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GRouter3

Single Port 709.1 /852 Router

User Guide

3.03

2007/02/10

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Page 1: ...GRouter3 Single Port 709 1 852 Router User Guide 3 03 2007 02 10...

Page 2: ...Systems Inc and is a violation of state and federal law is material must be returned to Adept Systems upon demand Disclaimer Adept Systems makes no representations or warranties regarding the content...

Page 3: ...finitions 17 1 7 2 Status SNVT 18 1 7 3 Alarm SNVT 19 1 7 4 Status Report UNVT 19 1 8 System Requirements 20 1 8 1 System Requirements 20 1 8 2 Button Indicators and Connectors for GRouter3 21 1 8 3 W...

Page 4: ...Twin Mode Status Page 54 2 13 Contacts Page 56 3 Network Integration and Management 58 3 1 Manual Mode Example 58 3 2 Normal Mode With i LON Configuration Server Example 58 3 3 Communicating With Lon...

Page 5: ...rnet setup with hub or switch 24 Figure 2 Ethernet with direct connect crossover cable 25 Figure 3 WiFi setup with access point 25 Figure 4 WiFi setup with ad hoc bridge 26 Figure 5 WiFi setup with ad...

Page 6: ...up 62 Figure 4 Service Pin Dialog 62 Figure 5 Fully Commissioned Router 62 Figure 6 NAT LAN to WAN Architecture 63 Figure 7 LonMaker New Device Channel Dialog 66 Figure 8 LonMaker Drawing With Commiss...

Page 7: ...t network protocol is o en called a fieldbus due to its use for machine to machine networking and control in the field is document however will only use the term component network or CN 852 not only p...

Page 8: ...or example a repeating router may be called a repeater for short Although a repeating router acts similarly to a physical layer repeater it operates at the network layer and is not equivalent It is us...

Page 9: ...o categories device parameters and channel parameters Device parameters include information such as IP address IP port Name and Address of configuration server A channel is a logical grouping of LON t...

Page 10: ...3 router will honor read requests from other devices or configuration servers but it will block requests to write or change internal parameters is is a more secure mode and may be preferred on open ne...

Page 11: ...rom several LON channels over one IP channel e ability to aggregate larger tra c volumes allows several GR3 routers and other 709 1 to IP routers to be used as network backbones for 709 1 networks Nod...

Page 12: ...ckbone for several LON networks is show in Figure 2 5 1 5 IP Addressing Modes e GR3 router uses one of two forms of IP addressing unicast and multicast Multicast currently only works when in manual mo...

Page 13: ...Fig 1 8 Unicast Fig 1 9 Mulitcast 13...

Page 14: ...a c seen by any given router Some network management tools with an 852 interface have an artificially low limitation on the number of 852 devices that the tool can communicate with on its 852 channel...

Page 15: ...ckup router without the drawbacks of doubled tra c e Twin Mode routers monitor each others health and operational status and dynamically activate forwarding as needed should one of the other fail Fail...

Page 16: ...ts In order for an active node to receive a monitoring packet it has to complete a round trip such as out IP side to twin in IP side of twin out 709 x side of twin in 709 x side or going the other way...

Page 17: ...rward the alarm packet Nevertheless the inactive device will also detect the fault and its alarm will propagate 1 7 2 Status SNVT e twin monitoring application has a status SNVT type 93 If bound the s...

Page 18: ...us char reserved 3 uint32 totalArbs uint32 totalFailuresIP uint32 totalFailuresLON uint32 totalFaultsIP uint32 totalFaultsLON uint32 secsSinceClear seconds uint16 forwardRate packets per second char r...

Page 19: ...server is required such as the free Echelon i LON configuration server Manual mode does not require a configuration server Note e GR3 and Router LL routers can interoperate in either Manual mode or wi...

Page 20: ...Same as Service Pin 1 except when secondary LON port is installed In that case Service Pin 2 sends out a service message on both LON and IP sides for the secondary router Also used for startup mode se...

Page 21: ...or detail e power input to the GR3 router also uses the same 3 5 mm Euro style connector Connecting power to the network input may damage the network port ere are two power input ports One uses a two...

Page 22: ...Fig 1 14 Power port detail e le most pin of the rightmost connector is chassis ground 22...

Page 23: ...er s web server is serving http on port 80 e computer running the web browser must be able to access the GR3 router s subnet 2 1 1 Ethernet For Ethernet equipped GR3 routers connect one end of a Cat5...

Page 24: ...ation for the GR3 router is as follows Wireless SSID Adept Wireless Mode Any Type Ad hoc or Infrastructure Channel Search Encryption None e access point or ad hoc connection must be set up to allow a...

Page 25: ...nt Fig 2 6 WiFi setup with access point and WiFi card on PC 2 1 3 Establishing Connection Once the IP connection WiFi or Ethernet is setup power up the GR3 router It takes about 60 seconds for the GR3...

Page 26: ...ool To navigate the various pages in the Tool simply click the buttons on the le side of the page to link to the appropriate page e button corresponding to the page that is currently displayed will be...

Page 27: ...use the following procedure Reboot the GRouter3 device Wait until the User LEDs start flashing Hold down the button labeled SRV App until the Service LED comes on and stays on e GRouter3 device will n...

Page 28: ...the Connection Tab set the following Check the connect when this network is in range box Click Ok then Ok again to save the settings A er a minuite or two the computer will automaticly connect to the...

Page 29: ...e clock enabled IP ADDRESS e IP address assigned to the router NODE ID 709 1 e 709 1 side LON unique Node ID number assigned to the router If 852 bridge mode is enabled this is the near side of the ro...

Page 30: ...e enhanced feature list at the bottom of the page should then include Bridging Router Mode Update Keys is button processes the the enhanced feature keys fields and activates the associated features e...

Page 31: ...on e two possible modes are Manual and Normal Manual Mode Use manual mode when precise control over the Channel List is desired In manual mode the user is responsible for the configuration of the Chan...

Page 32: ...t with Configured and Repeater modes Flood mode makes two Grouter3s appear as essentially a physical layer repeater with two major exceptions 1 Packets with CRC errors are discarded 2 Unlike a good ph...

Page 33: ...r Compatibility Mode Select when using the Router LL configuration server ConfigServer Address is field requires information only when the router is operating in Normal mode See MODE above is is the u...

Page 34: ...the new value is immediately in e ect Submit Changes is button updates all the configuration information entered on the current web page and refreshes the display Trigger Service Pin is button causes...

Page 35: ...852 bridging router mode is enabled the GG router has two IP side 852 interfaces One is labeled the near side and the other the far side Both interfaces share the same IP host address but each interf...

Page 36: ...r the new value and click the Submit Changes button IP Port Far Side is field appears when the router is in 852 bridge mode It allows the user to set or change the far side unicast IP port of the rout...

Page 37: ...er for the near side channel To change the port type in the new port number 0 65535 and click the Submit Changes button Far Side ConfigServer Port is field requires information only when the router is...

Page 38: ...without a valid IP address Subnet Mask e IP subnet mask assigned to the router To change the value in the field type in the new value in the dotted format XX XX XX XX and click the Submit Changes butt...

Page 39: ...rmat in the web browser http IP Address Port for example http 10 0 2 40 8080 Reboot is button performs a so reboot of the main processor on the router is is needed for any of the changes on this page...

Page 40: ...red mode in the popup menu and then click the Submit Changes button e mode will not change until a er a reboot e Four possible modes are Any type Infrastructure Ad hoc join or create and Ad hoc join o...

Page 41: ...either 13 Hex digits for 64 bit encryption or 26 Hex digits for 128 bit encryption e length needed is determined by the access point or ad hoc network settings WPA Select the appropriate radio button...

Page 42: ...ent tool it is recommended that these parameters not be changed manually However the Interface Menu does allow users to change the interface parameters manually if desired Not all node parameters are...

Page 43: ...les Choose the Node State from the popup menu then click Submit Changes NodeID e NodeID is a unique 48 bit number assigned to each 709 1 node is is a read only field in hexadecimal notation Submit Cha...

Page 44: ...Membership List must be configured manually is page allows the user to add and delete the devices from the 852 channel when in Manual mode Following is a brief description of each item listed on the p...

Page 45: ...cast is only supported in manual mode In normal mode this value is governed by the configuration server Submit Changes is button updates node parameter information and refreshes the display Update Mem...

Page 46: ...ly supported in manual mode Select the desired mode from the popup menu and click Submit Changes Multicast IP Addr is is the multicast IP address of the router is is used when the channel in in Multic...

Page 47: ...age for each device e remove link will remove the associated device from the channel list 2 8 Device Detail Page e device detail page provides useful information about the addressing and configuration...

Page 48: ...of the device Get Device Data Clicking this button will retrieve all of the information from the device and update the Device Detail Page is button is not displayed on the device detail page of the l...

Page 49: ...number of packets sent to the FarSide by the router since the statistics were cleared e 852 IP packets are either 852 data packets or 852 configuration management packets is is a read only field for...

Page 50: ...as changed If so it updates the other nodes with its new IP address 1st DNS Address is is the IP address of a DNS server e GR3 router performs DNS address lookups on of the DDNS Name with this server...

Page 51: ...ar if NAT support is enabled Following is a brief description of each item listed on the page Fig 2 21 Twin Mode Setup Page HeartBeat Time is sets the time period in milliseconds between cycles of the...

Page 52: ...s 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 route...

Page 53: ...fields display the common domain address used for both the IP and LON 709 1 stacks Twin IP side Subnet Node is field displays the subnet node address of the twin s IP side 709 1 stack Twin LON CN sid...

Page 54: ...lts Failure State is field indicates the status of any monitoring failures Operational State is field indicates the twin mode operational state Flags is field indicates the twin mode operational state...

Page 55: ...of monitoring failures of the LON interface since the statistics were last cleared Total Faults IP is field indicates the total number of diagnostic faults of the IP interface since the statistics we...

Page 56: ...Fig 2 23 Contacts Page 56...

Page 57: ...the 709 1 interfaces must be set up is can be done on the 709 Setup Page or with a network management tool such as LonMaker Refer to the management tool s documentation on commissioning routers For ex...

Page 58: ...s per the preceding section Attach the computer running LonMaker to the same IP network with the GR3 router is may be the same computer as that running the configuration server but with a di erent IP...

Page 59: ...ble connection has been established the network management tool may now install and commission the GR3 router into its network diagram If the LonMaker diagram already has the IP channel wherein the GR...

Page 60: ...Fig 3 2 Initial LonMaker Drawing Fig 3 3 Router Channel Setup 60...

Page 61: ...s section contains step by step instructions on how to set up a GadgetGateway router for operation on the LAN side of a NAT router e NAT support mode enables a GR3 router to operate on the LAN side of...

Page 62: ...ges Continue configuring the GG in either Manual or Normal mode as described in previous sections 3 6 DDNS Router Example e DDNS support mode enables a GR3 router to operate on the LAN side of the NAT...

Page 63: ...way routers are now ready to be configured for Twin Mode Because the routers are connected between the same two channels a loop will be created e automatic loop detection on the routers will detect th...

Page 64: ...ing e device should be attached to the channel on the LON side of the GR3 router Setup and commission this device Use the SRV App to send a service pin for the monitoring application Drag a new functi...

Page 65: ...Fig 3 7 LonMaker New Device Channel Dialog Fig 3 8 LonMaker Drawing With Commissioned Monitoring Device 65...

Page 66: ...Fig 3 9 New Virtual Functional Device Dialog Fig 3 10 Functional Blocks NV Shapes Dialog 66...

Page 67: ...rs to manual mode is is done on the Router Setup Page for the GR3 and through the Basic Setup page on the Router LL s Web Interface Using the appropriate web pages on each router add each router s IP...

Page 68: ...configuration server only communicates on the non standard port 2009 not 1629 Set the compatibility type to Coactive Router LL Register the device with the configuration server by clicking on the Regi...

Page 69: ...h to the GR3 router s p server using its IP address in dotted notation e format is p XX XX XX XX e user name is case sensitive and is as follows GRouter e password is blank Set the transfer mode to bi...

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