The Allen-Bradley 1734D-IB8XOW8S is part of the POINT I/O POINTBlock series with DC power and 8 input/8 relay modules that has 125, 250, or 500 kilobytes/second of communication rate. It comes with a power dissipation of 2 Watts and 8.2 Watts power consumption with a supply voltage of 24V DC.  The 1734D-IB8XOW8S POINT I/O provides numerous applications with a wide range of input and output modules, from a high-speed digital control to a process control. The Allen-Bradley 1734D-IB8XOW8S allows information to be entered and output as a status to be shared among various Logix controls that support consumer/produce technology.

The Allen-Bradley 1734D-IB8XOW8S POINT I/O is a DIN-rail mounted product which includes a nonisolated interface communication in the present of DeviceNet, removable terminations, POINTBus expansion port, and multiple combinations of onboard I/O points. The 1734D-IB8XOW8S module is incorporated into a network through a communication interface that offers one to eight points per module. This comes with a power supply that is built-in which handles the conversion of the incoming 24V DC power to 5V DC power backplane. 

The 1734D-IB8XOW8S Allen Bradley POINT I/O are excellent for applications where low costs and flexibility are considered as key to a successful operation and system control design. The 1734D-IB8XOW8S is well-known for its open network called the NetLinx architecture which is a key to the automation strategy of Rockwell Automation. The NetLinx architecture comes with a different group of networks such as Ethernet/IP, ControlNet, and DeviceNet which speaks a common language and shares a comprehensive set of communication services. The 1734D-IB8XOW8S POINT I/O also features a universal configurable feature and diagnostics that allow the product to be applied easily to a wide range of automation systems.