Connecting to the Advantys STB Island
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Overview
In this example, you will use the Advantys configuration software running on your PC to:
Using the data presented in the fieldbus image, you can use Control Expert to create input and output items that map to specific status, input, output, and output echo data.
NOTE: Before proceeding with the following instructions, confirm that you have auto-configured the Advantys STB island by pressing the RST button on the front of the STB NIC 2212 module.
Making the Connection
To connect to the STB NIC 2212 and I/O modules using the Advantys configuration software:
Step
Action
1
Startup the Advantys configuration software on your PC. A dialog opens displaying available project types.
2
Select STB.
3
Select File → New Workspace. The New Workspace window opens (below).
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For this example, type in the following field values:
  • for the field Workspace File type in Advantys
  • for the field Island File type in Advantys_01
5
Click OK. The Advantys configuration software displays an empty DIN rail in the center of the screen.
6
Select Online → Connection Settings. The Connection Settings window opens (below).
7
In the Connection Settings window, accept the Modbus Node ID default setting of 1, select TCP/IP, and click the Settings... button:
The TCP/IP Parameters dialog opens (below).
8
In the Remote IP Address field, type in the IP address for the STB NIC 2212, in this example: 192.168.1.6.
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Click OK to close the TCP/IP Parameters dialog, and click OK again to close the Connection Settings dialog.
10
Select Online → Connect. The Data Transfer dialog opens (below):
11
Select Upload in the Data Transfer dialog. The island workspace is populated with island data and shows the STB NIC 2212 and the island modules (below):
Note: A box appears beneath each module containing one or two integers—for example . These integers serve the following purpose:
  • The left-side integer (3 in this example) identifies the module’s physical position—left to right—among the modules in the rack.
  • The right-side integer (1 in this example) identifies the module’s relative position—left to right—among only data producing/receiving modules. If the module is not a data producing/receiving module (e.g. a power supply, or end of segment module) no right-side integer appears.
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Select Island → I/O Image Overview. The I/O Image window opens to the Fieldbus Image page:
Each table cell contains one of the following alpha-numeric indicators:
  • S indicates a status bit for the STB NIC 2212 network interface module
  • an integer identifies the relative position—from left to right—of a data producing/receiving module with input or output data in that cell. For example:
    • the STB DDI 3230 input module is the first data producing or receiving module in the rack; its data is designated by the integer 1 in bits 0 - 3 of word 2 in the Input Data table
    • the STB DDO 3600 output module is the sixth data producing module in the rack; its status and output echo data is designated by the integer 6 in bits 8 - 13 of word 4 and in bits 0 - 5 of word 5 in the Input Data table; its output data is designated by the integer 6 in bits 8 - 13 of word 1 in the Output Data table
Notes:
Select a cell in either the Input Data or Output Data tables to display—in the middle of the page—a description of the cell data and its source module.
Convert the size of the Input Data table and the Output Data table from words to bytes (i.e. divide by 2), then use that data as the values for the Input Size (19) and Output Size (6) parameters when configuring the remote device’s connection properties.