1.
User Features
The RX3i Genius Communications Gateway,
IC695GCG001, or
GCG001
, interfaces Genius I/O
devices on a Simplex Genius serial bus to a GE’s
Automation & Controls PROFINET I/O Controller or
CPE330 CPU
†
. The GCG001 operates as a Genius
Bus Controller on a Genius network. It scans the
Genius I/O devices configured to it, retrieving input
data and providing output data, and exchanges
that data with its configured PROFINET I/O
Controller over its Ethernet interfaces at the
configured production rate. If the Ethernet network
or Genius serial bus communications are lost, the
GCG001 manages I/O states according to the
individual module configurations. The GCG001 can
manage communications for up to 31 Genius I/O
devices on a single Genius Serial Bus.
1.1.
Ethernet Ports
The GCG001 provides two RJ-45 Ethernet ports for
connection to a GE PROFINET controller. Although
the hardware supports the 10/100BASE TX
Ethernet standard, PROFINET I/O over wired infrastructure must be 100Mbps full-duplex or
faster. 10Mbps should not be used for PROFINET. Each port automatically detects the
attached cable and functions properly with either straight-through or crossover cables.
†
In addition to the PNC001, beginning with version 8.90, the CPE330 CPUis capable of controlling a
GCG001 on a PROFINET network. No other PROFINET controllers are supported.
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PACSystems RX3i Genius Communications Gateway Quick Start Guide
GFK-2891C
