Table of Contents

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About the Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Part I Twido Hardware Guide - Compact & Modular Bases 11
Chapter 1 Twido Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About Twido . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Maximum Hardware Configuration for Compact Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Maximum Hardware Configuration for Modular Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Main Features of the Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Communications Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 2 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
2.1 Installation Overall Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installation Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Compact and Modular Bases Mounting Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Assembling an Expansion I/O Module to a Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Disassembling an Expansion I/O Module from a Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Minimum Clearances for Bases and Expansion I/O Modules in a Control
Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
2.2 Compact Bases Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Dimensions of the Compact Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
How to Direct Mount a Compact Base on a Panel Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . 51
How to Install and Remove a Compact Base from a DIN Rail . . . . . . . . . 52
How to Install the Operator Display Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
How to Install a Serial Interface Adapter to a Compact Base . . . . . . . . . . 56
How to Install a Memory or RTC Cartridge in a Compact base . . . . . . . . 57
How to Connect the Power Supply to Compact Bases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to Install and Replace an External Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
2.3 Modular Bases Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Dimensions for the Modular Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
How to Direct Mount a Modular Base on a Panel Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
How to Install and Remove a Modular Base from a DIN Rail . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Install the Operator Display Expansion Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
How to Install a Serial Interface Adapter to Modular Bases . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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