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System overview
AC500 PLC product family
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3 System overview
3.1 AC500 PLC product family
AC500 program-
The AC500 (Standard), AC500-eCo, AC500-S and AC500-XC scalable PLC ranges provide
mable logic con-
solutions for small, medium and high-end applications. Our AC500 platform offers different
trollers (PLCs)
performance levels and is the ideal choice for high availability, extreme environments or safety
solutions. Our AC500 PLC platform offers interoperability and compatibility in hardware and
software from compact PLCs up to high-end and safety PLCs.
Due to the flexible combinations of AC500 devices and components, AC500 PLCs can be used
for controlling a wide variety of applications to fulfill your automation needs.
Features of AC500 PLCs
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Scalable and consistently expandable system
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Different performance classes of processor modules (CPUs) available
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Several fieldbusses available
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Parallel connection to several fieldbusses which can be combined arbitrarily
The AC500 product family consists of the product groups:
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AC500 (Standard):
AC500 standard PLCs offer a wide range of performance levels and scalability. The PLCs
are highly capable of communication and extension for flexible application.
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AC500-eCo:
AC500-eCo PLCs are cost-effective, high-performance compact PLCs that offer total inter-
operability with the core AC500 range and provide battery-free buffering of remanent data.
All I/O modules can be freely connected in a simple, stable and reliable manner.
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AC500-S:
AC500-S PLCs are designed for safety applications in factory, process or machine
automation.
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AC500-XC:
AC500 (Standard) and AC500-S provide devices with -XC extension as a product variant.
These variants operate according to their product group and can, in addition, be operated
under extreme conditions. AC500-XC PLCs can be used at high altitudes, extended oper-
ating temperature and in humid conditions. The devices also provids a high level of resist-
ance to vibration and corrosive gases. The AC500-XC series is consistent with standard
devices concerning the overall dimensions, the control function and the software compati-
bility.
The AC500 product family is characterized by functional modularity. As the complete AC500
product family shares the same hardware platform and programming software tool, the devices
of the AC500 product groups can be flexibly combined.
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