GE / FANUC WorkMaster
Interface
One of the most stylish MCA systems you will ever see is the 7186-510, a death-black P70 OEM'd for FANUC Automation. Unfortunately, there is NO documentation on the IC647WMIx20 adapters [Industrial Computer 647 Work Master Interface, pretty tricky, eh?].
Work Station Interface boards provide a combination serial/parallel interface
to the Series 90–70 PLCs, and a serial only interface to the Series 90–30/90–20 PLCs. The WSI board has a ROM containing power–up diagnostics and software to load the operating software from the programmer.
WSI Status Indicator [-920]
The WSI board has one LED which can be seen only when the computer’s cover is partially removed. This LED blinks during the power–up diagnostics. If a board failure is detected by the power–up diagnostics, the LED will turn OFF and remain off. Otherwise, it is ON. If this happens, the board should be replaced. A second LED, located on the daughter board, is ON during a communications session and for 500 ms after receiving a message from the CPU; otherwise it is OFF.
WSI Connectors
The WSI has one 37–pin connector which is used for both parallel and serial
communications. The connection to the PLC is from this connector, through a parallel I/O cable to the top connector on the Bus Transmitter Module (Series 90–70), or through a serial cable to the serial port connector on the Series 90–70 CPU, the Series 90–30 Power Supply, or the Series 90–20 CPU module. Prewired cables are available as follows:
IC697CBL703: parallel cable 10 feet (3 meters) in length
IC697CBL704: serial cable, 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
GFK-0401: Workmaster II PLC Programming Unit Guide to Operation
GFK-0281D Programmable Controller IC647WMI920/320
Work Station Interface (PS/2) [or PC/2? as well?]
GFK-0161H Bus Expansion Modules IC697BEM713 Bus Transmitter Module
GFK-0263G Logicmaster 90-70 Programming Software User’s Manual
GFK–0712 Series 90 Digital Event Recorder User’s Manual
WSI6 Adapter Pinout
WS3AI IC647WMI320 serial only, no daughtercard S90 PS2 SER INTF
Work Station Interface Board, Serial (IC693 PLC only)
NOTE: The serial connection to the IC697 PLC is to the serial port connector, located at the bottom of the CPU module behind the hinged door, through an
available 10 foot (3 meters) serial interface cable - IC647CBL704, or equivalent
NOTE to All: There are two versions, one uses a standard serial communication versions [Serial COM Port on your computer], the WSI version uses a WSI board [WSI Card]. You can instal both versions on the same system...
Programming Software Main Menu page 47 GFK-0263G
This is all new to me. YMMV.
PLC Communications Options page 606
Main Menu > Programmer Mode and Setup [F7], PLC Comm Serial Connections [F4]
The WSI version of software is installed, and a WSIB2 Board was used.This value can be changed by using the Tab and Back Tab (Shift-Tab) keys to toggle each selection.
Note: When the WSI Version of Release 4 or later of Logicmaster 90-70 software is used on a Workmaster II industrial computer or other microchannel personal computer with a WS9A2 board, the selection of an interrupt line on the PLC Communications Options screen must be set to IRQ3. Failure to select IRQ3 will result in improper setup of the board, possible lockup of the Logicmaster software during startup, and failure to communicate with the PLC.
NOTE: If the WSI is non-configurable, the WSIB Interrupt Line cannot be changed.
Section 5: WSI Serial Port page 333-334 GFK-0263G
The serial port on the Work Station Interface (WSI) Board in the programmer provides serial communication between the programmer and the attached PLC. The WSI serial port setup functions are used to configure the WSI serial port, and to save or recall those configurations from disk files. To display the WSI Serial Port Setup screen, press COMSET (F4) from the Programmer Setup menu.
Parallel Connection page 319 NOTE: "Parallel" is for communicating with PLCs, NOT for printing! To print to a printer, file, or COM port, refer to "Printing the Program" pages 569-570.
Main Menu > Programmer Mode and Setup [F7], Set SNP/Parallel Connections [F3]
The parallel port on the WSI Board requires no port setup; however, you must select
PARALLEL as the port connection.
Section 3: SNP/Parallel Connections page 319
Port Connection The serial link configuration. The serial port can be set up for parallel, direct (point-to-point) communication with one PLC, or multidrop configuration with several PLCs connected to the WSI Board serial port. Direct connection should not be used with a multidrop configuration. In a multidrop configuration, all PLCs must be set up with the same parity and number of stop bits. They can, however, have a different baud rate.
WS6AI IC647WMI620 parallel only, daughtercard [images from Mike Lycett]
WS9AI IC647WMI920 parallel and serial, daughtercard S90 PS2 P/S INTF
Work Station Interface Board, Parallel/Serial IC647WMI920
NOTE: The parallel connection to the IC697 PLC is to the top connector on the Bus Transmitter Module through an available 10 foot (3 meters) cable, IC647CBL703
Parallel Interface Cable Assembly, 10 feet (3 meters) IC647CBL703
Serial Interface Cable Assembly, 10 feet (3 meters) IC647CBL704
Parallel Interface Effective Data Rate 500KB/s, Max cable length 50 ft (15m)
Serial Interface Max Data Rate 19.2KB/s RS485 Max cable length 4000 ft (1200m)
WS6A1 Base Card ASM. No. 44A729598-G01 S6 PS2 PAR INTF
U16, 17 IDT 7132 High-Speed 2K x 8 Dual-Port Static Ram
AN-09 Dual-Port SRAMs Yield Bit-Slice Designs Without Microcode
U21 HM6264ALP-10 8192-word x 8-bit High Speed CMOS Static RAM
U28 intel P8031AH -12 mhz
U29 12.0000 MHz osc
U4 International Rectifier [?] HC688
WSI6 Adapter Pinout
Wow. Missing more teeth than a washed-up boxer...
No IRQs [Polled?]
No ARBs or ARB/GNT [can't negotiate for the bus?]
No TC [no DMA]
8 data lines, D00-D07, 24 address lines A00-A23 [limited to addresses <16MB?]
Component Side MCA Contacts A01-A58
Solder Side MCA Contacts B01-B58
"x" means not populated.
| Solder Side
Contacts B01-B46
|
Component Side Contacts A01-A46 |
| B01 AUDIO GND x B02 AUDIO x B03 GND B04 14.3 MHz OSC B05 GND B06 A 23 B07 A 22 B08 A 21 B09 GND B10 A 20 B11 A 19 B12 A 18 B13 GND B14 A 17 B15 A 16 B16 A 15 B17 GND B18 A 14 B19 A 13 B20 A 12 B21 GND B22 -IRQ 09 x B23 -IRQ 03 x B24 -IRQ 04 x B25 GND B26 -IRQ 05 x B27 -IRQ 06 x B28 -IRQ 07 x B29 GND B30 -DPAREN x B31 DPAR(0) x B32 -CHCK x B33 GND B34 -CMD B35 CHRDYRTN x B36 -CD SFDBK B37 GND B38 D 01 B39 D 03 B40 D 04 B41 GND B42 CHRESET B43 -SD STROBE x B44 -SDR(0) x B45 GND B46 Key |
A01 -CD SETUP A02 MADE 24 A03 GND A04 A 11 A05 A 10 A06 A 09 A07 +5 Vdc A08 A 08 A09 A 07 A10 A 06 A11 +5 Vdc A12 A 05 A13 A 04 A14 A 03 A15 +5 Vdc A16 A 02 A17 A 01 A18 A 00 A19 +12 Vdc x A20 -ADL A21 -PREEMPT x A22 -BURST x A23 -12 Vdc x A24 ARB 00 x A25 ARB 01 x A26 ARB 02 x A27 -12 Vdc x A28 ARB 03 x A29 ARB/-GNT x A30 -TC x A31 +5 Vdc A32 -S0 A33 -S1 A34 M/-IO A35 +12 Vdc x A36 CD CHRDY A37 D 00 A38 D 02 A39 +5 Vdc A40 D 05 A41 D 06 A42 D 07 A43 GND A44 -DS 16 RTN x A45 -REFRESH x A46 Key |
| Solder Side Contacts B47-B58 | Component Side Contacts A47-A58 |
| B47 Key B48 D 08 x B49 D 09 x B50 GND B51 D 12 x B52 D 14 x B53 D 15 x B54 GND B55 -IRQ 10 x B56 -IRQ 11 x B57 -IRQ 12 x B58 GND |
A47 Key A48 +5 Vdc A49 D 10 x A50 D 11 x A51 D 13 x A52 +12 Vdc x A53 DPAR(1) x A54 -SBHE x A55 -CD DS 16 x A56 +5 Vdc A57 -IRQ 14 x A58 -IRQ 15 x |
WS6A1 Daughter Card ASM No. 44A729593-G01
U4 No idea...
U21-27 9A9236P1 Diode Array 16-DIP 8 Independent Diodes [no datasheet]
FU1-29 SOC fuses
SP1-11 Bussed Resistor Networks
U28, 29 2x 8 Position DIP switches [RS-285 settings?]
Note that the pin headers are in 2x5 pin groups
DB37 end - APL [top], BPL, CPL, DPL [red switches bottom]
Bottom edge - APL, BPL, CPL [red switches to right]
I do not have any documentation on the xPL headers.
Setting up PLC Communications using a WSI Board
For the WSI version of Logicmaster 90-70 software, the serial port on the Work Station Interface (WSI) Board in the programmer provides serial communication between the programmer and the attached PLC. The COMSET serial port setup function is used to configure the WSI serial port, and to save or recall those configurations from disk files. Refer to chapter 7, section 5, “WSI Serial Port,” for instructions on WSI serial port setup.
The parallel port on the WSI Board requires no port setup; however, you must select
PARALLEL as the port connection. Refer also to section 5 of chapter 7 for information on selecting SNP/parallel connection.
IC647 Computer, Parallel Work Station Interface and IC697 Bus Transmitter Module [BEM713]
Installing a Parallel Work Station Interface Cable – Series 90–70 only
Install the cable (catalog number IC647CBL703) for a parallel connection between the Workmaster II programming computer and the Series 90–70 PLC as follows (use catalog number IC600WD005 for the Workmaster computer):
Attach the 37–pin male connector to the Work Station Interface board.
Attach the 37–pin female connector to the top connector on the Bus Transmitter
module (parallel connection).
Parallel Interface Cable Assembly, 10 ft (3m) IC647CBL703 [DB37M-DB37F]
The "Bus Transmitter Module" [BTM] is one of many "Bus Expansion Modules" [BEM] for the IC69x PLCs.
Top DB37 port is for the programmer only.
Bottom DB37 port is an expansion port to a BEM 711
IC647 Computer, Serial Work Station Interface and IC697 PLC
Installing a Serial Work Station Interface Cable
Install the cable (IC647CBL704) for a serial connection between the Workmaster II
computer and the PLC as follows (use IC697CBL701 for the Workmaster computer):
Attach the 37–pin male connector to the applicable Work Station Interface board.
Two versions of the Work Station Interface are available for use with a Series 90–70
PLC and two versions for the Series 90–30/90–20 PLCs. Refer to page 67 for a list
of catalog numbers for these boards.
Attach the 15–pin male connector to the serial port connector on the CPU.
Serial Interface Cable Assembly, 10 ft (3m) IC647CBL704 [DB37M-DB15F]
IC647 Computer, Serial Work Station Interface and IC693 PLC
Serial Interface Cable Assembly, 10 ft (3m) IC647CBL704 [DB37M-DB15F]
Series 90 PLC [DB15] to Programmer [DB37] Serial Cable Pinout
Cable Type: 24 AWG, 30V computer grade. Extra flexible construction recommended for short lengths.
Connectors: 37-pin male D-type with 4-40 screws and AMP hood No.1-207908-0, or
equivalent. 15-pin male D-type with M3 screws (AMP hardware kit 207871-1) and
AMP hood No. 207470-1, or equivalent.