SmartRail I/O is a real-time, modular I/O system – expanding the application of the OCS family of all-in-one controllers. 

The SmartRail I/O Ethernet Base (ETX200) utilizes ethernet communications for the I/O connection with the OCS. 

The high-bandwidth, high-speed nature of Ethernet allows a significant amount of I/O to be added while maintaining fast I/O updates. 

Any OCS Controller with a built-in 10/100 Ethernet port can utilize ETX200 Base units. 

Each Base can support up to 8 SmartRail I/O modules – addressed with up to 256 digital I/O and 32 Analog I/O per base. 

The number of bases can expand literally to the limits of the OCS I/O reference table. 

These limits are currently set at 2048 digital in, 2048 digital out, 512 Analog in, and 512 Analog out. 

The ETX200 features a built-in unmanaged Ethernet switch for convenience of wiring and system expansion. 

SmartRail I/O is not complex to configure – it utilizes Cscape (9.1 or later) in an easy, straight forward process.