FieldServer FS-8700-114 X30 User Manual

Driver Version:

1.01

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Driver Manual

(Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual)

FS-8700-114 X30 DeviceNet Master Adapter

Driver

APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY

Effective for all systems manufactured after September 2008

Document Revision: 3

FS-8700-114 DeviceNet Master Manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.

X30 DEVICENET MASTER DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................3

2.

DRIVER SCOPE OF SUPPLY.......................................................................................................... 4

2.1. Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver .....................................................................4

2.2. Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment............................................................................ 4

2.2.1. Required 3rd Party Software .................................................................................................... 4

2.2.2. Required 3rd Party Configuration ............................................................................................. 4

2.2.3. Optional Items .........................................................................................................................4

3.

HARDWARE CONNECTIONS .........................................................................................................5

3.1. Hardware Connection Tips / Hints.................................................................................................. 5

4.

CONFIGURING THE FIELDSERVER AS A DEVICENET MASTER .............................................. 6

4.1. DeviceNet Settings ......................................................................................................................... 6

4.2. Client Side Connection Descriptors................................................................................................ 7

4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors .........................................................................................................7

4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors ........................................................................................................... 8

4.4.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ...................................................................8

4.4.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters ............................................................................8

4.4.3. Map Descriptor Example. ........................................................................................................9

APPENDIX A. ADVANCED TOPICS .................................................................................................... 10

Appendix A.1. DeviceNet X30 LED indicators .....................................................................................10

Appendix A.2. Using RSNetWorx ........................................................................................................ 11

APPENDIX B. DRIVER NOTES ............................................................................................................12

Appendix B.1. Setting the FieldServer’s DeviceNet MAC ID and Baudrate ........................................ 12

Appendix B.2. Using the Command and Status Data Arrays .............................................................. 12

Appendix B.3. Master Status Codes ....................................................................................................13

Appendix B.4. Understanding buffer types and Map Descriptor functions .......................................... 15

Appendix B.5. Accessing Parameter Data in Remote Slaves ............................................................. 15

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1. X30 DeviceNet Master Description

The X30 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 512 Bytes in each direction to
DeviceNet Slaves.

Max Nodes Supported

FieldServer
Mode

Client 1 The FieldServer can only emulate one DeviceNet Master station

Server 63

Nodes Comments

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

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2. Driver Scope of Supply

2.1. Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver

FieldServer Technologies PART # Description

FS-8700-114 Driver Manual.
X30-DeviceNet-Master Anybus-M DeviceNet Card

2.2. Provided by the Supplier of 3rd Party Equipment

2.2.1. Required 3rd Party Software

RSNetWorx, RSLogix or another Network Scheduling Tool.

2.2.2. Required 3rd Party Configuration

Connection to a properly terminated DeviceNet network.

2.2.3. Optional Items

PART # Vendor/Manufacturer Description

-

HMS-Networks Anybus-M DeviceNet eds file

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3. Hardware Connections

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

Connector Pinouts

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

3.1. Hardware Connection Tips / Hints

Use the recommended network cable and terminators as specified by the DeviceNet network
organization and/or the manufacturer of your network equipment.

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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4. Configuring the FieldServer as a DeviceNet Master

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.

4.1. DeviceNet Settings

Section Title

Bridge

Column Title Function Legal Values

System_Station_Address* DeviceNet MAC ID of the FieldServer

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 B.1 for more information.

Example

// FieldServer

Bridge
Title, System_Station_Address
DeviceNet_Test, 5

0-63

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4.2. Client Side Connection Descriptors

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

Status_DA_Name Provide Scanner status

Example

// Server Side Connections

Connections
Adapter, Protocol, DNet_Master_Baudrate, Command_DA_Name, Status_DA_Name
DNet, X30_DNet_Master, 500K, Command_Reg, Status_Reg

Name of a data array declared
under Data Arrays section, length of
8 - Bit data array type recommended

4.3. Client Side Node Descriptors

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

Example

// Server Side Nodes

Nodes
Node_Name, Node_ID, Protocol
DN1, 01, X30_DNet_Master

1

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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4.4. Client Side Map Descriptors

4.4.1. FieldServer Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title Function Legal Values

Map_Descriptor_Name Name of this Map Descriptor

Data_Array_Name

Data_Array_Offset Starting location in Data Array

Function

Scan_Interval Buffers Update Period > 0.001s

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

Function of Server Map
Descriptor

Up to 32 alphanumeric
characters
One of the Data Array names
from “Data Array” section above
0 to maximum specified in “Data
Array” section above
RDBC -Reads data from the
remote input buffer
WRBC -Writes data to the remote
output buffer

4.4.2. Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters

Column Title Function Legal Values

One of the Node names

Node_Name Name of Node

DeviceNet_Data_Type Data Type of remote buffer Byte, Word, Dword, Float, Bool

Address Byte offset into remote buffer

Length

Number of DeviceNet_Data_Type
items in remote buffer

specified in “Server Node
Descriptor” above

RDBC: 0 – 511
WRBC: 0 – 511
BYTE: 1 – 512
WORD: 1 – 256
DWORD: 1 – 128
FLOAT: 1 –128
BOOL: 1 – 4096

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Scan_Interval

Length,

Address,

Note that each address

refers to an individual

remote input and output

buffer. Each buffer can

contain up to 512 bytes.

DeviceNet_Data_Type,

Node_Name,

Write function map

descriptor puts

data from the

Output_Data data

array onto the

DeviceNet

network.

Data_Array_Offset, Function,

Data_Array_Name,

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Read function map

descriptor gets data

from the DeviceNet

network and stores it

in the Input_Data

data array.

4.4.3. Map Descriptor Example.

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// Client side Map Descriptors

Map_Descriptors

Map_Descriptor_Name,

Get_Data, Input_Data, 0, RDBC, CN1, WORD, 0, 10, 1s

Put_Data, Output_Data, 0. WRBC, CN1, WORD, 0, 10, 1s

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Appendix A. Advanced Topics

Appendix A.1. DeviceNet X30 LED indicators

LED 1 – Reserved

LED 2 – Network Status

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

LED 3 – Module Status

Color Frequency Description

- Off No power or not initialized
Green On Module status is OK
Red On Major fault
Red Flashing Minor fault

LED 4 – Operation Mode

Color Frequency Description

- Off No power or not initialized
Green Flashing Idle mode
Green On Run mode

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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. Driver Notes

Appendix B.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.

Appendix B.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

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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:

Preloads
Data_Array_Name, Preload_Data_Format, Preload_Data_Value, Location

Command_Reg, Bit, 1, 0

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 B.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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Appendix B.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.

FieldServer

Data Array

WRBC Map Descriptor

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

Data Array

RDBC Map Descriptor

DeviceNet Card

Card input buffer

0 1

Card output buffer

0

1

….

….

DN Master

243

243

DeviceNet

Network

External DN Slave 01

Card output buffer

0

1

….

Card input buffer

0 1

Card output buffer

0

Card input buffer

0 1

….

External DN Slave 126

1

….

….

243

243

243

243

Appendix B.5.

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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Accessing Parameter Data in Remote Slaves