Communication via Fipio is part of Schneider Electric’s WORLDFIP global offer.
Fipio is a field bus used to de-localize the Inputs/Outputs of a PLC station and its industrial periphery to bring them as close as possible to the operating part.
The Fipio protocol is based on producer/consumer type exchanges (for instance: common words) and bus management is performed by a bus arbiter.
The following illustration shows a Fipio field bus: