maDPU4E Features

By
Er.A.Gnanaseharan,

DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING UNIT DPU4E

DPU IS THE HARDWARE PROCESSNG ENGINE OF THE
maxDNA DCS.
IT PERFORMS PRIMARY DATA ACQUISITION , CONTROL
& DATA PROCESSING FUNCTIONS.
MOUNTED IN A 6 PAC RACK IN A SPECIAL CHASSIS
ASSEMBLY. OCCUPIES THE SPACE EQUIVALENT OF 2
maxPAC MODULES.
OPERATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE I/O MODULES.
CAPABLE OF COMMUNUNICATING WITH OTHER
DEVICES SUCH AS PLCs.
CAPABLE OF BEING CONFIGURED AS A BACKUP PAIR.
PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY TO MAXNET & RESIDES AS A
STATION ON THE MAXNET ALONG WITH THE I/O
MODULES.
ON THE MAXNET EACH DPU/DPU PAIR IS IDENTIFIED
WITH A UNIQUE ETHERNET IP ADDRESS.

DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING UNIT DPU4E

SCANS AND PROCESSES INFORMATION FOR
USE BY OTHER DEVICES IN THE maxDNA
SYSTEM.
LOGGING OF SOE AT 1 ms RESOLUTION.
ACQUISITION OF TREND INFORMATION.
CONTINUOUS SCANNING OF I/O MODULES.
EXECUTION OF CONTROL
ALGORITHMS(CONFIGURATIONS) FOR
PROCESS CONTROL & DATA ACQUISITION.

DPU4E- MAIN FEATURES

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MUST BE MOUNTED IN THE CHASSIS WHICH IS MOUNTED

IN THE RIGHT MOST POSITION OF THE 6 PAC RACK.
WHEN USING A SECOND DPU , IT MUST BE MOUNTED
VERTICALLY BENEATH THE PRIMARY TO ALLOW FOR
CONNECTION OF THE BACKUP CABLE.
EACH DPU/DPU PAIR CAN CONTROL UPTO MAXIMUM OF
60 I/O MODULES & ALLOWS A LOCAL I/O BUS LENGTH OF
30 FEET. (CAN EXTEND TO 2000 MTS WITH BEMs)
SITS ON MAXNET THRODUAL ETHERNET PORTS(10MBPS
FULL DUPLEX).
OPTIONALLY CONTAINS A RS232 PORT ON THE CHASSIS
PANEL FOR INTERFACING TO EXTERNAL PLCS.
OPTIONALLY CONTAINS AN IRIG-B INTERFACE.DPU CAN
SYNCHRONIZE TO SATELLITE TIME THROUGH IRIG-B
INTERFACE. INTERFACE IS AVAILABLE ON THE CHASSIS
PANEL THRO A BNC CONNECTOR. TIMING CAN BE
TRANSMITTED TO ALL STATIONS ON THE maxNET.

DPU4EFRONT PANEL
FEATURES

DPU 4E CONNECTIVITY OVER maxNET

Switch A

I
O

I
O

D PU
4E

I
O

I
O

D PU
4E

I
O

I
O

I
O

Switch B

DPU 4E MODEL NUMBERS

PDP301 --- DPU 4E STANDALONE.
PDP302 --- DPU 4E PRIMARY (WITH BACKUP
CABLE).
PDP303 --- DPU 4E SECONDARY.
PDP306 --- DPU 4E WITH IRIG , STANDALONE.
PDP307 --- DPU 4E WITH IRIG , PRIMARY(WITH
BACKUP CABLE).
PDP308 --- DPU 4E WITH IRIG , SECONDARY.

DPU 4E -- SPECIFICATIONS

Final Chassis
Layout

Networks

P
O
R
T
1

NET-A
G-Tx
R-Rx

G-Tx
R-Rx

P
O
R
T
2

A
Network
B
Backup

1
Serial Ports
2

IO Status
DI

NET-B

AO/ DO
AI

DPU Network Address

D
I
S
T
R
I
B
U
T
E
D

MODE SW
B
A
C
K
U
P

P
R
O
C
E
S
S
I
N
G

IRIG-B

U
N
I
T

Run
Offline

Reset

Battery
CP
Health
IOM

Takeover

Lock

MCS

State
G -Active
R -Offline
Y -Inactive

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CONTROL PROCESSOR (CP)- INTEL PENTIUM-133 MHZ

IOM PROCESSOR FOR SCANNING I/O (IOM) - 68332
MOTOROLA MICROCONTROLLER.
CONTAINS 64MB DRAM WHERE THE DPU PROGRAMS
EXECUTE.
CONTAINS NONVOLATILE FLASH (WHICH CONTAINS
THE COPY OF WIN-CE OS.,IOM FIRMWARE,FPGA
CONFIG)
UPTO 6000 FUNCTION BLOCKS CAN BE EXECUTED IN
THREE DIFFERENT TIME CLASSES. (40ms to 1s)
RUNS WINDOWS CE RTOS.
BUILT IN SOE WITH 1mS RESOLUTION.
BATTERY FOR HOLDING CONFIGURATION DATA
DURING POWER FAILURE OR SHUTDOWN.

DPU CHASSIS PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURES

FRONT PANEL FEATURE

FUNCTION
16 POSITION ROTARY SWITCH. DETERMINES THE
OPERATIONAL MODE OF THE MODULE. IT IS READ BY THE
DPU DURING A RESET OR POWER UP CYCLE.

MODE SWITCH

maxNET INTERFACE PORTS

DUAL ETHERNET 10 BASE-T PORTS. PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY

TO THE maxNET. (REDUNDANT --- NET A & NET B)

BACKUP PORT

A 100MBPS ETHERNET INTERFACE IS PROVIDED TO PASS

DATABASE INFORMATION TO A HOT STANDBY DPU

3 ROTARY ADDRESS SWITCHES

SET A UNIQUE IP ADDRESS FOR THE DPU IN THE FORMAT

172.16.X.Y. X IS READ FROM THE HIGH ADDRESS SWITCH. Y IS
READ FROM THE MIDDLE & LOW ADDRESS SWITCHES.

KEY SWITCH

CAN BE USED TO CHANGE THE OPEATING MODE OF

THE DPU FROM RUN TO LOCKED TO OFFLINE.

9 PIN SERIAL PORT

SERIAL PORT 1 (9 PIN) IS USED TO UPDATE THE BIOS &

FIRMWARE IF NECESSARY.(NOT FOR ON-SITE USE)

25 PIN SERIAL PORT

SERIAL PORT 2 (25 PIN) IS USED TO INTERFACE THE DPU TO

EXTERNAL PLC TYPE EQUIPMENT.

DPU FRONT PANEL CONTROLS & FEATURES

FRONT PANEL FEATURE

FUNCTION

SERIAL PORT LEDs

REPORT THE STATUS OF THE 2 SERIAL PORTS.

NETWORK STATUS LEDs

REPORT THE STATUS OF THE maxNET NETA & NETB

LINKS & THE DPU BACKUP LINK.

I/O STATUS LEDS

REPORT THE STSTUS OF THE VARIOUS I/O MODULES

CONNECTED TO THE DPU

HARDWARE STATUS LEDS.

REPORT THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE CONTROL PROCESSOR,

IOM PROCESSOR & THE BATTERY STATUS.

DPU STATE LED

REPORTS THE STATE OF THE LED.

(GREEN-ACTIVE , YELLOW - INACTIVE , RED -OFFLINE.)
PRESSING THIS BUTTON WILL CAUSE THE DPU TO STOP
CONTROLLING & GO THRO A RESET CYCLE.

RESET BUTTON
TAKEOVER BUTTON

PRESSING A TAKEOVER BUTTON WILL CAUSE A

PREVIOULY INACTIVE DPU TO GO ACTIVE.
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DPU4F MODE SWITCH DEFINITIONS

DPU4F MODE SWITCH DEFINITIONS (cont)

DPU KEY SWITCH OPERATION

DPU LED STATES WHEN STARTING AS STANDALONE OR BACKUP DPU

I/O LED STATUS DURING NORMAL OPERATION.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7

I/O CARD

DI LED

SOE DI
SLOW DI
DO
AI
TC
RTD
AO

AO/DO LED

AI LED

UNLABELED
LED

X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X

IOM ERROR CODES

DURING ONLINE OPERATION, THE IOM MONITORS ITS HEALTH & DISPLAYS
AN ERROR CODE IF IT DETECTS A PROBLEM.
THE ERROR CODE IS SHOWN BY MEANS OF FOUR FLASHING I/O LEDs.
THE ERROR CODES WILL BE FLASHED CONTINUOUSLY.
IF THE I/O LEDs ARE ON BUT NOT FLASHING, THEY DO NOT INDICATE AN
ERROR CODE ; RATHER THEY INDICATE THE STATUS OF THE I/O CARDS
CONNECTED TO THE DPU.
THE CAUSES OF THE ERRORS INDICATED BY THESE CODES ARE NOT USER
REPAIRABLE. HENCE IF THESE LEDs FLASH AN ERROR CODE , DPU NEEDS TO
BE RETURNED TO THE FACTORY FOR REPAIR.
EXAMPLES : ( EG 1 NO ER-CODE , EG 2 ER-CODE 5 , EG 3 ER-CODE 11)

LED INDICATIONS DURING SHUTDOWN & RESTART

IF THE DPU IS SHUT DOWN BY EITHER A SOFT RESET OF REMOVAL
OF 24V DC POWER , IT WILL ATTEMPT TO SAVE ITS DATABASE
FLASH MEMORY. THE CP LED WILL TURN YELLOW TO INDICATE

THIS.WHEN THE DATABASE SAVE IS FINISHED , THE CP LED WILL

TURN RED.
AFTER THE DATABASE HAS BEEN SAVED , THE DPU WILL RESTART
IF IT STILL HAS 24V DC INPUT POWER. OTHERWISE IT WILL SHUT
OFF.
DURING RESTART, THE SERIAL PORT LEDs PROVIDE AN
INDICATION OF THE HEALTH OF THE DATABASE IMAGE. IF BOTH
THE LEDs ARE GREEN, THE DATABASE IS GOOD. THE DPU WILL NOT
LOAD A DATABASE WHICH IT DETERMINES TO BE BAD.
THERE IS ANOTHER CONDITION THAT WILL PREVENT A SAVED
DATABASE FROM BEING LOADED.IF THE maxNET IP ADDRESS THAT
IS SET IN THE SWITCHES IS DIFFERENT FROM THE ADDRESS SAVED
IN THE DATABASE.THIS IS INDICATED BY THE SERIAL PORT LED
TURNING YELLOW.

Back-up State definitions

Back-up State definitions