IBA ibaFOB-TDCexp Manual

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Interface Card for SIMATIC TDC
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Issue 1.2

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  • Page 1 Interface Card for SIMATIC TDC Manual Issue 1.2...
  • Page 2 However, the information in this publication is updated regularly. Required corrections are contained in the following regulations or can be down- loaded on the Internet. The current version is available for download on our web site http://www.iba-ag.com. Protection note ®...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Manual Table of contents About this manual ................... 5 Target group ....................5 Notations ....................... 5 Symbols used ....................6 Scope of delivery .................... 7 Safety information................... 7 System requirements ..................7 Hardware ....................... 7 Software ......................7 Introduction ..................... 8 Application .....................
  • Page 4 “Active data channels” tab ................32 8.2.5 “Channels in system” tab ................32 8.2.6 “Memory view” tab ..................33 Synchronization of the iba cards ..............34 Important information ................... 34 Procedure ....................34 Technical data ....................35 10.1 Main data ..................... 35 10.2...
  • Page 5: About This Manual

    Manual About this manual This manual describes in detail the configuration and use of the product ibaFOB- TDCexp. It serves both as a tutorial and a reference document. Target group This manual addresses in particular the qualified professionals who are familiar with han- dling electrical and electronic modules as well as communication and measurement tech- nology.
  • Page 6: Symbols Used

     By an electric shock!  Due to the improper handling of iba software products which are coupled to input and output procedures with control function! The non-observance of this safety information may result in a potential risk of death or...
  • Page 7: Scope Of Delivery

     ibaFOB-TDCexp card  Manual  Synchronization cable (sync cable)  For more accessories not included in delivery, please see www.iba-ag.com. Safety information Please consider the following safety advises: To prevent electrical shock during installation or uninstallation of the device disconnect the power supply from the computer before opening! This card contains components which can be destroyed by electrostatic discharge.
  • Page 8: Introduction

    TDC racks are connected to the CP52IO via the CP52A0 card. Up to 44 TDC racks can be connected to the GDM in total. For the TDC system, the ibaPDA PC with an ibaFOB-TDCexp card acts like a TDC rack, the ibaFOB-TDCexp card acts like a CP52A0 card.
  • Page 9: Characteristics

    CFC chart of the control unit. The information about the variable names (address books) is transferred from the TDC CPU to the ibaPDA system directly via the ibaFOB-TDCexp card. ibaPDA supports up to 4 cards with up to 50 processor connections per card and additionally, the ibaPDA-Technostring.
  • Page 10: Front View

    An additional software license “ibaPDA-Request-TDC” is required in order to use the SD-/TDC request function. It must be enabled on the iba software dongle. The service function blocks required for the request function are included in the iba function block library FBAPDA. You find the library on the DVD-ROM delivered with ibaPDA.
  • Page 11: Plug And Socket Connections

    Manual Plug and socket connections 1 Synchronization (Sync-IRQ-connector) Figure 3: Plug and socket connections Indicators 5.6.1 Device status LEDs LEDs indicate the operational state of the card and fiber optic channels. On power on all LEDs are lit for a few seconds to prove their proper function.
  • Page 12: 7-Segment Display

     The decimal point is blinking: Card is configured as an external interrupt master Note It is not allowed to configure the ibaFOB-TDCexp as external interrupt master. Fiber optical interface ibaFOB-TDCexp provides 1 duplex SC type jack with 1 optical transmitter and 1 optical receiver. Issue 1.2...
  • Page 13: Mounting And Dismounting

    5. Plug in the card carefully into a free PCIe slot and fix the card to the housing of the 6. If more than one iba card is installed connect all cards with one another by the flat ribbon cable (sync cable), see chapter 9 “Synchronization of the iba cards”.
  • Page 14: Dismounting

    Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp Dismounting 1. Shut down the PC. 2. Unplug the mains power line and open the PC so you can reach the PCIe slots. 3. Disconnect all external connections from the card. 4. Release the fixing screw. 5. Unplug the card carefully out of the slot. Store the card in an appropriate container.
  • Page 15: Configuration

    Manual Configuration Configuration on SIMATIC TDC 7.1.1 SD-TDC-lite transmission channels When projecting the transmission channels, the following is to be observed:  The names of the channels are established and should not be used elsewhere. The names of the max. 16 transmission channels (from the perspective of the control) are as follows: Channel 1:...
  • Page 16 Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp Figure 4: Configuration transmission channel with CTV Issue 1.2...
  • Page 17 Manual Figure 5: Configuration transmission channel with CTV_P Description of the CTV_P connectors: Connector Value Description Component name of CP52A0, connection to M0PDADAT Name of the transmission channel REFRESH channel mode Transmits the cycle of the time slice Telegram length in bytes...
  • Page 18: Sd-Tdc-Lite Reception Channels

    7.1.2 SD-TDC-lite reception channels Note Though the current firmware version provides the reception channels, they are not yet supported by iba-Software. 7.1.3 Technostring The Technostring (TS) is a slow process data channel with which additional non-cyclical alphanumeric data that accompany the measurement can be transmitted to ibaPDA. The TS runs independently of the PDA data channels.
  • Page 19: Time Synchronization

    (<5 ms). This function block supplies a digital DCF77 signal with polarity 0=active. Put it on a bit of a TDC-lite telegram. The function block is contained in the FBAPDA function block library of iba AG. (If you require more information, please contact the support of iba AG.)
  • Page 20: Configuration In Ibapda

    The interrupt mode is automatically generated by ibaPDA: as soon as an ibaFOB-D card is being used for configuration it is specified as “Interrupt-Master”. The “Slave-Mode” is activated for ibaFOB-TDCexp. In case the ibaFOB-D card is not being used but several ibaFOB-TDC(exp) or ibaFOB-SD(exp) cards are activated, the mode “Interrupt-Master intern”...
  • Page 21: Link Configuration

    Manual 7.2.2 Link configuration If you mark the „Link 0“ under the ibaFOB-TDCexp card in the signal tree, then the menus for diagnostics of the communication connection appear on the right side. Figure 9: Link level for ibaFOB-TDCexp In the “Configuration” tab you will find the data and entry fields which are necessary for the connection to the GDM: ...
  • Page 22: Configuration Of Data Modules

    Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp Options:  Auto disable signals on broken links: If this function is activated, the measurement channels of the CPUs which do not an- swer are temporarily disabled. This occurs e.g. when a frame is switched off while ibaPDA starts acquisition. At the next start, they are active again.
  • Page 23 Manual “General” tab “General” tab Figure 11: On the “General” tab, the following standard settings can be found:  Locked: The module can be locked to avoid unauthorized access to module settings  Enabled: Data capturing for this module is enabled; data capturing for deactivated modules is not possible ...
  • Page 24 Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp “Analog” and “Digital” signal tables tab In the “Analog” and “Digital” signal tables you can specify the analog and digital signals which are measured in the SIMATIC TDC telegrams. “Analog” tab Figure 12:  Name: Here you can enter a name for the signal. Two additional comments can be defined for each signal by clicking on the icon.
  • Page 25: Configuration Of Technostring

    After entry of the standard parameters the following settings must be defined:  Entry of terminator character according to the Technostring definition in chapter 7.1.3 “Technostring”, default is 13 (‘CR’).  Selection of board type ibaFOB-TDC or ibaFOB-TDCexp. Figure 13: ConfigurationTechnostring...
  • Page 26: Time Synchronization

    Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp 7.2.5 Time synchronization If you want to synchronize the time with a SIMATIC TDC-CPU, the following actions are necessary: Synchronization with DCF77 signal:  On the control side, configure the DCF77 time signal and put the bit in the binary scope of a SD-TDC-lite channel, see chapter 7.1.4 “Time synchronization”.
  • Page 27 Manual  Select the time synchronization with IEC 1131 in the ibaPDA I/O manager.  In the pick-lists “IEC 1131 time signal” and “Microsecond signal”, select the calcu- lated virtual signals “99:4 IEC time seconds” and “99:5 IEC time microseconds”.
  • Page 28: Diagnostics

    Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp Diagnostics The essential tools for diagnostics are integrated in the I/O manager of ibaPDA. General card diagnostics If you click on the data interface in the tree structure, the image of the card with essential information appears in the right part of the dialog window.
  • Page 29: Memory View" Tab

    8.1.3 Figure 18: Memory view Here five different memory regions of the ibaFOB-TDCexp card are displayed as hexa- decimal codes and strings. The relevant memory region can be selected in the pick-list “Memory region”. In the context menu (opened by a right mouse click) you can enter the memory address as a decimal or hexadecimal number and you can freeze the display.
  • Page 30: System-Info" Tab

    (BGT name, BG name, software version), memory allocation of the GDM and the number of channels specified in the GDM. The displayed cycle time is the time, the link is monitored on the ibaFOB-TDCexp side and the life counter of the GDM registration is incremented.
  • Page 31: Timing" Tab

    Duration of the transfer of one sample. The ratio of the “Current transfer duration” to the smallest “Actual read cycle time” gives information about the load factor of the ibaFOB-TDCexp card.  Max. transfer duration: Maximum duration of a data transfer since the last reset of the counters.
  • Page 32: Active Data Channels" Tab

    Manual ibaFOB-TDCexp Image generation Diagnostic information of DMA access to the ibaPDA memory. “Active data channels” tab 8.2.4 Here you'll find a table with all data channels, showing information on the specified time. All channels are assigned to T1 with a fixed length of 132 bytes.
  • Page 33: Memory View" Tab

    Figure 24: Channels, grouped by columns “Memory view” tab 8.2.6 The memory region “1: FPGA registers” of the ibaFOB-TDCexp card is shown in the “Memory view” tab. For more details, please refer to chapter 8.1.3 “Memory view” tab. Issue 1.2...
  • Page 34: Synchronization Of The Iba Cards

    Always save your system configuration before changing hardware components! Procedure You should perform the following steps after you’ve installed the PCIe card: 1. Connect all iba cards with the synchronization cable using the blue plugs. Figure 25: Connecting multiple iba PCI cards by sync cable 2.
  • Page 35: Technical Data

    Manual Technical data Main data 10.1 Order No. 11.112601 Format/size PCI Express card ° ° Operating Temperature From 32 °F to 122 °F (from 0 C to 50 ° ° Storage Temperature From -13 °F to 158 °F (from -25 C to 70 °...
  • Page 36: Performance

    The extrapolation shows, that even for 16 channels all values can be transmitted without any data loss with a sample time on 1ms by ibaFOB-TDCexp card. Figure 26: Relation between sample time and number of channels Issue 1.2...
  • Page 37: Appendix

    Manual Appendix Configuration of cycle times 11.1 The cycle times can be automatically calculated by ibaPDA depending on the configured channels, the requested signals and the cycle times of the connected CPUs. You can also manually configure these cycle times. Each cycle time must be a multiple of the base cycle time (T1).
  • Page 38: Support And Contact

    Koenigswarterstr. 44 90762 Fuerth Germany Phone: +49 911 97282-0 Fax: +49 911 97282-33 E-Mail: iba@iba-ag.com Contact: Mr. Harald Opel Regional and Worldwide For contact data of your regional iba office or representative please refer to our web site www.iba-ag.com. Issue 1.2...

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