Design Guide
Revision 1.12
1998-08-12
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3 Introduction to an ANYBUS Application
All fieldbus systems are different in their data handling capabilities (see table 1), a default set of parameters
is defined, in order to allow full interchangeability between the different fieldbus systems and for simple
use of the DataTransfer module.
Fieldbus
max. in byte
max. out
byte
default in/out
InterBus-S
480
480
64 / 64
Profibus-DP
200
200
64 / 64
DeviceNet
255
255
64 / 64
ModBus Plus
480
480
64 / 64
ModBus RTU
480
480
64 / 64
CANopen (Q1-98)
480
480
64 / 64
Allen Bradley RIO
FIP IO (Q1-98)
64
64
64 / 64
Remote I0
141
143
64 / 64
Table 1: Supported fieldbus systems
If the default set is active, 64 Bytes of input and 64 Bytes of output information can be handled. Since for
some applications this amount of data will not be sufficient, it is possible to change the amount of data
which can be handled by the DataTransfer module.
The maximum amount of data which can be handled by the Data Transfer module is 480 bytes of input
data and 480 bytes of output data. If this amount is still not sufficient enough for your application, please
ask HMS for a customer specific implementation. Some fieldbus systems can not support large amount of
data and can not be configured for the maximum 480 bytes of data inputs/outputs
In the following chapters it is described how an implementation when using the DataTransfer module is
performed. Finally an example is provided regarding the implementation of the DataTransfer module using
the examples and standard libraries provided by HMS.
To achieve compatibility for future AnyBus products, please read chapter 3.1 first.