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• AC500-eCo - Affordable PLC solution for
small machines
• AC500 - Flexible and Scalable PLC
Solution
 AC500-eCo
• AC500-eCo - Affordable PLC solution for small
machines
• An entry level PLC for small to medium
applications CPUs are complete with onboard
digital and analog I/Os
• Compatible with Modbus and CS31 networks
• Optional SD card is available for data logging and
software updates without a PC
• Fully compatible with existing AC500, PS501
Control Builder Software
• Expandable with all S500 I/O, in a centralized
configuration
 Features of AC500-eCo
• More memory
• More speed
• More communication
• More programming comfort
• More flexibility
• More Scalability
• More Communication
• More Programming Comfort
• More Integration
• More memory :The AC500-eCo offers you more memory
than any comparable system on the market today. 128
kB user memory makes program optimization obsolete.
• More speed:Program processing time 0.1 µs/instruction
provides the performance your application needs.
• More communication:Communication is the key to
success for most modern PLCsolutions. As you would
expect from the renowned AC500 family, the AC500-eCo
comes with onboard Ethernet.
• More programming comfort:The AC500-eCo saves you
time and money by featuring the tried and tested
CoDeSys programming environment across the entire
AC500 range
• More flexibility:All analog inputs on CPU PM564 can be
configured as digital inputs to allow for individual
customer solutions
 More Scalability
• Scalability
• ABB’s system designers have packed an impressive array of features into this pioneering
entry-level range to deliver even better scalability and flexibility than ever before. This
enables you to not only save money on buying unnecessary equipment that you are not
going to need, but also the flexibility to scale up as and when needs dictate.
• Easy installation:Installation could hardly be more straightforward thanks to some of the
features offered by the AC5 00-eCo – designed especially to make your life easier. For
example, pre-wiring is possible via the use of deductible terminals. In addition, the
modules can be fitted to the DIN rail with easy-to-use snap- on mechanism.

• Performance:The AC500-eCo offers you a powerful PLC system that is truly outstanding
in its class, featuring a generous 128 kB user memory coupled with a fast CPU offering
program processing times of 0.1 μs/instruction.
• Your advantages at a glance:
– More scalability
– Better performance
– Future-oriented design
– Easy to install
– Approval for customer use
More Communication
• Multiple communication options :From the drawing-board
up, ABB’s engineers designed the AC500-eCo family with
communication in mind. It’s no surprise,therefore, that our
package comes with a comprehensive range of
communication options as standard, including Modbus
master/slave, CS31 and a CPU with onboard Ethernet – a
rich set of features normally only found in high-end product
ranges.
• Simple networking :An integrated serial interface
parameterized as a Modbus master/slave or CS31 master
provides an easy means of exchanging data. And there’s
more: A second serial interface and an SD card holder can
optionally be attached, allowing for the possibility of having a
total of two serial ports available for programming and
communication purposes.
More Programming Comfort
• Easy to learn:Offering all of the advantages you would expect from
the AC500 family of devices, the AC500-eCo delivers an impressive
set of powerful programming features. In addition, thanks to the fact
that ABB uses a common CoDeSys-based programming system for
the entire AC500 family, it is a snap to learn and configure.
• Easy to program:You will be up and running in no time with our IEC
61131-3 compliant programming software. Based on the popular
AC500 family, all of your existing AC500 libraries are compatible
and immediately available for use.
• Easy to commission:ABB’s advanced simulation mode allows
programs to be debugged without the need for PLC hardware,
thereby reducing on-site testing requirements. Our user-
configurable I/O system gives you the flexibility of being able to
make decisions and modifications right up to the last minute.
Likewise a graphical diagnosis environment speeds up
commissioning to keep you on schedule.
More Integration
• Flexible:ABB’s AC500-eCo has been designed to integrate
seamlessly into the broader AC500 family, offering you the
decisive benefit of having a fully scalable and modular
system.
• Economical:The scalability offered by the entry-level AC500-
eCo gives you the assurance of knowing that the system is
able to grow with your needs – another reason for choosing
one of the most flexible and economical PLC systems
available on the market today
• Customer oriented:The AC500-eCo is made for you. It offers
individually customized solutions to be created by using
S500 and S500-eCo I/O modules in combination with
AC500-eCo CPUs for small /stand-alone applications, or –
should the need arise – AC500 CPUs for middle and high-
end applications.
 AC500 - Flexible and Scalable PLC Solution

• The PLC for mid to high end solutions with

multiple integrated communication interfaces:
Ethernet, RS485, RS232 and universal
FieldBusPlug from ABB
• Optional Communication Modules for interfacing
with common open industrial networks via
Ethernet, PROFINET, EtherCAT, ARCNET,
Profibus, CANopen, DeviceNet, Modbus and
CS31
• Integrated diagnostic screen
• SD card for data logging and software updates
 features
• More Configurations :AC500 is the PLC of choice when scalability,
flexibility, performance, integration and communication are mandatory.
• Numerous I/O modules, carefully specified powerful CPUs and realtime
communication couplers provide the basis.

• Flexibility:The pre-wiring concept is not only the electrician´s convenient,

safe way to build a PLC system. It gives PLC operators the option to
increase performance by simply interchanging modules. Upgrading CPU
modules lets operators increase the processing performance while other
PLC parts remain untouched.

• Memory:AC500 offers much more memory than most competing

products. More memory allows more PLC functionality, more precise
algorithms, more meaningful visualization, more operating comfort – for
even better individual customer solutions.

• Performance:AC500 is one of the fastest PLCs on the market. This can

be experienced when programming, running precise calculations,
transferring data, serving the I/Os and presenting web server contents.
• Networking:There are numerous communication
possibilities which can be integrated into various
combinations, forming great network nodes from smallest
to largest systems:
1. Ethernet
2. EtherCAT
3. PROFINET
4. PROFIBUS DP
5. CANopen
6. DeviceNet
7. Modbus TCP
8. Modbus serial
9. Serial
10. ABB CS31
11. Wireless Interface
• IP on Ethernet is a widespread standard in communication: The AC500
suite of IP protocols provides precise SNTP time synchronisation for
PLCs. This assists IEC 60870-5-104. Station automation in renewable
energy plants achieves more power and higher efficiency. In factories
using SNTP, enterprise resource planning systems for example can
monitor precisely the machine capacity.

• Modbus TCP integrates a huge bundle of automation devices in an

extreme fast network. This is excellent for wind mill parks and solar
power plants. There are many applications where this protocol helps to
combine devices of different suppliers.

• Electronic cam switches are advantageous compared to mechanical

solutions. The possibility of very easy changes and extensions in the
cam configuration as well as significantly reduced maintenance effort
make them very attractive. AC500 offers a dynamic solution with the
EtherCAT bus modules.

• Take the Motion Control library, integrate it into our popular engineering
tool PS501 Control Builder AC500, choose your ABB drive - and go!
 S500-eCo I/O-Module
• Select spring clamp or screw clamp
connection
• Removable terminal blocks on all I/O
modules
• Centralized I/O expansion of all CPUs
• Decentralized expansion by using bus
interface and I/O modules
• Sink or source inputs
 Programming software:Control Builder
AC500
• The Control Builder AC500 is the
engineering tool for all CPU performance
classes of the AC500, designed for
standardized IEC 61131-3 programming in
five different languages. Other features of
this tool are: Configuration of the overall
system including field buses and
interfaces, extensive diagnostic functions,
alarm handling, integrated visualization
and open software interfaces.
• Five standardized programming languages:
• Function Block Diagram (FBD), Instruction List (IL), Ladder Diagram (LD),
Structured Text (ST), Sequential Function Chart (SFC),Free graphical
function chart (CFC)
• Debugging functions for the program test
1. Single step
2. Single cycle
3. Breakpoint

• Offline simulation :IEC 61131-3 commands can be simulated without a PLC

being connected, including the relevant malfunctions. After the program test,
the application can be downloaded to the control system.

• Sampling trace:Timing diagrams for process variables and storage of data in

a ring buffer with event trigger.

• Recipe management and watch lists::Values of selected variables are

displayed. Pre-defined values can be assigned to variables which can then
be downloaded to the control system all at once (“Write recipe”). Ongoing
values from the control system can also be pre-assigned for reading into the
Watch and Recipe Manager, and stored in memory there (“Read recipe).
These functions are also helpful, for example, for setting and entering
control parameters.
• Visualization:Includes color change, moving elements, bitmaps, text display,
allows input of setpoint values and display of process variables read from the
PLC, dynamic bar diagrams, alarm and event management, function keys and
ActiveX elements.

• Configurators of the communication interfaces :For PROFIBUS DP, CANopen,

DeviceNet, Ethernet, Modbus and CS31.

• Open interfaces :DDE and OPC.

• Programming:Serial or via Ethernet or ARCNET networks.

• Engineering interface:Provides access from the programming system to an

external project database in which the program source code of one or several
automation projects is managed. Optionally, a version control system, such as
Visual Source Safe, can be used in order to ensure data consistency of the
program code for several different users and projects.

• Comprehensive libraries.
• Windows 32-bit standard.
• Operating systems Windows NT, 2000 and XP.
 DigiVis 500:
• DigiVis 500 software is a simple and easily
accessible solution in the development of
supervision applications.
• It offers all the functions that are essential
to a secure environment, its functional
reliability and dual-display mode will
simplify all your supervision operations,
keeping interruptions to a minimum.
 CP400:HMI from ABB
• Simplified adaptability and connectivity
• Connect your HMIs to the various automation equipment:− via the
various possible protocols for ABB AC31, series 40&50, AC500-eCo
and AC500 PLCs and more than 100 leading PLCs on the market,
where the display acts as gateway.
• The multi protocol also allows data to be exchanged between the
various controllers.via multi-channel communication (Connecting a
controller to each available port via different protocols, transferring
values between drivers via macros, using the values of various
controllers in the calculations).
• via the multiple connection media (RS232, RS485, RS422
• or Ethernet…) increasing connection capacities.