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UNIVERSAL MODBUS DATALOGGER

 

USER MANUAL

 

EasyNET

 

 

Summary of Contents for EasyNET

Page 1: ...1 UNIVERSAL MODBUS DATALOGGER USERMANUAL EasyNET ...

Page 2: ... covered by copyright no part of this document may in any case be reproduced or inserted in a reproduction system or transmitted in any form and by any means in electronic mechanical photocopy registration or other format for any purpose without the written permission of 4neXt S r l s Index 1 General description 3 2 Technical features 4 3 Quick Start 5 3 1 Cabling and connection 5 3 2 SD Card 5 3 ...

Page 3: ...can send data autonomously using the cellular network In the presence of user configurable alarms EasyNET sends alarm messages emails to the operators concerned EasyNET is dedicated to real time recording and data analysis Using the 4G modem or Ethernet connection EasyNET sends the data to users e Mail and FTP or to remote servers for management via a WEB portal EasyNET è un datalogger che permett...

Page 4: ...ated SIM card module Emails and Telegram messages of alerts SOFTWARE Modem RTU TCP Master Slave Data mirroring to remote Modbus servers Configurable data logger The use of radio devices may be inappropriate near electronic equipment Do not install the EasyNET near medical devices such as pacemakers or hearing aids EasyNET can interfere with the proper functioning of these devices EasyNET must not ...

Page 5: ... screen printed part as shown in Fig 1 The connector is a push push type to insert the card press it until a click is felt To remove the SD card press lightly by clicking the card will lift a bit and it can be withdrawn We always recommend the use of industrial grade SD 3 3 Serial If you use the serial port to read data from ModBus RTU devices connect the RS485 wires as shown in Fig 2 3 4 Ethernet...

Page 6: ...e default IP address of EasyNET is 192 168 1 100 If your network is of the same IP class 192 168 1 go to paragraph 4 3 otherwise follow the instructions from point 4 2 to set the correct IP address To identify the IP class of your network run the IPCONFIG command from the command prompt In Fig 5 the IP address of the PC is 192 168 1 5 It belongs to the same class network as EasyNET since the first...

Page 7: ...e address found on the browser B type http easylog local in the browser Thanks to the dDNS protocol EasyNET will respond to the request allowing the user to access the configuration pages without knowing the exact IP This option is available if the Bonjour service or other dDNS service generally present are available on the PC from which you access N B Use this option by connecting one EasyNET at ...

Page 8: ... is the authentication page with username and password The default values are Username admin Password admin 5 IP settings Assigning a defined IP address to EasyNET 1 Connect EasyNET to the PC 2 From the Windows menu select Settings Fig 8 3 Choose Network and Internet Fig 9 4 Choose Ethernet again Fig 10 and the menu will open Fig 11 5 Click on Edit tab options A tab with all the network resources ...

Page 9: ...hat will be used later for recovery 9 Set the IP address to 192 168 1 1 10 Set the Subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 and confirm with OK 11 You can now open the web browser and type in 192 158 1 100 to configure EasyNET 12 Login with username and password The default values are Username admin Password admin Fig 7 13 Select Network from the Configurations menu to set the EasyNET network parameters to ma...

Page 10: ...on 15 Restore values on the PC 16 EasyNET is ready to be used in the same network as your PC 6 Programming 6 1 Main menu After logging in EasyNET publishes the variable display page which is the default page or Home page If EasyNET has never been configured the page displayed will be as follows ...

Page 11: ... NEW DEVICE Creates a new device ModBus Slave ModBus RTU or ModBus TCP If you already have the ModBus libraries for the Slave in use you can import the variables with a few clicks and save a lot of time in configuration NEW VARIABLE Allows a new variable to be added to a given device EDIT This function allows a variable or device to be modified depending on whether the cursor is positioned over on...

Page 12: ...aiting for a response from the master EasyNET Delay between request the waiting time between one request and the next If the device is ModBus TCP In addition to Slave ID Answer timeout and delay between requests the IP address and port of the Slave device are also added The last parameter is MQTT publish topic this is the identifier digital signature of the device for sending via MQTT protocol It ...

Page 13: ...evice the device to which the variable refers If the NEW VARIABLE button is pressed when the cursor is over a device this field is already set Variable name inserting the name of the variable any text that will also be used as a label on the display page Measure unit the unit of measurement of the variable Type the data type of the variable A combo box allows you to easily select from all supporte...

Page 14: ...ble is writable and you want to be able to change its value activate this check box to enable the write button to appear Multiplication factor the factor by which the raw data will be multiplied to obtain the correctly engineered variable Many devices export information in a non standard format for example temperature in tenths of a degree To display it in degrees you will need to set this value t...

Page 15: ... that differs from last one more than it does not store the data if it differs by x from the previous value in the field The menu at the bottom of the page allows the following operations Cancel reset the variable s edit or insert operation Save stores the inserted variable or the changes made Delete delete the variable N B Once the variable deletion operation has been executed it will not be poss...

Page 16: ...allows you to determine whether the network DHCP server should be used to assign the IP address or not IP address the static IP address assigned to EasyLogXL If DHCP is enabled or Dip Switch 2 is set to ON the IP is not the one displayed IP network mask the subnet mask or netmask is used to determine the range of IP addresses within a subnet IP gateway IP address of the gateway HTTP server port ht...

Page 17: ... in the same file Decimal separator comma or dot Separator between fields semicolon Pipe diesis or sharp Log file name prefix the prefix of the file name in the SD Delete files after the following days it represents the maximum number of days the file can remain on the SD card If set to 0 files are never deleted Otherwise they are deleted after n days since their creation E g 8 keeps the files of ...

Page 18: ...is a unique ID for a particular broker The broker uses it to identify the client and the current status of the client Enable SSL TLS server port 8883 to be activated if the remote broker uses SSL TLS encryption for data transfer Publish topic topic of the MQTT broker on which to send log data publications It is a string representing a path in the broker for example EasyNET location location1 Separ...

Page 19: ...opic used by EasyNET for publication wishes to receive the last published data immediately upon connection Modbus Mirroring This function makes it possible to act as a bridge between slave devices on the RS485 and a ModBus TCP Master Client The variables read and logged by the RS485 are written to their respective Modbus TCP addresses The Service Mode combo allows you to Disable the service Copy e...

Page 20: ...one automatically When the Automatic DST check box is checked the update is done automatically Clock alignment is always possible from the configuration page by clicking on the SET CLOCK button at the bottom left of the page By selecting the Check box NTP clock update service if connected to the Internet EasyNET performs the alignment of the clock with the NTP server ...

Page 21: ...to carry out the update By activating the Enable debug log checkbox you can store data on the SD card You can then decide whether to download or delete the data With the Fabric reset button you will reset every configuration to the default values and remove all devices and variables from the device memory ...

Page 22: ...y name and customer details address tel fax email Contact person Point of purchase Product data P N and S N located on the back of each product or on the original box Detailed description of the fault or anomaly detected 4neXt will send the RMA number with which the customer can send the material for repair The products must be sent carriage paid If the material arrives without the factory seals i...

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