This is a legacy product. While it is available at this time, please note that we anticipate phasing it out (retiring) it by the end of 2023. If you have any questions, or would like assistance seeking an alternative solution, please contact our sales department.
The ANH2(X) is an expansion to the AnyNET-I/O product line from AMCI. The concept of this product line is simple: specialty and/or high speed I/O that can be attached to any popular industrial network; hence the name AnyNET-I/O.
AnyNET-I/O is designed for a broad range of applications, from small machines with a single control enclosure, to large machines that use distributed I/O extensively to minimize wiring costs.
What makes the AnyNET-I/O line different is that modules are available with or without a network interface. Eliminating the need for a separate networking module lowers the total cost of ownership for all applications, but especially for the cost sensitive small machines that only require one or two sophisticated functions.
Like many modern controllers, AnyNET-I/O modules are designed to be DIN rail mounted. Up to six AnyNET-I/O modules can be stacked together and accessed over a single network interface. “Stacking” is accomplished through a small backplane connector that snaps into the DIN rail before the AnyNET-I/O modules are installed. These connectors allow the AnyNET-I/O modules to communicate with each other. To the network, the stack of modules appear as one continuous block of I/O words. The logical position within the stack is determined by a DIP switch setting on the front of the module.
The ANH2(X) is the first high speed counter / encoder module for the AnyNET-I/O product line. The module offers two counter channels.
ANH2(X): X = network interface
ANH2E: (EtherNet IP & Modbus TCP/IP)
ANH2P: (Profibus)
Price | $750/ea
Expansion module
ANH2: no network interface
Price | $695/ea
Note: Pricing is US Domestic only
Consult the factory for availability
Contact SalesAMCI’s AnyNET-I/O family is a distributed I/O system that combines hard to find specialty functions with a network interface, simplifying installation and cutting costs. The product family allows users to “mix & match” functions, including stepper motion
control and a variety of sensor interfaces, in a single solution.
AnyNET-I/O is compatible with any networked PLC/PAC and easily programs through the host PLC’s software. Its innovative product design simplifies installation, optimizes network performance, and ensures system integrity.
Multple High Speed Counters: (1) ANH2(X) + (5) ANH2 shown below
The ANH2(X) easily expands from a 2-to-12 channel high speed counter by stacking additional modules alongside the “gateway”, and it only requires a single network connection for all communication. This innovative product design simplifies installation, optimizes network performance, and ensures system integrity. Please see the diagram below for details.
AnyNET-I/O is compatible with any networked PLC
AMCI products are uniquely designed to provide the best PLC integration available. Unlike other products that require a separate software package for configuration or operation, AMCI's PLC-based products are programmed using your PLC's software - nothing new to buy or learn!
Our expertise with the leading PLC manufacturers (e.g. Allen-Bradley Schneider, GE, etc) is unmatched when it comes to high performance Specialty I/O, Position Sensing, and Motion Control technology.
AMCI's products program using your PLC's native software - nothing new to learn or buy!
| AMCI Module | ANH2(X) |
|---|---|
| Network Availability | -ANH2E (EtherNet/IP and Modbus TCP) -ANH2P (Profibus) |
| Position sensor | Incremental encoder, pulse counter |
| Number of counters | (2) |
| Position range | ±2,147,483,647 |
| Number of I/O D=Direct B=Backplane RB=Relay Board | D=2 in/ 4 out B=0 on/ 4 out RB = na |
| Throughput time | 20 us maximum |
| Counting modes | -Count on A, direction control on B -Count on A, direction control on internal bit -Increment on A, Decrement on B -Quadrature Encoder on A, B |
| Position capture | -Capture/Continue -Capture/Preset/Continue -Capture/Hold/Resume -Capture/Preset/Hold/Resume |
| AMCI Part Number | Description |
| MS-2x11 | I/O connector |
| MS-4M | Power connector |
| IC-5 | Interconnecting stack connector |
| AMCI Part Number | Description |
| MS-2x11 | I/O connector |
| MS-4M | Power connector |
| IC-5 | Interconnecting stack connector |
AMCI’s AnyNET I/O family is a distributed I/O system that combines hard to find specialty functions with a network interface, simplifying installation and cutting costs.
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Generate your ANH2(X) AnyNET-I/O High Speed Counter Networked I/O part number by using this helpful ordering guide. Starting from left to right, use the following diagram and table to choose the desired options.
| Part Number Character | ANH2(X) AnyNET-I/O High Speed Counter Networked I/O |
|---|---|
| Optional Network: | E = EtherNet IP & Modbus TCP/IP P = Profibus (leave blank for expansion module) |
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