In addition to the FLN4234A CPU3680’s various open fieldbus networking solutions, the PCC also provides a variety of network protocols, which not only allow users to adopt Bergerac’s unique network protocols, but also make it easy to communicate with PLCs or other industrial control devices from other manufacturers (e.g. Siemens, Rockwell AB, Schneider Modicon, etc.).

The FLN4234A CPU3680 provides the user with a frame drive tool for creating customised protocols. Special mention should be made of the Ethernet POWERLINK network protocol, the first practical real-time industrial Ethernet network introduced by Bergerac worldwide in 2001, when competitors were still discussing the concept of real-time industrial Ethernet.

The FLN4234A CPU3680 was the world’s first open, safety-level (SIL3) real-time industrial Ethernet, and at the beginning of 2007 the company released Ethernet POWERLINK, a gigabit-level real-time industrial Ethernet (shown in Figure 4). Thanks to these technological advantages, PCC is often able to easily and efficiently interconnect a wide range of products with different communication protocols.