4.12. Technical Specifications

*Unless otherwise stated, all specification data is identical for all ConveyLinx-Ai Family modules

Power Connection

Electrical Ratings

Environmental Ratings

!Operating outside these parameters may result in permanent ConveyLinx-Ai Family Modules failure or unexpected device behavior

Certifications & Standards

Sensor Port I/O

*Please Note: All ConveyLinx-Ai Family Sensor Ports accommodate 24V devices regardless of whether they are powered by 24V or 48V

Each Module is equipped with two 4-pin female M8 style Sensor I/O ports primarily used to connect a photo-electric sensor to the module. Each of these ports has one pin dedicated as an input for the sensor (pin 4) and one Aux I/O pin (pin 2) that is configurable to be either an input or an output.

Sensor Input Signal (M8 Pin 4)

The sensor input (pin 4) is auto-sensing for PNP or NPN circuit type such that both sourcing and sinking current will activate the input based upon the following conditions:

Aux I/O Signal (Pin 2) when configured as as INPUT

When configured as an INPUT, the Aux I/O (pin 2) is auto-sensing for PNP or NPN circuit type such that both sourcing and sinking current will activate the input based upon the following conditions:

Aux I/O Signal (Pin 2) when configured as an OUTPUT

When configured as an OUTPUT, the Aux I/O (Pin 2) provides an NPN only circuit as illustrated:

Sensor Port 24VDC (Pin 1) and GND (Pin 3)

Pin 1 of each Sensor Port provides 24V for powering up a sensor device and/or for supplying the load for the Aux I/O (Pin 2) when configured as an output. The available current for the two control ports on the module is limited internally by a solid-state fuse. The maximum combined current consumption for the two sensor ports is 100 mA.

!Current in excess of 100mA drawn from the sensor port’s 24V pin may cause permanent damage to the sensor detection circuit. Care should be taken to avoid excess loads, short circuits and miss-wiring of the sensor port.

Motor Port

*The PWM frequency is firmware version dependent

!**During normal operation as an MDR port, the internal protection circuitry is not capable of detecting a short-circuit between a BLDC coil output and ground. Such a short-circuit will cause damage to the high-side bridge transistors. When operating these outputs as general purpose outputs, the high-side transistors are disabled, so a pin-to-ground short-circuit is not an issue

Motor Ports in Digital Output Mode (not applicable for ConveyLinx-Ai3-48-FC & ConveyLinx-Ai2-48)

Either the Left or Right (or both) Motor Ports can be configured to operate their respective motor coil output transistors as 24V DC digital output signals. These digital output signals are sinking type only and will accommodate up to 1A on a given output pin, but restricted to a total of 1.5A for both pins on a given port.

For each of the Motor Ports, only 2 out of the 3 total motor coil output pins are available as digital outputs for a total of 4 Motor Port digital outputs available per module. Please note that these 2 available motor coil pins are different between the Left and Right Motor Ports as illustrated:

Ethernet

• 3 port integrated switch ( 2 external ports and 1 port for the on-board processor)
• Automatic speed setup (10Base-T / 100Base-TX)
• Automatic duplex configuration (Full / Half)
• Automatic straight/crossover cable detection ( Auto MDI/MDI-X)
• PAUSE frame support
• Back pressure flow control support
• Maximum segment length: 100m / 328ft

Supported Protocols

• Modbus/TCP
• EtherNet/IP
• Profinet IO
• CCLink IEF Basic