6. System integration
6.1. Communication protocols
6.1.1. NTP
NTP is short for Network Time Protocol. When NTP service is enabled in the device it can use an
external time sources for synchronization of the device system time. NTP client service uses Ethernet
connection to connect to NTP time server. NTP is enabled by setting the Primary time server (and
Secondary time server) parameters to the address of the system NTP time source(s).
Table. 6.1.1. - 137. NTP connection parameters
Parameter
Range
Description
Primary time
server address
[0.0.0.0 …
255.255.255.255] Primary NTP server address. 0.0.0.0 = service not in use.
Secondary time
server address
[0.0.0.0 …
255.255.255.255] Secondary/backup NTP server address. 0.0.0.0 = service not in use.
IP address
[0.0.0.0 …
255.255.255.255]
The NTP Client IP address.
NOTE: NTP Client IP has to be different than relay IP address.
Netmask
[0.0.0.0 …
255.255.255.255] NTP Client Netmask
Gateway
[0.0.0.0 …
255.255.255.255] NTP Client Gateway
NetworkStatus
Messages:
Running
IP error
NM error
GW error
Displays the status or possible errors of NTP settings. These are errors in the
parameters mentioned above.
NTP quality for
events
No sync
Synchronized
Shows the status of the NTP time synchronization at the moment. If other time
synchronization method is used (external serial), this indication isn’t valid.
NOTE: a unique IP address needs to be reserved for NTP Client. Relay IP address cannot be used.
To set the time zone of the relay connect to relay and then
Commands
→
Set time zone
.
6.1.2. ModbusTCP and ModbusRTU
The device supports both Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU communication. Modbus TCP uses the
Ethernet connection for communicating with Modbus TCP clients. Modbus RTU is a serial protocol
which can be selected for the available serial ports.
Following Modbus function types are supported:
Read Holding Register, 3
Write Single Register, 6
Write Multiple Registers, 16
Read/Write Multiple Registers, 23
Following data can be accessed using both Modbus TCP and Modbus RTU
Device measurements
Device I/O
Commands
Events
Time
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