IC693BEM331
IC693BEM331 Genius Bus Controller (GBC)
The Series 90-30 Genius Bus Controller (GBC), catalog number IC693BEM331, provides the interface between a Series 90-30 PLC and a Genius I/O serial bus. The GBC receives and transmits control data of up to 128 bytes for up to 31 devices on the Genius I/O bus.
A Genius Bus Controller can serve the following devices:
- Genius blocks, which provide an interface to a wide range of discrete, analog, and special-purpose field devices. Note that GCM and GCM+ modules cannot control Genius blocks.
- Remote Drops, consisting of Series 90-70 I/O racks interfaced to the bus through Remote I/O Scanner modules.
- A Field Control I/O Station, which consists of a Bus Interface Unit (BIU) and up to eight additional Field Control modules.
- Genius Hand-Held Monitor (HHM), a portable device that provides convenient block setup, data monitoring, and diagnostics.
- Multiple hosts for communications using datagrams and Global Data.
Number of Genius Bus Controllers
Up to eight Genius Bus Controllers or Enhanced Genius Communications Modules can be included in a Series 90-30 PLC system.
Status LEDs
The LEDs on the front of the GBC indicate its operating status:
- OK: Shows the status of the GBC module. This LED turns on after power-up diagnostics are completed.
- COM: Shows the status of the Genius communications bus. This LED is on steadily when the bus is operating properly.
Compatibility
The GBC module is compatible with the following CPU models: IC693CPU311K or later versions, and requires firmware version 5.0 or later.
Global Data
Global Data is data that is automatically and repeatedly broadcast by a GBC. The Series 90-30 GBC can send and receive up to 128 bytes of Global Data each bus scan.
This data is placed in memory locations specified during the configuration of the receiving device.
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