GE (Ethernet Global Data) Slave Protocol
GE (Ethernet Global Data) Slave Protocol
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.
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MN912084, version 4
EAS-SA QF-MKT-02 Rev.02
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
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
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
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1.763.595.7775
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Business hours are from 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CST, Monday to Friday.
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.
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.
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
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
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)
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
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
4 Implementation Details
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.