Atlas Copco PowerMACS 4000, User Manual

Page: 442 / 668

Peripheral Devices
442 9836 3521 01
8.11.1 Open Protocol
Note! This protocol has been renamed it was earler called FFCCP and supported revision 4.7 of FFCCP,
the Ford Fastening Controller Common Protocol. The FFCCP functionality still exist in this protocol.
PowerMACS supports a subset of Open Protocol described in the document 9836 4415 01 Open Protocol
(se Supported message types below).
Port No specifies the port on which PowerMACS listens for incoming requests for Open Protocol.
Retries specifies how many retries should be done in case a telegram has not been able to send. Retry
Timeout specifies the timeout between retries.
Keep Alive Timeout is the timeout used to detect the absence of a client. If no telegram has been
received within the timeout period, the TC closes the connection.
OKs to disable station specifies the number of cycles with status OK or OKR that may be run while in
Automatic mode before the station is automatically disabled. NOK cycles are not counted. If OKs to
disable station is greater than zero then the station is disabled at power up and whenever a connection
to Open Protocol is established. If left empty, or zero, then the station is only disabled if explicitly ordered
so by Open Protocol. All tightening made during a batch will have the same VIN number, sampled at the