
Product Overview
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TIWAY I Gateway User Manual
Basic Operating Features (continued)
The
Gateway provides protocol and electrical interface conversion. A
command issued by the host system is transmitted to the Gateway
. Once it
receives the command, the Gateway converts the protocol and electrical
signals and then relays the command to the PLC which was addressed.
After the PLC responds, the Gateway re-translates the information and
sends it back to the host system through the interface device.
The primary function of the Gateway
, then, is to translate host commands
into TIW
A
Y I commands. These commands are described in Appendix C.
The TIW
A
Y I Gateway supports data transmission rates from 1
10 bits per
second (bps) to 19.2 kbps with the host, and from 1
10 bps to 1
15.2 kbps on
the network interface. T
able 1-1 summarizes the baud rates supported by
the Foxboro, Honeywell, and Fisher host systems.
T
able 1-1
Data T
ransmission Rates Supported
Host System Data Transmission Rates Supported
110 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19.2k
Foxboro
Honeywell
Fisher
The
Gateway allows access to discrete I/O points and Control Relays
(X, Y
, and C), holding registers (V
-memory), word input and output registers
(WX and WY), as well as performance statistics for each PLC network
interface. Information can be stored in variable (V) memory locations,
retrieved, and changed from the operator
’
s console of the distributed control
system. Appendix A provides information on the maximum numbers of
discrete inputs and outputs, holding registers, and word input registers.
Examples of data retrieval include the following:
•
If you want to retrieve a process control loop integer value from a PLC,
move this value into a register
, or V
-memory location, corresponding to
the one configured in the distributed control system (refer to the
appropriate DCS manuals).
•
If you want to look at the current value of a counter
, move this value
into V
-memory (using the ladder logic program) to a location configured
as a register in the host system.
Discrete inputs and outputs (Xs, Ys, and Cs) generally do not require special
conditioning in order to be read from the operator
’
s console (as in the Fisher
PROVOX system). See Appendix D for examples.
Translating
Commands
between Host and
PLC Network
Data T
ransmission
Rates Supported
T
ypes of Data
Accessed
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