Panasonic ELC500 User manual

Cautions for Your Safety
Read the manual carefully before installing, running and maintenance for proper operation.
Before using, master the knowledge of the equipment, safety information and all of other
notes.
This manual uses two safety flags to indicate different levels of danger.
WARNING Ahandling error could cause serious physical injury to an operator
and in the worst case could even be fatal.
●Always take precautions to ensure the overall safety of your system, so that the whole
system remains safe in the event of failure of this product or other external factor.
●Do not use this product in areas with inflammable gas. It could lead to an explosion.
●Exposing this product to excessive heat or open flames could cause damage to the
lithium battery or other electronic parts.
●Exposing this product to excessive heat or open flames
could cause damage to the
lithium battery or other electronic parts.
CAUTION
A handling error could cause serious physical injury to an operator
or damage to the equipment.
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To prevent abnormal exothermic heat or smoke generation, use this product at the
values less than the maximum of the characteristics and performance that are assured in
these specifications.
●Do not dismantle or remodel the product. It could lead to abnormal exothermic heat or
smoke generation.
●Do not touch the terminal while turning on electricity. It could lead to an electric shock.
●Use the external devices to function the emergency stop and interlock circuit.
●Connect the wires or connectors securely. The loose connection might cause abnormal
exothermic heat or smoke generation.
●Do not allow foreign matters such as liquid, flammab
le materials, metals to go into the
inside of the product. It might cause exothermic heat or smoke generation.
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Do not undertake construction (such as connection and disconnection) while the power
supply is on.
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●Modbus Protocol is a communication protocol that the Modicon Inc. developed for PLC
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Introduction
Thank you very much indeed for purchasing
‘Control Unit ELC500’.
In this manual, we explain the usage of Control Unit ELC500.
Please use it correctly after understanding the content
enough.

Table of Contents
Introduction...............................................................................................................................................2
Cautions before using ..................................................................................................................................i
Outline for Control Unit ELC500................................................................................................1Chapter 1
Features of ELC500 Control unit......................................................................................................11.1 Data collection, File creating, Saving files.................................................................................11.1.1 Demand monitoring,Alarm link control......................................................................................11.1.2 Special control (Start control, Cyclic control).............................................................................11.1.3 Write data...................................................................................................................................11.1.4 Send mail...................................................................................................................................11.1.5 Programming’.............................................................................................................................21.1.6 Web server.................................................................................................................................21.1.7
Name and Model Numbers...............................................................................................................31.2 Main Unit....................................................................................................................................31.2.1 Option.........................................................................................................................................31.2.2 Software.....................................................................................................................................31.2.3
Combination Devices........................................................................................................................41.3 ECOnect Series.........................................................................................................................41.3.1 FP7 Series .................................................................................................................................41.3.2 Combination Devices List..........................................................................................................71.3.3
Restrictions of Combination Devices................................................................................................81.4 Common Restrictions for each Unit...........................................................................................81.4.1 Restrictions for Mounting Number.............................................................................................81.4.2 Restrictions for Communication Function..................................................................................81.4.3
Restrictions of Power Supply Selection and Combination............................................................... 91.5 Power Supply for Internal Circuit............................................................................................... 91.5.1 Parts Name and Functions......................................................................................................11Chapter 2
Parts Names....................................................................................................................................112.1 Installation and Cabling...........................................................................................................16Chapter 3
Installation.......................................................................................................................................163.1 Install Space.............................................................................................................................163.1.1 How to Connect Unit................................................................................................................173.1.2 How to Install Unit....................................................................................................................193.1.3
Cabling............................................................................................................................................203.2 Cabling of Power Supply Unit..................................................................................................203.2.1 Cabling of Power Supply for ELC500......................................................................................223.2.2 Grounding ................................................................................................................................233.2.3 Wiring of COM Port Terminal Block.........................................................................................243.2.4
Install and Setup of Backup Battery............................................................................................... 263.3 Functions of Backup Battery....................................................................................................263.3.1 How to Install............................................................................................................................263.3.2 Lifetime and Replacement Interval of Backup Battery............................................................273.3.3
For your Safety...............................................................................................................................283.4 Safety Circuit............................................................................................................................283.4.1 Momentary Power Failures......................................................................................................283.4.2 Alarm Output............................................................................................................................293.4.3
Example of Connection to ELC500................................................................................................303.5 Demand Control System..........................................................................................................303.5.1 Connect to Eco-POWER METER or Remote I/O unit............................................................. 323.5.2 Check Before Power On..........................................................................................................34Chapter 4
Check Items Befotr Power On........................................................................................................344.1 Flow to Start Operation...................................................................................................................354.2

Setup Procedure of Configurator EL500.................................................................................36Chapter 5
Configurator EL500 ........................................................................................................................365.1 How to Install............................................................................................................................365.1.1 How to Uninstall.......................................................................................................................395.1.2 Start and Exit Configurator EL500...........................................................................................405.1.3
Functions of Configurator EL500....................................................................................................415.2 Menu...............................................................................................................................................435.3 File............................................................................................................................................435.3.1 Setup........................................................................................................................................445.3.2 Online.......................................................................................................................................445.3.3 Option.......................................................................................................................................455.3.4 Help..........................................................................................................................................455.3.5
Tool Bar...........................................................................................................................................465.4 Navigator.........................................................................................................................................475.5 Setup and Functions.......................................................................................................................485.6 Basic Configuration..................................................................................................................485.6.1 Connection Device Setup........................................................................................................705.6.2 Trigger Setup............................................................................................................................755.6.3 Remote I/O Output Setup........................................................................................................845.6.4 Logging File Setup...................................................................................................................865.6.5 Demand Setup.........................................................................................................................995.6.6 Special Control.......................................................................................................................1265.6.7 Write data...............................................................................................................................1325.6.8 Send mail...............................................................................................................................1365.6.9
Maintenace...................................................................................................................................1385.7 Communication......................................................................................................................1385.7.1 Status View............................................................................................................................1405.7.2 Current Value Monitor............................................................................................................1415.7.3 Logging File Download ..........................................................................................................1425.7.4 Read Out System History ......................................................................................................1445.7.5 Remote I/O Setup..................................................................................................................1475.7.6 Mode Change.........................................................................................................................1485.7.7 Password Setup / Password Delete......................................................................................1485.7.8 Initialize ..................................................................................................................................1505.7.9 Firmware Update .................................................................................................................1515.7.10
Overlap of each Control................................................................................................................1535.8 I/O Number Allocation...........................................................................................................156Chapter 6
Base of I/OAllocation...................................................................................................................1566.1 How to Count I/O Numbers....................................................................................................1566.1.1 Concept of I/O NumberAllocation.........................................................................................1566.1.2 List of Occupied I/O Points for each Unit...............................................................................1576.1.3
Optional Allocation Using FPWIN Pro7........................................................................................1586.2 Registration of Unit to be Used and Starting Word Number .................................................1586.2.1 SD Memory Card Operation..................................................................................................161Chapter 7
Preparing SD Memory Card.........................................................................................................1617.1 How to Insert SD Memory Card ...................................................................................................1627.2 Save Execution File for SD Memoru Card Operation..................................................................1627.3 Operation by SD Memory Card....................................................................................................1637.4 Transmission from SD Memory Card to Execution Memory........................................................1647.5 Cautions for SD Memory Card Operation....................................................................................1647.6 Communication .....................................................................................................................165Chapter 8
MEWTOCOL communication .......................................................................................................1658.1 MODBUS(RTU) Communication..................................................................................................1668.2

Registers ...............................................................................................................................168Chapter 9
Operation MemoryArea ...............................................................................................................1689.1 Data Registers Map......................................................................................................................1709.2 Data Registerd for Data Collection...............................................................................................1719.3 Data Registers for Demand..........................................................................................................1729.4 Special Internal Relay(R)..............................................................................................................1749.5 System Relays (SR).....................................................................................................................1759.6 System Data Registers (SD)........................................................................................................1789.7 Self-diagnostic and Trouble shooting..................................................................................180Chapter 10
Self-diagnostic............................................................................................................................18010.1 Status indicator of LED........................................................................................................18010.1.1
Procedures at Error....................................................................................................................18010.2 If ERROR LED is flashed.....................................................................................................18010.2.1 Not change to RUN mode....................................................................................................18110.2.2 ALARM LED turns ON .........................................................................................................18110.2.3 POWER LED does not turn ON...........................................................................................18210.2.4 Protect error message appears...........................................................................................18210.2.5
Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................................18310.3 Error Code..................................................................................................................................18710.4 Specifications......................................................................................................................191Chapter 11
ELC500 Control unit Specifications............................................................................................19111.1 Power supply for GT specifications............................................................................................19111.2 Data Logging / Damand Specifications......................................................................................19211.3 Data Logging........................................................................................................................19211.3.1 Demand Function.................................................................................................................19211.3.2
Program (PLC) Specifications ....................................................................................................19411.4 Communication Specifications....................................................................................................19511.5 USB Communication (Configurator software)......................................................................19511.5.1 COM0 port (RS232C) Communication................................................................................19511.5.2 COM1 / 2 port (RS-485 / RS-422) Communication.............................................................19611.5.3 LAN port (Ethernet) Communication....................................................................................19711.5.4
External Memory Specifications.................................................................................................19711.6 Dimensions and Others.......................................................................................................198Chapter 12
Dimensions.................................................................................................................................19812.1
Revision History..........................................................................................................................................1

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Cautions before using
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Installation environment
・Inside the control panel
・Surrounding air temperature: : 0 to +55℃
・Surrounding air humidity: 10 to 95%RH (at 25℃) no-condensing
・Attitude under 2000m
・Pollution degree 2
・Do not use in the following environments.
-Where the unit will be exposed to direct sunlight
-Where condensation might occur by sudden temperature changes
-Where inflammable or corrosive gas might be produced
-Where the unit will be exposed to excessive airborne dust or metal particles
-Where organic solvents such as benzene, paint thinner, alcohol, or strong alkaline solutions such
as ammonia or caustic soda might adhere to the unit
- Where the place near high-voltage cable, high-voltage device, power line, power device
- Where the place near a machinery with transmission function such as amateur radio
- Where the place near a machinery which occurs the big switching serge (latest 100mm)
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Installation
・Installation and wiring must be performed by expert personnel for electrical work or electric piping.
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Static electricity
・Do not touch pins of connector directly in order to avoid electrostatic discharge failure.
・Discharge static electricity touching the grounded metal etc. when you touch the unit.
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Power supplies
・Use twisted (twisted) wires for power supply.
・Although it has enough noise immunity against noise to the power supply line, it is recommended to
take measures such as using an isolation transformer in order to increase the noise.
・Use the separate wiring for power supply line and input / output equipment line.
・If using a power supply without a protective circuit, power should be through a protective element such
as fuse. If an incorrect voltage is directly applied, the internal circuit may be damaged or destroyed.
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Grounding
・Ground to ensure sufficient noise immunity. (In case of using 24V DC, ground the function earth line of
the attached power supply cable.)
・Make the ground point as close as possible to ELC 500 and shorten the distance of the ground wire.
・Sharing the ground with other equipment may have the opposite effect, so be sure to use a dedicated
ground.
・The earth terminal of the AC power supply unit should be grounded to Class D (Type 3) ground
resistance of 100 Ω or less.

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Before power on
Please note the following points when turning on power at the first time.
・Confirm there are neither wiring rubbish nor especially an electrical conduction when installed.
・Confirm neither the power supply wiring and the power-supply voltage are wrong.
・Tighten the installation screw and the terminal screw surely.
・Set RUN/STOP mode change switch to STOP.
・Use an electric wire applicable to the rated current.
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Request concerning setting parameters storage
To prevent the accidental loss of setting parameters, the user should consider the following measures.
･To avoid accidentally losing setting parameters, destroying files, or overwriting the contents of files,
created setting files should be backed up or the contents should be printed out and then saved.
･The password setting is designed to avoid settings being accidentally changed. If the password is
forgotten, however, it will be impossible to change the settings. When specifying the password, note it
in the specifications or in another safe location in case it is forgotten at some point.
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Precautions on using network
This product supports various network connections therefore it is likely to be subject to the following
security risks.
1. Leakage and outflow of information via this product
2. Illegal operation by third party with malicious acts
3. Interference and shut down by third party with malicious acts
It is recommended to take network security measures such as below for protecting against these risks
under your responsibility.
・Use this product on the network that has been ensuring safety by using firewall
・Check and extermination against the infection of computer viruses and unauthorized program are
you make sure that you have performed regularly
・To protect against unauthorized attacks, set the user name and password, and to limit the users
who can log in.
・Restrict access by user authentication so that authentication information (user name, password)
and network configuration information and equipment inside information is not leak on the network.
・Before you access this product via browser, close other windows.
・After you access this product via browser, close all browsers.
・Change password regularly.
・Do not install the place where it can be disassembled or remodeled easily.

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Outline for Control Unit ELC500Chapter 1
ELC500 allows you to collect data and control FA devices or I/O devices by easy-setup.
It can communicate to upper device and monitor the collected data with PC.
In addition, it has functions that demand control, control to decrease power consumption, therefore,you
can use ELC500 for demand control system or energy-saving system.
Features of ELC500 Control unit1.1
ELC500 Control unit has 7 features.
Data collection, File creating, Saving files1.1.1
ELC500 has communication interface, Ethernet, RS-232C, RS-485/RS-422 and collect data of FA
devices or I/O devices by communication protocol of MODBUS-RTU or MEWTOCOL. It can collect
data up to 512-point
ELC500 save data in SD memory card as .csv format and transmit files by FTP or mail.
Refer to 5.6.5.Logging file setup.
Demand monitoring, Alarm link control1.1.2
ELC500 monitor demand with 2 types of demand system, fixed demand or IEC demand.
You can select one method for demand prediction method. ELC500 control remote I/O unit according to
alarm level calculated by ELC500. It is possible to predict demand only with fixed demand.
Refer to 5.6.6 Demand setup.
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Fixed-time demand
It is a demand system that is calculates average usage power in 15-minute, 30-minute, 60-minute,
based on the hour.
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IEC demand
It is a demand system according to IEC61557-12.
ELC500 supports sliding block interval demand, fixed block interval demand.
Special control (Start control, Cyclic control)1.1.3
ELC500 realizes the following control with simple setup.
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Start control
This is the control that shifts start time for each group in order to reduce peak power.
Refer to 5.6.7.1. Start control.
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Cyclic control
This is control that stops each group at the setting cycle to reduce peak power.
Refer to 5.6.7.2. Cyclic control.
Write data1.1.4
ELC 500 can write data such as relay status, registers by setting trigger.
For example, when the collected data is changed to over 100, trigger is established and make I/O devive
contact to ON. When the collected data is changed to under 90, trigger is reset and make I/O device
contact to OFF.
Refer to 5.6.8. Write data
Send mail1.1.5
ELC500 can send mail to designated address by setting trigger.
For example, you can receive mail when it detects an abnormal value by setting.
Refer to 5.6.9 Send mail.

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Programming’1.1.6
Using ‘FPWIN Pro7’, you can create program and debug the created program.
You can write the program to the unit via USB cable or LAN cable.
Save the setup for your backup.
Note
- In order to use USB, USB driver is necessary.
-Before programming, download the project file (ELC500SystemLadder_vxxx.pce) from
our website and use the project to program. ‘xxx’ in file name shows version information.
When you use other programming created, it detects ELC ladder error and stop
operation.
Web server1.1.7
ELC500 has Web server function. You can monitor the collected data with web browser when you create
web contents by using ‘Web Creator’ and update it.
Refer to FP7 Web server manual in detail.