Beckhoff: Small Local Controller with OPC UA Client and Server

June 19, 2015
The CX8091 compact embedded PC can serve as data collector for comprehensive energy management in plant environments.

With a 32-bit 400 MHz ARM9 CPU and a wide range of connectable K-bus or E-bus I/O terminals, the unit acts as a universal small controller for a wide range of applications, and is fully interoperable with the company's power measuring terminals to serve as a compact data collector that supplies all information via OPC UA, enabling comprehensive energy management. The embedded PC features a switched Ethernet port and supports OPC UA, the established protocol for vertical integration within modern plant environments. Bus terminals (K-bus) and EtherCAT terminals (E-bus), as modular I/O systems, can be connected directly to, and automatically identified by the unit. In this way, a multitude of signals can be acquired locally - for example, via the numerous I/O terminals for energy data acquisition and many other types of measurement. Features include Windows CE 6; 256 MB MicroSD (optionally 1 GB, 2 GB or 4 GB) Flash memory; 64 MB of internal RAM; 1 x Ethernet 10/100 Mbps interface and, 1 x USB device (behind the front flap); and a 1-second UPS (for 1 MB persistent data).

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Beckhoff Automation
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