Imran, How are you using an MG30 to communicate with an AB PLC? Are you using a Prosoft card? Regards, Kevin FitzGerrell On 9/12/07, Imran Waheed Butt <butt.imran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All, > Our customer is upgrading the I/A version form V4.3 Unix to V8.2 on XP and > previous system has CP30FT communicating with 100 series FBMs and FBCs and > quantity 3 MG30 gateways communicating with Allen Bradley PLC through CAM or > Modem which is provided by Allen Bradley. > > The CP30FT is upgraded to FCP270FT and 100 series FBM and FBC are remain > same. > > The 3 no. MG30 are replaced by and other FCP270FT with FBM231 (FT). > > I am at the commissioning/installation of the system and facing following > problems, > > 1. FBM231 is not communicating with AB PLC through CAM or Modem as we > translate the same DIP switch setting which is on the P0970VN (MG30 > configuration selection switch) to the FBM231 TA, the switch settings are > as, > MG30>>> SW1-1,2,3,4,7,8 & SW2-1,3,4,6,8 are closed and > remaining are open > we translate them form documents B0193RL-Rev H page 49-50 and form > B0700AH Rev E page 62-63 and translated switch setting are as, > FBM231 TA>>> A-2,4,6,8 & B-4,8 & C-1 are close and > remaining are open. > But it is not communicating with PLC. > 2. The cable part number which is connecting PLC to Gateway is > P0970WY-C and we are using the same cable. > 3. Previously AIN, AOUT, CIN and COUT blocks are in the database of > MG30 which communicate with PLC, and now these blocks we can't use with > FBM231 to communicate with PLC so, we create RIN, ROUT, BIN and BOUT blocks > and connect the out put of these blocks to the input of AIN and CIN and > output of COUT and AOUT to input of BOUT and ROUT. > Now problem is that the previous addressing of PNT parameter of CIN is > and COUT are like 4.12:0 and 16.15:0 and for AIN and AOUT have like > 126:0 at their PNT parameter. Kindly guide me how to translate the above > format to PNT parameter to the format of BIN,BOUT, RIN and ROUT. > We copy the same PNT no. to the PNT of BIN, BOUT, RIN, ROUT's PNT but > when loaded to FCP it gives error W65. > > Kindly all the experts provide me solution of above issues. > > > > Thanks and Best Regards, > > Imran Butt, > > System Engineer, > > Manstock. > > _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave