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With diverse designs and with different functionalities - SIMATIC PC can be lightly integrated into customer-fair solutions.

SIMATIC Box PC - flexible and powerful

Industrial PCs in 19" technology for space optimized applications, optimally for measuring and test tasks. SIMATIC Box PC - compact and rugged industrial PCs for universal applications.

They fit into control cabinets and control boxes - particularly in machine proximity. SIMATIC Panel PC - rugged, powerful industrial PCs with brilliant displays.

They ideally support the visualization and processing of production procedures

The IM151-8 PN/DP CPU has a PROFINET communication interface (with 3 ports for line structure and PG function) on-board and can optionally be expanded with a PROFIBUS-DP master module. The IM151-8 PN/DP CPU is based on the S7-300 CPU 314 and supports the real-time features RT and IRT (isochronous real-time). IRT enables extremely short, predictable reaction times, even faster, deterministic data exchange with IO-devices as well as a robust, reliable communication of the process data - also with very high non-realtime data traffic.
The fail-safe version IM151-8F PN/DP F-CPU is based on the S7-300 CPU 314. Fail-safe as well as standard IO modules can be used. The communication between CPU and fail-safe modules is done via PROFIsafe.

Many SIMATIC controllers, e.g. CPU 319-3 PN/DP, the PROFINET-CPUs of the S7-400, the new PROFINET-CPU of the ET 200S and the new SIMATIC S7 modular embedded controllers, now communicate by means of high-speed IRT (isochronous real time). High-speed communication is used predominantly in larger machines and process cells, if numerous nodes are interconnected on a linear basis with very short update times. Or if the same network is used for PROFINET communication and parallel standard communication, e.g. TCP/IP, with a high volume of data.

The Basic Control Unit 240E from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) extends the modular system of the Sinamics G120 series of frequency inverters.

The Sinamics G120D distributed frequency converter from Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has been extended to include a version with a Profinet connection. This is available in both a standard and safety-integrated version. The converter is suitable above all for conveyor system applications such as those in the automotive industry.

The new SCALANCE W-784 Access Points and Ethernet Client Modules supplement the SCALANCE W family with devices that are particularly suitable for installation in control cabinets or for integration in devices. The new access points and Ethernet client modules supplement the family of previously available products
- SCALANCE W-786 Access Points for high climatic requirements
- SCALANCE W-788 Access Points and Ethernet Client Modules for cabinet-free installation in industry

Extended functionality through "managed plus"

The new cost-effective SCALANCE X-300 product line distinguishes itself from SCALANCE X-200 on account of its extended range of functions (IT functionality and Gigabit Ethernet) and from SCALANCE X-400 on account of its compact design. As in the case of the x-400 switches it was developed for use in high-performance plant networks.

Redundant coupling of Gigabit rings with SCALANCE
The Switch X408 permits redundant coupling of Gigabit rings over Gigabit paths. The integrated redundancy manager (RM) continuously monitors the network function. Within 0.3 seconds at max., it switches to a substitute path. Real-time switches with standardized POF/PCF fiber-optic interface
With the SCALANCE X201-3P IRT, the SCALANCE X202-2P IRT, and the SCALANCE X200-4P IRT, the first Industrial Ethernet real-time switches with integrated ERTEC exist and the POF/PCF fiber-optic interface standardized with PROFINET.