G3CN0000 Red Lion Controls

Overview

The G3 proprietary expansion slot provides a high speed, parallel architecture that extends the functionality and flexibility of the G3 series HMI. This approach allows the G3 series to evolve concurrently with the latest advances in communications and standards, without sacrificing performance. This high bandwidth channel has significantly greater throughput when compared to the traditional (external) serial gateway approach.

The G3CN option card is easily installed by removing the rear cover of your G3 operator interface, attaching the card using three screws and connecting a single cable. Adding this card gives the operator interface a CANopen communications port. It is built with digital isolation to protect the operator interface from the CANopen bus and vice versa. It provides the ability to communicate to any high speed CANopen device. The G3CN option board has a termination resistor built-in, and is selectable through a jumper setting. A connector housing is provided to function as a strain relief for the wires that terminate into the five position connector. The connector is pluggable for easy removal of the G3 operator interface from the CANopen bus, without disturbing communications with other devices on the bus.