Chapter
3
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Product description Flexi Soft
gateways
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Product description Flexi Soft gateways
The Flexi Soft gateways allow the Flexi Soft System to send and receive non-safety related
data to and from the external fieldbus system for control and diagnostics purposes.
In this manual, the data exchanged between the Flexi Soft system and the respective net-
work will be considered always from the network master (PLC) point of view. Therefore
data sent from the Flexi Soft system into the network will be referred to as
input data
while
data received from the network will be referred to as
output data
.
Do not operate a Flexi Soft gateway on a safety fieldbus!
The Flexi Soft gateway modules are not suitable for operation on a safety fieldbus. They do
not support any safety mechanism, which would be mandatory to communicate within a
safety network.
Configuration of the Flexi Soft gateways is performed using the Flexi Soft Designer configu-
ration software on a PC or notebook connected to the FX3-CPUx over RS-232 interface or
connected to the Ethernet gateways over Ethernet TCP/IP.
The safety relevant logic of the Flexi Soft system operates independently from the gateway.
If however the Flexi Soft system has been configured to integrate non-safe information
from the fieldbus into the logic editor, a decoupling of the gateway can result in availablity
problems.
A Flexi Soft gateway can only be operated on a Flexi Soft system. It does not have a dedi-
cated voltage supply. It is possible to use two Flexi Soft gateways per system.
The gateways are fitted in a 22.5 mm wide housing for 35 mm DIN mounting rails in
accordance with EN 60 715.
Ordering information can be found in section 8.5 “Ordering information Flexi Soft gate-
ways” on page 188.
Note
WARNING