LINK Drive Network

Fiber Optic Based Drive and Process Control System

LINK is an ultra high speed distributed drive control system. It enables all machine control elements including variable speed drives, operator controls and plant I/O to be networked together to provide integrated machine control of unrivalled flexibility.

Communications speeds of 2.7 Mbaud allows LINK to operate a real time, event driven, deterministic network. Each control element of the machine or process is interconnected on a single, noise immune fiber optic cable, which replaces myriad control wires traditionally associated with multi-drive systems. Typical savings in site cabling time and cost are up to 50% compared to a standard wired system.

A LINK system may include a combination of drives. Digital and analog plant equipment can be interfaced onto the network by local or distributed I/O modules, and a variety of gateway modules allow seamless integration with PC based controls and monitoring systems.

Highlights

• Total configurability for the most advanced multi-drive systems

• Noise immune fiber optic based highway

• Real time peer-to-peer communications

• Fieldbus compatibility

• Modem remote access capability

• AC and DC networked drives

The major component parts of a LINK control system are listed below. There are however many other interface and peripheral components available that make LINK the world’s most flexible control system, so please contact your nearest SSD Drives sales outlet to discuss your application in detail.  Click here for more information on LINK products and options.

Listing of LINK Products

• LinkRacks:  high speed intelligent controllers

• LinkStations:  touch-sensitive, color LCD operator stations

• Digital I/O LinkCard:  16 x 24V channel digital input/output module

• Analog I/O LinkCard:  8 x Input and 2 x Output analog module

• RTN Fiber Optic LinkCard

• Devicenet LinkCard

• Profibus LinkCard

• Ethernet LinkCard

• ControlNet LinkCard

• Modbus+ LinkCard

• Remote Analog I/O Unit

• Remote Digital I/O Unit

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DRIVE SYSTEM DESIGNER

Drive System Designer (DSD) is a power software tool used to configure SSD LINK drive systems. DSD employs a graphical user interface and drawing tools that allow you to create and diagram your configurations in an easy-to-understand format that represents the functionality of your configuration.

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