LINEPULS & LINECOD catalogue 2016 in English

POSICONTROL
IF55 converter series
IF55 converter series
The range of IF55 gateways from Lika Electronic is specially designed to interface SSI serial
encoders, both linear and rotary, and integrate them easily into conventional fieldbus or
industrial Ethernet networks.
IF55 converters are available for CANopen, Profibus-DP and EtherCAT networks.
You can connect any linear encoder fitted with SSI serial interface (and singleturn / multiturn
rotary encoders as well). There is no need to change the hardware or software of the
encoder as the configuration is set via the controller of each specific bus by entering few
simple parameters.
The encoder is configured as a Slave device and is able to communicate in the bus line or
industrial network in a complete and efficient manner:
• Slave encoder with CANopen interface complying with the “Device Profile for encoders”
Class 2;
• Slave encoder with Profibus-DP interface configurable as a Class 1 or Class 2 device;
• Slave encoder with EtherCAT interface complying with ETG.1000 specifications and
supporting CoE (CANopen over EtherCAT) and FoE (for firmware upgrade) protocols as
well as the EtherCAT State Machine.
IF55 modules use connection cables and connectors that meet the specifications of each
protocol. Thanks to IF55 converters any existing SSI serial interface encoder can be converted
and used further in a more modern and integrated communication system instead of
being discarded during a plant retrofit project. Furthermore it is finally possible to install the
smallest encoders in tight spaces not giving up the bus or Ethernet technology.
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