Pepperl+Fuchs Upgrades Allen-Bradley PLC Scanners

  • Posted on 18 June 2010

As a result of the conversion of Allen-Bradley scanner cards to the M4 AS-Interface master specification, Pepperl+Fuchs AS-Interface Scanners and Gateways for Allen-Bradley PLCs now satisfy all aspects of AS-Interface specification 3.0.

Pepperl+Fuchs SST-ASI-SLC scanners operate on the Allen-Bradley SLC503/04/05 PLC backplane, VBM-CLX-DM scanners are designed for the ControlLogix PLCs, and the VBM-MLX/CPLX scanners are used with CompactLogix and MicroLogix 1500 PLCs.

Key features of Pepperl+Fuchs AS-Interface scanners for Allen-Bradley PLCs include support for 4-in/4-out modules with extended addressing, support for analog modules with extended addressing, and safety code substitution.