The IC698CPE030 is a 600 MHz Central Processing Unit (CPU) designed by GE Fanuc for the RX7i series. This CPU is equipped with several key features and technical specifications, making it suitable for real-time control applications. Here’s a breakdown of its characteristics:

Key Features

• Memory: Battery-backed user memory and non-volatile flash memory for data storage. Supports bulk memory access and auto-located symbolic variables.
• Compatibility: Supports Series 90-70 discrete and analog I/O modules, communications modules, and VME modules.
• Processor: Powered by a Pentium-M microprocessor.
• Memory: Comes with 64 MB of both user memory and user flash.
• Communication: Communicates with I/O and smart option modules via a rack-mounted backplane using the VME64 standard format. Embedded Ethernet ports are used for communication with programmers and HMI devices. It also has a serial port supporting the SNP Slave protocol for communication.
• Self-Diagnostic: Performs a complete self-diagnostic check during initialization, with LED indicators providing status information.
• Battery: Requires routine maintenance to replace the lithium battery pack (part IC698ACC701) to prevent memory loss and maintain the calendar clock in case of power loss.
• Serial Ports: Equipped with three isolated serial ports: RS-485 serial port, RS-232 serial port, and RS-232 Ethernet station manager serial port.

Technical Specifications

• Processing Speed: 600 MHz
• CPU Memory: 64 Mbytes
• Floating Point: Yes
• Serial Ports: 3
• Serial Protocols Supported: Modbus RTU Slave, SNP, Serial I/O
• Embedded Communications: RS-232, RS-485, Ethernet interface
• Ethernet Ports: Embedded auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps half/full duplex Ethernet interface
• VME Compatibility: Designed to support the VME64 standard ANSI/VITA 1
• Program Blocks: Supports up to 512 program blocks with a maximum block size of 128KB.
• Memory:
  • %I and %Q: 32Kbits for discrete
  • %AI and %AQ: Configurable up to 32Kwords
  • %W: Configurable up to the maximum available user RAM
  • Managed memory (Symbolic and I/O variables combined): Configurable up to 10 Mbytes
• Ethernet Interface Specifications:
  • Web-based data monitoring: Up to 16 web server and FTP connections (combined)
  • Ethernet data rate: 10Mb/sec and 100Mb/sec
  • Physical interface: 10BaseT RJ45
  • WinLoader support: Yes
  • Number of EGD configuration-based pages: 255
  • Time synchronization: SNTP
  • Selective consumption of EGD: Yes
  • Load EGD configuration from RX7i to programmer: Yes
  • Remote Station Manager over UDP: Yes
  • Local Station Manager (RS-232): Dedicated RS-232 port
  • Configurable Advanced User Parameters: Yes