Half-Size Hardbook SoftPLC, 2 slots: HB2-HPQA
Half-Size Hardbook, 2 PCI slots Overview
Hardbook SoftPLC's are versatile Programmable Automation Controllers (PACs). All features of the SoftPLC Runtime Control Software are included. Users have virtually unlimited capacity for program logic and data table, data logging, recipes, etc. Plenty of communication ports with configurable drivers, I/O interface options make Hardbook SoftPLC's perfect for both control and protocol converter gateway applications. All HB2-HPQA Hardbook SoftPLC's have:
- (2) Ethernet ports w/ (2) interfaces (MAC IDs)
- (4) serial ports and (5) USB ports
- (2) PCI slots for additional communication, network, or other add-on cards
- 2GB RAM (expandable to 8GB) and 4GB C-Fast flash (expandable) user memory
- Selectable I/O interfaces a wide variety of I/O products via Ethernet, serial, or industrial bus protocols

There are (4) SoftPLC firmware runtime sizes, which determine the maximum number of digital I/O points and ModbusTCP servers (analog I/O is limited only by hardware, not firmware). The table below summarizes these choices.
Runtime License Sizes | |||
Cat No Suffix | ModbusTCP Servers | Discrete Inputs | Discrete Outputs |
LT | 2 | 128 | 128 |
1K | 16 | 1024 | 1024 |
2K | 32 | 2048 | 2048 |
8K | 127 | 8192 | 8192 |