Document Scope

PlantStruxure is a Schneider Electric program designed to address the key challenges of many different types of users, including plant managers, operations managers, engineers, maintenance teams, and operators, by delivering a system that is scalable, flexible, integrated, and collaborative.

This document presents one of the PlantStruxure features, using Ethernet as the backbone around the Quantum PLC offer and connecting a to Quantum and Modicon X80 and . This feature is known as Quantum Ethernet I/O or Quantum EIO. (NOTE: Modicon X80 is the generic name given to the M340 I/O modules when they are connected remotely to a Quantum controller or module in a PlantStruxure architecture. The M340 I/O name is still used when the module is connected to a M340 controller. The product references remains unchanged; only the range name changes.)

This guide describes the 140NOC78000 distributed I/O head module and its role in a Quantum EIO system.

NOTE: The specific configuration settings contained in this guide are for instructional purposes only. The settings required for your specific application may differ from the examples presented in this guide.

local rack

A Quantum rack containing the controller, a power supply, and an Ethernet remote I/O head module. A local rack consists of 1 or 2 racks, the main rack (containing the remote I/O head module) and an optional extended rack. A Quantum Ethernet remote I/O network requires 1 local rack on the main ring.

remote I/O drop

One of the 3 types of remote I/O devices in an Ethernet remote I/O network. A remote I/O drop is a Quantum or an X80 rack of I/O modules that are connected to an Ethernet remote I/O network and managed by an Ethernet remote adapter module. A drop can be a single rack or a rack with an extension rack.