With new Series 90-30 communications modules, you can take advantage of open solutions to better manage device-level networks. In 2002, GE Fanuc is introducing the following for Series 90-30 family:
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Modbus TCP Ethernet
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New Profibus DP Modules
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Serial Modbus Master
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New DeviceNet Modules
Modbus TCP Ethernet
In the second quarter of 2002, GE Fanuc will be introducing Modbus TCP Ethernet on the Series 90-30 Ethernet interface module (IC693CMM321). The module will be compatible with all Series 90-30 CPUs.
The new firmware on the CMM321 will support Modbus TCP Client and Server. In the slave mode, the module will respond to Modbus TCP messages. In the master mode, COMMREQ's are created in ladder logic and sent to the module, and messages are sent to slave devices using Modbus TCP.
The module will support Conformance Class 0 and 1. The data is mapped into the appropriate %1, %Q, %R, %AI and %AQ. The module will also support both Modbus TCP and GE Fanuc's SRTP at the same time. This enables you to communicate to Modbus TCP slave devices and GE Fanuc devices such as HMI, PLC programmers or other GE Fanuc PLCs using SRTP.
The module will allow the Series 90-30 to communicate to other devices that are Modbus TCP compatible and will support 10Mbits Ethernet. The VersaMax SE is also compatible with the CMM321 in either the Modbus TCP at 10Mbits mode or SRTP mode.
Applications of Modbus TCP Ethernet in Your Industry
- General: Modbus TCP communication to devices such as power relays, circuit breakers, switch gear, drives, PLCs
- Power: Substation automation and emergency power
- Process: Remote I/O, PLCs and switch gear
New Profibus DP Modules
GE Fanuc will be introducing a new Profibus Master and Slave module in the second quarter 2002, which expands the flexibility of remote I/O for the Series 90-30.
The Profibus Master module (IC693PBM200) supports up to 125 slave devices. The Profibus Slave module (IC693PBS201) has the same specifications as the master with the exception of the master support. The processor on board is an Intel i960 with 512bytes of local RAM memory. The modules have on-board shared memory of 288K. An additional 16K of memory is used for parameters and diagnostics. The data volume per slave is 244 bytes in and 244 bytes out.
All parameters are stored into the onboard Flash via the CIMPLICITY Machine Edition Logic Developer programming package through the CPU. A serial port is available on the front of the Profibus modules for firmware upgrades.
The modules are compatible with all Series 90-30 CPUs (minimum firmware rev of 8.0 or greater). The exception is CPU340 and CPU321. CPUs with 8.0 firmware to 10.51 and will have some configuration restrictions. Rev level 10.60 and above will have the least amount of configuration restrictions. The Profibus Master module is also compatible with VersaMax Profibus DP network interface unit (IC200PBI001).
Applications of Profibus DP in Your Industry
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General: Distributed I/O and Motion
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Water/Wastewater, Food and Beverage, Automotive: Distributed I/O, VFDs, and other third-party devices
Serial Modbus Master available for Series 90-30 CPU363
A Modbus Master will be available on the serial ports of the CPU363 in the third quarter of 2002. The Modbus Master enables you to communicate with Modbus Slave devices such as PLCs, VFDs, I/O, circuit breakers and GE Power Relays.
The Modbus Master is initiated using a COMMREQ. The device will support the following commands:
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Command 1: Read Coil Status
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Command 2: Read Input Status
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Command 3: Read Holding Registers
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Command 4: Read Input Registers
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Command 5: Force Single Coil
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Command 6: Preset Single Holding Register
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Command 7: Read Exception Status
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Command 15: Force Multiple Coils
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Command 16: Preset Multiple Registers
The VersaMax Modular CPUs CPU001, CPU002, CPU005 an dCPUE05 will also support Modbus master commands. This complements the Modbus RTU Slave support on all GE Fanuc PLCs.
Applications of Serial Modbus Master in Your Industry
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General: Modbus Master communication to devices such as power relays, circuit breakers, switch gear, drives and PLCs
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Power: Substation automation and emergency power
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Water/Wastewater: Various applications including SCADA, pumping stations, flood control
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Process: Remote I/O, PLCs and switch gear
New DeviceNet Modules
In the third quarter of 2002, GE Fanuc will introduce the new DeviceNet Master (IC693DNM200) and Slave module (IC693DNS201). The modules are compatible with all Series 90-30 CPUs (minimum firmware rev of 8.0 or greater) with the exception of the CPU340 and CPU321.
DeviceNet Master Features
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UCMM capable (one proxy connection per slave)
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Maximum of 63 slaves (DeviceNet Specified Maximum)
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Up to 2 I/O connections per slave
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Fragmented Poll, Strobe, Cyclic and Change-of-State (COS) I/O Connections
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Fragmented Explicit Messaging
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Independent configuration of update rates for each poll I/O device
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Global update rate for Poll and Strobe slave devices
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DeviceNet compliant module and Network Status LEDs
DeviceNet Slave Features
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UCMM Capable Group 2 Server
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Poll, Strobe, COS and Cyclic I/O connection types (based on configuration parameters)
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Fragmented I/O and Explicit Messaging
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DeviceNet compliant module and Network Status LEDs
Features of Both
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Supports all standard data rates (125K, 250K, 500K)
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Configuration of the modules via CIMPLICITY Machine Edition Logic Developer
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Initialization and configuration of the module over the Series 90-30 backplane
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Serial port on the front of the module for firmware upgrades only
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Mapping of up to 12Kbytes of Input/Output/Explicit Messaging
Applications of DeviceNet in Your Industry
