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- Page 1 CAN / EtherNet/IP Gateway GT200-EI-CA User Manual V2.2 SST Automation Email: support@sstautomation.com www.SSTAutomation.com...
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Page 2: Technical Support Contact Information
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
Table of Contents 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 Descriptions .............................. 3 2.1 Product Appearance ............................3 2.2 Indicators ................................ 4 2.3 DIP Switch ..............................4 2.4 Interface ................................5 2.4.1 Power Interface ........................... - Page 4 6.4 Instance 102 Data Byte Definition .......................24 6.5 Terminal Resistor ............................25 7 How to Read/Write I/O Data ...........................26 7.1 Read/Write Data by IO Messaging (Recommended) .................. 26 7.2 Read/Write Data by MSG ..........................29 7.2.1 Read Data ............................29 7.2.2 Write Data ............................
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Page 5: Product Overview
1 Product Overview 1.1 Product Function GT200-EI-CA is a gateway that can realize mutual conversion between CAN protocol and EtherNet/IP protocol, and supports CAN2.0A/CAN2.0B devices to connect to EtherNet/IP Scanner for data communication. 1.2 Product Features 1.Supports one CAN interface. -
Page 6: Revision History
Query&Response Request Trigger Mode: change of value, cyclic. Timeout Action for Query&Response frames: Clear, Hold. Clear Timeout(ms): Range: 0 - 60000ms, If this parameter is 0, the gateway will not clear the corresponding data buffer. Status Message and Control Message. [5] Operating environment: ... -
Page 7: Hardware Descriptions
2 Hardware Descriptions 2.1 Product Appearance Power Interface DIP switch Ethernet Status Indicator CAN Status Indicator Ethernet Interface CAN Interface Terminal Resistor Switch Note: This picture is for reference only. The product appearance is subject to the actual product. www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 8: Indicators
2.3 DIP Switch The configuration DIP switch is used to set the operating mode of the GT200-EI-CA and is located on the top of the gateway. Bit 1 is the Function Bit, and Bit 2 is the Mode Bit. -
Page 9: Interface
2.4 Interface 2.4.1 Power Interface Function Power GND NC，(Not Connected) 24V+ 24V+, DC 2.4.2 CAN Interface CAN side connector: CAN_L Wiring Pin 1 CAN_L SHIELD Pin 2 SHIELD Pin 3 CAN_H CAN_H Notes: In this gateway, the optional connection is blocked. Both CAN-L and CAN-H must be connected. There is a 120ohm terminal resistor toggle switch next to the terminal, when the switch is on, the terminal resistor is connected.when the switch is off, the terminal resistor is disconnected. -
Page 10: Hardware Installation
3 Hardware Installation 3.1 Mechanical Dimension Size (width * height * depth): 1.0 in * 4.0 in * 3.6 in (25 mm * 100 mm * 90 mm) 3.2 Installation Method Using 1.4 in (35mm) DIN RAIL. www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 11: Quick Start Guide
4 Quick Start Guide 4.1 Gateway Configuration Use an Ethernet cable to connect the GT200-EI-CA to the PC. Set DIP Switch to "1(OFF), 2(ON)". In configuration mode, use SST-EC-CFG configuration software to set parameters such as IP address and CAN baud rate (see Chapter 5 for details). -
Page 12: Software Instructions
5 Software Instructions 5.1 Precautions Please set the DIP Switch (1) to OFF, (2) to ON as the product is used for the first time, and configure the parameters in the static configuration. Noted the IP conflict will cause the start-up failure of the product. Users can upload/download configuration in the static configuration, the product cannot communicate with the devices in this process. -
Page 13: Search Device
5.2.2 Search Device Click "Search Device" you can search all devices on the network. www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 14: Ip Search
5.2.3 IP Search "IP Search" can search specified device by IP address, thereby configure this device. At this time, it only lists the device using the IP address. www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 15: Configuration
5.2.4 Configuration Select a device in the list, then the "Configure" and "Remote Reset" become available, "Locate" reserved. Click the "Configure" button or double-click the selected device, a window will pop up as follows: www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 16: Industrial Ethernet
5.2.5 Industrial Ethernet Configure Ethernet parameters including "Select Protocol", "Assign IP Mode", "IP Address", "Subnet Mask", "Gateway Address", "DNS1", "DNS2", and "VendCode". The parameters that can be configured are as follows: Assign IP Mode: Supports Manual Assign and DHCP. IP Address: Set the IP address of the device. Subnet Mask: Set the subnet mask of the device. -
Page 17: Can (Advance Mode)
CAN Protocol Type: Supports CAN 2.0A and CAN 2.0B. Baud Rate: 10K-1Mbps Run Mode: Setting defines the CAN filtering mode. The two options available are Basic or Advanced. — The basic mode uses 16-byte communication mode, and the advanced mode can fill in different CAN ID. 5.2.7 CAN (Advance Mode) Configure CAN parameters including "CAN Protocol Type", "Baud Rate", "Run Mode", "Producer Frame Cyclic Transmission Rate (ms)", "Query&Response Timeout (ms)", "Query Interval (ms)", "Query&Response Request... - Page 18 CAN Protocol Type: Supports CAN 2.0A and CAN 2.0B. Baud Rate: 10K-1Mbps Run Mode: Setting defines the CAN filtering mode. The two options available are Basic or Advanced. — The basic mode uses 16-byte communication mode, and the advanced mode can fill in different CAN ID. Producer Frame Cyclic Transmission Rate (ms):The amount of time, measured in milliseconds (ms), to periodically send Producer CAN frame messages automatically.
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Page 19: Consumer Frame In Advanced Mode
Clear: Set the data to zero. Hold: Keep the data unchanged. Status Message: Disable or enable options. When the CAN status message feature is enabled, a CAN status message will be added to the beginning of the input data that is read on EtherNet/IP. Within the CAN status message, each Consumer CAN frame and Response CAN frame will have one bit to indicate the execution status of the CAN frame. -
Page 20: Producer Frame In Advanced Mode
5.2.9 Producer Frame in Advanced Mode Configure CAN consumer frames, including "Frame ID", "Data Length" and "Mapping address". Click "Add CAN " to add a producer frame. Frame ID： The CAN ID of the CAN send data in the producer frame. Data Length：... -
Page 21: Save/Open Configuration
Click "Add CAN " to add a query&response frames. Frame ID (Query): The CAN ID of the CAN send data in the query&response frame. Data Length (Query): The number of bytes of the CAN send data in the query&response frame. Mapping address (Query):The memory mapping address of the internal memory buffer of the gateway, shown in decimal. - Page 22 www.SSTAutomation.com...
- Page 23 Save Config. File to PC: Save the configuration parameters to the computer (.chg) for later viewing, pay attention to save this file. Export Excel to PC: Save configuration parameters to computer (xls). Select the device in the list, click the "Save Config. File to PC" or "Export Excel to PC" button, and select the path to complete the operation.
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Page 24: New
5.2.12 New Click the "New Config.file" button.Open the configuration interface after the parameters was initialized: Note: The "New Config.file" function is mainly used for off-line configuration. Namely: Configuration interface can also be opened without device in initialization parameters. www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 25: Remote Reset
5.2.13 Remote Reset Click the "Remote Reset" button, as shown in the pop-up interface as follows. Click on "OK", then execute remote reset operation, the gateway will restart (power off and power on). Click on "Cancel", and then cancel the reset operation. www.SSTAutomation.com... -
Page 26: Working Principle
6 Working Principle 6.1 Data Exchange Mode The communication mode between CAN and EtherNet/IP is asynchronous, as shown in the figure below: "Data 1" shows the data transmission process from EtherNet/IP to CAN. "Data 2" shows the data transmission process from CAN to EtherNet/IP. An EtherNet/IP I/O output can carry 1 CAN frames. -
Page 27: Ethernet/Ip Connection Parameters
173（10Bytes） Note: The input is 4 bytes more than the output since it uses the first 4 bytes to show the status of the GT200-EI-CA. An example of parameter configuration in RSLogix5000 is as follows: 6.3 Instance 101 Data Byte Definition（Basic Mode）... -
Page 28: Instance 102 Data Byte Definition
6.4 Instance 102 Data Byte Definition Data direction: CAN -> EtherNet/IP The first 4 bytes of the EtherNet/IP message are the status bytes of the GT200-EI-CA. The next 16 bytes are used to show information about the CAN frame message. -
Page 29: Terminal Resistor
Number data control If GT200-EI-CA received CAN frame on CAN network, the sequence number of input frame will add 1. Users decide whether to use these CAN frame according to the needs. For example: Send a CAN frame, the sequence number is 10, the data frame in CAN2.0A working mode, ID=0x123, and the data is 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08. -
Page 30: How To Read/Write I/O Data
7 How to Read/Write I/O Data The following RSLogix 5000 example will describe how to read/write I/O data. 7.1 Read/Write Data by IO Messaging (Recommended) 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.SSTAutomation.com... - Page 31 Comm Format: Configure data types. Users can choose data types as DINT, INT, SINT and REAL, etc. After confirmation, this cannot be changed. If you want to change data types, you can create a new module. IP Address: Set the IP address of the EtherNet/IP adapter module (IP address of GT200-EI-CA, configured by the software SST-EC-CFG)
- Page 32 chapter 6 Connection Parameters: Set Connection parameters during communication. Please refer to Note: "Size" (configured bytes) in the above picture should be consistent with the relevant input and output bytes of Instance in the above chapter. Click "OK", set the scanner polling time interval in the pop-up dialog box, the default is 10ms, as shown below: After setting this interval, click "OK"...
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Page 33: Read/Write Data By Msg
Unfold "SSTGateway: I", as shown below: In the above picture, the first 4 bytes of SSTGateway: I. Data [0] are the status bytes. SSTGateway:I.Data [1] ~SSTGateway: I. Data [32] are the input data from the SST Gateway. 7.2 Read/Write Data by MSG 7.2.1 Read Data Create a new project. - Page 34 Right click "ReadTag", select "Configure "ReadTag": In the new pop-up window, some parameters need to be set as below: Message Type: CIP Generic Service Type: Select "Get Attribute Single", now, relevant service code will become "e (Hex)" Class: 4 (Hex) ...
- Page 35 Choose "Communication" label, input the relevant path of connecting EtherNet/IP adapter in the blank space behind the Path, the path format is: EthetNet IP hostname, EtherNet/IP scanner slot No., IP address of EtherNet/IP adapter, after setting the path, click "Apply", "Confirm". As is shown below: In this instance, EtherNet/IP hostname is "Scanner", EtherNet/IP scanner slot No.
- Page 36 PLC read-data command This is a simple command which can send a read request, it still needs to add some logic commands to trigger this command in the common program. For more detailed information, please refer to RSLogix5000. Download the program to the PLC and set PLC into the "Online" state. Click "Control Tags"...
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Page 37: Write Data
7.2.2 Write 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.SSTAutomation.com... - Page 38 Enter the "Monitor Tags" interface. input some data beginning from address WriteData[0] in the "WriteData" tag. There, data will be outputted to SST Gateway. Right click "WriteTag", select "Configure "WriteTag"": www.SSTAutomation.com...
- Page 39 In the new pop-up window, there are variables that need configuration as shown below: Message Type: CIP Generic Service Type: Select "Set Attribute Single", now, relevant Service Code will become "10 (Hex)" Class: 4 (Hex) Instance: Please refer to chapter 6 EtherNet/IP Connection Parameters ...
- Page 40 Choose "Communication" label, input the relevant path of connecting EtherNet/IP adapter in the blank space behind the Path, the path format is: EthetNet IP hostname, EtherNet/IP scanner slot No., IP address of EtherNet/IP adapter, after setting the path, click "Apply", "Confirm". As is shown below: In this instance, EtherNet/IP hostname is "Scanner", EtherNet/IP scanner slot No.
- Page 41 PLC read-data command PLC write-data command Download the PLC program to the PLC and set PLC to the "Online" state, the data in the "WriteData" will be outputted to EtherNet/IP adapter (SST Gateway). www.SSTAutomation.com...
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