Table of contents
1 Fundamental safety instructions...................................................................................................................5
1.1 General safety instructions.......................................................................................................5
1.2 Equipment damage due to electric fields or electrostatic discharge........................................8
1.3 Warranty and liability for application examples........................................................................8
1.4 Industrial security.....................................................................................................................9
1.5 Residual risks of power drive systems...................................................................................10
2 Description..................................................................................................................................................11
2.1 Overview................................................................................................................................11
2.2 Configurations........................................................................................................................12
2.3 Interfaces...............................................................................................................................13
2.4 Rating plate............................................................................................................................17
3 Mounting.....................................................................................................................................................19
3.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................19
3.2 Mounting the TCU on the operator panel front with mounting bracket...................................19
3.3 Mounting the TCU on the operator panel front without mounting bracket..............................23
4 Connection.................................................................................................................................................25
4.1 Pin assignment of the interfaces............................................................................................25
4.1.1 Power supply..........................................................................................................................25
4.1.2 USB interfaces.......................................................................................................................25
4.1.3 Ethernet RJ45 interface.........................................................................................................27
4.1.4 LVDS display interface...........................................................................................................28
4.1.5 Direct key interface................................................................................................................29
5 Networking..................................................................................................................................................33
5.1 System settings......................................................................................................................33
5.1.1 Thin Client Unit (TCU)............................................................................................................33
5.1.2 Settings for SINUMERIK solution line....................................................................................34
5.1.3 System boot with system network..........................................................................................36
5.1.4 Factory default settings..........................................................................................................37
5.2 Commissioning TCU..............................................................................................................39
5.2.1 Key assignment......................................................................................................................39
5.2.2 Settings in the "TCU.ini" file...................................................................................................40
5.2.3 Displacement mechanism for TCUs.......................................................................................41
5.2.4 Disable switchover between TCU via PLC.............................................................................42
5.2.5 Example: How to select the behavior of the TCUs during boot up.........................................44
5.3 Network configuration............................................................................................................45
5.3.1 Permissible network topologies..............................................................................................45
TCU 30.3
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