Flintec MCS-08 - Manual (Page 6)

MCS-08 Technical Manual, Rev. 1.04 December 2012 Page 6 of 52
3. I
NTRODUCTION
3.1. Overview
Type MCS-08 is a powerful and economic state-of-the-art multi channel system for static and dynamic weighing
applications plus force and torque measurements.
The basic measurement module is the 1-channel type MCS-08AD A/D converter which converts the analogue
low level signal from a load cell or a strain gauge sensor to a digital high-resolution and high-accuracy signal.
All standard weighing functions are available on this A/D converter.
For bus connections, gateways such as Profibus DP, ProfiNet, Modbus RTU and Ethernet TCP/IP are
available. The gateway can communicate via the internal system bus (named N-bus) with up to 8 type MCS-
08AD A/D converters.
For local display purposes the internal system bus can be extended with one optional type MCS-08DP Display
module. The system can be extended with optional control signals located on the type MCS-08IO Digital I/O
module. The gateway can communicate via the internal system bus with up to eight type MCS-08IO modules.
The type MCS-08 Multi-Channel System comprises various hardware modules which are
MCS-08AD
A/D Converter
MCS-08MB
Modbus RTU Gateway
MCS-08PB
Profibus DP Gateway
MCS-08PN
ProfiNet Gateway
MCS-08IO
Digital I/O Module
MCS-08DP
Display Module
MCS-08EN
Ethernet Gateway
Figure 3.1 – MCS-08 hardware modules