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Page 1: ...ptember 2011 1 V1 44 Copyright 2011 Adept Systems Inc and Control Network Solutions Ltd All Rights Reserved eNodeIV Single Port 709 1 852 LON IP Router User Guide 4 12 16 09 2011 Document Revision 1 4...

Page 2: ...on 9 1 4 3 Roaming Connections 10 1 5 IP Addressing Modes 11 1 6 System Requirements and Connections 12 1 6 1 System Requirements 12 1 6 2 Button Indicators and Connectors for eNodeIV 13 1 6 3 Wiring...

Page 3: ...11 Device Detail Page 43 2 12 Diagnostics Page 45 2 13 DDNS Setup Page 47 2 14 Contacts Page 48 3 Optional Features 49 3 1 852 to 852 Bridging Router Mode Cost Option 49 3 2 Bridging Router Setup 49 3...

Page 4: ...ommunicating With Lonmaker With IP Interface 65 4 4 Commissioning eNodeIV Device With LonMaker 65 4 5 NAT Router Example 68 4 6 DDNS Router Example 68 4 7 Redundant Twin Mode Example 69 5 FTT 10 XCVR...

Page 5: ...urrently supported by the eNodeIV device is 709 1 A component network protocol is often called a field bus due to its use for machine to machine networking and control in the field This document howev...

Page 6: ...protocol do not have access to some of the information stripped away by lower layers network connectors operating at different layers have different capabilities There is also some abuse of terminolo...

Page 7: ...device operates at the application layer and so is appropriately called an IP Gateway On the 709 1 side the eNodeIV device operates at the network layer and is appropriately called a 709 1 router So...

Page 8: ...guration servers are capable of managing multiple channels while routers belong to only one channel at a time Lon to IP routers can also be managed manually by configuring each device uniquely called...

Page 9: ...ice to communicate directly over an IP channel to a VNI interface requires that the eNodeIV device be in Normal mode 1 4 Applications of the eNodeIV Device 1 4 1 Multi site building automation network...

Page 10: ...ways may be connected to specialised IP applications instead of to other gateways Connecting an IP application to a eNodeIV device provides these specialised applications with roaming capabilities whi...

Page 11: ...ent The disadvantage of multicast is that some internet routers do not support it Multicast mode can reduce the IP traffic relative to unicast when there are a large number of 852 devices in the chann...

Page 12: ...e Echelon i LON Configuration Server ILCS Manual mode does not require a configuration server The supported version of the ILCS is version 2 x or later Note The eNodeIV and Router LL routers can inter...

Page 13: ...on Resets and restarts router 11 Service Pin Router Sends out a service message on both LON and IP sides for the router If 852 bridging router mode is enabled sends out a service message for both 852...

Page 14: ...lled logic ground and 5VDC The eNodeIV requires regulated 5 Volt DC positive on the 5VDC pin Attach the ground pin from the power supply to the pin labelled The power input is polarity sensitive but d...

Page 15: ...must be connected to the same IP network The factory default IP host address of the eNodeIV device is 10 0 2 40 with subnet mask of 255 255 255 0 The router s web server is serving http on port 80 Th...

Page 16: ...e host computer to add an IP interface on subnet 10 0 2 0 255 Instructions for setting up Windows XP are in the next section Then setup the WiFi configuration The default WiFi configuration for the EN...

Page 17: ...Ltd All Rights Reserved Fig 2 3 WiFi setup with access point and Ethernet connection to host computer Fig 2 4 WiFi setup with ad hoc bridge and Ethernet connection to host computer Fig 2 5 WiFi setup...

Page 18: ...less network not automatically connect In the main network connections control panel create a new wireless network by selecting add new network Use the following settings the network In the Associatio...

Page 19: ...e enter or return This will ping 4 times ping t 10 0 2 40 This will ping continuously until a break control c is typed If there is no response double check all network connections and cables and devic...

Page 20: ...s Fig 2 7 User Name and Password Authentication Once communications have been established new IP or WiFi parameters may be entered The procedure is as follows Set up IP and or WiFi interface between h...

Page 21: ...to press and hold down one of the two Service buttons and then continue holding until it reads the button state At which time one may release the Service button To restate 1 Appropriately reboot the r...

Page 22: ...isk Submit changes will first store the parameters in RAM and then later in the background a copy actually two copies will be stored in flash Power cycling the router before it has time to store the b...

Page 24: ...the router FIRMWARE VERSION The version of the firmware currently loaded on the router This is the router application code BOOTLOADER VERSION The version of the bootloader currently loaded on the rou...

Page 25: ...y stored on the router is displayed in these fields Change Date Time Enter the desired Date Day of Week and Time in the appropriate fields Click the Change Date Time button This will update the curren...

Page 26: ...ort NAT Router Support Redundant Twin Mode 852 Bridging Router Mode 2 6 Router Setup Page The Router Basic Setup Page is used to set up basic configuration properties of the router Following is a brie...

Page 27: ...nagement tool or by the web Tool Repeater Repeater mode will drop packets that fail their CRC checks or packets that do not belong to one of the router s domains Network management packets addressed t...

Page 28: ...and controls the status of the 852 Bridging Router mode for the router These buttons only appear if the router has Bridging Router Mode support activated on the Status Page To enable or disable 852 br...

Page 29: ...op detection packet A value of zero disables this feature The default value is 5000 ms or 5 seconds Setting this value to much below 1000 is not recommended If the Loop Detection finds a loop in the n...

Page 30: ...e process is provided in a later section Clear Router Config This button clears all router configuration information such as routing tables back to factory defaults It does not affect the web or IP ad...

Page 31: ...will be delayed until the flash writes have completing When rebooting the following page will be displayed The page includes a timer with an estimate of when the reboot will be completed this include...

Page 32: ...bility mode configuration server IP address and port fields are not displayed Fig 2 15 Setup Page Manual Mode 2 7 IP Setup Page The IP Setup Page displays status additional information about the eNode...

Page 33: ...at XX XX XX XX and click the Submit Changes button The subnet mask change will not take effect until after the router is rebooted Gateway The address of the IP router or gateway used by the eNodeIV de...

Page 34: ...existing ad hoc network SSID To change the SSID of the WiFi channel type the new value into the field provided and click the Submit Changes button Channel To change the WiFi channel number select it f...

Page 35: ...the main processor on the router None of the WiFi parameter changes will be put into effect until after a reboot Take care when making changes as an errant configuration may result in loss of communic...

Page 36: ...el IP or component network LON When in bridging router mode both Side A and Side B are IP and the LON interface is disabled Domain Index A 709 1 node may be a member of two domains In each domain a no...

Page 37: ...d be forwarded across and transmitted out the Side B Likewise when the Side B interface is shown the Side B Table is used to determine if packets received on Side B should be forwarded across and tran...

Page 38: ...tems Inc and Control Network Solutions Ltd All Rights Reserved Set Group Table This button sets all the group bits by assigning each a value of one and stores the new values in memory Fig 2 19 Subnet...

Page 39: ...ust be configured manually This 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 page as well as...

Page 40: ...de Is either Unicast or Multicast Multicast is only supported in manual mode In normal mode this value is governed by the configuration server Packet Escrow These radio buttons enable or disable Packe...

Page 41: ...el to the PC running a web browser To set the MD5 Key for WiFi version GR4 routers first set up the WiFi to use WPA encryption Submit Changes This button updates node parameter information and refresh...

Page 42: ...3 225 1 2 3 You may need to check with your network administrator to see what multicast addresses are available for your use Enter the desired value and click Submit Changes The device will have to be...

Page 43: ...Enter the device name IP address and port in the associated fields and the click the ADD button Channel List This lists all the devices in the channel by name The list also includes the IP address an...

Page 44: ...CP and Multicast 709 1 Router Type The type of router of the device The possible types are Configured Repeater or Flood Node Type The mode in which the router is operating The only type currently supp...

Page 45: ...ow to set or change items Fig 2 25 Diagnostics Page Seconds Since Cleared This is the number of seconds since the statistics were cleared This is a read only field for debugging purposes Number of Cha...

Page 46: ...Data packets only received in from Side B IP by the router since the statistics were cleared 852 Data packets sent This is the total number of 852 Data packets only sent out to Side B IP by the router...

Page 47: ...resh time This field is used to set how many seconds expire before a node does a DNS lookup of the DDNS name in order to see if its DDNS IP address has changed If so it updates the other nodes with it...

Page 48: ...8 V1 44 Copyright 2011 Adept Systems Inc and Control Network Solutions Ltd All Rights Reserved 2 14 Contacts Page The Contacts Page contains contact information and links for Adept Systems Inc Fig 2 2...

Page 49: ...ce have an artificially low limitation on the number of 852 devices that the tool can communicate with on its 852 channel For low bandwidth 852 channels Bridging Router mode allows partitioning of the...

Page 50: ...opriate radio button and click the Submit Changes button Side A Data IP Port This field appears when the router is in 852 bridge mode It allows the user to set or change the Side A unicast IP port of...

Page 51: ...Submit Changes button Side B Data IP Port This field appears when the router is in 852 bridge mode It allows the user to set or change the Side B unicast IP port of the router To change the port type...

Page 52: ...d the device to the config server s list of managed devices 3 2 2 709 Setup Page When 852 to 852 Bridging Router Mode is enabled the 709 setup page shows both Side A and Side B has IP channels Fig 3 3...

Page 54: ...Ltd All Rights Reserved Fig 3 5 Channel List Page in Manual Mode Side This pop up field selects which Side to display To change sides select the desired side and then click the Change Side button Chan...

Page 55: ...configured and connected between the same two channels as per the case described above but unlike the case above only one of the two routers is forwarding packets This feature achieves the increased s...

Page 56: ...win in IP side of twin out 709 x side of twin in 709 x side or going the other way out 709 x side to twin in 709 x side of twin out IP side of twin in IP side A failure may be detected on one or both...

Page 57: ...tion has a status SNVT type 93 If bound the status SNVT is propagated either on a timer or when it is updated by the monitoring application or both or neither If propagate on update is off and the upd...

Page 58: ...as follows typedef struct unsigned char Status char reserved 3 uint32 totalArbs uint32 totalFailuresIP uint32 totalFailuresLON uint32 totalFaultsIP uint32 totalFaultsLON uint32 secsSinceClear seconds...

Page 59: ...not appear if NAT support is enabled Following is a brief description of each item listed on the page Fig 3 8 Twin Mode Setup Page HeartBeat Time This sets the time period in milliseconds between cyc...

Page 60: ...result in one of the routers going inactive This menu option can be used to guarantee that a particular router will win the boot up arbitration on the next reboot The desired active one should have t...

Page 61: ...see Section 2 5 5 Twin IP Address This field displays sets the redundant twin s IP address Twin IP Port This field displays sets the redundant twin s IP port 709 Domain These fields display the commo...

Page 62: ...ether twin mode is enabled or disabled on off Alarm Fault State This field indicates the status of any alarms or faults Failure State This field indicates the status of any monitoring failures Operati...

Page 63: ...will create an IP backbone for a 709 1 network Using the web configuration pages set up IP addresses subnet masks and IP gateway addresses for the two routers Connect the routers to the same IP networ...

Page 64: ...r to procure the IP address subnet mask and gateway address if not already known Set the router s to normal mode Set the configuration server address to the address of the computer that is running the...

Page 65: ...o green then right click the Channel icon and select the Commission Members option Add both the eNodeIV and the PC that is running the LonMaker software to the i LON Configuration Tool Both devices sh...

Page 66: ...el Once the device has been set up right click the device and select Commission Choose the Service Pin Install option When LonMaker indicates that it is waiting for the service pin press SRV P1 on the...

Page 68: ...N side then you must also set up and port map the http web server port for the eNodeIV device Enter the static WAN IP address of the NAT router into the NAT Router WAN Address field on the eNodeIV dev...

Page 69: ...Node field is set to 0 0 If not you must first click the Clear Twin CN Config button Also make sure Twin Mode is OFF Set up an IP address subnet mask and gateway address for each router Using a PC pin...

Page 70: ...enable Twin Mode by selecting the associated ON radio button The routers will now act as a redundant pair Go to the Twin Status Page to observe operational state and failure statistics The monitoring...

Page 71: ...er 2011 71 V1 44 Copyright 2011 Adept Systems Inc and Control Network Solutions Ltd All Rights Reserved Fig 4 8 LonMaker New Device Channel Dialog Fig 4 9 LonMaker Drawing With Commissioned Monitoring...

Page 72: ...September 2011 72 V1 44 Copyright 2011 Adept Systems Inc and Control Network Solutions Ltd All Rights Reserved Fig 4 10 New Virtual Functional Device Dialog Fig 4 11 Functional Blocks NV Shapes Dialog...

Page 73: ...router When the optional internal terminator is installed a jumper on header JP1 is used to configure the type of termination In order to do this the case must be opened Disconnect the power and netw...

Page 74: ...ember 2011 74 V1 44 Copyright 2011 Adept Systems Inc and Control Network Solutions Ltd All Rights Reserved B Disabled C Free Fig 5 1 Optional internal terminator A Bus Topology B Disabled C Free Topol...

Page 75: ...D with corresponding filename GR4_4_048_C_wifi_rom bin 7 Contact Details Control Network Solutions Ltd Studio 7 Intec 2 Intec Business Park Wade Road BASINGSTOKE Hampshire RG24 8NE England Tel 44 0 1...

Page 76: ...he part of Adept Systems Inc or Control Network Solutions Ltd Trademarks eNode is the brand name of CNS s IP hardware products and forms part of its family of IP Network Infrastructure Products INIP s...

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