
Operating Instructions
Chapter
6
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Fieldbus gateways
It is not necessary to connect a voltage supply (pin 1/5) to the FX0-GCAN.
The following maximum physical sizes are possible for the network:
Baud rate [kbit/s]
Max. cable length [m]
125 500
250 250
500 100
800 40
1000 20
EDS file
The device characteristics are described using the Electronic Data Sheet (EDS), which
every standard bus configuration tool uses.
You will find the EDS file and device icon for PLC interfacing …
in the Internet on the FX0-GCAN product page.
in the Flexi Soft Designer program folder on your hard disk (default installation folder is
“C:\programs\SICK\FlexiSoft\DeviceDescriptions\...”).
6.2.2
CANopen configuration of the gateway — How the data are transferred
This document does not cover the creation of the CANopen network or the rest of the auto-
mation system project in the network configuration tool. It is assumed the CANopen pro-
ject has already been set up in the configuration program, e.g. 3S Software CoDeSys 2.x.
Examples refer to configurations performed with CoDeSys 2.3.
The following steps need to be taken in order to configure the communication between
PLC and gateway.
Step 1: Install the electronic data sheet (EDS file)
Before the FX0-GCAN can be used as device in the network configuration tool, e.g.
CoDeSys 2.3, for the first time, the electronic data sheet (EDS file) of the gateway must be
installed into the hardware catalogue of the tool.
Download the EDS file and device icon from www.sick.com, on the FX0-GCAN product
page.
Follow the instructions in the online help or in the user manual of the CANopen network
configuration tool for installing EDS files.
Fig. 68: CANopen bus cable
Note
Tab. 97: Maximum cable
lengths FX0-GCAN
Note
Node
120
F
terminating
resistor