Expansion Cards
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6 Expansion Cards
6.1 List of Expansion Cards
The MD520 supports different types of expansion cards including communication
cards and encoder cards. The former is used to communicate with field buses, and
the latter is used to connect multiple types of encoders. All the expansion cards
support secondary development. For details on the functions and configurations of
expansion cards, see their user guides.
Table 6–1 List of expansion cards
Name Model Function Remarks
I/O expansion card 1 MD38IO1 The following can be added: five DIs, one
relay output terminal, and one DO. Modbus
and CANlink are supported.
When this kind of I/O expansion card is used,
AIs and AOs cannot be added.
Applicable to T4 models and
above
I/O expansion card 2 MD38IO2 Three DIs can be added. Applicable to all models
I/O expansion card 3 MD38IO3 The following can be added: three DIs, one
RS‑485 communication signal isolation input
terminal, and one normally open relay output
terminal.
Applicable to all models
RS‑485 communication
card
MD38TX1 Modbus communication adapter card with
the isolation feature
Applicable to all models
CANlink
communication
expansion card
MD38CAN1 CANlink communication adapter card Applicable to all models
CANopen
communication
expansion card
MD38CAN2 CANopen communication adapter card Applicable to all models
PROFIBUS DP
communication card
MD‑SI‑DP1
PROFIBUS DP communication card
Applicable to all models
PROFIBUS DP
communication card
MD38DP2 PROFIBUS DP communication card Applicable to T4 to T12
models
PROFINET
communication
expansion card
MD500‑PN1 PROFINET communication adapter card Applicable to all models
EtherCAT
communication
expansion card
MD500‑ECAT EtherCAT communication adapter card Applicable to all models
Ethernet/IP
communication
expansion card
MD500‑EN1 Ethernet/IP communication adapter card Applicable to all models