Category: IBA

Description Properties  ExpressCard with 2 fiber optic connections for laptop computers  Fast data transfer between card and computer’s memory by DMA technology (CPU load relieving)  Support for all ibaNet communication protocols (2 Mbit/s, 3.3 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s, 32 Mbit/s and 32Mbit Flex)  Up to 512 analog and 512 digital signals to be sent/received over the fiber optic link  Sampling time between 10 µs and 2 ms  Replacement for ibaCom-PCMCIA-F with FO-adapter ibaCom-FO-A  Suitable for  ExpressCard slots with 34 mm or 54 mm  Plug and Play Usage The card is a member of the ibaFOB-D card family and should be used with mobile computers for measurement purposes. It can be used for connecting a notebook com puter with iba field devices like ibaPADU analog-digital converter units, ibaNet750 de vices, ibaLink system couplings and iba bus monitors. The ibaFOB-io-ExpressCard with its integrated fiber optic adapter provides for higher data transmission rates (up to 32 Mbit/s) compared with the former ibaPCMCIA-F card and shows a performance like the ibaFOB-io-D card. Considered this, a measurement with mobile computers can be of the same quality le vel like with stationary systems. ibaPDA-V6. version 6.24 or higher is required for operation of this card.

Communication protocols All current and former ibaNet communication protocols are supported. Thus, data from an old ibaPADU device (S/N < 1000) as well as from an ibaPADU-S-IT of the new gen eration can be processed by this card. Furthermore, the ibaNet protocol 5 Mbit/s for fast data acquisition (25 kHz) over de vices ibaPADU-8-ICP, ibaPADU-8-M or -16-M is supported. The valid ibaNet protocol of the fiber optic input data stream is detected automatically by the card. The 32Mbit Flex protocol is supported with firmware version V2.00 (build 172 (C2)) or higher. Fast data processing with reduced CPU load Due to the DMA technology (DMA = Direct Memory Access) measured data are written directly into the computer’s memory which is used by the software application for read ing the data. It is a significant relief for the CPU load while data traffic is boosted. iba field devices Following, you‘ll find a listing of some iba field devices which can be connected to the ibaFOB-io-ExpressCard:  ibaPADU-8. -16. -32  ibaPADU-8-ICP, -8-M, -16-M  ibaPADU-S-IT  ibaDIG-40  ibaBM-DPM-S, -S-64 (Profibus DP)  ibaBM-eCAT  ibaBM-SiLink  ibaBM-SLM (SIMOLINK)  ibaBM-DDCS (DDCS Drive Bus)  ibaBM-COL-8i-o  ibaBM-DIS-i-8o  ibaBM-FOX-i-3o-D  ibaNet750-BM  ibaPACO-4  ibaLink-SM-64-i-o  ibaLink-SM-64-SD16  ibaLink-SM-128V-i-2o  

The new cards features are:  Full Plug&Play functionality.  Three different data transmission rates per optical link: 3.3 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s and 32 Mbit/s The 2 MBit data transfer to the old ibaPADU-16. – 32 devices is not supported. (All ibaPADU-16 and -32 with serial number 999 and below use 2 Mbit data transfer.)  Three modes of operation on each fiber optic link:  F-mode, for data acquisition and output up to 1 kHz (1 ms cycle) with 3.3 Mbit/s  M-mode, for data acquisition up to 25 kHz (40 μs cycle) with 5 Mbit/s  X-mode, for data acquisition up to 20 kHz (50 μs cycle) with 32 Mbit/s  Enhanced card diagnostics and card information in ibaPDA-V6

The ibaFOB I/O Concept The unique peripheral I/O concept based on the ibaFOB boards, features characteristics otherwise unknown on standardized field busses such as:  Full deterministic transmission profiles for all fiber optic buses and connected devices (1 ms).  Internal and/or external synchronization on the bus, even for more than one bus with programmable cycle times between 1.0 and 9.9 ms in steps of 100 μs.  Deviation less than 2 μs between several busses (external synchronization)  The iba fiber optic transmission standard integrates not only A/D converters (ibaPADU) but a huge variety of PLC interfaces and hence allows the realization of heterogene ous measuring and I/O topologies. The following devices can be connected:  ibaFOB cards incl. ibaFOB x/4-F (ISA) and ibaFOB-OF-Link  ibaLink-SM-64-io (Siemens Simatic S5 115U, 135U 155U; MMC216 all types)  ibaLink-SM-128V-i-2o (VME32 & VME64 rack)  ibaNet750 (Wago IO system 750)  ibaBM-FOX-i-3o (FO-splitter and repeater)  ibaPADU-8. ibaPADU-8-ICP, ibaPADU-8-M, ibaPDAU-8-S, ibaPADU-16. ibaPADU-16-M-2. ibaPADU-32-T, ibaPADU-32-R and ibaPADU-8-O  ibaBM-SLM (Simolink Monitor for Siemens Motion Link Bus)  ibaBM-DDCSM (Monitor for ABB DDCS+ Drivebus)  Adjustable bus timing (ring topology in combination with ibaLogic only!)  Easy handling without the termination problems of copper based systems  The integration in hazardous areas is no problem in terms of EMI due to the fiber optic communication concept.  One source can be accessed by multiple clients at the same time by just multiply ing the optical fibers (ibaBM-FOX-i-3o and ibaFOB-OF-Link splitting devices) – so I/O peripherals may be used for process control and measuring at the same time. This also makes redundant structures easy.

Introduction The board ibaFOB-2io-X is a fiber optic communication card like the other well-known boards ibaFOB-io-PCI, ibaFOB-io-S, ibaFOB-4i-PCI, ibaFOB-4i-S, ibaFOB-4o and iba FOB-OF-Link which are used to connect a standard PC to the iba peripheral devices such as ibaPADUs, ibaNet750 devices and ibaLink signal modules (SM). The essential difference to the boards without the “X” in the name is a higher data trans mission rate on the fiber optic link. Of course, in order to take advantage of this enhanced data rate there should be the appropriate peripheral devices installed which support the high data rate too. On one hand these are devices from iba which care the “X” in the name and on the other hand system components of other manufacturers like ABB AC 800 PEC or Simatic TDC with LO5A interface. As far as the following text does not refer to a particular card, the boards are referred to as ibaFOB boards. What’s new? The ibaFOB-2io-X and respectively the ibaFOB-4i-X and ibaFOB-2i-X card represent the new generation of iba’s fiber optic PC boards. These boards extend the existing board family and will replace the previous ibaFOB-cards in long-term. The new boards are 100% compatible on the fiber optical bus side while in the PC the interface and dual port ram layout differ between the old and new boards.

The ibaFOB-TDCexp card couples the iba Process Data Acquisition system ibaPDA with

the Siemens control system SIMATIC TDC. To achieve this, the ibaFOB-TDCexp card

must be connected to one of the free ports of the CP52IO (GDM Interface Module of the

SIMATIC TDC).

The CP52IO realizes the access to the GDM memory card CP52M0. Using a fiber optic

link the TDC racks are connected to the CP52IO via the CP52A0 card. Up to 44 TDC

racks can be connected to the GDM in total. For the TDC system, the ibaPDA PC with

an ibaFOB-TDCexp card acts like a TDC rack, the ibaFOB-TDCexp card acts like a

CP52A0 card.

This topology enables the ibaPDA system with an ibaFOB-TDCexp card to communicate

notionally with every processor in one of the connected TDC racks (max. 43).

Operational modes To measure SIMATIC TDC system numeric and binary values must be transported be tween the TDC system and the PC, which means that internal variables of the TDC sys tem may be visualized and recorded. For recording purposes two different software pack ages are supported by the ibaFOB-TDCexp card:  SD-TDC-lite: All values to be measured by ibaPDA have to be manually programmed in CFC charts of the control unit. Changes of signals require a change in this chart. Up to 16 process telegrams are to be defined per card which transport the values to ibaPDA containing 32 analog plus 32 digital variables each. Structure and length of the process telegrams are determined by ibaPDA. Up to 4 cards in a PC are sup ported by ibaPDA. In addition the ibaPDA-Technostring (non-structured ASCII-string with a length of up to 512 bytes) can be configured.  SD-TDC-Request: The definition of the signals to be measured is independent of the connected con trol unit system. All changes are done in ibaPDA. ibaPDA supports the functionality to select the internal TDC variables by their names, i.e. the chart, function block and the connector names. To do that for every TDC CPU special service function blocks must be included in the CFC chart of the control unit. The information about the variable names (address books) is transferred from the TDC CPU to the ibaPDA system directly via the ibaFOB-TDCexp card. ibaPDA supports up to 4 cards with up to 50 processor connections per card and additionally, the ibaPDA-Technostring.

Introduction Application The ibaFOB-TDCexp card couples the iba Process Data Acquisition system ibaPDA with the Siemens control system SIMATIC TDC. To achieve this, the ibaFOB-TDCexp card must be connected to one of the free ports of the CP52IO (GDM Interface Module of the SIMATIC TDC). Characteristics The card has the following characteristics:  PCI Express card for 1.0-x1 compatible slot  100 % functional compatible with the predecessor ibaFOB-TDC  Firmware update without dismounting the card  Bidirectional fiber optic link with 640 Mbit/s  Absolutely noise free acquisition of process data  Enhanced SIMATIC TDC system diagnostics  Display for card id, processor and link status via 7-segment display and LEDs  Up to 4 PCIe cards per PC  Plug and play installation  All component parameters are 100% controlled by software. No wiring or jumpering is necessary for that card.

Remarks on the measurement principle To measure SIMATIC TDC system numeric values must be transported between the TDC system and the PC, which means that internal variables of the TDC system may be visualized and recorded. For recording purposes two different software packages are provided by iba. Request-TDC (former name Symbolic Request): The definition of the signals to be measured is independent of the connected system. All changes are done in ibaPDA. ibaPDA supports the functionality to select the internal TDC variables by their names, i.e. the plan, function block and the connector names. To do that for every TDC CPU 2 service function blocks must be included in the CFC plan of the TDC system. These function blocks support also overload protection to avoid high system loads by ibaPDA. The information about the variable names (address book) is not provided by the TDC engineering software, but is transferred from the TDC CPU to the ibaPDA system di rectly via the ibaFOB-TDC card.

Remarks concerning SIMATIC TDC The coupling partner on the SIMATIC TDC side is the Interfacemodul CP52IO. This card is located in a slot of the Global Data Memory (GDM) Rack, the common commu nication memory within a multirack SIMATIC TDC system. The fiber optic connection (FO) may use any free port of any CP52IO. The CP52IO realizes the access to the GDM memory card CP52M0. The TDC racks are connected to the CP52IO via the CP52A0 card. The ibaPDA PC with his ibaFOB TDC card acts like a SIMATIC TDC rack with a CP52A0. This topology enables the ibaFOB-TDC to communicate notionally with every proces sor in one of the connected racks (max. 43). This would be up to more than 800 CPUs. In reality the amount of simultaneous accessible CPUs per ibaFOB-TDC is limited to 50. In large systems it makes sense, to equip the ibaPDA-system with several ibaFOB TDC cards, connected parallel to one GDM. It is also possible to access one GDM by multiple ibaPDA systems. In this case it is mandatory to use unique link names for the different ibaPDA systems. It is also re quired that one TDC CPU is accessed by only one ibaPDA system. Remarks on the measurement principle To measure SIMATIC TDC system numeric values must be transported between the TDC system and the PC, which means that internal variables of the TDC system may be visualized and recorded. For recording purposes two different software packages are provided by iba.