Bosch Communication Module for the FLEX I/O Platform (July 1, 2003)

Unique interface between Bosch SVB/SVK compatible slave devices (Robert Bosch Corporation's line of packaging machinery) and the FLEX I/O platform

BAKERSFIELD, Calif., July, 1, 2003

The Bosch Communication Module (MVI94-BSCH) is the easiest way to connect the Robert Bosch Corporation's line of state-of-the-art food and chemo-technical packaging machinery to the FLEX I/O platform. The MVI94-BSCH is backplane compatible with a user-defined database. Data is made available to the processor on a ControlNet network.

Features include:

• Bosch master port continuously polls the Bosch slave devices
• Up to 100 user-defined commands
• Commands can be activated in the module under processor control
• Configuration/Debug port provides access to the database, communication statistics and configuration using an external computer executing a terminal server program

Supported Bosch packaging machinery includes:

• SVB 2501 intermittent motion V/F/F/S machine
• SVB 3601 intermittent motion V/F/F/S machine
• SVB 3601 R V/F/F/S machine
• SVK 2500 continuous motion V/F/F/S machine
• SVK 3600 continuous motion V/F/F/S machine