FieldServer FS-8700-114 User Manual

Driver Version:

1.02

Document Revision:

3

APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY

Effective for all systems manufactured after January 2013

Driver Manual

(Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual)

FS-8700-114 DeviceNet Master Adapter Driver

A Sierra Monitor Company

FS-8700-114 DeviceNet Master Manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DeviceNet Master Description ....................................................................................................................... 3 1

Driver Scope of Supply ................................................................................................................................... 3 2

2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver ..................................................................................... 3

2.2 Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment .......................................................................................... 3

2.2.1 Required 3rd Party Software ................................................................................................................... 3

2.2.2 Required 3rd Party Configuration ........................................................................................................... 3

2.2.3 Optional Items ....................................................................................................................................... 3

Hardware Connections ................................................................................................................................... 4 3

3.1 Hardware Connection Tips / Hints ................................................................................................................. 4

Data Array Parameters ................................................................................................................................... 5 4

Configuring the FieldServer as a DeviceNet Master ........................................................................................ 5 5

5.1 DeviceNet Settings ......................................................................................................................................... 6

5.2 Server Side Connection Parameters .............................................................................................................. 6

5.3 Server Side Node Parameters ........................................................................................................................ 7

5.4 Server Side Map Descriptor Parameters ........................................................................................................ 7

5.4.1 FieldServer Related Map Descriptor Parameters ................................................................................... 7

5.4.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ........................................................................................... 7

5.4.3 Map Descriptor Example. ....................................................................................................................... 8

Appendix A. Useful Features .................................................................................................................................. 9

Appendix A.1. DeviceNet X30 LED indicators ............................................................................................................ 9

Appendix A.2. Using RSNetWorx ............................................................................................................................... 9

Appendix B. Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................... 10

Appendix C. Reference ......................................................................................................................................... 10

Appendix C.1. Setting the FieldServer’s DeviceNet MAC ID and Baudrate ............................................................. 10

Appendix C.2. Using the Command and Status Data Arrays ................................................................................... 11

Appendix C.3. Master Status Codes ......................................................................................................................... 11

Appendix C.4. Understanding buffer types and Map Descriptor functions............................................................. 13

Appendix C.5. Accessing Parameter Data in Remote Slaves ................................................................................... 13

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FieldServer Mode

Nodes

Comments

Client

1

The FieldServer can only emulate one DeviceNet Master station

Server

63

The driver can communicate with up to 63 Slaves as long as the FieldServer point
count license is not exceeded

FieldServer Technologies PART #

Description

X30-DeviceNet-Master

Anybus-M DeviceNet Card

PART #

Vendor/Manufacturer

Description

-

HMS-Networks

Anybus-M DeviceNet eds file

DEVICE N E T M A S T ER DESCRIPTION

1

The DeviceNet Master Adapter driver can be used to emulate a single Master Scanner station on a DeviceNet
network. The FieldServer DeviceNet adapter is implemented as an ODVA profile 12 communications adapter.
Standard DeviceNet Baudrates of 125k, 250k and 500kbit/s are supported. The DeviceNet Master Scanner can
open IO connections of up to a total of 1536 Bytes in each direction to DeviceNet Slaves.

Max Nodes Supported

DRIVER SC O P E O F SU P PLY 2

2.1 Sup plied by FieldServer T e c h n o l o g i e s for this driver

2.2 Provided by the Supplier o f 3

rd

Party Equipment

2.2.1 Required 3

RSNetWorx, RSLogix or another Network Scheduling Tool.

2.2.2 Required 3

Connection to a properly terminated DeviceNet network.

rd

Party Software

rd

Party Configuration

2.2.3 Optional Items

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DeviceNet Status LEDs

1

2

3

4

5

FieldServer

DeviceNet Connection Points

V-

V+

To DeviceNet Network

1 2

3 4

5

Pluggable screw 5.08 & 3.84 mm

Pin

Signal

Description

Wire color

1

V-

Negative supply voltage

black

2

CAN_L

CAN_L Bus line

blue

3

SHIELD

Cable Shield

(bare)

4

CAN_H

CAN_H Bus line

white

5

V+

Positive Supply Voltage

red

HARDWARE C O N N ECT ION S

3

The FieldServer is connected to the DeviceNet network as shown in the connection drawing below.

Connector Pinouts

3.1 Hard w are Connection Tips / Hint s

Use the recommended network cable and terminators as specified by the DeviceNet network organization

Terminate each end of the DeviceNet network with a 121 Ω resistor

The bus interface shall be supplied with 24DC ± 10% on the Fieldbus connector

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Section Title

Data_Arrays

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Data_Array_Name

Provide name for Data Array

Up to 15 alphanumeric
characters

Data_Array_Format

Provide data format. Each Data Array can only take on one
format.

Float, Bit, Uint16, Sint16,
Uint32, Sint32, Byte.

Data_Array_Length

Number of Data Objects. Must be larger than the data
storage area required by the Map Descriptors for the data
being placed in this array.

1-10, 000
// Data Arrays

Data_Arrays

Data_Array_Name

, Data_Array_Format

, Data_Array_Length

DA_AI_01

, UInt16

, 200

DA_AO_01

, UInt16

, 200

DA_DI_01

, Bit

, 200

DA_DO_01

, Bit

, 200

DATA A R R A Y P A RAMETERS

4

Data Arrays are “protocol neutral” data buffers for storage of data to be passed between protocols. It is necessary

to declare the data format of each of the Data Arrays to facilitate correct storage of the relevant data.

Example

CONFI G U R I N G THE FIELDSERVER AS A DEVI C E NET MASTER 5

For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, please refer to the FieldServer Configuration Manual. The
information that follows describes how to expand upon the factory defaults provided in the configuration files
included with the FieldServer (See “.csv” files provided with the FieldServer).

This section documents and describes the parameters necessary for configuring the FieldServer to communicate
with a DeviceNet Slave.

The configuration file tells the FieldServer about its interfaces, and the routing of data required. In order to enable
the FieldServer for DeviceNet communications, the driver independent FieldServer buffers need to be declared in

the “Data Arrays” section, the FieldServer virtual node(s) needs to be declared in the “Server Side Nodes” section,

and the data to be provided to the Clients needs to be mapped in the “Server Side Map Descriptors” section.
Details on how to do this can be found below.

Note that in the tables, * indicates an optional parameter, with the bold legal value being the default.

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Section Title

Bridge

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

System_Station_Address*

DeviceNet MAC ID of the FieldServer

0-63

// FieldServer

Bridge

Title

, System_Station_Address

DeviceNet_Test,

, 5

Section Title

Connections

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Adapter

Adapter Name

DNet

Protocol

Protocol name

X30_DNet_Master

DNet_Master_Baudrate1

Baudrate

125K , 250K , 500K

Command_DA_Name

Commanding
Scanner

Name of a data array declared under Section 4, length of 8 - Bit
data array type recommended

Status_DA_Name

Provide Scanner
status

// Server Side Connections

Connections

Adapter

,Protocol

, DNet_Master_Baudrate

, Command_DA_Name

, Status_DA_Name

DNet

, X30_DNet_Master

, 500K

, Command_Reg

, Status_Reg

1

5.1 DeviceNet Settings

Note:

The DeviceNet MAC ID can also be set via the DIP switches on the side of the FieldServer but then the system
station address parameter must be removed from the configuration file.

Refer to Appendix C.1 for more information.

Example

5.2 Server Side Connection Parameters

Example

If System_Station_Address has not been defined in the CSV file, the DIP switch value for both MacID and Baudrate will be used and the baud

parameter in the CSV file will be ignored.

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Section Title

Nodes

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Node_Name

Provide name for node

Up to 32 alphanumeric characters

Node_ID

MAC ID of Slave to scan

0 - 63

Protocol

Specify protocol used

X30_DNet_Master

// Server Side Nodes

Nodes

Node_Name

, Node_ID

, Protocol

DN1

, 01

, X30_DNet_Master

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name

Name of this Map Descriptor

Up to 32 alphanumeric characters

Data_Array_Name

Name of Data Array where data is to be stored
in the FieldServer

One of the Data Array names from
Section 4

Data_Array_Offset

Starting location in Data Array

0 to maximum specified in Section 4

Function

Function of Server Map Descriptor

RDBC -Reads data from the remote
input buffer
WRBC -Writes data to the remote
output buffer

Scan_Interval

Buffers Update Period

> 0.001s

Column Title

Function

Legal Values

Node_Name

Name of Node

One of the Node names specified in
Section 5.3

DeviceNet_Data_Type

Data Type of remote buffer

Byte, Word, Dword, Float, Bool

Address

Byte offset into remote buffer

RDBC: 0 – 1535
WRBC: 0 – 1535

Length

Number of DeviceNet_Data_Type items in
remote buffer

BYTE: 1 – 1536
WORD: 1 – 768
DWORD: 1 – 384
FLOAT: 1 –384
BOOL: 1 – 12288

5.3 Server Side Node P a r a m e t e rs

Example

5.4 Server Side Map Descriptor Parameters

5.4.1 FieldServer Related M a p Descriptor Parameters

5.4.2 Driver Specific Map Desc ripto r P arameters

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// Server Side Map Descriptors

Map_Descriptors

Map_Descriptor_Name

, Data_Array_Name

, Data_Array_Offset

, Function

, Node_Name

, DeviceNet_Data_Type

, Address

, Length

, Scan_Interval

Get_Data

, Input_Data

, 0

, RDBC

, CN1

, WORD

, 0

, 10

, 1s

Put_Data

, Output_Data

, 0.

, WRBC

, CN1

, WORD

, 0

, 10

, 1s

Note that each address
refers to an individual
remote input and output
buffer. Each buffer can
contain up to 1536 bytes.

Read function map
descriptor gets data
from the DeviceNet
network and stores it
in the Input_Data data
array.

Write function map
descriptor puts data
from the
Output_Data data
array onto the
DeviceNet network.

5.4.3 Map Descriptor Example.

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Color

Frequency

Description

-

Off

No power, not initialized or no connections established

Green

On

Online, one or more connections established

Green

Flashing

Online, no connections established

Red

On

Critical link failure

Red

Flashing

Minor fault, one or more connections have a minor fault

Color

Frequency

Description

-

Off

No power or not initialized

Green

On

Module status is OK

Red

On

Major fault

Red

Flashing

Minor fault

Color

Frequency

Description

-

Off

No power or not initialized

Green

Flashing

Idle mode

Green

On

Run mode

Appendix A. USEFUL FEATURES

Appendix A.1. DeviceNet X30 LED indicators

LED 1 – Reserved

LED 2 – Network Status

LED 3 – Module Status

LED 4 – Operation Mode

Appendix A.2. Using RSNetWorx

Please refer to the following document on the HMS website, www.anybus.com

ANYBUS-M DEVICENET MASTER/SCANNER APPENDIX Revision 1.02 - Section 5.3 “Configuration with RSNetworx”.

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Appendix B. TROUBLESHOOTING

If there is no 24VDC supply on the DeviceNet Network or if the power supply current is not enough to support the
entire network, then the FieldServer will report that any device configured in the config file is not in the master
scan list, regardless if it is in the scan list or not.

Appendix C. REFERENCE

Appendix C.1. Setting the FieldServer’s DeviceNet MAC ID and Baudrate

The MAC ID and Baudrate can be set in the FieldServer’s CSV file using the System_Station_Address and
DNet_Master_Baudrate parameters or it can be set with DIP switches as depicted below.

Note:

The System_Station_Address parameter must be removed from the configuration file if the DIP switch setting is to
be used.

If System_Station_Address has not been defined in the CSV file, the DIP switch value for both MacID and Baudrate
will be used and the baud parameter in the CSV file will be ignored.

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Preloads

Data_Array_Name

, Preload_Data_Format

, Preload_Data_Value

, Location

Command_Reg

, Bit

, 1

, 0

Appendix C.2. Using the Command and Status Data Arrays

The Command Data Array controls the Scanner’s mode which can be either Run or Idle. The Scanner can only be

configured when in Idle mode. A non-zero value at offset zero in the Command Data Array will place the Scanner
in Run mode; a value of zero will place it in Idle mode. The Scanner always powers up in Idle mode and can be set
to Run mode automatically with a preload section or from the Server side protocol of the FieldServer. The
following preload section can be placed in the configuration file to place the scanner in Run mode at power-up:

Offset zero of the Status Data Array indicates the Scanner’s actual mode achieved. A non-zero value indicates the
Scanner is in Run mode and a value of zero indicates the scanner is in Idle mode.

Appendix C.3. Master Status Codes

The Master Status codes displayed on the F-screen are depicted below:

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Example:

If the Master reports a network failure the following screenshot will be displayed:

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0

1

243

0 1

243

….

….

Card output buffer

Card input buffer

External DN Slave 01

DeviceNet

Network

0

1

243

0 1

243

….

….

Card output buffer

Card input buffer

External DN Slave 126

243

243

0 1

1

….

….

Card input buffer

DeviceNet Card

DN Master

WRBC Map Descriptor

Data Array

FieldServer

Data Array

0

Card output buffer

RDBC Map Descriptor

Note: The Node_Name determines to
which external DN Slave date will be
sent to or fetched from.

Appendix C.4. Understanding buffer types and Map Descriptor functions

The diagram below explains the data flows for both buffers when using the FieldServer as a DN Master:

Note that for the Input buffer, the data is coming from the external DN Slave and is transferred into the DN Master

card’s internal input buffer. The Rdbc (Read Data Block Continuous) Map Descriptor transfers the data from the
card buffer into the FieldServer’s Data Array packing it correctly according to the specified DeviceNet_Data_Type.

For the Output buffer, the data is written from the FieldServer’s Data Array by the WRBC function Map Descriptor

(Write Data Block Continuous) into the DN Master card’s internal output buffer from where it is transferred across
the DeviceNet network to the external DN Slave’s input buffer.

Appendix C.5. Accessing Parameter Data in Remote Slaves

The DeviceNet driver only supports IO data. To access parameter data on Slaves it is necessary to refer to the Slave
device's user manuals for information on how to map their parameter data to IO data locations.

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