Carel GATEWAYBN0, User Manual

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BACnet Gateway
Carel Cod. +030221110 rel. 2.4 del 17/12/02
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5. CONFIGURATION
WARNING . In order to work, the Gateway must be configured.
The configuration is allowed by a program - supplied together with the Gateway - that has to be start-up using a computer.
Using two commands, the Gateway configuration program allows the reading or writing (respectively) of the following
parameters, which are necessary for the correct operationof the device:
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Number of the peripherals in the Carel net.
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Communication baudrate between the Gateway and the BACnet.
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Number of bits (only reading) related to the comuunication between the Gateway and the BACne.t
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Number of stop bits (only reading) related to the comuunication between the Gateway and the BACnet.
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Parity (related to the comuunication the Gateway and the BACnet).
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BACnet address of the Gateway.
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Offset for the Device instance.
5.1 Use of the configuration software
To configure the GatewayBN0 it is needed a PC with serial RS232 and supplied with floppy disk 3,5’’ reader.
The serial 232 of the computer must be connected to the connector config on the back of the Gateway using a null-modem
cable that has a standard female connector with 25 or 9 ways on the computer side and a standard female connector with 9
ways on the Gateway side.
For the pin-out of the cable, follow the diagram indicated in
Connection cables: Gateway - configuration terminal (see pg. 37).
The floppy disk, which is supplied with the Gateway, contains 2 versions of the setup software:
1) In the 32 bit operating systems (Windows 95/98, NT, 2000, XP) use only the 32-bit version i.e.:
RDBAC32.EXE to read the current Gatewat setup
WRBAC32.EXE to write a new configuration on the gateway
2) In the DOS directory of the same floppy disk there's also the 16 bit version to use only in DOS or Windows 3.11 systems
The following examples refers only to the point 1, that is 32 bit operating system (Windows 95 or higher).
Insert the floppy disk, which is supplied with the Gateway, in the computer and type on the command line:
for the reading of the Gateway configuration parameters:
>a:rdbac32 COM1 <enter>
........
>a: rdbac32 COM6 <enter>
depending on the use of the COM1 ... COM6 serials respectively.
for the writing of the Gateway configuration parameters:
>a: wrbac32 COM1 parameter list <enter>
........
>a: wrbac32 COM6 parameter list <enter>
depending on the use of the COM1 ... COM6 serials respectively.
For a detailed description of the commands see the following paragraphs.