Installation Manual

Rosemount Tank Radar REX

308014EN, Edition 4

Chapter 6 The Field Communication Unit

May 2013

 

 

6.2Communication Ports

The Field Communication Unit has six connections for communication interface boards, X1 to X6. The connections can be individually configured as either Group Bus or Field Bus ports. There can be maximum four Group Buses or four Field Buses at the same time. Maximum configuration can be 2+4, 3+3 or 4+2 buses of each kind. However, connections X5 and X6 are never configured as Field Bus ports, while the X1 and X2 connections are never configured as Group Bus ports.

As standard the Field Communication Unit is delivered with six FCM interface boards for four Field Bus ports and two Group Bus ports.

The table below shows the maximum configurations of an extended FCU:

Ports

X1

X2

X3

X4

X5

X6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alternative 4+2

FB

FB

FB

FB

GB

GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alternative 3+3

FB

FB

FB

GB

GB

GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alternative 2+4

FB

FB

GB

GB

GB

GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 6-1. Communication ports.

6.2.1RS232 communication

There are two jumper connectors delivered with each unit. These can be connected to the X5 and/or X6 for RS-232C Group Bus communication. See Figure 6-2.

Jumper for RS232C

 

 

 

X2

X1

 

 

X3

 

 

 

 

 

 

X5

X4

 

 

X6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRL/2 Bus

Interface boards,

FCM boards

FCU_BusPorts.eps

Figure 6-2. FCU Bus Ports

6-2

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