Bico Technology: Interconnection Of Signals - Siemens SINAMICS S120 Installation And Start-Up Manual

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BICO technology: interconnection of signals

Description
Every drive contains a large number of interconnectable input and output variables
and internal control variables.
BICO technology (Binector Connector Technology) allows the drive to be adapted
to a wide variety of conditions.
Digital and analog signals which can be connected freely by means of BICO pa-
rameters are identified by the prefix BI, BO, CI or CO in their parameter name.
These parameters are identified accordingly in the parameter list or in the function
diagrams.
Note
The STARTER parameterization and commissioning tool is recommended when
using BICO technology.
Binectors, BI: binector input, BO: binector output
A binector is a digital (binary) signal without a unit which can assume the value 0
or 1.
Binectors are subdivided into binector inputs (signal sink) and binector outputs (sig-
nal source).
Table 7-2
Abbrevia-
tion and
symbol
BI
BO
Connectors, CI: connector input, CO: connector output
A connector is an analog signal. Connectors are subdivided into connector inputs
(signal sink) and connector outputs (signal source).
The options for interconnecting connectors are restricted to ensure that perfor-
mance is not adversely affected.
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Binectors
Name
Binector input
Binector input
(signal sink)
Binector output
Binector output
(signal source)
Basic Information about the Drive System
BICO technology: interconnection of signals
Description
Can be interconnected to a binector output
as source.
The number of the binector output must be
entered as a parameter value.
Can be used as a source for a binector in-
put.
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