The Holocon – IEC61499-compliant; stand-alone or networked; event-driven function block controls

IEC61499 is a new international standard for highly distributed function block controls. It provides an event-driven mechanism for proper sequencing over multiple device nodes. Function Block Development Kit (FBDK) and Function Block Run Time (FBRT) are implementation tools of the IEC61499 standard licensed from Rockwell Automtion.

Holocon Function Block Controller

The Holcon W2 Series is a derivative controller from Western Reserve Controls WRC1 SmartMux- Plus™ DeviceNet I/O Block and embedded controller. It supports real-time function block control, embedded JAVA, CAN, Ethernet, Discrete I/ O, analog I/O and RS232.

Programming the Holocon controller is via the Function Block Development Kit (FBDK), implementation tools of the IEC61499 standard licensed from Rockwell Automation. Over 400 function blocks are available to select from as well as a growing selection of Network Blocks.

The Holcon W2 Series consists of the central processor, internal power supply, CAN communications, Ethernet communications, and RS232 communications mounted in a brushed aluminum extrusion.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon W2 Function Block Controller

Holocon Function Block Software Development Kit

Holocon W2-FBDK is the software tool to develop your control system for W2-FBC Series Function Block Controllers. These controllers are IEC61499-compliant; stand-alone or networked; event-driven function block controls.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon W2-FBC Software Development Kit

The Holocon – IEC61499 Development Kit is a high-performance and Internet-ready J2ME-compliant Java platform for industrial automation

Holocon - IEC61499 Development Kit

The W2-61499-K1 and W2-61499-K2 demonstration kits are for research and development of IEC61499-compliant devices, systems and applications. The Development Kits are based on Imsys Technologies SNAP-module.

The units support multiple interfaces including 64 points of digital I/O and 16 each of analog I/O, 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet, UART´s with speeds up to 460 kbit/s and CAN-bus interface. The units integrates Sun Microsystems Java 2 Micro Edition and supports a certified CLDC run-time platform for embedded Java development.

For the advanced user in needs of writing native functions in C or assembler, the W2-61499-K2 offers an optional development tool, the SNAP-IDE. The tools included are source editors, on-line manuals and help system, compilers, assembler, and linker, loader and trace and debug tools. The combination of the WRC-kit and SNAP-IDE as a development platform environment ensures faster time to market and cost effective solutions.

The products will be available through WRC and Imsys (www.imsystech.com), with first shipment during February, 2005.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon W2 - IEC61499 Development Kit

The formal news release in pdf format:
W2 - IEC61499 Development Kit press release

Holocon W2 Series DeviceNet™ Group 2 only slave

W2-DNET-S is the functionblock based software package (Network Block) that adds DeviceNet Slave functionality to your W2-FBC Series Function Block Controllers. The controller performs IEC61499-compliant; stand-alone or networked; event-driven function block controls.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon W2-FBC DeviceNet Slave Software

Holocon W2 CANopen Slave

Holocon W2-CANopen-S is the functionblock based software package (Network Block) that adds CANopen Slave functionality to your Holocon W2-FBC Series Function Block Controllers.

The addition of an open standard such as CANopen allows the W2-FBC Function Block Controller to be used simply as dumb I/O or as a way to retrofit existing installations. W2-CANopen-S allows the W2-FBC I/O, as well as internally computed events and variables, to be read from and written to from a CANopen Master Device, such as a PC or PLC just as any I/O device.

The CANopen Library is based on ground of the communication profile DS-301 V4.x of the CiA e.V. “CANopen Application Layer and Communication Profile” and EN50325-4 , respectively, and provides all services specified therein.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon CANopen Slave Functionality

Holocon EtherNet/IP Software Stack

W2-EIP-S is a software stack extension to the W2 Holocon™ family of distributed, embedded controllers. It adds the CIP Layer to the Holocon Controllers to provide compatibility with other Ethernet/IP products.

EtherNet/IP extends commercial off-the-shelf Ethernet to the Common Industrial Protocol (CIPTM) — the same upper-layer protocol and object model found in DeviceNet. Combined, DeviceNet and EtherNet/ I P promote transparency from sensors to the enterprise software.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon EtherNet/IP Software Stack

Holocon W2 Series I/O cards

The W2 Holocon Controller offers three card slots which can use any combination of the following:

a. none
b. Digital Input card - 16 point
c. Digital Output Card - 16 point
d. Digital I/O card - 16 inputs plus 16 outputs
e. Analog I/O card - 8 inputs
f. Analog I/O card - 16 inputs
g. Analog I/O card - 8 outputs, 8 inputs
h. Servo-positioning card
m. External I/O - digital 24 points using opto-coupled modules
n. External I/O - digital 48 points using opto-coupled modules
s. Thermocouple Module, 15 points plus cold-junction compensation
t. Thermocouple Module, 15 points plus cold-junction compensation

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon Controller I/O Cards

Holocon Quad Communications Option Card “K"

The K card is a 4-port communications gateway processor between a serial-capable device over an RS232 or RS485 interface and a CAN or Ethernet network.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
Holocon 4-port communications gateway

SmartMux® to Holocon Architecture

The W2 Architecture is an evolutionary enhancement of the popular WRC1 SmartMux providing a multiprocessor architecture supporting both embedded functionality and user programmable functionality.

Converting a SmartMux to a Holocon Controller requires the Real-Time JAVA Co-processor and Ethernet Processor added to provide enhanced functionality and allowing user programming in real-time JAVA as well as Ethernet communications.

More details and specs are available in pdf format:
SmartMux to W2 Holocon Architecture

WRC Catalog and Price List

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