ION8 ECOSYSTEM · WIRELESS REMOTE I/O

ION8 Wireless Remote I/O

Digital, analog and load cell signals from the rotating or remote side of the machine, carried to the controller over Bluetooth LE 5. Native to wire and cable machinery.

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Why ION8?

Sensors and actuators on a rotating cradle no longer depend on slip rings

No cable to rotating parts

I/O sits on the cradle, bow or carriage and talks to the fixed side by radio. Slip-ring contacts and trailing cables are out of the signal path.

Robust wireless link

Bluetooth LE 5 with adaptive channel selection and adaptive transmit power keeps the link stable next to drives and welding equipment.

Built-in web interface, fast commissioning

Every unit carries its own web interface: open it from a phone or laptop and see every value you need live, set the channels, run diagnostics and update the firmware. No extra connection, no app, no engineering software; a station is commissioned in minutes.

Speaks to your PLC

Through ION8 EB the stations appear as plain data blocks, registers or tags in Allen-Bradley (EtherNet/IP), Siemens, Modbus and OPC UA systems.

Mirror mode

Two ION8 units can mirror each other without any PLC: inputs on one side become outputs on the other.

Machine health on board

Tilt, vibration, temperature and supply quality of the rotating section are measured by the module and reported with the I/O data.

Model code

Each digit of ION8-ABCD names the module in one slot

An ION8 unit has four slots. The model number lists what is fitted in slots A, B, C and D.

Digit	Slot module
1	8 digital inputs
2	8 digital outputs
3	4 analog inputs
4	4 analog outputs
5	2 isolated load cell inputs
0	Empty slot

Models

Other slot combinations are available on request. Models with analog outputs (AO) take 15–30 V DC, all others 10–30 V DC; 15 V is needed for the analog output.

Model	I/O	Supply	Typical use
ION8-1324	8 DI · 4 AI · 8 DO · 4 AO	15–30 V DC	Bunchers and stranders: full I/O for the rotating section
ION8-1325	8 DI · 4 AI · 8 DO · 2 load cell	10–30 V DC	Tension measurement and control on the rotating section
ION8-1030	8 DI · 4 AI	10–30 V DC	Sensors and analog transmitters
ION8-2040	8 DO · 4 AO	15–30 V DC	Valves, brakes and analog setpoints
ION8-1010	16 DI	10–30 V DC	Wire break, limit and position sensors
ION8-2020	16 DO	10–30 V DC	Valves, contactors and lamps
ION8-1111	32 DI	10–30 V DC	Large sensor groups, alarm collection
ION8-2222	32 DO	10–30 V DC	Large actuator groups

What every module brings

Standard across the family

Digital inputs

2 quadrature encoder inputs and 2 pulse counters on each 8-input module, plus a software pulse counter and frequency reading on every input.

Digital outputs

4 PWM channels on each 8-output module with adjustable frequency and duty; pulse and direction signals for external step drives.

Analog I/O

A signal chain you can watch and adjust from the web interface: filter, gain and scaling per channel. Analog outputs are 0–10 V. Every unit is calibrated individually.