ABB Freelance 800F The compact control system It’s now over to you

It’s now over to you

The engineering

Freelance 800F allows you to enjoy consistent

configuration, commissioning and diagnosis –

from graphics to the field device – using just

one engineering tool. All five programming lan

guages specified in IEC 61131-3 are available.

Users especially appreciate how quickly they

are able to familiarize themselves with the tool.

Supported by a uniform data basis throughout

the system as well as extensive reference func

tions, the Control Builder F enables you to con

duct the entire configuration quickly and easily –including:

• Configuring and parameterizing the field devices and I/Os

• Setting the bus topology and parameters

such as transmission rates and addresses

The task of configuring and displaying the field

devices is also user-friendly because using

FDT/DTM eliminates the time-consuming task

of integrating device GSD files. Graphical parame

terization dialogs supplied by the device manu

facturers – which are referred to as Device Type

Managers (DTMs) and are incorporated in a

similar manner to printer drivers in Windows –

transmit all specific signals and parameters to

the control system’s engineering tool. The master

is simultaneously configured. These DTMs are

available for most of the important field devices.

The structure of the field level

For the field level, ABB offers an extensive

selection of devices that are fine-tuned to meet

the needs of the relevant area of use. Thanks to

established communication standards, integra

tion into the process level is quite simple.

Using Profibus connected with the AC 800F

controller, it is also possible to implement

remote I/Os. In the form of its S800 and S900

I/O systems, ABB provides the ideal means of

connecting a large number of sensors and actuators.

The choice of fieldbus type

In accordance with the concept of plug & pro

duce, exchangeable fieldbus modules make it

easier to implement quick adjustments. Free

lance 800F allows the integration of all impor

tant fieldbuses – leaving the user free to choose.

The following are supported:

• PROFIBUS-DPV1/PA

• FOUNDATION Fieldbus HSE/H1

• HART via remote I/O

• MODBUS Master and Slave

• CAN for Freelance Rack I/O

• Telecontrol protocol IEC870-5-101

Various types of fieldbus can even be operated

in parallel in a single AC 800F controller. This

proves to be a real advantage if the task at

hand specifies, which fieldbus type is to be used in each case.