Product Overview
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FM 456-2 Application Function Module Installation, Hardware, and Startup
C79000-G7076-C458-01
M7-400 Components
An M7-400 can be equipped or expanded in various ways. The following tables
provide an overview of the components in the M7-400 family of automation
computers.
Table 1-1
Components in the M7-400 Automation Computer Family
Components
Function
Illustration
Application function module
FM 456-2
... basic module with PC-HW
architecture.
... provides space for up to 2
interface submodules.
Expansion module
EXM 478
... provides space for 3
interface submodules for
connecting to, for example,
process I/O, VGA monitor,
PG/PC keyboard, printer etc.
AT adapter module
ATM 478
... provides space for a short
AT module.
Mass memory module
MSM 478
... provides storage for
programs and data on a hard
disk and 3.5 diskette.
... contains an “LPT1” parallel
interface, for example to
connect a printer.
Interface submodules
Process modules (IF 961)
System modules (IF 962)
Communications modules (IF 964
Profibus-DP and CP 1401 TCP/IP)
... make the connection from
the process or peripherals to
the FM 456-2.