
Configuring the PLC for Fisher PROVOX
D-2
TIWAY I Gateway User Manual
D.1 Considerations for Configuring a TIWAY I/PROVOX System
To
configure the PLC to operate with the Fisher PROVOX Programmable
Controller Interface Unit (PCIU), you need to consider the following
restrictions and requirements.
•
A maximum of eight PLCs can be networked with each PCIU on a
PROVOX system.
•
A total of 64 data registers can be distributed in V
-memory across one
to eight PLCs on the PCIU.
•
The PCIU can be configured to access up to 8 blocks of contiguous
V-memory
. These blocks may encompass up to 64 words of data. The
network cannot access any data that is not defined in one of these
blocks.
•
Data can be read from and written to contiguous blocks of V
-memory.
• W
ords within a block of V
-memory may be defined as integer or discrete
registers. The values of the discrete registers correspond to the values
of a contiguous block of 16 Y points.
•
For each V
-memory block in a PLC that the PCIU is configured to read,
the first word in the block must be reserved as a status register
. This
word does not count toward the 64-word limit.
•
All registers should be defined in the V
-memory of the PLC. The
starting V
-memory address for each PLC register block must be
configured in the PCIU.
•
Each PLC should have an address assigned to it ranging from 1 to 247.
These requirements have several important consequences in network and
PLC program design.
The restriction to 8 contiguous memory blocks defined for a given PCIU
means that there is a maximum of 8 PLCs that the PROVOX system can
access on a single TIW
A
Y I network. However
, if more than one contiguous
block is defined within a single PLC, then for every block after the first in
the PLC, one less PLC on the TIW
A
Y I network can be accessed by the
PCIU. For example, if 3 V
-memory blocks were defined for each PLC
connected to the PROVOX system, then a maximum of 2 PLCs could be
attached to each PCIU, with each PCIU having 2 unused memory blocks.
PLC Configuration
Requirements
Network Design
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