Product Description
I. Product Overview
1784-PKTX is a high-performance network interface card that plays a pivotal role in the field of industrial automation communication. Leveraging Rockwell Automation's profound technical accumulation and rich practical experience in the field of industrial control, this product is specially designed to meet the stringent requirements of industrial systems for efficient and stable data interaction. It is committed to building a solid and reliable data transmission bridge for various automation projects, helping industrial enterprises move towards a new journey of intelligent production, and has become an indispensable key component in the industrial automation communication architecture.
This product is originally produced in the United States, and the entire manufacturing process strictly follows Rockwell Automation's extremely rigorous quality control system. From the initial careful selection of electronic components, to the precision assembly process in the production link, and then to the all-round and multi-level inspection of finished products, every process strives for perfection, aiming to elevate the product's quality and reliability to the top level of the industry. In the current era of booming global industrial trade, with the convenient logistics conditions of domestic core ports such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Tianjin, 1784-PKTX can be quickly and conveniently transported to all parts of the world, promptly responding to the urgent needs of industrial enterprises in different regions for advanced communication interface equipment, and injecting strong impetus into promoting the continuous upgrading and improvement of global industrial automation communication networks.
II. Technical Parameters
(1) Communication Capability
Interface Type:
As a hardware device fully compliant with the PCI 2.3 standard, 1784-PKTX can be directly installed into the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) port of a personal computer and is perfectly compatible with PCI bus slots with 3.3V or 5V signals. This standard and universal PCI interface design provides a solid and stable physical connection foundation for devices to access the industrial network, ensuring that the data transmission path is always unobstructed.
It is equipped with a unique port combination, featuring a single-channel DH+/RIO combination port (marked as Channel 1A) and a DH-485 communication interface (marked as Channel 1C). Channel 1A supports Data Highway Plus (DH+) and Remote I/O (RIO) communication, while Channel 1C focuses on DH-485 communication. The diversified port configuration meets the needs of different industrial communication scenarios.
Communication Protocol Support: It fully supports various mainstream protocols in the field of industrial communication such as Data Highway Plus (DH+), Remote I/O (RIO), and DH-485. By virtue of its in-depth compatibility with these protocols, 1784-PKTX can achieve seamless docking and efficient communication with Allen-Bradley's PLC-5 series, PLC-5/250, as well as SLC 5/04, SLC 5/01, SLC 5/02, SLC 5/03 (with 1785-KA5) and other programmable controllers. Whether it is simple collection of equipment status information or complex transmission of system collaborative control commands, it can accurately and quickly complete data interaction tasks based on corresponding protocols, easily adapting to various complex industrial automation communication architectures.
Communication Distance and Rate:
In DH+/RIO communication mode, the communication distance is closely related to the transmission rate. When the transmission rate is 57.6K bit/s, the maximum communication distance can reach 10,000 feet (approximately 3048 meters); when the rate is increased to 115.2K bit/s, the distance is shortened to 5,000 feet (approximately 1524 meters); and when the rate reaches 230.4K bit/s, the maximum communication distance is 2,500 feet (approximately 762 meters).
For DH-485 communication, when the transmission rate is 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19,200 bits/s, the maximum communication distance can reach 4,000 feet (approximately 1219 meters). This long-distance communication capability at different rates enables 1784-PKTX to ensure stable data transmission in large-scale industrial automation systems even when equipment is widely distributed.
(2) Data Processing Performance
Processor Collaboration Performance: 1784-PKTX exchanges data with the host PC through an on-board dual-port interface. When the PC starts up, this dual-port interface is allocated up to 4 kb of memory space starting from a specific base memory address by the PCI BIOS. This design greatly optimizes the data transmission process, effectively avoiding potential bottlenecks in data transmission, ensuring that the host processor can quickly obtain the data collected or received by 1784-PKTX, and at the same time, promptly feed back the processed control commands to 1784-PKTX for subsequent data transmission. Thus, it guarantees the smoothness and timeliness of the data processing process of the entire industrial automation system, providing strong support for the efficient and stable operation of the production process.
Data Transmission Management Capability: In the complex industrial network environment with large data traffic, 1784-PKTX demonstrates strong data transmission and management functions. It can systematically classify a large amount of data accurately, package them quickly, and ensure that the data is transmitted to the target equipment or system without error. Moreover, this product also has a local network real-time diagnosis function. Once abnormal conditions such as signal attenuation and packet loss are detected in network communication, it can quickly locate the problem and feed back to relevant personnel in a timely manner, providing key basis for maintenance personnel to quickly troubleshoot and solve network faults, and greatly improving the maintenance efficiency and reliability of the industrial network.
(3) Environmental Adaptability
Operating Temperature Range: It can operate stably within the temperature range of 0°C to 60°C (32°F to 140°F). Whether it is an industrial plant in a frigid region or a production workshop in a hot environment, 1784-PKTX can work stably, ensuring that it performs communication duties normally under different temperature conditions, and that the stability and accuracy of data transmission are not affected by temperature fluctuations.
Storage and Transportation Temperature: During storage or transportation, the ambient temperature must be maintained between -40°C and 85°C (-40°F to 185°F). This wide temperature adaptation range enables the product to effectively maintain the stability of internal electronic components in various complex logistics and warehousing environments, ensuring that all performance indicators of the product are not affected when it reaches the user, providing a reliable user experience.
Relative Humidity: It can work reliably in an environment with a relative humidity of 5% - 95% (non-condensing). In a humid environment, its internal circuits and components have undergone special moisture-proof and anti-corrosion treatments, which can effectively avoid faults such as short circuits and corrosion caused by moisture; in a dry environment, through electrostatic protection design, it can effectively prevent static electricity from damaging the equipment, thus ensuring that the product can operate stably for a long time under different humidity conditions.
Vibration and Shock Resistance: According to relevant standard tests, 1784-PKTX can withstand an operating shock of 30g, and the vibration rating is 2g in the frequency range of 10 to 500Hz. In industrial sites, continuous vibration and occasional shock generated by the operation of various mechanical equipment are common phenomena. With its excellent anti-vibration and anti-shock design, 1784-PKTX can work stably in such harsh environments, ensuring that the communication connection remains stable and data transmission is not disturbed, providing a solid guarantee for the continuity of industrial automation production.
(4) Other Parameters
Dimensions and Weight: The product dimensions are 4.5 x 12.4 x 6.3 inches (approximately 115 x 317 x 160 mm), and the weight is only 0.3 lbs (approximately 0.1 kg). The compact and lightweight design makes it occupy little space during installation, facilitating integration into various industrial equipment.
LED Status Indication: Each channel is equipped with 1 diagnostic/status LED, which is convenient for users to intuitively understand the working status of the equipment in real-time, quickly judge whether the equipment is running normally, and provides convenience for daily maintenance and fault Investigation of the equipment.
Number of Supported Modules: Each system can support up to four (4) 1784-PKTX modules, which can be flexibly configured through jumpers to meet the needs of industrial automation systems of different scales for the number of communication interfaces.
III. Functional Characteristics
(1) High Reliability Communication
1784-PKTX adopts industrial-grade high-quality components and uses advanced circuit design concepts, endowing itself with extremely strong anti-electromagnetic interference capability. In industrial sites, a large number of motors, frequency converters and other equipment will generate strong electromagnetic interference when operating, and 1784-PKTX can effectively resist external interference in such a harsh electromagnetic environment, ensuring the accuracy of data transmission and the reliable execution of control commands. Whether it is high-rate data transmission tasks or long-term continuous communication operations, it can always maintain a stable operating state, greatly reducing the probability of communication interruptions, data errors and other problems caused by electromagnetic interference, and laying a solid foundation for the stable operation of industrial automation systems.
(2) Flexible Network Connection
By virtue of supporting multiple communication protocols and having rich port configurations, 1784-PKTX can serve as a key node to easily access different types of industrial communication networks such as Data Highway Plus (DH+), Remote I/O (RIO), and DH-485. It can not only directly connect to PLC-5, PLC-5/250 and other series of controllers, but also has the ability to communicate with various different series of processors. This flexible and diverse network connection feature gives industrial automation systems a high degree of freedom in equipment selection and network architecture construction. Enterprises can easily build personalized industrial communication networks according to their own unique production needs and existing equipment configurations, without worrying about compatibility issues between devices, thereby achieving optimal allocation of resources and improvement of production efficiency.
(3) Convenient Installation and Configuration
In the product design stage, full consideration was given to the convenience of installation and configuration. Before installation, users only need to perform simple jumper configuration on the card, and then can smoothly install it into the compatible PCI slot. The entire operation process is simple and easy to understand, without complex professional debugging procedures, which greatly shortens the equipment installation and debugging cycle and significantly improves the implementation efficiency of the project. However, since 1784-PKTX is designed based on specific technologies, it is more sensitive to static electricity. Therefore, during operation, users must strictly follow standard ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection measures, such as touching grounded objects to release static electricity before operation, wearing a grounded wristband, avoiding direct contact with connectors and components, etc., to effectively avoid static electricity damage to the equipment. When the equipment is not in use, during transportation and repair, placing it in an electrostatic shielding container can further ensure the safety of the equipment.
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