STRB 4 Channel Turbine Accumulator Input Smart Card

Overview

4 Channel Turbine Accumulator Input Smart CardThe Automation and Electronics, Inc. STRB was designed to provide turbine meter and pulse input expansion capability for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). With a low power requirement and a wide operating temperature range, the STRB is ideal for use in remote 120 VAC, 24 VDC, or solar powered distributed I/O systems. It can also be used as a stand-alone MODBUS turbine meter and pulse input module.

The STRB is a microprocessor based four-channel accumulator board. This card is capable of accumulating pulses directly from either turbine meter magnetic pickups or dry contact closures. Jumpers are provided for each channel to select the type of pulse input being used. The on-board microprocessor accumulates these pulses, and makes them available to either host systems or master controllers via a serial data highway.

The data highway is implemented using the built in RS-485 serial port. All of the Smart Card series can be daisy chained together using these serial ports. Each Smart Card responds to MODBUS polls or commands from a master. An on-board address selector switch allows each board to be easily configured for any MODBUS address. This RS-485 data highway can then be used to create a scalable, flexible input / output expansion array.

Features

• Accumulator storage backup (24 hour via on-board capacitor)
• MODBUS RTU protocol
• On-board address switch (0-255)
• Four on-board option switches
• Two RJ45 jacks for RS-485 serial data
• Selectable RS-485 termination
• Expansion connector for our P-type piggyback modules

Specifications

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