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Section 5: Advanced features

KMC Controls, Inc.

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Summary of Contents for BAC-5051E

Page 1: ...Applications Guide BAC 5051E router Includes installation operation and maintenance instructions Revision J ...

Page 2: ...rial in this manual is for information purposes only The contents and the product it describes are subject to change without notice KMC Controls Inc makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual In no event shall KMC Controls Inc be liable for any damages direct or incidental arising out of or related to the use of this manual Handling precautions To prevent damage from electr...

Page 3: ... 18 Device properties page 21 Time page 22 BACnet Time Sync Networks 23 SNTP Time Server 24 Daylight Saving Time 24 Security page 24 Session timeout 26 Section 3 Setting up routing 27 BACnet IP routing 27 BACnet foreign device routing 28 BACnet Broadcast Management Device routing 30 Network address translation 31 Table 31 BACnet PAD routing 32 BACnet Ethernet routing 33 MS TP configuration 34 Rout...

Page 4: ...dvanced features 51 Recovering the network address 51 Updating the firmware 53 Configure from a file 54 VAV balancing and configuration 55 VAV balancing 55 Configuring VAV setpoints 56 Commanding and monitoring airflow 57 Index 59 Contents KMC Controls Inc 4 Revision J ...

Page 5: ... Connecting for network routing 8 Connecting power 9 Single cable connection 11 Maintenance 12 If you encounter difficulty 12 Safety considerations 12 Using the router for a technician s service tool 13 Specifications Specifications are subject to change without notice Communication ports BACnet Ethernet and IP 10BaseT 100BaseT RJ 45 connector BACnet MS TP One optically isolated MS TP port 9 6 115...

Page 6: ... and black flame retardant plastic Processor and memory Processor Processor 32 bit ARM Cortex M4 Memory Configuration parameters and diagnostics are stored in nonvolatile memory auto restart on power failure Regulatory and agency listings BTL Listed as BACnet Testing Laboratory profile B RTR UL UL 916 Energy Management Equipment RoHS RoHS compliant pending CE CE compliant FCC FCC Class A Part 15 S...

Page 7: ...eplacement parts The following accessories and replacement parts are available from KMC Controls Inc Power transformer XEE 6111 50 Transformer 120 to 24 VAC 50 VA single hub XEE 6112 50 Transformer 120 to 24 VAC 50 VA dual hub Surge suppressors KMD 5567 EIA 485 surge suppressor for MS TP or Tier 2 networks Cables HPO 5551 Conquest Router Tech Cable Kit Includes USB Ethernet and MS TP to NetSensor ...

Page 8: ...r over the DIN rail 3 Push the mounting tabs back toward the router body to lock it to the rail Connecting for network routing For permanent installations connect the BAC 5051E router to a network router or network switch and an MS TP network For permanent installations the router is typically connected to a 24 volt transformer for power For installations that include Internet access install the r...

Page 9: ...S TP devices or if the cable length exceeds 4 000 feet 1 220 meters Use no more than four repeaters per MS TP network l Place a KMD 5567 surge suppressor in the MS TP cable where it exits a building Illustration 1 3 MS TP wiring A B S A B S End of segment Middle of segment MS TP EOL End Of Line termination switches The controllers on the physical ends of the MS TP wiring segment must have end of l...

Page 10: ...for power and network communications see the topic Single cable connection on page 11 For permanent installations the router is usually powered from a 24 volt transformer or DC power supply Illustration 1 5 24 volt power connections 24 volts AC 24 volts DC For 24 volt AC power Connect a 24 volt transformer to the black power terminal block on the end of the router l Connect the AC phase to the pha...

Page 11: ...the power and communications required by the router Other cables may prevent routing on one or more ports Illustration 1 6 Single cable connection Computer with browser or service tool USB A to USB micro cable To set up a single cable connection do the following 1 Plug the USB cable from the HPO 5551 cable kit into the router 2 Plug the other end of the USB cable into the computer Depending on the...

Page 12: ...with a damp cloth and mild soap If you encounter difficulty If you experience difficulty with the BAC 5051E router KMC Controls provides the following assistance The KMC Controls web site Navigate to the support section on the KMC controls web site for the latest information for BAC 5051E router and other KMC Controls products www kmccontrols com KMC technical support Our distribution partners hav...

Page 13: ... BACnet configuration program my be used for the service tool program Computer requirements The computer running the service or configuration program must have a BACnet driver installed and configured to match a port in the service tool router The program also requires a unique Device Instance number assigned to the BACnet driver The exact details for setting up the driver vary with each program R...

Page 14: ...or the port either IP or Ethernet in the router must match the protocol used by the service tool program l The BACnet network number assigned to the port must be unique on the BACnet internetwork 7 Enable the MS TP port in the service tool router l Set the MS TP network number in the router service tool to match the network number that the devices on the building s network are using l Set the MS T...

Page 15: ... 5051E router with an HTML5 compatible web browser using the web pages served from within the router The router has the following default network address values l IP address 192 168 1 252 l Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 l Gateway 192 168 1 1 You will need the following information before you can configure a router From the BACnet system engineer l BACnet device instance for the router l Network number...

Page 16: ...ss on page 18 In addition to the Ethernet connection supply temporary power to the router with a USB cable An alternative to the USB power connection is a 24 volt AC source See Connecting power on page 9 Illustration 2 1 Connecting for configuration USB for power Logging in Use an HTML5 browser to log in and configure the router To log in do the following 1 Connect the router to an Ethernet port b...

Page 17: ...nter the address 192 168 1 252 5 At the log in window enter the following user name and password l User name admin l Password admin BAC 5051E Router Section 2 Configuring the BAC 5051E router Revision J 17 ...

Page 18: ...e you change the IP address place the router on the new subnet and log in using the new address After the address is changed and saved the router will not respond to the old address Changing your computer s address To directly connect a computer to a router you must set the IP address of the computer to be compatible with the IP address of the router 1 From the Windows Control Panel click Network ...

Page 19: ...the connection may be Ethernet Local Area Connection or something similar 3 In the Ethernet Status dialog click Properties 4 In the Ethernet Properties dialog scroll and select Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IP and then click Properties BAC 5051E Router Section 2 Configuring the BAC 5051E router Revision J 19 ...

Page 20: ...en enter the following for the IP address subnet mask and Gateway l IP address 192 168 1 10 l Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 l Gateway Leave empty or unchanged 6 When all information is correct click OK Section 2 Configuring the BAC 5051E router KMC Controls Inc 20 Revision J ...

Page 21: ...entifies the BAC 5051E router as a BACnet device but not KMD controllers as BACnet devices See the topics Configuring the KMD Virtual Port and KMD Subnet Device Configuration page Device Name The name must be unique among all devices on the BACnet internetwork Description Optional information not included in the device name Location An optional value that describes the router s physical location D...

Page 22: ...t Default Gateway The address of the network gateway router The BAC 5051E router and gateway router must be part of the same LAN subnet Restart Device Restarts the router Similar to restarting the router with a BACnet cold start from KMC Connect or TotalControl A restart does not change properties or save changes not yet saved MAC The MAC Media Access Control address uniquely identifies the router...

Page 23: ...ges from 780 to 780 minutes The time zones to the west of the zero degree meridian are positive values those to the east are negative values The value of the UTC Offset property is derived from the UTC received in a UTC Time Synchronization service request to calculate the correct local standard time Sync Network Enabled networks are indicated with a green background To enable a network see the to...

Page 24: ...t and INACTIVE when it is not in effect DST Enable Enables the router to change its time to Daylight Saving Time The period of Daylight Saving Time is defined by DST Start Time and DST End DST Auto Calculation Selecting this check box sets the type of Daylight Saving Time calculation When selected the router uses a rules based calculation for DST based on the day of the month in DST Start Time and...

Page 25: ...inistrator Display Modify Display Modify Display Modify Display Modify View Only Display Display Operator Display Modify Display Modify Balancing Display Modify Custom Display Modify Display Modify Display Modify Display Modify Table 2 1 Security access levels Assigned as required BAC 5051E Router Section 2 Configuring the BAC 5051E router Revision J 25 ...

Page 26: ...n will automatically close after one hour of inactivity After 58 minutes the Reset Session Timer button appears on any open page Click to reset the session timer Section 2 Configuring the BAC 5051E router KMC Controls Inc 26 Revision J ...

Page 27: ... after the router has an IP address assigned and is installed in its permanent location See Configuring the BAC 5051E router on page 15 for initial configuration and log in procedures Topics in this section BACnet IP routing 27 BACnet foreign device routing 28 BACnet Broadcast Management Device routing 30 BACnet PAD routing 32 BACnet Ethernet routing 33 MS TP configuration 34 Router Core propertie...

Page 28: ...34 Other IP routing protocols l BACnet Broadcast Management Device routing on page 30 l BACnet PAD routing on page 32 l BACnet foreign device routing on page 28 l Router Core properties page on page 35 BACnet foreign device routing Either of the two IP ports can be configured as a BACnet Foreign device The values on this page are assigned by the BACnet system engineer For the log in procedure see ...

Page 29: ...r the port number of the remote BBMD If port address translation PAT is used between the BAC 5051E router and the BBMD contact the network system administrator for the correct public UDP port Time To Live Sets the interval at which the router sends a registration message to the BBMD with which it is registered The valid time range is 1 65535 seconds If the BBMD does not receive a registration mess...

Page 30: ...s a BBMD do the following 1 Use an Internet browser to log in 2 Click Routing and then Configuration 3 Select Enable for the port 4 From the port list box choose BBMD 5 Click Table and then add entries to the Broadcast Distribution Table BDT 6 Set other properties as needed and then click Save Note The router will restart For additional changes log in again Enable Select to enable the network The ...

Page 31: ...e different in every router Each BDT will use its own private IP address port number and subnet mask and the public IP address port number and subnet mask for all of the other BBMDs on the internetwork To add or delete entries do the following l Adding entries Click Add for additional entries l Deleting entries Select sel and click Delete Max FDT Table Entries Sets the maximum number of foreign de...

Page 32: ... one IP only router The PAD router monitors network traffic for BACnet messages addressed to other subnets and then repackages the message so that they can pass through IP routers in effect forming a tunnel between the two network segments A companion PAD router unpacks and retransmits the message on the remote BACnet network Enable Select to enable the network The port block turns green when enab...

Page 33: ...ing Configure the Ethernet port in this page The values on this page are assigned by the BACnet system engineer For the log in procedure see the topic Initial setup on page 15 1 Use an Internet browser to log in 2 Click Routing and then Configuration 3 Select Enable for the Ethernet port 4 Enter the Network number and then click Save Note The router will restart For additional changes log in again...

Page 34: ...t Baud Rate All devices on the MS TP network must use the same Baud 6 When finished click Save Note The router will restart For additional changes log in again Enable Select to enable the network The port block turns green when enabled Net Designates the BACnet network number for the MS TP port Assign a network number that is in the range from 1 65534 Baud Rate Select the baud rate from the drop d...

Page 35: ... The properties consist of the Home Port selection and the Routing properties Home Port Because the router is a BACnet device it must be connected to one of the BACnet networks by setting the Home Port property l The home port is designated on a router port by the Home Port icon l The home port sets the network on which the router is connected In operator workstations the router appears on the net...

Page 36: ... Routing Status pages are still active When routing is not enabled the background of Router Core is gray When routing is enabled the background is green Routing can also be enabled or disabled on the Routing Status page on page 37 Use Learned Networks When selected the router will attempt to learn the network number being used on a port This only works if there is at least one other router on the ...

Page 37: ...work status list and command buttons to update the display and networks The page consists of three major parts l Send commands to the router with the Route Status buttons on page 38 l View the status of networks in the Route Status list on page 39 l Clear selected networks by Purging the Route Status list on page 41 Enable Routing When this check box is clear routing on all ports is disabled but t...

Page 38: ...oblem continues after clearing the direct networks the networks with problems will return to a status other than Active Purge Remote Networks Removes all remote routes from the network table Send Who Is Router to Network Initiates a query to other routers that results in the discovery of other networks Other routers respond with a BACnet I Am Router To Network message Clear Remote Networks Forces ...

Page 39: ...ination is always the network number the router is using l If Use Learned Networks is enabled this is the learned network number l If Use Learned Networks is not enabled this is the network number entered for the port on the Configuration page Configured Use Learned Networks enabled The network number that is configured for the port on the Configuration page If this number is different than the De...

Page 40: ...twork D Two networks are using the same network number A router cannot pass traffic on a duplicated network Usually requires intervention to locate and change the duplicated network number Multiple duplicated networks are usually an indication of a network loop Duplicate MAC M The router has detected two MS TP device using the same MAC address Traffic is not routed Change the MST TP MAC address in...

Page 41: ...ic is stopped The remote device server cannot register additional devices Increase the value of Max FDT Entries in the remote server or register with a different server Mismatched Network Number The learned network does not match the configured network Select Use Learned Networks on the Configuration page or change the router s network number Table 4 1 Route status conditions continued Purging the...

Page 42: ...anges from green to gray See the topic Setting up routing on page 27 Refresh Updates the window with the latest network status Clear Deletes all current values in the MS TP Status display and Metrics list Color Icon Description White No device is assigned to this MAC address Gray A device was active with this MAC address but is no longer online Blue The MAC address assigned to the router Green The...

Page 43: ... wiring and duplicate MAC addresses It could mean the end of line termination is not set properly It could mean a device has bad power and is resetting often The problem is usually associated with the first device that is shown gray l Known devices are not green This is usually caused by bad wiring bad grounding or not having the same baud rate for the router and devices To isolate the problem sta...

Page 44: ...ssing None required Yellow Token passed in more than 100 ms but less than the value of APDU Timeout Token passing is slow but the device is still functional Indicates a potential bottleneck No action if device returns to green Red APDU Timeout The device is retaining the token too long A bottleneck in network traffic Typical cause is excessive or continuous polling for data in other controllers Li...

Page 45: ...e useful for evaluating overall network performance Metric Description Total Devices Number of devices on the network including the router AVG Token Cycle time The time for the token pass to all controllers and return AVG Token Time per device Typically 10 ms or less Last Master MAC Address The highest MAC found by the router Network metrics BAC 5051E Router Section 4 Diagnostics and status Revisi...

Page 46: ...twork metric as well as suggestions for improvement Tx and Rx Frame Counts The actual number of frame counts depends on the baud rate and number of network devices The more connected devices the slower the frame counts grow Unless the relative difference between the two counts is greater than 10 the network is generally okay The reason is the router sends more messages than it receives is primaril...

Page 47: ...r messages are just passing the token In the previous example the Data Count is only 0 1 of the Tx Frame Count which just means the network is passing a small number of points or trends If this ratio is more than 30 it may indicate a problem because it is likely that one or more devices or workstation are gathering more data than is really needed This can mean the network will drop important messa...

Page 48: ...the router received a message from another device with the same MAC Token Retry Count The number of times the router had to retry passing the token Token Timeout Count Number of times the token passing from the router to the next device failed RX Token Count Number of times the router received the token RX PFM Count Number of times the router saw a poll for master message for its own MAC PFM Error...

Page 49: ...nnected as a service tool Illustration 4 4 MS TP Capture page Current State Shows the status of the capture The status can be any of the following conditions l Idle l Starting Capture l Capturing l Ending Capture l Data Ready l Error Start Now Select this check box and then click Save to start a capture The capture will continue until the length of time set in Max Time the amount of data set in Ma...

Page 50: ...r when the last capture started Last End Time For information only This is the time as maintained by the clock in the router when the last capture ended Capture Filled The percentage of available buffer space to store a capture The maximum amount of space to store captured data is 1 gigabyte Download Capture When this link is blue captured data is ready to save to the computer on which the browser...

Page 51: ...ters with similar properties Topics in this section Recovering the network address 51 Updating the firmware 53 Configure from a file 54 VAV balancing and configuration 55 Recovering the network address If the network address of the router is lost or unknown the router will respond to the default IP address for the first 20 seconds after power is applied 1 Disconnect the router from the LAN and con...

Page 52: ...5 Once the address is known connect the router to the correct IP subnet for normal operation or router configuration Section 5 Advanced features KMC Controls Inc 52 Revision J ...

Page 53: ... the correct location 2 Run the downloaded file This will place a zip file in the folder at C ProgramData KMC Controls Firmware Upgrade Manager BACnet Family BAC 5051E Do not unzip this file 3 Use an Internet browser to log in to the router 4 From the Advanced group choose Firmware 5 Click Choose File and browse to the following location C ProgramData KMC Controls Firmware Upgrade Manager BACnet F...

Page 54: ... Browse to the file location choose the file and then click Open 4 When the Overwrite Router Configuration dialog opens click OK to precede Choose File Browse to the location and choose the configuration file Save Configuration Saves the router configuration in the file config_5051E json The file type is JSON Java Script Object Notation and it is saved in the Windows current user s downloads folde...

Page 55: ...e or erroneous air balancing settings Note Starting the balancing procedure erases all previous airflow correction factors The airflow readings displayed on the VAV balancing page are the actual uncorrected airflow readings as measured by the controller 1 Use an Internet browser to log in 2 From the Advanced group click Balancing 3 Enter a range of device instance values for the VAV units to be ba...

Page 56: ...uring VAV setpoints Airflow setpoints in BAC 8000 or BAC 9000 series controllers can be change from the Configure tab 1 Log in and discover the VAV units as described in the steps 1 5 in VAV balancing 2 At the bottom of the page click the Configure tab The values shown are the actual values in the controllers The values for Dual Minimum Flow and Secondary K Factor are active only if a dual duct VA...

Page 57: ...ts or measurements that require a steady airflow 1 Log in and discover the VAV units as described in the steps 1 5 in VAV balancing 2 At the bottom of the page click the Command tab 3 Enter an airflow or damper position value 4 Click Start Commanding 5 When finished click Stop Commanding BAC 5051E Router Section 5 Advanced features Revision J 57 ...

Page 58: ...Section 5 Advanced features KMC Controls Inc 58 Revision J ...

Page 59: ...ss 15 subnet mask 15 device configuration 21 instance 21 name 21 status 42 diagnostics device status 42 metrics 46 MS TP capture 49 token use 44 dimensions 7 DIN rail mounting 8 DST 22 E enable routing 35 end of line switches 8 environmental limits 6 Ethernet routing 33 F file types JSON 54 PCAP 49 firewall 8 firmware updates 53 FLASH updates 53 foreign device routing 28 G gateway configuring 15 d...

Page 60: ...evice 28 on startup 35 status 37 S security 24 service tool 13 session timeout 26 setting time 22 setup 15 single cable connection as a service tool 13 for configuration 11 SNTP server 22 specifications baud 5 envionmental 6 ethernet 5 MS TP 5 power 6 regulatory 6 timekeeping 7 weight 6 status device 42 routing 37 subnet mask configuring 15 default 15 surface mounting 8 T table broadcast distribut...

Page 61: ...W weight 6 wiring connecting power 9 MS TP network 8 BAC 5051E Router Revision J 61 ...

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