The SIMOTION P320?3 Motion Controller is a high-performance, ultra compact and maintenance-free embedded industrial PC. This product expands the PC-based hardware platform of the SIMOTION range by an Embedded PC for motion control tasks.

The SIMOTION P320?3 hardware is based on the latest generation of the SIMATIC Microbox PC and therefore offers the following benefits:

• High performance: Thanks to state-of-the-art Intel processor technology
• Rugged: No rotating parts (no fan, no hard disk)
• Compact: With very small mounting dimensions
• Flexible in use: Thanks to a variety of installation methods.

In addition to the Windows Embedded Standard 2009 operating system, the proven successful real-time expansion for SIMOTION is also installed.

Flexible application in operation

SIMOTION P320?3 can be operated in a variety of different modes:

• Headless mode:
  SIMOTION P320?3 can be operated in so-called "headless" mode: In other words, it can be operated without display, monitor or panel front.
• Operation with display or monitor:
  Standard SIMATIC displays or monitors can be connected at a distance of up to 5 m (16.??4 ft) via the integrated DVI interface.
• Operation with SIMOTION P panel fronts:
  The SIMATIC Panel PC Remote Kit can be used to connect SIMOTION P320?3 to the panel fronts for SIMOTION P. The panel fronts can be installed at a distance of up to 30 m (98.4 ft) from SIMOTION P320?3.

PC-based CompactFlash card replaces hard disk

In order to enhance the rugged design of the system, SIMOTION P320?3 contains no rotating parts at all. A PC-based CompactFlash card is used instead of a hard disk. No tools are needed to insert or remove this card.

Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) reduces write cycles

When a computer with Windows operating system is running, large volumes of information are buffered on the hard disk or, alternatively, on a CompactFlash memory. However, frequent write cycles reduce the service life of the hard disk or CompactFlash memory.

Using the Enhanced Write Filter avoids this problem. The data is initially written to RAM. This ensures, for example, that changes made at the commissioning stage do not take effect until they are stored by command on the PC-based CompactFlash card.

Changes made by mistake are not permanent. When the PC is switched on again, it boots to the initial delivery state again until changes have been stored on the CompactFlash card. The PC is always restarted from the data stored on the PC-based CompactFlash card.

The Enhanced Write Filter (EWF) is deactivated in the delivery state.

High system availability

The following features of the SIMOTION P320?3 Motion Controller afford an especially high degree of system availability:

• Integrated monitoring functions for battery, temperature and program execution
• LEDs on front panel for efficient diagnosis
• Integrated power supply with bridging of supply failures

PC technology

• Processor: Intel Core 2 Solo, 1.2 GHz
• Operating system: Windows Embedded Standard 2009
• Memory: 2 GB DDR3 SDRAM
• 4 GB CompactFlash card
• Data backup/restore using the SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator data backup software (optional)

Series commissioning with optional USB Flash Drive

For the purpose of commissioning several Motion Controllers at once, it is possible to copy a pregenerated data image to the CompactFlash drive using SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator (own software).

The SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator must either be ordered separately, or is pre-installed on the SIMATIC IPC USB Flash Drive (USB stick) (see selection and ordering data).