Up to 33 I/O modules with a single IP address

It’s called BEEP (Backplane Ethernet Extension Protocol) quite an important innovation in fieldbus technology launched by Turck Banner Italia. BEEP makes it possible to connect networks with up to 33 TBEN modules (1 master, 32 slaves) and up to 480 bytes of data to the PLC via a single IP address in Profinet, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP networks. As mentioned above, in such a BEEP architecture, one module acts as a master and up to 32 modules act as slaves.

“After developing the technology named ‘one device/three protocols’, in which Turck Banner’s I/O modules are able to operate in Profinet, Ethernet/IP and Modbus TCP networks by reducing the number of devices that users need to maintain, we introduce a further innovation”, announces Giuliano Collodel, CEO of Turck Banner Italia.

Users have a double benefit: first of all, they do not have to buy special gateways with proprietary wiring to establish subnetworks and reduce IP addresses. Then, by reducing IP addresses, users can create high-density I/O networks and connect them with low-cost controllers through fewer supported connections.