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APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY 

Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1, 2001 

 

Driver Manual  

(Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual)

 

 

FS-8700-104 ControlNet X30 Driver 

 

 

 

Driver Version: 

1.01

Document Revision:

  

Summary of Contents for FS-8700-104 ControlNet X30

Page 1: ...any APPLICABILITY EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after May 1 2001 Driver Manual Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual FS 8700 104 ControlNet X30 Driver Driver Version 1 01 Document Revision 7 ...

Page 2: ...4 3 HARDWARE CONNECTIONS 5 3 1 Hardware Connection Tips Hints 5 4 CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A CONTROLNET SERVER 6 4 1 ControlNet Settings 6 4 2 Server Side Connection Descriptors 7 4 3 Server Side Node Descriptors 7 4 4 Server Side Map Descriptors 8 4 4 1 FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters 8 4 4 2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters 8 4 4 3 Map Descriptor Example 9 APPENDIX ...

Page 3: ...a transfers are via Scheduled Communication and therefore the FieldServer has to be scheduled on the ControlNet network using a Network Configuration Tool such as RSNetWorx or RSLogix The minimum supported network update time NUT is 5 ms Connection to the ControlNet network is via two standard BNC connector ports The connection may be to either one or both of the ControlNet ports A connection to b...

Page 4: ... FieldServer Technologies for this driver FieldServer Technologies PART Description FS 8700 104 Driver Manual X30 ControlNet Anybus ControlNet Card 2 2 Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment 2 2 1 Required 3rd Party Software RSNetWorx RSLogix or another Network Scheduling Tool 2 2 2 Required 3rd Party Configuration Connection to a properly terminated ControlNet network 2 2 3 Optional Item...

Page 5: ... 262 9042 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com 3 Hardware Connections The FieldServer is connected to the ControlNet network as shown in the connection drawing below 3 1 Hardware Connection Tips Hints Use the recommended network cable and terminators as specified by the ControlNet network organization and or the manufacturer of your network equipment ...

Page 6: ...the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the Data Arrays section the FieldServer virtual node s needs to be declared in the Server Side Nodes section and the data to be provided to the clients needs to be mapped in the Server Side Map Descriptors section Details on how to do this can be found below Note that in the tables indicates an optional parameter with the bold legal...

Page 7: ...nection Descriptors Section Title Connections Column Title Function Legal Values Adapter Adapter Name ControlNet Example Server Side Connections Connections Adapter ControlNet 4 3 Server Side Node Descriptors Section Title Nodes Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Provide name for node Up to 32 alphanumeric characters Protocol Specify protocol used Anybus ControlNet Example Server Side No...

Page 8: ... the FieldServer One of the Data Array names from Data Array section above Data_Array_Offset Starting location in Data Array 0 to maximum specified in Data Array section above Function Function of Server Map Descriptor RDBC Reads data from the local input buffer WRBC Writes data to the local output buffer 4 4 2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name ...

Page 9: ...unction Node_Name CNT_Data_Type Address Length Scan_Interval Get_Data Input_Data 0 RDBC CN5 WORD 0 225 1s Put_Data Output_Data 0 WRBC CN5 WORD 4 225 1s Note that each address refers to an individual local input and output buffer Each buffer can contain up to 450 bytes Read function map descriptor gets data from the ControlNet network and stores it in the Input_Data data array Write function map de...

Page 10: ...ncy Description Green Flashing Module is waiting for initialisation Green Steady on Module is initialised Red Flashing Minor fault MacID has been changed after initialisation etc Red Steady on Major fault module must be restarted LED 2 LED Channel A Color Frequency Description Red Green See Channel LEDs below LED 3 LED Channel B Color Frequency Description Red Green See Channel LEDs below LED 4 Mo...

Page 11: ... current version of RSNetworx displayed as Any BusDT and choose Insert device connection When the line changes to blue the connection size in connection size out and to which address in the PLC the data shall be mapped should be entered The data is mapped to the Integer area N area For example 50 bytes in each direction can be mapped so now 25 words in and 25 words out can be chosen Save the confi...

Page 12: ...ith word 2 the third word of the data The first 2 words at 16 bits each are the ControlNet run idle header If you want to mask off the run idle header for clarity create a user defined type with 2 members HEADER type DINT and DATA type INT with input assembly size 2 Copy the data from the actual input tag to a tag of this structure and then you can reference the structure s DATA member using the e...

Page 13: ...es as indicated on the connection diagram The left switch selects the left decimal digit and the right switch the right decimal digit of the MAC ID Note that the software setting with the System_Station_Address overrides the hardware setting with the rotary switches Set the rotary switches to zero or to the same value as in the System_Station_Address to prevent the warning LED from flashing A mism...

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