Technical specifications for IC697BEM742
Brand GE Fanuc
Series 90-70 series
Part number IC697BEM742
Describes the FIP bus controller
Apply FIP or World FIP I/O serial bus
Operating voltage 5.0 V DC
The backplane current is 1.3 amps
Location IC697 PLC VME integrated rack
Connect dual 9-pin FIP bus connectors and 15-pin serial connectors
LED indicator 6 LED indicators
Average weight 4.0 kg
GE Fanuc IC697BEM742 Series 90-70 FIP Bus controller is an I/O bus controller for connecting GE IC697 PLCS to FIP or World FIP I/O serial bus devices. The IC697BEM742 bus controller can also be used as an I/O controller for GE series 90-30 I/O modules in remote I/O nesting and field control I/O modules in FIP bus networks. The IC697BEM742 FIP bus controller also provides advanced TCP/IP communication capabilities and universal messaging capabilities for connected devices. The IC697BEM742 bus controller provides software configuration without DIP switches and jumpers. It is configured with MS-DOS or Windows-based programming software. The IC697BEM742 bus controller is equipped with 6 LED status indicators on the front panel of the controller, and there is also a button located directly below the status LED.
The IC697BEM742 bus controller has two 9-pin bus connectors on the front that provide a connection point for 1 or 2 FIP buses, and since the signal on these buses is the same, they provide redundant bus functionality. The IC697BEM742 bus controller also has a 15-pin serial port that provides a connection point for personal computers for firmware upgrades. The IC697BEM742 bus controller asynchronously scans for I/O devices on the FIP bus and then transfers the I/O data to the CPU module once per scan. During the bus scan (megatcycle), the IC697BEM742 FIP bus controller sends CPU output data to the connected devices, receives input data from each connected device, and receives and transmits fault and alarm reports to the PLC. The IC697BEM742 bus controller has an operating voltage rating of 5 volts DC and a maximum current consumption of 1.3 amps. It has a data transfer rate of 1 megabit per second and comes with 2 MB of RAM and flash memory.
