Users Manual
MC100
MC100 DeviceNet OM 1.01 EN.doc
Version: 1.01
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2 General description of MC100
2.1 Overview
MC100 is a Pump control module capable of controlling up to 16 WMF Pumps. The basic function is
to receive filling data from the filling line control system through an industrial fieldbus and to calculate
operating values for the pumps. Transmit/ Receive those values and status through the FlexNet
protocol.
MC100 constitutes with WMF Pumps a filling system that is designed for incorporation into a larger
facility as described below.
Pump
Pump
Pump
Pump
Product
MC100
Filling line control system
incl. storing of recipe and
HMI
Scale
Recipe
Commands
Actual
parameter
Status
Achieved
fill amount
Filling system
2.2 Introduction & design purpose
The MC100 is physically a small module intended for mounting inside the control cabinet of the filling
line.
The MC100 is designed with the purpose of integrating Watson-Marlow Flexicon pumps into a filling
line. The MC100 has no physical operator interface, all access to the module and hence the pumps is
done through the fieldbus interface module
2.2.1 How it works / Technical description of operation
Recipes, containing parameters, such as filling volume and filling speed for the requested filling, are
sent to the MC100 via the fieldbus communication. The MC100 will, based on these specifications
calculate operating parameters for all the pumps and transfer these parameters to the pumps
Parameters will be sent to and status retrieved from the pumps by the RS485 multidrop network using
the proprietary FlexNet communication protocol.
All control signals and status signals from the pumps are available through the fieldbus interface, but
start and status signals can be sent to / received directly from the individual pump by 24V signals.
