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Chapter 02. Table of Contents. Chapter 03. Safety–Safety, hazard, and warning rules. All current and applicable certifications shown in this manual confirm Carlisle Fluid Technologies adherence to Chapter 04. Fieldbus I/O–RF2 external communications the strict standards met to obtain the required regulatory methods, setup, and Input/Output array data tables.
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INTRODUCTION RF2 RELATED MANUALS & PUBLICATIONS Part Number Description 77-3152-1 RF2 Installation Manual 77-3152-2 RF2 Operation Manual 77-3152-3 RF2 Service Guide 77-3152-4 RF2 Kit Instructions and Spare Parts 77-3154 Flow Meter Kit 77-3155 Remote Fluid Panel Kit-Barrier and F.O. Transceiver Box 77-3156 Flow Meter Sensor Battery Replacement Kit 77-3157...
Notice: Indicates information considered important but WARNING not hazard related. The hazards shown on the pages that follow can occur during the normal use of this Carlisle Fluid Technologies SAFETY equipment, but not all listed hazards will be applicable to your product model or equipment.
03. SAFETY AREAS HAZARDS SAFEGUARDS Indicate possible Indicate possible hazards. Prevention of possible hazards. hazard occurrences. Spray Areas Fire Hazards Fire extinguishing equipment must be present in the spray area. Periodically run a test to make sure the Improper or unsatisfactory equipment stays usable.
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03. SAFETY AREAS HAZARDS SAFEGUARDS Indicate possible Indicate possible hazards. Prevention of possible hazards. hazard occurrences. Spray Areas Explosion Hazard Prevent electrostatic arcing. Maintain spark-safe work distance between the parts that get coated and Improper or unsatisfactory the applicator. A span of one inch for every 10KV of operation and maintenance output voltage is necessary.
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03. SAFETY AREAS HAZARDS SAFEGUARDS Indicate possible Indicate possible hazards. Prevention of possible hazards. hazard occurrences. Spray Area High Electrical Discharge Operators in the spray area and the parts to be sprayed must be sufficiently grounded. Voltage Equipment This equipment contains a All conductive objects inside the spray area must be high-voltage device that can grounded.
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03. SAFETY AREAS HAZARDS SAFEGUARDS Indicate possible Indicate possible hazards. Prevention of possible hazards. hazard occurrences. Spray Areas Toxic Fluid or Fumes Read the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for instructions to know and understand how to handle the specific Toxic fluids or fumes can hazards of the fluids used, and the effects of long- cause severe injury or death if term exposure.
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03. SAFETY AREAS HAZARDS SAFEGUARDS Indicate possible Indicate possible hazards. Prevention of possible hazards. hazard occurrences. Equipment Skin and Clothing Burns Do not touch hot fluid or equipment during operation. and Fluids Equipment surfaces and fluids Do not let clothing touch the equipment during can become very hot during operation or immediately after the equipment is operation.
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03. SAFETY AREAS HAZARDS SAFEGUARDS Indicate possible Indicate possible hazards. Prevention of possible hazards. hazard occurrences. Spray Areas Do Not Touch Do not use a rag or gloved hand against the bell edge to stop or slow down a bell during rotation. The effect of paint flow rates Do not try to clean the bell edge during rotation.
03. SAFETY CAUTION Only operate the equipment after you have read this section. 03.2 ADDITIONAL SAFETY INFORMATION The IntelliFlow has an emergency stop (E-Stop) pushbutton on the main operator panel. During an emergency, all operations for the IntelliFlow will halt when the E-Stop is engaged. The operator must disengage the E-Stop and reset the system to recover from this state.
IP on the RF2 side. Tag registers within the RF2 are overwritten by the tags communicated through the gateway. Carlisle Fluid Technologies can provide sample or importable code for Allen Bradley software solutions for Floating Point (REAL) both methods above.
04. FIELDBUS I/O 04.2 DIRECT ACCESS/CIP COMMUNICATIONS 8. Set the IP address as desired to communicate to the master controller and click "OK." 04.2.1 Fieldbus Communications: IP Address Setting With these steps completed, set the PLC/IP address (without gateway) back to Run or remote mode. RF2 control units use an Allen Bradley Compact Logix NOTICE PLC with two separate ethernet networks as the primary...
04. FIELDBUS I/O 04.2.2 Fieldbus Communications: Ethernet RF2 Node Setup in an Allen Bradley PLC. The master controller handles communication with the RF2 controller to make sure that the RF2 is adaptable NOTICE to communication with various devices with different IP address configurations.
04. FIELDBUS I/O 04.2.3 Message Configuration If an Allen Bradley Logix PLC is used, or another controller where direct access to the RF2 input and output arrays (AuxInArr, AuxOut1Arr, AuxOut2Arr) is possible, no gateway or special hardware is needed to communicate to the RF2.
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 Output Array 1-Master PLC Read (b): The output array shown above is used to report active and inactive recipe values. www.carlisleft.com 13 / 38 77-3152-5 R1.0 (07/2024)
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 Output Array 2 (Master PLC Read) (c): The output array shown above is only used to report active recipe values. Message Polling: It is recommended that messages be polled at periodic intervals. In the example code, the RF2 Inputs and Outputs are offset by 20 milliseconds.
04. FIELDBUS I/O 04.3 COMMUNICATIONS VIA 04.4 ENDIAN WARNING ANYBUS GATEWAY When the Anybus gateway is used, the data may not be in the correct data format for your controller. The data is If purchased, the RF2 may come equipped with an transmitted in little-endian format.
04. FIELDBUS I/O 04.5 USER TO INTELLIFLOW RF2 INPUT ARRAYS RF2 communication input array data tables are listed on the pages that follow: RF2 INPUT ARRAY-SINT 496 Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) SINT System Control Byte 0 - See Detail Below BOOL Fault Reset BOOL...
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 INPUT ARRAY-SINT 496 (cont.) Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) BOOL Seq Select Bit 1 * BOOL Seq Select Bit 2 * BOOL Seq Select Bit 3 * When Seq Run Bit is active, the selected sequence is the binary representation of the Seq Select Bits. A value of 0-15 will call sequence 1-16 in the sequence list.
04. FIELDBUS I/O 04.6 USER TO INTELLIFLOW RF2 OUTPUT ARRAYS RF2 communication output array data tables are listed on the pages that follow: RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 1-SINT 496 Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) SINT System Status Byte 0 - See Detail Below BOOL Comm Heartbeat BOOL...
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 1-SINT 496 Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) 14.3 BOOL Trigger 4 14.4 BOOL Spare 14.5 BOOL Pot Life Expired 14.6 BOOL Warning 14.7 BOOL Spray Shutdown 15..18 REAL Gun/Mixer #1 Actual Flow A (cc/min) 19..22 REAL Gun/Mixer #1 Actual Flow B (cc/min)
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 1-SINT 496 Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) 85..88 REAL Gun/Mixer #3 Actual Total Flow (cc/min) 89..92 REAL Gun/Mixer #3 Actual Ratio A (parts) 93..96 REAL Gun/Mixer #3 Actual Ratio B (parts) 97..100 REAL Gun/Mixer #3 Actual Ratio C (%) SINT Gun/Mixer #4 Status Byte - See Detail Below 101.0...
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 1-SINT 496 (cont.) Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) 172.2 BOOL Manual Override Active 172.3 BOOL Spare 172.4 BOOL Spare 172.5 BOOL Spare 172.6 BOOL Spare 172.7 BOOL Spare SINT Reserved 174..177 REAL Channel #2 Actual Inlet Pressure (psi) if applicable 178..181 REAL Channel #2 Actual Outlet Pressure (psi) if applicable...
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 1-SINT 496 (cont.) Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) SINT Reserved 258..261 REAL Channel #4 Actual Inlet Pressure (psi) if applicable 262..265 REAL Channel #4 Actual Outlet Pressure (psi) if applicable 266..269 REAL Channel #4 Actual Flow (cc/min) 270..273 REAL Channel #4 Actual Flow Command (cc/min)
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 1-SINT 496 (cont.) Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) SINT Alarm Word 8 - Byte 0 SINT Alarm Word 8 - Byte 1 SINT Alarm Word 8 - Byte 2 SINT Alarm Word 8 - Byte 3 SINT Alarm Word 9 - Byte 0 SINT...
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 2-SINT 496 (Used only to report active recipe values) Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) Station selected in RF2 Input Array[50] - Active Command Data - Component A - SINT Valve Number Station selected in RF2 Input Array[50] - Active Command Data - Component B - SINT Valve Number Station selected in RF2 Input Array[50] - Active Command Data - Component C -...
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04. FIELDBUS I/O RF2 OUTPUT ARRAY 2-SINT 496 (Used only to report active recipe values) Size Byte Type Description (Bytes) 83..86 REAL Channel selected in RF2 Input Array[123] - Flow Kp 87..90 REAL Channel selected in RF2 Input Array[123] - Flow Ki 91..94 REAL Channel selected in RF2 Input Array[123] - Flow Kd...
04. FIELDBUS I/O When using more than one trigger, the user must 04.7 BASIC REMOTE OPERATIONS make the appropriate fluid system design to ensure the 04.7.1 Timing Basics appropriate flow reaches each gun. The data to and from the Anybus gateway is updated in a If the Gun/Mix Flow command falls to 0, the system 10-ms cycle.
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04. FIELDBUS I/O Step Load Spray Flush 100 ms Fault Reset Start Pulse Stop Pulse Strobe Recipe Recipe Select Using Purge Purge Calling A Sequence Seq Run Bit Seq Select 0..3 Fault Exists Run Mode Fluid sequence Active www.carlisleft.com 29 / 38 77-3152-5 R1.0 (07/2024)
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This product is covered by Carlisle Fluid Technologies’ materials and workmanship limited warranty. The use of parts or accessories from sources other than Carlisle Fluid Technologies will void all warranties. Failure to follow reasonable maintenance guidance provided can invalidate the warranty.
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