Technical Data - V5

The following technical data applies to the latest available Release version. Technical data of older Release versions may be different

Protocol Technical Data

Feature	Description
Maximum number of total cyclic input data	1440 bytes
Maximum number of total cyclic output data	1440 bytes
State Machine	State machine according to EPL specification
Object dictionary	CANopen-style object dictionary according to the EPL specification
Acyclic data transfer	SDO Upload/Download
Additional supported features	SDO over ASnd and UDP Slave-to-slave communication Cross-Traffic Multiplexing
Baud rate	100 MBit/s, half duplex
Data transport layer	Ethernet II, IEEE 802.3
Ethernet Powerlink version	V2

Restrictions

Stack supports and handles only one network interface
Slave-to-slave communication: Max. 8 communicating slaves supported (Loadable firmware)
NXLOM is not available, only LFW (Loadable firmware) is provided
Only devices with two Ethernet Ports are supported (no loadable firmware for single port Ethernet provided)

Firmware Functions

The real-time protocol stack is fully integrated into a netX firmware for specific use case in order to provide a common set of netX firmware functions accross different protocol variants:

Firmware Variants	Use Case A	Use Case B	Use Case C
Use Case summary	netX90 COM CPU firmware for small footprint, low cost and function optimized slave devices no external SPI / SQI Flash required for COM CPU no external SDRAM required for COM CPU	same as Use Case A, but netX90 APP CPU uses external SPI Flash may use external SDRAM	full featured firmware for highest function requirements external SDRAM is required for COM CPU external SPI Flash is required for COM CPU
netX support	netX90	netX90 with ext FLASH	netX90 with ext SDRAM and ext FLASH
FW structure
Host Interface	Dual Port Memory interface with following channels: Channel 0 - Real-Time Ethernet Protocol API exchange cyclic IO data use acyclic protocol services Channel 1 - Network Services Socket API - Enables opening a communication socket using the integrated TCP/IP stack resources, i.e. same MAC address Web API - Enables forwarding specific URL (HTTP GET/POST) requests to user applications, e.g. to build custom webpage contents
Diagnostic Interface	netX Diagnostic and Remote Access is supported via COM UART
Integrated Flash File System	N/A	N/A	Power-fail safe flash file system on external SPI flash is used
Remanent Data Storage	Power-fail safe storage of up to 16KB of protocol remanent data in netX90 internal flash		Power-fail safe storage of protocol remanent data in dedicated partition in extenal SPI flash. Size and position of remanent storage area shall be configured in FDL.
Device Data	device production data (Serial number, MAC address, production data etc.) shall be stored in FDL in netX90 internal flash
Firmware Transfer	to internal netX90 flash ... via integrated web server via Host Interface (DPM, SPM) Note: due to limited size (max. 380KB) of FW update area in internal flash, only following files can be transfered: individual firmware files (i.e. comfw.nxi or appfw.nai) if the size of the a file is less that 380KB max. 380KB big FWUPDATE.zip file with predefined structure	to the host application... via integrated webserver and Web API (DPM Channel 1) host application need to handle storage of the firmware in external SPI flash	to netX flash file system located on external SPI Flash
Firmware Update	Firmware check and installation supported through calling the Maintenance Firmware (netX 90/4000)
Firmware Update	from internal netX90 flash	from external SPI flash	from Flash File System located on external SPI Flash
Configuration	by sending configuration packets to the firmware via Host Interface
Configuration	N/A		or by using Communication Studio configuration database file from local flash file system
Integrated Basic Webserver	The basic web server has the following features: \netx - Provides a graphical user interface to other functions (diag, firmware, reset, etc.) \netx\diag - Provides information on the netX device (current uptime, MAC address, device number, serial number, etc. \netx\firmware - Enables uploading a new firmware update file to netX flash \netx\reset - Initiates a netX reset cycle, i.e. to install a newly uploaded firmware \ - URL requests are forwarded to the user application via DPM (web interface API)
Webserver extension	N/A		Basic web server is extended with functions that provide access to the content files on a local Flash file system (SQI Flash). \netx\files - Enables streaming of custom web content according to media types (i.e. txt, js, xhtml, jpeg, json, etc.) located in the Flash file system
Tag List Options	Firmware supports certain modification of the functionality via Tag List, in particular: Webserver port number or deactivation
HW Sync Signal	supported via netX signal XC_TRIGGER0/1
Protocol Specific LED Indicators	Network specific status indicators with COM0 / COM1 LEDs: BS: Bus Status BE: Bus Error
Secure Boot	supported by POWERLINK Controlled Node V5.2.0.0and later, see Support of Secure Boot with netX90 for more details
Limitations	FW functions are limited by available internal RAM / Flash COM firmware size is limited to max. 500KB	FW functions are limited by available internal RAM / Flash COM firmware size is limited to max. 880KB