Summary of Contents for FieldServer A Sierra Monitor Company FS-8700-122
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Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS-8700-122 X30 Profibus DP Master APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after August 2011 A Sierra Monitor Company Driver Version: 1.03 Document Revision:...
FS-8700-122 X30 Profibus DP Master Manual X30 PROFIBUS DP MASTER DESCRIPTION The FieldServer Profibus X30 DP Master driver can be used to transfer I/O data with up to 125 Profibus DP Slave devices. The FieldServer is programmed with an embedded database using the required 3 tool.
FS-8700-122 X30 Profibus DP Master Manual HARDWARE CONNECTIONS The FieldServer is connected to the Profibus network and NetTool as shown in the connection drawing below. Profibus DB9 connector HMS Anybus NetTool RS-232 Serial Cable Profibus DB9 Connector Pinouts Name Description...
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Use the recommended network cable and terminators as specified by the Profibus network organization and/or the manufacturer of the network equipment. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
125 Profibus DP Slaves. The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable the FieldServer for X30 Profibus DP Master communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in the “Data Arrays”...
A maximum combined total length of 1536 bytes are permitted for all Map Descriptors accessing Slave devices. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Legal Values Up to 32 alphanumeric characters One of the Data Array names from “Data...
X30 FieldServer Profibus DP Master device. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Select Project-> New Expand the Profibus Master Tree, select the ABM-DPV device and drag it onto the Bus Configuration Screen.
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Continue adding all other Slaves and setting their Profibus addresses. Right click on the ABM-DPV Master device and select Object Properties. Set the Master Station Address to the same as the System_Station_Address used in the FieldServer’s config.csv file. Also set the desired Profibus Network Baud rate.
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Select Online-> Driver selection and on the serial Tab, choose the serial port on the PC connected to the X30 by clicking on Configure-> Configure path. Ensure that the X30 FieldServer is running and that a matching configuration file with Node and Map Descriptors for each slave configured has been downloaded to the X-30.
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Note that the X30 must be running with a valid configuration file before it will allow download of a new database. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com...
Ensure that the number of configured bytes on the card has not been exceeded. A maximum of 1536 bytes can be accessed. FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com Page 14 of 14...
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