Chapter
6
Operating Instructions
Flexi Soft Gateways
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Fieldbus gateways
Depending on the cable used and the baud rate set, the following maximum physical
values are possible:
Cable length
125 kbit/s
250 kbit/s
500 kbit/s
Overall length with thick cable (
O
0,34 mm²)
500 m
250 m
100 m
Overall length with thin cable
100 m
100 m
100 m
Overall length with ribbon cable
380 m
200 m
75 m
Maximum stub length
6 m
6 m
6 m
Maximum length of all stubs
156 m
78 m
39 m
6.3.3
Setting up DeviceNet communication
To setup the DeviceNet communication between the gateway and the higher level func-
tional logic, the following steps must be taken:
Install EDS file.
Define type of communication.
Define contents of the communication.
Select and use data mapping.
Step 1: Install the electronic data sheet (EDS file)
The device characteristics are described using the Electronic Data Sheet (EDS), which eve-
ry standard bus configuration tool uses. Before the FX0-GDEV can be used as device in the
network configuration tool for the first time, the EDS file of the gateway must be installed
into the hardware catalogue of the tool.
You will find the EDS file and device icon for PLC interfacing …
in the Internet on the FX0-GDEV product page.
in the Flexi Soft Designer program folder on your hard disk (default installation folder is
“C:\programs\SICK\FlexiSoft\DeviceDescriptions\...”).
Download the EDS file and device icon from www.sick.com, on the FX0-GDEV product
page.
Follow the instructions in the online help or in the user manual of the DeviceNet confi-
guration tool for installing EDS files.
Step 2: Define the type of communication
Choose the type of communication that is to be used between the gateway and the
higher level functional logic (Polled or Change of state/Cyclic).
Fig. 78: DeviceNet bus cable
Tab. 136: Maximum cable
lengths FX0-GDEV
Node
120
F
terminator