REMIND EPC 50 Network

Users Manual

Product No. 31830-6410-1

Printed Jan 2001

Book No. 493107611 (3-1)

Alfa Laval Marine & Power

Alfa Laval reserve the right to make changes at any time without
prior notice.
Any comments regarding possible errors and omissions or
suggestions for improvement of this publication would be
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Copies of this publication can be ordered from your local Alfa
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Published by: Alfa Laval Marine & Power AB
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Copyright Alfa Laval Marine & Power AB 1999.
Contents

1 Scope 5 12 SattBus Serial Unit,

SBSU Description 39
2 Introduction 7
12.1 Mechanical Design 41
2.1 Requirements 7
12.2 LED Indicators 41
3 Software Installation 9
12.3 Switches 41
4 General about 12.4 Installation 42
SattBus installation 11 12.5 Switch Settings 43

5 Hardware Installation 13 12.6 Technical Specifications 47

5.1 Overview 13

5.2 Connect a PC to EPC50 Control

Cabinet using a SattBus
PC Board 14

5.3 Connect a PC to EPC50 Control

Cabinet using a SattBus Serial
Unit, SBSU 17

6 Interconnect several
EPC50 units 21

7 HELP Documentation 25

8 Troubleshooting the
Network 27

8.1 Troubleshooting the PC Board

Network 27

8.2 Troubleshooting the SBSU

Network 28

9 Drawings and Figures 31

10 Parts List 33

11 SattBus PC-board
Description 35

11.1 Layout and Settings 35

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1 Scope

This manual is valid for Alfa Laval REMIND

EPC 50 program, version 1.0 and for connection
of a PC to EPC 50 Control Systems.

The manual is intended for personnel with good

process knowledge and those who are operating
Separating Units with EPC 50 Control System.

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2 Introduction

REMIND EPC 50 Network, is an Alfa

Laval software specifically designed for
supervision and remote control of separation
units with EPC 50 Control System. With the
EPC 50 Control System in remote mode, you
can supervise and control the separator units
from a personal computer, PC, placed in a
control room.

2.1 Requirements
The program REMIND EPC 50 Network
will run on a PC which meets the following
requirements:
Processor at least Pentium 200 MHz with
16 Mbyte RAM (32 Mbye is
recommended) and 30 Mbyte hard disk
space available.
Operating system Windows 95 and later or
Windows NT 4.00 and later.
One free RS232 COM-port or one free
ISA PC slot.
Warning! Before carrying out any operation that
may effect the EPC 50, take steps to ensure that
no injury to personnel or damage to equipment
can occur as a result of the changes.

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3 Software
Installation
This chapter describes how to install
REMIND EPC 50 software in your PC. The
installation program is contained on two
diskettes.

The program requires Windows 95 and later

or Windows NT 4.00 and later.

The installation can be aborted at any time by

clicking the button CANCEL.

The installation procedure

When installing the REMIND EPC 50
software, proceed as follows:
1. Insert "REMIND EPC 50 Network"
disk 1 into drive a:

Note1. Other PC applications should be

closed before installation.

Note 2. When requested, insert diskette no. 2.

2. Select Run... from the Start Menu.
3. Welcome" dialog box appears

Click the next button.

Fill in User information
4. Click the button "Next". The dialog box
"Choose Destination Location" appears.
The recommended (default) volume and
directory path for the REMIND EPC 50
program is
C:\Program Files\Remind\EPC 50\Network

Click the button "Browse" if another path is

requested and enter volume an directory. Click
on "OK" to confirm the selected path.

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A shielded twisted pair cable with a minimum

of 3 twists/m and 80120 characteristic
impedance should be used as the bus cable.
Minimum area is 0.35 mm 2.

Note! The same type of cable must be used for

the entire SattBus installation.

Cable length and number of nodes

The total length must not exceed 500 m.

Termination

The bus cable should be terminated with

100 resistors, connected at the two most
remote ends, measured along the cable. See
figure above.

All units in EPC 50 system, i.e. OP, I/O and

MT 50, have internal termination resistors
which can be connected/disconnected by
jumpers.

For EPC 50 I/O-board termination resistor is

connected by placing jumper XJ3 in position
TERM.

I/O Board
OPEN

XJ3

TERM

Termination resistor connected

when XJ3 in this position

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For MT 50 the termination resistor is con-

nected by placing a jumper wire between ter-
minal no. 5 and 6 in connector X3.

1 2 3 4 5 6
X1

MT50
Circuit Board
1 2 3 4 5 6

X3

Termination resistor in MT50 is

connected when X3:5 - 6 is jumpered

For EPC 50 Remote OP the termination resis-

tor is connected by placing a jumper wire
between terminal no. 5 and 6 in connector X1,
i.e the screw terminal in the panel box.

At the PC, a 100 termination resistor should

be connected in the SattBus connector. This is
valid for both SattBus PC board and SBSU
unit.

IMPORTANT! Only two termination resistor,

one at each end, of a SattBus network must be
connected!

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Note1. The program must be locally placed.

Do not use a network path.
Note 2. If a new directory is selected which
does not exist, a dialog box appears requesting
to create one.

Click the next button Setup type

Select typical installation.
5. Click "Next" to open the next dialog box
"Select Folder Selection". This folder
name will, when installed, appear in the
"Start Up" menu for Windows 95 or NT
4.0.
Accept proposed name or enter a new one.
Note. If there is an already existing
version of REMIND EPC 50, a dialog
box appears asking if the old version
should be overwritten or not. Click "Yes"
to overwrite the old version or click "No"
to select another destination.

Click next button Start copying files.

Confirm that the setting are OK.
6. Click "Next" to start the installation. It
takes a few seconds. The dialog box
"Setup Complete" appears. Mark the
checkbox if you want launch the
REMIND EPC 50 program.

Click on "Finish" to complete the installation.

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This chapter describes how to connect the PC

with REMIND EPC50 Network installed, to
EPC 50 Control Cabinets via SattBus
network. Up to nine EPC 50 Control Cabinets
can be connected.

Warning! When handling electronics, avoid

electrostatic discharge e.g. by wearing an ESD
bracelet.

5.1 Overview
SattBus interconnects the EPC 50 units,
MT50, OP and I/O module, in the EPC 50
control system. See figure below.

An optional remote OP may also be connected

to SattBus.
A PC with REMIND EPC 50, Network can
be connected to SattBus in two alternative
ways:
to SattBus via a SattBus PC board which
is mounted inside the PC. (REMIND
EPC 50, Network Kit, PC-card art.no.
31830-6410-1)
to SattBus via a SattBus Serial Unit,
SBSU. One of the serial ports of the PC is
then used. (REMIND EPC 50, Network
Kit, SBSU art.no. 31830-6411-1).

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A maximum of 9 EPC 50 Control Cabinets

can be controlled and monitored by the PC
with the REMIND program.

Alternative 1: PC with SattBus PC board

SattBus
PC
Remote
OP
(optional)

EPC 50 EPC 50 EPC 50

No. 1 No. 2 No. 9

Alternative 2: PC and SBSU

SattBus RS232
SBSU PC

EPC 50 EPC 50 EPC 50

No. 1 No. 2 No. 9

The two alternatives for REMIND EPC 50,

Network.

5.2 Connect a PC to
EPC50 Control
Cabinet using a
SattBus PC Board
This is an alternative which connects the
SattBus network directly to the PC using a
SattBus PC board. Below is a step-by-step
description that shows how to connect the PC
to a single or the first one of several EPC 50
Control Cabinets.

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1. Unpack the SattBus PC board and check

that switches S1 - S5 are set in appropriate
positions as described below. Detailed
information for the SattBus PC board is
found in chapter SattBus PC-board
Description on page 35.

S1 DIP switch for selection of segment start

address location of the dual port RAM in the
host processor RAM area.

Memory area Switch S1 Note

in PC
(HEX)
-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8
D0 ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF
D1 OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF Default setting
C8 ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF
BC ON OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF
BE OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF

S2 Not used

S3 Reset switch

S4 DIP switch which must have following

setting

Switch S4
-1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6
OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF

S5 Set switch S5 in position "OFF".

2. Mount the SattBus PC board in an empty
ISA slot.
3. Connect the SattBus cable to connector
X1 on the SattBus PC board and to
connector X3 on I/O board in EPC 50
Control Cabinet.

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X3
X1

The electric diagram below shows the

connections.

EPC 50 PC card
I/O board or SBSU
X3 X1
1 1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3
4 2 4

4. As switch S5 is set to "OFF" a resistor,

100 , should be connected for SattBus
termination. See figure below.

1
SattBus 2
cable X1
100

3
4

Termination of the SattBus cable.

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5.3 Connect a PC to
EPC50 Control
Cabinet using a
SattBus Serial Unit,
SBSU
This alternative connects SattBus to the PC
via a SattBus Serial Unit, SBSU. Below is a
step-by-step description that shows how to
connect the PC to a single EPC 50 unit or to
the first of several EPC 50 units.
1. Remove the cover from the SBSU unit and
set the switches as described below. The
SBSU layout, function etc. is described in
SattBus Serial Unit, SBSU Description
on page 39.

Node identity

Set the node address to 19 for control and

monitoring. If node address is set to 18 only
monitoring is possible. The address is set by
the two hexadecimal switches Node
identity. See chapter SattBus Serial Unit,
SBSU Description on page 39.
Set switch marked H to "1" and switch
marked "L" to "3" for control and monitoring
or to "2" for only monitoring.

Other settnings are described in chapter

SattBus Serial Unit, SBSU Description on
page 39.

Filter address

All four switches SW1SW2 must be set to

zero.

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Mode switch

The mode switch SW must be set to zero, see

chapter SattBus Serial Unit, SBSU
Description on page 39).

Serial channel parameters

The DIP switch below the node identity

switches (see chapter SattBus Serial Unit,
SBSU Description on page 39) is used to set
the serial channel parameters. Normally 9600
baud, no parity (SW1 - 5), and "Host interface
mode" (SW6 - 8) should be chosen.

Parameter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
switch SW
ON ON ON OF ON ON ON OF
F F

Other settings are described in SattBus Serial

Unit, SBSU Description on page 39.
2. Mount the SBSU unit close to the PC by
means of 4 screws or a DIN rail. The unit
needs a power supply, see the step below.
The unit is described in SattBus Serial
Unit, SBSU Description on page 39.
3. Connect 24 V DC from the power supply (
art.no.: 490083613) to the SBSU 3-pole
jackable screw terminal block (marked
POWER). A suitable cable is 3 1.5
mm 2 . The voltage at the terminal screws
must be 1932 V DC. Connect protective
ground to the relevant terminal screw, and
connect 0 V to ground only at one end of
the cable.

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4. Use the serial communication cable (RS-

232, art.no.: 490173740) for connection
between the serial port of the PC and the
SBSU unit (channel 1). Maximum cable
length is 15 m. Use a screened cable and
connect the screen to the metal case of the
connector. Use a 25-pole metallic male D-
type connector on the SBSU side. The
electric diagram below shows the required
connections.

PC SBSU
9-pole 25-pole D-sub
D-sub Channel 1
2 RD 1 2 2 RD
3 TD 2 1 3 TD
5 GND 3 3 7 GND

5. Connect the SattBus cable to the 4-pole

plug-in screw connector, SattBus Serial
Unit, SBSU Description on page 39. The
connector is delivered with the SBSU.
Connect the other end to connector X3: 1
and 2 on EPC 50 I/O board in EPC 50
Control Cabinet.

X3

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The electric diagram below shows the

connections.

EPC 50 SBSU
I/O board SattBus
X3 connector
1 1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3
4 2 4

How to connect SattBus to the next EPC 50 is

described in the next section.

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NOTE! Before the systems will be intercon-

nected, check that the systems have different
identities. Unexpected problems could arise if
two systems have the same identity and com-
munication would be delayed.

A maximum of nine EPC 50 units can be con-

nected via SattBus to the PC with the
REMINDTM program.
The node addresses for each unit must be set
before starting up. They are set using the
Operators panel.

Setting the node addresses

All node addresses on SattBus must be

unique, which means that each EPC 50 con-
nected to SattBus must have a unique separa-
tor identity. The EPC 50 identity is default 1.
If one EPC 50 unit is connected, this should
have the identity 1, the second unit should
have the identity 2 etc.
The identity 1 means that all nodes belonging
to the unit start at 10, identity 2 means start at
20 etc., see figure below.

Monitoring mode means address 18, and Con-

trol monitoring mode means address 19.

To set the identity, select on the Operators

panel menu item Separator Identity In 5,
and then select set required identity (19).

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PC Remote Remote
with REMIND Operators Operators
program panel panel
19 12 22

SattBus

I/O Operators I/O Operators

Unit Panel Unit Panel
MT50 MT50
10 11 21
13 20
23

EPC 50 unit No. 1 EPC 50 unit No. 2

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Connect SattBus to the next EPC 50

1. Connect SattBus to the next EPC 50 unit
using connector X3 on the I/O board, see
figure. SattBus is un-polarized, which
means that the wires can be swapped.

SattBus LED

I/O board

Operators panel OP
Transducer MT 50
SattBus connected To the PC with SattBus connection to next EPC 50
REMINDTM program

SattBus is connected to the next EPC 50 via X3 on the

I/O board.

The electric diagram below shows the

connections.
EPC 50 EPC 50 EPC 50 SBSU
I/O board I/O board I/O board SattBus
X3 X3 X3 connector
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 2 4

SU no. 1 SU no. 2 SU no. 3

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Terminate SattBus using the jumper on the I/O

board, see figure in the chapter 4.
Note. Only the first and the last EPC 50 unit
must be terminated.

Inspect Sattbus nodes from the EPC50

The available nodes on the SattBus network

can be inspected from the EPC50.

Hold in the alarm reset button and press

Enter four times on the Operators panel.
Select SB-list in the menu and press Enter.
Step trough the nodes by pressing the + but-
ton.

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Detailed HELP information for the current window is available from the REMIND
EPC 50 menus.

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8.1 Troubleshooting the

PC Board Network
Follow the troubleshooting steps below, if an
attempt to establish communication with the
EPC network using the PC board fails.
1. Is the PC board address appropriately
selected? The address is default HD1000,
set in the REMIND program and on the
PC board. The later should normally not
been changed.
2. Is the OMM LED flashing in the front
of the PC-board? If no, the PC-board is
not appropriately connected to the SattBus
network.
- Check the SattBus connections.
- Check that the EPC units has started and
is functioning in an appropriate way.
3. Is the system connected to some nodes but
not all? If yes:
- Check that the LED OMM in the front
of the PC board and the SattBus LED on
the EPC 50 I/O board (see figure on page
23) are flashing similarly on all EPCs
connected to the network. They must not
be off or steady lit.
- Check the REMIND system setup. Each
EPC system number must correspond to
the installation parameter IN5 value in the
EPC50 unit.
- Check that communication parameter
values Fa 94 = 9.6 and Fa 95 = No.
- Check that the EPC units which are
defined in the system setup, physically are
connected to the network.

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8.2 Troubleshooting the

SBSU Network
Follow the troubleshooting steps below, if an
attempt to establish communication with the
EPC network using the SBSU unit fails.
1. Is the SBSU power supplied? Check that
the Power on LED is on.
2. Is the LED SB Active flashing? If no,
the SBSU is not correctly connected to the
SattBus network.
- Check the SattBus connections (see the
section on page 17).
- Check that the EPC units are started and
are functioning in an appropriate way.
3. Are the LEDs TD Channel 1 and/or
RD Channel 1 flashing directly after the
start of communication? If no, the SBSU
is not correctly connected to the PC.
- Check that the channel plug is connected
to the SBSU Channel 1.
- Check that the cable is connected to the
appropriate COM port on the PC, as
selected in the REMIND EPC 50 program.
4. Are the LEDs TD Channel 1 and/or
RD Channel 1 starting to flash directly
after start of communication, but then
stops? If yes, the connection is OK but
there is no response.
- Check that the SBSU node identity is
appropriately set (see the cover of the
SBSU unit). The node identity must have
different settings for the two types of
REMIND modes. Control&Monitoring:
High = 1, Low = 3. Monitoring: High = 1,
Low = 2.
- Check that the switches in the SBSU unit
are in correct positions (see the section on
page 17).

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5. Is communication established with some

nodes, but not all?
- Check that all EPC units which are
defined in the system setup, physically are
connected to the network.
- Check that the SattBus LED on the I/O
board (see figure on page 23) is flashing
on all EPC units connected to the network.
- Check the REMIND system setup. Each
EPC system number must correspond to
the installation parameter IN5 value in the
EPC50 unit.
- Check that communication parameter
values are Fa 94 = 9.6 and Fa 95 = No.

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9 Drawings and Figures

SattBus PC board and SattBus Serial

Unit, SBSU

See the chapters SattBus PC-board

Description on page 35 and SattBus Serial
Unit, SBSU Description on page 39.

Power Supply, 24 VDC, Article No.

490083613

Serial Communication cable. Article

No. 490173740

Type: AT Serial Modem Cable. Length 1.8 m.

DB9 female and DB25 male connector.

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10 Parts List
REMIND EPC 50, Network Kit, PC-board, art.no. 31830-6410-1
Item Article No.
1 31830-6430-1
2 4931076-11
3 492720202
4 490030701
REMIND EPC 50, Network Kit, SBSU, art.no. 31830-6411-1
Item Article No.
1 31830-6430-1
2 4931076-11
3 492829701
4 490083613
5 490173740
6 490030701
493107611 (3-1)
Description
REMIND EPC 50 Network, Installation
diskettes, 2 p.
REMIND EPC 50 Network, Users
Manual
SattBus PC board for ISA bus
Termination resistor, 100 ohm
Description
REMIND EPC 50 Network, Installation
diskettes, 2 p.
REMIND EPC 50 Network, Users
Manual
SattBus converter, SBSU 232
Power suppy for SBSU
Cable PC - SBSU
Termination resistor, 100 ohm
33
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11 SattBus PC-board Description

This chapter describes the layout of the

SattBus PC-board och how to configure it.

The board is used as the hardware interface

for connecting a personal computer (PC) of
IBM compatible PC type to a SattBus
network. The SattBus PC-board is a half size
standard I/O channel board (approximately
161 x 127 x 22 mm) which mounts in the PC.

11.1 Layout and Settings

The figure below shows the location of the
main components on the SattBus PC-board.

S2 S4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

X1

S5
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

S3
H1
H2

S1
X2
View of the SattBus PC-board with the main parts
indicated by numbers.

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S1 DIP switch for selection of segment

start address location of the dual port
RAM in the host processor RAM
area.
S1-1 is the least significant bit and
S1-8 the most significant bit.
Position ON corresponds to 0. See
recommended examples below.

Switch S1- -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 Note

Memory area in PC (hex)

D0000 ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF

D1000 OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF Default setting

C8000 ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF

C6000 ON OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF

C7000 OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF

S2 Not used.

S3 To manually reset the

communication processor, push the
button at the front. At Ctrl - Alt -
Del the PC may not always generate
a reset pulse on its I/O-channel bus.
S4 DIP Switch. S4 must have the
following fixed setting (default
setting from factory):
S4-1 = OFF
S4-2 = OFF
S4-3 = OFF
S4-4 = ON
S4-5 = OFF
S4-6 = OFF

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S5 Switch for connection of the 100

ohm termination resistor on the
SattBus PC-board, if the board is
located at the end of the network, see
figure.
S5 = OFF when the resistor is not
connected. The switch is set to the
right. This is the normal position.
A standard 100 ohm resistor must be
placed in the jackable side of the
terminal to avoid interrupting the
SattBus communication if the
jackable terminal is disconnected.
S5 = ON when the resistor is
connected. The switch is set to the
left. This position is not
recommended.
Note: If the jackable terminal is
disconnected, the SattBus then loses
the termination resistor and the
communication is corrupted.
SattBus cable
1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

Jumper Jumper
100
X1 SattBus X1
ohm
Jumper cable Jumper

The SattBus cable ending in the SattBus PC-board.

The SattBus cable not ending in the SattBus PC-board.

Connection at terminal X1 of the SattBus Cable.

The other end of the bus cable is

normally connected to connector X3
on the motherboard of the I/O panel.
H1 A red LED for watchdog indication.
Normally not lit.
The LED is lit at reset and flashes at
communication processor or PC-
board memory failures.

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H2 A yellow LED indicating

(intermittently) all traffic on the
SattBus network.

X1 Terminals for the SattBus wires. X1

is 4-pole jackable with the screw
terminals connected in pairs by
jumpers 1,2 and 3,4, see figure
above.

X2 Contact for insertion in the PC

expansion board slot (8-bit PC-bus).

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This chapter is an excerpt of the SBSU,

Users Manual, which is applicable for this
manual. The chapter provides design,
configuration and installation of the unit.

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Hex. switches for filter

addresses (under the cover)

Hex. switch for operating

mode (under the cover)

LED indicators

Hex. switches for SattBus

address (under the cover)

170 mm
125 mm
32 mm
DIP switch for serial
channel parameters
(under the cover)

The RS-485 version has an

extra DIP switch under the
cover here

120 mm
138 mm

106 mm

Connector for serial

45 mm

channel No. 1
Screw terminals for
SattBus
Screw terminals for
power supply

SBSU with serial channel RS-232. Front panel indicators and dimensions.

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12.1 Mechanical Design

The unit is built on a single board (D185
W138 H46 mm) with its processor, memory,
SattBus and power supply circuitry. The board
is mounted in an aluminum profile box with
protection class IP40. The unit can be
mounted on a wall or in a cabinet by means of
four screws. Alternatively, the four smaller
holes in the middle can be used to mount a
DIN-rail clamp.The cables are connected
underneath the unit.

12.2 LED Indicators

LED Function Colour
TD CHANNEL 1 Data are transmitted on channel 1 Yellow
RD CHANNEL 1 Data are received on channel 1 Yellow
TD CHANNEL 2 Not used Yellow
RD CHANNEL 2 Not used Yellow
POWER ON The unit is receiving power Green
RUN/STOP The processor is stopped
(supervised by a watchdog timer) Red
NODE ACTIVE The unit is taking part in the
SattBus communication Yellow
SB ACTIVE SattBus communication is active Yellow

12.3 Switches
The RS-232 version has 7 hex switches and
one DIP switch; the RS-485 version has an
additional DIP switch. The function of the
switches is described in the chapter Switch
settings.

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12.4 Installation

12.4.1 Power Supply and Grounding

Use a stabilized 24 V DC power supply unit
placed close to the SBSU and connect it to the
3-pole jackable screw terminal block. A
suitable cable is 3 1.5 mm2. The voltage at
the terminal screws must be 1932 V DC.
Connect protective ground to the relevant
terminal screw, and connect 0 V to ground
only at one end of the cable.

12.4.2 SattBus Connection

See General about SattBus installation on
page 11.

12.4.3 Serial Channel Connection

The SBSU has two 25-pole metallic female D-
type connectors for serial channels. Only
channel 1 is used for the present SBSU
application. Use a screened cable and connect
the screen to the metal case of the connector.

Pin layout for the RS-232 channel:

Pin No. Control signal

3 TD Transmitted data
2 RD Received data
7 GND Signal ground

The cable length may be up to 15 m for

RS-232.

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12.5 Switch Settings

12.5.1 SattBus Node Identity

Each unit connected to SattBus must have a
unique node address between 5 and 125
(decimal). The address is set by the two
hexadecimal switches Node identity (see
figure on page 40). The switch marked H
(High) is used for the most significant
hexadecimal digit, and the switch marked L
(Low) for the least significant digit. The table
below shows how to find the switch settings
corresponding to a decimal address.
Low
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 - - - - - 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
2 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47
High
3 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
4 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
5 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95
6 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111
7 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 - -

Example: The H switch set to 4 and the L

switch set to 2 means the hexadecimal number
42 representing the decimal address 66.

12.5.2 Filter Address

When the SBSU is used as a bridge, it is
transparent for a range of consecutive SattBus
addresses set by means of four hexadecimal
switches.

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A message from a node in SattBus network

No. 1 with the destination address X is
transmitted to SattBus network No. 2 only if X
is in the range set by the low and the high
filter addresses of SBSU No. 1, see figure
below. In the same way, a message is
transmitted from SattBus network No. 2 to
network No. 1 only if the destination address
Y is in between the low and the high filter
addresses of SBSU No. 2.

SattBus network SattBus network

No. 1 SBSU SBSU No. 2
No.1 No.2

Low filter Low filter

address address
High filter High filter
address address
SattBus message SattBus message
with destination with destination
address X address Y

The low and high filter addresses are set by

means of the hexadecimal switches SW1 and
SW2, see figure on page 40. The decimal
address in the range 5125 can be read from
the table above.

Example: An SBSU in bridge configuration

is to transmit messages from the SattBus side
with destination addresses only in the range
1859
.

1 2

SW1 H L Low filter address: 18 (decimal) = 12 (hexadecimal)

SW2 H L High filter address: 59 (decimal) = 3B (hexadecimal)

3 B

When the SBSU is used as an interface to the

serial channel of a computer system, all four
switches SW1SW2 must be set to zero.

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12.5.3 Mode Switch

The mode switch (see figure on page 40) must
be set to zero. It is used for production testing
and is also intended for future needs.

12.5.4 Serial Channel Parameters

The DIP switch below the Node identity
switches (see figure on page 40) is used to set
the serial channel parameters.
Switches 15 are used to specify baud rate,
parity and modem delay according to the table
below. The SBSU always uses one stop bit
and 8 data bits.

Parameter selection 1 2 3 4 5
300 baud, no parity ON ON ON ON ON
300 baud, no parity, modem delay* OFF ON ON ON ON
300 baud, odd parity ON OFF ON OFF ON
300 baud, odd parity, modem delay* OFF OFF ON OFF ON
300 baud, even parity ON ON OFF ON OFF
300 baud, even parity, modem delay* OFF ON OFF ON OFF
600 baud, no parity ON OFF ON ON ON
600 baud, odd parity ON ON OFF OFF ON
600 baud, even parity ON OFF OFF ON OFF
1200 baud, no parity OFF OFF ON ON ON
1200 baud, no parity, modem delay* ON ON OFF ON ON
1200 baud, odd parity OFF ON OFF OFF ON
1200 baud, odd parity, modem ON OFF OFF OFF ON
delay*
1200 baud, even parity OFF OFF OFF ON OFF
1200 baud, even parity, modem ON ON ON OFF OFF
delay*
2400 baud, no parity OFF ON OFF ON ON
2400 baud, no parity, modem delay* ON OFF OFF ON ON
2400 baud, odd parity OFF OFF OFF OFF ON
2400 baud, odd parity, modem ON ON ON ON OFF
delay*
2400 baud, even parity OFF ON ON OFF OFF
2400 baud, even parity, modem ON OFF ON OFF OFF
delay*
4800 baud, no parity OFF OFF OFF ON ON
4800 baud, odd parity OFF ON ON ON OFF

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Parameter selection 1 2 3 4 5
4800 baud, even parity OFF OFF ON OFF OFF
9600 baud, no parity ON ON ON OFF ON
9600 baud, odd parity ON OFF ON ON OFF
9600 baud, even parity ON ON OFF OFF OFF
*. Use this selection when a modem is connected, but for 300,
1200 and 2400 baudrate only.

Switch 6 must be set to ON.

Switch 7 specifies if Redundancy
mode should be used.
Switch 8 specifies if the Host
interface mode should be used,

Parameter selection 6 7 8
Normal mode ON ON ON
Redundancy mode ON OFF ON
Host interface mode ON ON OFF

12.5.5 Default Switch Settings

The SBSU is delivered with the following
default settings:

The hexadecimal switches (for Node identity,

Filter address and Mode) are all zero.

The serial channel parameters are 9600 baud

with no parity and normal mode.

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12.6 Technical
Specifications
Serial Channel
RS-485 or RS-232 data format, 1 stop bit, 8
data bits; selectable baud rate, parity and
modem delay

SattBus Network
Token passing, frequency shift keying at 62.5
kHz, 3 kilobytes/s effective transmission rate,
up to 120 nodes, galvanic separation, non-
polarized connection

SattBus Cable
Single twisted pair (at least 3 twists/meter),
unscreened, characteristic impedance 80120
, area 0.20 mm2 (AWG 24)
Note! Use the same type of cable in the entire
SattBus installation.
Suitable type of cable: Belden 8442
External termination resistor: 100
Cable Length (SattBus)
Up to 2000 m; drop cables less than 0.4 m
need not be included in the total cable length
Permitted drop cables:
max. 115 between 0.4 and 2 m
max. 3 between 2 and 20 m
max. 2 between 20 and 30 m

Power Supply
1932 V DC

Power Consumption
5W

Cable for Power Supply

3 1.5 mm2

Protection Class
IP40

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Ambient Temperature
Normal operation 0 to +55 C
Storage 25 to +70 C

Humidity
1095% relative humidity, non-condensing

Electrical Environment
Fulfils ElectroMagnetic Compatibility, EMC,
Directive 89/336 EEC

Dimensions
H187 W138 D46 mm

Weight
580 g

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