User Manual
3. Installation
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Festo GDCP−SFC−LACI−DN−EN en 0812NH
Displacement encoder for BiSS interface
The BiSS interface is a 2−wire interface for interference−im
mune sensor connection. In contrast to the SSI interface, the
data transmission is bi−d
irectional, which means, for example,
that data can also be written into the sensor for parametrisa
tion.
Data is transmitted via a pulse cable contr
olled by the master
and a data cable controlled by the sensor as serial trans
mission. Data is written to the slave via the cycle’s pulse
width modul
ation in accordance with the "BiSS B mode" pro
tocol specification http://www.biss−ic.de/files/
BiSS_b3ds.pdf; the direc¬tion of the data cable is not
switched.
Pulse and data are transmitted using RS485 tech
nology, which means a signal is sent not−inverted as well as
inverted and issued at the receiver as diff
erential input. This
suppresses common−mode interference. The data are also
secured by a CRC code.
The BiSS interface supports 2 read−out modes:
The
sensor data channel for fast pulse out (pulse up to 10
MHz) of the sensor information
The parameter channel for reading and writing sensor
parameters
as well as for depositing user−specific data
protected against zero voltage in the sensor’s EEPROM
The distinction is made on the basis of the start
bit, details
can be referred to in the specifications given.