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Thermo Scientific AquaSensors ™ AV38 and DataStick Ethernet ™ Communications User Guide...
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Example SLC 5/05 Ladder Logic Programs..........69 7.2.5 PCCC References..................70 Modbus TCP and PCCC Register Map ............71 Certifications......................82 General References ....................82 Limited Warranty....................83 Terms and Conditions ................... 84 ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
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Figure 32: An Ethernet DataStick network constructed with a PoE switch and a patch cable..........................28 Figure 33: An AV38 network constructed with a PoE switch and patch cables..... 28 Figure 34: Network Connections window............... 29 ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
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Figure 66: Specifying the IP address of the Ethernet product on the Setup screen of the SLC 5/05 MSG instruction....................70 Figure 67: The top entry is the Modbus TCP register and the bottom entry is the PCCC register..........................71 ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
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Table 9: Register bank 5000; information registers............80 Table 10: Register bank 6000; AV38 configuration register........... 81 Contact Information To contact Thermo Scientific AquaSensors Technical Support: Within the United States call 1.800.225.1480 or fax 978-232-6015. Outside the United States call 978.232.6000 or fax 978.232.6031.
1 Quick Start If you’re familiar with setting a computer’s IP address and have a cross-over cable and a power injector, the quickest way to establish communications with a Thermo Scientific AquaSensors Ethernet product is to: Figure 1: A diagram of an isolated Ethernet DataStick network.
2 Introduction This document describes the configuration and operation of the Thermo Scientific AquaSensors Ethernet Communications product. It applies to V1.02.00 firmware or later. The product is offered in two forms. The first form is as a Communications Adapter as shown in Figure 3 that is plugged into the DataStick Body.
PoE switch or power injector. On the other end of the Adapter is a keyed O-ring-sealed connector that can be plugged into any Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick. There are red and green LED indicators on this end of the Adapter that make it easy to know when the Ethernet link is active.
Mode A or Mode B as shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, respectively. Figure 7: Endpoint power sourcing equipment, Mode A. The product is the Powered End Station. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
• DataStick Diagnostics: Temporarily plug in a USB Communications Adapter for PC diagnostics • Repair: Replace a damaged DataStick assembly without rewiring • Change Measurement: Quickly swap the Sensor Head with a spare that’s been calibrated in the laboratory ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 11: The different parts of the Adapter. 3.1.1 Operating Temperature While operating at room temperature (~22 °C or ~72 °F), the Adapter runs at around body temperature (~37 °C or ~99 °F). This is normal. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Ethernet cable. The MAC Address can also be read electronically using the supported EtherNet/IP or Modbus TCP protocols, or by browsing to the Adapter’s CommSettings Web page. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
1 Hz while the Adapter is operating normally. It blinks red and green to indicate that the IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address have been restored to default values. See Section 3.1.5 for more information about restoring the communications settings to default values. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
5. Disconnect the power from the Adapter and remove the electrical connection between pins 5 and 9. Re-attach the Adapter to the DataStick. 6. Establish communications with the Adapter as described in Section 4. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
The AV38’s Media Access Control (MAC) Address is printed on a label that is affixed to the terminal block overlay inside the AV38 as shown in Figure 15. Figure 15: The AV38's MAC address is in the lower right-hand corner of the overlay. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
5. Disconnect the AV38 from the Ethernet network and remove the electrical connection between the two test points. Replace the terminal-block overlay. 6. Establish communications with the AV38 as described in Section 4, Configuration Procedures. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
MAC address. For customers that order a preconfigured IP address, a permanent IP address label can be provided. In the event that the IP address for a Thermo Scientific AquaSensors Ethernet product is lost, there are two ways to regain communications. The first involves a Discovery Utility...
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3. Using an 802.3af-compliant (PoE) Ethernet hub or switch and a CAT5 patch cable Choose the way that is most convenient for you. Attention: Determine how your control system will respond before disconnecting a product from the network. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
For Evaluation/Demonstration Purposes A Thermo Scientific AquaSensors Ethernet product can be connected to a computer using a power injector and a CAT5 cross-over cable. This “point-to-point” connection is convenient for initial setup because it avoids the possibility of an IP address conflict.
This will avoid any potential conflicts during the configuration procedure. Go to the Network Connections window shown in Figure 20 by clicking Start | Control Panel | Network Connections. Figure 20: Network Connections window. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the Properties button. This will bring up the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window as shown in Figure Figure 22: The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Start a Web browser on the laptop and enter the Ethernet DataStick’s IP address in the Address field. This will bring up the DataStick’s Home Page as shown in Figure 24. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
On the General tab of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window, click the “Obtain IP address automatically” radio button as shown in Figure 25. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
The laptop can now be connected to a home/office network where it will obtain an IP address automatically or to an Ethernet DataStick where it will use a static IP address. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
It means that the Ethernet DataStick to be added must be given an IP address between 192.168.10.1 and 192.168.10.254 in order to be accessible by other devices on the network. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 28 or Figure 29 can be constructed. Figure 28: An Ethernet DataStick network constructed with a power injector and a cross-over cable. Figure 29: An AV38 network constructed with a power injector and a cross-over cable. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 30 or Figure 31 can be constructed. Figure 30: An Ethernet DataStick network constructed with an Ethernet switch and patch cables. Figure 31: An AV38 network constructed with an Ethernet switch and patch cables. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 33: An AV38 network constructed with a PoE switch and patch cables. Now that an isolated network has been constructed, it’s time to change the IP address of the computer so that it can communicate with the DataStick. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
This will bring up the Local Area Connection Properties window as shown in Figure 35. Figure 35: Local Area Connection Properties. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the Properties button. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 37: Giving the computer a static IP address. Click OK until you return to the Network Connections window. The computer now has a static IP address of 192.168.0.1 and its subnet is 192.168.0.0. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Ethernet DataStick will be connected. Figure 38: Verifying that no device is present using the ping command. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Start a Web browser on the computer and enter 192.168.0.100 in the Address field. This will bring up the DataStick’s Home Page as shown in Figure 39. Figure 39: The Ethernet DataStick's Home Page. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Click on the CommSettings button to access the communications settings. The IP Setup Page will appear as shown in Figure 40. Figure 40: The product's IP Setup Page. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Click the Edit button and enter the following information: • User name: aqa • Password: aqa as shown in Figure 41. Figure 41: Entering the username and password in the IP Setup Page. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
After the values have been edited as desired, click the Apply button. To abort this step, click the Cancel button. The IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway will be returned to their previous values. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 43: The Home Page as seen from the Product's new IP address. The Ethernet DataStick’s communications settings have now been set as desired and it can be connected to the desired network. This completes the configuration procedure. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
• Communications Errors Exist – this status will appear when the communications between the product and the DataStick Body are not good but the Product has yet to determine that the DataStick Body is absent ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 45: Accessing the Calibration Page. The calibration page as shown in Figure 46 allows a 1-point sample calibration to be done on the DataStick. Figure 46: The DataStick Measurement System Calibration Page. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Configuration Values on the Home Page as shown in Figure 47. Click on any of the Measurement Units or Configuration Values to access the Configuration Edit Page Figure 47: Accessing the Configuration Edit Page. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Set button. For more information about re-configuring a DataStick, see the DataStick Manual. Clicking the Cancel button instead of the Set button will return the Configuration Setting to its previous value. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
See Section 4, Configuration Procedures, for more information about changing the communications settings. 5.4.2 Viewing/Clearing the Internal Counters There are four counters internal to the Ethernet product that can be viewed. Three of them can be cleared. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
The firmware in the Ethernet product can be upgraded by clicking on the ISP Download button. Thermo Fisher Scientific will provide you with further instructions in the event that a firmware upgrade becomes necessary. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Conductivity Sensor Calibration Mode Configuration For a detailed explanation of the Instance Attributes, please see the description of the associated Thermo Scientific AquaSensors Command in the DataStick Measurement System Instruction Manual. 6.5.1 Configuration The product supports Thermo Scientific AquaSensors “factory” configuration parameters and user configuration parameters.
This instance allows clients to monitor input data without providing output data. To utilize this connection type, an owning connection must exist from a second Client and the configuration of the connection must match exactly. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
6.5.5 Connection Manager Object (06 This object has no attributes. 6.5.6 TCP Object (F5 – 1 Instance) 6.5.6.1 Class Attributes Attribute ID Name Data Type Data Value Access Rule Revision UINT ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
See section 5-4.2.2.2 of “Volume 2: EtherNet/IP Adaptation of CIP” from ODVA for more details on this attribute. See section 5-4.2.2.3 of “Volume 2: EtherNet/IP Adaptation of CIP” from ODVA for more details on this attribute. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
DataStick in a reasonable amount of time. It is a count of the total number of write errors for all of the protocols supported. The counters can be cleared to 0 by setting them to 0. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
EtherNet/IP Default Access Scientific Scientific Data Type Data Rule AquaSensors AquaSensors Value Command Offset Sensor Type GSTYPE UINT Sensor Category GSCAT UINT Writing this attribute clears the count to 0. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Class Level Instance Level Get Attribute Single 6.5.11 User Configuration Object (67 – 1 Instance) 6.5.11.1 Class Attributes Attribute Name EtherNet/I Data Value Access P Data Rule Type Revision UINT ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
When calibrating the DataStick system, use the primary units of measure, e.g., calibrate pH in pH, not mV. 6.5.12.1 Class Attributes Attribute Name EtherNet/I Data Value Access Rule P Data Type Revision UINT ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
SCELL 6.5.13.3 Common Services Service Implemented for Service Name Code Class Level Instance Level Get Attribute Single Set Attribute Single Always reads as “0” since the parameter is write only. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Please note that the PLC Data Type in the Mode Configuration Object affects only the implicit I/O of the EtherNet/IP; it has no effect on the Modbus TCP. 6.6 EtherNet/IP Reference Open DeviceNet Vendor Association (ODVA), http://www.odva.org/ ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
(TCP/IP) and a vendor-neutral data representation, Modbus gives a truly open, accessible network for exchange of process data. The Modbus TCP registers are defined in the tables in Section 7.3, ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Peer-To-Peer Read command to the Ethernet product. In order to write registers in the Ethernet product, the PLC must issue a Peer-To-Peer Write Command to the Ethernet product. The PCCC Register numbers are shown in the tables in Section 7.3, ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
EtherNet/IP and sends them out on the Ethernet network. 7.2.1.1 Configuring the NET-ENI The 1761-NET-ENI (ENI) must be configured to forward messages from the SLC to the Ethernet Communications product before you can accomplish any communications. This ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
ENI Configuration Utility shown in Figure 51. It can be downloaded from http://www.ab.com/programmablecontrol/plc/micrologix1000/get/ENIutility.exe. Figure 51: The ENI Configuration Utility. See the 1761-NET-ENI MicroLogix™ Ethernet Interface User Manual for a complete description of how to configure the ENI. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
DN (Message done) bit that can be used to trigger the next operation. It also has an ER (Error) bit that can be used to handle communications errors. See the RSLogix 500 Instruction Help for more information. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
When a MSG instruction from the PLC with a Local Node Address (Destn) of 9 arrives at the RS-232 port on the ENI, the ENI routes it to the Ethernet product at IP address 192.168.10.201. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 54: Part 1 of 3 of a ladder logic program that reads the Sensor Value from N20:01. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 55: Part 2 of 3 of a ladder logic program that reads the Sensor Value from N20:01. In the MSG instruction on rung 3, note that the Type is Peer-to-Peer and that it is a Read instruction. The “Target Device” must be set to PLC5. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
MSG instruction will wait for the Ethernet product to respond. Because of the way the ENI has been configured, a Local Node Address of 9 corresponds to IP address 192.168.10.201. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 58 shows the Sensor Value (7 pH) that was read from N20:01 and stored in F8:0. Figure 58: The Sensor Value in F8:0. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 59: Part 1 of 3 of a ladder logic program to read and write the Sensor Filter value at N30:18. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 60: Part 2 of 3 of a ladder logic program to read and write the Sensor Filter value at N30:18. Note that the type of the MSG instruction on rung 6 is Write. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Figure 61: Part 3 of 3 of a ladder logic program to read and write the Sensor Filter value at N30:18. This program can easily be extended to read and write other configuration values. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Timeout specifies the amount of time that the MSG instruction will wait for the Ethernet product to respond. Because of the way the ENI has been configured, a Local Node Address of 9 corresponds to IP address 192.168.10.201. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
A SLC 5/05 PLC can be connected directly to an Ethernet network; no intermediate equipment is required. Figure 64 shows a SLC 5/05 connected directly to an Ethernet network. Figure 64: SLC 5/05 PLC connected directly to an Ethernet network. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Section 7.2.2, Example SLC 5/03 Ladder Logic Programs. The main difference is in the Setup screen for the MSG instruction as shown in Figure 65. Figure 65: The Setup screen for a MSG instruction in a SLC 5/05 PLC. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
N100:00 days time… 410,001 Uptime in integer since last Information N100:01 hours reset… 410,002 Uptime in integer Information N100:02 minutes application… 410,003 Uptime in integer of power. Information N100:03 seconds ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
Head- Point Sample dependent Value S.F. 44,005 Calibrate integer fixed Scale Factor N40:05 Temperature 1-Point Sample Value S.F. 44,006 N40:06 44,007 N40:07 44,008 N40:08 44,009 N40:09 44,010 N40:10 44,011 N40:11 ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
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The Ethernet product provides access to data stored in the product itself as well as data stored in the Data Stick Body. When data stored in the product itself is accessed, the ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
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DataStick in a reasonable amount of time. It is a count of the total number of write errors for all of the protocols supported. The counters can be cleared to 0 by writing to them. ™ ™ Thermo Scientific AquaSensors DataStick Ethernet Communications User Guide...
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