I have been asked to design a control system of which will have 24 winder stations. Each winder station will have its own control system of wich will have field i/o, vfd and servo drive all communicating back to a main plc or plc's. To limit the amount of wiring going back to the main cabinet, i have been asked to use a communication protocol such as ethernet/ip or other protocol.
My issue is these winder stations and thier dedicated control system will be mobile and can be moved anywhere on a 24 slot frame.so i can move the winder station and its controls out of one slot and place it in another. I have been asked to detect what location it has been moved to for alarming purposes. Is there a communication protocol that would allow me to do this? Would can bus work?
My issue is these winder stations and thier dedicated control system will be mobile and can be moved anywhere on a 24 slot frame.so i can move the winder station and its controls out of one slot and place it in another. I have been asked to detect what location it has been moved to for alarming purposes. Is there a communication protocol that would allow me to do this? Would can bus work?