ABBAdvant Fieldbus 100 User Manual

About This User Manual

General

This manual provides a general physical and functional description of 

Advant Fieldbus 100 hardware and provides detailed information for installation, 

service, and maintenance. 

Audience

The manual is intended for ABB personnel as well as for the customers maintenance 

personnel.

The reader is assumed to be familiar with the Advant Controller 70, 

Advant Controller 110, Advant Controller 400 Series, AC 800M controller, 

S800 I/O Stations and/or AC 100 OPC Server, the relevant data base elements, and 

the Advant Station 140 Engineering Station. For further information, see Table 2.

Manual Organization

This manual contains:

• Section 1, Introduction

This section presents an overview of this document and the product it 

describes, Advant Fieldbus 100.

• Section 2, Advant Fieldbus 100 Concepts

This section introduces the major concepts of the Advant Fieldbus 100 

network.

• Section 3, Configuration of Advant Fieldbus 100

This section presents the configuration of the Advant Fieldbus 100.

• Section 4, Installation and Start-up

This section describes the installation and start-up procedure.

• Section 5, Maintenance and Fault Tracing

This section describes the maintenance and diagnostics.

• Appendix A, Technical Data

This appendix describes the physical features and technical data of different 

communication interfaces.

• Appendix B, Low Layers of Advant Fieldbus 100

This appendix describes technical details of the low layers implementing the 

AF 100 communication. The information presented is not necessary to install 

and maintain a Advant Fieldbus 100 network. It merely completes the technical 

description and is intended for the curious reader only.

Document Conventions

In this document, the AF 100 units are generally named without suffix Vx or A 

unless it is necessary for the functionally described. CI810 is the general term for 

CI810/CI810V1/CI810V2/CI810A.

For example, if media redundancy is described, and the description for S800 Field 

Communication Interface (FCI) states that the unit to use is 

CI810V1/CI810V2/CI810A or CI810V1, it implicitly includes CI810V2/CI810A. 

For verification, refer to Table 6.

Microsoft Windows conventions are normally used for the standard presentation of 

material when entering text, key sequences, prompts, messages, menu items, screen 

elements, etc.

Feature Pack

The Feature Pack content (including text, tables, and figures) included in this 

User Manual is distinguished from the existing content using the following 

two separators:

Feature Pack functionality included in an existing table is indicated using a 

table footnote (*) :

*Feature Pack Functionality

Feature Pack functionality in an existing figure is indicated using callouts.

Unless noted, all other information in this User Manual applies to 800xA Systems 

with or without a Feature Pack installed.

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operation of damaged equipment could, under certain operational conditions, result 

in degraded process performance leading to personal injury or death. Therefore, 

fully comply with all Warning and Caution notices.

Section 1 Introduction

Product Overview

Advant Fieldbus 100 (AF 100) is a high performance fieldbus, which is used for:

• Communication between Advant Controllers

• Communication between Advant Controllers and S800 I/O Stations, AC 800M 

controllers, AC 100 OPC Server, and the equipments developed and sold by 

other ABB companies.

In an AF 100 bus, it is possible to reach up to 80 stations within a total physical 

distance of up to 13300 meters (43300 feet). 

Advant Fieldbus supports three transmission media:

• Twisted pair (Twp)

• Coaxial (RG59 and RG11)

• Optical media.

An AF 100 bus can be built up with all the three media, where a part of one kind of 

media is a specific segment. 

The following rules apply to the segments:

• To each twisted pair segment, 32 stations can be connected, and the maximum 

segment length is 750 meters (2500 feet)

• The coaxial segment can be:

– 300 meters (1000 feet) with cable RG59 or

– 700 meters (2300 feet) with cable RG11.

• The optical media is only used in point-to-point communication, and it allows 

the total length of a bus segment to be up to 1700 meters (5500 feet).

• If back-to-back coupled optical segments are used, it is possible to reach up to a 

physical length of 13300 meters (43300 feet). 

An Advant Fieldbus 100 may be installed with one or two physical bus lines (single 

or redundant media). Two bus lines are chosen when increased availability is 

required. The redundant bus line does not enhance the bus bandwidth when both the 

bus cables are operating.

Advant Fieldbus 100 Redundancy Concept

The Advant Fieldbus 100 redundancy concept contains:

• Media redundancy

• Communication interface redundancy

• S800 I/O Field Communication Interface redundancy. 

When redundant media is used, redundancy must be maintained through the whole 

bus (this comprises of the bus lines as well as connections of the stations to the bus).

Media Redundancy

The Media redundancy includes redundant cable and redundant modems. A media 

redundant AF 100 is configured and connected as in Figure 1. 

The maximum difference in cable length between the redundant cables must be less 

than 1200 meters between any two stations throughout the whole bus.

Figure 1. An Advant Fieldbus 100 configuration using redundant media

If the Advant Fieldbus 100 contains one or more of CI520, CI526, CI626, CI810 

or PM810 (without the suffix Vx(1)

(1) V1, V2, V3, and so on

 or y(2)

(2) y=A, B, and so on

), it is only possible to use redundant 

coaxial media with a maximum difference of four meters in cable length, between 

any two stations on the bus. A redundant Twisted Pair or Optical media cannot be 

used in this case.

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Communication Interface Redundancy

Communication interface redundancy is achieved by using a pair of CI522s, CI630s, 

CI631s, CI869s or CI820s, connected to a media redundant bus. Communication 

interface redundancy is available for Advant Controller 400 Series, Advant 

Controller 160, AC 800M controller, and S800 I/O stations. 

Two communication interfaces (CIs) can operate as a pair, where one is Primary and 

the other is Backup in the controller configuration.

Functions of Primary CI

In a redundant configuration, the address of the primary CI is the configured station 

address on the bus.

The primary CI:

• Sends all output CDPs.

• Receives all input CDPs.

• Sends the time synchronization message if the station is configured as time 

synchronization master.

• Handles the normal Service Data communication for the station.

• Supervises that the backup can send on the bus. This is done at a low frequency 

using the service data protocol. 

• Must be configured as bus master if the module is CI522/CI630 or CI631, so 

that the bus master responsibilities are performed

Functions of Backup CI

In a redundant configuration, the address of the backup CI on the bus is the 

configured station address + 80. 

The backup CI:

• Supervises that the primary CI sends its output CDPs properly.

• Sends signal to the controller if the primary CI does not send its output CDPs.

• Receives all input CDPs.

• Responds to Service Data communication with the Primary.

• Must be configured as bus master if the module is CI522, CI630 or CI631. If 

the station number is less than or equal to 47, the backup module performs the 

bus master responsibilities, otherwise it does not.

Communication Interface Redundancy in Advant Controller 400 Series

To connect the CI522 redundant communication interfaces to a twisted pair bus, two 

TC516 modems (or four TC512 modems) are used. See Figure 2. 

To connect the CI522 redundant communication interfaces to a coaxial cable bus, 

four TC625 modems are required.

The TC516 modem has two connections, one for each redundant CI522 and a 

connection to one twisted pair bus cable. TC516 can be used for two redundant 

CI522s as well as for one single CI520V1/CI522/CI526V1.

If communication interface redundancy is used, set the DB-element for 

double time-out. See Double CDP Time-out on page 88.

Communication Interface Redundancy in Advant Controller 160

For configurations with one Advant Fieldbus 100, the communication interface 

CI630/CI631 must be placed at position 2 (non redundant interface) or in position 1 

and 2 (redundant interface) in the Basic Station.

A second and third Advant Fieldbus 100 can be used with AC 160. These can use 

single or redundant communication interfaces. The communication interfaces can 

be placed at position 9 and 10, or 11 and 12, and so on.

S800 I/O Field Communication Interface Redundancy

The redundancy in the S800 I/O Stations is achieved with redundant Field 

Communication Interfaces (FCIs) connected to a media redundant 

Advant Fieldbus 100. In the S800 I/O station, redundancy is achieved with 

redundant S800 communication interfaces sharing the same I/O modules. This 

redundancy follows the same principles as the communication interface redundancy 

in the Advant Controller 400 Series.

Communication Interface Redundancy in AC 800M 

The communication interface redundancy in AC 800M is achieved by using two 

CI869 modules that are connected to the same AC 800M controller. One of the 

CI869 modules is configured as primary, while the other is configured as backup.

Failover time for CI869 and Double DSP timeout

The failover time is the time that the backup CI869 takes to function as primary 

without error, if the primary CI869 does not work properly.

The other stations on the AF 100 bus do not influence the failover of the CI869 

modules. 

The backup CI869 is supervising that the primary CI869 is sending its CDPs with 

the expected cycle time. If the backup CI869 detects that the Primary CI869 does 

not send its CDPs as it should, it triggers the AC 800M controller to perform a 

failover of CI869.

The ‘Double DSP timeout’ parameter must be enabled for an AF 100 station that is 

receiving DSP data from another AF 100 station that uses redundant communication 

interfaces. For details, refer to the Online Help of Control Builder.

Cable Redundancy and Partner Supervision

In a redundant configuration, the primary and the backup CI869 modules supervise 

that the communication happens between them. 

The backup CI869 supervises that the primary CI869 sends its CDPs as it should. 

For this, it is required that both the cables that are connected to the backup CI869 

have bus traffic. 

If any of the cables connected to the backup CI869 are without bus traffic for 10 ms 

or more, the Partner Supervision is disabled, and: 

• If the parameter "Cable" on the CI869 hardware editor is set to Redundant, the 

Partner Supervision not active unit status bit is set on the backup 

CI869 hardware unit. 

• If the parameter “Cable” is not set to Redundant, the status bit is not set. 

However, a warning stating that the Partner Supervision requires redundant 

lines is displayed during the download of this redundant CI869 configuration to 

the controller. 

Advant Fieldbus 100 Length Concept

The Advant Fieldbus 100 length concept helps to configure the bus for three 

different lengths and thereby achieve different combinations of physical distance 

and performance. 

The possible lengths for AF 100 bus are:

• 2000 meters (6500 ft., maximum physical distance is 1700 meters).

• 8500 meters (27600 ft., maximum physical distance is 7600 meters). The 

throughput must be 40% of the throughput on 2000 meters.

• 15000 meter (48750 ft., maximum physical distance is 13300 meters). The 

throughput must be 15% of the throughput on 2000 meter.

The Advant Fieldbus 100 bus length is set while defining the communication 

interface.

See Section 2, Advant Fieldbus 100 Concepts, for detailed rules of how to calculate 

bus length in an Advant Fieldbus 100 network. See Section 3, Configuration of 

Advant Fieldbus 100 for calculation of performance and bus load. 

Figure 5 shows an example of an Advant Fieldbus 100 network with length of 

15000 meters

Figure 5. An example of using the Advant Fieldbus 100 length concept for 15000 

meter.

In Figure 5, the necessary terminations and groundings are not shown completely. 

Table 4 describes the communication interfaces that support the bus lengths of 

8500m (27630 ft.) and 15000m (48750 ft.).

Physical Overview

General

A station is connected to the AF 100 bus through a communication interface and a 

particular modem. Table 5 describes the communication interfaces and modems that 

are used for the different station types and media.

Table 5. Communication Interfaces and modems for different station types and media

The allowed station numbers for Advant Controller 400 Series and 

AC 100 OPC Server are 1 to 80. For other controllers and AF 100 Stations, station 

numbers 1 to 79 are allowed.

Communication Interfaces

There are several communication components that can communicate on the 

Advant Fieldbus 100. The communication interfaces that have the capability to be 

Bus Administrators are CI520, CI522, CI525, CI526, CI527, CI626, CI627, CI630, 

and CI631.

Advant Controller 70

The Advant Controller 70 has integrated Twisted Pair Modems for connection to 

Advant Fieldbus 100.

Advant Controller 110

The Advant Controller 110 is connected to the Advant Fieldbus 100 via a CI626 

communication interface for coaxial media or a CI627 communication interface for 

twisted pair media.

Advant Controller 160

The Advant Controller 160 is connected to the Advant Fieldbus 100 via a CI626 or 

CI630 communication interface for coaxial media or a CI627 or 

CI631communication interface for twisted pair media.

Advant Controller 400 Series

The Advant Controller 400 Series is connected to the Advant Fieldbus 100 via 

single CI520 or via single or redundant CI522 communication interface, and 

modem TC625 for coaxial media or modem TC512/TC516 for twisted pair media.

AC 800M

The AC 800M controller is connected to the Advant Fieldbus 100 through single or 

redundant CI869 communication interfaces. The CI869 has integrated twisted pair 

modems.

The CI869 module along with AC 800M controller does not function as 

bus administrator on the AF 100 bus. If this station is used, the AF 100 bus requires 

another station type that functions as bus administrator.

S800 I/O Station

The S800 I/O Station has integrated Twisted Pair modems for connection to 

Advant Fieldbus 100.

AdvaSoft for Windows

AdvaSoft for Windows is connected to Advant Fieldbus 100 through a CI526 

communication interface and a modem – TC625 (for coaxial media) or 

TC512/TC516 (for twisted pair media).

Advant OPC Server for Advant Fieldbus 100 and AC 100 OPC Server

The OPC Server is connected to Advant Fieldbus 100 through a CI526 or a CI527 

communication interface. 

When using CI526, one or two TC625 modems (for coaxial media) or 

TC512/TC516 modems (for twisted pair media) are required. 

The CI527 has two integrated Twisted Pair modems. When CI527 is to be connected 

to coaxial media, a TC513 repeater modem for each bus line is used for media 

conversion.

CI626/CI6301 Communication Interface

The Advant Controller 110 is connected to the Advant Fieldbus 100 through a 

CI626 communication interface. The Advant Controller 160 is connected to Advant 

Fieldbus 100 through a CI626 or CI630 communication interface (see Figure 11 and 

Figure 12).