Panasonic S-Link FP2 User manual

Safety Precautions
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If critical situations that could lead to user’s death or serious injury is assumed by
mishandling of the product.
WARNING
- 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.
If critical situations that could lead to user’s injury or only property damage is assumed
by mishandling of the product.
CAUTION
- To prevent excessive 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 cause excessive 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 could cause excessive exothermic heat or smoke generation.
- Do not allow foreign matters such as liquid, flammable materials, metals to go into the inside of the
product. It could cause excessive exothermic heat or smoke generation.
- Do not undertake construction (such as connection and disconnection) while the power supply is
on. It could lead to an electric shock.
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Table of Contents
Special Precautions
1. Selecting the Right Equipment.............................................................. 1-1
1.1 Features and Types ....................................................................................................1-2
1.1.1 Features.................................................................................................................1-2
1.1.2 Types.....................................................................................................................1-3
1.2 Restrictions.................................................................................................................1-4
1.2.1 Installation Position of S-LINK Units........................................................................1-4
2. Specifications ......................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Parts Names and Functions .......................................................................................2-2
2.1.1 S-LINK Control Unit................................................................................................2-2
2.2 Specifications..............................................................................................................2-6
2.2.1 General Specifications............................................................................................2-6
2.2.2 S-LINK Controller Specifications.............................................................................2-7
3. I/O Assignments...................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 An Overview of I/O Allocation ....................................................................................3-2
3.1.1 Overview................................................................................................................3-2
3.1.2 Example of I/O Number and S-LINK Addresses......................................................3-2
3.2 Specifying the Number of Input/Output Points..........................................................3-3
3.2.1 How to Specify the Number of Input/Output Points..................................................3-3
3.2.2 Examples of Settings..............................................................................................3-4
3.3 Allocating I/O Numbers...............................................................................................3-5
3.3.1 I/O Allocation..........................................................................................................3-5
4. Construction and Wiring........................................................................ 4-1
4.1 Wiring Methods...........................................................................................................4-2
4.1.1 Type of Wiring for S-LINK.......................................................................................4-2
4.1.2 S-LINK Main Unit....................................................................................................4-2
4.2 S-LINK Main Power Supply.........................................................................................4-3
4.2.1 Role and Connection of S-LINK Main Power Supply ...............................................4-3
5. Starting and Ending Operations............................................................ 5-1
5.1 Sequence and Timing for Turning Power Supply On................................................5-2

5.1.1 Sequence...............................................................................................................5-2
5.2 Sequence of Turning Off Power Supplies..................................................................5-3
5.3 Timing..........................................................................................................................5-3
5.4 S-LINK Device Address Recognition .........................................................................5-4
5.4.1 Recognizing the Address........................................................................................5-4
5.4.2 Results and Processing of Address Recognition.....................................................5-5
5.5 Cofirming Connected Units........................................................................................5-6
5.5.1 Confirming All Recognized Addresses ....................................................................5-6
5.5.2 Confirming All Addresses Where Errors Have Occurred..........................................5-7
5.5.3 Confirming the On/Off Status of Addresses.............................................................5-8
6. Shared Memory.......................................................................................6-1
6.1 Configuration of the Shared Memory.........................................................................6-2
6.1.1 Shared Memory......................................................................................................6-2
6.1.2 Shared Memory Addresses.....................................................................................6-3
6.2 Shared Memory Reading Program.............................................................................6-6
6.2.1 High-level Instruction to be Used ............................................................................6-6
6.2.2 Example of Reading Program.................................................................................6-7
6.3 Shared Memory Writing Program...............................................................................6-8
7. What To Do If An Error Occurs ..............................................................7-1
7.1 Judging Errors From the Error Indicators.................................................................7-2
7.1.1 When the Error Indicators (ERROR LED) Light.......................................................7-2
7.1.2 How to Eliminate Errors..........................................................................................7-2
7.2 Judging by Error Codes .............................................................................................7-4
7.2.1 E34 (I/O Status Error) Occurred..............................................................................7-4
7.2.2 E42 (I/O Verify Error) Occurred...............................................................................7-4
7.3 Judging by Address Display ......................................................................................7-4
7.3.1 Function of Address Display ...................................................................................7-4
7.3.2 Judging Error Displays (When Numeric Value is Displayed)....................................7-5
8. Dimensions..............................................................................................8-1
8.1 Dimensions .................................................................................................................8-2

Special Precautions
This manual is the instruction manual for the FPΣS-LINK unit.
For detailed formation on the S-LINK, refer to the “S-LINK Design manual and Construction manual”.
Differences between FP0 S-LINK control unit and FP2 S-LINK unit
The specifications of FP0 S-LINK unit is basically the same as FP2 S-LINK unit, however, the following
specifications are different.
For detailed information, refer to various specifications and manuals.
Item FP
Σ
S-LINK unit FP0 S-LINK control unit (S-LINK communication
part)
FP2 S-LINK unit
Wiring for S-
LINK
Standard wiring Standard wiring Standard wiring
Loop wiring
Fuse for S-LINK
power supply
Can be replaced.
(Tubular fuse: 5 m x 20 mm) Cannot be replaced. Cannot be replaced.
No. of I/O points
setting (mode
switch)
Following mode switches
cannot be used.
No. 1: 0 input point/
64 output points
No. 7: 64 input points/
32 output points
No. D: 96 input points/
32 output points
Fixed at 64 input points/
64 output points All settings can be used.
RUN/CHK.
selector switch
MONITOR switch
Available Not available Available

1-1
Chapter 1
Selecting the Right Equipment

1-2
1.1 Features and Types
1.1.1 Features
Wiring is donw from the S-LINK unit using an S-LINK exclusive 4-wire flat cable and an end hook-up
connector is connected at the end of the main cable. The maximum cable length is 200 meters (400
meters if a booster is used).
•The user may select combinations offering up to a total of 128 inputs and outputs.
•The inputs and outputs are handled by the program just like ordinary ones.
•The S-LINK system can be easily monitored by reading shared memory data.
•A board range of peripheral devices for the S-LINK enable easy ssytem configuration.

1-3
1.1.2 Types
Name
Internal function
Part No.
Product No.
FPΣS-LINK unit
128 input/output points using S-LINK FPG-SL AFPG780

1-4
1.2 Restrictions
1.2.1 Installation Position of S-LINK Units
The maximum of 4 S-LINK units can be installed as expansion units in the position to the left
of and adjacent to the FPΣcontrol unit.
No. of control I/O points
Types of control unit No. of I/O points
for control unit
No. of I/O points when
FPΣS-LINK unit is installed.
FPG-C32T2/FPG-C32T2TM Note1)
32 points
Max. 640 points Note2)
FPG-C28P2/FPG-C28P2TM 28 points Max. 636 points
Note2)
FPG-C24R2/FPG-C24R2TM
24 points
Max. 632 points
Note1) The FPΣexpansion unit cannot be fitted to the FPG-C32T or FPG-C32TTM.
Note2) It is the No. of points when 4 FPΣS-LINK units have been installed.
Key Point:
If the FP0 expansion unit and the FPΣexpansion unit are used together, the I/O points can be extended
up to 640 points for the FPG-C32T2/FPG-C32T2TM.