Supported Equipment

Overview

The equipment that you can add to a system project by using the Topology Manager appears in the TOOLBOX pane, which displays the catalog of equipment. It is grouped in several product types.

Each product type contains one or more product ranges.

When you add equipment to your system project to engineer the hardware architecture of your control system, it becomes a configurable device.

NOTE: Other equipment that is supported by Control Expert but does not appear in the TOOLBOX (for example, modules of a PAC), can be added to your system project by using Control Expert Editor.

List of Supported Equipment

Product type	Product range	Equipment description
Modicon PAC Controllers	Modicon M580 ePAC	Object representing a predefined standalone and redundant local main rack configuration. Each one consists of: An Ethernet backplane X80. A Modicon M580 processor module. Safety PACs also contain a coprocessor module. A power supply module. The M580 redundant PAC is composed of a pair of local racks with roles A and B.
	Modicon M340 PAC	Object representing a predefined standalone local main rack configuration consisting of: An Ethernet backplane X80. A Modicon M340 processor module. A power supply module.
	Modicon Momentum PAC	Object representing a predefined configuration consisting of: A Momentum processor module. A discrete input module.
	Modicon MC80 PAC	Object representing a predefined configuration consisting of: A BMK C80 processor module. A high-speed counter function. A digital I/O function. An analog input function.
	Modicon Legacy Controller	Objects representing a predefined controller of the following platforms: Modicon Quantum Modicon Premium Each controller is represented as a single object only.
Automation Devices	Altivar Variable Speed Drives	Represents families of configurable Schneider Electric Altivar Process ATV600 and ATV900 drives. The corresponding DTM needs to be installed on the local computer to configure the device.
	TeSys Motor Controllers	Represents several references of configurable Schneider Electric TeSys T motor controllers that communicate by using Ethernet-based protocols. You can select a reference based on the DTM that is installed on the local computer. It also contains a configurable TeSys island.
	Generic Devices	Contains configurable devices that communicate by Modbus TCP or EtherNet/IP protocol. For both device types, you can select a device type manager (DTM) to be used to configure the device (for example, STB NIC and NIP modules).
HMI Panel	Generic Panels	Object representing a generic dual port touchscreen panel, which you can configure.
Network Infrastructure Devices	ConneXium Switches and Hubs	Contains various references of Schneider Electric ConneXium devices that communicate by using Ethernet-based protocols.
	ConneXium Firewalls
	Generic Switches	Contains various references of generic, managed, and unmanaged switches with and without routing capability. You can configure and use them to represent your hardware.
	Hirschmann Switches and Hubs	Contains various references of RED25 customizable entry-level redundancy switches for M580 applications.
	Modicon Switches	Contains various references of Modicon managed, unmanaged, and extended switches.
Network Fieldbus Devices	Gateway	Contains various references of communication gateways (for example, a PROFIBUS remote master (PRM)) enabling you to connect Modbus TCP and other fieldbus networks.
Workstations and Servers	Generic	Represent computers of the control room on which SCADA systems or Control Expert are running. They are connected to the control and/or operation network and belong to level 2 of process control systems as defined by the ISA-95.00.01 standard.