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Modbus / EtherNet/IP Adapter
GT100-EI-RS
User Manual
V 1.4
Rev C
SST Automation
E-mail: SUPPORT@SSTCOMM.COM
WWW.SSTCOMM.COM

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  • Page 1 Modbus / EtherNet/IP Adapter GT100-EI-RS User Manual V 1.4 Rev C SST Automation E-mail: SUPPORT@SSTCOMM.COM WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 2 Important Information Warning The data and examples in this manual cannot be copied without authorization. SST Automation reserves the right to upgrade the product without notifying users. The product has many applications. The users must make sure that all operations and results are in accordance with the safety of relevant fields, and the safety includes laws, rules, codes and standards.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Catalog 1 Product Overview..............................1 1.1 Product Function.............................1 1.2 Product Features............................. 1 1.3 Technical Specifications..........................1 1.4 Revision History............................. 2 2 Hardware Description..............................3 2.1 Appearance..............................3 2.2 Indicators.................................4 2.3 Button................................4 2.4 Interface................................4 2.4.1 Power Interface............................ 4 2.4.2 Ethernet Interface..........................5...
  • Page 4 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 5.6 Load and Save Configuration........................28 5.6.2 Load Configuration..........................28 5.6.2 Save Configuration..........................28 5.7 Auto Mapping............................... 29 5.8 Export Excel File............................29 6 Working Principle of Modbus Master........................31 7 Universal Mode................................32 7.1 Data Exchange.............................. 32 7.2 Universal Protocol............................
  • Page 5: Product Overview

    1 Product Overview 1.1 Product Function GT100-EI-RS is an adapter which can realize the mutual conversion between Modbus protocol and EtherNet/IP protocol. It can connect Modbus (other serial protocol) devices to EtherNet/IP network. Modbus side supports RS-485/RS-422, and also supports RS-232, it only uses one interface during data communication.
  • Page 6: Revision History

    Revision Date Chapter Description V1.2 7/14/2015 New release Revision for V1.4 12/26/2016 GT100-EI-RS V1.4 Change the default Assign V1.4, Rev A 1/17/2017 IP Mode to DHCP Change the default IP V1.4, Rev B 3/18/2018 address to 192.168.1.XXX Revision and picture V1.4, Rev C...
  • Page 7: Hardware Description

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 2 Hardware Description 2.1 Appearance Power Interface Button Serial Indicators Ethernet Indicators Ethernet RJ45 Interface RS-232 Interface RS-485/RS-422 Interface WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 8: Indicators

    Reset to default settings - 3 seconds 192.168.0.11 Note: The reset action will clear the configuration! 2.4 Interface 2.4.1 Power Interface GT100-EI-RS has one power interface. It is recommended to use 24VDC power. Function NC, not connected 24V+ , DC 24V WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 9: Ethernet Interface

    Bi-directional Data+ Bi-directional Data- 2.4.3 RS-485/RS-422 Interface The RS-485 interface of GT100-EI-RS is standard, and the RS-485 characteristics of the product are shown as follows: 1. The basic characteristics of RS-485 transmission technology ① Network topology: Linear bus, there are active bus termination resistors at both sides.
  • Page 10: Rs-232 Interface

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual network. Serial interface uses 5-pin pluggable terminal and users can wire it according to the wiring instructions on the panel. Function R-, RS-422 Receive Negative R+, RS-422 Receive Positive D-, RS-485/RS-422 Transmit Negative D+, RS-485/RS-422Transmit Positive 2.4.4 RS-232 Interface...
  • Page 11: Installation

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 3 Installation 3.1 Machine Dimension Size: 0.98 in (width)*3.94 in (height)*3.54 in (depth) WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 12: Installation Method

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 3.2 Installation Method 35mm DIN rail mounting WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 13: Quick Start Guide

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 4 Quick Start Guide 4.1 Connect with Power Use DC 24V power supply, power wiring is as follows: WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 14: Connect With Serial Devices

    When RS-485 is in the communication of point to multi-point, to prevent the reflection and obstruction of signal, users need to use two terminal resistances in furthest ports of line, and the parameters are 120Ω 1/2W. Note: There is no terminal resistor inside RS-485/RS-422 interface of GT100-EI-RS. WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 15 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual The wiring method of RS-422 is shown as follow: RS-232 interface wiring examples with RS-232 of PC: WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 16: Ethernet Interface

    GT100-EI-RS. About how to configure GT100-EI-RS, please refer to chapter Notes: The network factory setting of GT100-EI-RS: IP address is 192.168.0.11 (fixed), subnet mask is 255.255.255.0, gateway address is 192.168.0.1. The serial factory setting is 19200, 8, N, 1. WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 17: Software Instructions

    5 Software Instructions 5.1 Notes before Configuration SST-MI-CFG is the software based on Windows platform. It is used to configure GT100-EI-RS adapter can set the relevant parameters and commands of Modbus and Ethernet. Double click the software icon on the desktop after installation to enter the "Select device" interface: 5.2 User Interface...
  • Page 18 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Title Bar Menu Bar Toolbar Tree View Configuration Window Comment Interface Tool Bar: Toolbar interface shown as follow: The function of Toolbar: New, Open, Save, Add Node, Delete Node, Add Command, Delete Command, Upload, Download, Mapping Address Conflict Detection, Calculate Mapping Address, Export EXCEL, and Debug.
  • Page 19: Device View Operation

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Delete Command: Delete a Modbus command. Upload: Read the configuration information from the module and shown in the software. Download: Download the configuration file to the adapter. Mapping Address Conflict Detection: To check whether there are some conflicts with configured commands in the adapter memory data buffer.
  • Page 20: Device View Operation Mode

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 5.3.2 Device View Operation Mode For equipment interface, support three operation modes: edit menu, edit toolbar and right click edit menu. 5.3.3 Device View Operation Types 1) Add node: Left click on subnet or existing nodes, and then perform the operation of adding a new node. Then there is a new node named "Node-x"...
  • Page 21: Configuration View Operation

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 4) Delete command: Left click a command and you can delete it. 5) Copy node: Left click on the existing node, choose the node and execute the operation of copying nodes (include all commands under the node).
  • Page 22: Interface Of Subnet Configuration

    When you select "Modbus Master", this two parameters are enabled. 5.4.2 Interface of Subnet Configuration In the device plate, click subnet, and then the configuration interface is shown as below: Currently, GT100-EI-RS supports two protocols. WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 23 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 1) Modbus Master Configurable parameters are shown as below: Baud Rate, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits, Transmission Mode, Response Timeout, Delay between Polls, Output Mode, Output Pulse, Scan Rate. Configuration interface is shown as below: Baud Rate: There are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200bps.
  • Page 24 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual receiving the right response. Scan Rate: Scan Rate is the ratio of fast scan cycle to slow scan cycle. If this parameter value is set to 10 then every fast scan command will be sent 10 times and those slow scan commands will be sent once.
  • Page 25: Node Configuration

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual data as the start delimiter of receiving data frame. End Delimiter: Valid when the "Delimiter" of frame type is selected. The range is 0 ~ 255. Input one byte data as the end delimiter of receiving frame.
  • Page 26 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Starting Address: the starting address of the register/switching value/coil in Modbus salve device. The range of the parameter value is 0 to 65535. Note: This item of SST-MI-CFG indicates protocol address. When users input PLC address, it will pop up the dialog box below.
  • Page 27: Comment Interface

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Write command: 0x4000~0x41EB. Users can also use this area after write command is about local data exchange: 0x0000~0x01EB. Mapping Bit (0~7): For the bit operation command, means the position where the start bit is in the byte, range0~7.
  • Page 28: Ethernet Configuration

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 5.5.1 Ethernet Configuration Users can manually input IP address or use search function, the default is using search function. 5.5.2 Upload Configuration Select "Upload", it will read configurations form the adapter, and the interface is shown as below:...
  • Page 29 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Select the device, click Sign In. WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 30: Download Configuration

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 5.5.3 Download Configuration Select "Download", it will download configurations to the adapter, and the interface is shown as below: WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 31 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Remark: Please confirm the configurations are correct before downloading configurations (you can use "Export EXCEL" function and it can help you check the configurations). Select the device, click Sign In and download the configuration to the adapter.
  • Page 32: Load And Save Configuration

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Click OK will restart the gateway remotely. 5.6 Load and Save Configuration 5.6.2 Load Configuration Select "Open", you can open the configuration project that you have saved. 5.6.2 Save Configuration Select "Save" or "Save as", you can save the configuration project with chg as its extension.
  • Page 33: Auto Mapping

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 5.7 Auto Mapping The mapping address of every command in the gateway must be calculated by fixed formula, users can use "Calculate Mapping Address" to calculate mapping address automatically. 5.8 Export Excel File Users can use the function to check the adapter configurations.
  • Page 34 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual After clicking save, it will open the excel file automatically. WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 35: Working Principle Of Modbus Master

    6 Working Principle of Modbus Master Data exchange of Modbus and EtherNet/IP of GT100-EI-RS is set up through "mapping". There are two data buffer areas, one is EtherNet/IP network input buffer and the other is EtherNet/IP network output buffer. Network input and output buffer is all for EtherNet/IP scanner.
  • Page 36: Universal Mode

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 7 Universal Mode 7.1 Data Exchange This product provides data exchange between EtherNet/IP industrial Ethernet protocol and serial interface. The communication between EtherNet/IP and serial data is bidirectional. The output data of EtherNet/IP can be sent to...
  • Page 37: Universal Protocol

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 7.2 Universal Protocol EtherNet/IP output data format: [Transaction number][Output data length n] [Output data 1]… [Output data n] [0x00] … [0x00] Note: The number of EtherNet/IP output byte should be greater than or equal to n + 2;...
  • Page 38: Ethernet/Ip Connection Parameters

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 8 EtherNet/IP Connection Parameters Connection parameters the adapter provides are as below: a. Input Instance: 102 (128 Bytes), 112 (256 Bytes), 122 (492 Bytes); b. Output Instance: 101 (128 Bytes), 111 (256 Bytes), 121 (492 Bytes);...
  • Page 39: How To Read/Write I/O Data

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 9 How to Read/Write I/O Data The following RSLogix 5000 example will describe how to read/write I/O data. 9.1 Read I/O Data Right click on EtherNet/IP scanner module, click "New Module", as shown below: In the pop-up dialog box, unfold "+" before "Communications", choose "ETHERNET-MODULE", click "OK", as shown below: WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 40 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual Configure relevant information of GT100-EI-RS in the pop-up window, as shown below: Set Communication Parameters. Please refer to chapter Set the name. IP address of the SST gateway. In the above picture, the module information needs to be configured includes: Name: Name the added EtherNet/IP adapter module (GT100-EI-RS module).
  • Page 41 If you want to change data types, you can create new module. IP Address: Set IP address of the EtherNet/IP adapter module (IP address of GT100-EI-RS). IP address of GT100-EI-RS is the address downloaded into module through software SST-MI-CFG.
  • Page 42 Unfold "SSTGateway: I", as shown below: In the above picture, four bytes of SSTGateway: I. Data [0] is real time frame head of EtherNet/IP adapter. SSTGateway:I.Data [1] ~SSTGateway: I. Data [32] is the corresponding input data address of GT100-EI-RS module in scanner.
  • Page 43: Read And Write Data Using Msg

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 9.2 Read and Write Data using MSG The following RSLogix 5000 example will describe how to read/write I/O data using MSG. 9.2.1 Read I/O Data Create a new project; it is in the "Offline" mode. Add two new tags "ReadTag" and "ReadData" under the "Controller Tags"...
  • Page 44 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual In the new pop-up window, it needs to set some parameters as below: Message Type: CIP Generic Service Type: Select "Get Attribute Single", now, relevant service code will become "e (Hex)" Class: 4 (Hex) Instance: 102 (128 Bytes), 112 (256 Bytes) and 122 (492 Bytes) can be set Attribute: 3 (Hex) Destination: Select "ReadData"...
  • Page 45 "Apply", "Confirm". As is shown below: In this instance, EtherNet/IP hostname is "Scanner", EtherNet/IP scanner slot No. Is "2", EtherNet/IP adapter (GT100-EI-RS) is "192.168.0.10". IP address of GT100-EI-RS is the address which is downloaded into the module through SST-MI-CFG.
  • Page 46 About the detailed information, please refer to RSLogix5000. Download the program to the PLC and set PLC into "Online" state. Click "Control Tags" and select "Monitor Tags", unfold "ReadData", you will see that PLC can read the data of Modbus slave through the adapter GT100-EI-RS. WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 47: Write I/O Data

    GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual 9.2.2 Write I/O Data Enter the "Offline" mode, add two new tags "WriteTag" and WriteData" under the "Controller Tags". Define the type of "WriteTag" as "MESSAGE" and "WriteData" as "DINT [500]": WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...
  • Page 48 User Manual Enter the "Monitor Tags" interface; input some data beginning from address WriteData[0] in the "WriteData" tag. There data will be outputted to GT100-EI-RS through PLC and write these data to Modbus slave devices through Modbus write command. Right click "WriteTag", select "Configure "WriteTag"":...
  • Page 49 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual In the new pop-up window, it needs to configure as below: Message Type: CIP Generic Service Type: Select "Set Attribute Single", now, relevant Service Code will become "10 (Hex)" Class: 4 (Hex) Instance: 101 (128Bytes), 111 (256Bytes) and 121 (492Bytes) Attribute: 3 (Hex) Source Element: Select "WriteData"...
  • Page 50 "Apply", "Confirm". As is shown below: In this instance, EtherNet/IP hostname is "Scanner", EtherNet/IP scanner slot No. Is "2", EtherNet/IP adapter (GT100-EI-RS) is "192.168.0.10". IP address of GT100-EI-RS is the address which is downloaded into the module through SST-MI-CFG.
  • Page 51 GT100-EI-RS Modbus/EtherNet/IP Adapter User Manual PLC read-data command PLC write-data command Download PLC program to the PLC and set PLC to "Online" state, the data in "WriteData" will be outputted to Modbus slave through GT100-EI-RS (EtherNet/IP adapter). WWW.SSTCOMM.COM...

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