The SIMOTION P350-3 Motion Controller is a PC-based, open Motion Control System. The use of an industrial PC platform facilitates the running of the SIMOTION machine application comprising of PLC, motion control and HMI functions alongside standard PC applications in one platform. This is particularly useful in the case of applications that involve complex PC-based data management and sophisticated analysis systems.

The operating system is Windows XP Professional, with a real-time expansion for SIMOTION.

To facilitate the connection of distributed components, SIMOTION P350-3 is available in both PROFINET and PROFIBUS versions. A PROFINET Communication Board can be retrofitted to the PROFIBUS version for applications which require both PROFIBUS and PROFINET.