EBC & EBC100 Modules


Our EBC and EBC100 (Ethernet Base Controller) interface modules provide a low-cost, high performance link to the I/O in your control system. There is a 10Base-T version for networks using UTP cable, a 10Base-FL version for fiber optic networks, and our new H2-EBC100 and T1H-EBC100 that support both 10Base-T and 100Base-T UTP networks. You can use the EBCs as the I/O interface for PC-based control software such as Entivity's Think'nDo products, and Visual Logic Controller, and Wonderware's InControl. You can also use them with an OPC server like the KEPDirect EBC I/O Server from AutomationDirect. The EBCs can be used with our H2-ERM and H4-ERM (Ethernet Remote Master) as the slave interface modules in remote I/O systems for the WinPLCs, the DL205 and DL405 CPUs. Another popular option is using our free Ethernet SDK (Software Developers Kit) to develop a custom driver for Visual C/C++ or Visual Basic. If you want to build a driver for a non-Windows system, such as Linux or Solaris, you can request the source code for the Ethernet SDK.

H2-EBC, H2-EBC-F, H2-EBC100, H4-EBC, H4-EBC-F, T1H-EBC, T1H-EBC100				Updated: 09/11/2012
Specification	Firmware	Documentation	NetEdit3	FAQs

	H2-EBC Discontinued ³	H2-EBC-F	H2-EBC100	H4-EBC	H4-EBC-F	T1H-EBC Discontinued ³	T1H-EBC100
Ethernet Connection	RJ-45	ST-Style Fiber Optic 820nm ^1,2	RJ-45	RJ-45	ST-Style Fiber Optic 820nm^1,2	RJ-45	RJ-45
Communications	10Base-T	10Base-FL	10/100Base-T	10Base-T	10Base-FL	10Base-T	10/100Base-T
Ethernet Protocols	IPX UDP/IP		IPX UDP/IP Modbus/TCP DHCP HTML	IPX UDP/IP			IPX UDP/IP Modbus/TCP DHCP HTML
Serial Port ³	RJ-12
Serial Port Protocols	KSequence ASCII		KSequence ASCII MODBUS-RTU	KSequence ASCII			KSequence ASCII MODBUS-RTU
Power Consumption ( 5vDC )	450mA	640mA	300mA	530mA	700mA	350mA	300mA
Power Supplied	N/A	N/A	N/A	3470 @ 5vDC 400mA @ 24vDC	3300 @ 5vDC 400mA @ 24vDC	N/A	N/A
Max Expansion Bases	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	3	2	2
Max Discrete I/O ⁴	256	256	256	1280	1280	256	256
Max Analog I/O ⁵	64	64	64	512	512	256	256
Max Cable Length	100 meters (328 ft)	2000 meters (6560 ft)	100 meters (328 ft)	100 meters (328 ft)	2000 meters (6560 ft)	100 meters (328 ft)	100 meters (328 ft)
Update Rate	less than 2 ms per base					1 ms ⁶	1 ms ⁶
I/O modules supported	All existing analog and discrete modules			All existing analog and discrete modules and the D4-HSC		All existing analog and discrete modules
Operating Environment	0 ºC - 55 ºC (32 ºF – 131 ºF) 5% to 95% humidity (non-condensing) no corrosive gases, pollution level=2 Vibration: MIL STD 810C 514.2 Shock: MIL STD 810C 516.2
Storage Temperature	-20 ºC – 70 ºC (-4 ºF – 158 ºF)
Manufacturer	Host Automation Products, LLC.
Notes	¹ For 62.5 / 125 multimode cable ² Fiber Optic Transmitter: HFBR-1414 (820nm) Fiber Optic Receiver: HFBR-2416 (820nm) ³ The serial port is not enabled if the EBC or EBC100 is used with an Ethernet Remote Master module ⁴ H2-EBC with 8 - 32 pt modules H4-EBC with 8 - 64 pt modules and 24 - 32 pt modules T1H-EBC with 16 - 16 pt modules ⁵ H2-EBC with 8 - 8 ch modules H4-EBC with 32 - 16 ch modules T1H-EBC with 16 - 16 ch modules ⁶ each 8 channel analog output module adds 1 ms each 16 channel analog output module adds 1.5ms each T1H-CTRIO adds .7ms ³This product has been discontinued, use the EBC100 as a replacement