Table of Contents
1 Conventions............................................................................................................................................7
1.1 Warning signs, symbols and text formatting used in this manual....................................................7
1.2 Explanation of text formatting ..............................................................................................................8
2 Safety Information..................................................................................................................................9
2.1 Exclusion of liability for non-observance ..........................................................................................10
2.2 Requirements for the personnel .........................................................................................................10
2.3 Intended Use.........................................................................................................................................11
2.4 Five safety rules according to DGUV Regulation 3...........................................................................11
2.5 Electrostatic-sensitive components and control components (ESD).............................................12
2.5.1 ESD - guidelines for handling.................................................................................................................12
2.6 Abbreviations used ..............................................................................................................................12
3 System Centre System Design ...........................................................................................................13
3.1 Application............................................................................................................................................13
3.2 Upgrade scenarios ...............................................................................................................................16
3.3 Connections in the complete design..................................................................................................16
3.3.1 Communication interfaces......................................................................................................................18
3.4 Version dependencies for other E*LDS components .......................................................................19
4 System centre functions......................................................................................................................20
4.1 Tasks and functions.............................................................................................................................20
4.2 Expansion stages of the Virtus 5 series ............................................................................................21
5 Function of System Centre..................................................................................................................23
5.1 Starting characteristics .......................................................................................................................23
5.1.1 First start - Reset System.......................................................................................................................23
5.1.2 Restart - Restart of the controller ...........................................................................................................23
5.2 Configuration of the E*LDS system using the LDSWin PC software..............................................24
5.3 CAN Bus Station Monitoring ...............................................................................................................25
5.3.1 Alarm suppression during manual shutdown of case controllers ...........................................................26
5.4 Modbus station monitoring .................................................................................................................26
5.4.1 Integration of case controllers of the E*LDS system..............................................................................27
5.4.2 Integration of external controllers ...........................................................................................................28
5.5 Digital inputs.........................................................................................................................................29
5.5.1 Alarm and message inputs.....................................................................................................................30
5.5.2 Special inputs .........................................................................................................................................31
5.6 Relay outputs........................................................................................................................................32
5.6.1 Alarm relays PRIO1 / PRIO2..................................................................................................................33
5.6.2 Multi-function relay AUX .........................................................................................................................34
5.6.3 Relay outputs for week timers ................................................................................................................35