PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305-ACAM IPI
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1. R W and M cannot be used as IO triggers SNP Update Datagram message If an Update Datagram message requests 6 or less bits or bytes of data the RX3i will return a Completion Ack without Text Buffer The protocol specifies that the returned data will be in the Completion Ack message but it may not be present GBC30 may not resume operation after power cycle n rare instances a GBC30 in an expansion rack may not resume normal operation after a power cycle of either the expansion rack or the main rack Configuration of third party modules Do not specify a length of 0 in the configuration of a third party module The module will not work properly in the system Power supply status after CPU firmware update The RxX3i will report a Loss of or missing option module fault for the C695PSD140 power supply following an update of CPU firmware Also the slot will appear empty in the programmer s online status detail view The power supply continues to operate normally Power cycle to restore normal status reporting Power supply status after power cycling Rarely turning a power supply on or off may not result in an add or loss fault Also the slot will appear empty in the programmer s online status detail view The power supply continues to operate normally To restore normal status reporting cycle the power Don t use multiple targets In a system in which the hardware configuration is stored from o2. PMM335 just before the CPU itself powers down No corrective action is required This situation can be verified in two ways 1 by inspecting the timestamp in the loss of module report one can correlate it with the power down event and 2 by performing a PME Show Status Details report to see that the PMM335 is present after power up Ethernet rack based module fails to exchange EGD data properly during power cycling Very rarely after experiencing multiple rapid power cycles the CPU may fail to establish communication with one or more modules in the backplane at power up When this occurs several pairs of Loss of or missing option module and Reset of option module faults with identical timestamps will be logged in the controller fault table If the module is an Ethernet module an event 30H is recorded in its station manager event log To recover from this issue cycle power again Loss of Power Supplies after firmware update A Loss of Power Supplies after firmware update may occur This does not happen with all firmware updates and will not occur if the system is power cycled after the firmware upgrade has completed The faults displayed when this issue occurs are as follows 0 0 Loss of or missing option module 01 12 2009 11 25 38 Error Code Group Action Task Num 36 4 3 Fatal 9 Fault Extra Data 01 58 02 4f 80 08 0a 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE3
3. programmed in such a manner as to account for this catch up feature Related to this are timers that are skipped because of the use of the JUMP instruction Timers that are skipped will NOT catch up and will therefore not accumulate time in the same manner as if they were executed every sweep Constant Sweep time when used should be set at least 10 milliseconds greater than the normal sweep time to avoid any over sweep conditions when monitoring or performing on line changes with the programmer Window completion faults will occur if the constant sweep setting is not high enough A large number of COMMREQs typically greater than 8 sent to a given module in the same sweep may cause Module Software faults to be logged in the Controller fault table The fault group is MOD_OTHR_SOFTWR 16t 10h and the error code is COMMREQ_MB_FULL_START 2 When this occurs the FT output of the function block will also be set To prevent this situation COMMREQs issued to a given module should be spread across multiple sweeps so that only a limited number typically 8 or less of COMMREQs are sent to a given module in each sweep In addition the FT output parameter should be checked for errors If the FT output is set meaning an error has been detected the COMMREQ could be re issued by the application logic In C Blocks standard math functions e g sqrt pow asin acos do not set errno to the correct value and do not return the correct value if an
4. will be loaded into RAM at power up The CPU s logic and configuration source and operating mode at power up are in accordance with the tables on pages 4 14 and 4 15 of GFK 2222 where memory not preserved means that the Energy Pack is not connected or not working The contents of those tables apply as follows e All entries in the Logic Configuration Source and CPU Operating Mode at power up table which address Logic Configuration Power up Source in User Memory apply to Logic Configuration as if there were a battery e The condition of Memory not preserved i e no battery or memory corrupted is created on a CPE305 by power cycle with the Energy Pack removed e The condition of No configuration in User Memory memory preserved is created on a CPE305 by clearing configuration or never downloading configuration and then cycling power with the Energy Pack connected e The conditions for Logic Configuration source of Always Flash Conditional Flash and Always RAM are created by setting the appropriate configuration setting in the CPE305 and cycling power with the Energy Pack connected e User memory is preserved only if the Energy Pack is connected and charged at power down Similarly user memory is preserved only if the Energy Pack is present at power up e The user memory is preserved on a CPE305 by an Energy Pack connection at the instant of power down and the instant of power up Removing
5. 05 ACAN Important Product Information 5 GFK 2714P November 2014 Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Restriction Open Issue Description Hot swapping some analog modules slowly result in modules not being recognized Occasionally during a hot insertion hot swap of IC695 Non lsolated Analog Input Modules input channels may take up to 2 seconds to reflect actual input values after the Module OK bit is enabled in the module status word This has only been seen when the hot insertion has been done slowly i e approximately 1 5 seconds to insert the module Simultaneous clears loads and stores not supported Currently PACSystems CPUs do not support multiple programmers changing CPU contents at the same time The programming software may generate an error during the operation Simultaneous loads from a single controller are allowed Hardware configuration Not Equal after changing target name If the user stores a hardware configuration to flash that sets Logic Config Power up Source to Always Flash or Conditional Flash and then subsequently changes the name of the target in the programming software the hardware configuration will go Not Equal and will not Verify as equal Controller and IO Fault Tables may need to be cleared twice to clear faulted state Setting force on off by storing initial value Both Controller and IO fault tables may need to be cleared to take the CPU out of Sto
6. Ethernet Communications for PACSystems Station Manager Manual GFK 2225J or later for details AUP parameter restrictions The Advanced User Parameter wsnd_buf should not be changed by the user Changing the value of this parameter may cause the Ethernet Interface to drop its connection and the LAN LED to turn off When explicitly configuring speed or duplex mode for a PACSystems RX3i port using Advanced User Parameters AUP do not request a store to flash as a part of the download when communicating over the CPE s embedded Ethernet port In this situation you first must store to the RX3i and then initiate a separate request to write to flash Changing IP address of Ethernet Storing a hardware configuration with a new IP address to the RX3i while interface while connected connected via Ethernet will succeed then immediately disconnect because the RX3i is now using a different IP address than the Programmer You must enter a new IP address in the Target Properties in the Machine Edition Inspector window before reconnecting 16 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 Embedded Ethernet Interface Operational Notes Proper IP addressing is always The PACSystems Ethernet Interface must be configured with the correct IP essential Address for proper operation in a TCP IP Ethernet network Use of incorrect IP addresses can disrupt network operation for the PACSystems and other nodes on the ne
7. GFK 2714P November 2014 Embedded Ethernet Interface Operational Notes Embedded Ethernet Interface Operational Notes Configuration of IP address is Note BOOTP and the SetIP tool in PME are not supported required before using Ethernet The embedded Ethernet Interface cannot operate on a network until a valid IP communications address is configured The default IP address is 192 168 0 100 The Ethernet addressing information must be configured prior to actual network operation or to recover from inadvertent changes to the Ethernet addressing data at the Ethernet Interface Use one of the following methods to initially assign an IP address Download a CPE configuration from the Programmer using a serial connection Download a CPE configuration from the Programmer using the Ethernet connection of an ETMO01 in the same rack with a known IP address configuration Programmer version Proficy Machine Edition Logic Developer PLC 7 00 SIM3 or later must be used to requirements configure the embedded Ethernet port of a CPE305 Ethernet Event Log not preserved The Ethernet event log on the CPE305 is not maintained across a power cycle across power cycle However Ethernet log events will be reported in the Controller Fault Table as with other Rx3i CPUs An Energy Pack can be used to preserve these entries when power is lost Station Manager commands A subset of the documented Station Manager Commands will be supported for the CPE305 Refer to TCP IP
8. IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 7 GFK 2714P November 2014 Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Restriction Open Issue Description IC695ALG600 Lead Resistance Compensation setting A configuration store operation will fail if a channel is configured for 3 wire RTD and Lead Resistance Compensation is set to Disabled A Loss of Module fault will be logged in the I O Fault table at the end of the store operation To recover the lost module the configuration must be changed to enable Lead Resistance Compensation and module must be power cycled WinLoader may stop operating Logic and HWC not equal after power cycle On computers running Windows 2000 and using some versions of Symantec Antivirus protection WinLoader will lock up if used in Advanced mode To recover cycle the computer s power lf the Hardware Config from Target 1 with Logic Configuration Power up Source and Data Source both set to Always from Flash is stored in Flash and then Logic and Hardware Config from Target 2 with Logic Configuration Power up Source both set to Always from RAM are stored to RAM and there is a good Energy Pack when power is cycled the programmer may show that Logic and Hardware Config are not equal The remedy is to clear Flash and re store the Logic and Hardware Config from Target 2 WinLoader does not detect PC COM port in use when upgrading PACSystems CPU WinLoader does not detect whethe
9. Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 PACSystems RX3i Central Processing Unit IC695CPE305 ACAN Firmware Version 8 30 Product Documentation PACSystems RX3i and RX7i CPU Reference Manual GFK 2222 PACSystems RX3i System Manual GFK 2314 PACSystems RX3i IC695CPE305 CPU Quick Start Guide GFK 2934 PACSystems RX7i amp RX3i TCP IP Ethernet Communications User Manual GFK 2224 PACSystems TCP IP Ethernet Communications Station Manager User Manual GFK 2225 User manuals product updates and other information sources are available on the GE Intelligent Platforms Support website http www ge ip com support under Controllers and IO RX3i Controllers Release Overview This release of the product is a firmware only upgrade which adds support for EGD Class 1 on Embedded Ethernet Interface Upgrades CPE305 can be upgraded to firmware release 8 30 in the field by installing the USB flash drive upgrade kit 41G1733 MS10 000 A7 which can be downloaded from http www ge ip com support CPU Functional Compatibility CPU Functional Compatibility Proficy Machine Edition Logic Developer Version Requirements Support for EGD on Embedded Ethernet 8 50 SIM7 or later Interface CPU Backward Compatibility Legacy CPU310 Projects are not supported on the CPE305 C Toolkit Compatibility C Toolkit version 7 00 or later The C Toolkit for PACSystems is distributed with Proficy Machine Edition Logic Developer Updates can be do
10. ash etc GE Intelligent Platforms recommends limiting the number of calls to SVC_REQ 57 to one call per sweep to avoid the potential of going to STOP HALT mode The Logic Driven Read Write to Flash service requests are not intended for high frequency use Depending on the amount of data being accessed and the condition of the flash memory writing to flash could take more than one sweep interval to finish If the application attempts to write to flash too frequently the CPU could experience a watchdog timeout while waiting for a preceding write operation to complete To avoid the potential for causing a watchdog timeout resulting in the CPU going to Stop Halt the application should be designed such that one Logic Driven Write operation SVC_REQ 57 is executed per sweep For firmware version 6 70 and later the RUN LED for remote expansion racks will reflect the current IO enable disable state even when there are no output modules in the expansion rack RUN LED for remote expansion rack with input modules only works as follows for all versions prior to version 6 70 When a remote or expansion baseplate is used with the RxX3i the RUN LED on the Series 90 30 power supply for that baseplate is illuminated when the system is in Run mode only if the rack contains at least one output module If the rack contains input modules only the RUN LED is not illuminated This is due to the way input modules are managed in the PACSystems design and does no
11. attery backed memory and or the battery itself have been removed from this section Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Restriction Open Issue Description Serial I O Half Duplex Mode Failures at Low Baud Rates Rare Power Up Problem on CPE305 and CPE310 When the CPE305 or CPE310 serial port is configured for Serial I O protocol with 2 wire half duplex serial port mode with baud rates less than 19 2kBaud the last transmitted character may end up as the first character in the receive message buffer upon switching from transmitting to receiving When the CPE305 or CPE310 has logic and configuration source set to flash in rare instances the controller will power up with all LEDs blinking in unison and the controller will be unreachable An additional power down and then power up cycle will allow the controller to completely power up 4 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Restriction Open Issue Description Missing Addition of IOC event when ECM850 module restarts due to reset pushbutton or SVC_REQ 24 When ECM850 module RESET is triggered using SVC_REQ 24 or Reset pushbutton CPU does not report Addition of IOC fault message in Controller fault table after successful reset of module Flash part issue on CPE305 CPE310 modules shipped in 2012 When the CPE305 or CPE310 powers do
12. bedded Ethernet Interface Restrictions and Open Issues in this Release Restriction Open Issue Description Ethernet disconnect during word for word change If the Ethernet connection is broken during a word for word change the programmer may not allow a subsequent word for word change after reconnecting due to the fact that it thinks another programmer is currently attached If this occurs you should go offline and then back online again Possible PME inability to connect Infrequently an attempt to connect a programmer to an RX3i via Ethernet will be unsuccessful The normal connection retry dialog will not be displayed Rebooting the computer that is running the programmer will resolve the behavior Spurious Ethernet fault In rare instances after power cycle the Ethernet Interface may log the following fault Event 28h Entry 2 OOOEh This fault can be safely ignored Intermittent Ethernet log event When starting after a power cycle the Ethernet Interface may intermittently log 8H 15H after power cycle an exception entry 8H Entry 2 15H Entry 3 OOOOH Entry 4 O0aak This exception is benign and may be ignored Station Manager PING commands When initiating ICMP echo requests from the PLC via Station Manager s PING command the operation occasionally fails and an exception is logged Event eH Entry 2 6H PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 15
13. d it was busy Now the busy condition does not result in the fault output being enabled When a VersaMax system Genius Network Interface Unit IC200GBI001 operates with a Genius Bus Controller located in an RxX3i and the VersaMax system contains an IC200ALG240 Analog Input Module it is recommended to update the IC200ALG240 firmware to Revision 1 10 or later Upgrade kits are available at http www ge ip com support Always configure 16 bits of module status when using this module Configuring 0 bits of module status will result in invalid data in the module s ESCP status bits Release History Catalog Number FW Version Comments C695CPE305 ACAN 8 30 Adds support for EGD Class 1 on Embedded Ethernet Interface C695CPE305 ACAM 8 20 Adds support for OPC UA C695CPE305 ACAL C695CPE305 ABAL 8 15 8 15 Replaces the module s plastic housing with a metal case improving noise immunity reducing emissions and increasing the mechanical robustness of the product No change to the module s firmware or functionality Adds support for IC695RMX228 128 MB Reflective Memory Module with Single Mode Transceiver Adds ability to read reflective memory status bits for C695CMxX128 IC695RMX128 and IC695RMX228 reflective memory modules Adds enhanced Ethernet diagnostics capabilities IC695CPE305 ABAK 8 05 Adds support for the new IC695ECM850 IEC 61850 Ethernet Communication M
14. e next lowest byte boundary before updating status bits overwriting the bits between the alignment boundary and specified location To ensure that the application operates as expected release 3 50 requires configuration of COMMREQ Status Words in bit memory types to be byte aligned For example if the user specified status bit location of 13 the CPU aligns the status bit location at 11 Release 3 50 firmware requires the user to specify the appropriate aligned address 11 to ensure that the utilized location is appropriate for their application Note that the actual reference location utilized is not changed but now is explicitly stated for the user 14 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P STOP and RUN mode transition priority logged for missing power supply Uploaded controller supplemental files lose date and time Nuisance faults sometimes November 2014 The PACSystems CPU receives requests to change between stop and run mode from many different sources These include but are not limited to Proficy Machine Edition HMIs the user application and the RUN STOP switch Since there are many potential sources for a mode change request it is possible to receive a new mode change request while another is already in progress When this occurs the CPU evaluates the priority of the new mode change request with the mode change that is in progress If the new m
15. eve the contents of flash memory at power up be sure to include logic along with hardware configuration when saving to flash memory Two loss of module faults for Universal Analog Module Occasionally the hot removal of the Universal Analog Input Module IC695ALG600 results in two Loss of I O Module faults instead of one Power up of Series 90 30 HSC module may take as long as 20 seconds As power is applied to a 90 30 High Speed Counter the module ready bit in the status bits returned each sweep from the module may not be set for as long as 20 seconds after the first PLC sweep even though there is no loss of module indication I O data exchanged with the module is not meaningful until this bit is set by the module Refer to pages 4 3 to 4 5 of GFK 0293 6 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Restriction Open Issue Description Informational fault at power up Intermittently during power up an Informational non critical CPU software fault may be generated with fault extra data of 01 91 01 D6 This fault will have no effect on the normal operation of the RX3i But if the hardware watchdog timer expires after this fault and before power has been cycled again then the outputs of I O modules may hold their last state rather than defaulting to zero Extended memory types for IO triggers
16. in Configuration the HW Configuration to reflect the CPU s true location Fault Tables Faults logged for the The location of faults logged for the CPU in CPU the fault table will not be the standard 0 1 rack slot location but will reflect the CPU s actual slot External Note CPE releases prior to 7 30 can communicate only with a Devices programmer Additional protocols and communication with other devices are not supported Series 90 PLCs Remote Series 90 PLCs that use SRTP Channels COMMREQs expect the CPU to be in slot 1 In order to support communications with Series 90 SRTP clients such as Series 90 PLCs using SRTP Channels the RX3i internally redirects incoming SRTP requests destined for rack 0 slot 1 to rack 0 slot 2 provided that the CPU is located in rack 0 slot 2 and the remote client has not issued an SRTP Destination service on the connection to discover the rack and slot of the CPU This special redirection permits Series 90 30 applications that expect the power supply to be located leftmost and the CPU to be located to the right of the power supply to function Attempts to establish channels with CPUs in slots other than 1 or 2 will fail if initiated from Series 90 PLCs HMI and External Communication Devices All external communication devices that interact with the CPU should be checked for compatibility with CPU slot locations other than slot 1 Problems may arise with but are not limited to in
17. ing both the speed and duplex AUPs on a PACSystems RX3i port will disable the port s auto negotiation function If its link partner is not similarly manually configured this can result in the link partner concluding an incorrect duplex mode In the words of the IEEE standard Connecting incompatible DTE MAU combinations such as full duplex mode DTE to a half duplex mode MAU or a full duplex station DTE or MAU to a repeater or other half duplex network can lead to severe network performance degradation increased collisions late collisions CRC errors and undetected data corruption End users can utilize an AUP file to set their own non default password for Station Manager operations GE Intelligent Platforms recommends that our customers use this functionality in their applications Send Information Report COMMREQ requests with a minimum interval between host accesses of 200 milliseconds or less may fail if issued from the CPU s embedded Ethernet port ACOMMREQ Status Word value of 0290H Period expired before transfer completed still waiting on transfer indicates this condition occurred To work around this issue the user can set the minimum interval between host accesses to a value greater than 200 milliseconds if issuing a Send Information Report COMMREQ from the CPU s embedded Ethernet port On CPUs with embedded Ethernet ports a delay of at least 10 milliseconds must occur between logic driven attempts to close sixteen M
18. invalid input is provided Upgrading the CPU firmware with the WinLoader utility may fail when multiple lO modules are in the main rack due to the time it takes to power cycle the rack system If the upgrade process fails move the CPU to a rack without IO modules and restart the upgrade process Winloader initial connect baud rate is fixed at 19200 baud Note that the firmware download will occur at 115 2K baud by default Note that if you have hyperterm open on a port and then try to use Winloader on the same port Winloader will often say Waiting for Target until the hyperterm session is closed Hot swap of CPUs is not supported in this release With the following combination of circumstances it is possible to render serial communications with the CPU impossible User configuration disables the Run Stop switch User configures the power up mode to Run or Last Logic is stored in FLASH and user configures CPU to load from FLASH on power up User application issues COMMREQs that set the protocol on both of the serial ports to something that does not permit communications to the PME programmer Rx3i rack based Ethernet modules IC695ETM001 must be running firmware version 6 00 or greater to utilize the Run Mode Store of EGD feature PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 13 GFK 2714P November 2014 LAN must be tree not ring Reporting of duplicate IP address SRTP connec
19. is provided for the last right most slot in a rack therefore it is not possible to place the power supply in the second to last slot When migrating a Series 90 30 CPU system to a PACSystems RX3i CPU be aware that to maintain the Slot 1 location of the CPU only a singlewide power supply may be used in Slot 0 Either DC power supply can be used IC695PSD040 or IC695PSD140 Therefore if the application using an existing Series 90 30 system must maintain a Slot 1 CPU and uses an AC power supply the RX3i system must have the RX3i AC power supply located in a slot to the right of the RX3i CPU in Slot 1 In deciding to place the CPU in slots other than Slot 1 the user should be aware of the possible application migration issues that could arise The following lists the areas that could be affected when migrating an application from one CPU slot to another Item Affected How Affected User Logic Service Request 15 Location of CPU faults will not be the Read Last Logged Fault standard 0 1 location but will reflect the Table Entry slot the CPU is located in User logic that decodes fault table entries retrieved by SEVICE Request 120 these service requests may need updating Read Fault Tables Communications COMMREQs directed to the CPU e g those Request COMMREQ directed to the serial ports of the CPU will need to be updated with the correct CPU slot reference H W CPU Slot location Slot location of the CPU must be updated
20. itial connection sequences and fault reporting Machine Edition View customers should select GE SRTP as their communications driver it can communicate with a CPU in any slot Host Communications Toolkit HCT Applications that utilize the Host Communications Toolkit may require updated drivers 12 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 Duplicate station address for Modbus will conflict with other nodes Timer operation Constant sweep Large number of COMMREQs sent to module in one sweep causes faults C Block standard math functions do not set errno Upgrading firmware Hot swap Serial port configuration COMMREQs Run Mode Store of EGD The default serial protocol for the RX3i is Modbus RTU The default Station Address is 1 If the PLC is added to a multi drop network care must be taken that the PLC is configured with a unique Station Address Nodes with duplicate Station Addresses on the same network will not work correctly Care should be taken when timers ONDTR TMR and OFDTR are used in program blocks that are NOT called every sweep The timers accumulate time across calls to the sub block unless they are reset This means that they function like timers operating in a program with a much slower sweep than the timers in the main program block For program blocks that are inactive for large periods of time the timers should be
21. n rare instances a logic initiated read or write of User Nonvolatile RAM via Service Request 56 or Service Request 57 on a CPE310 can result in the expiration of the Software Watchdog Timer The expiration of the Software Watchdog forces the CPE into a Stop Halt state If this occurs the user must remove the Energy Pack and cycle power to the CPU to clear the failure mode To resume operation the unit must then have project downloaded again from the programmer or via RDSD PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 9 GFK 2714P November 2014 CPU Operational Notes Note Ethernet functionality described below only applies to Rx3i CPUs that provide an embedded Ethernet interface Additionally because the CPE310 does not utilize a battery items related to battery backed memory and or the battery itself have been removed from this section Note For a summary of operational differences between Series 90 and PACSystems Rx3i controllers refer to GFK 2722 Series 90 to PACSystems Applications Conversion Guide Firmware upgrades using Slot 1 Some PROFINET configurations may be too large for IC695CPE305 memory Serial port operation C Toolkit Application Compatibility Multiple calls to SVC_REQ 57 Logic Driven Write to Nonvolatile Storage in a single sweep Use of SVC_REQ 56 and 57 should be limited in frequency to avoid CPU watchdog timeouts RUN LED is not illuminated on the Series 90 30 p
22. n the Offline state for the RDSD to function properly When deleting an OEM key from a project you must remove the Energy Pack and cycle power before writing to the RDSD If this procedure is not followed there are rare occasions where the OEM key that had been deleted may be restored on the RDSD device and therefore could be unexpectedly downloaded to the CPU on a subsequent RDSD download PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 19 GFK 2714P November 2014 Energy Pack Operational Notes For details on the Energy Pack refer to the datasheet GFK 27 24 The S0014 PLC_BAT system status reference indicates the Energy Pack status as follows 0 Energy Pack is connected and functioning 4 Energy Pack is not connected or has failed Note When the Energy Pack is powered up for the first time or is in a system that has been powered down long enough to completely discharge the Energy Pack it may require a few seconds for it charge to its operating level The CPU s STATUS LED will blink green during this time Note Because the Time of Day TOD clock is powered by the Real Time Clock battery removal of the Energy Pack does not cause the CPU to lose the TOD value Power Up Characteristics The Conditional Power up From Flash feature works the same as in previous Rx3i CPUs that is if the configuration is configured for Conditional Flash and the Energy Pack is disconnected or has failed the contents of flash
23. ne target and logic is stored from a different target powering up from flash will not work The observed behavior is that following a power up from flash PME reports hardware configuration and logic not equal Missing Loss of terminal block fault Sequence Store Failure The IC695ALG600 608 616 analog input modules do not produce a Loss of terminal block fault when hardware configuration is stored or the module is hot inserted and the terminal block is not locked into place When downloading projects with very large hardware configuration or which use large amounts of user memory it is possible to encounter a PLC Sequence Store Failure error when writing the project to flash To avoid this error either or both of the following actions may be helpful 1 Perform an explicit clear of flash prior to performing the write 2 Increase the operation timeout used by ME prior to performing the write This is done by expanding the Additional Configuration in the Inspector window for the target controller and adjusting Request Timeout The timeout may need to be increased to as much as 60000 msec depending on the amount of memory used and the condition of the flash memory IC694MDL754 must configure module status bits Always configure 16 bits of module status when using this module Configuring O bits of module status will result in invalid data in the module s ESCP status bits PACSystems RX3i CPU
24. ne operations to IC695 modules For example when an MC_CamTableSelect function block is executed on the PMM335 module the CPU s acknowledgement of the PMM355 module interrupt may be delayed In this situation you may see the following fault in the I O Fault Table even when the interrupt has not been dropped Error initiating an interrupt to the CPU The program name for PACSystems is always LDPROG1 When another program name is used in a COMMREQ accessing L memory an Invalid Block Name 05D5 error is generated Scan sets on the master do not work properly for the first operation of the scan set after entering RUN mode They do work properly for subsequent scans After downloading a new hardware configuration and logic a power cycle may be required to resume FANUC I O operation Use PLCs of similar performance in FANUC I O networks If a master or slave is located in an RX3i system the other PLCs should be RX3i CPUs or Series 90 30 CPU374s Repeated power up down cycles of an expansion rack containing FANUC 1 0 slaves may result in failure of the slaves operation with the RDY LED off The serial IO Processor IC693APU305 will lose the first count after every power up or every time the module receives a configuration In previous releases the CPU allowed configuration of COMMREQ Status Words in bit memory types on a non byte aligned boundary Even though the given reference was not byte aligned the firmware would adjust it th
25. odbus TCP Channels simultaneously and a then re open 16 Modbus TCP Channels This delay is necessary to provide external Modbus TCP Servers sufficient time to close all channels before the Client issues channel open requests 18 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 Removable Data Storage Devices RDSDs For full details on RDSD operation refer to the PACSystems CPU Reference Manual GFK 2222R or later RDSD Restrictions and Open Issues in this Release Restriction Open Issue Default RDSD Write to Flash value is N when no Options txt file is created Description The default RDSD Write_Flash value is N Storing a project from the RDSD to the CPE305 will result in the files not being written to user flash if no Options txt file is included on the RDSD device RDSD upload unintended OEM protection lock When an OEM key is set in a controller and the controller is unlocked if an RDSD upload is performed in rare occasions OEM protection will be unintentionally locked after the upload completes To recover enter OEM password to unlock the project then clear the user memory and flash memory RDSD Operational Notes Operational Note RDSD Programmer Interaction RDSD OEM Password Protection of Former Uploads Incorrectly Maintained Description When using RDSD all Proficy Machine Edition Logic Developer PLC connections must be i
26. ode change request has an equal or higher priority than the one already in progress the CPU transitions to the new mode instead of the one in progress If however the new mode change request has a lower priority than the one in progress the new mode request is discarded and the CPU completes the mode change that is in progress The sweep mode priorities are listed from highest to lowest priority STOP HALT STOP FAULT STOP and RUN Note The IO ENABLED DISABLED state is not part of the mode priority evaluation For example a CPU is in RUN IO ENABLED mode and a SVC_REQ 13 function block is executed to place the CPU into STOP IO DISABLED mode Before the transition to STOP IO DISABLED is completed the RUN STOP switch is changed from RUN IO ENABLED to RUN IO DISABLED In this case the CPU ignores the new request from the RUN STOP switch to go to RUN IO DISABLED mode because it is already processing a request to go to STOP IO DISABLED mode and STOP mode has a higher priority than RUN mode If a power supply is missing or has some fault that makes it appear to be missing the CPU may improperly report upon download of configuration more than one fault Such additional faults may be safely ignored and will not occur in a properly configured rack with no mismatches or missing modules Controller supplemental files uploaded from the CPU are time stamped as 8 1 1980 12 08AM regardless of PC or PLC time Embedded Ethernet Interface Em
27. odule which operates as an IEC 61850 Client and provides connectivity to IEC 61850 Server devices Resolves three issues detailed in IPI below IC695CPE305 ABAJ 7 80 Resolves the following issues e Unable to enter existing CPU password after Enhanced Security enabled e The PNCO001 fails to reconnect after remote IO power loss e The PBM300 stops responding after SUS_IO instruction executed IC695CPE305 ABAH 7 75 Corrects issues with the OEM lock functionality and with Ethernet communications Adds support for RX3i CMX RMX modules version CG hardware version Cx with firmware version 2 00 and later For details see GFK 2714 IC695CPE305 ABAG IC695CPE305 ABAF 7 70 7 30 Adds support for the following new modules IC694MDL758 IC695CNMO01 and IC694PSM001 Refer to GFK 2714G for issues resolved Adds support for Modbus TCP Server Modbus TCP Client SRTP Server and SRTP Channels from the embedded Ethernet port For details see GFK 2224L PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 3 GFK 2714P November 2014 Release History Catalog Number FW Version Comments IC695CPE305 ABAE 7 16 Adds the ability to write DTR and read DSR DCD and RI on CPE310 Serial Port 1 This functionality has been implemented for all CPUs with RS 232 Serial ports using COMREQ 4304 Write Port Control and COMREQ 4303 Read Port Status IC695CPE305 ABAD 7 15 Adds na
28. or reconnecting the Energy Pack while the CPE305 is not powered has no effect on the preservation of user memory Energy Pack Replacement If an Energy Pack fails you can replace it with a new unit while the CPU is in operation When an Energy Pack is replaced the new Energy Pack must charge If a loss of power occurs while the Energy Pack is disconnected or before it is fully charged a memory loss may occur
29. ower supply for an RX3i remote expansion rack with input modules only Undefined Symbols in C Blocks Firmware upgrades for modules in Slot 1 will only work for CPUs Modules other than the CPU need to be in Slot 2 or higher to perform a firmware upgrade While the CPE305 is capable of utilizing hardware configurations with the maximum allowed PROFINET IO Device count of 255 PROFINET IO Devices hardware configurations approaching the maximum allowed IO Submodule count of 2048 IO Submodules may nearly exhaust the available 5 MB of User Memory Customers requiring hardware configurations approaching the maximum allowed IO Submodule count of 2048 IO Submodules should consider using a CPU model with more available User Memory such as the CPE310 CPU315 or CPU320 Cable IC693CBL316 must be used for RS 232 serial connections to the CPE305 The RS 232 port does not supply the 5V power offered by earlier RX3i and Series 90 30 CPUs Beginning with Rel 7 00 of the C Toolkit writes to S memory will fail to compile In previous releases a compilation warning was issued This affects use of the GE supplied C Toolkit macros Swi Sil and Sd Multiple calls to SVC_REQ 57 could cause the CPU to trip the watchdog timer and go to STOP HALT mode The number of calls to SVC_REQ 57 that can be made depends on variables such as the software watchdog timeout value how much data is being written how long the sweep is age of nonvolatile storage fl
30. p Fault mode If one of the tables contains a recurring fault the order in which the tables are cleared may be significant If the CPU is still in Stop Fault mode after both tables are cleared try clearing the fault tables again Once a force on or force off has been stored to the RX3i you cannot switch from force on to force off or vice versa directly by downloading initial values To turn off the force perform a download and then change the force on or off by another download Number of active programs returned as zero The SNP request Return Controller Type and ID currently returns the number of active programs as Zero Serial I O failure at 115K during heavy interrupt load Rare data corruption errors have been seen on serial communications when running at 115K under heavy interrupt load on the RxX3i Under heavy load applications users should restrict serial communications to 57K or lower SNP ID not always provided Second programmer can change logic while in Test amp Edit mode Unlike the Series 90 30 the RX3i CPU s SNP ID will not appear in the Machine Edition programmer Show Status display Service Request 11 will always return zeroes While currently active in a Test and Edit session using Machine Edition on one PC Machine Edition running on another PC is not prevented from storing new logic to the RX3i Must have logic if powering up from flash If the application will configure the CPU to retri
31. r a PC s COM port is in use when attempting to connect to a PACSystems CPU to perform a firmware upgrade If the port is already in use it displays the status trying to connect followed by waiting for target To proceed with the upgrade press the abort button and disconnect the other application that is using the COM port WinLoader does not display error when it cannot connect serially with PACSystems CPU WinLoader does not display an error message if it cannot connect to a PACSystems CPU to perform a firmware upgrade This occurs if the cable is physically not connected to the CPU or if the CPU s serial port is not configured for the same baud as WinLoader In this case Winloader displays the status trying to connect followed by waiting for target To proceed with the upgrade press the abort button and correct the cable or baud rate setting SRTP connections remain open after IP address changed REPP does not save results of aborted PING The Ethernet Interface does not terminate all open SRTP connections before changing its IP address Thus once the local IP address has changed the privileged connection may not be available until the TCP keep alive timeout has expired If quicker recovery of the SRTP connection is needed modify the wkal_idle Advanced User Parameter to reduce the TCP keep alive timer down to the desired maximum time for holding open the broken connection Refer to TCP IP Ethernet Communication
32. rnet Interface Operational Notes 10Base T 100Base TX auto negotiating full duplex Ethernet ports Use AUPs to specify non default Station Manager password Send Information Report COMMREQ 2010 requests may fail at minimum intervals less than 200 ms from embedded Ethernet port Modbus TCP Client Channels require at least a 10 millisecond delay between bulk channel close and bulk channel open processing The PACSystems RX3i CPU with embedded Ethernet provides a direct connection to one 10Base T 100Base TX CAT5 twisted pair Ethernet LAN cable from one network port By comparison Rx3i peripheral Ethernet modules IC695ETMO01 provide direct connection to one or two 10Base T 100Base TX CATS twisted pair Ethernet LAN cables from two network ports In either case the Ethernet enabled device has only one IP address that may be used by one or two ports Cables may be shielded or unshielded Caution The hub or switch connections in an Ethernet network must form a tree and not a ring otherwise duplication of packets and network overload may result Caution The IEEE 802 3 standard strongly discourages the manual configuration of duplex mode for a port as would be possible using Advanced User Parameters Before manually configuring duplex mode for a PACSystems RX3i port using Advanced User Parameters AUP be sure that you know the characteristics of the link partner and are aware of the consequences of your selection Sett
33. s for PACSystems GFK 2224 for details The station manager REPP command does not retain the results of a PING that is aborted due to error The PING results are reported when the PING is aborted but subsequent REPP commands give the results of the last successfully terminated PING Multiple log events The Ethernet Interface sometimes generates multiple exception log events and Controller Fault Table entries when a single error condition occurs Under repetitive error conditions the exception log and or Controller Fault Table can be completely filled with repetitive error messages 8 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P November 2014 Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Restriction Open Issue Description Clear of large hardware configurations may cause log event 08 20 A Log event 08 20 may occur when very large hardware configurations are cleared and transfers are active on other Server connections This log event can be safely ignored PLC response timeout errors 8 08 in Ethernet exception log under extremely heavy SRTP traffic Under extremely heavy SRTP traffic conditions the Ethernet Interface may log an event in the Ethernet exception log Event 8 Entry 2 08H indicating an overload condition This error terminates the SRTP connection If this event appears either the traffic load should be reduced or the application should use an alterna
34. t indicate an error In Release 5 00 or later if an attempt is made to download a C block containing undefined symbols the download will fail Machine Edition will display the following message in the Feedback Zone Error 8097 Controller Error Controller aborted the request 0x05 OxFF Prior to Release 5 00 C blocks containing undefined symbols could be successfully downloaded but if they were executed the CPU would transition to Stop Halt mode 10 PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information GFK 2714P Operational Note Length of serial I O buffer LD PLC operations November 2014 Description Release 5 70 or later The Set Up Input Buffer Function will always allocate a buffer containing 2097 bytes This is one byte more than previous PACSystems releases Machine Edition LD PLC no longer supports a function that connects to the PLC downloads and then disconnects from the PLC The connect and download functions are now separate To perform a download to the PLC you must first connect to the PLC PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 11 GFK 2714P November 2014 Slot numbering power The A C Power Supply IC695PSA040 for the RX3i is a doublewide module whose supply placement CPU connector is left justified as viewed when installed in a rack It cannot be located placement and reference in Slot 11 of a 12 slot rack nor Slot 15 of a 16 slot rack No latch mechanism
35. te communications method to verify that critical data transfers were not lost due to the overload SRTP channel transfers may take up to 20 seconds after power cycle When SRTP communications are interrupted by a power cycle the Ethernet interface may require up to 20 seconds to re establish TCP connection used for SRTP communications TCP connection may timeout early if the timeout is set above 10 minutes If the TCP connection timeout is set higher than 10 minutes the connection may time out before the configured value The connection timeout is derived from three AUP parameters wkal_idle wkal_cnt 1 wkal_intvl Station Manager PARM command help text is wrong Although the parm v Station Manager command works correctly the v subsystem code SRTP server is not shown as supported by the online help Blink code upon power up In rare occasions a blink code of 9 1 1 15 may be reported upon power up To resume operation the unit must be power cycled again with the Energy Pack disconnected All CPE LEDs blinking in unison at power up In very rare occasions a CPE305 may power up erroneously indicating an over temperature condition all CPU status lights blinking on and off in unison and fail to go into run mode To resume operation the unit must be power cycled again with or without the Energy Pack connected Watchdog Timer Trip on Logic Initiated Read or Write of User Nonvolatile RAM I
36. tions remain open after IP address changed Lengthy CPE backplane operations Incorrect COMMREQ status for invalid program name FANUC I O Master and Slave operation Lost count at power up for Serial IO Processor COMMREQ status words declared in bit memory types must be byte aligned The hub or switch connections in an Ethernet network must form a tree and not a ring otherwise duplication of packets and network overload may result In this situation the RX3i Ethernet modules will continually reset The PACSystems RX3i does not log an exception or a fault in the Controller Fault Table when it detects a duplicate IP address on the network The Ethernet Interface does not terminate all open SRTP connections before changing its IP address Once the local IP address has changed any existing open TCP connections are unable to normally terminate This can leave SRTP connections open until their underlying TCP connections time out If quicker recovery of the SRTP connection is needed modify the wkal_idle Advanced User Parameter to reduce the TCP keep alive timer down to the desired maximum time for holding open the broken connection Refer to TCP IP Ethernet Communications for PACSystems GFK 2224 for details Some exceptionally lengthy CPE backplane operations such as MC_CamTableSelect Data Log and Read Event Queue functions will take longer to complete compared to other RX3i CPU models and may delay backpla
37. tive support for the new Power Sync and Measurement module IC694PSM001 and resolves several issues Also introduces new features to augment security in the CPU firmware and Proficy Machine Edition software For details see GFK 2713D IC695CPE305 ABAC 7 14 Corrects an issue where executing a Run Mode Store displaying the Proficy Machine Edition Show Status window or requesting data using the PACSAnalyzer tool could cause discrete output modules to unexpectedly change state momentarily up to one PLC scan Corrects an issue that was introduced in release 7 13 which prevented configuration of Modbus TCP on Ethernet modules IC695CPE305 ABAC 7 13 Corrects issues with Logic Write to Flash Service Request 57 IC695CPE305 ABAB 7 11 Resolves the issues detailed in GFK 2713A IC695CPE305 AAAA 7 10 Initial release New Features in This Release Firmware Release 8 30 provides support for EGD class 1 on Embedded Ethernet Interface Note Refer to GFK 2224M Ethernet Communications Manual the Chapter on Ethernet Global Data for more details Problems Resolved by This Release Resolved Issue Description None firmware only upgrade which adds N A support for EGD Class 1 Restrictions and Open Issues in This Release Note Ethernet functionality described below only applies to Rx3i CPUs that provide an embedded Ethernet interface Additionally because the CPE310 does not utilize a battery items related to b
38. twork Refer to TCP IP Ethernet Communications for PACSystems GFK 2224 for important information on IP addressing When storing a new HW configuration to the RX3i be sure that the HW configuration contains the proper Ethernet addressing data IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway IP Address for the RX3i Note Machine Edition programming software maintains the target IP address used to connect the programmer to the target independent of the contents of the HW Configuration for that target The target IP address is set in the Target Properties in the Machine Edition Inspector window Storing a HW Configuration whose Ethernet addressing data contains an IP Address that is different from the RX3i target IP address will change the IP address used by the target RX3i as soon as the Store operation is completed this will break the Programmer connection Before attempting to reconnect the Programmer you must change the target IP address in the Target Properties in the Machine Edition Inspector window to use the new IP address To regain communication at the former IP address use the manual corrective action described above Storing a HW Configuration containing incorrect Ethernet addressing data to the PACSystems RX3i will result in loss of the Programmer connection and will require manual corrective action as described above PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information 17 GFK 2714P November 2014 Embedded Ethe
39. wn with an Energy Pack connected all user memory is written out to the NVS flash device In 2012 GE Intelligent Platforms received a batch of flash memory chips that exhibited longer write times which exceeded the capabilities of the Energy Pack This will resulted in the CPE310 not retaining memory during a power cycle event and logging a User memory not preserved fault The parts that exhibit the extended write times went obsolete in 2012 Units shipped after January 1st 2013 or prior to 2012 do not have the substandard part Units shipped in 2012 that exhibit the symptoms of the issue User memory not preserved fault after power cycle with a working Energy Pack can be replaced via the warranty return policy Ethernet COMMREQs not always delivered on the first logic sweep In certain instances where User Logic is of sufficient size and a COMMREQ is issued on first logic sweep the COMMREQ may be aborted before its transmission is attempted The condition is much more observable on COMMREQs issued from the CPU s embedded Ethernet port To avoid the possibility of encountering this condition users should avoid issuing COMMREQs on first logic sweep PMM335 loss is occasionally detected on power down of the CPU Module is not lost on power up The PMM335 PACMotion Multi axis Motion Controller monitors power loss independently of the CPU The CPU is fast enough that it can occasionally detect and log the loss of the
40. wnloaded from http www ge ip com support Note All C blocks must be recompiled using the new toolkit before downloading to a release 7 00 or later CPU The Series 90 Toolkit IC641SWP709 719 is not compatible with PACSystems Backplanes power supplies and As listed in the PACSystems RX3i System Manual GFK 2314 system modules Power Sync and Measurement module IC694PSM001 Series 90 30 Main Rack Compatibility Series 90 30 Main Racks cannot be used in a PACSystems RX3i system Series 90 30 CPUs do not operate in PACSystems RX3i Racks Isolated 24V power In applications that use the IC69xALG220 221 222 consult PACSystems RX3i Hardware and Installation Manual GFK 2314 for details of wiring the 24V power Indicates a trademark of General Electric Company and or its subsidiaries All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Copyright 2011 2014 by General Electric Company All Rights Reserved 2 GFK 2714P PACSystems RX3i CPU IC695CPE305 ACAN Important Product Information November 2014 CPU Functional Compatibility Subject COMMREQ to PBM300 Recommended IC200ALG240 revision Configuration of IC694MDL754 Release History In Release 3 0 the behavior of the COMMREQ fault output on a COMMREQ sent to the PROFIBUS master module IC695PBM300 was changed to be compatible with the Series 90 30 CPU366 PROFIBUS Master Previously the fault output was enabled when the module received a COMMREQ an
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