Operation
Instruction handbook
b maXX
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
Document No.: 5.13008.10
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8
8.4.2
VARAN
.
Type code
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
with VARAN:
BM5XXX-XXXX-XXXX-
02
XX-
A
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
with fieldbus option VARAN can communicate with a VA-
RAN master.
X3 and X4 on the front side of the device are the RJ45 connections for EtherCAT
®
-line
(also refer to
Mounting and
installation
.
The mounting/installation consists of the following steps:
1
De-energize the
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
device
2
Set the
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
IP-address,
refer to
Setting the IP address with address switches
3
Connect
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
with VARAN bus cables (Ethernet-LAN cable at
least CAT 5).
n
X3: VARAN-In, X4: VARAN-Out.
On the first
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
node of a VARAN line X3 is connected with
the VARAN master. X4 is connected with X3 of the next
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
slave in the line, and so on. The last node of a VARAN line has no connection of X4
or is connected with a PC (tunneling of Ethernet frames via VARAN to the controller,
e. g. to communicate with ProDrive).
Each slave within the VARAN line can be addressed and parametrized via selection
of its IP address.
Figure 103:
VARAN fieldbus connection
NOTE!
A point-to-point connection between PC (ProDrive) and
BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
VARAN slave for commissioning is possible even without a VARAN master.
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