sercos III – universal communication for all applications

The vision of a real-time, non-proprietary communication solution permeates the world of industrial automation. Different types of automation devices have to be network-enabled in an easy and consistent way. sercos III, the open, IEC-compliant universal bus for Ethernet-based real-time communication, already delivers the functionality you need.

What is new?

• Industrial Ethernet is used as the physical layer and protocol
• Faster due to higher bandwidth and shorter cycle times
• More precise due to an innovative synchronization procedure
• More universal due to new communication and device profiles
• New, innovative communication functions, e.g. direct cross communication and hot-plugging
• Higher machine availability due to communication redundancy

What has been retained?

• Proven features such as topology, profiles, message structures and synchronization have been retained
• Existing drivers and applications can be simply transferred to sercos III