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Rockwell Automation T3831 ICS Regent Communications Package for Winterpret User Manual

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ICS Regent

®

PD-6041

Industrial Control Services

1

Communications Package for

W

INTERPRET

Guarded Peer-Link Communications

(T3831)

Issue 1, March, 06

The W

INTERPRET

Communications Package is an add-in soft-

ware package that allows you to configure Guarded Peer-Link
communications for interconnected Regent systems. Using
Guarded Peer-Link, multiple Regent systems can transfer
safety-critical data between each other for distributed safety
interlocking within a plant. Using redundant networks and
communications modules, the peer-to-peer communications
are protected against single points of failure.

Features

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Multidrop peer-to-peer communications between two to 31

Regent controllers.

·

Supports single and redundant networks (from one to five

legs).

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Deterministic protocol suitable for transfer of safety-critical

data between Regent systems.

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TÜV certified, Risk Class 5.

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Transfer up to 6,500 variables over the network.

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Each leg of a redundant network is Mastered by a separate

Regent system.

·

Full status monitoring and alarming of the network through

system variables in each Regent.