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any experienced Foundation Fieldbus users with ABB CI852

Trying to upgrade a large Foundation Fieldbus installation which uses ABB CI852 communication modules.  Have upgraded f/w on ABB800xA System AC800M Controllers and CI852 modules.  When trying to verify the Foundation Fieldbus I am unable to see the CI852 modules as devices on the bus.

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Hi rwbABB,

 

There are several things that you need to check. Because you have upgraded the firmware of the module (H1 device?), I think the big possiblity here is the restoration of device type, device address, along with some other advanced settings.

Please refer to Appendix B - Missing Device of NI-FBUS Configurator Manual.pdf.

The same file is also available on ni.com here.

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LewisL,

Thanks for your response.  I found the issue to actually be with the cable assembly from the PCMCIA card to the bus.  Although I had used the cable on site for testing it was not working once I set up to do my testing off-site.  The connector to the PCMCIA was in quite bad shape to begin with and just never could get it working.  Another cable did the trick.

Thanks,
RWB

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