The IC697BEM741 FIP bus controller is a dual-channel bus controller for GE Fanuc series 90-70 FIP bus controller systems. The FIP bus controller allows the GE IC697 PLC to connect to a 1.0 megabit FIP or WorldFIP (EN50170) fieldbus network. The IC697BEM741 FIP Bus controller can accommodate up to 128 field devices, Includes field control I/O modules (using FIP bus interface units), 90-70 series and 90-30 series PLCS for FIP Fieldbus network interfaces, 90-30 Series I/O racks (using FIP remote I/O scanner modules) and general equipment, General-purpose computers such as bus interfaces (using FIP interface modules). The IC697BEM741 bus controller can scan I/O devices on the FIP bus in serial and transfer I/O data to the CPU each time an iterative scan is completed. During scanning, the IC697BEM741 bus controller independently searches for any connected remote device, broadcasts the output data from the PLC to the connected device, allows the transmission of time-related messages from the field device, and receives diagnostic messages from the connected field device.
The GE Fanuc IC697BEM741 FIP bus controller occupies a slot in the GE IC697 PLC VME integrator rack (IC697CHS782 or IC697CHS783 rack). The IC697BEM741 FIP bus controller can be configured with the Windows-based Logicmaster 90-70 series programming software or the CIMPLICITY Control 90 programming software. The IC697BEM741 bus controller is equipped with 6 LED indicators on the front panel. The top 2 leds (" MODULE OK "and" RUN "leds) show the operating status of the module, while the bottom 4 leds indicate the communication status on the device. The IC697BEM741 bus controller also has a button below the LED indicator for local reset. It comes with a 15-pin serial connector that connects to a PC to upgrade the operating firmware, and it also has 2 FIP bus 9-pin connectors (channels 1 and 2) for connecting 2 FIP buses.
