Note: If you only want to connect one SSI encoder, the other SSI

channel has to be disabled in DM m+20, see section Configuring the

Model
PNSPO Unit via DM for further details.

CJ1W-CTS21-E Unit specifications

Unit type CJ1 Special I/O Unit
Applicable PLC models CJ1-series PLCs
Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) Unit Storage temperature -20 to +75 °C
Ambient temperature 0 to +55 °C
Ambient humidity 10 to 90 % (non-condensing)
INSTRUCTION SHEET EMC compliance EN 50081-2, EN 61131-2
Current consumption 300 mA (5V via busconnection)
Weight 200 g (typical)
Thank you for purchasing an OMRON product. Read this Number of words • 20 CIO-words. First word
instruction sheet thoroughly and familiarise yourself with the allocated allocated = CIO2,000 + (Nx10)
functions and characteristics of the product before using it. To • 30 DM-words. First word
ensure safe and correct use of this Unit, also read the following allocated = D20,000 + (Nx100)
Operation Manual (Cat. No. W393-E1): SYSMAC CJ1 Series
Programmable Controllers.
Dimensions
31 24 65
CTS21
RUN ERC ERH
CH1
CH2
B1 A1
PNSPO CJ1W-CTS21-E
2-CHANNEL SSI UNIT
SSI DATA+CLK:RS-422 Line Driver, 1.5 MHz max.
EXT.PS FOR ENCODERS: 5-24 V DC, 0.8 A max.

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! DANGER Do not attempt to take the Unit apart and do not

touch any internal parts while the power is being
supplied. Doing either of these may result in
electrical shock, and serious or fatal injury. LED Indicators
Name Colour State Unit status
! Caution Leave the protective label on top of the Unit as long RUN green On Normal operation
as the Unit is not mounted and wired completely, in Off Initialisation error
order to prevent wire clippings or other materials
ERC red On Unit error (check CIO n+6, n+7)
from getting inside the Unit. When the mounting and
wiring has been completed, the label must be Off Unit has no errors
removed to allow air circulation and heat radiation. ERH red On CJ1-CPU Unit error
Off CJ1-CPU Unit has no errors

Nomenclature Name Colour State Counter channel status

CH1, green On Channel configured and is
Unit status indicators CH2 communicating without errors
• RUN (green) Off Channel is not configured or a
• ERC (red) communication error has occurred
• ERH (red)
• CH1, CH2 (green)

Machine number rotary switches

Machine Number Switch
Name Function
Removable Terminal Block MACHINE No. Sets the Machine Number (00 – 94).
• Connections for SSI-encoders
1 • Setting Machine Numbers 95-99 will
• Connection for power supply SSI-encoders x10 generate an error.
0 • Make sure each Machine Number is
Terminal Block latch
• Slide down to remove
x10 used only once per CJ1-CPU.
• The next higher Machine Number should
• Slide up to lock not be used on any unit, as it would
cause a CIO-data overlap
• Be sure to turn off the power to the Unit
Quick Start before setting the Machine Number.
1. Set all DM-settings to 0. The Unit is now configured as follows:
400kHz clock frequency, 24 bit Gray-coded and a 40µs
monoflop time, for both SSI channels.
2. Set Machine Number.
3. Mount and wire the Unit, the two SSI encoders and the
encoders power supply.
4. Turn power on.
5. Create I/O Table.
6. Both green CH1 and CH2 indicators should now turn on.
7. The encoder data can now be read from CIO n+10/11 and CIO
n+15/16.

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 Terminal Block layout Notes:
Use the following table to make connections directly to the screw • Electrical isolation is provided for each data input line. Electrical
terminals block: isolation is not provided for the outgoing clock lines. The
encoder power supply can be connected to the unit’s connector.
Item Description Terminal Description • The power supply should match the encoders specifications.
2 2
Row B no. Row A • Use shielded twisted pair, 2×2×0.25mm (+ optional 2×0.5mm
for PS).
SSI DATA CH1 DATA1 - B1 • The shield must be connected to the SSI encoder and to the
A1 DATA1 + frame-ground near the PLC-system.
• The SSI protocol has no mechanism to reject noise. See section
SSI Clock CH1 CLOCK1 - B2
Noise Prevention for more information.
A2 CLOCK1 + • Recommended maximum cable length by selected clock
SSI Power Supply frequency:
0V_ENC_PS¹ B3
OUT CH1 2 100kHz: < 400m
A3 +_ENC_PS
300kHz: < 100m
N.C. B4 200kHz: < 200m
A4 N.C. 400kHz: < 50m.
SSI DATA CH2 DATA2 - B5
A5 DATA2 +
Communication Errors
During normal operation, the SSI Unit can detect three kinds of
SSI Clock CH2 CLOCK2 - B6 communication errors (see section Error Processing). At the
A6 CLOCK2 + occurrence of a communication error on channel 1(2):
SSI Power Supply • the corresponding error code is set in CIO n+6, n+7
0V_ENC_PS¹ B7
OUT CH2 2
• the corresponding error code is stored inside the SSI Unit
A7 +_ENC_PS • the Global Error Indication bit in CIO (n+8, bit 00) is set
N.C. B8 • the ERC-LED is turned on
A8 N.C. • the corresponding CH1(2)-LED is turned off
Encoder Power This status will remain, even if during the next SSI-communication no
Supply Input 0V_ENC_PS¹ B9
error is detected by the SSI Unit. In this case only the “New valid SSI
2
A9 +_ENC_PS data received” bit in CIO will be set, indicating that for the current SSI
data in CIO no communication error was detected.
1 2
( )( ): All these pins are internally connected. To clear the above error status, the “Clear Error” bit in CIO has to be
set.
The following table describes the possible statuses of the SSI Unit
after proper initialisation:
SSI Communication ERC CH New Status
Item Specification LED / LED Valid
Global SSI data
CLK lines Non-isolated differential line driver, error bit received
RS422 compliant bit
DATA lines Electrically isolated differential line Off On On The channel SSI data in CIO can
receiver, RS422 compliant be used; no error has occurred.
Number of data-bits 9 to 31 (default: 24) Off On Off No new channel SSI data has
Value coding Gray/Binary/Tannenbaum/Raw been received since last cyclic
(default Gray) refresh; no error has occurred.
Clock frequency 100kHz to 1.5MHz (default 400kHz) Off Off Off Channel is not configured for SSI
communication (see DM m+10/20).
Monoflop time 10µs to 99,990µs (default: 40µs)
On Off On The channel SSI data in CIO can
Sample rate Approx. 2500 Samples/sec with 2 be used; a communication error
encoders connected has occurred earlier *.
(with default settings) On Off Off The channel SSI data in CIO
Default: All DM-settings are 0000 cannot be used; a communication
error has occurred *.
On On On The channel SSI data in CIO can
be used; a non-communication
SSI Circuitry error has occurred *.
On On Off No new channel SSI data has
SSI ENCODER Shielded Twisted-pair Cable CJ1W-CTS21-E been received since last cyclic
+ DATA+ refresh; a non-communication error
A1
has occurred *.
RS422
DATA- B1 * See Error Processing section for countermeasures.
-
CLOCK+ +
A2

CLOCK-
B2
RS422 Noise Prevention
The symptoms of picking up noise are random jumps in the SSI data
-
+_ENC_PS values read (CIO n+10/11 and n+15/16). For applications that expect
A3
a continuous change of SSI data values, the PLC application can e.g.
0V_ENC_PS
B3
identify noise by detecting an unexpected large change in the SSI
B9 A9
data values or data values outside the expected range.

The best way to prevent noise is by proper wiring the unit as

ENCODER described in the SSI Communication section.
PS An alternative could be to use an SSI encoder equipped with parity.

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 Configuring the Unit via DM Operating the Unit via CIO
m = D20000 + (Nx100), with N the Machine Number of the Unit. n = CIO2000 + (Nx10), with N the Machine Number of the Unit.
DM Word Bit Function Word Bit Function
General (output)
m 00-15 Reserved* General
m+1 00-15 Reserved* n 00-15 Reserved*
m+2 00-15 Reserved* n+1 00 Read (next) Error (0→1) from error history
m+3 00-15 Reserved* 01 Clear all Errors (0→1) from error history
m+4 00-15 Reserved* 02-15 Reserved*
m+5 00-15 Reserved* n+2 00-15 Reserved*
m+6 00-15 Reserved* n+3 00-15 Reserved*
m+7 00-15 Additional SSI-communication start-up n+4 00-15 Reserved*
delay **: n+5 00-15 Reserved*
0 = 2000ms delay n+6, 00-15 Error Code (See Error Processing section for
1 = 1050ms delay n+7 details)
2 = 500ms delay n+8 00 Global Error Indication
3 = no delay 01 Reserved*
m+8 to 00-15 Reserved* 02 Unit initialising after restart or power-up
m +9
03-15 Reserved*
SSI Channel 1 *** n+9 00-15 Reserved*
m+10 00-15 SSI baudrate: SSI Channel 1
0 = 400kHz
n+10, 00-15 Current SSI data
1 = 100kHz
n+11
2 = 200kHz
n+12 00-07 Optional SSI encoder status (see DM m+15)
3 = 300kHz
4 = 400kHz 08 Valid SSI data received since previous I/O-
5 = 500kHz refresh
6 = 1MHz 09-15 Reserved*
7 = 1.5MHz n+13, 00-15 Reserved*
FFFF = No encoder connected (the rest of n+14
settings is not processed) SSI Channel 2
m+11 00-15 Value coding: n+15, 00-15 Current SSI data
0 = Gray code n+16
1 = Binary n+17 00-07 Optional SSI encoder status (see DM m+25)
2 = Raw SSI data only (settings m+13..16 08 Valid SSI data received since previous I/O-
are not processed) refresh
m+12 00-15 Encoder resolution: 09-15 Reserved*
Number of data bits: [9..31] (in BCD), 0 n+18, 00-15 Reserved*
means value = 24 bits n+19
m+13 00-15 Leading bits ****: Reserved*: Address should not be used, value must be 0000
Number of bits preceding encoder data:
[0..31] (in BCD)
Σ m+12..13 ≤ 31
m+14 00-15 Trailing bits ****:
Number of bits following encoder data:
[0..31] (in BCD)
Σ m+12..14 ≤ 31
m+15 00-15 Optional SSI encoder status bits (see CIO
n+12 bits 00-07):
Number of bits succeeding trailing bits:
[0..8]
Σ m+12..15 ≤ 31
m+16 00-07 Parity check:
0 = no parity check
1 = check for even parity
2 = check for odd parity
Parity is calculated over all bits received.
08-15 Not used
m+17 00-15 Mono-flop time: check if the data line is
high after the mono-flop time has expired.
Set in tens of microseconds (BCD).
m+18 00-15 Reserved*
m+19 00-15 Reserved*
SSI Channel 2 ***
m+20 to 00-15 Same as SSI channel 1, see m+10 to
m+29 m+19
Reserved*: Address should not be used, value must be 0000
** This delay is additional to the PLC-system start-up time.
*** Refer to the operation manual of the SSI encoder for proper
configuration of the SSI Unit’s channels.
**** Trailing and leading bits are to be used for connecting Tannen-
baum coded SSI-encoders. E.g. for a 24-bit Tannenbaum
encoder with 10 multi-turn and 10 single turn-bits and 1 status
bit, centred around bit 12/13, the leading bits have to be set to 2
and the trailing bits to 2.

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 Error Processing
At the occurrence of an error:
• the corresponding error code is transferred to words CIO n+6,
n+7
• the corresponding error code is stored inside the SSI Unit
• the Global Error Indication bit in CIO (n+8, bit 00) is set
• the ERC-LED or ERH-LED is turned on

The following errors codes can be reported in CIO n+6, n+7:

n+6 n+7 Description
0300 DM The DM-setting located at
Offset D20000 + (Nx100) + DM Offset
is Out of Range
(N = Machine Number).
0310 DM The DM-setting located at
Offset D20000 + (Nx100) + DM Offset
is an invalid BCD-code
(N = Machine Number).
(The range of a valid BCD-code for a digit
is 0-9. If one or more digits is within range
A - F an invalid BCD-code is specified).

Countermeasure: DM-configuration errors can be cleared by

correcting the faulty settings in Data Memory and transferring the new
configuration data to the Unit. To transfer the configuration data::
• Turn the power of the CJ1-system ON, or
• Restart the Unit using Restart-Bits A50200 to 50715

n+6 n+7 Description

0490 CH 00 Parity error in SSI channel CH No.
No.
Countermeasure: Check if the unit is configured to check for the
correct type of parity (even or odd). Check the SSI-encoder.
n+6 n+7 Description
0490 CH 01 SSI-encoder channel CH No. not ready
No.
Countermeasure: This error appears in case the data line is low right
before the communication with the encoder connected to channel CH
No. is started. Check the cabling between the unit and the SSI-
encoder. Check the SSI-encoder.
n+6 n+7 Description
0490 CH 02 SSI-encoder channel CH No. time-out
No.
Countermeasure: This error appears in case the data line is and stays
low after the mono-flop time has expired on channel CH No. Check if
the unit is configured for the correct encoder settings. Check the
cabling between the unit and the SSI-encoder. Check the SSI-
encoder.
n+6 n+7 Description
0002 Time-out in A cyclic refresh time-out error was
ms (hex) generated caused by a PLC system error or
you have chosen to disable the Cyclic
Refresh of the SSI Unit in the CJ1-PLC
settings. This error will be cleared as soon
as Cyclic Refresh or IORF will take place.
000E 0000 An error has occurred on the I/O Bus
causing the SSI Unit to be in an undefined
state. On occurrence of an I/O Bus error
you can configure the Outputs to keep their
last state or to have a predefined state
(refer to DM m/m+1)
Countermeasure: Turn ON the power supply again or restart the
system. If the error persists then replace the CJ1-CPU.

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Note: Specification subject to change without notice.
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