BCS-XP325

Compact CODESYS-based controller

  • 16 DI (4 fast), 16 DO (4 fast), 5 AI, 2 RTD, 4 AO
  • High speed counter input/PTO and PWM outputs
  • Ethernet TCP/IP, Serial, USB and CAN interface
  • CANopen Master interface
  • 3G/4G/WiFi/ETH port (external accessory via USB port)
  • SQL integration
  • DNV certified
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Facts

General

Part number 66.016.122-1
Warranty 2 year
Digital inputs (DI) 16
Digital outputs (DO) 16
Voltage and current analog inputs (AI) 5
Voltage and current analog outputs (AO) 4
RTD analog inputs (AI) 2
Ethernet TCP/IP interface 1
RS-485 serial interface 1
CAN interface 1
CANOpen Master protocol Yes
J1939 Manager protocol Yes
USB host port 1
Addressable input variables memory (%I) 2 KB
Addressable output variables memory (%Q) 2 KB
Addressable variables memory (%M) 1 KB
Symbolic variables memory 2 MB
Program memory 2 MB
Retain/persistent memory (user configurable) 7.5KB
Source code memory (backup) 26 MB
User files memory (backup) 8 MB
Maximum number of tasks 5
Programming languages Instruction List (IL), Structured Text (ST), Ladder Diagram (LD), Sequential Function Chart (SFC), Function Block Diagram (FBD), Continuous Function Chart (CFC)
Online changes Yes
Watchdog Yes
Real-time clock (RTC) Yes
Real-time clock (RTC) resolution Resolution of 1 ms, max. variance of 3 seconds per day, retention time of 14 days
Status and diagnostic indication LEDs, web pages and CPU’s internal memory
Isolation, Protective earth to all 1,500 Vac / 1 minute
Isolation, Logic/RS-485/CAN/USB to all 1,500 Vac / 1 minute
Isolation, Ethernet to all 1,500 Vac / 1 minute
Isolation, Power supply/analog I/O to all 1,500 Vac / 1 minute
Isolation, Digital inputs to all 1,500 Vac / 1 minute
Isolation, Digital inputs group I0x to I1x 1,000 Vac / 1 minute
Isolation, Digital outputs to all 1,500 Vac / 1 minute
Maximum power dissipation 5 W
Maximum wire size 0.5 mm² (20 AWG) with ferrule, 1.5 mm² (16 AWG) without ferrule
IP level IP 20
Conformal coating Yes
Operating temperature -20 to 60 °C
Storage temperature -25 to 75°C
Operating and storage relative humidity 5 to 96 %, non-condensing
Standards IEC 61131-2, CE, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Low-Voltage Directive (LVD)
Module dimensions (W x H x D) 215.5 x 98.8 x 34.0 mm
Package dimensions (W x H x D) 270.0 x 102.0 x 40.0 mm
Weight 370 g
Weight with package 430 g

Certifications

General CE, UL, UL 61010-2-201, cUL
Marine DNV

Power supply

Nominal input voltage 24 Vdc
Input voltage 19.2 to 30 Vdc
Maximum input current (in-rush) 50A / 300 us
Maximum input current 300mA

Digital inputs

Input type Optoisolated sink type 1. Two isolated groups of 8 inputs each
Input voltage 24 Vdc, 15 to 30 Vdc for logic level 1, 0 to 5 Vdc for logic level 0
Input impedance 4.95 kΩ
Maximum input current 6.2 mA @ 30 Vdc
Input state indication Yes
Response time 0.1 ms
Input filter 2 ms to 255 ms – by software. The filter sampling is performed on MainTask (or Refresh function), then it's recommended to use multiple values of the task interval

Transistor digital outputs

Output type Optoisolated transistor source type
Maximum output current 1.5 A per output. 12 A total
Leakage current 35 µA
On state resistance 105 mΩ
External power supply 19.2 to 30 Vdc
Switching time 20 us - off-to-on transition @ 24 Vdc. 500 us - on-to-off transition @ 24 Vdc
Maximum switching frequency 250 Hz
Configurable parameters Yes
Output state indication Yes
Output protections Yes, protection against surge voltages

Analog inputs

Input type Voltage or current input, single ended, individually configured
Data format 16 bits in two’s complement, justified to the left
Converter resolution 12 bits monotonicity guaranteed, no missing codes
Conversion time 400 us (all V/I and RTD channels enabled)
Input state indication Yes
Module protections Yes, protection against surge voltages and polarity inversion

Voltage input mode

Range 0 to 10 Vdc
Engineering scale 0 to 30,000
Resolution 2.5 mV
Precision ± 0.3 % of full scale rating @ 25 °C. ± 0.010 % of full scale rating / °C
Over scale ± 3 % of full scale rating
Maximum input voltage 12 Vdc
Input impedance 21 kΩ
Configurable parameters Signal type per input. Filters
Low pass filter time constant 100 ms, 1 s, 10 s or disabled

Current input mode

Range 0 to 20 mA, 4 to 20 mA
Engineering scale 0 to 30,000
Resolution 5.12 µA
Precision ± 0.3 % of full scale rating @ 25 °C. ± 0.015 % of full scale rating / °C
Over scale ± 3 % of full scale rating
Maximum input current 30 mA
Input impedance 119 Ω
Configurable parameters Signal type per input. Filters
Low pass filter time constant 100 ms, 1 s, 10 s or disabled

RTD input

Precision ± 0.5 % of full scale rating @ 25 °C
Supported scales PT100, PT1000, 0 to 400 Ω, 0 to 4,000 Ω
Excitation current 1 mA
Resistance range 0-4,000 Ω
Configurable parameters Signal type per input. Filters
Low pass filter time constant 100 ms, 1 s, 10 s or disabled
Maximum sensor cable impedance 20 Ω

Analog outputs

Output type Voltage or current output, individually configured
Data format 16 bits in two’s complement, justified to the left
Converter resolution 12 bits monotonicity guaranteed, no missing codes
Update time 450 us (all outputs enabled)
Yes
Yes, protection against surge voltages and polarity inversion

Voltage output mode

Range 0 to 10 V
Engineering scale 0 to 30,000
Resolution 2.5 mV
Precision ± 0.3 % of full scale rating @ 25 °C. ± 0.025 % of full scale rating / °C
Stabilization time 4 ms
Maximum output value + 10.3 V
Load impedance > 1 kΩ
Configurable parameters Signal type per output

Current output mode

Range 0 to 20 mA, 4 to 20 mA
Engineering scale 0 to 30,000
Resolution 5.18 µA
Precision ± 0.3 % of full scale rating @ 25 °C. ± 0.020 % of full scale rating / °C
Stabilization time 4 ms
Maximum output value + 20.6 mA
Load impedance < 600 Ω
Configurable parameters Signal type per output

RS-485

Connector 3-pin terminal block
Physical interface RS-485
Communication direction RS-485: half duplex
RS-485 maximum transceivers 64
Termination Yes (Configurable)
Baud rate 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200 bps
Protocols Master/Slave MODBUS RTU, Open protocol

CAN

Connector 3-pin terminal block
Physical interface CAN bus
32
Termination Yes (Configurable)

USB

Connector USB A Female
Physical interface USB V2.0
Baud rate 1.5 Mbps (Low Speed), 12 Mbps (Full Speed) and 480 Mbps (High Speed)

Ethernet

Connector Shielded female RJ45
Auto crossover Yes
Maximum cable length 100 m
Cable type UTP or ScTP, category 5
Baud rate 10/100 Mbps
Physical layer 10/100 BASE-TX
Data link layer LLC
Network layer IP
Transport layer TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
Application layer EtherCat Master, Ethernet/IP Scanner/Adapter, PROFINET Controller, ModbusTCP client/server, Modbus RTU master/slave, User defined protocol, OPC UA/DA server, MQTT client, CANOpen Master protocol, CAN low level, J1939 Manager protocol, HTTP Server, BCS Tools programming protocol, SNTP Client, SNMP Agent
Diagnostics LED (Link/Activity)

Resources

Program examples/Start-up

File name Date
Kom i gang med Nexto XPress - Høyhastighets datalogging (Norwegian) 2024-07-03 08:04:42
G Series, Nexto Xpress and GN-9289, Parameter Set of I/O modules 2022-10-03 10:27:36
BCS Xpress - Low level CAN example 2022-10-13 08:40:39
Program example CANOpen X2 Control - GN-9261 - BCS-XP325 2022-09-22 15:50:47
Nexto Xpress - Program example OPC UA server 2022-10-03 10:32:33
Program example BCS Tools and iX: Modbus TCP communication between Nexto/X2control/PIO PLC and BFI-P2 BFI-H3 2024-08-12 15:32:30
Program example BCS Tools and iX: EtherCAT communication between Nexto PLC/X2control and BFI-P2 BFI-H3 2024-08-09 16:08:05
Program example BCS Tools and iX: Ethernet IP communication between Nexto PLC and BFI-P2 BFI-H3 2024-08-12 15:20:40
Program example BCS Tools and iX: Profinet communication between Nexto PLC and BFI-P2 and BFI-H3 2024-08-12 15:11:53
Program example iX Developer: Project for PLC-program generated in BCS Tools or Smart Engineering for PLC communicating with BFI by bus. 2024-08-15 14:36:39
Program example BCS Tools and iX: Modbus RTU communication between Nexto/X2control/PIO PLC and BFI-P2 BFI-H3 BFI-E3 2024-08-09 16:31:53
Kom i gang med Nexto XPress - SQL kommunikasjon (Norwegian) 2024-07-03 08:05:53
Kom i gang med Nexto XPress - MQTT kommunikasjon (Norwegian) 2024-07-03 08:05:13
Kom i gang med Nexto XPress - HTML5 websider (Norwegian) 2024-07-03 08:03:49
Kom i gang med Nexto XPress - Grunnleggende (Norwegian) 2024-07-03 08:04:16
Quick start guide - Connect X2 HMI with Nexto PLC, SUEN00414 2023-04-19 08:44:17
Get Started with Nexto Xpress - MQTT communication 2022-09-26 11:32:54
Get Started with Nexto Xpress - The Basics 2022-10-03 10:38:12
Get Started with Nexto Xpress - High speed datalogging 2022-10-13 08:41:35
Program example BCS Tools and iX: CanOpen communication between Nexto PLC and BFI-P2 BFI-E3 2024-08-09 09:26:32
Get started with Nexto Xpress - IEC60870-5-104 2022-09-22 09:01:21
Get Started with Nexto Xpress - Database communication 2022-10-03 10:32:06
Program example BCS Tools and iX: Modbus TCP communication between Nexto/X2control/PIO PLC and BFI-E3 2024-08-09 12:48:01
Program example Px (X2/BoX2 control/Nexto Xpress/Modular - BSD v3.37 2024-06-14 08:51:39

Certificates

File name Date
BCS Nexto/Nexto Xpress - UL/cUL certificate 2022-10-03 10:39:08
BCS Nexto Xpress - UKCA Declaration 2023-07-06 11:22:57
BCS Nexto Xpress - CE EMC/LVD Declaration 2023-07-06 11:21:04
BCS Nexto Xpress - DNV approval 2022-10-03 10:41:44

Information document

File name Date
BCS Tools/BCS Nexto/BCS Nexto Xpress - Revision history 2024-06-10 11:22:52

Configuration files

File name Date
Configuration file Profinet (xml) for BFI-H3 and BFI-P2 2024-08-01 14:55:34
BCS Nexto Xpress - CANopen configuration files 2022-10-03 10:24:12

Brochures

File name Date
Brochure Nexto Xpress 2022-09-26 08:41:58

Data sheets

File name Date
BCS Nexto Xpress - Technical datasheet 2024-01-30 09:53:58
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Compact CODESYS-based controller


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