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PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLERS User's Manual FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Input Units ACGM0705V1.1EN 2021.05 industry.panasonic.eu...
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This manual and everything described in it are copyrighted. You may not copy this manual, in whole or part, without written consent of Panasonic Electric Works Europe AG (PEWEU). PEWEU pursues a policy of continuous improvement of the design and performance of its products.
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Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in serious or moderate injury. CAUTION Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury. NOTICE Indicates a property damage message. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Memory area tables Programming examples For documentation on other units used with the FP7, please refer to the hardware manual for that unit. All manuals can be downloaded from the Panasonic Web site (industry.panasonic.eu). FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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An insulated power supply with an internal protective circuit should be used (FP power supply). The power supply for the CPU is a non-insulated circuit, so if an incorrect voltage is directly applied, the internal circuit may be damaged or destroyed. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Also, if a password is forcibly bypassed, the program is delet- ed. Therefore, please note the password in a safe location. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Current range (AFP7TC8) ......................... 38 5.3.1 0 to +20mA (0.64μA, 1/31250) ....................38 5.3.2 +4 to +20mA (0.64μA, 1/25000) .................... 39 Unit configuration ........................40 Advanced settings ..........................40 List of advanced configuration settings ..................... 40 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Digital values and status flags ....................65 8.3.2 Control flags .......................... 67 Unit memory addresses ........................69 8.4.1 Allocation of unit memory addresses ..................69 8.4.2 Bit settings in unit memory areas ..................71 Dimensions ............................76 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Offset and gain adjustment can be used to correct offset or cessing scaling errors. The offset and gain adjustments are made to the converted data before it is written to the CPU's input area. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
WRe5-26 Voltage input: -10 to +10V, 0 to +5V, +1 to +5V, -100 to +100mV Current input: 0 to +20mA, 4 to +20mA RTD unit 8 channels Pt100-1, Pt100-2, JPt100-1, JPt100-2, AFP7RTD8 Pt1000 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Conversion time (AFP7TC8 only) Average processing (count-based, time-based, or moving average) Offset/gain processing Scale conversion (AFP7TC8 only) Limit alarm Maximum and minimum value hold Disconnection detection FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Name Product no. Current consumption Thermocouple unit AFP7TC8 80mA RTD unit AFP7RTD 65mA Firmware version The following CPU firmware versions are required for using the analog units: Name Version Version 2.0 or later FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
E DIN rail attachment lever – Used for easy attachment to a DIN rail. R Expansion connector – Connects the unit to the internal circuit of I/O units and intelligent units. T Fixing hook – Used to fix expansion units. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
After wiring, make sure no wire is under stress. If the socket in the terminal block closes upon counter-clockwise rota- tion, the connection is wrong. Disconnect the wire, check the terminal hole, and then re-connect the wire. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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4. Insert the wire into the terminal block until it touches the back of the socket 5. Turn the screw clockwise to fix the wire in place The tightening torque should be 0.22–0.25Nm or less. 6. Reattach the terminal block to the unit FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
It is recommended to ground the unit using the shielded compensating lead wire. Do not place the analog input wires close to power lines or load lines other than PLC wires, and do not bundle them with other wires. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Wiring and internal circuit diagram Q Thermocouple W PhotoMOS relay E Multiplexer R A/D conversion circuit T Internal circuit Terminal layout Channel Voltage/Current COM Common input N.C. Used by the system. Do not connect anything. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Wiring and internal circuit diagram Q Input device W PhotoMOS relay E Multiplexer R A/D conversion circuit T Internal circuit Terminal layout Channel Voltage/Current COM Common input N.C. Used by the system. Do not connect anything. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
W PhotoMOS relay E Multiplexer R A/D conversion circuit T Internal circuit Y Connect the In terminals. Terminal layout Channel Voltage/Current COM Common input N.C. Used by the system. Do not connect anything. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
2.2.4 RTD input Wiring and internal circuit diagram Q RTD input W PhotoMOS relay E Multiplexer R A/D conversion circuit T Internal circuit Terminal layout Channel N.C. Used by the system. Do not connect anything. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Example: If the first word address is 10, the address numbers for the digi- tal output value and the error flag on channel 0 will be WX10 and X11F, respectively. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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-1000 to +4000 -200.0 to +750.0°C -2000 to +7500 -270.0 to +400.0°C -2700 to +4000 -270.0 to +1300.0°C -2700 to +13000 0.0 to +1760.0°C 0 to +17600 0.0 to +1760.0°C 0 to +17600 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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FALSE when the connection has been restored. (Valid for thermocouple input and 1–5V and 4–20mA ranges only.) High limit alarm flag TRUE when the digital output value exceeds the switch-on value for high limit alarm. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Channel 2 Channel 3 Disconnection detection control flag Y1–Y2 Y11–Y12 Y21–Y22 Y31–Y32 Not used Limit alarm control flag Not used Maximum/minimum hold control flag Y6–YE Y16–Y1E Y26–Y27 Y36–Y37 Not used Error reset flag FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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FALSE. Maximum/minimum hold control flag TRUE to execute the maximum/minimum hold function. FALSE to turn the maximum/minimum hold active flag (Xn5) to FALSE. Error reset flag TRUE to reset the error flag (XnF). FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Sample program The digital output values from the analog unit are stored in the CPU's memory areas DIXWX0, DIXWX2, DIXWX4, and DIXWX6. They are read by channel and stored in four different variables. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
25ms/channel or 5ms/channel is added to the conversion time. No. of Conversion time + processing time channels Normal mode (25ms/channel) High-speed mode (5ms/channel) 25ms+25ms 5ms+5ms 50ms+25ms 10ms+5ms 75ms+25ms 15ms+5ms 100ms+25ms 20ms+5ms 125ms+25ms 25ms+5ms 150ms+25ms 30ms+5ms 175ms+25ms 35ms+5ms 200ms+25ms 40ms+5ms FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Conversion processing is enabled for 2 channels: E x a m p l e Order of conversion: channel 0channel 1channel 0channel 1... The conversion time for the disabled channels 2 to 7 is saved. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Q Analog signal, channel 0 of analog unit W Conversion processing E Order of conversion: channel 0channel 1channel 2channel 3 R CPU processing cycles T I/O refresh Y Digital output value (from analog unit), channel 0 of CPU FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Q Analog signal, channel 0 of analog unit W Conversion processing E Conversion of channel 0 only R CPU processing cycles T I/O refresh Y Digital output value (from analog unit), channel 0 of CPU FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
If the upper limit of the range is exceeded by 30°C, the digital output value is 30000. Thermocouple Analog input value Digital output value -115°C -1150 +615°C +6150 -215°C -2150 +1015°C +10150 -115°C -1150 +415°C +4150 -215°C -2150 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Analog input value (V) Digital output value (n) +31250 +25000 +18750 +12500 +6250 -6250 -12500 -18750 -25000 -31250 When exceeding the rated range Analog input value (V) Digital output value +10V +31250 -10V -31250 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
5.2.2 0 to +5V (0.16mV, 1/31250) Analog input value (V) Digital output value (n) +31250 +25000 +18750 +12500 +6250 When exceeding the rated range Analog input value (V) Digital output value +5V +31250 0V FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
5.2.3 1 to +5V (0.16mV, 1/25000) Analog input value (V) Digital output value (n) +25000 +18750 +12500 +6250 When exceeding the rated range Analog input value (V) Digital output value +5V +25000 1V FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Analog input value (mV) Digital output value (n) +100 +31250 +25000 +18750 +12500 +6250 -6250 -12500 -18750 -25000 -100 -31250 When exceeding the rated range Analog input value (mV) Digital output value +100mV +31250 -100mV -31250 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
5.3.1 0 to +20mA (0.64μA, 1/31250) Analog input value (mA) Digital output value (n) +31250 +25000 +18750 +12500 +6250 When exceeding the rated range Analog input value (mA) Digital output value +20mA +31250 0mA FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
5.3.2 +4 to +20mA (0.64μA, 1/25000) Analog input value (mA) Digital output value (n) +25000 +18750 +12500 +6250 When exceeding the rated range Analog input value (mA) Digital output value +20mA +25000 +4mA FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
The settings will become effective when the project is downloaded to the PLC. 6.2 List of advanced configuration settings AFP7TC8 General (common to all channels): Item name Data Default setting Power frequency 60Hz/50Hz 60Hz Conversion time 25ms/5ms 25ms FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Low limit alarm -31250 to +31250 switch-off value Maximum and mini- Disable/Enable Disable mum value hold Disconnection detec- Disable/Enable Disable tion Disconnection detec- Automatic/Manual Automatic tion flag reset For voltage or current input only. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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High limit alarm -31250 to +31250 1000 switch-off value Low limit alarm -31250 to +31250 switch-on value Low limit alarm -31250 to +31250 switch-off value Maximum and mini- Disable/Enable Disable mum value hold FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
R Average of a–e T Average of f–j Y Average of k–o Configuration Name Default Setting range Average processing Disable Select "Count-based average" Average count or time period 200–60000ms counts (specified with an unsigned integer) FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
E Analog input values R Average of A0–An T Average of B0–Bn Configuration Name Default Setting range Average processing Disable Select "Time-based average" Average count or time period Time: 200–60000ms (specified with an unsigned integer) FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
R Average of a–o T Average of b–p Y Average of c–q Configuration Name Default Setting range Average processing Disable Select "Moving average" Average count or time period 3–64 counts (specified with an unsigned integer) FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
The gain value slope can be changed in a range of 0.9x–1.1x. Q Gain adjustment W Gain 1.1x E Gain 0.9x Offset and gain processing is executed on a channel-by-channel basis. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
CPU's input area. This function is convenient if used for unit conversion. Scale conversion is exe- cuted on a channel-by-channel basis. Q Scale conversion FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
The low limit alarm flag turns to TRUE if the digital output value drops below the switch-on value for low limit alarm. The limit alarm is set and executed on a channel-by-channel basis. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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FALSE and the limit alarm function is disabled. Therefore, the low limit alarm flag turns to FALSE before the switch-off value for low limit alarm is reached For I/O addresses of control and status flags, see p. 21. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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TRUE when the specified upper or lower limit is detected. The output is specified using the function block FP_GET_UNIT_OFFSETS1. Please refer to the Control FPWIN Pro online help for detailed information. POU Header FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
The maximum and minimum values will be held in the unit memory even when the control flag turns to FALSE or the CPU is switched to PROG mode. The maximum and minimum values are held on a channel-by-channel ba- sis. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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E Minimum value is refreshed T Minimum value is held in unit memory For I/O addresses of control and status flags, see p. 21. Configuration Name Default Setting range Maximum and minimum value hold Disable Select "Enable" FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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When the maximum and minimum hold active flag for channel 0 is TRUE, the maximum and minimum values on channel 0 are read from the unit memory of the unit in slot 1 and copied to the variables Chan- nel0_iMaxValue and Channel0_iMinValue. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Q Analog input value W Threshold E Disconnection detection control flag R Disconnection detection flag T In automatic mode, the disconnection detection flag will automatically turn FALSE when the threshold is reached again. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Select "Enable" Disconnection detection reset Automatic Select "Automatic" Sample program The disconnection detection is activated on channel 0. The disconnection detection flag turns to TRUE if a disconnection has been detected. POU Header FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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TRUE and the variable bIsDisconnectionDetected is set to TRUE. Disconnection detection is only performed for a voltage range of +1 N o t e to +5V or a current range of +4 to +20mA. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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AFP7RTD8, the disconnection detection flag and the disconnection detec- tion control flag cannot be used. Q RTD input W PhotoMOS relay E Multiplexer R A/D conversion circuit T Internal circuit Channel N.C. Used by the system. Do not connect anything. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
After the configuration has been updated, unit memory UM00028 will be set to 0. Sample program Make the following settings by user program: Range setting, channel 0: K1(-100°C..600°C) Range setting, channel 1: K1(-100°C..600°C) Conversion processing, channel 2–3: Disable POU Header FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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When bConfigure turns to TRUE and 16#55AA is written to unit memory UM00028, the configuration is updated. When the update is complete, 0 is written to UM00028 and writing of the output data starts. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
If no correct digital output values can be obtained with the current input: Check the connections of the terminal block. Check the connections of the input device. Check that the range setting has been set to current input. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
CPU) ments) Operation conditions Free from corrosive gases and excessive dust Conformity to CE Directives EMC: EN 61131-2 Overvoltage category Pollution degree Based on JIS B 3502 and IEC 61131-2. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Limit alarm Available Maximum and minimum value hold Available Disconnection detection Available for a voltage range of +1 to +5V or a current range of +4 to +20mA Available for all thermocouple types FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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0.0 to 1390.0°C ±0.1% ±0.3% ±0.30% WRe5-26 0.0 to 2315.0°C ±0.1% ±0.3% ±0.30% Accuracy of measurements 15°C outside the rated range cannot be guaranteed. Temperature measurement is possible, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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The unit configuration, which is stored in the unit memory (UM), can N o t e be changed via the [Advanced] button in the "I/O map and unit con- figuration" dialog or by specifying the settings in a user program. See p. 58. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Low limit alarm flag X113 X133 X153 Limit alarm active flag X114 X134 X154 Not used X115 X135 X155 Maximum/minimum hold ac- tive flag X96–X9E X116–X11E X136–X13E X156–X15E Not used X11F X13F X15F Error flag FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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-100.0 to +200.0°C -1000 to +2000 Pt100-2 -200.0 to +650.0°C -2000 to +6500 JPt100-1 -100.0 to +200.0°C -1000 to +2000 JPt100-2 -200.0 to +650.0°C -2000 to +6500 Pt1000 -100.0 to +100.0°C -1000 to +1000 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Example: If the first word number is 10, the address numbers for the dis- connection detection execution flag and the error flag reset flag on channel 0 will be Y100 and Y10F, respectively. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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FALSE to turn the high limit alarm flag (Xn1) and low limit alarm flag (Xn2) to FALSE. Maximum/minimum hold control flag TRUE to execute the maximum/minimum hold function. FALSE to turn the maximum/minimum hold active flag (Xn5) to FALSE. FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
UM0008B UM0009B UM000AB UM000BB Low limit alarm switch-on value UM0008C UM0009C UM000AC UM000BC Maximum and mini- Maximum hold value UM00170 UM00171 UM00172 UM00173 mum value hold Minimum hold value UM00178 UM00179 UM0017A UM0017B FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Reserved for the system UM00000 to UM0006F (UM00028 can be set) Configuration area UM00070 to UM000FF Reserved for the system UM00100 to UM0016F Monitor area UM00170 to UM001FF Reserved for the system UM00200 to UM0FFFF FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
16#16: Thermocouple input R(0.0°C to 1760.0°C) 16#17: Thermocouple input S(0.0°C to 1760.0°C) 16#18: Thermocouple input B(0.0°C to 1820.0°C) 16#19: Thermocouple input E(-270.0°C to 1000.0°C) 16#1A: Thermocouple input PLII(0.0°C to 1390.0°C) 16#1B: Thermocouple input WRe5-26(0.0°C to 2315.0°C) FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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UM000F6 UM00087 Upper limit of 10000 To apply the setting, "Scale conversion" must be enabled. UM00097 scale Setting range: -30000 to +30000 (specified with a signed UM000A7 integer) UM000B7 UM000C7 UM000D7 UM000E7 UM000F7 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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(specified with an unsigned integer) UM000E4 UM000F4 UM00085 Offset value To apply the setting, "Offset/gain processing" must be enabled. UM00095 UM000A5 Setting range: -3000 to +3000 (specified with a signed UM000B5 integer) UM000C5 UM000D5 UM000E5 UM000F5 FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
Maximum Maximum range: -31250 to +31250 (specified with a UM00171 hold value signed integer) UM00172 UM00173 UM00174 UM00175 UM00176 UM00177 UM00178 Minimum hold value UM00179 UM0017A UM0017B UM0017C UM0017D UM0017E UM0017F 8.5 Dimensions FP7 Thermocouple and RTD Units User's Manual...
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Record of changes Manual no. Date Description of changes ACGM0705V1EN 07/2015 First edition Updated company name and Web site ACGM0705V1.1EN 01/2021...