Profisaurus
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Hi Guys,
I have a Beckhoff CP6607. It has 2 ethernet ports, 2 usb ports, and a serial port.
I am trying to connect it to a Scheider VSD, an Altivar 71. The Scheider has a Modbus/CanOpen port, but if I plug it in to a switch it immediately trips the power. I then gleaned from the datasheet that the RJ45/ethernet port is actually a RJ45 RS485 serial port.
So basically I am trying to connect this RS485 serial port to the Beckhoffs serial port (which I assume is rs232).
Do I have to buy a converter, or is there some way that I can connect the VSD to the PLC over ethernet and just encapsulate this within another protocol?
I have a Beckhoff CP6607. It has 2 ethernet ports, 2 usb ports, and a serial port.
I am trying to connect it to a Scheider VSD, an Altivar 71. The Scheider has a Modbus/CanOpen port, but if I plug it in to a switch it immediately trips the power. I then gleaned from the datasheet that the RJ45/ethernet port is actually a RJ45 RS485 serial port.
So basically I am trying to connect this RS485 serial port to the Beckhoffs serial port (which I assume is rs232).
Do I have to buy a converter, or is there some way that I can connect the VSD to the PLC over ethernet and just encapsulate this within another protocol?