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Reference Manual

MN912084, version 4

GE (Ethernet Global
Data) Slave Protocol
Documentation for part number P-SSMP-7101
For use with SMP Gateway software version 7.0 or later.
All brand and product names appearing in this document are the trademark or registered trademark
of their respective holders.

© 2016 Eaton – All rights reserved.


The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Getting Assistance .................................................................................................1

2 Features 3
2.1 Communications ....................................................................................................3
2.2 Supported Services ................................................................................................3

3 Configuration Settings 5
3.1 General Settings ....................................................................................................5
3.2 Produced Exchanges ..............................................................................................5
3.2.1 General Settings ......................................................................................5
3.2.2 Analog Input Settings ..............................................................................6
3.2.3 Binary Input Settings...............................................................................7

4 Implementation Details 9
4.1 Startup Sequence ...................................................................................................9
4.2 UDP/IP Configuration ...........................................................................................9

5 Troubleshooting 11

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Tables
Table 2-1 Communication features ............................................................................................... 3
Table 3-1 Produced Exchanges – General settings ....................................................................... 6
Table 3-2 Produced Exchanges – Analog Input settings ............................................................... 7
Table 3-3 Produced Exchanges – Binary Input settings................................................................ 7
Table 5-1 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................... 11

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1 Introduction

This manual provides the information required to install and set up a GE (Ethernet Global Data)
slave protocol component in the SMP Gateway architecture.
The GE (Ethernet Global Data) slave protocol component is used to publish data to the internal
memory of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). It is a producer of EGD messages.
You need to be familiar with the SMP Gateway environment, slave protocol concepts, and the GE
EGD protocol specification before proceeding with this document. You can obtain this
information by reading the following documents:
 Protocol Common Concepts Reference Manual, MN912003EN, Eaton.
 SMP Gateway User Manual, MN912001EN, Eaton.
 TCP/IP Ethernet Communications for the Series 90 PLC – User’s Manual, GFK-1541A,
April 1999, GE Fanuc Automation

1.1 Getting Assistance


If you have any question regarding the performance, application or testing of any component of
this SMP product, do not hesitate to contact us. Our staff will be pleased to assist you.
Technical Support
Eaton’s Energy Automation Solutions

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1.763.595.7775
Toll Free: +1.800.815.2258

Business hours are from 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST, Monday to Friday.

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2 Features

This chapter outlines the features provided by the GE (Ethernet Global Data) slave protocol
component.

2.1 Communications
The following communication features are available when connecting devices to the
SMP Gateway through the GE (Ethernet Global Data) slave protocol:

Feature Comment
UDP/IP The GE (Ethernet Global Data) slave protocol component only supports UDP/IP
communications.
The UDP/IP slave connection destination port should always be set to 18246,
which is the standard producer/consumer service port for GE EGD operations.

Table 2-1 Communication features

2.2 Supported Services


The GE (Ethernet Global Data) slave protocol component implements the EGD Producer service.
It publishes data in the form of EGD exchange messages.
For each published exchange message, message data is obtained from standard analog or binary
data types, as specified by the configuration settings.
The timestamp of an EGD exchange message is always set to the current time at which the data
snapshot is taken.

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3 Configuration Settings

This chapter enumerates the configuration settings to specify for each GE (Ethernet Global Data)
slave protocol instance. The SMP Config software program is used to define these settings.

Note: Only the settings specific to the GE (Ethernet Global Data) protocol are described
here. Settings that are common to all slave protocol components are described in
the Protocol Common Concepts Reference Manual.

3.1 General Settings


Each instance of a slave protocol component contains general settings, which set the general
behavior of the component.
The GE (Ethernet Global Data) slave protocol requires no protocol-specific general settings.

3.2 Produced Exchanges


SMP Config allows the configuration of several EGD exchange messages that the GE (Ethernet
Global Data) slave protocol component will produce.
Produced Exchanges settings specify the field values that will be set into the messages to
produce and transmit, along with the information required to format the data to transmit into these
messages.
These settings are described in the sections that follow.

3.2.1 General Settings


The following table shows the general settings of a single EGD exchange message.

Setting Description
Disabled A checkmark indicates that this EGD exchange message will be ignored by the
protocol component.
This flag can be used to temporarily prevent an exchange message from being
produced and transmitted by the component.
Range: checkmark / no checkmark
Default value: no checkmark

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Setting Description
Producer ID Used to identify the producer of this EGD exchange message; an IP address is
used as the identifier.
You should use one of the the IP addresses of the SMP Gateway for this setting,
although any IP address can be specified.
Note: Each EGD exchange message must be identified by a unique Producer ID
/ Exchange ID pair.
Default value: 0.0.0.0

Exchange ID Used to identify the EGD exchange message between all messages of a given
producer.
Note: Each EGD exchange message must be identified by a unique Producer ID
/ Exchange ID pair.
Range: 1 to 16,383
32,769 to 49,151
Default value: 1

Consumer Address IP destination address for the consumer of this EGD exchange message.
Default value: 0.0.0.0

Producer Period Interval, in milliseconds, at which this EGD exchange message is sent.
Range: 10 to 3,600,000 milliseconds
Default value: 200 milliseconds

Table 3-1 Produced Exchanges – General settings

3.2.2 Analog Input Settings


Each EGD exchange message may contain several analog input points.
Analog input settings tell the component how format analog input points’ values in the message.
The following table shows the analog input settings that are specific to the GE (Ethernet Global
Data) slave protocol.

Setting Description
Type Specifies the format of the analog value to be written in the EGD exchange
message payload.
Range: BYTE (8-bit unsigned integer)
WORD (16-bit unsigned integer)
DWORD (32-bit unsigned integer)
INT (16-bit signed integer)
DINT (32-bit signed integer)
REAL (32-bit floating point value)
Default value: WORD (16-bit unsigned integer)

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Setting Description
Byte Offset Indicates at which offset this point should be placed in the payload of the EGD
exchange message.
Range: If Type is BYTE: 0 to 1399
If Type is WORD or INT: 0 to 1398
For any other Type: 0 to 1396
Default value: 0

Table 3-2 Produced Exchanges – Analog Input settings

3.2.3 Binary Input Settings


Each EGD exchange message may contain several binary input points.
Binary input settings tell the component how to format binary points’ values in the message.
The following table shows the binary input settings that are specific to the GE (Ethernet Global
Data) slave protocol.

Setting Description
Byte Offset Indicates at which offset this point should be placed in the payload of the EGD
exchange message.
Range: 0 to 1399
Default value: 0

Bit Offset Indicates at which bit offset this point will be placed inside the selected byte.
Range: 0 to 7
Default value: 0

Table 3-3 Produced Exchanges – Binary Input settings

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4 Implementation Details

4.1 Startup Sequence


The protocol component goes through the following steps on startup:
 Parses the configuration file.
 Initializes the various logs, traces and statistics.
 Initializes the communication link.
 Starts producing and transmitting the configured EGD exchange message at the
specified Producer Period rates.
If any of these steps fails, system startup is aborted.

4.2 UDP/IP Configuration


Each instance of the GE (Ethernet Global Data) master protocol component must use a different
UDP/IP slave connection component. The component may use any listening port; the slave
component being a producer, it should never receive data.
To ensure interoperability with GE devices, the destination port should always be set to 18246.

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5 Troubleshooting

The following table enumerates solutions to common problems experienced with the GE (Ethernet
Global Data) slave protocol component.

Problem Solution
The SMP Gateway is This problem can be due to one of the following:
not communicating
 One of the reasons discussed in the “Troubleshooting” section of
with the device.
the Protocol Common Concepts Reference Manual.
 EGD exchange addressing problem: the specified Producer ID, Exchange
ID or Consumer Address general setting does not match the device
configuration.
 EGD exchange Producer Period setting: the Producer Period specified
for a given Produced Exchange is too long for the rate expected by the
remote device.

Table 5-1 Troubleshooting

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