Bronkhorst FLOW-BUS interface - Manual (Page 3)

BRONKHORST ®
Page 3 FLOW‐BUS interface 9.17.024
Table of contents
1 GENERAL PRODUCT INFORMATION....................................................................................................4
1.1 I NTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2 M ULTIBUS TYPES ........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 R EFERENCES TO OTHER APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1 Manuals and user guides: ........................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.2 Technical Drawings: .................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.3 Software tooling: ........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.4 S HORT FORM START ‐ UP ................................................................................................................................... 6
2 FIELD BUS INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................11
2.1 G ENERAL ................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.2 FLOW‐BUS CONNECTOR .............................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.1 Shielded RJ45 modular jack....................................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2 Shielded a coded M12 connector .............................................................................................................. 12
2.3 FLOW‐BUS C ABLES AND T‐ PARTS .................................................................................................................. 13
2.3.1 RJ45 FTP cables ......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.3.2 M12 DeviceNet drop cables ...................................................................................................................... 14
2.4 T ERMINATION ............................................................................................................................................ 15
2.4.1 Termination resistors ................................................................................................................................ 15
2.4.2 Biasing resistors ........................................................................................................................................ 15
2.5 P OWER SUPPLY ........................................................................................................................................... 17
3 CHANGING PARAMETERS VIA FLOW‐BUS .........................................................................................18
4 FLOW‐BUS INSTALLATION AND ADDRESSING ...................................................................................19
4.1 I NSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................. 19
4.1.1 Install to bus via rotary switches on the side of the instrument (if present)............................................. 19
4.1.2 Automatic installation to FLOW‐BUS ........................................................................................................ 19
4.1.3 Remote installation to FLOW‐BUS ............................................................................................................ 20
4.1.4 Install to bus on a pre‐defined node‐address or re‐address instrument on the bus ................................. 20
4.2 S ECURITY AND FLEXIBILITY .............................................................................................................................. 21
5 FLOW‐BUS SYSTEM OPERATION WITH COMPUTER...........................................................................22
5.1 C OMMUNICATION WITH FLOW‐BUS THROUGH FLOW‐BUS DDE SERVER ............................................................... 22
5.2 C OMMUNICATION WITH FLOW‐BUS DIRECTLY THROUGH DLL............................................................................... 22
5.3 C OMMUNICATION WITH INTERFACE DIRECTLY THROUGH RS232.............................................................................. 23
6 TROUBLESHOOTING .........................................................................................................................24
6.1 LED INDICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 24
6.2 T ROUBLESHOOTING HINTS AND TIPS ................................................................................................................. 25
7 SERVICE............................................................................................................................................26