Rockwell Automation 25-COMM-D PowerFlex 525 DeviceNet Adapter - Manual (Page 10)

10 Rockwell Automation Publication 520COM-UM002A-EN-E - April 2013
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Features The features of the DeviceNet adapter include:
• Mounting onto a PowerFlex 525 Control Module back cover for
installation into the drive. It receives the required power from the drive
and from the DeviceNet network.
• Switches to set a node address and network data rate before applying
power to the PowerFlex drive. Alternatively, you can disable the switches
and use parameters to configure these functions.
• Compatibility with various configuration tools to configure the
DeviceNet adapter and host drive. The tools include network software
such as RSNetWorx for DeviceNet, and drive-configuration software such
as RSLogix 5000 (version 17 or greater), Logix Designer (version 21 or
greater), and Connected Components Workbench (version 3 or greater).
• Status indicators that report the status of the DeviceNet adapter and
network communications.
• Parameter-configured 16-bit Datalinks in the I/O to meet application
requirements (four Datalinks to write data from the network to the drive,
and four Datalinks to read data to the network from the drive).
• Explicit Messaging and UCMM (Unconnected Message Manager)
support.
• Master-Slave hierarchy that can be configured to transmit data to and from
a controller on the network.
• Multi-drive mode which allows up to five drives to share a single
DeviceNet address node.
• User-defined fault actions to determine how the DeviceNet adapter and its
host PowerFlex 525 drive respond to:
–
I/O messaging communication disruptions (Comm Flt Action)
– Controllers in idle mode (Idle Flt Action)
• Multiple data exchange methods, including Polled, Cyclic, and Change of
State (COS), can be used to transmit data between the network and
adapter.
• Faulted node recovery is supported. You can configure a device even when
it is faulted on the network if you have a configuration tool that uses
faulted node recovery and have properly set the adapter node address
switches and data rate switches.
Understanding Parameter
Types This manual references two types of parameters:
•
Device parameters are used to configure the adapter to operate on the
network. These parameters reside on the adapter.
•
Host parameters are used to configure the drive, including the datalink
configuration for the datalinks used by the adapter. These parameters
reside on the drive.