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Drive Profile support added to Anybus CompactCom
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

HMS Industrial Networks extends the Anybus CompactCom concept , by introducing a new product range with the support for Drive Profiles

This new product range is built on the exisiting Anybus-CC platform and is fully hardware compatible with all other versions of the Anybus-CC. To be able to support this new feature, no hardware changes are required for OEM drive maufacturers who are currently using Anybus-CC as their communication platform.

HMS initially releases Drive Profile versions supporting Profibus Profidrive V4.1, DeviceNet AC/DC and CANopen DSP-402. Other versions supporting CC-Link and EtherNet/IP will be available from Q1 2010.

Device Profiles specify how the network communication system is to be used for devices for a specific application area. The use of profiles reduces engineering costs significantly, since the meaning of parameters related to the application is precisely specified. In practice, this means that PLC Function Blocks can be reused from one project to another, even if the device supplier differs. The system integrator will not have to learn a new way of communication for each new project, which otherwise often is the case even when the network protocol is the same.

Although the drive profiles are made for the same purpose, they differ a lot. These differences includes not only the physical medium and communication protocol, but also drive state machine, and the organization and interpretation of drive parameters and data. The Anybus-CompactCom Drive Profile handles this problem in a very efficient way, by providing a generic drive profile interface towards the host application. The Anybus module then adapts this interface as necessary to suit the profile of each network.

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Leif Malmberg
HMS Industrial Networks
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

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