hilscher netTAP NT 50 Series User manual

User Manual
netTAP NT 50
Gateway Devices
Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH
www.hilscher.com
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Table of Contents
1INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................5
1.1 About the User Manual ...............................................................................................5
1.1.1 Obligation to read and understand the Manual ....................................................5
1.1.2 List of Revisions ...................................................................................................6
1.1.3 Conventions in this Manual ..................................................................................7
1.2 Reference to Hardware, Software and Firmware .......................................................8
1.3 Contents of the Product DVD .....................................................................................9
1.3.1 Directory Structure of the DVD.............................................................................9
1.3.2 Device Description Files.....................................................................................10
1.3.3 Documentation for netTAP NT 50 ......................................................................11
1.4 Legal Notes...............................................................................................................13
1.4.1 Copyright ............................................................................................................13
1.4.2 Important Notes ..................................................................................................13
1.4.3 Exclusion of Liability ...........................................................................................14
1.4.4 Warranty .............................................................................................................14
1.4.5 Export Regulations .............................................................................................15
1.4.6 Registered Trademarks......................................................................................15
2SAFETY ....................................................................................................................16
2.1 General Note ............................................................................................................16
2.2 Intended Use ............................................................................................................16
2.3 Personnel Qualification.............................................................................................16
2.4 References Safety ....................................................................................................16
2.5 Safety Instructions to avoid Personal Injury..............................................................17
2.5.1 Danger of unsafe System Operation ..................................................................17
2.6 Safety Instructions to avoid Property Damage .........................................................17
2.6.1 Device Destruction by exceeding allowed Supply Voltage ................................17
2.6.2 Danger of unsafe System Operation ..................................................................17
2.7 Labeling of Safety Messages....................................................................................18
3DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................19
3.1 Device Description....................................................................................................19
3.2 Device Types and Protocol Conversions..................................................................20
3.2.1 Device Names ....................................................................................................20
3.2.2 Protocol Conversions .........................................................................................21
3.3 System Requirements ..............................................................................................22
3.4 Configuration Requirements .....................................................................................22
4DEVICE DRAWINGS AND CONNECTIONS ............................................................23
4.1 Device and Dimensioned Drawings..........................................................................23
4.2 Positions of LEDs and Control Elements..................................................................24
4.2.1 Range of Values for the Address Switches........................................................24
4.3 Connections..............................................................................................................25
4.3.1 X1 Top Connection.............................................................................................25
4.3.2 X2 Front Connection...........................................................................................25
4.3.3 X3 Bottom Connection .......................................................................................28

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4.4 Schematic Diagram - Galvanic Isolation...................................................................32
4.4.1 Galvanic Isolation of NT 50-xx-EN Devices .......................................................32
4.4.2 Galvanic Isolation of NT 50-xx-RS .....................................................................33
4.4.3 Galvanic Isolation of NT 50-RS-EN....................................................................34
5NT 50 MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING .................................................................35
5.1 DIN Top Hat Rail Mounting of the NT 50 ..................................................................35
5.2 Removing the NT 50 from the DIN Top Hat Rail ......................................................35
6COMMISSIONING ....................................................................................................36
6.1 Load Firmware and Configuration ............................................................................36
6.1.1 Download Configuration Files from the PC ........................................................36
6.1.2 Potential Differences for Device Types NT 50-xx-RS ........................................37
6.2 Start-up Behavior......................................................................................................37
7TROUBLESHOOTING ..............................................................................................38
7.1 Failure in 10 MBit/s Half Duplex Mode and Workaround..........................................39
8LEDS.........................................................................................................................40
8.1 System LEDs ............................................................................................................40
8.2 LEDs Real Time Ethernet Protocols .........................................................................41
8.2.1 LEDs EtherNet/IP Scanner (Master) ..................................................................41
8.2.2 LEDs EtherNet/IP Adapter (Slave) .....................................................................42
8.2.3 LEDs Open Modbus/TCP...................................................................................43
8.2.4 LEDs PROFINET IO Controller ..........................................................................44
8.2.5 LEDs PROFINET IO-RT-Device ........................................................................45
8.3 LEDs Fieldbus Protocols ..........................................................................................46
8.3.1 LED PROFIBUS-DP Master...............................................................................46
8.3.2 LED PROFIBUS-DP Slave.................................................................................46
8.3.3 LED CANopen Master........................................................................................47
8.3.4 LED CANopen Slave..........................................................................................48
8.3.5 LED DeviceNet Master.......................................................................................49
8.3.6 LED DeviceNet Slave.........................................................................................49
8.3.7 LED CC-Link Slave.............................................................................................50
8.4 LEDs Serial Protocols...............................................................................................51
8.4.1 LED Modbus RTU ..............................................................................................51
8.4.2 LED ASCII ..........................................................................................................51
9TECHNICAL DATA ...................................................................................................52
9.1 Technical Data netTAP 50 Gateway.........................................................................52
9.2 Technical Data of Real-Time Ethernet Communication Protocols............................54
9.2.1 EtherNet/IP Scanner (Master) Link ....................................................................54
9.2.2 EtherNet/IP Adapter (Slave)...............................................................................55
9.2.3 Open Modbus/TCP.............................................................................................56
9.2.4 PROFINET IO-RT-Controller Link ......................................................................57
9.2.5 PROFINET IO-RT-Device ..................................................................................58
9.3 Technical Data Fieldbus Protocols ...........................................................................59
9.3.1 CANopen Master Link ........................................................................................59
9.3.2 CANopen Slave ..................................................................................................60
9.3.3 CC-Link Slave.....................................................................................................61

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9.3.4 DeviceNet Master Link .......................................................................................62
9.3.5 DeviceNet Slave .................................................................................................63
9.3.6 PROFIBUS-DP Master Link ...............................................................................64
9.3.7 PROFIBUS DP Slave .........................................................................................65
9.4 Technical Data serial Protocols ................................................................................66
9.4.1 ASCII ..................................................................................................................66
9.4.2 Modbus RTU Master/Slave ................................................................................67
10 WIRING INSTRUCTIONS .........................................................................................68
10.1 Assembly of D-Sub Connectors................................................................................69
10.2 Ethernet ....................................................................................................................70
10.3 PROFIBUS ...............................................................................................................71
10.4 CANopen ..................................................................................................................73
10.5 DeviceNet .................................................................................................................74
10.6 CC-Link.....................................................................................................................76
10.7 RS-232......................................................................................................................78
10.8 RS-422......................................................................................................................79
10.9 RS-485......................................................................................................................81
11 DECOMMISSIONING/DISPOSAL.............................................................................83
11.1 Put the Device out of Operation................................................................................83
11.2 Disposal of Waste Electronic Equipment..................................................................83
12 APPENDIX ................................................................................................................84
12.1 List of Figures ...........................................................................................................84
12.2 List of Tables ............................................................................................................84
12.3 Contacts....................................................................................................................86

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1 Introduction
1.1 About the User Manual
This user manual describes the hardware, installation, commissioning, and
operation of the netTAP NT 50 series of gateways.
1.1.1 Obligation to read and understand the Manual
Important!
!To avoid personal injury and to avoid property damage to your system
or to your device, you must read and understand all instructions in the
manual and all accompanying texts to your device, before installing and
operating your device.
!First read the Safety Instructions in the safety chapter.
!Obey to all Safety Messages in the manual.
!Keep the product DVD providing the product manuals.

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1.1.2 List of Revisions
Index Date Chapter Revisions
5 2011-06-09 1.2 Section Reference to Hardware, Software and Firmware updated.
1.3.2 Section Device Description Files updated.
1.3.3 Section Documentation for netTAP NT 50 expanded.
3.2.2 Section Protocol Conversions: File names for Master Link corrected.
3.4 Section Configuration Requirements updated:
Windows®Vista and Windows®7 added.
8.2.4 Section LEDs PROFINET IO Controller added.
9.2.4 Section PROFINET IO-RT-Controller Link updated.
9.2.5 Section PROFINET IO-RT-Device updated.
9.3.4 Section DeviceNet Master Link:
Quick Connect added.
6 2012-02-04 8.2.4 Section LEDs PROFINET IO Controller: updated.
8.3.3 Section LED CANopen Master: Correction.
9.2.3 Section Open Modbus/TCP: Correction to ‘Max. 256 Registers’.
7 2012-07-13 1.2 Section Reference to Hardware, Software and Firmware updated.
3.2.2 Section Protocol Conversions firmware version updated.
4.2 Section Positions of LEDs and Control Elements address switch added.
8 2012-11-09 Firmware Version 1.1.x.x
3.4 Section Configuration Requirements updated.
7.1 Section Failure in 10 MBit/s Half Duplex Mode and Workaround: Serial numbers
added.
8.3.4 Section LED CANopen Slave: State for baurate detection added.
8.3.7 Section LED CC-Link Slave added.
9.2.1 Section EtherNet/IP Scanner (Master) Link: Address Conflict Detection is sup-
ported.
9.3.2 Section CANopen Slave:
- Event timer added,
- Address switch added,
- Auto baudrate detection is supported.
9.3.3 Section CC-Link Slave: Address switch added.
9.3.5 Section DeviceNet Slave: Address switch added.
9.3.7 Section PROFIBUS DP Slave:
- Maximum number of modules: Max. 4 input modules and max. 4 output modu-
les, max. 24 modules when using manual setting,
- Address switch added.
9 2013-02-04 1.3.3 Section Documentation for netTAP NT 50 updated.
Table 1: List of Revisions

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1.1.3 Conventions in this Manual
Operation instructions, a result of an operation step or notes are marked as
follows:
Operation Instructions:
"<instruction>
or
1. <instruction>
2. <instruction>
Results:
#<result>
Notes:
Important: <important note>
Note: <note>
<note, where to find further information>
Numbering:
... reference to the figure used in that section. If the numbers refer-
ence to a section outside the current section then a cross reference to that
section and figure is indicated.

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1.2 Reference to Hardware, Software and Firmware
Hardware
Device Type Revision Port X2 Port X3
NT 50-CO-EN 2 CANopen Ethernet
NT 50-CO-RS 2 CANopen Ethernet + Serial
NT 50-CC-EN 2 CC-Link Ethernet
NT 50-CC-RS 2 CC-Link Ethernet + Serial
NT 50-DN-EN 2 DeviceNet Ethernet
NT 50-DN-RS 2 DeviceNet Ethernet + Serial
NT 50-DP-EN 2 PROFIBUS-DP Ethernet
NT 50-DP-RS 2 PROFIBUS-DP Ethernet + Serial
NT 50-RS-EN 2 Serial Ethernet
Table 2: Reference to Hardware
Software
Software Version
SYCON.net 1.351.x.x or higher
Table 3: Reference to Software
Firmware
Firmware for the protocol conversion see section Protocol Conversions on
page 21.

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1.3 Contents of the Product DVD
The product DVD gateway solutions for the netTAP NT 50 contains:
•Setup program for the configuration and diagnostic program SYCON.net
and for Ethernet Device Setup program.
•Documentation
•Firmware
•Device Description Files (GSD, GSDML, EDS, ...)
•Video-Audio Tutorials
•Presentations
•Tools
1.3.1 Directory Structure of the DVD
All manuals on this DVD are delivered in the Adobe Acrobat®Reader for-
mat (PDF).
Directory Name Description
Documentation Documentation in the Acrobat®Reader Format (PDF)
Driver not relevant for NT 50
EDS Device Description File
Examples Example files (not relevant for NT 50)
Firmware Loadable Firmware
fscommand Files for installation
Presentations Product Presentationen in PowerPoint pps format
Software Configuration and diagnostic program SYCON.net
Tools not relevant for NT 50
Video-Audio
Tutorials
Video Tutorial in AVI Format
Workshop not relevant for NT 50
Table 4: Directory Structure of the gateway solution DVD

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1.3.2 Device Description Files
The directory EDS on the DVD provides device description files for the net-
TAP NT 50 device.
netTAP NT 50 as File name
CC-Link Slave NT50_CC_CCS_1.csp (for one Remote Device Station),
NT50_CC_CCS_2.csp (for two Remote Device Stations),
NT50_CC_CCS_3.csp (for three Remote Device Stations),
NT50_CC_CCS_4.csp (for four Remote Device Stations),
NT50_CC_CCS_IO.csp (for one Remote IO Station)
CANopen Slave NT50_CO_COS.EDS
DeviceNet Slave NT50_DN_DNS.EDS
EtherNet/IP Adapter HILSCHER NT 50-EN EIS V1.1.EDS
PROFIBUS-DP Slave HIL_0C99.GSD
PROFINET IO Device GSDML-V2.2-HILSCHER-NT 50-EN PNS-20120806-
143000.xml
Table 5: Device Description Files for netTAP NT 50 on the DVD
The device description files are for the configuration of the used master.

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1.3.3 Documentation for netTAP NT 50
The following documentation overview gives information, for which items
you can find further information in which manual.
Note: Further information: All manuals listed in the overview below can be
found in the Documentation directory on the DVD delivered, in the Adobe
Acrobat® Reader format (PDF).
Basic documentation for netTAP NT 50
You always need the following documents:
Manual Contents Document Name
User Manual netTAP NT 50
Installation, Operation and Hardware
netTAP NT 50 - Gateway Devices UM xx EN.pdf
(this manual)
User Manual Software Installation
Gateway Solutions
Software Installation - Gateway Solutions UM
xx EN.pdf
User Manual Ethernet Device Configuration
Assignment of an IP Address for the netTAP
NT 50
Ethernet Device Configuration OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Configuration of Gateway and Proxy Devices
netTAP, netBRICK and netLINK
Step by step description of the configuration of
the netTAP NT 50.
Configuration of the netTAP NT 50 as
EtherNet/IP Adapter,
Open Modbus/TCP,
PROFINET IO Device,
CANopen Slave,
CC-Link Slave,
DeviceNet Slave,
PROFIBUS-DP Slave,
Modbus RTU Master/Slave,
ASCII.
Configuration of Gateway and Proxy Devices
OI xx EN.pdf
Table 6: Basic Documentation for netTAP NT 50
netTAP NT 50 with EtherNet/IP Scanner/Master Link
You need the following additional documents, if you use the protocol
EtherNet/IP Scanner/Master on the gateway device:
Manual Contents Document name
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
DTM for EtherNet/IP Scanner devices EtherNetIP Scanner DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Generic DTM from EDS File EtherNet/IP
Adapter Devices
EtherNetIP Generic Adapter DTM EDS OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Generic DTM for EtherNet/IP Adapter devices EtherNetIP Generic Adapter DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Table 7: Additional Documentation for netTAP NT 50 with EtherNet/IP Scanner/Master Link

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netTAP NT 50 with PROFINET IO Controller Link
You need the following additional documents, if you use the protocol
PROFINET IO Controller on the gateway device:
Manual Contents Document name
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
DTM for PROFINET IO Controller devices PROFINET IO Controller DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Generic DTM for PROFINET IO Device devi-
ces
PROFINET IO Generic Device DTM IO xx EN.pdf
Table 8: Additional Documentation for netTAP NT 50 with PROFINET IO Controller Link
netTAP NT 50 with CANopen Master Link
You need the following additional documents, if you use the protocol
CANopen Master on the gateway device:
Manual Contents Document name
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
DTM for CANopen Master devices CANopen Master DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Generic DTM for CANopen Slave devices CANopen Generic Slave DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Table 9: Additional Documentation for netTAP NT 50 with CANopen Master Link
netTAP NT 50 with DeviceNet Master Link
You need the following additional documents, if you use the protocol
DeviceNet Master on the gateway device:
Manual Contents Document name
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
DTM for DeviceNet Master devices DeviceNet Master DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Generic DTM for DeviceNet Slave devices DeviceNet Generic Slave DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Table 10: Additional Documentation for netTAP NT 50 with DeviceNet Master Link
netTAP NT 50 with PROFIBUS DP Master Link
You need the following additional documents, if you use the protocol
PROFIBUS DP Master on the gateway device:
Manual Contents Document name
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
DTM for PROFIBUS DP Master devices PROFIBUS DP Master DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Operating Instruc-
tion Manual
Generic DTM for PROFIBUS DP Slave devi-
ces
PROFIBUS DP Generic Slave DTM OI xx EN.pdf
Table 11: Additional Documentation for netTAP NT 50 with PROFIBUS DP Master Link
netTAP NT 50 with ASCII
You need the following additional documents, if you use the protocol
ASCII on the gateway device:
Manual Contents Document name
User Manual ASCII Handshake Mechanism ASCII – Handshake Mechanism UM xx EN.pdf
Table 12: Additional Documentation for netTAP NT 50 with ASCII

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1.4 Legal Notes
1.4.1 Copyright
© Hilscher, 2010-2013, Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH
All rights reserved.
The images, photographs and texts in the accompanying material (user
manual, accompanying texts, documentation, etc.) are protected by Ger-
man and international copyright law as well as international trade and pro-
tection provisions. You are not authorized to duplicate these in whole or in
part using technical or mechanical methods (printing, photocopying or other
methods), to manipulate or transfer using electronic systems without prior
written consent. You are not permitted to make changes to copyright no-
tices, markings, trademarks or ownership declarations. The included dia-
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and product descriptions included in this document may be trademarks or
brands of the respective owners and may be trademarked or patented. Any
form of further use requires the explicit consent of the respective rights
owner.
1.4.2 Important Notes
The user manual, accompanying texts and the documentation were created
for the use of the products by qualified experts, however, errors cannot be
ruled out. For this reason, no guarantee can be made and neither juristic
responsibility for erroneous information nor any liability can be assumed.
Descriptions, accompanying texts and documentation included in the user
manual do not present a guarantee nor any information about proper use
as stipulated in the contract or a warranted feature. It cannot be ruled out
that the user manual, the accompanying texts and the documentation do
not correspond exactly to the described features, standards or other data of
the delivered product. No warranty or guarantee regarding the correctness
or accuracy of the information is assumed.
We reserve the right to change our products and their specification as well
as related user manuals, accompanying texts and documentation at all
times and without advance notice, without obligation to report the change.
Changes will be included in future manuals and do not constitute any obli-
gations. There is no entitlement to revisions of delivered documents. The
manual delivered with the product applies.
Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH is not liable under any
circumstances for direct, indirect, incidental or follow-on damage or loss of
earnings resulting from the use of the information contained in this publica-
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1.4.3 Exclusion of Liability
The software was produced and tested with utmost care by Hilscher Ge-
sellschaft für Systemautomation mbH and is made available as is. No war-
ranty can be assumed for the performance and flawlessness of the soft-
ware for all usage conditions and cases and for the results produced when
utilized by the user. Liability for any damages that may result from the use
of the hardware or software or related documents, is limited to cases of in-
tent or grossly negligent violation of significant contractual obligations. In-
demnity claims for the violation of significant contractual obligations are lim-
ited to damages that are foreseeable and typical for this type of contract.
It is strictly prohibited to use the software in the following areas:
•for military purposes or in weapon systems;
•for the design, construction, maintenance or operation of nuclear facili-
ties;
•in air traffic control systems, air traffic or air traffic communication sys-
tems;
•in life support systems;
•in systems in which failures in the software could lead to personal injury
or injuries leading to death.
We inform you that the software was not developed for use in dangerous
environments requiring fail-proof control mechanisms. Use of the software
in such an environment occurs at your own risk. No liability is assumed for
damages or losses due to unauthorized use.
1.4.4 Warranty
Although the hardware and software was developed with utmost care and
tested intensively, Hilscher Gesellschaft für Systemautomation mbH does
not guarantee its suitability for any purpose not confirmed in writing. It can-
not be guaranteed that the hardware and software will meet your require-
ments, that the use of the software operates without interruption and that
the software is free of errors. No guarantee is made regarding infringe-
ments, violations of patents, rights of ownership or the freedom from inter-
ference by third parties. No additional guarantees or assurances are made
regarding marketability, freedom of defect of title, integration or usability for
certain purposes unless they are required in accordance with the law and
cannot be limited. Warranty claims are limited to the right to claim rectifica-
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1.4.5 Export Regulations
The delivered product (including the technical data) is subject to export or
import laws as well as the associated regulations of different counters, in
particular those of Germany and the USA. The software may not be ex-
ported to countries where this is prohibited by the United States Export
Administration Act and its additional provisions. You are obligated to com-
ply with the regulations at your personal responsibility. We wish to inform
you that you may require permission from state authorities to export, re-
export or import the product.
1.4.6 Registered Trademarks
Windows®XP, Windows®Vista and Windows®7 are registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation.
Adobe-Acrobat®is a registered trademark of the Adobe Systems Incorpo-
rated.
CANopen®is a registered trademark of CAN in AUTOMATION - Interna-
tional Users and Manufacturers Group e.V (CiA), Nürnberg.
CC-Link®is a registered trademark of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, To-
kyo, Japan.
DeviceNet® and EtherNet/IP®are trademarks of ODVA (Open DeviceNet
Vendor Association, Inc).
Modbus®is a registered trademark of Schneider Electric.
PROFIBUS and PROFINET are registered trademarks of PROFIBUS Inter-
national, Karlsruhe.
All other mentioned trademarks are property of their respective legal own-
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2 Safety
2.1 General Note
The user manual, the accompanying texts and the documentation are writ-
ten for the use of the products by educated personnel. When using the
products, all safety instructions and all valid legal regulations have to be
obeyed. Technical knowledge is presumed. The user has to assure that all
legal regulations are obeyed.
2.2 Intended Use
Devices described in this manual:
•NT 50-CC-EN,
•NT 50-CC-RS,
•NT 50-CO-EN,
•NT 50-CO-RS,
•NT 50-DN-EN,
•NT 50-DN-RS,
•NT 50-DP-EN,
•NT 50-DP-RS,
•NT 50-RS-EN,
are devices for communication and connect two communication networks.
The NT 50 devices work as a gateway between these two networks.
The NT 50 devices are in a compact housing and suitable for DIN rail
mounting according to DIN EN 60715.
The devices should be operated only in an environment appropriate to the
technical data.
2.3 Personnel Qualification
The netTAP NT 50 Gateway must only be installed, configured and re-
moved by qualified personnel. Job-specific technical skills for people pro-
fessionally working with electricity must be present concerning the following
topics:
•Safety and health at work
•Mounting and attaching of electrical equipment
•Measurement and Analysis of electrical functions and systems
•Evaluation of the safety of electrical systems and equipment
•Installing and Configuring IT
2.4 References Safety
[1] ANSI Z535.6-2006 American National Standard for Product Safety Information in
Product Manuals, Instructions, and Other Collateral Materials
[2] IEC 60950-1, Information technology equipment - Safety -
Part 1: General requirements,
(IEC 60950-1:2005, modified); German Edition EN 60950-1:2006
[3] EN 61340-5-1 and EN 61340-5-2 as well as IEC 61340-5-1 and IEC 61340-5-2

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2.5 Safety Instructions to avoid Personal Injury
To ensure your own personal safety and to avoid personal injury, you nec-
essarily must read, understand and follow the following safety instructions
and all safety messages in this manual about danger causing personal in-
jury, before you install and operate your netTAP NT 50 device.
2.5.1 Danger of unsafe System Operation
To prevent harm of persons, do not remove this device under runtime con-
ditions before you can not guarantee further a safe and secure operation of
the plant.
2.6 Safety Instructions to avoid Property Damage
To avoid property damage respectively device destruction of the netTAP
NT 50 device, you necessarily must read, understand and follow the follow-
ing safety instructions and all safety messages in this manual about danger
causing property damage, before you install and operate your netTAP
NT 50 device.
2.6.1 Device Destruction by exceeding allowed Supply Voltage
Adhere for all netTAP NT 50 device described in this manual the instruction
hereafter:
The netTAP NT 50 may only be operated with the specified supply voltage.
Make sure that the limits of the allowed range for the supply voltage are not
exceeded. A supply voltage above the upper limit can cause severe dam-
age to the netTAP NT 50! A supply voltage below the lower limit can cause
malfunction in the netTAP NT 50. The allowed range for the supply voltage
is defined by the tolerances specified in this manual.
The data on the mandatory supply voltage for the netTAP NT 50 device
you find in the section System Requirements on page 22. There the re-
quired and permitted supply voltage for the netTAP NT 50 device is pro-
vided inclusively the permitted tolerance range.
2.6.2 Danger of unsafe System Operation
To prevent property damage, do not remove this device under runtime con-
ditions before you can not guarantee further a safe and secure operation of
the plant.

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2.7 Labeling of Safety Messages
•The Section Safety Messages at the beginning of a chapter are pin-
pointed particularly. They are highlighted with a specific safety symbol
and a signal word according to the degree of endangerment. Inside the
safety message the danger is exactly named.
•The Integrated Safety Messages within a instruction description are
highlighted with a signal word according to the degree of endangerment
and possibly by an principle symbol. Inside the safety message the dan-
ger is exactly named.
Safety Sym-
bol Safety Symbol (USA) Sort of Warning or Principle
Warning of Personal Injury and Property Damage Message
USA: Warning of Personal Injury
As in the scope of the ANSI Z535 Standard (for USA) instructions to a property da-
mage message may not contain a warning triangle, this property damage messages
are listed separatly for the USA.
Warning of Damages by Electrostatic Discharge
Table 13: Safety Symbols and Sort of Warning or Principle
Signal Word Meaning Meaning (USA)
Indicates a Property Damage Message. Indicates a Property Damage Message.
Note Indicates an important note in the manual. Indicates an Important Note in the Manual.
Table 14: Signal Words
In this document all Safety Instructions and Safety Messages are designed
according both to the international used safety conventions as well as to
the ANSI Z535 standard, refer to reference safety [S1].

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3 Description and Requirements
3.1 Device Description
The netTAP NT 50 devices described in this manual are communication
devices that are connecting two networks to each other. The NT 50 devices
are operating as gateway between both networks.
The netTAP NT 50 is a device with two interface ports. Its principle func-
tionality is illustrated in the figure below. The function of the device is de-
termined by the loaded firmware and the loaded configuration.
Figure 1: Function NT 50
The interface X2 is a fieldbus interface, the interface X3 may be an
Ethernet or a serial interface (RS).
The fieldbus interface X2 is located at the front of the device. The Ethernet
respectively the serial interface is located at the bottom of the device (X3).
Basically it is possible to connect either to port X2 or X3 to a host or to field
devices.
The netTAP NT 50 device is configured by a PC and the software
SYCON.net. Online diagnosis is possible via the same interface. The
Ethernet interface of the netTAP NT 50 device is used for configuration and
for diagnostic. This PC is a part of the Ethernet network.
Information about the configuration of the device with SYCON.net soft-
ware is in the manual „netGateway_DTM_en.pdf“ on the product DVD in
the directory „Documentation“.

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The gateway functionality is determined by the loadable firmware.
The firmware buffers the cyclic send and receive data of the protocol at port
X2 and the protocol of port X3 internally. The configuration tool enables the
flexible mapping of the receive data of protocol X2 to send data of the pro-
tocol X3 and vice versa.
Status information of the protocol at port X2 can be mapped into the send
data of the protocol at port X3 and vice versa.
The firmware of netTAP NT 50 as gateway does not support acyclic com-
munications or services of the supported protocols.
If the device is operated in a bus system as a master, then exactly one
slave can be connected. Thus, for example for protocols with master func-
tionality the designation „PROFIBUS-DP Master Link“ means, that one
PROFIBUS-DP Slave can be connected.
3.2 Device Types and Protocol Conversions
3.2.1 Device Names
The descriptive device name of netTAP devices consists of the following
parts
1. Device Type netTAP 50
2. Network on port X2 (upper port on the device), in the example DP for
PROFIBUS-DP.
3. Network on port X3 (port at the bottom of the device) , in the example
RE for Real-time Ethernet
The following communication systems are currently supported at the pri-
mary network X2:
Code 2 Supported Communication System
CC CC-Link
CO CANopen
DN DeviceNet
DP PROFIBUS DP
RS Serial (Modbus RTU or ASCII)
Table 15: Network on port X2 (Primary Network)
The following communication systems are currently supported at the sec-
ondary network X3:
Code 3 Supported Communication System
EN Ethernet (1* RJ45)
RS Serial (Modbus RTU or ASCII) (RJ45)
Table 16: Network on port X3 (Secondary Network)