Documentation issue status

Version

Modifications

4.2.0

  • Chapter Technical data - BC updated
  • Chapter Instructions for ESD protection added
  • Chapter Disposal added
  • Chapter Notes on information security added
  • New title page

4.1

  • Download link updated

4.0

  • Migration

3.12

  • HTML documentation for firmware versions from BB (BC9000) and B1 (BC9100)

3.11

  • HTML documentation for firmware versions from BB (BC9000) and B1 (BC9100)

3.10

  • HTML documentation; valid as from firmware BA

3.9

  • HTML documentation; valid as from firmware B9

3.8

  • HTML documentation; valid as from firmware B8

Firmware BC9000/BC9100

You can determine which firmware was fitted when the Bus Coupler left the factory from the adhesive label underneath (see the fifth and sixth figures of the production number).

Example: 3200B2020000
The firmware in the example is B2.

In order to update your firmware, you require the KS2000 configuration software and the serial cable included with that software; as from software version B6, you can update your coupler using the TwinCAT 2.8 system manager. You will find the firmware under www.beckhoff.com.

BC9100

Firmware

Description

B2 ... B5

  • Product maintenance

B1

  • Restructuring of the internal Ethernet communication
  • Adjustment of the cycle tick counter to 1 ms per tick

BC9000

Firmware

Description

BC ... BE

  • Product maintenance

BB

  • Restructuring of the internal Ethernet communication
  • Adjustment of the cycle tick counter to 1 ms per tick

BA

  • Variable size increased from 6 kbyte to 16 kbyte
  • Data storage in flash memory
  • SNTP/Time Protocol implemented
  • Access via name resolution
  • Optimization: 25% performance increase through code optimization

B9

Error in the B8 version related to mapping the KL60xx Bus Terminals corrected

B8

Internal software reset modified (this does not have any effects that concern the user)

B7

  • Settings such as the IP address are retained during a firmware update
  • ADS indication function block implemented
  • ADS "State" supported
  • DHCP for "Nortel Switch" modified
  • Cycle time monitoring
  • Fast ModbusTCP implemented

B6

  • Implementation of the ModbusTCP, ADS, SMTP and IP-Config function blocks
  • Firmware update over Ethernet possible
  • Reading out the configuration with the System Manager (as from TwinCAT 2.8) possible
  • ADS access control through table 2 implemented

B5

  • Addressing via ARP and BootP possible
  • Access to the flags area via ModbusTCP

B3

Implementation of ModbusTCP

B2

  • Problems with the ASC/CHR functions corrected
  • The fault which caused error code 1 to be generated after TwinCAT starts up was corrected
  • Implementation of PLCSystemBC.lb6

B1

Released version

B0

Preliminary version