Interfaces

Operation, display and diagnostics

• 1 x mode selector
• 1 x LED strip for fault and status indicators

Integrated I/Os

• 18 digital inputs
  (C240: of which 2 for local measuring inputs and 4 for global measuring inputs/zero marks, C240 PN: of which four for global measuring inputs)
• 8 digital outputs

Drive interfaces (C240)

• 1 x setpoint output interface for up to 4 axes (optionally for analog, stepper or hydraulic drives; also as freely assignable analog outputs)
• 4 x encoder inputs for incremental or absolute encoders (can also be used as freely assignable up/down counters)

Communication

• 1 x interface for Industrial Ethernet
• 2 x interfaces for PROFIBUS DP
  (of which one interface is for MPI)
• 3 x ports for PROFINET IO (C240 PN)

Data backup

• 1 x slot for SIMOTION Micro Memory Card (MMC)

Additional interfaces

• Power supply terminals

Data storage/data backup

SIMOTION C Motion Controllers have an integrated non-volatile data memory for storing process variables.

The data is backed up on a SIMOTION Micro Memory Card (MMC).

Expansion with central I/O modules

The central I/O is plugged directly into the SIMOTION C Motion Controller. The I/O configuration for centralized I/O can comprise of two tiers (second tier using IM 365 interface) with up to 8 I/O modules each and a total of 4 analog modules. I/O modules from the SIMATIC S7‑300 spectrum can be used here.

Expansion using distributed I/Os

The following can be used as distributed I/O components:

PROFIBUS DP:

• All certified PROFIBUS standard slaves (DP‑V0, DP‑V1, DP‑V2)
• SIMATIC ET 200S/SP/M/MP/eco/pro distributed I/O systems
• Servo converters of the MASTERDRIVES, SIMODRIVE and SINAMICS series over PROFIBUS DP interface with PROFIdrive
• MICROMASTER and COMBIMASTER frequency inverters
• Stepper drives over PROFIBUS DP interface with PROFIdrive

PROFINET IO (C240 PN):

• SIMATIC ET 200S/SP/M/MP/pro/eco PN distributed I/O systems
• SINAMICS S120 servo converters over PROFINET IO with IRT (PROFIdrive)