ControlCare Field Controller: Commissioning and Configuration
5 Configuring the Field Controller
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5.2
Configure the I/O transducer blocks
5.2.1
Hardware configuration block
This block configures the module type for each slot in the Field Controller rack. The physical
arrangement of the modules on the rack assemblies with the addresses 0 to 14 is declared in the
parameters
IO_TYPE_R0
to
IO_TYPE_R14
respectively. Each
IO_TYPE_Rx
parameter has four
slot parameters,
SLOT_0
to
SLOT_3
, where the module type is entered. (Addressing and slot
numbers are explained in Chapters 3.5.3 and 3.5.4 of BA021S/04/en).
On execution, Application Designer writes to all declared output modules and reads all declared
input modules. If any I/O module has failed in this scan, it is indicated in BLOCK_ERR and the
MODULE_STATUS_x parameters.
Procedure
1 Right click on the Field Controller hardware configuration block
Device Tag-HC-n
and select
Off Line Characterization
. The Characterization dialog opens
2 Expand the
MODE_BLK
node and check that the Target Mode is set to Auto
–
If this is not the case, select the
Target
node then click the
Edit
button
–
Select
Auto
from the drop-down menu, click
End Edit
to confirm the selection
–
Click
Close
to leave the dialog.
3 The slots in
IO_TYPE_R0
are preset to "No I/O" when the bridge/gateway is created
–
Do not change these settings, even when the rack address "0" is not used
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Do not configure I/O modules in the
IO_TYPE_R0
parameter, it is not allowed
4 If the Field Controller is not at address "0" or you have local I/O in your rack, expand the
appropriate
IO-TYPE_Rx
node add the module type to the slots
–
Select the
SLOT_No
, then click the
Edit
button
–
Select the module type from the drop-down menu:
–
Use "No I/O" for controllers, power supplies, conditioners etc
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Use "Available" for dummy modules or unused slots
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Click on
End Edit
after each change
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Continue until all modules have been mapped to the correct positions in the rack.
5 Repeat Step 3 for all rack assemblies in the rack
6 Click
Close
to end configuration and save the project.
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The Device Tag-HC-n node will now have the configured parameters attached