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Chapter 1. Introduction
ESEPRO is a Profibus gateway specifically designed to interface Woodward's Easygen
series genset controls with Profibus-DP networks. It interfaces via the CAN bus with the
Woodward controls and is easy to configure using standard Profibus configuration tools
like Simatic Manager.
A single ESEPRO added to the CAN network will make all Visualisation Data of connected
Woodward CANopen controls available without adding additional load to the CAN
bus communication. The Visualisation Data is buffered in the ESEPRO gateway which
decouples Profibus' cyclic process I/O from the CANopen cyclic TPDO transfers.
The ESEPRO appears as a modular I/O module in the Profibus configuration tool.
The ESEPRO offers three different methods to map data into the PLC's process I/O image
to suit different application requirements and programming styles. Visualisation Data
of connected Easygen and LS-5 devices can be mapped directly into the PLC's process
image. For larger data tables which exceed the Profibus I/O space, an indexed mapping
similar to the Profidrive standard can be used. Alternatively access to larger data blocks
via acyclic DP-V1 transfers is also possible. In addition, read and write access to the
Easygen's device Parameter IDs is possible which are internally translated to CANopen
SDO transfers.
Common applications include:
• PLC connection
• Operator panel interfacing
• HMIs
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