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THEORY OF OPERATION

 

As part of the serial interface port license, a standard Modbus protocol is installed on the

 

DeltaV PSIC prior to customization. The PSIC needs to be flash upgraded from the

 

Modbus protocol to the Allen-Bradley protocol before operation.

 

The Allen-Bradley serial driver implements DF1 protocol. It communicates with PLC-3,

 

PLC-5 or SLC5/XX devices on the DH+ network through either a 1785-KE or 1770-KF2

 

communication modules. These modules convert the DF1 serial protocol to the DH+

 

network protocol. The switch settings must be configured properly for the RS-232 or RS-

 

422/485 prerequisite for proper operation.

 

The Allen-Bradley Driver communicates with the PLC and updates emulated DeltaV I/O

 

with the data received from the PLC. The primary functions of the driver are listed below:

 

￿￿ Performs data and message handling between DeltaV and PLC-3 / PLC-5 / SLC5/XX.

 

￿￿ Sends messages to PLC-3 / PLC-5 / SLC5/XX from DeltaV

 

￿￿

Processes reply information and updates the corresponding emulated DeltaV I/O

 

 

channels

 

 

 

￿￿

Update emulated input

channel status and Data Block status to indicate the

 

 

communication state of PLC-3 / PLC-5 / SLC5/XX.

 

￿￿ Checks validity of messages received by PLC-3 / PLC-5 / SLC5/XX.

 

Upon proper installation and configuration of the Allen-Bradley driver within the

 

DeltaV/PSIC system, communications with a properly configured Allen-Bradley PLC-3 /

 

PLC-5 or SLC5/XX may proceed.

 

There are a maximum of 16 Datasets (DS) per port, with a total of 32 per PSIC. The

 

maximum number of data elements per Dataset that can be supported by the PSIC

 

depends on the data file type. Note that the number of supported Datasets does not

 

change. The following table describes this correlation:

 

 

 

 

 

Dataset Data File Type

Number of Data Elements

 

 

 

or Registers

 

 

Boolean

100

 

 

Discrete

100

 

 

8-bit signed integer

100

 

 

16-bit signed integer

100

 

 

32-bit signed integer

50

 

 

8-bit unsigned integer

100

 

 

16-bit unsigned integer

100

 

 

32-bit unsigned integer

50

 

 

Floating point

50

 

 

String

1

 

The DeltaV PSIC is the master in all communications. It polls each input device and requests data values on a message by message basis. The output is performed when a new value is to be written to the devices. The PSIC constantly scans the configured input Datasets for new values and updates the database. Upon a change of value in the output Dataset, the PSIC will finish the current input scan and suspend the input process. It will service all the output requests before resuming the input process.

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