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Page 1: ...Adept Systems Inc 360 W 920 N Orem UT 84057 Ph 801 226 7607 Fax 801 226 7608 http www adeptsystemsinc com GADGETGATEWAY I USER GUIDE Version 2 41...

Page 2: ...tems Inc and is a violation of state and federal law This material must be returned to Adept Systems upon demand Information in this document is subject to change without notice No part of this docume...

Page 3: ...initions 2 13 2 5 5 Status SNVT 2 13 2 5 6 Alarm SNVT 2 14 2 5 7 Status Report UNVT 2 14 2 6 852 to 852 Bridge Mode 2 15 Chapter 3 GadgetGateway Startup Guide 3 1 Hardware Setup 3 2 3 2 Default Passwo...

Page 4: ...TP WebServer Port 4 13 4 4 12 Set Configuration Server Address 4 14 4 4 13 Set Configuration Server Port 4 14 4 4 14 Configuration Server Compatibility Mode 4 15 4 4 15 Send Registration to Configurat...

Page 5: ...9 4 10 43TimeOut Cushion 4 29 4 10 44AutoSync Time 4 29 4 10 45Diagnostic Retries 4 30 4 10 46Initial Arbitration Count 4 30 4 10 47Power up in Forward Mode 4 31 4 10 48Status SNVT update time 4 31 4...

Page 6: ...e 5 16 5 7 Diagnostics Page 5 17 5 8 DDNS Setup Page 5 18 5 9 Twin Mode Setup Page 5 19 5 10Twin Mode Status Page 5 21 5 11Contacts Page 5 23 Chapter 6 GadgetGateway Firmware Upgrade 6 1 Firmware Upgr...

Page 7: ...1 1 1 Guide Structure 1 2 1 2 Guide Conventions 1 2 1 2 1 Special Characters and Typographical Conventions 1 2 1 2 2 Screen Shots 1 2 1 3 Customer Support 1 3 ABOUT THIS GUIDE...

Page 8: ...5 Gadget Gateway Web based Interface Familiarizes the user with the various pages of the Web based Interface and describes the steps necessary for changing con gu ration data Chapter 6 GadgetGateway...

Page 9: ...tes your comments and recommendations about both our products and our documentation Please refer any questions or technical problems concerning this product to the contacts listed below Web www Gadget...

Page 10: ...1 3 Customer Support 1 4 About this Guide...

Page 11: ...ses for the GadgetGateway 2 6 2 2 System Requirements 2 7 2 3 Needed Hardware 2 8 2 4 Connectors and Indicators 2 9 2 5 Redundant Twin Mode 2 9 2 5 4 Definitions 2 13 2 5 5 Status SNVT 2 13 2 5 6 Alar...

Page 12: ...only provides the vehicle to transport ANSI EIA 709 1 messages across IP but it also provides management of these connections or routes The ANSI EIA 709 1 messages have no information or awareness of...

Page 13: ...1 LON side the GadgetGateway operates at the network layer and is appropri ately called a LON router So depending on the user s perspective the GadgetGateway could be called a gateway or router or a r...

Page 14: ...uirement for tunneling ANSI EIA 709 1 data is the use of two gateways Gateway A sends data to Gate way B and vise versa However gateways can also send data to more than one gateway In such a case Gate...

Page 15: ...s of Operation The GadgetGateway can operate in one of two modes Manual Normal Manual Mode In Manual mode the user has control over the GadgetGateway s con guration only The user can change the Gadget...

Page 16: ...tworks The ability to aggregate larger ANSI EIA 709 1 traf c volumes allows GadgetGateway and other 709 1 to IP gateways to be used as net work backbones for 709 1 networks Finally 709 1 to IP gateway...

Page 17: ...n multi cast and uni cast 2 2 System Requirements To use the GadgetGateway you will need any one of the following systems to communi cate with the Gateway An additional GadgetGateway An Echelon i LONT...

Page 18: ...the IP network a Web browser can be used for most of the configuration i e Netscape or Internet Explorer 2 3 Needed Hardware The Adept Systems GadgetGateway needs the following hardware Serial Interf...

Page 19: ...e Pin 2 Alternate service Pin used for installation of the GadgetGateway router when not in Twin Mode When in Twin mode service pin used for installing the monitor ing application 8 Power Supply Input...

Page 20: ...warding packets This feature achieves the increased system reliabil ity of having a redundant backup router without the drawbacks of doubled traf c The Twin Mode routers monitor each others health and...

Page 21: ...2 11 GadgetGateway Overview 2 5Redundant Twin Mode availability building network can be constructed using pairs of redundant twin mode rout...

Page 22: ...12 GadgetGateway Overview ers and a redundant switched ethernet network See GG Router A GG Router B Channel 1 709 1 Channel 2 IP FIGURE 2 8 Channel Configuration in Redundant Twin Mode FIGURE 2 9 High...

Page 23: ...owever it will only report a fault on one In the same event the inactive twin will report a failure on only one interface not both The inactive will report a fault on one interface Alternatively if on...

Page 24: ...ic detects a fault alarm_type is set to 0 when all faults have cleared description is set to an ASCII text description of the associated fault state whether IP or LON or both or cleared 2 5 7 Status R...

Page 25: ...statistics were cleared totalFaultsLON is the total number of diagnostic faults detected by this device of the LON interface since the statistics were cleared secsSinceClear is the count of seconds si...

Page 26: ...r Some network management tools with an 852 interface have an arti cially low limitation of on the number of 852 devices that the tool can communicate with on its 852 channel FIGURE 2 10 852 to 852 br...

Page 27: ...5 1 Manual Mode 3 6 3 5 2 Router LL Configuration Server Mode 3 6 3 6 Using GadgetGateway with LonMaker over IP 3 7 3 6 3 Using the i LON Configuration Server 3 7 3 7 Configuring GadgetGateways with...

Page 28: ...inal Microsoft Windows or another terminal emulation program to access the Serial Setup Menus The communication parameters are as follows 9600 baud 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit hardware flow contr...

Page 29: ...to unicast or multicast in the channel details menu See Section 4 7 on page 19 5 Once steps 1 3 have been completed the Gateways will be able to communicate with each other over the IP network This ca...

Page 30: ...Gateway address if not already known 2 Set the GadgetGateway to Normal mode This can be done through either the 709 1 IP Gateway Main Menu in the Serial Menu Section 4 3 or through the Router Setup pa...

Page 31: ...Interface Section 4 6 or Section 5 6 If configured correctly the Gateway will have two entries in its Channel List itself and the i LON 8 The Gateway and the i LON will now communicate with each other...

Page 32: ...gh the Basic Setup on the Router LL s Web Interface Section 5 4 3 Using either the Serial Interface or the Web Interface add the other device s IP address and communications port number the default po...

Page 33: ...either the Serial Interface or the Web Interface Section 4 6 or Section 5 6 If configured correctly the Gateway will have two entries in its Channel List itself and the Router LL 7 The Gateway and the...

Page 34: ...00 or later go to the Network Dialup Connections window under Start Settings Right click on the Local Area Connection item Select the properties submenu Select the Internet Protocol TCP IP properties...

Page 35: ...annel and the TP 10 channel Once the device has been set up right click the device and select Commission Choose the Service Pin Install option When the LonMaker indicates that it is waiting for the se...

Page 36: ...3 6 Using GadgetGateway with Lon Maker over IP 3 10 GadgetGateway Startup Guide FIGURE 3 3 LonMaker router channels setup FIGURE 3 4 LonMaker commission with service pin...

Page 37: ...lost on a reboot unless it is saved rst To save con guration data to ash Select S from the Main Menu and press ENTER See Section 4 3 4 3 7 Con guring GadgetGateways with NAT Routers The NAT support mo...

Page 38: ...ial or web interface set up the 852 port See Section 3 3 Configure the NAT router to port map the 852 port If you need to use the GG web interface from the WAN side then you must also set up and port...

Page 39: ...the previous section for setting up NAT support with the exception that the GadgetGateway must be in manual mode and the NAT WAN address of the NAT DDNS router does not have to be entered 2 Using the...

Page 40: ...dress is set to zeros If not you must first clear the twin configuration data See the twin mode configuration menu or by clearing all configuration data See the tools menu Also make sure twin mode is...

Page 41: ...should now display router A s 709 1 IP and non IP subnet node addresses Next perform a manual sync to B s twin A Router A should now display router B s 709 1 IP and non IP subnet node addresses To ve...

Page 42: ...3 9 Con guring GadgetGateways in Redundant Twin Mode 3 16 GadgetGateway Startup Guide FIGURE 3 7 LonMaker new device configuration dialog FIGURE 3 8 LonMaker new device channel configuration dialog...

Page 43: ...9Con guring GadgetGateways in Redundant Twin Mode 13 Now drag a new functional block onto the lonmaker drawing and associate it with the newly created device FIGURE 3 9 LonMaker drawing with successfu...

Page 44: ...GadgetGateways in Redundant Twin Mode 3 18 GadgetGateway Startup Guide FIGURE 3 10 LonMaker functional block configuration dialog FIGURE 3 11 LonMaker functional block network variable shapes configu...

Page 45: ...p Guide 3 9Con guring GadgetGateways in Redundant Twin Mode The status and alarming network variables are now ready to be bound FIGURE 3 12 LonMaker drawing showing network variables in monitoring app...

Page 46: ...3 9 Con guring GadgetGateways in Redundant Twin Mode 3 20 GadgetGateway Startup Guide...

Page 47: ...AT Router WAN Address 4 12 4 4 10 Enable Disable NAT Router Support 4 13 4 4 11 Set HTTP WebServer Port 4 13 4 4 12 Set Configuration Server Address 4 14 4 4 13 Set Configuration Server Port 4 14 4 4...

Page 48: ...2 4 7 31 Update Channel Member Names 4 22 4 7 32 Access Device Details 4 22 4 8 Device Details Menu 4 23 4 8 33 View Device Interface Menu 4 23 4 8 34 Fetch Device Data 4 23 4 9 709 1 Parameter Menu 4...

Page 49: ...Twin Sync Data To Twin 4 33 4 10 53 Clear Twin 709 Configuration 4 33 4 10 54 Enable Disable Twin Mode 4 34 4 10 55 Twin Mode Status Menu 4 34 4 11 Tools and Diagnostic Menu 4 35 4 11 56 Reset 852 Con...

Page 50: ...y is pressed by the end of the pause the next prompt is displayed If no key is pressed by the end of the second pause then the Main Menu is displayed If the prompts are missed or disappear too quickly...

Page 51: ...ess See Section 4 4 709 1 IP Gateway Setup Menu Leave all other settings unchanged by pressing Enter after each question If corrections need to be made to the changes the process outlined above must b...

Page 52: ...rver A static IP address is recommended If Dynamic DNS is used then the GadgetGateway Router must still have a static IP address but the internet router used to connect to the ISP could use DHCP 4 3 G...

Page 53: ...ilable Normal Mode Use Normal mode when the GadgetGateway is being con gured by a remote con guration server e g i LON con guration server or the like When in Normal mode ensure that the Con gServer A...

Page 54: ...se this option to force an immediate save Periodically the Gateway with save a permanent copy in ash of con guration data automatically given it by a con guration server or network manage ment tool bu...

Page 55: ...g Server Addr Y Near 0 0 0 0 A Far 0 0 0 0 Config Server Port Z Near 0 C Far 0 M Compatibility Mode 852 Compliant R Send Registration to both Config Servers Q Reboot GadgetGateway P Previous Menu In m...

Page 56: ...hat fail their CRC checks or packets that do not belong to one of the router s domains Network management packets addressed to the Gateway are not passed but are handled by the Gateway Flood Selecting...

Page 57: ...channel Network tools that do not support direct IP connection would have to be connected to one of the 709 1 channels In either case the IP channel shows up in the network management tool but may be...

Page 58: ...put the Gateway s communication port 0 65534 and press ENTER The new port will appear in the menu The default is 1628 If you press ENTER without typing in any thing the previous value is retained To s...

Page 59: ...e LAN side of a NAT Router when NAT support is enabled Each Gateway would need to have a unique 852 port number mapped by the NAT Router and the NAT router would have to be able to support local loopb...

Page 60: ...format X X X X and press ENTER The new address will appear in the menu If you press ENTER without typing in anything the previous value is retained 4 4 13 Set Con guration Server Port This item is onl...

Page 61: ...compliant con guration server i LON TM Con gServer Compatibility Mode Select when using version 1 x of the i LON con guration server Coactive Router LL TM Con gServer Compatibility Mode Select when u...

Page 62: ...out typing in anything the previous value is retained When DNS is operating the 852 nodes in that channel that support DDNS save the DDNS names of the other members of the channel The IP address of ea...

Page 63: ...s 4 5 19 Set DNS Servers Select V from the menu and press ENTER v Enter DNS Server 0 IP address 0 0 0 0 Enter DNS Server 1 IP address 0 0 0 0 Enter DNS Server 2 IP address 0 0 0 0 the node will prompt...

Page 64: ...e is not enabled then selecting C in the Gadget Gateway Main Menu will directly display the Channel Detail Menu for the single channel GADGET GATEWAY CHANNEL MENU 0 Channel Far Side 1 Channel Near Sid...

Page 65: ...r of the desired device and press ENTER For example to access the device details for Adept Gateway select 000 and press ENTER See Section 4 8 for further explanation of the Device Details Menu 4 7 Cha...

Page 66: ...and press ENTER The new name will appear in the menu 4 7 26 Change Channel Timeout Select T from the menu and press ENTER Enter Channel Timeout Enter the new channel timeout value and press ENTER The...

Page 67: ...hannel Name Channel Date Time Mon Feb 07 06 28 16 2036 T Channel Time Out 0 ms M Channel Address Mode MULTICAST Stale Packet Detect OFF Channel Multicast S Address 0 0 0 0 Member List Date Time Mon Fe...

Page 68: ...om the Channel Select D from the menu and press ENTER Enter Device to be deleted Enter the number of the device that is to be deleted and press ENTER For example to delete the Adept Gateway device sel...

Page 69: ...2036 List Time Mon Feb 07 06 28 16 2036 IP Support UDP 709 1 Router Type Configured Node Type UNKNOWN D Device Interface Menu F Fetch Device Data P Previous Menu 4 8 33 View Device Interface Menu Sele...

Page 70: ...u When 852 bridge mode is enabled the 709 1 Parameter Menu changes to show submenus for the near side and far side 852 IP channels GADGET GATEWAY 709 1 Interface MENU 1 FarSide Interface 709 1 Details...

Page 71: ...to change the interface parameters manually if desired Note Changing parameters in the Interface Menu does not satisfy all of the requirements of con guring the ANSI EIA 709 1 interface The feature of...

Page 72: ...th to zero is not supported in version 2 1 4 9 39 Change Subnet Forwarding Table Select 3 or 8 from the menu and press ENTER GADGET GATEWAY FORWARD LIST MENU IP Interface Domain 0 Subnet Forward Table...

Page 73: ...to 63 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 64 to 95 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 96 to 127 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 128 to 159 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 160 to 191 00000000...

Page 74: ...displayed then this node does not support redundant twin mode Contact Adept Systems about activating redundant twin mode capability REDUNDANT TWIN CONFIGURATION MENU This Option is not available on t...

Page 75: ...both routers The default is 1000 ms Increasing the HeatBeat time increases the failover latency time Decreasing it increases network traf c and load on the router A practical lower limit is 100ms 4 1...

Page 76: ...work interface will have been deemed to have occurred This will generate and alarm The default is 2 retries If spurious faults occur it may be because the diagnostic retries is too low and the diagnos...

Page 77: ...to have an effect if there is an arbi tration on bootup An arbitration only occurs when both nodes are in active forward state In order to force the inactive node to be active one must set the arbitr...

Page 78: ...escription of the Status SNVT see Section 2 5 5 4 10 50 Twin Con guration IP Address and Port Select 9 from the menu and press ENTER 9 Enter Twin s IP address 0 0 0 0 Enter the IP address in dot notat...

Page 79: ...n s con g data In the case of the subnet node address if the sync packet has zeros for the sub net node address then the zeros are not written over nonzero subnet node addresses The manual sync allows...

Page 80: ...he Twin mode has been enabled this option will read D Disable Twin Mode To disable twin mode select D and press enter When the Twin Mode has been disabled this option will read E Enable twin mode To e...

Page 81: ...e the diagnos tic to detect that the fault has cleared and update the alarm Note Many of the items in this display are for debugging purposes For the sake of clarity please refer to Section 2 5 4 for...

Page 82: ...rface select U from the menu and press ENTER U User Name adept X Pass Word P Previous Menu To change the user name select U and press ENTER Enter New User Id Enter the new user name and press ENTER Th...

Page 83: ...ds and press ENTER A value of zero disables this feature The new value will be updated Note If the Loop Detection nds a loop in the network routing it will cause the Gadget Gateway to go uncon gured I...

Page 84: ...he menu and press ENTER Error log count 1 0 Error type 0xffffffff 0 LR value 0xffffffff 1 Error type 0xffffffff 1 LR value 0xffffffff 2 Error type 0xffffffff 2 LR value 0xffffffff 3 Error type 0xfffff...

Page 85: ...Reboot Occured 6 Flags 0x0 Error Reboot Occured 7 Flags 0x0 Error Reboot Occured 8 Flags 0xffffffff Error w 9 Flags 0xffffffff Error w Sinc The information in the log may be helpful to report to Adep...

Page 86: ...4 11 Tools and Diagnostic Menu 4 40 GadgetGateway Serial Interface...

Page 87: ...etup Page 5 8 5 6 Channel List Page 5 10 5 6 1 The Channel List in Normal Mode 5 10 5 6 2 The Channel List in Manual Mode 5 13 5 6 3 Device Detail Page 5 16 5 7 Diagnostics Page 5 17 5 8 DDNS Setup Pa...

Page 88: ...ssing the Web based Interface To access the GadgetGateway Web based Con guration Tool open a Web browser type in the IP address of the GadgetGateway that needs to be con gured and press ENTER If the a...

Page 89: ...ON The version of the rmware currently loaded on the Gateway CURRENT DATE TIME The date and time currently stored on the Gateway IP ADDRESS The IP address assigned to the Gateway NODE ID 709 1 The ANS...

Page 90: ...well as instruc tions on how to set or change items In Normal Mode the page looks like the following When 852 to 852 bridge mode is enabled the GG router has two IP side 852 interfaces One is labeled...

Page 91: ...In manual mode the user is responsible for the configuration of the Channel List 2 Normal Mode Use Normal mode when the GadgetGateway is being configured by a remote configuration server When in Norma...

Page 92: ...to communicate with 852 devices on other LANs To change the value in the eld type in the new value in the dotted format XX XX XX XX and click the Submit Changes button NAT Router Support These radio...

Page 93: ...Gateway is operating in 852 Bridge mode This is the IP uni cast port of the con guration server for the far side channel To change the port type in the new port number 0 65535 and click the Submit Ch...

Page 94: ...r related elds 5 5 IP Setup Page The IP Con guration Page displays status information about the Gateway s IP setup Changes to the data cannot be made through the Web Interface they must be made throug...

Page 95: ...allows the user to change the IP port used by the embedded web server on the device The default is port 80 When used with a NAT router and port mapping port 80 may be in use by another device The devi...

Page 96: ...Bridge Mode When in 852 bridge mode there are two 852 channels near side and far side with a separate chan nel list for each side 5 6 1 The Channel List in Normal Mode In Normal mode the Channel List...

Page 97: ...5 11 Gadget Gateway Web based Interface 5 6Channel List Page...

Page 98: ...st each device has a unique address or Multicast devices share an address to reduce the number of packets that are sent Submit Changes This button saves the changes made so far and refreshes the web p...

Page 99: ...age served by that device if available Port The IP Port of the device Info This link opens the Device Detail Page which displays additional information about the device Section 5 6 3 5 6 2 The Channel...

Page 100: ...o the Channel Name eld and then click the Submit Changes button The page will be refreshed and the new name will be saved Changing the Channel Time Out To change the Time Out of the channel type the n...

Page 101: ...st Page IP address of the device and the IP port number of the device use 1628 as a default See Below Removing a Device from the Channel To remove a new device to the channel select the link labeled R...

Page 102: ...es if it is set to multicast addressing Channel Name The name of the channel to which the device belongs IP Support The protocols supported by this device These include UDP TCP and Multi cast 709 1 Ro...

Page 103: ...em listed on the page IP Side This section displays packet statistics for the IP side of the GadgetGateway The statistics provided are packets received and packets sent In 852 Bridge mode this dis pla...

Page 104: ...device must be in manual mode and NAT sup port must also be enabled DDNS Refresh time This eld is used to set how many seconds expire before a node does a DNS lookup on the DDNS name in order to see i...

Page 105: ...win mode contact Adept to nd out how redun dant twin mode might be activated Following is a brief description of each item listed on the page Heartbeat Time This sets the time period in milliseconds b...

Page 106: ...ins the arbitration and goes active while the one with the lower count will go inactive If both have the same count then they both pick random counts until one wins the arbitration On boot up both rou...

Page 107: ...2 5 5 Twin IP Address This eld displays sets the redundant twin s IP address Twin IP Port This eld displays sets the redundant twin s IP port 709 Domain These elds display the common domain address u...

Page 108: ...ailure State This eld indicates the status of any monitoring failures Operational State This eld indicates the twin mode operational state Flags This eld indicates the twin mode operational state ags...

Page 109: ...lts of the IP interface since the statistics were last cleared Total Faults LON This eld indicates the total number of diagnostic faults of the LON interface since the statistics were last cleared Ref...

Page 110: ...5 11 Contacts Page 5 24 Gadget Gateway Web based Interface...

Page 111: ...re 6 5 6 3 Upgrading From Version 1 x Firmware 6 6 6 4 Restoring Node IDs or MAC Addresses in Version 2 xx Firmware 6 7 6 4 1 Restoring Node IDs 6 7 6 4 2 Restoring the Ethernet Mac Address 6 7 6 5 Cu...

Page 112: ...support section http www adeptsystemsinc com support help desk downloads GadgetGateway CD_Files Tools under the le name ftpdl exe Reset the GadgetGateway by cycling power After approximately 30 second...

Page 113: ...and each has its own IP setup parameters If the IP address displayed by the bootloader is not the same as the IP address of the gateway then this prompt provides the opportunity to change the bootload...

Page 114: ...gate to the directory in which the upgrade le is located In the FTP Download window elds listed below ll in the following informa tion Unit s IP The IP address of the Gateway that you are upgrading as...

Page 115: ...adgetGateway Serial Interface and Chapter 5 Gadget Gate way Web based Interface After resetting the GadgetGateway you must also reset the Gateway s EEPROM to clear any erroneous information that might...

Page 116: ...version 1 01 to 2 xx will corrupt the second Node ID As a work around upgrade to version 1 07 and follow the instructions about xing the Node ID Once you have suc cessfully upgraded to 1 07 you can th...

Page 117: ...laced with Hex digits from the ID XX XX XX XX XX XX so it looks something like 80 00 00 00 81 DE Press return It will prompt for the second NodeID Enter it and press return It will then prompt for a t...

Page 118: ...the defaults The last prompt will say Saving the changes in NV memory Done The default boot prompt should then come up and you should be able to go through the menus and con rm the MAC Address 6 5 Cur...

Page 119: ...orage Because of this saving is slower and as a result automatic saving of changes in the serial menu has been removed in favor of user initiated saves Now when changes are made in the serial menu the...

Page 120: ...caused the properties in the iLon con g server to report the wrong UID Changes Present in Firmware version 2 21 from version 2 20 Fixed a problem where domain broadcasts of messages that illegally us...

Page 121: ...ay will pass the i LON TM Con guration servers diagnostic tests To use the i LON compatibility mode use the serial console to navigate to the LT IP Gateway Main Menu Then select the i LON compatibilit...

Page 122: ...te with the GadgetGateway The Gadget Gateway is completely transparent to all LON devices The ability to view and set SNFT and GFT tables has been added With this feature it is possible to manually co...

Page 123: ...s of the member is in the same network For example a GadgetGateway with address 10 0 0 5 and mask of 255 255 255 0 will have problems if a member of his chan nel list with an address in the range of 1...

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