The IC693BEM331K is a Genius Bus Controller from the Series 90-30 PLC System manufactured by GE Fanuc. This controller facilitates an interface for the serial bus of the Series 90-30 PLC and Genius I/O and is able to send and receive control data up to 128 bytes for a total of 31 devices on the Genius I/O bus. As a Genius bus controller, the IC693BEM331 requires input and output data lengths configuration suitable for the I/O device to ensure data is transferred. The IC693BEM331K GBC does not count fault table configuration errors that are featured in the 90-70 GBC. To check a Genius device’s configuration, the most efficient method is to verify that the corresponding GBC Device Present bit is set to 1.

Some of the uses for this Genius Bus Controller include: Genius blocks: Designed with the purpose of offering an interface for a great number of discrete, analog, specialized field devices. Important: Genius blocks cannot be controlled by GCM and GCM+ modules. Remote Drops: Series 90-70 I/O racks with bus interface through Remote I/O Scanner modules. Any combination of Series 90-70 discrete and analog I/O modules are compatible with these drops, offering up to 128 bytes of input and output data. Field Control I/O Station: Consisting of up to eight additional Field Control modules and a Bus Interface Unit (BIU). The BIU offers I/O scanning, intelligent processing, and feature configuration for the I/O station.  Genius Hand-Held Monitors (HHM): Portable devices that can also be mounted permanently. These devices offer a comfortable operator interface for block setup, diagnostics, and data monitoring. Multiple hosts: For communications that use Global Data and datagrams.

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