Fast Device Replacement - Usage

Error Detected During the Manual Device Assignment

If two or more devices of the same type (or a double drive) are replaced, it is possible that an incorrect manual assignment of the logical devices to the physical connected devices is made.

 WARNING
UNINTENDED OPERATING STATE OF THE DEVICE
  • Ensure that the assignment of the logical devices to the physical connected devices is exactly the same as the device assignment before the device replacement.
  • Verify that the application addresses the physical drives correctly before putting the machine back into service.
Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, serious injury, or equipment damage.

Different Device Types

The controller interface for FDR does not consider the device type of physical devices.

NOTE: If the logical device type is not the same as the assigned physical device type, then a device assignment with the controller interface for FDR is possible. However, it leads to an error being detected during the Sercos phase start-up (8501 Sercos slave not found). If FDRStartMode is set to the value Phase start-up/2, then the controller interface for FDR is restarted.

Further information on the parameters can be found under Fast Device Replacement in the online help of EcoStruxure Machine Expert.

Device Replacement

If the requirements are fulfilled (see chapter Fast Device Replacement in the EcoStruxure Machine Expert online help) and you are replacing a device, then the controller display automatically shows the start picture of the controller interface for FDR.

Confirmation or Cancel

Action

Result

You can exit the controller interface for FDR with the Enter key (if the arrow pointing right is on No).

The controller interface for FDR is canceled.

You can also switch to Yes with the arrow pointing down key (arrow pointing right on Yes), and then confirm the Yes with Enter.

Now you can navigate through the menu like described in the chapter Controller Display. For more information, refer to the chapter Application.

Timeout (5 Minutes)

If no button is pressed at the display for 5 minutes, the controller interface for FDR is terminated. The system then behaves as if you have terminated the FDR mechanism. If you press a display button within the 5 minutes, the time for the timeout is reset.

Behavior After Repeated Download

If after the controller interface for FDR a download of a project is made, then the saved changes of the parameter ConfiguredSerialNumber are reset and set to the values that are saved in the project that was downloaded.

For devices that are identified via Identification mode > Device number (SerialNumberController / 0) and were allocated via FDR, the system acts as if the controller interface for FDR had not been performed.

Further information on the parameters can be found under Fast Device Replacement in the online help of EcoStruxure Machine Expert.