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Instruction handbook b maXX BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
Document No.: 5.13008.10
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8.4.2 VARAN.
Type code BM5500, BM5600, BM5700 with VARAN:
BM5XXX-XXXX-XXXX-02XX-
A BM5
500, BM5600, BM5700 with fieldbus option VARAN can communicate with a VA-
RAN master.
X3 and X4 on the front side of the device are the RJ45 connections for EtherCAT
®
-line
(also refer to ZController terminals– on page 193).
Mounting and
installation.
The mounting/installation consists
of the following steps:
1 De-
energize the BM5500, BM5600, BM5700 device
2 Set the BM
5500, BM5600, BM5700 IP-address,
refer to ZSetting the
IP address with address switches– from page 133
3 Conn
ect BM5500, BM5600, BM5700 with VARAN bus cables (Ethernet-LAN cable at
least CAT 5).
n X3: VARAN-In, X4: VARAN-Out.
On the first BM5
500, BM5600, BM5700 node of a VARAN line X3 is connected with
the VARAN master. X4 is connected with X3 of the next BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
slave in the line, and so on. The last node of a VARAN line has no connection of X4
or is connected with a PC (tunneling of Ethernet frames via VARAN to the controller,
e. g. to communicate with ProDrive).
Each slave within the VARAN line can be addressed and parametrized via selection
of its IP a
ddress.
Figure 103: VARAN fieldbus connection
NOTE!
A point-to-point connection between PC (ProDrive) and BM5500, BM5600, BM5700
VARAN slave for commissioning is possible even without a VARAN master.
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