Beckhoff Automation: Updated network software

Beckhoff Automation has introduced TwinCAT 2.10, a revised software version updated to unite PC-based PLC and motion control with next-generation Ethernet.

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Software has functions for scanning hardware connected to systems via the company’s high-speed, deterministic EtherCAT, as well as Profibus, CANopen, DeviceNet, Sercos, real-time Ethernet, and Lightbus. Said to provide fast, easy diagnostics by comparing networks to system configurations and identifying what hardware is physically present.

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