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Series 90-30 PLC Installation and Hardware Manual
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August 2002
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IC693BEM340 FIP Bus Controller (FBC) Module
The Series 90-30 PLC FIP (Factory Instrumentation Protocol) Bus Controller (catalog number
IC693BEM340) is used to interface a FIP I/O serial bus to a Series 90-30 PLC.
Interface Unit
FIP I/O Bus
Field Control
I/O Station
Remote I/O Rack
FIP Bus
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Up to 8 Field Control
modules (4
shown).
Series 90-70 PLC
Generic
Device
FIP Inter-
face Module
Optional Redundant FIP I/O Bus
Optional Expansion Rack
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Series 90-70 PLC
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Series 90-30 PLC
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Figure 8-6. Example of FIP I/O System Configuration
A FIP bus is used primarily for I/O control. It also is used to store configuration data to remote
devices and to report faults. Devices that can be on a FIP bus in a Series 90-30 PLC system
include:
Series 90-70 PLC
, interfaced to a FIP bus by a FIP Bus Controller.
Field Control Stations
, Field Control I/O modules that are interfaced to the bus via a FIP Bus
Interface Unit (BIU).
Remote Drops
, Series 90-30 I/O racks that are interfaced to the bus via FIP Remote I/O
Scanner Modules. Each remote drop can include one 5- or 10-slot main rack, one 5- or 10-slot
expansion rack and any mix of discrete and analog I/O modules.
Generic Devices
, such as general-purpose computers that are interfaced to the bus via a FIP
Interface Module.