Title: Hilscher CIF-104-DPM PROFIBUS DP Master PCI Card for Industrial Automation

Product Overview:
The Hilscher CIF-104-DPM is a high-performance, intelligent PCI interface card designed to seamlessly integrate your PC into a PROFIBUS DP network as a powerful master. This robust industrial communication solution enables reliable, real-time data exchange between your PC-based control system and a wide array of PROFIBUS DP slave devices, including PLCs, HMIs, sensors, actuators, and remote I/O modules. Engineered for demanding industrial environments, the CIF-104-DPM provides a deterministic and efficient communication backbone, making it an indispensable component for advanced automation, process control, and data acquisition applications. Its plug-and-play design and comprehensive software support ensure quick deployment and simplified network management, empowering engineers and system integrators to build highly responsive and scalable industrial systems.

Key Features & Benefits:

PROFIBUS DP Master Functionality: Enables your PC to act as a central controller on a PROFIBUS DP network, managing up to 125 PROFIBUS slave devices with high-speed, deterministic data exchange, crucial for real-time industrial automation processes.
High-Performance Communication: Supports PROFIBUS DP communication speeds up to 12 Mbit/s, ensuring rapid and efficient data transfer for critical control applications and minimizing latency in industrial operations.
Standard PCI Interface: Features a widely compatible PCI 2.2 compliant interface, allowing for easy installation and integration into most industrial PCs, workstations, and embedded systems without requiring specialized hardware.
Onboard Processor Intelligence: Equipped with a powerful onboard communication processor, offloading the communication tasks from the host CPU, which significantly improves system performance and ensures reliable data handling even under heavy network loads.
Robust Industrial Design: Built to withstand harsh industrial environments, offering high electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and a wide operating temperature range, ensuring long-term reliability and stability in challenging conditions.
Comprehensive Software Support: Comes with extensive driver support for popular operating systems like Windows and Linux, along with Hilscher's intuitive SYCON.net configuration tool, simplifying network setup, diagnostics, and parameterization.
Advanced Diagnostic Capabilities: Provides detailed diagnostic information for the PROFIBUS network, enabling quick identification and troubleshooting of communication issues, reducing downtime and maintenance efforts.
Flexible Data Exchange: Supports various data exchange modes, including cyclic and acyclic services, allowing for versatile communication with different types of PROFIBUS devices and accommodating diverse application requirements.
Future-Proof Investment: As part of Hilscher's renowned industrial communication portfolio, the CIF-104-DPM offers a reliable and long-term solution for integrating PROFIBUS technology into modern PC-based control architectures.

Applications:

Industrial Automation and Control Systems: Integrating PCs into PLC-based systems, SCADA systems, and distributed control architectures for centralized monitoring and control.
Machine Building and Robotics: Providing PC-based control for complex machinery, robotic cells, and automated production lines requiring high-speed PROFIBUS communication.
Process Control and Monitoring: Enabling real-time data acquisition from sensors, actuators, and field devices in process industries like chemical, pharmaceutical, and food & beverage.
Test and Measurement Systems: Developing PC-based test benches and quality control systems that require direct communication with PROFIBUS-enabled instruments and devices.
Building Automation: Integrating industrial PCs into larger building management systems for controlling HVAC, lighting, and security systems via PROFIBUS.
Remote I/O Control: Managing and communicating with distributed PROFIBUS DP remote I/O modules for efficient wiring and system expansion.
Data Logging and Analytics: Collecting high-volume, real-time data from PROFIBUS networks for historical logging, performance analysis, and predictive maintenance applications.

Technical Specifications:

Part Number: CIF-104-DPM
Alternate Part Number: CIF104DPM
Interface Type: PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant)
Bus Type: 32-bit PCI
PROFIBUS Standard: PROFIBUS DP Master (DP-V0, DP-V1 services)
PROFIBUS Speed: Up to 12 Mbit/s (auto-detect)
PROFIBUS Connector: 9-pin D-Sub (female)
Onboard Processor: Hilscher netX communication controller
Isolation: Optically isolated PROFIBUS interface
Operating Temperature: 0°C to +60°C (32°F to 140°F)
Storage Temperature: -20°C to +85°C (-4°F to 185°F)
Relative Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Power Consumption: Typically 3W (from PCI bus)
Dimensions (L x H): Standard half-length PCI card (approx. 167 mm x 107 mm)
Weight: 0.15 kg (150 grams)
Certifications: CE, RoHS compliant
Driver Support: Windows (XP, 7, 8, 10), Linux
Configuration Software: SYCON.net (included)