Distributed Control System

DCS-CU controller unit

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Prepared (also subject responsible if other) No.

Tech dept DCS Control System – Manual
Approved Checked Date Rev Reference
DRAFT 29/10/2009 1.0 DCS system specification

HISTORY
Issue Date Details Of Change
1.0 20/10/2009 First Emission
1.1 28/07/2010 General revision, added DCS.ST & DCS.AUX
1.2 27/09/2010 Revision
2.0 System diagnostic,
Fw specific for motor type M
0/02/2011
Interworking softouch Vs touchscreen,
Fw specific for DCS.ST01 (single unit softouch controller).

Relevant Firmware release

Issue Applicable product firmware release
1.x DCS Controller: SPE7-02, Spe_02Nosynch, Spe7_orizzontale_06
2.0 DCS Controller. Spe7_M_03, Spe7_S_03, Spe7_orizzontale_07
DCS.ST.xx: Spe8_10
DCS.ST.01: Spe8_10_ST01
DCS.TS.xx: Spe2_100,
DCS.AUX: Spe9_01

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CONTENTS
1.1. DCS System components ............................................................................. 4
2. DCS SYSTEM BASIS .................................................................................. 6
2.1. Wiper/group assignment scheme .................................................................. 6
3. DCS SYSTEM GENERAL WIRING SCHEME .............................................. 8
3.1. CAN bus Communication network ................................................................. 8
3.1.1. CAN Bus network cable .......................................................................................................................... 9
3.2. Motor Power Feeding .................................................................................... 9
3.2.1. Electric Motor power cable ................................................................................................................... 11
4. DCS.CU Controller Unit ........................................................................... 11
4.1. Controller Unit installation procedure .......................................................... 11
4.1.1. DCS Controller address setting ............................................................................................................ 12
4.1.2. CAN Bus termination setting ................................................................................................................. 13
4.1.3. Can Bus connection.............................................................................................................................. 13
4.1.4. Stroke End switch connection ............................................................................................................... 14
4.1.5. Wiper parking position selection ........................................................................................................... 14
4.1.6. Power supply connection ...................................................................................................................... 15
4.2. CAN Bus network diagnostic ....................................................................... 15

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1.1. DCS SYSTEM COMPONENTS

DCS.CU Controller Unit

The DCS.CU is the core of system and consist of a
micro-processor electrical units equipped on the motor.
The unit is housed on a motor integrated junction box,
which can be mounted on professional motor Series M,
S, and P. This motor, when equipped with DCS.CU, can
run at two different speeds (slow and fast speeds).

The Controller Unit communicates each other and with

other devices over a CAN Bus network. Over the same
network, commands are given to the Controller Unit
about the functioning required and relevant settings.
Each DCS.CU controller is identified in the communica-
tion network by a unique address that consists of the
group address and the number of the motor within the
group. In this way, it is possible to address and control
the single unit within the network. The address of each
unit can be set by the dip-switch that is mounted on the
board itself, and can be changed at any moment.

DCS.EXT Controller Unit

The DCS.EXT controller unit is dedicated to straightline wiper with

external motor. The DCS electronic control unit is integrated in a
junction box for power line wiring, and provides control of the
three phase electric motor). From a control system perspective,
the DCS.Ext unit has got the same characteristics of the DCS.CU
unit.

The unit is available in a variant ( named DCS.EXT AUX) that is

specific for management of auxiliary devices like wiper frame
heater, water/air elvalves and glass heater

DCS.STxx: Softouch Control Panel

The DCS.STxx Softouch Control Panel allows the user to fully
manage the functionalities of the DCS system (i.e. DCS Control-
ler units and the DCS Auxiliary Units). A DCS Softouch panel
can interwork with other DCS Softouch, DCS Touchscreen
and/or with the on board integrated system, providing the possi-
bility to control the wiper system from different points of the deck
and in different ways.

The panels are backlighted, and it is possible to dimmer the light

intensity. The Softouch control panel are available in different
versions that differ for the dimension of the control panel and for
the number and layout of the wiper/group keys that are present.

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DCS.TS: lcd touchscreen control panel

The DCS.TS is a LCD 5,7” touch screen panel,

that offers the possibility to control up to twelve
wipers or groups of wipers and relevant auxiliary
devices.

The touch screen provides inventory functionality

that allows the user to verify the correct installa-
tion and functioning of the wiper system. System
alarms are presented to the operator for fast
failure identification and solution.

The layout is customizable in order to match the

bridge installation and provide the user a more
comfortable operation of the wiper control.

DCS.AUX: Auxiliary Unit

Auxiliary devices are controlled by a dedicated relay control
box (DCS.AUX: Auxiliary Unit) able to drive up to 4 auxil-
iaries (e,g, water elvalve, air purge elvalve, etc..).Each
Auxiliary Unit is identified by a unique address within the
network. It is possible to deploy one Auxiliary unit for each
group of wiper, or configure a single unit to drive the auxil-
iary of all groups that are present in the installation.

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2. DCS SYSTEM BASIS

The DCS system allows controlling the single wiper motor or groups of wiper motors. This possibility is achieved by as-
signing to each single DCS Controller Unit a unique identifier inside the system, which consists of two numbers:

Motor number (Mid)

Group number. (Gid)

All motors belonging to one group receive the same command from the user interface (Softouch control panel, Touch-
screen control panel or on-board integrate system), thus they run all in the same modality (intermitting, low speed, high
speed).

Whenever it is requested the possibility to control one motor individually, a relevant group shall be created that include
just that motor and no other ones. For example, if a system consists of five wipers to be managed independently, it is
necessary to define it as composed of five groups, each of them consisting of one wiper.

According to the above, in the next of the document “wiper” or “group of wiper” have got the same meaning and for con-
venience they can be named “wiper/group ”

The auxiliary devices are managed in a similar way. Standard configuration foresees that to each group are assigned
their own auxiliary units, thus making it possible to activate the auxiliary devices singularly and for each group independ-
ently from other groups. For example, the FRONT group auxiliary unit the electrovalve of water/air front line and the
heater of all windows that belongs to FRONT group, the PORT group auxiliary unit drive the auxiliaries of PORT installa-
tion and so on.

Note:
It is also possible to configure the one DCS.AUX unit or DCS.EXT.AUX unit in order to be shared among all groups. In
this case, indeed the number of the grups which are present, the auxiliary devices are one for all the installation ( for
example, one water electrovalve for all windows).

2.1. WIPER/GROUP ASSIGNMENT SCHEME

When used as standalone system, i.e. managed by bridge integrated control system, the Gid can be assigned arbitrarily,
while the Mid is progressive within each group.

Therefore, care shall be taken when DCS Softouch panel or DCS.TS touchscreen panels are present. For these sys-
tems, in fact, the correspondence between wiper groups and activation keys is fixed, i.e. a one to one correspondence
exists between the group identifier Gid and the wiper/group keys that are present on the panel.

To facilitate end user comprehension, care should be taken to match as much as possible the assignment of a wiper to a
group (by the Gid) with the deck layout that is schematized on the panel. On DCS Softouch and DCS.TS touchscreen
control panel the wiper/group assignment is done according to the scheme reported in Figure 1 and in Figure 2.

Figure 1: wiper/group assignment general scheme

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Figure 2: Softouch wiper/group key assignment

The composition of each group can be flexible chosen, therefore it must be considered the following limits:

Max number of Wiper/Group: 16

Max number of Wiper/Group when managed by DCS control panel: 12

Example

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3. DCS SYSTEM GENERAL WIRING SCHEME

The DCS system has been designed in order to reduce the wiring and to avoid a central box where all cables shall be
terminated.

The wiring scheme essentially foresees two cable connections, which are:
- CAN bus communication network.
- Motor power line, 110/220V

A description of the two above connections is provided in the next paragraph.

3.1. CAN BUS COMMUNICATION NETWORK

The CAN communication network is a line connecting all the elements of the DCS system (Controller Unit, Operator
Interfaces, Auxiliary Units and, where present, interfaces with integrated bridge system) following a bus topology, as
represented in Figure 3).

The position of the different elements along the line is not fixed, as well as the positioning of the DCS Auxiliary unit
(DCS.AUX). This possibility allows the maximum flexibility in arranging cable ducts and reduces the length of the cable to
lay down.

Figure 3: example of communication network topology

Important Note:
The system does not support other network topology rather than a bus line. For this reason, all
connection must be done only using the CANBus RJ45 adapter (See Figure 4).

Figure 4: CANbus network connection to DCS Controller Unit

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3.1.1. CAN BUS NETWORK CABLE

The CAN bus network requires the following cable to be used:

STP SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR cable, 4 pairs, CAT5e or superior

Note: it is recommended the use of factory pre-cabled patchcords.

Any cable matching with the above Cat5e specifications can be used. Therefore, it is convenient the use of pre-wired
FTP patchcords for connection of motors to CANbus line (Speich can provide pre-defined cabling kit on request).

Following table reports the colour marking of the Cat5e cable according to TIA/EIA-568 A&B specification.

Important Note:
Once a wiring scheme has been adopted, the same shall be used for wiring RJ45 connectors at
DCS.AUX units and at DCS.ST control panel.

3.2. MOTOR POWER FEEDING

The wiper electric motors are powered through a separate power feeding network. The feeding of the motor can be done
traditionally as point-to-point connection, i.e. each motor is connected to the main power distribution point via a dedicated
cable (see Figure 5)

Alternatively, to reduce the number and length of the cable to lie down, a power bus can be deployed that runs over all
bridge and where power feeding of each motor is derived. This option allows also adopting smaller section cables to
connect the motor (see Par 3.2.1). In this case, the DCS.JB equipment can be adopted to locally distribute the power
from the bus to each single motor (see Figure 6).

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Figure 5: Connection of electric motor to main power distribution point

Figure 6: In line connection of motor to a main power bus

The Controller Unit performs protection of the electric motor against overcurrent and overload. For this reason use of
magnetotermic breaker switch or fuse per single motor is not strictly required. Therefore one magnetotermic breaker
switch of the appropriate load is required to be installed on the main power line to protect it and to facilitate maintenance
operation.

Important note:
Due to the absorption characteristics of the system, use ONLY D Type (Retarded curve) mag-
netotermic breaker switch on the motor feeding power line

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3.2.1. ELECTRIC MOTOR POWER CABLE

The power cable to feed the electric motor must be, at least, of the following section:
2
- Motor Type M: 0,75mm ( AWG18 )
2
- Motor Type S: 1 mm ( AWG16 )
2
- Motor Type P: 1 mm ( AWG16 )

Please consider that the connector terminal block accept cables with the following characteristics:

Conductor cross section solid/stranded (min–max): 0.2 mm² - 1.5 mm²

Conductor cross section stranded, with ferrule without plastic sleeve (min–
0.25 mm² - 1.5 mm²
max):

Conductor cross section stranded, with ferrule with plastic sleeve (min–max): 0.25 mm² - 1.5 mm²

Max Cable diameter, including insulation 7.5mm

Use of stranded cable is recommended.

During cable installation, care shall be paid to fix it is such a way that the cable does not gener-
ate excessive forces or torsion on the connector and its housing

Cable fixing system shall be used to reduce the weight of the cable on the connector

4. DCS.CU Controller Unit

The Controller Unit is provisioned in a dedicated
house that replaces the electric junction box of
motor type M, S and P. Please refer to motor
equipment manual for more details about the
installation of the unit on the motor.

The Controllers Units superintend:

- Electric motor functioning
- Wipers synchronization;
- Electric motor protection against motor
blocking and overcurrent.

4.1. CONTROLLER UNIT INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

The controller unit is provided already mounted on the provisioned motor type M, S or P.
In the next paragraphs instructions are provided to correctly wire and put in service DCS Controller Unit.

Risk of electric shock. Never remove unit cover and access Controller Unit before disconnecting
the power line by removing the power supply connector

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Respect strictly the following sequence:

Step 1: Controller unit address setting

Step 2: CAN Bus termination setting
Step 3: CANBus connection
Step 4a: Stroke End switch connection (straightline wiper only)
Step4b: Parking position selection (pantograph/pendulum wiper only)
Step 5: Power supply connection

Always connect CANBus lines connector BEFORE connecting the Power line.

4.1.1. DCS CONTROLLER ADDRESS SETTING

Each DCS Controller Unit is equipped with a slide dip switch that allows
to correctly set the unique identifier by defining the motor number Mid
and Group number Gid.

To assign the Mid and Gid identifier to the unit, remove the unit cover to
access the dip switch inside. The dip switch provides eight contacts
numbered 1 to 8, which can be either ON or OFF. The dip switch con-
tacts are assigned as follows:
Motor unit (Mid): switch contact 1, 2, 3
Group number (Gid): switch contact 4, 5, 6, 7

By changing the position of the contact of the dip switch, a unique identi-
fier can be assigned to the DCS Controller unit.
The correspondence between motor and group number and contact
position is reported in Figure 7

Example:
Motor 1 of Group 0 Mid = 1, Gid = 0
dip switch contacts (1 to 7) are: 0.0.0.0.0.0.0
Motor 2 of Group 0 Mid = 2, Gid = 0
dip switch contacts (1 to 7) are: 1.0.0.0.0.0.0
Motor 1 of Group 1 Mid = 1, Gid = 1
dip switch contacts (1 to 7) are: 0.0.0.1.0.0.0
Motor 2 of Group 1 Mid = 2, Gid = 1
dip switch contacts (1 to 7) are: 1.0.0.1.0.0.0
Motor 6 of Group 7 Mid = 6, Gid = 7
dip switch contacts (1 to 7) are: 1.0.1.1.1.1.0

Figure 7: dip switch contact position for DCS. CU addressing

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NOTE:
When a DCS Softouch panel is used, care should be taken in assigning the Gid to the different motors. Please refer to
Paragraph Errore. L'origine riferimento non è stata trovata. for more details

4.1.2. CAN BUS TERMINATION SETTING

The CANBus network requires the line to be terminated at
each end over a 120Ω resistance. The DCU Controller Unit
integrates this resistance. When a DCS Controller Unit is
connected at one end of the CAN bus line, the relevant
jumper shall be used to short-circuit the termination PIN.

Uncorrected setting of CAN Bus termination

jumper may cause malfunctioning of CAN-
Bus line

4.1.3. CAN BUS CONNECTION

Connect the CANbus line by fitting in place the RJ45 adapter. Fix firmly the adapter by tightening its screws.
Before inserting the Rj45 plugs, verify that they are correctly crimped on the cable (including cable insulation.

Pay attention that the RJ45 wiring scheme is consistent with the one adopted for the connection
of the motor over the CANBus line (TIA 568A or TIA 568B). The RJ45 connector shall be pre-
pared according to the following wiring scheme:

Figure 8: CAN Bus wiring by RJ45 adapter

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Once the RJ45 plug has been inserted in the adapter, secure to the FTP cable to a cable race-
way, the structure or the power supply cable. Act in order the cable do not weigth on the con-
nector and it is not subject to vibrations.

4.1.4. STROKE END SWITCH CONNECTION

Note: this section is applicable to motors belonging to P serie
(straightline wiper) only.

When equipped on motor type P (straightline wiper) it is neces-

sary to connect the wires of stroke end-switch to the relevant
connector of DCS Controller unit

The wiring scheme is reported in Figure 9.

Figure 9: Stroke end wiring scheme

4.1.5. WIPER PARKING POSITION SELECTION

Note: This section is applicable to motors belonging to M series and S series only.

When adopted with motors of Series M and S, the DCS Controller Unit allows setting the parking position of the wiper
(Right or Left) without any change on the mechanical part of the motor. To set up the parking position, access the DCS
Controller unit inside its box, and act on the contact number 8 of the dip-switch.

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Figure 10: dip switch contact position for selection of self-parking side

4.1.6. POWER SUPPLY CONNECTION

The wiring scheme of the power line connector terminal block is represented in Figure 11

Figure 11: Power line wiring scheme

4.2. CAN BUS NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC

The CAN bus communication led that is present on the board blinks every time the Controller Unit receives a message
over the network.

This led can be used for a first level network diagnostic. In particular, after few seconds it has been powered, the Control-
ler unit should receive from other Controller units a number of control messages.

Blinking Interval Meaning

Always “On”
for max System powered, controller starting up. Correct functioning.
10secs
MOTOR NOT RUNNING

Correct functioning. Controller acting as system master

10ms Note: only one master shall be present in the network. If more units act as master, verify
continuity of CANbus line ( the CANBus line is interrupted)

4sec Correct functioning. Controller receives and transmits over CANbus line.

CANBus error
10ms with
The controller is not communicating over the CANBus line. Please check:
double blink
Correct CANBus connector installation;
every 1sec
Correct setting of CANbus line termination (Par 4.1.2 )

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