuators and the respective controls.
The variety of devices that can be connected via DeviceNet ranges from the
simple photoelectric barriers right through to complex vacuum pumps for
semiconductor production.
Actuator controls AUMATIC AC 01.1 / ACExC 01.1
DeviceNet
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