The PC56 is an industrial in-rack PC for the Control-Logixplatform. Driven by powerful 266MHz Pentium II processor,the PC56 supports the many applications a available in Windows (NT, CE, 2000, XP) and the DOS environment. In addition, the module serves as a powerful platform for those applications requiring or benefiting from custom development. A direct connection to the ControlLogix backplane gives the PC56 read and write connectivity to the CLX 555X processor
data tables. This direct connection between the CLX data tables and the PC56’s ability to support Serial, Ethernet, ControlNet and DeviceNet communications makes the PC56 an ideal solution for today’s analytical and data centric applications. A powerful API Development Toolkit designed to take full advantage of the PC56 hardware is ideal for OEM manufacturers and software companies who want to integrate their applications into the ControlLogix world. The PC56 is a

high-performance tool capable of supporting those needing to meet today’s IT and e-commerce requirements, or simply those that need a powerful processing engine to augment their ControlLogix solution.

Features and Benefits

• Supports several operating systems; Windows CE, XP
• Embedded 500 MHz  AMD processor
• Fanless for quiet operation
  
• 10/100 10-BaseT Ethernet
• Direct CLX processor read/write access
• Type II Compact Flash socket
• Stacking PCI Expansion Bus for high-speed connection to accessory modules
• Available PCE Expansion Modules (2)
• PCMCIA
• 40 GB IDE Drive
  

Key OEM Features

The PC56 has several key features designed specifically to allow OEMs to develop the high performance applications needed in industrial automation applications:

• High Precision Real Time Clock
• Applications can be secured to module type and/or to module serial number
• Auxiliary timer (CE only)
• PowerFail Monitor (Allows data storage to BBRAM )

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