MX08 Multichannel Weighing System, Technical Manual, Rev. 2.5 Page 7 of 144
2. INTRODUCTION
2.1. Overview
MX08 is an economic multi-channel interfacing system including high resolution and
powerful state-of-the-art weighing and force measurement digitizer, weight display unit,
Input / Output unit and various gateways. MX08 family instruments are mounted on the
DIN rail in the control cabinet and communicate each other by internal data bus which is
named N-Bus. The external interface is done via Gateway. Gateway is slave in the field
bus and master in N-Bus. Available instruments are shown in figure below.
A. Digitizer
Modbus
Gateway
Profibus
Gateway
EtherNet/IP
Gateway
EtherCAT
Gateway
4I / 4O
Display
Profinet
Ethernet
Powerlink
Figure 1.1 - MX08 family instruments