One of the issues every DNC customer must deal with is the length
limitation of RS232 cable. The Flex/2 Bundle allows you to distribute
your I/O Hubs around your shop floor and across departments and
buildings to minimize RS232 cable distances and maximizes performance.
Full, simultaneous support for 128 CNC's from one PC.
Includes the following features:
Eliminates multiple long distance RS-232 cable runs Flex/2 Hubs can be located up to 1000 feet from the PC using
RS-422 Grizzly Cables Fiber Optic converters can be used for distances up to 1.2 Miles
from the PC RJ45 or DB25 style hubs with surge suppression Supports up to 128 CNCs per PC Includes Windows device drivers
Single Source for Hardware
Fed up with multiple hardware and software vendors? Predator
Flex/2 Bundles include all required DNC hardware from a single vendor.
Just add a PC and RS-232 cables for a complete shop floor network.
Open Architecture Design
Tired of proprietary hardware? Predator Flex/2 bundles
Windows drivers and can be used with any software application. Optional
device drivers are available for Linux, Unix, Solaris, and Novell.
Plug and Play™
Frustrated with IRQ's and memory conflicts? Predator Flex/2
Bundles support plug and play installation under Windows. Conflict free
IRQ's and memory addresses are automatically assigned without setting
dip switches or jumpers. Supports extended IRQ's and can even be
configured without an IRQ.
Expand to 128 CNC's or RS-232 Devices
Want to eliminate switch boxes? Predator Flex/2 bundles add up
to 128 industry standard RS-232 ports to any PC. Each RS-232 port
connects to one CNC or RS-232 device for communications. Every RS-232
port can have different baud rates and parameter settings. Communicate
simultaneously to all of your CNCs, CMMs, Tool Pre-setters, Gages and
more with Predator DNC.
Surge Protection
Have a noisy environment or frequent lightning storms? Every
RS-232 port on a Predator Flex/2 hub is individually surge protected.
Save thousands of repair dollars from electrical spikes and surges.
Improved reliability during RS-232 communications by filtering
electrical noise, surges or spikes from EDM's, welders, air compressors,
machine tool motors and numerous other sources of electrical, RF and EMF
noise.
Up to 115,000 Baud
Is your bottle neck RS-232 performance? Predator Flex/2 Bundles
support up to 115,000 baud for even the most demanding high speed
machining throughput. Standard PC serial ports support up to 19,200
baud.
Multiple Intel based RS-232 Co-Processor
Concerned about overloading your PC? Predator Flex/2 Bundles add
a 32-bit Intel based RS-232 co-processor for superior performance. The
Intel co-processor handles 99% of all RS-232 communications freeing the
CPU for other tasks.
Multiple 128k RS-232 Buffers
Suffering with dwells marks, data starvation or slow feed rates?
Predator Flex/2 bundles include a high speed 128k RS-232 buffer on the
communications card and in every I/O Hub. Standard PC serial ports
support a buffer size of only 16 characters or approximately a single
CNC program block.
8 or 16 CNCs or RS-232 devices per Hub
Need to add more CNCs, gages, CMMs, or other RS-232 devices?
Expanding your Predator Flex/2 bundle is easy, just plug in another 8 or
16 port Flex/2 hub. Daisy chain up to eight Flex/2 hubs for a total of
128 CNC's or RS-232 devices per PC. Plus, these hubs may be extended out
to 1000 feet via RS-422 or 1.25 Miles via Fiber connections. Every Flex/2
hub uses industry standard male DB25 or RJ45 style RS-232 connectors to
simplify wiring to your CNCs. We highly recommend Predator Grizzly
Cable for your shop floor network cabling needs.
NOTE:
Fiber Optic or RS-422 cables are not included with the system. For
RS-422 cables for the Flex/2 System ask us about Predator's specially
developed Grizzly Cable System.
Small Footprint
Have space limitations? 16 port Flex/2 hubs are 12"'x7"x4.3" and 8
port Flex/2 hubs are just 12"x7"x2.3".
5 Year Warranty
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