Only authorized testing laboratories are allowed to carry out tests to validate the conformance of SERCOS III interface devices. At this time, Sercos III slave devices can be conformance tested. The authorized test laboratory is:
Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units, University of Stuttgart (ISW)
Seidenstrasse 36, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Telephone: ++49 (0) 711 121-2410 or –2420
Fax: ++49 (0) 711 121-2413
E-mail: sercos@isw.uni-stuttgart.de
Website: www.isw.uni-stuttgart.de/sercos
Orders for conformance tests should be made in writing to ISW. After an order has been placed, a date for the test can be arranged.
The duration of a slave conformance test is usually one day.
The test laboratory charges the following fees for a conformance test:
|
Slave
Devices |
| |
Non-Member
Price |
Member
Price |
| Basic
Charge |
3000 Euro |
2500 Euro |
| Handling
Fee for Missing IDNs |
1000 Euro |
1000 Euro |
| Additional
Test/Support |
1000
Euro/day |
700 Euro/Day |
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Postage and packaging are an additional charge.
All prices are subject to value-added tax.
On completion of the conformance test, a test report will be sent to
Sercos International. The customer will receive a copy of this report and a detailed
report of the test results.
Once a product passes the conformance test, the manufacturer can apply for a SERCOS certificate for that product. The SERCOS certificate confers rights to use the SERCOS name and trademark with that product, as specified in the
Sercos
Trademark Statutes and the
Application Guidelines. This certificate is provided free of charge to members of the
Sercos organizations. Cost to non-members is 500 Euros (about $630 U.S. dollars).
Get the application for certificate of product
conformance.
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