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What Can IO-Link Do? – A Consistent and Powerful Approach from Contrinex
IO-Link’s is a simple short distance, bi-directional, digital, point-to-point communication standard, but Contrinex’s consistent approach offers common functionality across a vast array of sensors and a big advantage to Engineers.
Since being launched in 2006, IO-Link, the simple and low-cost, industrial communications standard has grown to include over 120 companies, primarily manufacturers of sensors and actuators.
IO-Link’s motto that it uses “3 instead of 19 wires” gives a feel for its simplicity, but doesn’t explain what IO-Link offers to engineers, or the advantages of Contrinex’s consistent approach, where it offers common functionality across a vast array of sensors.
Through IO-Link, it provides consistent and simple configuration across its inductive and photoelectric sensors and offers a family of IO-Link RFID modules. Contrinex also offers SMART inductive and photoelectric sensors, which incorporate a microcontroller, which is configured over IO-Link.
The large scale of Contrinex’s IO-Link offer and its consistent implementation of IO-Link make its sensors ideal for industry 4.0, and Internet of Things applications, with the functionality being common across lots of sensing technologies.
CONTRINEX'S IO-LINK FUNCTIONALITY:
DATA MONITORING – Inductive, Photoelectric & RFID sensors
DIAGNOSIS – Inductive, Photoelectric & RFID sensors
DETECTION COUNTER – Inductive & Photoelectric sensors
TEMPERATURE – Inductive & Photoelectric sensors
SWITCHING TIMER – Inductive, Photoelectric & RFID sensors
NO/ NC SELECTION – Inductive & RFID sensors
SENSITIVITY AND TEACH – Photoelectric & RFID sensors
LIGHT-ON/ DARK-ON SELECTION – Photoelectric sensors
SENSOR MODE – Photoelectric & RFID sensors
SEQUENCE SELECTION – Photoelectric sensors
Monitor and Configure ANY BRAND of IO-Link Sensor with PocketCodr.
The new PocketCodr sensor connection unit connects via Bluetooth to a companion app on a phone or tablet, to monitor and configure ANY BRAND of IO-Link sensor as simply as using a phone app.
Remove the need to use a PC or PLC, configure and monitor any IO-Link sensor on your phone, you can share the sensor’s settings worldwide between PocketCodr users by sending a link.
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