Micromod Micro-DCI: 53MC5000 MicroLink - Manual (Page 4)

8.0 CONFIGURING THE 53MC5000 PCS AS A GATEWAY 23
8.1 53MC5000 PCS GATEWAY OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.2 CONFIGURING THE 53MC5000 PCS GATEWAY PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8.2.1 PERFORMANCE TUNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8.3 ACCESSING DATALINK INSTRUMENTS FROM MICROLINK NODES . . . . . . . . 25
8.3.1 SETTING MICROLINK SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . 25
8.3.1.1 MICROLINK SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT PARAMETER
REFERENCE TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8.3.1.2 APPROXIMATING MICROLINK SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT
PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8.3.2 PCS EXTERNAL INPUT MODULE CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.4 ACCESSING MICROLINK NODES FROM THE DATALINK SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT
OR HOST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.4.1 SETTING DATALINK SUPERVISOR-PC UNIT PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . 28
8.5 GATEWAY CABLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure Listing
Figure 2-1. Typical MicroLink Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure 4-1. MicroLink Cabling Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Figure 4-2. MicroLink T-Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 8-1. Gateway As Datalink Interrogator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 8-2. Gateway As Datalink Responder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 8-3. Datalink Interrogator Gateway Installation (Cord Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 8-4. Datalink Interrogator Gateway Installation (Rear Terminal Board) . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 8-5. Datalink Responder Gateway Installation (Cord Set) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 8-6. Datalink Responder Gateway Installation (Rear Terminal Board) . . . . . . . . 33
Table Listing
Table 2-1. Attributes of Typical MicroLink Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Table 3-1. Recommended Maximum Network Cable Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Table 3-2. SUPERVISOR SCAN Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 7-1. Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Table 8-1. MicroLink SUPERVISOR-PC Unit Values for B04 - B08 . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 8-2. Baud Rate - Transaction Time (ms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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