Horner APG RX371 OCS HERX371C101 - Manual (Page 14)

CH. 2 MAN0924-01-EN
February 8, 2010 Page 14 of 124 # 1018
• RS-232 / RS-485 Serial Ports
• Configurable serial protocols for communication to drives, PLC’s, or other serial peripherals.
• Advanced control capabilities including floating point, multiple auto tuning PID loops and string
handling capabilities.
• Removable Media for up to two gigabytes of storage of programs, data logging or screen captures.
• System Key and Configurable Function Keys
• USB networking port for communication with PC’s and programming of controller.
• USB supporting flash drive.
• Ethernet (10/100 Mbps)
• Smart Stack I/O Expansion and Smart Stix remote I/O.
• Cscape programming software allowing all aspects of RX-371 to be programmed and configured from
one integrated application.
b. CsCAN
Network
The RX-371 has the CsCAN networking port for communication with remote I/O, other controllers or PC’s.
(CsCAN is pronounced “see-scan”). CAN-based network hardware is used in the controllers because of
CAN’s automatic error detection, ease of configuration, low-cost of design and implementation and ability
to operate in harsh environments. Networking abilities are built-in to the RX-371 and require no external
or additional modules.
Figure 2.3: Pass through Function (Available in CsCAN Networks Only)
The RX-371 features the ability to pass through programming commands. When attached to a RX-371
serial port, a programming package (i.e., Cscape) can access other RX units or any other OCS unit
connected to a CsCAN network by passing the programming command through the serial port to the
network port. One Cscape package (connected to one RX unit) can program all RX or other OCS units on
the CsCAN network. When several RX models are networked together to achieve a specific purpose, the
system acts like a large parallel-processing controller.
c. Cscape
Software
RX-371 hardware is programmed with a Windows-based PC application called Cscape (HE500OSW232).
Cscape (pronounced “see-scape”) stands for Control Station Central Application Programming
Environment. Provided there is one serial connection to one node on the network (i.e., CsCAN
Network), the operator has control over the entire system. The operator can upload, download, monitor
and debug to any node on the network.
This application can be used to program, configure, monitor and debug all aspects of the RX-371 unit. It
is used for programming RX-371 OCS ladder logic, programming user displays for the RX-371 OCS,
configuring the network for global digital and analog data, setting system-wide security and monitoring
controllers in the system.