3 Mounting and installation
78 Festo – P.BE-MPA-EN – 1309f – English
3.9 Address assignment of the valves
3.9.1 MPA-S valve terminal with CPX terminal
Maximum 16 MPA pneumatic modules are permitted on the M PA-S valve terminal with
CPX terminal. The following number of solenoid coils is therefore possible (if only valves
ofthesamesizeareused):
– MPA1: up to 128 solenoid coils (maximum of 64 valve positions)
– MPA2: up to 64 solenoid coils (maximum of 32 valve positions)
Note
Note with the addressing that an MPA2 pneumatics module only occupies 4 addresses.
Address allocation
– The assignment of the addresses is module-orientated
– A pneumatic module always occupies
– MPA1: 8 addresses
– MPA2: 4 addresses
– Counting begins on the valve terminal from left to right
– Ea ch valve position occupies 2 addresses, independent of the valve or blanking plate mounted.
The following assignment applies:
– Solenoid coil 14 occupies the less significant address,
– Solenoid coil 12 occupies the higher-value address.