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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The FieldServer can only emulate one DeviceNet Master station
The driver can communicate with up to 63 Slaves as long as the FieldServer point
count license is not exceeded
FieldServer Technologies PART #
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
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
FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 USA Web: www.fieldserver.com
and/or the manufacturer of your network equipment.
Tel: (408) 262 2299 Fax: (408) 262 2269 Toll Free: (888) 509 1970 email: support@fieldserver.com