Published:

IPC-2546 (includes Amendment 1)

Sectional Requirements for Shop-Floor Equipment Communication Messages (CAMX) for Printed Circuit Board Assembly

This standard establishes requirements and other considerations for the interchange of information between shop floor electronic assembly equipment and factory information systems. Information may consist of attribute and parametric data, product data, process recipes, equipment monitoring and control, resource utilization, and material consumption.

Download IPC-2546 (PDF file)

Published:

IPC-2546 Amendment 2 - Dispensing Equipment, Reflow Equipment and Final Assembly and Packaging sections

Download IPC-2546 Am 2 (PDF file)

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IPC-2546 Schemas:

The following schemas are part of the standard (updated 08/14/07):

1.        EquipmentAlarmExtended.xsd

2.        EquipmentErrorExtended.xsd

3.        EquipmentInformationExtended.xsd

4.        EquipmentNonSelectedRecipeModifiedExtended.xsd

5.        EquipmentParameterModifiedExtended.xsd

6.        EquipmentRecipeSelectedExtended.xsd

7.        EquipmentSelectedRecipeModifiedExtended.xsd

8.        EquipmentWarningExtended.xsd

9.        ItemChange.xsd

10.      ItemIdentifierReadExtended.xsd

11.      ItemInitialize.xsd

12.      ItemWorkAbortExtended.xsd

13.      ItemWorkCompleteExtended.xsd

14.      ItemWorkPauseExtended.xsd

15.      ItemWorkResumeExtended.xsd

16.      ItemWorkStartExtended.xsd

17.      ProcessStepAbort.xsd

18.      ProcessStepComplete.xsd

19.      ProcessStepPause.xsd

20.      ProcessStepResume.xsd

21.      ProcessStepStart.xsd

The schemas that were part of the original published IPC-2546 standard and the amendments have been deprecated and can be found here. The IPC-2546 is currently in revision and the updated standard will reflect the schemas listed above.