Rockwell Automation 284 ArmorStart User Manual - Manual (Page 269)

Chapter
11
ArmorStart® to ArmorPoint®
Connectivity
ArmorStart with ArmorPoint ArmorStart for the ArmorPoint Backplane
The Bulletin 280A/281A, 283A, and 284A ArmorStart Distributed
Motor Controller allows connectivity to the ArmorPoint backplane.
The ArmorPoint I/O system can communicate using DeviceNet™,
ControlNet™, or EtherNet communication protocols. In addition to
the other network communication protocols; the ArmorPoint
Distributed I/O products allow the I/O capability to be expanded
beyond the standard two outputs. Two dual-key output connectors are
provided standard. The outputs are sourced from control voltage
power (A1, A2). LED status indication is also provided, as standard
with the ArmorPoint. When using ArmorPoint, a maximum of two
ArmorStart Distributed Motor Controllers can be connected to the
ArmorPoint Distributed I/O products.
ArmorStart to ArmorPoint Connectivity
Figure 11.1 Connectivity Diagram for One ArmorStart Distributed Motor
Controller
When connecting to the Bulletin 1738 ArmorPoint Distributed I/O
product, a network adapter and at least one ArmorPoint Digital
Output, Digital Input, Analog, AC and Relay product, or Specialty
product must be selected. The ArmorPoint Distributed I/O can
accommodate up to 63 modules per network node. The cable that
connects the ArmorPoint Distributed I/O product to the ArmorStart
Distributed Motor Controller is the Bulletin 280A-EXT1. The 280A-
EXT1 includes an ArmorPoint bus extension cable and a network
terminating resistor. The network terminating resistor must be
connected to the “ArmorPoint Interface Out” connector.