AN-X-TI-MAS
TI Remote I/O
Communication
Module
User Manual
Page 1: ...AN X TI MAS TI Remote I O Communication Module User Manual...
Page 2: ...h any particular installation Quest Technical Solutions does not assume responsibility or liability to include intellectual property liability for actual use based upon the examples shown in this publ...
Page 3: ...on 6 QUICK START 7 ETHERNET CONFIGURATION 8 Ethernet Configuration 8 Example Standalone Computer 13 Reconfiguring an AN X from an Unknown State 18 NETWORK CONFIGURATION 19 Autoconfiguration 19 Manual...
Page 4: ...AnxInit Log 41 Locating Available AN X Modules 42 Selecting an AN X 43 Set AN X IP Configuration 44 Restart an AN X 45 AN X Info 45 Read Kernel Parameters 46 Run Config Mode 46 Update AN X Flash 47 Up...
Page 5: ...ion 59 Archive Configuration 60 TROUBLESHOOTING 61 LEDs 61 Ethernet LEDs 61 SYS LED 61 NET LED Network Status 62 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE 63 Reading Version Numbers 63 SUPPORTED MODULE TYPES 64 Low Densi...
Page 6: ...e outputs The AN X TI MAS module has a web interface for configuration You can communicate with the module using any standard web browser such as Internet Explorer The module firmware can be updated o...
Page 7: ...nnect to the TI remote I O network A watchdog timer is implemented in the module s hardware If the firmware does not kick the watchdog within the timeout period the watchdog times out and places the m...
Page 8: ...ion There are three AN X modes of operation Boot mode The AN X is running its low level startup firmware Configuration mode This is the mode when you are updating the firmware in the AN X Production m...
Page 9: ...ns on the power connector are chassis ground negative voltage and positive voltage The chassis ground should be connected Power consumption is 300 mA 12VDC or 150 mA 24VDC The part number for the powe...
Page 10: ...a standard Ethernet cable If you are connecting directly to the AN X module use a crossover cable Software Installation You must uninstall any previous version of the software before you can install...
Page 11: ...ress 8 3 Connect AN X to the TI remote I O network 5 4 Use the AN X web interface to autoconfigure the remote I O network and ControlLogix configuration 19 5 Configure the AN X in RSLogix 5000 33 6 Sc...
Page 12: ...m a DHCP server Unless you have control of the DHCP server in most applications you will configure AN X to use a static IP address Otherwise the DHCP server may assign a different IP address each time...
Page 13: ...if there is no DHCP server on the network since they will all revert to the same temporary IP address when they fail to find a DHCP server IMPORTANT If you are connecting AN X to an existing Ethernet...
Page 14: ...X you are configuring This is printed on the AN X label It consists of six pairs of hexadecimal digits separated by hyphens In the example above it s 00 0c 1a 00 01 c1 If the AN X is already online y...
Page 15: ...on and completely running for this method to work For example if this is the first time you are configuring a new AN X allow sufficient time for it to acquire an IP address from a DHCP server or to ti...
Page 16: ...Page 12 AN X TI MAS November 2011 If the AN X does not enter boot mode within about 10 seconds return to the previous screens and check the entries The AN X TCP IP Configuration dialog appears...
Page 17: ...fault gateway address that is valid for the subnet even if there is no device at the gateway address on the network Click OK to complete the configuration If you click Cancel AN X is left running the...
Page 18: ...Page 14 AN X TI MAS November 2011 Click the Properties button Double click on Internet Protocol TCP IP...
Page 19: ...to accept the settings Connect the computer to AN X using the crossover cable If this is the first time you have used the AN X module it will look for a DHCP server on the network It waits about thre...
Page 20: ...Page 16 AN X TI MAS November 2011 Select Utilities Select An AN X and enter the MAC Address and IP address Click OK to accept the setting Select Utilities AN X IP Configuration...
Page 21: ...efault gateway address does not exist on the network but AN X requires that the field have a valid entry Click Finish to accept the settings Select Utilities Restart AN X to restart AN X with the new...
Page 22: ...imes happens that an AN X has been previously configured with an IP address that causes it to be inaccessible on the current Ethernet network To reconfigure it to a known state run the command Configu...
Page 23: ...ssages to bases on the attached network manual configuration You build a configuration file and send it to the AN X TI MAS You can also use autoconfiguration to build an initial configuration file edi...
Page 24: ...ontrolLogix configuration Otherwise check Auto configure TI network the default Click the Auto configure Network button AN X sends messages to all possible bases and builds a configuration based on th...
Page 25: ...tor or a spreadsheet such as Excel and save it as a comma separated variable CSV file with extension csv The file format is described on page 21 To send the configuration to AN X 1 From the AN X web i...
Page 26: ...Auto Configuration Utility Copyright c 2008 Quest Technical Solutions Auto Config TI MAS File Base 1 Slot 1 Type 8x Addr b01s01 8X 0Y 0WX 0WY Slot 2 Type 16y Addr b01s02 0X 16Y 0WX 0WY Slot 3 Type 8wx...
Page 27: ...nt Configuration To save the configuration currently in AN X to a file access the web interface and select Automation Network View Configuration Files Right click on the AN X TI MAS RIO Network Config...
Page 28: ...ly or you can create the mappings manually Even better you can have AN X create the mapping file automatically then edit the file to better suit your application For example in order to make the most...
Page 29: ...xPrefix is used in the name portion of the tagnames AN X creates for import into RSLogix 5000 AN X prefixes each tagname with the ClxPrefix The ClxPrefix can be used to distinguish tags for the same a...
Page 30: ...nection You can select the offset where the data is located or you can leave it blank and AN X will automatically assign the offset which will be the next available offset from the previous assignment...
Page 31: ...s 15 Len 16 b01s10wx b01s10wx Ofs 31 Len 14 Program Mode Behaviour The ControlLogix processor that is the exclusive owner of the connection in slot 0 controls how the AN X TI MAS module scans the netw...
Page 32: ...ponds to base 1 bit 2 corresponds to base 2 and so on If a configured base returns a configuration error the bit is 1 If there is no error the bit is 0 The bit is 0 for an unconfigured base To map the...
Page 33: ...able 60 75 Dual power supply status table 80 240 Update time tables for ControlLogix connections Diagnostic Counters Offset Counter Description 0 Transmitted network frames 1 Received frames with good...
Page 34: ...r unoccupied or unconfigured slots Base Status Table The base status table contains the status returned by each base This table is updated on each scan The data in the base status table is returned by...
Page 35: ...ceives a class 0 message and a nonzero task number TI does not support task codes for class 0 messages for any RBCs and hence this bit is always 0 for all bases Bit 7 module unfail MUF is set to 1 whe...
Page 36: ...CLX updates 7 Maximum time for last 100 AN X CLX updates 8 Maximum AN X CLX time since connection opened 9 Reserved The units for the times are 0 1 milliseconds A value of 87 means 8 7 ms The tables...
Page 37: ...he ControlLogix configuration currently stored in the AN X to a file start the web interface and Select Automation Network View Active Configuration Right click the Ethernet IP link and select Save ta...
Page 38: ...Set the Comm Format to None Set the IP address to match the AN X module Set Electronic Keying to Disable Keying Record the Name as it is used to create tags to access the data 2 Add Generic modules f...
Page 39: ...Input Only Connections The AN X TI MAS supports one input only connection from a ControlLogix processor The ControlLogix will be able to read the same input data as the ControlLogix processor with the...
Page 40: ...he chassis size to 17 Set the Comm Format to None Set the IP address to match the AN X module Set Electronic Keying to Disable Keying Record the Name as you will use it if you create tags to access th...
Page 41: ...MAS Page 37 Set the parameters as shown Set the Slot to 0 for the first connection 1 for the second connection and so on 3 Set the RPI for each connection to match the RPI of the exclusive owner conn...
Page 42: ...address for an I O address changes all you have to do is re import the tags WARNING If you change the remote I O or ControlLogix configuration re import tags so that the ControlLogix processor uses th...
Page 43: ...tag file Tag Format AN X builds the tags from the ControlLogix configuration Each tag is a ControlLogix alias For example ALIAS TI_b01s01x TI_ Base 1 Slot 1 8x Module TImaster 0 I Data 2 In this exam...
Page 44: ...Word 6 TImaster 0 I Data 9 ALIAS TI_b01s03wx_07 TI_ Base 1 Slot 3 8wx Module Word 7 TImaster 0 I Data 10 The ControlLogix data address in the first example is TImaster 0 I Data 2 The address is made...
Page 45: ...date the flash low level firmware on the selected AN X Update the firmware on the selected AN X Patch the firmware on the selected AN X In addition it can be used to clear the AnxInit log copy the con...
Page 46: ...les on the Ethernet network select Utilities Locate All AN X Modules AnxInit displays a list of the AN X modules it finds showing their MAC IDs IP addresses and host names This command is useful for d...
Page 47: ...network that contains the AN X In the Ethernet MAC Address field enter the MAC Address of the AN X you wish to select It can be found on the AN X label or by using the Locate All AN X Modules command...
Page 48: ...ities AN X IP Configuration The AN X TCP IP Configuration dialog appears Enter a Host Name for the AN X AN X uses the host name to create ControlLogix tags so give the AN X a meaningful host name This...
Page 49: ...to restart the AN X Restart an AN X Use the Utilities Restart AN X command to restart the currently selected AN X in poduction mode AN X Info The Utilities AN X Info command provides information about...
Page 50: ...ets the AN X You will be warned and given the opportunity to cancel the command The Utilities Read Kernel Parameters command leaves the AN X running the boot code Use the Utilities Restart AN X comman...
Page 51: ...the command If you cancel at the filename dialog the AN X has already been reset and is in boot mode Use the Utilities Restart AN X command to restart it in production mode Update Firmware There are t...
Page 52: ...in the computer The AN X must be on the same subnet as the computer 2 Enter the MAC address of the AN X you are updating This is printed on the AN X label It consists of six pairs of hexadecimal digit...
Page 53: ...and completely running for this method to work For example if this is the first time you are configuring a new AN X allow sufficient time for it to acquire an IP address from a DHCP server or to time...
Page 54: ...about 60 seconds return to the previous screens and check the entries Click the Next button and select the firmware file you want to download and click Open AnxInit transfers the firmware file and re...
Page 55: ...the filename dialog the AN X has already been reset and is in configuration mode Use the Utilities Restart AN X command to restart it in production mode Click the Next button and select the firmware f...
Page 56: ...t have to reconfigure the AN X after applying a patch All configuration information will be left intact When the patch has been applied AnxInit restarts the AN X in production mode If you cancel at th...
Page 57: ...view the current configuration view AN X logs To use the web interface you must know the IP address of the AN X Use the Utilities Locate All AN X Modules command in AnxInit to find all AN X modules on...
Page 58: ...TI MAS is to scan Autoconfiguration If you are autoconfiguring the remote I O network make sure the network is connected to the AN X TI MAS To configure only the I O check Auto configure TI network To...
Page 59: ...ile name Click the Send File to AN X button to send the file to the AN X Configure ControlLogix Support AN X exchanges scheduled data with a ControlLogix processor over Ethernet Refer to section Excha...
Page 60: ...ontrolLogix Log to determine if there have been any errors with the upload View Configuration Files Select View Configuration Files to view the remote I O and ControlLogix configuration files Click on...
Page 61: ...Active Configuration to view the remote I O or ControlLogix configuration file in the web browser Click the TI network link to view the current I O network configuration Click the Ethernet IP link to...
Page 62: ...operation ControlLogix Log The Ethernet IP log shows messages and errors associated with the ControlLogix scheduled data operation View All Logs Use View All Logs to list and view all the AN X logs T...
Page 63: ...pply detailed information on any further steps AN X IP Configuration You can change the AN X IP configuration from the web interface This requires that you know the currect IP address and can use it t...
Page 64: ...click CONTINUE to reboot the AN X with the new parameters Archive Configuration You can archive all the current AN X configuration files and log files from the web interface The archive file is a sta...
Page 65: ...d software to indicate the state of operations and errors Errors or status indication in boot mode cause the LED to flash yellow Otherwise the LED flashes red The SYS LED should be used in conjunction...
Page 66: ...followed by a pause if the production kernel loads with no errors solid green NET LED Network Status The NET LED indicates the status of the remote I O network connection Solid green Good communicatio...
Page 67: ...ontain the application programs for AN X and have extension bin They are downloaded using the command Configuration Firmware Update or Utilities Update Firmware in AnxInit Refer to page 47 for details...
Page 68: ...at results Special function modules are not supported Low Density Modules AN X Type X Y WX WY 8X 8 0 0 0 7X1Y 7 1 0 0 6X2Y 6 2 0 0 5X3Y 5 3 0 0 3X5Y 3 5 0 0 2X6Y 2 6 0 0 1X7Y 1 7 0 0 8Y 0 8 0 0 8WX 0...
Page 69: ...0 1 7 Examples Slot 7 Type 8X Slot 5 Type 5WX3WY High Density Non mixed Modules AN X Type X Y WX WY 16X 16 0 0 0 24X 24 0 0 0 32X 32 0 0 0 64X 64 0 0 0 16Y 0 16 0 0 24Y 0 24 0 0 32Y 0 32 0 0 64Y 0 64...
Page 70: ...mixed modules begins with hdm followed by any combination of the following 0X 8X 16X 24X 32X 0Y 8Y 16Y 24Y 32Y 0WX 2WX 4WX 6WX 8WX 10WX 12WX 14WX 16WX 18WX 20WX 22WX 24WX 26WX 28WX 30WX 32WX 0WY 2WY...
Page 71: ...een Ethernet and TI remote I O network Typical Power Consumption 300 mA 12 VDC or 150 mA 24 VDC Maximum Power dissipation 3 6W Environmental Conditions Operational Temperature 0 50 C 32 122 F Storage...
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