Particularly, the Direct-Link™ PCU-ETHIO network interface card provides high-speed deterministic communication between real time applications such as PC-based Control, Softlogic packages, and various I/O devices communicating through Ethernet industrial networks – through Open Modbus or Rockwell
EtherNet/IP messaging.

A smart A.D.M (Automatic Dual port ram Mapping) mechanism avoids the I/O tags configuration in the Dual Port RAM of the card. More than a simple I/O acquisition card, the Direct-Link™ PCU-ETHIO interface provides the applications with additional information such as: device status and diagnostics, process data read/write monitoring, communication tools for troubleshooting, hardware and software Watchdog, etc.

The communication layers are completely embedded on the card, allowing easy and fast communication with field devices resulting in remarkable application performance.

Product package includes:

• Graphical console for configuration and diagnostic tools
• Data servers (OPC DA 1.0a & 2.05, ActiveX, FastDDE/SuiteLink)
• I/O libraries for Windows (DLL) and VenturCom’s hard real time extensions (RTX)
• Drivers soft-logic packages
• Static library for non-windows OS