Product Description:

The 5A2001.01 belongs to the 5A2 Floppy Disk Drives series manufactured by B&R Automation. It is an external disk unit intended for control panels where removable media is still used to transfer recipes, archived programs, or diagnostic files into industrial controllers. In automated cells, the drive provides a legacy link between PLC platforms and older computer systems that still rely on 3.5-inch diskettes for data exchange. It is also useful on isolated equipment where file movement is handled locally instead of through a network connection.

The housing measures 72 x 144 x 163 mm, so it fits the limited depth of standard operator enclosures, while its front cutout must match a panel opening of 138+1 x 68+0.7 mm for flush mounting. Data is stored on a 3.5 in magnetic disk with a formatted capacity of 1.44 MB, a format commonly used by DOS-based file systems on older industrial PCs. Host communication passes through a 25-pin DSUB socket, allowing the drive to interface with compatible parallel hardware used in legacy control environments. The unit draws only 2.9 W from the cabinet supply, so it adds very little heat load and can share a low-current branch with other HMI peripherals. Its flush-mounted form also keeps the front of the unit accessible without taking up extra space inside the enclosure.

Installation uses a control-panel mounting style, and the I/O cable follows the Centronics standard, which matches the connection method used by many parallel peripherals. Electrical pinout is compatible with the Provit 5000/5600 IPC family, so the drive can be recognized by BIOS without additional drivers. The molded bezel is finished in PS/2 beige, matching legacy keyboards and monitors used on older workstations. That appearance suits established machine interfaces where older peripheral colors and parallel connections are still common.