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Foundation Fieldbus H1

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FieldMate™ and FFUSB quick Start-Up Reference and User Guidelines

Version 1.0, June 1st, 2011 of 11

Products concerned ü FFUSB ü FFUSB-DTM

in conjunction with Yokogawa FieldMate

Purpose of document The intention of the document on hand is to officially inform users about the functionality of the products concerned with regards to reported issues, existing limitations and improvements with specific firmware versions compared to the preceding one. Further, to provide a description of what a normal behaviour of the Yokogawa Electric software FieldMate™ and Softing’s FFUSB interface looks like, particularly when the products concerned are being used for the first time.

Functionality in conjunction with Yokogawa Interface The Yokogawa Interface (YIF) is a driver software for operating FFUSB with Yokogawa´s FieldMate™ version R2.03 and later directly without the need of communication DTM. The YIF is part of the delivery of the products concerned. (1) YIF Version 1.00.0.16 (released on June 1st, 2011)

a. Support of Windows 7 32bit b. New Setup for driver installation – improvements and limitations

i. Support of Windows 7 32bit and 64bit version (32bit mode only) ii. Support of Windows Server 2008 32bit and 64bit version

(32bit mode only) c. Response delay issue and MIB issue solved

(2) YIF Version 1.00.0.15 a. Fix of memory leak warnings b. Fix of E+H DTM issue è No known interoperability problem with any DTM c. No support of Windows 7

(3) YIF Version 1.00.0.14 a. Memory leak warnings b. Interoperability problems with an E+H Device DTM c. No answer on requests of MIB (Management Information Base) d. Additional host without FB VFD creates extreme delays on responses e. No support of Windows 7


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Environment The exemplary information provided by the document on hand is based on the following environment:

ü Portable computer with Windows 7 SP1 in Japanese language with ü FieldMate™ version R2.03 connected via ü FFusb hardware with FFH1YIF API version 1.10.02 to a network of ü Three (3) FF-H1 standard devices with standard FF-H1 media and power

Systematic of illustrating the status of LEDs

colour information (in case of black & white print out) LED is NOT illuming

colour information (in case of black & white print out) LED illuming constantly

colour information (in case of black & white print out) LED flashing

Behaviour of FFUSB LEDs prior to execution of FieldMate™ If the FFusb driver is properly installed, prior to the execution of FieldMate™ the LEDs will look like the picture below if the FFusb is connected to a powered FF-H1 bus.

green FF H1 Power

red USB Status

off Traffic

If there is no FF-H1 power, the LED “FF H1 Power” will be off.

ATTENTION: The LED “USB Status” illuminating red indicates a lacking or incorrect driver installation. Be aware of the FFUSB not working properly until this situation was corrected.


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Normal behaviour after FieldMate™ was executed Shortly after FieldMate™ was executed, the LED “USB Status” will flash red for a short time. Immediately afterwards the LED “Traffic” will flash red for about one second:

green FF H1 Power

red USB Status (~ 1s)

off Traffic

green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

red Traffic (~ 1s)

With power on the connected FF-H1 segment consisting of at least FF-H1 field device, connected to the bus, LEDs on the FFUSB will illuminate in the sequence as given through the following graphs:

green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

green Traffic

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green FF H1 Power

green USB Status

off Traffic

green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

off Traffic

green FF H1 Power

green USB Status

green Traffic

If the LEDs have a behaviour other than above shown, the readings given through FieldMate™ may not be reliable. In this case it is recommended shutting down FieldMate™, FFUSB should be disconnected from both, the USB port and the FF-H1 bus. Then please reconnect the FFUSB and afterwards execute FieldMate™ again.

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For a maximum of a few seconds the FieldMate™ screen will look like as shown below.


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Behaviour with no Host on the FF network The below screen shows a few seconds after the previous screen; depending on the number of FF-H1 devices connected. For a larger number of devices this may take a little longer.

As following the corresponding LED illumination sequence on the FFUSB interface

green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

off Traffic

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Note: This indication is shown for a few seconds and then disappears.


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green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

off Traffic

green FF H1 Power

green USB Status

green Traffic

green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

green Traffic

Now the live list will be displayed and FieldMate™ starts retrieving information from the FF-H1 devices. With a network consisting of three devices, the scan is completed after about one minute and the devices are shown with their specific information.

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Other functions of FieldMate™ to interact directly with the devices are available now.


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Behaviour when there is a Host active on the FF network When there is a host connected to the FF-H1 bus, the initial screens can take as long as four (4) minutes. This is the expected behaviour. Once the screen with detected devices in the live list is shown, the complete scan takes roughly the same time to complete, as in the case without host. A host means a device such as a Centum DCS or a Softing Linking Device.

As following the corresponding LED illumination sequence on the FFUSB interface

This screen can take a few minutes to show up. In this environment node # 20 is a Linking Device (active Host), whose interaction with the FFUSB delays the showing of this screen.


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green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

off Traffic

green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

off Traffic

green FF H1 Power

green USB Status

green Traffic

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green FF H1 Power

off USB Status

green Traffic

Other functions of FieldMate™ to interact directly with the devices are available now.

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