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Application descriptions

S500 I/O modules run with various

controllers

S500 remote I/O Easy engineering
The availability of different fieldbus communi- The electronic configuration files that are
cation interfaces makes it easy to use S500 I/O provided by ABB for different fieldbus systems
modules as remote I/O for nearly any PLC and make it easy to configure the S500 remote I/O
PC. The S500 remote I/O station consists of a station in your engineering tool. The files such as
communication interface and I/O modules. The GSD and GSDML are available for download at
smallest configuration can be just the communi- www.abb.com/plc. For Modbus TCP remote I/O
cation interface with the onboard I/O channels. stations a dedicated configurator is included in
Communication interfaces are available for the Automation Builder and for larger applications a
following fieldbuses: Bulk Data Manager tool can be used.

• PROFIBUS AC500-eCo CPU as S500 remote I/O
• PROFINET/PROFIsafe When the AC500-eCo compact CPU is used as
• EtherCAT remote I/O, it can be programmed with Automa-
• Modbus TCP tion Builder for local intelligence while communi-
• CANopen cating via the open protocols Modbus TCP or
• ABB CS31 System Bus Modbus RTU with a CPU that will then be the
master of this intelligent remote I/O station. The
AC500-eCo CPU can be expanded by I/O modules
from the S500 and S500-eCo range.
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Third party PLC, IPC or PLC
machine controller
Controller can also be an S500 standard I/O modules combined
IPC with ABB Ability™ with safety I/O modules
for data center

PROFINET/PROFIsafe

AC500-eCo CPU as
intelligent I/O

Modbus

PROFINET S500 I/O modules

Field
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ACS880-M04 devices

S500-eCo I/O modules com-
bined with S500 I/O modules

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