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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance 5.1.4.4 Parameter View 46 5.1.4.5 Schedule View 46 5.1.5 The Trace Log 46 5.1.6 List and properties view 47 5.1.6.1 Device Types 47 5.1.6.2 Block Types 48 5.1.6.3 Devices 49 5.1.6.4 Blocks 50 5.1.6.5 Properties 50 5.1.7 Filtering the contents 51 5.2 General Information 51 5.2.1 Floating windows 51 5.2.2 Objects within the Network Configuration 52 5.2.3 Tag Names 52 5.2.4 Using the buttons of th
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance 5.8.2.7 Block types first approach 72 5.8.3 Schedule View 73 5.9 Handling Host devices 73 6 Error handling and troubleshooting 74 7 Appendix A - Bus Parameter Configuration 76 7.1 Bus parameters relevant for H1 devices 76 7.2 Bus parameters relevant for H1 Links 77 8 Glossary 79 8.1 General remarks of the user manual 79 8.2 Networking definitions 80 8.3 Fieldbus definitions 80 9 ATEX and IECex Cer
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance General Notes 1 General Notes Please read this document thoroughly from beginning to end before starting installation to protect users from injury and to prevent misuse or damage to the Linking Device. 1.1 Scope of Delivery The scope of delivery for FIM-110 FF comprises the following parts: ● FG-110 FF Linking Device ● Up to 4 FF-H1 power supplies ● Up to 1 RS-232 / RS485 converter ● FF-Configuratio
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Hardware Installation 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Overview Hardware – FG-110 FF LED Block – see chapter 2.2 Power Supply – see chapter 2.3 Up to 4 H1 Segments – see chapter 2.6 Serial Port RS232 – see chapter 2.5 Ethernet Port – see chapter 2.4 Fig 2.1-1 Overview Hardware – FG-110 FF power and data connections 2.2 LED Block – Meaning PWR The "PWR" LED indicates the power supply status: This g
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Hardware Installation 2.3 Power Supply The Linking Device is powered by 24 V DC. The power supply plug connector is included in the delivery. The power supply socket connector on the front panel is labeled DC 24V-. L+ M Fig 2.3-1 Linking Device Power Supply The two power supply terminals are labeled L+ and M. L+ must be connected to 24V and M to 0V. The two terminals are provided with an inte
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Hardware Installation The Ethernet port corresponds to the standards IEEE 802.3 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T and supports auto negotiation. The pin assignment corresponds to MDI (Medium Dependent Interface). Pin MDI Signal Pinout (Standard Ethernet Cable) 1 TD+ 2 TD- 3 RD+ 4 Not used 5 Not used 6 RD- 7 Not used 8 Not used Table 2.4-1 Ethernet Pins 2.5 Modbus 2.5.1 MODBUS TCP The FG-110 FF is ab
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Hardware Installation Stahl. You will find this manual on the CD-ROM or on the internet web page http://www.r- stahl.com 2.6 FF H1 fieldbus connection The fieldbus terminals are mounted in 4 sets of three terminals for the positive and negative conductors and a shield (FF1 – FF4). Although the Linking Device is not polarity sensitive, other components in the segment such as junction blocks may require cor
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Hardware Installation Fig 2.7-1 Mounting the Linking Device ready for use: the SOFTING Foundation Fieldbus Interface Module FIM 110 The Linking Device is convection-cooled. It therefore needs to be installed in such a way that the ventilating ducts are at the top and bottom of the unit. Please ensure against the direct contact with the sunlight. i 2.8 Installation Overview The whole installation
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Ethernet Network Configuration 3 Ethernet Network Configuration 3.1 Linking Device IP address Configuration The Linking Device is delivered with a pre-configured IP address 192.168.177.177. It must be assigned an IP address from your LAN address range. Furthermore, subnet mask and gateway IP address must be set. To configure the Linking Device a private network between a PC and the Linking Device must f
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server 4 Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server The internal web server of the Linking Device FG-110 FF offers the possibilities to configure the Linking Device (like IP address settings or Modbus mapping), to get diagnostic information on the fieldbus or Modbus as well as to monitor process values of the connected field devices. 4.1 Homepage of the Linki
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server Fig 4.1-1 Starting Screen 4.2 Information 4.2.1 When you click on you will see the contact address of Softing Industrial Automation GmbH on the free partition on the right of the screen. This view is the default Homepage. Fig 4.2-1 Contact 4.2.2 When you click on
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server right partition on the right of the screen. Here you can find the numbers of the several Linking Device modules which are important for questions relating to the support of Softing Industrial Automation GmbH. Fig 4.2-2 Version 4.2.3 Click on and you find a link to download the manual from the Softing webpage
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server 4.2.4 Click on to obtain topical information about licenses which are used in the Linking Device. Fig 4.2-4 Actual information for the customer 4.3 Under the menu item the headers , , and are listed. The tables listed under the m
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server Fig 4.3-1 System - actual Information of the Linking Device state 4.3.2 The table lists the main information the system has got about the connected subnet. Fig 4.3-2 Data of the Internet protocol 4.3.3 Fieldbus segment diagnostics are provided to give you a quick view of wh
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server Underneath it another table shows which segment (H1 Link) of the Linking Device (FG-110 FF) is occupied and how many FF-H1 devices are connected under each segment. Additional, for each available FF-H1 device the tag name is shown. So, the this table provide a simple live list of the FF-H1 network. Please note that this list will be updated just be clicking
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Softing Linking Device – Manual for Configuration, Installation and Maintenance Linking Device FG-110 FF - Internal Web Server ● Framing Errors: Number of framing errors ● Checksum Errors: Number of checksum errors Fig 4.3-4 Fieldbus Statistics (H1 and HSE) The second table shows statistical data for each of the HSE Links. ● Publisher/Subscriber: Number of messages per second (average value) ● Report Distribution: Number of messages per second (average value) ● Client/Server:
