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DeviceNet Interface Cards and Boards
DeviceNet PCI, DeviceNet PC/104, DeviceNet PC Card, PCMCIA

Softing offers interface cards in various hardware formats for operating a PC as a DeviceNet master and/or slave. They can be integrated in your application using the powerful DeviceNet API. They have been realized on the basis of the protocol stack from Allen-Bradley (Rockwell) and are optimized for performance and exact protocol timing.

Since the protocol is implemented directly in the cards' firmware, the cards are particularly well-suited to fast, extensive control tasks. Even very complex systems can be optimally coordinated thanks to comprehensive configuration services.

Since the DeviceNet cards can handle master and slave functionality at the same time, they can also be used to realize multi-master architectures with any types of relationships between the stations. The slave functions make the local data on a PC available via I/O messaging.

The following table provides an overview of the currently available hardware formats and supported operating systems:

  Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows NT Windows 98/ME
PCI (1-channel)        
PC/104 (1-channel)        
PC Card (uses channel 1)