Pr of i b us Opt i o n bo ar d GENERAL The Vacon NX AC drives can be connected to the Profibus DP using a fieldbus board. The drive can then be controlled, monitored and pr ogrammed fr om the Host system.
<95%, no condensation allowed Altitude Max. 1000 m Vibration 0.5 G at 9… 200 Hz Safet y Ful fils EN50178 standar d Table 2- 1. Pr ofibus technical data 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
4 • vac on t ec h ni c a l d at a Pr ofibus cabl e 1. Profibus devices are connected in a bus structure. Up to 32 stations (master or sl aves) can be connected in one segment. The bus is terminated by an active bus terminator at the be- ginning and end of each segment (see Figur e 2- 1 ).
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• 5 Figur e 2-1. Cabling and bus ter mination 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
6 • vac on p r of i b us d p PROFIBUS DP Int r oduct ion Profibus is a vendor- independent, open fieldbus standar d for a wide range of applications in manu- factur ing, process and building automation. Vendor independence and openness ar e guaranteed by the Profibus standar d EN 50 170.
User data ar e not eval uated by the Profibus DP transmission protocol. The meaning is specified in the profiles. In addition, the pr ofiles specify how Profibus DP is to be used in the application area. The following Profibus DP pr ofile is used in VACON NX Profibus Fieldbus board. 3.2.1 Var iabl e Speed Dr ive Pr ofile (3.071)
Loader must be used for firmwar e update. Vacon Loader is supported in the NX products which use firmware mentioned in Tabl e 4- 2. Older NX firmware versions support only the NCLoad tool, and therefore updating of the PC01294 OPT- C3/C5 firmware is not possibl e unless the NX fir mware is updated.
1 0 • va c o n f i el d bu s bo ar d l a yo ut a nd c on nec t i o ns 4.1.1 Gr ounding of bus cabl e shiel d in OPT- C3 The bus cabl e shield can be grounded in three different ways: directly to the AC drive frame to the frame of the AC drive through an RC fil ter...
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0.5 cm to fit in the terminals. See pictures below. NOTE! Do this for both bus cabl es. Figur e 4- 6. Figur e 4- 7. 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
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1 2 • va c o n f i el d bu s bo ar d l a yo ut a nd c on nec t i o ns We recommend you to use an Abico connector to fit the grounding cabl e into the gr ounding ter minal (# 1).
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Figur e 4- 11. PC00257 gr ounding jumper b) PC01294: Set jumper X14 Upper row: GND connected to cabl e shield Lower row: Cabl e shield is connected to PE through RC 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
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1 4 • va c o n f i el d bu s bo ar d l a yo ut a nd c on nec t i o ns Jumper X14, upper row GND connected to cable shield GND not connected to cable shield Jumper X14, lower row Cable shield connected to PE through RC Cable shield connected directly to PE...
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See Figur e 4- 14 . 5. Ground the cabl e shield at both ends and on all loads by 360° connection. Figur e 4- 14a. Figur e 4- 11b. 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
• 17 4.2.1 Gr ounding of a D- connect or : Figur e 4- 16. Remove the scr ew of the gr ounding clamp 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
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1 8 • va c o n f i el d bu s bo ar d l a yo ut a nd c on nec t i o ns 15 m m Figur e 4- 17. Strip the cable according to the pictur e Max.
Bus ter m inal r esistor s If Vacon is the l ast device of the PROFIBUS l ine, the bus ter mination must be set. Use jumper X6/X13 (ON position) or external termination resistors (e.g. in DSUB- 9 connector). See Figure 4- 19 or Figure 4- 20 depending on the used OPT- C3/C5 hardwar e.
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2 0 • va c o n f i el d bu s bo ar d l a yo ut a nd c on nec t i o ns Green Yellow 11692_00 Figur e 4-21. LED indications on the PC00257 Pr ofibus boar d PS BS FS 11693_00 Figur e 4-22 LED indications on the PC01294 Pr ofibus boar d...
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Blinking Module is in FAULT state sl ow No messages fr om Master within the watchdog time (once/5 secs) Bus broken, cabl e loose or Master off line 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
INSTALLATION OF VACON NX PROFIBUS BOARD It is not al lowed to add or repl ace option boards or fiel dbus boards on an AC drive with the power switched on! This may damage the boards.
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Make a sufficiently wide opening for your cabl e by cutting the grid as wide as nec- essary. Close the cover of the control unit and the cabl e cover. 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
Fiel dbus boar d par am et er s The Vacon Profibus board is commissioned with the control keypad by giving values to appropriate parameters in menu M7 (for locating the expander board menu see Vacon NXS/P User Manual, Chap- ter 7).
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Figur e 6- 2. Pr ofibus status Pr ofibus status Waiting parameter from Master Waiting configuration fr om Master Communication establ ished Table 6- 2. Pr ofibus status indications 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
St ar t - up t est AC dr ive application Choose Fieldbus (Bus/Comm) as the active control pl ace (see Vacon NXS/P User Manual, Chapter 7.6). Master software 1. Set Control Word value to 0hex.
Master. The contents of the input/output data is defined in the device profile. The device profile for AC drives is PROFIDRIVE. The Vacon NX AC drive can be controlled by Profibus DP Master using the PPO- types defined in Profidrive (see Chapter 7.3). When fieldbus has been selected as the AC drive’s active control pl ace, the AC drive’s operation can be controlled from the Profibus DP Master.
PPO t ypes PPOs (Par ameter/Pr ocess Data Object) are the communication objects in PROFIBUS DP. The PPOs in Vacon NX: Par am et er Fiel d Pr ocess Dat a Fi el d...
ProcessData 1 … ProcessData 8 StatusWord Actual Value 1 Process Dat a 1 … ProcessData 8 Figur e 7- 2. Contr ol of the AC drive thr ough Profibus 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
As shown above, ther e are several stop m odes. It depends on the operating situation, which mode is sel ected. NOTE! In Vacon NX AC drive STOP1 and STOP3 are identical . Al so STOP2 and RUN DISABLE are iden- tical.
Not used Not used Not used Table 7- 3. Status wor d bit descr iptions * Comes straight from the AC drive ** Bits of the State Machine 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
3 2 • va c o n p r of i b us- vac on n x i n t er f ac e 7.4.3 St at e m achine The state machine describes the device status and the possibl e control sequence of the AC drive. The state transitions can be generated by using the “...
The master can read the AC drive’s actual values using the process data variabl es. Depending on the used appl ication, the contents are either standard or can be sel ected with a param- eter. 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
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3 4 • va c o n p r of i b us- vac on n x i n t er f ac e Profibus DP m a ster VACO N N X 1 Output Frequency 2 Motor Speed Selector Parameter or fixed variable N XB1 Figur e 7- 4.
Par am eter dat a The Vacon variabl es and fault codes as well as the parameters can be read and written using PPO types 1, 2 and 5. The reading and writing can be done via the parameter field of the pr ofibus message frame.
7.5.1 Par am eter fiel d Task and parameter ID VALUE ID byte1 ID byte2 Request/ Response Par ameter Number (= Vacon ID number) type Spontaneous bit (not used) Request/ Response types Request Function Response Function...
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In writing mode the data to be written is placed in the field “ Data word 2” . In reading mode the answer is in the field ” Data word 2” . “ Data word 1” is normal ly zero. 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
3 8 • va c o n p r of i b us- vac on n x i n t er f ac e Exam pl e m essages Exam pl e1 , (PPO1 mode): Read par ameter number 102 (ID=102). Start AC drive and set speed reference 50.00%.
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Cur rent speed 25.00% (= 12.50 Hz if par am eter min. fr equency 0 Hz and max. frequency 50 Hz) PPO1 frame ( Param eter Field as Bold text): 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com...
Defective option board or slot Check the boar d and slot. Contact the near est Vacon distr ibutor . Table 8- 1. Pr ofibus option boar d faults You can define with parameters how the AC drive reacts to cer tain faul ts:...
4 2 • va c o n a p pend i x APPENDIX Pr ocess Dat a OUT (Sl ave Master ) The fieldbus master can read the AC drive’s actual values using process data variabl es. Basic, Standard, Local/Rem ote, Mul ti- Step, PID control and Pump and fan control applications use process data as follows: Dat a Val ue...
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Pr ocess Data IN2 Actual Val ue 1 to PID con- 0.01% troller Pr ocess Data IN3 Actual Val ue 2 to PID con- 0.01% troller PD4–PD8 Not Used 24- hour suppor t: +358 (0)201 212 575 • Email: vacon@ vacon.com 8 1 0...
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Document ID: Vacon Ltd Member of the Danfoss Group Rev. B Runsorintie 7 65380 Vaasa Sales code: DOC-OPTC3/C5+DLUK Finland...
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