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Make sure you always have, and are using, the documentation version matching your
device. After a firmware update, for example, you can download the current version of
the full documentation from the HBM website: https://www.hbm.com/ClipX. To read
this documentation you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can download the Acrobat
Reader free of charge from the
About ClipX
By buying a ClipX measuring amplifier, you have chosen a high-quality HBM measure-
ment system that is compact, powerful and variable. You can connect the ClipX via the
standard Ethernet port to a PC, and parameterize and control the device via its internal
web server. You can connect to an automation system via the digital and analog
inputs/outputs and/or via one of the fieldbus interfaces PROFIBUS
1)
erNet/IP™
or EtherCAT
available for different sensors (strain gage, voltage, current, potentiometer or Pt100),
and you can connect sensors with zero-wire TEDS or 1-wire TEDS. In addition, the
device features peak value memory, instantaneous value memory, limit switches, six
calculation channels, and the facility to display a signal from each of up to five other
devices and relay them to the interfaces. The ClipX is usually mounted on an industry-
standard rail; the mounting material is supplied.
The ClipX documentation
•
Quick Start Guide (included)
•
This manual in PDF format
•
Data sheet listing the technical data
•
Online help on the device's internal web server
Contents of this manual
This manual has a table of contents at the beginning. The
ual enables you to search for specific terms. The most frequently asked questions are
summarized in the
1)
EtherNet/IP™ is a trademark of ODVA Inc. For more information regarding ODVA, visit
www.odva.org.
2)
®
EtherCAT
is a registered brand and patented technology, licensed by Beckhoff Automa-
tion GmbH, Germany.
ClipX
Overview
Adobe
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2)
(depending on the device type). One input per device is
„FAQs" on page 227
website.
section.
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, PROFINET
index
at the end of the man-
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