TOP Server AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet OPC Driver Details

AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet Key Features Include

• Maximum Number of Channels & Devices: 
  • Channels - 100
  • Devices per Channel - 1024
  • NOTE: Practical channel/device limits will vary depending on your available system resources
• Includes support for all I/O Modules supported by the EBC
• Data Formats Supported: X, Y,  BI, BO, K (or WI), V (or WO), DWI, DWO, FI, FO, DBI, DBO
• All data types supported
• High Speed operation designed for SoftPLC I/O
• Support Serial ports on all units
• Automatic Tag Database generation for plug and play ease of use

Standard AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet Features Include

• Data Formats Supported:
  • X - Input Point, Y - Output Point, BI - Byte Input, BO - Byte Output, K (or WI) - Word Input, V (or WO) - Word Output, DWI - DWord Input, DWO - DWord Output, FI - Float Input, FO - Float Output, DBI - Double Input, DBO - Double Output
• All data types supported
• TOP Server Built-In Features:
  • Multi-threaded architecture for high scalability
  • Runtime changes via wizard-based configuration interface with intuitive Properties Editor
  • Secure User Management
  • Built-in Device/Network Redundancy
  • Auto-Demotion (Slow Polling)
  • Extensive communication and server diagnostics (OPC / Communications / Event Log)
  • For all TOP Server built-in features, click here.

AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet Advanced Features Include

• Supports remote bases on H4-EBC, H4-EBC-F
• Supports Link Watchdog Setting to determine if device's I/O outputs are maintained or turned off during breaks in the communications link
• Block reads are optimized automatically (Block polling rates are defined by scanning blocks at the rate of the fastest tag scan rate in the block)
• Optimized communications allow each device to have a separate thread/channel of communications (up to 100 devices)
• Supports Automatic Tag Database generation based on the modules installed in the rack through direct query of the EBC module
• Specify a Network Interface Card at the channel level (Details)
• User-selectable socket connection termination on device response timeout

AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet Supported Devices (Don't See Your Device Listed? Contact Us)

• H2-EBC
• H2-EBC-F
• H4-EBC
• H4-EBC-F (Use NetEdit to manually configure modules to base)
• Terminator I/O
• Terminator I/O

AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet Supported Protocols / Networks

• Protocols:
  • AutomationDirect EBC
• Networks:
  • UDP Ethernet

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• AutomationDirect EBC Ethernet Help File

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