Terminal Selection Diagram for Bus Terminal Controllers
After selecting Add Terminal... you will see a Selection Diagram beneath a Bus Terminal Controller (e.g. BC3100, BC2000 or BC9000) for the various digital, analogue and non-standard terminals. It is important to note here, as shown in the image below, that all terminals are represented, as is usually the case for Bus Couplers and for the BC PLC, as non-linking and thereby locally used terminals.
Details about the various Beckhoff Bus Terminals are described under Terminals - Technical Reference.
Type
The list shows the different Beckhoff Bus Terminals sorted by their main groups.
Analogue and special terminals are provided and listed according to fieldbus system
- Compact: Only the terminal’s data bytes are integrated into the System Manager device configuration Process Image on the PC.
- Complex: The terminal’s data and control/status bytes are integrated into the device configuration process image on the PC.
- PLC - compact: The terminal’s data bytes provided only, and only for the local BC process image
- PLC - complex: The terminal’s data and control/status bytes, for the local BC process image.
Name
The identifier for the selected terminal can be edited here. The revised name is used for e.g. Exporting Variable Info.
Multiple
Inserts n terminals of the selected type continuously into the configuration.
OK
Integrates the selected terminals into the configuration.
Cancel
Closes the dialogue without adding a terminal to the configuration.
You can find further information about the configuration of the terminals in the System Manager under: Terminal-specific Dialogues.