Due to its flexible design, the Irinos-System can be used for a wide range of measurement applications.
An Irinos system consists of a minimum of 1 und up to 8 Irinos-Boxes. Each Irinos-Box has a fixed number of measurement inputs (e.g. 2, 4 or 8). The Irinos boxes are connected in line topology via the EC-Link interface, i.e. there is always a EC-Link cable between two Irinos boxes.
If 2 boxes are placed directly next to each other, the EC-Link cable can be placed on the inside, i.e. it is invisible. Longer distances can be bridged by external cables, whereby the total distance between the first and the last Irinos box can be 10m.
The EC-Link interface combines three tasks in one:
a)Data exchange between the Irinos Boxes.
b)Time-Synchronisation of all measurement channels.
c)Forwarding the power supply to all Irinos-Boxes.
Irinos-Boxes with different types of measurement inputs can be combined without restrictions.
For the PC respectively the measurement software, the number of Irinos-Boxes is irrelevant. It always "sees" one Irinos-System, whose number of measurement channels is determined by the Irinos-Boxes available.
The measurement values are transferred automatically between the Irinos-Boxes via the EC-Link interface. Via Ethernet they are transferred as a coherent block to the PC.
In addition, each Irinos-Box has a "qLink"-Interface, which allows for connecting simple extensions. One example is the direct connection of a foot-switch or push-button.