GE 90-30 PLC Series Installation And Hardware Manual page 188

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IC693BEM340 FIP Bus Controller (FBC) Module
The Series 90-30 PLC FIP (Factory Instrumentation Protocol) Bus Controller (catalog number
IC693BEM340) is used to interface a FIP I/O serial bus to a Series 90-30 PLC.
Up to 8 Field Control
modules (4
shown).
Figure 8-6. Example of FIP I/O System Configuration
A FIP bus is used primarily for I/O control. It also is used to store configuration data to remote
devices and to report faults. Devices that can be on a FIP bus in a Series 90-30 PLC system
include:
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Series 90-70 PLC
P F C
P
C
P
S B
S
P
U
C
U
Field Control
I/O Station
FIP Bus
PS
Interface Unit
Remote I/O Rack
Remote I/O Nest
Optional Expansion Rack
Series 90-70 PLC, interfaced to a FIP bus by a FIP Bus Controller.
Field Control Stations, Field Control I/O modules that are interfaced to the bus via a FIP Bus
Interface Unit (BIU).
Remote Drops, Series 90-30 I/O racks that are interfaced to the bus via FIP Remote I/O
Scanner Modules. Each remote drop can include one 5- or 10-slot main rack, one 5- or 10-slot
expansion rack and any mix of discrete and analog I/O modules.
Generic Devices, such as general-purpose computers that are interfaced to the bus via a FIP
Interface Module.
Series 90-70 PLC
F
B
C
Optional Redundant FIP I/O Bus
FIP I/O Bus
FIP Inter-
face Module
Generic
Device
P
C
F
S
P
B
U C
Series 90-30 PLC
GFK-0356Q