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Chapter 5 - Working with the FG-200 HSE/FF Modbus
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5.2 FG-200 acts as a FF-HSE/ FF-H1 gateway
5.2.1 FG-200 acts as an H1 interface used by Emerson AMS System
Emerson provides its AMS Device Manager for calibration, diagnostics and device configuration for various
fieldbus technologies. Using the FG-200 enables AMS Device Manager to access FF-H1 devices. As a
precondition it is necessary to enable FF-HSE interface in the AMS Device Manager and integrate the FF
device descriptions of the FG-200 (CFH-File) and the H1 Devices that have to be accessed.
In order to use the FG-200 the following general settings have to be done via the webserver interface:
Make sure Enable automatic VCR Creation is activated. Otherwise no access to H1 device parameters
would be necessary.
Additional settings depend on the user scenario:
Offline access (Standalone network FG-200 and H1 devices)
In this scenario the FG-200 would be the primary host device and Link Master Functionality is activated. In
addition we recommend disabling the Visitor Mode and setting Node Address to 16 or 17. Make sure all
required H1 Links are activated i.e. a Link ID >= 0x1000 is assigned for those links.
Access in field (H1 devices are used as part of a control system)
For this scenario we recommend configuring the Node Address within the range from 252 to 255 for the
FG-200. If you want prevent the FG-200 to take an active role in the H1 segments, deactivate Link Master
Functionality
. Usually this is not required if the H1 bus parameters used in the control system are not too
slow.
If
Link Master Functionality is activated make sure that all activated H1 links of the FG-200 are connected
to H1 segments with an active host system interface. Otherwise the FG-200 would wait for a 6 minute
period for activity on the H1 segments and would then disable the segments without activity i.e. the
segments without an active host interface.