Comparing RMC200 Lite and Standard

The RMC200 Lite CPU20L and Standard CPU40 are very similar. The differences are listed below. In general, the CPU40 has more processing power and supports more axes. It also has more time available for running user programs, which can become important at small loop times.

	CPU20L	CPU40
Axes and Control Loops
Max Physical Control Axes	18	50
Max Control Loops	36	100
Max Total Axes, including Virtual and Reference	48	128
Max User Tasks	32	64
Modules
Power Supply	Integrated	Requires separate PS4D or PS6D power supply module
Supported bases	B5L, B7L	B5, B7, B11, B15
Supported Loop Times
Supported single-loop control axes vs Loop Time1	125 µs: 0-32 250 µs: 0-72 500 µs: 184 1 ms: 18 2 ms: 18 4 ms: 18	125 µs: 0-62 250 µs: 0-112 500 µs: 323 1 ms: 50 2 ms: 50 4 ms: 50
Plots
Max total plot data items	512	1024
Max number of plot templates	48	64
Max number of data items per plot	48	128
Plot storage	48 MB (12M samples)	192 MB (48M samples)
Curves
Curve Storage	16 MB	64 MB
Communication
Max EtherNet/IP processing	6000 packets/sec	8000 packets/sec

1 More axes may be used for a given loop time by selecting High Control Loop Utilization. See the Loop Time topic for details.

2 Requires selecting High Control Loop Utilization. See the Loop Time topic for details.

3 Above 14 axes requires selecting High Control Loop Utilization. See the Loop Time topic for details.

4 Above 11 axes requires selecting High Control Loop Utilization. See the Loop Time topic for details.