Balluff BNI003U Network Interface Block is an eight-port IO-Link master with female M12 connections, designed to bring eight IO-Link devices into a single control-network interface. Identified as BNI IOL-302-000-Z012 (order code BNI003U), it sits in Balluff’s Network Interface (BNI) family. In Balluff’s catalog, the BNI003U variant lists a 12 ms data cycle time and 2 bytes of process data in and 2 bytes of process data out. The eight M12 ports accept IO-Link sensors and actuators, enabling scalable IO-Link deployments in industrial automation.
