Varan - Baumuller b maXX 5000 Series Instruction Handbook Manual

8.4.2

VARAN.

Type code b maXX 5000 with VARAN:
BM5XXX-XXXX-XXXX-02XX-
A b maXX 5000 with fieldbus option VARAN can communicate with a VARAN master.
X3 and X4 on the front side of the device are the RJ45 connections for VARAN (also see
ZConnections on the front side–
Mounting and 
The mounting/installation consists of the following steps:
installation.
1 De-energize the b maXX 5000 device
2 Set the b maXX 5000 IP-address,
3 Connect b maXX 5000 with VARAN bus cables (Ethernet-LAN cable at least CAT 5).
Figure 100:
NOTE!
A point-to-point connection between PC (ProDrive) and b maXX 5000 VARAN slave
X4 for commissioning is possible even without a VARAN master.
see ZSetting the IP address with address switches–
n X3: VARAN-In, X4: VARAN-Out. 
On the first b maXX 5000 node of a VARAN line X3 is connected with the VARAN
master. X4 is connected with X3 of the next b maXX 5000 slave in the line, and so
on. The last node of a VARAN line has no connection of X4 or is connected with a
PC (tunneling of Ethernet frames via VARAN to the controller, e. g. to communicate
with ProDrive).
Each slave within the VARAN line can be addressed and parametrized via selection
of its IP address.
VARAN fieldbus connection
as from page 171).
as from page
Instruction handbook b maXX 5000
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