
Product Description
📊 GE IC200ALG260E - VersaMax High-Resolution Analog Input Module
The GE IC200ALG260E delivers precision analog signal acquisition for VersaMax PAC systems. This 8-channel module features 12-bit resolution with configurable voltage and current inputs, ideal for process monitoring and data acquisition applications requiring accurate measurement.
🎛️ Core Specifications
| Catalog Number: | IC200ALG260E |
| Platform: | GE VersaMax PAC Series |
| Input Channels: | 8 differential analog inputs |
| Resolution: | 12-bit (4096 counts) |
| Input Types: | 0-10V, ±10V, 0-20mA, 4-20mA (software selectable) |
| Accuracy: | ±0.1% of full scale @ 25°C |
| Update Rate: | 10ms per channel (all channels scanned in 80ms) |
| Isolation: | 500V channel-to-bus, 250V channel-to-channel |
| Power Draw: | 2.5W from backplane (5V @ 500mA) |
| Diagnostics: | Open wire detection, over-range alarms |
🏭 Deployment Scenarios
Batch Processing: Monitor reactor temperatures, pressure transducers, and flow meters in pharmaceutical and specialty chemical production where recipe precision determines product quality and regulatory compliance.
HVAC Systems: Acquire temperature, humidity, and pressure readings from building automation sensors across commercial facilities, enabling energy optimization and occupant comfort management.
Machine Monitoring: Track vibration sensors, bearing temperatures, and hydraulic pressures on CNC machines, presses, and packaging equipment to implement predictive maintenance strategies.
Environmental Control: Interface with pH probes, dissolved oxygen sensors, and conductivity meters in aquaculture, greenhouse, and laboratory environments requiring tight environmental parameter control.
🚀 Performance Advantages
Flexible Input Configuration: Software-selectable input ranges eliminate the need for field wiring changes when sensor types are modified, reducing commissioning time by 30-50% compared to hardware-jumpered modules.
Noise Immunity: Differential inputs with 500V isolation reject common-mode noise from VFDs, welders, and switching power supplies, maintaining ±0.1% accuracy even in electrically harsh industrial environments.
Diagnostic Intelligence: Automatic open-wire detection alerts operators to sensor failures before process upsets occur, while over-range flags prevent bad data from corrupting control algorithms or historian databases.
Hot-Swap Ready: Field-replaceable during system operation without powering down the entire rack, minimizing downtime in 24/7 production facilities where scheduled maintenance windows are limited.
🔌 System Integration
- Compatible with IC200UDR005/016/040/064/128 VersaMax controllers
- Mounts in IC200CHS002/006/010/022 expansion carriers
- Programmed via Proficy Machine Edition or PACSystems RX3i software
- Supports Modbus TCP/IP and EGD (Ethernet Global Data) protocols
📦 Package Includes
- 1× GE IC200ALG260E Analog Input Module
- Removable terminal block with screw terminals
- Installation and wiring documentation
Factory-new GE Intelligent Platforms component. Trusted by automation engineers, controls integrators, and plant maintenance teams worldwide for reliable analog I/O in VersaMax distributed control architectures.