Micromod Micro-DCI: 53MC5000 MicroLink - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
2.0 MICROLINK OVERVIEW 3
3.0 MICROLINK NETWORK SIZING 7
3.1 NETWORK DISTANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2 ASSESSING THE COMMUNICATIONS LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.1 PROCEDURE TO ASSESS COMMUNICATIONS LOAD . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2.2 EXAMPLE OF NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS LOAD CALCULATION . . . . . 10
4.0 MICROLINK INSTALLATION 11
4.1 NETWORK HARDWARE FOR THE PROCESS CONTROL STATION,
SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT, AND PC UNIT WITH THE 53WS5000 PRODUCT
PACKAGE INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1.1 PROCESS CONTROL STATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.1.2 SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1.3 PC UNIT WITH 53WS5000 PRODUCT PACKAGE INSTALLED . . . . . . . . 12
4.2 CABLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3 NODE PARAMETER ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3.1 SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT PARAMETER ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.3.2 PARAMETER ENTRIES FOR PC UNITS WITH THE 53WS5000
PRODUCT PACKAGE INSTALLED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.3.3 PROCESS CONTROL STATION PARAMETER ENTRIES . . . . . . . . . . 14
5.0 MICROLINK NETWORK MANAGEMENT 17
5.1 SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5.2 PROCESS CONTROL STATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.0 MICROLINK TROUBLESHOOTING 19
7.0 MICROLINK PARTS LIST 21
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