GEI-100565

VSCA Serial Communications Board

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Functional Description.............................................................................................................2
Operation....................................................................................................................................2
VSCA Jumpers..........................................................................................................................3
Features ......................................................................................................................................3
Data Flow from VSCA to Controller....................................................................................3
DSCB Terminal Board.............................................................................................................6
DPWA Transducer Excitation Power Distribution Terminal Board................................8

Functional Description
The Serial Communications Board (VSCA) provides I/O interfaces with external
devices, using RS-232C, RS422, and RS485 serial communications. Currently the
IS200VSCAH2A version is available. The associated DIN-rail mounted Serial
Communications Terminal Board (DSCB) is wired to the external devices, which
include intelligent pressure sensors such as the smart Honeywell Pressure
Transducers.
Connectivity between VSCA and the DSCB terminal board(s) is through the J6 and
J7 front panel connectors. These are parallel connected, each using a 37-pin D shell
connector, with group shielded twisted pair wiring. Connectivity between the
terminal board and the external device is through the Euro-Block (Phoenix type),
using screw terminations and twisted shielded pair AWG#18 wiring.
The DSCB terminal board includes two screws for SCOM (ground) that must be
connected to a good shield ground. DSCB can interface external devices up to
distances of 1000 ft for RS422 and RS485, at baud rates up to 375 kbps. For RS-
232C, the distance is only 50 ft or 2500 pF of cable capacitance (including the cable
from VSCA to the DSCB). It supports short haul modems for longer distances.

Operation
VSCA/DSCB is a data The VSCA is a single slot board, providing six serial communication ports. Each
terminal device (DTE). port is independently configurable to an RS-232C, RS485, or RS422 interface, using
a three-position group jumper (berg array). Both RS-232C and RS422 support full
duplex. The line drivers are located on the VSCA board, and include appropriate
termination resistors, with configurable jumpers to accommodate multidrop line
networks. Outputs for RS422 and RS485 have tri-state capability. Inputs/outputs go
to high impedance condition when powered down. They do not cause significant
disturbance when powered down/up (less than 10 ms) on a party line. The open wire
condition on a receiver is biased to a high state.
 RS-232C supports: RXD, TXD, DTR/RTS, GND, CTS (five wire)
 RS422 supports: TX+, TX, RX+, RX, GND
 RS485 supports: TX/RX+, TX/RX, GND

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 VSCA Jumpers
Jumpers JP1 through JP6 are block jumpers, used to select the port electrical
characteristic, RS232C, RS422, or RS485. Each jumper has three positions marked
232, 422, and 485.
Jumpers JP7 through JP12 are block jumpers, used to select the correct termination
configuration for all the transmission lines (Tx). Each jumper has three positions
marked TRM, THR, and PRK where:
 TRM means with terminating resistor.
 THR means no terminating resistor, pass through to J7.
 PRK means no terminating resistor, or park position
Jumpers JP13 through JP18 are block jumpers, and are used to select the correct
termination configuration for all the receive lines (Rx). Each jumper has three
positions marked TRM, THR, and PRK, where the meanings are the same as above.
A two-position jumper, JPU1, selects between Honeywell pressure transducer and
Modbus operation for ports 1 and 2. The default position for JPU1 is X2 and enables
the serial clock for operation with Honeywell transducers. Position X1 selects the
clock needed for Modbus operation. JPU1 is located at the bottom of the board
towards the backplane connector (away from the other jumpers).
VSCA Board Jumper Positions

Network Port 232/422/485 Tx Rx

Number Communication TRM/THR/PRK TRM/THR/PRK
Port 1 JP1 JP7 JP13
Port 2 JP2 JP8 JP14
Port 3 JP3 JP9 JP15
Port 4 JP4 JP10 JP16
Port 5 JP5 JP11 JP17
Port 6 JP6 JP12 JP18

Features

Data Flow from VSCA to Controller

Data flow from VSCA to the controller UCV_ is of two types, fixed I/O and Modbus
I/O. Fixed I/O is associated with the smart pressure transducers and the Kollmorgen
electric drive data. This data is completely processsed every frame, the same as
conventional I/O. The required frame rate is 100 Hz. These signals are mapped into
signal space, using the .tre file, and have individual health bits, use system limit
checking, and have offset/gain scaling.

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Two consecutive time outs are
required before a signal is
declared unhealthy.
Diagnostic messages are used
to annunciate all
communication problems.
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Modbus I/O is the I/O associated with the Modbus ports. Because of the quantity of
these signals, they are not completely processed every frame; instead they are
packetized, and transferred to the UCV_ processor, over the IONet through a special
service. This can accommodate up to 2400 bytes, at 4 Hz, or 9600 bytes at 1 Hz, or
combinations thereof. This I/O is known as second class I/O, where coherency is at
the signal level only, not at the device or board level. Health bits are assigned at the
device level, the UCV_ expands (fully populate) for all signals, and system limit
checking is not performed.
Ports 1 and 2 only (as an option) support the Honeywell pressure configuration. It
reads inputs from the Honeywell Smart Pressure Transducers, type LG-1237; this
service is available on ports 1 and 2 only, as an option (pressure transducers or
ModBus). The pressure transducer protocol utilizes interface board
DS200XDSAG#AC, and RS422. Each port can service up to six transducers. The
service is 375 kbaud, asynchronous, nine data bits, (11 bits including start and stop).
It includes failsafe features as follows:
 Communication miss counters, one per device, and associated diagnostics
 After four consecutive misses it forces the input pressure to 1.0 psia, and posts a
diagnostic. After four consecutive hits (good values) it removes the forcing and
the diagnostic.
Three ports (any three, but no more than three) support the Kollmorgen electric
drive. It communicates with a Kollmorgen Electric Fast Drive FD170/8R2-004 at a
19200 baud rate, point-to-point, using RS422.
Modbus service. The current Modbus design supports the Master mode, however
the design does not preclude the future enhancement of Modbus slave mode of
operation. It is configurable at the port level as follows:
 Used , not used
 Baud Rate RS232C: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600
 RS485/422: 19200, 38400, 57600, 115000
 Parity: none, odd, even
 Data Bits: seven, eight
 Stop Bits: one, two
 Station addresses
 Multidrop, up to eight devices per port; maximum of 18 devices per board
 RTU
 Time out (seconds) per device
 The Modbus service is configurable at the signal level as follows:
 Signal type
 Register number
 Read/write
 Transfer rate, 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 Hz
 Scaling, offset, and gain
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 The service supports function codes 17, 15, and 16; it also supports double 16-bit
registers for floating point numbers and 32-bit counters. It periodically (20 s)
attempts to reestablish communications with a dead station.
Type casting and scaling of all I/O signals to/from engineering units are supported
on the VSCA and the toolbox, for both fixed I/O and Modbus I/O.
Twisted shielded pair
AWG#18 min, up to
1000 ft, ground shields at
Mark VI end only
Mark VI Control J2
8+ Electric Drive
9 - Rx FD170/8F2-004
4+
6 - Tx
5 Grd
V D J4
S S 3
C C 6 Enable
A B 7 P24 V
8 enable
31
32 Crit fault Chassis
relay
J1 J4 23 18 20 22
4 5 1236 30 27 17 19 21 28
+
T 125 V dc power
R -
V PhPhPhGr Co
L Re Si
A BC d s
C Y Drive enable relay f n
C L4FMVn_ENAX
T
C Enable = Close
B
C
I Contact input
L5FMVn_CFZ 1 235 4 6 7 8 FE A BD C G
Fault = Open Motor Grd Ther Resolver
Motor
frame
Shield
(int)
exc 1
exc 2 Actuator/Valve
sec2 3 L
V
sec2 4 D
sec1 5 T
sec1 6
V T
S S Monitoring signals
V V
O O

VSCA Interface to Electric Servo Drive

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DSCB Terminal Board
The DSCB board is held in a plastic frame and mounts on a DIN-rail. Six intelligent
transducers are wired to DSCB using shielded twisted pair. There are six jumpers on
the board for the six channels. The wiring connections to the Euro-Block type
terminal block are shown in the following figure. There are four terminals for the
SCOM (ground) connection, which should be as short as possible.

Note Jumpers J1 – J6 direct SIGRET either directly to SCOM or through a

capacitor to SCOM. The shield must be grounded at one end or the other, but not
both. If the shield is grounded at the device end, the jumpers should be set to include
the capacitor in the circuit. If the shield is not grounded at the device end, the
jumpers should be set to go directly to SCOM.

DSCB DIN-rail mounted

terminal board
Twisted shielded pair,
JA1 s AWG#18, to external
To/from VSCA, J6 s devices.
37 wire cable, SCOM Configurable to
with twisted pair, Cap RS422, or RS485.
group shielding J1 SIGRET
SCOM Six channels,
definitions below

s
s

Six channels

SCOM GRD

DSCB Terminal Assignments

RS422 TX+ TX- RX+ RX- NC SIGRET JPx SCOM

RS485 NC NC Tx/RX+ Tx/RX- NC SIGRET JPx SCOM
RS232 CTS DTR/RTS RX NC TX SIGRET JPx SCOM
Chan 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 JP1 7
Chan 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 JP2 14
Chan 3 15 16 17 18 19 20 JP3 21
Chan 4 22 23 24 25 26 27 JP4 28
Chan 5 29 30 31 32 33 34 JP5 35
Chan 6 36 37 38 39 40 41 JP6 42
43,44,45,46
Comments: The RS422/RS485 transmit and receive pairs must use
twisted pair in the VSCA to DSCB

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 DSCB Wiring, Cabling, and Jumper Positions

Mark VI control Fuel skid

From VSCA
board front, XDSAG1ACC
P1
Outer valve
J6 1 Power Adr= 0 Press Xdr
GP1OA
2 LG-1237
Chan A, RS422
DSCB +
3 Chan A
1 4 P2
JA1 Tx 2 5 Press Xdr
Outer valve
Adr= 1
Port #1
6
LG-1237
GP2OA
+ 7
Rx 34 8

P3 Outer valve
Chan B, RS422 Adr= 2 Press Xdr
9 Power
LG-1237 GP1OB
+ 10
Tx 89 11 Chan B
Port #2 12 P4 Outer valve
+ 13 Adr= 3 Press Xdr
Rx 10
11
14
LG-1237
GP2OB
15
16 Stab-on

nearest gnd

XDSAG1ACC
Adr= 4
P1
Press Xdr
Pilot valve
1 Power
2 LG-1237 GP1PA
3 Chan A
4
5
P2 Pilot valve
Adr= 5 Press Xdr
6
LG-1237 GP2PA
7
8
43
44 P3 Pilot valve
45 Adr= 6 Press Xdr
46 9 Power LG-1237 GP1PB
10
SCOM 11 Chan B
Gnd 12
13
P4 Pilot valve
Adr= 7 Press Xdr
14 LG-1237 GP2PB
15
16 Stab-on

nearest gnd

XDSAG1ACC
XDSA Jumper Settings P1 Inner valve
Adr= 8 Press Xdr
1 Power
LG-1237
GP1IA
Termination: Tx Only, JP1, JP2: 2
3 Chan A
Set to "IN" if end of line; 4 P2 Inner valve
5 Adr= 9 Press Xdr
Set to "OUT" if not end of line. 6 GP2IA
7 LG-1237
Address: 8
Jumper Outer Pilot Inner
P3 Inner valve
Adr=10 Press Xdr
JP3 0 1 0 Chan A 9 Power LG-1237 GP1IB
10
JP4 0 0 1 Chan A 11 Chan B
12
13
P4
Press Xdr
Inner valve
Adr=11
14 LG-1237 GP2IB
JP5 0 1 0 Chan B 15
16 Stab-on
JP6 0 0 1 Chan B
nearest gnd

DSCB Connections to XDSA and Pressure Transducers

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DPWA Transducer Excitation Power Distribution
Terminal Board
DPWA provides excitation
power to the type LG-1237
Honeywell pressure
transducers.
DPWA is DIN-rail mounted and has an input voltage of 28 V dc ± 5%, provided
through two-pin locking connectors. Connectivity between the terminal board and
the external devices is through the Euro-Block (Phoenix type) terminal block, using
screw terminations and twisted shielded pair, AWG#18, wiring. DPWA provides
three voltage output sources of 12 V dc ± 5%, with each output rated at 0 to 0.4 A,
and is compatible with interface board DS200XDSAG#AC. Outputs are short circuit
protected, and self recovering. Two terminal boards per system are required when
servicing redundant ports.

Note The DPWA terminal board includes two screw terminals for SCOM (ground)
that must be connected to a good shield ground.

DPWA P12 9
s P12V1
Peripherial 10
P28V dc from P12R1
P28V dc to P12Vdc,
control rack 1 P1 P12 V dc 1.2 Amp P12 11
s P12V2
2 Isolation 12
P12R2
P2
s P12 13 P12V3
Return 14
s P12R3

15
SCOM
P3 16 SCOM
100k

P4
20 k
1
1k 1k PSRet
SCOM 2
Bus SCOM
centering
bridge 100 k 100 k
SCOM
20 k 20 k

3
SCOM PS28VA
4
SCOM
5
PS28VB
6
SCOM

DPWA Board Block Diagram

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 Power supply,
IS2020RKPS
Com
PS28C Mark VI control Fuel skid
1
2
PS28C 28V 3
"Normal"

Power for channel A XDSAG1ACC P1

Outer valve
+ Adr= 0 Press Xdr
1 Power GP1OA
DPWA 12 Vdc +/-5% 2
LG-1237
1.2 Amp 3 Chan A
P1 P12 9 + 4 P2
1 + 28 V Outer valve
to Return 10 5 Press Xdr
2 6 Adr= 1 GP2OA
28 VDC +/- 12 V P12 LG-1237
11 + 7
5% Return 8
Isol 12
P2
1 P12 13 +
2 Return P3
14 Outer valve
+ Adr= 2 Press Xdr
Grd1 9 Power LG-1237 GP1OB
15
Redundant Grd2 10
power supply
16 11 Chan B
when required P3 12 P4
13 Outer valve
Adr= 3 Press Xdr
14 GP2OB
LG-1237
15
Return 100K 1 16 Stab-on
SCOM 20K
2
P4
P28_J1 100K 3 nearest gnd
SCOM 20K
4

P28_J2 100K 5
SCOM 20K 6 XDSAG1ACC P1
Pilot valve
+ Adr= 4 Press Xdr
1 Power GP1PA
LG-1237
2
3 Chan A
4 P2
5 Pilot valve
Adr= 5 Press Xdr
6 LG-1237 GP2PA
7
8

P3
Pilot valve
Adr= 6 Press Xdr
Power for channel B +
9 Power LG-1237 GP1PB
10
11 Chan B
DPWA 12 V dc +/-5%
12 P4
1.2 Amp 13 Pilot valve
P1 P12 9 + Adr= 7 Press Xdr
28 V 14 LG-1237 GP2PB
to Return 10 15
12 V 16 Stab-on
P12 11 +
Isol Return 12
P2 nearest gnd
P12 13 +
Return 14

Grd1
Grd2
15
XDSAG1ACC P1
16 Inner valve
+ Adr= 8 Press Xdr
P3 1 Power LG-1237 GP1IA
2
3 Chan A
VAIC 4 P2
5 Inner valve
Adr= 9 Press Xdr
Return 100K VDCx 6 GP2IA
P4 1 LG-1237
20K 7
SCOM 2 Retx 8
P28_J1 100K 3 VDCx
SCOM 20K 4 Retx P3
Inner valve
P28_J2 100K + Adr= 10 Press Xdr
5 VDCx 9 Power GP1IB
20K LG-1237
SCOM 6 Retx 10
11 Chan B
12 P4
Power supply 13 Inner valve
Adr=11 Press Xdr
monitoring 14 LG-1237 GP2IB
15
16 Stab-on

nearest gnd

DPWA Power Distribution to XDSA and Smart Pressure Transducers

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