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Summary of Zlinx 485
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Manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com z z l l i i n n x x 4 4 8 8 5 5.
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Manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com z z l l i i n n x x 4 4 8 8 5 5 d d o o c c u u m m e e n n t t a a t t i i o o n n n n u u m m b b e e r r : : z z l l i i n n x x 4 4 8 8 5 5 m m - - 1 1 8 8 0 0 8 8 t t h h i i s s p p r r o o d d u u c c t t w w a a s ...
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Introduction manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com table of contents chapter 1: introduction ................................................................................................ 2 about this manual .....................................................
Page 4: About This Manual
Introduction manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com c c h h a a p p t t e e r r 1 1 : : i i n n t t r r o o d d u u c c t t i i o o n n thank you for purchasing a zlinx 485 product! This product has been manufactured to the highest standards of quality and perf...
Page 5: Features
Introduction manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com the zlinx 485 family of products features a selection of operational modes, communications modes, modbus and i/o combinations. The system is scalable making it easy to start with a few i/o points and build a s...
Page 6: Zlinx 485 Modules
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com c c h h a a p p t t e e r r 2 2 : : h h a a r r d d w w a a r r e e zlinx 485 encompasses a growing family of products including modbus, peer-to-peer, base modules, expansion modules, configuration software and ac...
Page 7: Base Modules
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com base modules each zlinx 485 system is built around a base module. Base modules provide modbus, digital and/or analog i/o and communicate with other zlinx nodes. Figure 3. A typical base module several different co...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 4. Base and expansion modules connected together programming the base module using the rs232 connector the base module has a programming feature that can be used to configure that base module as well as exp...
Page 9: Led Indicators
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com indicators, connectors and accessories led indicators zlinx 485 base modules have three led indicators: a power led, a data led and a local bus data led. Expansion modules have two led’s: a power led and a local b...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 6. Power supply connector the power supply connector(base modules only)is a two-position removable terminal block located on the top of the unit. Terminal spacing is 3.5 mm. The terminal block accepts solid...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 7. Local bus connector location rs-422/485 and i/o connectors for base and expansion modules are removable (plug in) screw terminal blocks located on the front and top of the unit. Terminal spacing is 3.5 m...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 8. Zlinx 485 base module rs-422/485 connector rs-422/485 four-wire mode when the zlinx base module is configured to operate in rs-422/485 four-wire mode the receive terminals are connected to the transmit t...
Page 13: Power Supply Requirements
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 10. Rs-485 two-wire connection no jumpers are required to bridge the transmit and receive lines in two-wire mode. Rs-232 connection connect to rs-232 using the rj45 jack on the front base module, using the ...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 11. Din clip with spring on a zlinx 485 module i/o options and characteristics i/o options the zlinx 485 family of products features a variety of input and output options. Base and expansion module options ...
Page 15: I/o Wiring
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com digital outputs digital outputs send on/off signals (low or high logic levels) to drive external devices such as indicators, relay coils or the inputs of other equipment such as plc’s, scada, etc. Modules with dig...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 12. Typical digital input wiring for various input devices (zz-4did0-dct expansion module) note: no external power supply wiring is required for expansion modules do wiring the following diagram shows typic...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 14. Typical digital output wiring for sinking outputs (zz-4did0-dct1 expansion module) ai wiring the following diagram shows typical connection wiring for analog inputs: figure 15. Typical analog input wiri...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 16. Typical analog output wiring (zz9d-na-mr base module) rtd wiring the following diagram shows typical connection wiring for rtd inputs. Figure 17. Typical rtd input wiring.
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 18. Relay wiring the following diagram shows typical connection wiring for relay outputs. Figure 19. Typical relay output wiring modbus mode configuration the zlinx 485 base module can be configured to oper...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com i/o type modbus memory address do 00001 to 00112 di 10001 to 10112 ai 30001 to 30112 ao 40001 to 40112 figure 20. I/o memory areas table within these sections, addresses are reserved for all zlinx 485 modules that...
Page 21: Zlinx 485 Modes of Operation
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com • a maximum of 16 points can be displayed at any one time. Appendix d of this manual contains a list of modbus i/o assignments for the zlinx 485. Zlinx 485 modes of operation zlinx 485 systems can operate in peer-...
Page 22: Connecting The Hardware
Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 23. Modbus mode devices may be plcs, rtus, dcss, or other modbus devices, with links up to 32 nodes per modbus network connecting the hardware with an rs-232 connection, the zlinx 485 base module is connect...
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Hardware manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 24. Zlinx base module 2 wire rs-485 connections figure 25. Zlinx base module 4 wire rs-232 connections.
Page 24: Zlinx 485 Installation
Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com c c h h a a p p t t e e r r 3 3 : : g g e e t t t t i i n n g g s s t t a a r r t t e e d d zlinx 485 installation zlinx 485 mounting zlinx 485 modules are din rail mountable. Additional zz-din1 mounting kits...
Page 25: Starting Zlinx 485 Manager
Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com connecting zlinx 485 to a pc 1. With power disconnected, connect the base module into the pc. [shall change this diagram] figure 26. Connecting a pc and base module 2. Connect any required expansion modules t...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 27. Discovery window during the scan the progress box displays information about the scanning process. If a device is not found at the most recently successful port it continues to scan through com por...
Page 27: Information Tab
Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 28. Zlinx 485 manager the zlinx 485 manager window contains: • file and help menus • three tabbed panes: information, configuration, and input/output • a help sidebar containing information and hints r...
Page 28: Configuration Tab
Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com • hardware version number for each module configuration tab the configuration tab contains fields that allow configuration of: • communications modes: peer-to-peer master, peer-to-peer slave, modbus (and rela...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com c c h h a a p p t t e e r r 4 4 : : c c o o n n f f i i g g u u r r a a t t i i o o n n & & o o p p e e r r a a t t i i o o n n zlinx 485 manager software is used to configure zlinx 485 hardware. Using zlinx ...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com stored as 1xxxx (coil) addresses; analog inputs are converted to 12 bit binary values and stored in 3xxxx (input register) addresses. To configure the zlinx 485 for modbus mode: 1. Select the configuration ta...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com peer-to-peer mode settings in peer-to-peer mode digital and analog signals can be transferred in both directions across a zlinx 485 link. For successful communication both base modules must be the same model ...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com been lost. Lost communication is indicated by the bus led’s blinking alternately. The default value of 10 is usually satisfactory. The range of values is 10 to 255. Peer-to-peer slave to configure the zlinx 4...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com an input tree appears listing all base and expansion modules in the system and the inputs available on them. Figure 34. Digital input configuration 2. Select the digital input to be configured. 3. Select disc...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 35. Analog input configuration 6. Select the analog output to be configured. 7. Select the required analog mode (0 to 10 vdc or 0 to 20 ma). If rtd module present then, 1. Select the input/output tab..
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com an input tree appears listing all base and expansion modules in the system and the inputs available on them. 2. Select the rtd to be configured. 3. To increase speed, rtd channels may be turned on or off. If ...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com sending module parameters to the base module. 3. When the updating process is complete, the status bar displays the message: the configuration has been sent successfully. Updating zlinx 485 firmware from time...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com 11. Click connect. 12. Re-apply power to the zlinx 485 base module. The power led should light up. 13. The zlinx 485 firmware updater window opens and displays a list of the base and expansion modules. 14. On...
Page 38: Modbus Ascii/rtu Basics
Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com c c h h a a p p t t e e r r 5 5 : : m m o o d d b b u u s s h h e e l l p p modbus ascii/rtu basics the modbus protocol emerged in the mid-1970s as an early protocol for linking terminals with modicon plcs us...
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Modbus basics manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com hints and tips a few simple suggestions that may assist you if your system is experiencing problems include: • slowing down the polling rate may be helpful if power cycling doesn’t cure the problem. • a commo...
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Product specifications manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x a a : : p p r r o o d d u u c c t t s s p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s base module models: zz-na-485, zz-nb-485, zz-nc-485, zz-nd-485 expansion mo...
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Product specifications manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com frequency input: two di inputs per module software selectable as frequency counters, 0 to 5 khz range (do not exceed more than 5khz) digital outputs voltage range: 10 to 45 vdc (for sourcing outputs)...
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Product specifications manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com resolution: 0.1 º c across -40 to 85 º c accuracy @ 25 º c: ±0.5ºc typical accuracy -40 to 85 º c: ±2.0ºc maximum power consumption: zz-nx-485 = 1w zz-4ai = 1w zz-4ao = 1.1w zz-2ai2ao = 1.2w zz-8di-d...
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Dimensional diagrams manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x b b : : d d i i m m e e n n s s i i o o n n a a l l d d i i a a g g r r a a m m s s figure 37. Dimensional diagram of a zlinx 485 base module.
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Serial connections manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x c c : : s s e e r r i i a a l l c c o o n n n n e e c c t t i i o o n n s s rs-232 pinouts rj-45f pin signal rs-232 dce 1 signal ground gnd --- 2 signal ground gnd --- 3 r...
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Serial connections manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 39. Rj45 male to rs232 female adapter cable rs-422/485 4 wire pinouts signal name label direction terminal transmit data (-) tda(-) out 1 transmit data (+) tdb(+) out 2 receive data (-) rda(-) in ...
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Serial connections manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com figure 41. Zlinx 485 base module terminal block pin-out for rs-485 two-wire operation signal name label direction terminal dataa (-) tda(-) in/out 1 datab (+) tdb(+) in/out 2 not used rda(-) --- 3 not us...
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Modbus i/o assignments manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x d d : : m m o o d d b b u u s s i i / / o o a a s s s s i i g g n n m m e e n n t t s s 00001-00112 discrete digital outputs modbus function codes supported are: funct...
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Modbus i/o assignments manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com modbus address description #bytes count v range 00037 exp-2 digital output-5 - 0-1 refer to appendix a 00038 exp-2 digital output-6 - 0-1 refer to appendix a 00039 exp-2 digital output-7 - 0-1 refer ...
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Modbus i/o assignments manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com modbus address description #bytes count v range 00086 exp-5 digital output-6 - 0-1 refer to appendix a 00087 exp-5 digital output-7 - 0-1 refer to appendix a 00088 exp-5 digital output-8 - 0-1 refer ...
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Zlinx 485 models and features manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x e e : : z z l l i i n n x x 4 4 8 8 5 5 m m o o d d e e l l s s a a n n d d f f e e a a t t u u r r e e s s zlinx 485 base modules model number module type prot...
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Zlinx 485 troubleshooting manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x f f : : z z l l i i n n x x 4 4 8 8 5 5 t t r r o o u u b b l l e e s s h h o o o o t t i i n n g g problem causes data led and bus led intermittently blink • firmw...
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Terms and definitions manual documentation number: zlinx485m-1808 www.Bb-elec.Com www.Bb-europe.Com a a p p p p e e n n d d i i x x g g : : t t e e r r m m s s a a n n d d d d e e f f i i n n i i t t i i o o n n s s term definition base module master node with i/o expansion module expansion node tha...