Basics
The SBusPLUS is the EtherCAT®-based system bus in MOVI‑C® automation.
The communication protocol is standardized in accordance with international IEC standards and meets all of the requirements necessary with respect to plant and machine automation. These include among others a topology-free network, synchronization of system components, and extensive service and diagnostics options.
The SBusPLUS master enables MOVI‑C® CONTROLLERs to integrate system components such as the MOVIDRIVE® application inverter and the MOVI‑PLC® I/O system C. For complete system solutions, the open EtherCAT® protocol provides the opportunity to integrate third-party components such as IP67 I/O systems, linear measurement systems, RFID systems or valve blocks.
SBusPLUS master meets the following requirements in the MOVI‑C® system:
- Startup functions, parameterization and engineering of system components with the MOVISUITE® engineering software.
- Clock-synchronous process data exchange between the SEW‑EURODRIVE controller and the EtherCAT® stations in the network.
- Automatic addressing of EtherCAT® components during the startup phase and system expansion.
- High-precision synchronization through distributed clocks for interpolated axes.
- Simplified and fast startup with a configuration state of the system components.
- Safe data transmission for safety protocols.
- Services for saving and restoring the data sets of system components.
- Services for parameterization of additional automation components.
- Advanced diagnostics functions of network components.
- Identification and localization of errors in the network.
