Chapter 7—Monitoring and Diagnostics
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Chapter 7—Monitoring and Diagnostics
Methods for Monitoring
C445 makes it simple to access advanced diagnostics. On
any network, or even with no networking at all—we make it
easy to connect to your system.
The easiest way to access local monitoring is with the
Monitoring User Interface (C445UM). The LCD screen
provides large font monitoring of all parameters broken into
simple menus of current, voltage, power, thermal and other
system parameters. There is no setup or network required.
Another easy option is the free Power Xpert
in
Control
software tool. Common operating parameters are in the
Control/Monitor tab while other parameters related to
current, voltage, power and system data are viewable in the
Measurement tab. Connect to
in
Control using the Micro-USB
port on the user interface or Base Control module, or over
ModbusTCP.
Users with the Ethernet option can also monitor data live
over webpages: Simply enter the IP address of the device in
your browser window.
Another way to monitor operating parameters from a C445 is
via a fieldbus network from the system controller. If a
fieldbus network such as EtherNet/IP, Modbus serial,
Modbus TCP or PROFIBUS are being used for control, the
master controller on these networks can monitor operating
parameters constantly with other input and output polled/
cyclic data or via specific one-time acyclic/explicit messages
only when an event occurs.
The C445 supports both implicit polled messages as well as
explicit messages of all operating parameters on EtherNet/IP.
The C445 supports acyclic DPV1 messages on PROFIBUS as
well as cyclic messages used for control and monitoring on a
constant basis. All operating parameters are supported for
both types of messages.
For Modbus serial and Modbus TCP, all parameters including
all operating parameters are available to monitor.
Appendix E
contains a complete list of all parameters and
their associated Modbus register address.
An operator interface or HMI device can also be used to
monitor operating parameters from a C445 via any of the
above supported fieldbus networks.
