Table of contents
1 General ......................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 Safety instructions ................................................................................................................................ 3
2 Purpose ........................................................................................................................................ 4
3 Specifications ............................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Electrical specifications for standard configuration ............................................................................. 5
3.2 Power Ratings ....................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2.1 FF – Fieldbus Connector.............................................................................................................. 6
3.2.2 Terminals ..................................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Additional IHP24 FF-Fieldbus Menu Function .................................................................................... 6
3.4 Additional IHP24 FF-Fieldbus Error Codes ......................................................................................... 6
4 FF - Fieldbus Function Blocks inside the Val Controls Device .............................................. 7
4.1 Transducer block .................................................................................................................................. 8
4.2 FF - Function blocks used in Default Setting. ...................................................................................... 9
4.3 FF – Other Function blocks available but not used in default setting. ............................................... 12
5 Appendix – NI-FBUS Configurator Tool ............................................................................... 15
5.1 DD File ............................................................................................................................................... 15
5.2 Import DD Files .................................................................................................................................. 15
5.3 Upload data to NI-FBUS from the device. ......................................................................................... 15
5.4 Changing Node ID from NI-FBUS .................................................................................................... 16
5.5 Modifying Device Tag name .............................................................................................................. 16
5.6 Modifying Block Tags names ............................................................................................................ 16
5.7 Factory Reset of the device. ............................................................................................................... 16
6 Appendix – Function Blocks Description ............................................................................... 17
6.1 Appendix - Resource (RB2) Block ..................................................................................................... 17
6.2 Appendix - Transducer Block (MTB) ................................................................................................ 25
6.3 Appendix - Analogue Input Function Block (AI) .............................................................................. 34
6.4 Appendix - Analogue Output Function Block (AO) .......................................................................... 44
6.5 Appendix - Discrete Input Function Block (DI) ................................................................................. 51
6.6 Appendix - Discrete Output Function Block (DO) ............................................................................ 53
6.7 Appendix - PID Function Block (PID) ............................................................................................... 55
7 Trouble Guide ........................................................................................................................... 56
7.1 Check “Err Lock Result” .................................................................................................................... 56
8 Important Issues ....................................................................................................................... 57
8.1 Limitation in use of Factory Reset in NI-FBUS ................................................................................. 57
8.2 Always upload configuration before configuration ............................................................................ 57
8.3 Don’t remove power when updating configuration ............................................................................ 57
8.4 Don’t use the MTB Transducer block, in Function block Application .............................................. 57