LAARS’ ProtoNode Startup Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Introduction
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1.1
ProtoNode Gateway
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2
BACnet/LonWorks Setup for ProtoCessor ProtoNode FPC-N34/FPC-N35
...................................... 8
2.1
Record Identification Data
......................................................................................................................... 8
2.2
Configuring Device Communications
....................................................................................................... 8
2.2.1
Set Modbus COM setting on all of the devices connected to the ProtoNode
.............................. 8
2.2.2
Set Modbus RTU Node-ID for each of the devices attached to the ProtoNode
.......................... 8
2.3
BMS Network Settings: Selecting Stored Configurations, Setting the Mac Address, Device
Instance, and Baud Rate
....................................................................................................................................... 9
2.3.1
Selecting Configuration Files for Devices: “S” bank DIP Switches S0 – S3
................................. 9
2.3.1.1
BACnet MS/TP and BACnet IP DIP Switch Settings
.............................................................. 9
2.3.1.2
LonWorks DIP Switch Settings
................................................................................................. 10
2.3.2
BACnet MS/TP (FPC-N34): Setting the MAC Address for BMS Network
.................................. 11
2.3.3
BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP (FPC-N34): Setting the Device Instance
.................................. 12
2.3.3.1
BACnet MS/TP or BACnet/IP: Assigning Specific Device Instances
................................ 12
2.3.4
Metasys N2 or Modbus TCP/IP (FPC-N34): Setting the Node-ID
............................................... 12
2.3.5
BACnet MS/TP (FPC-N34): Setting the Serial Baud Rate for BMS Network
............................. 13
2.3.5.1
Baud Rate DIP Switch Selection
.............................................................................................. 13
3
Interfacing ProtoNode to Devices
......................................................................................................... 14
3.1
ProtoNode FPC-N34 and FPC-N35 Showing Connection Ports
....................................................... 14
3.2
Device Connections to ProtoNode
......................................................................................................... 15
3.2.1
Sola wiring to the ProtoNode using Display
.................................................................................... 16
3.2.2
Biasing the Modbus RS-485 Device Network
................................................................................. 17
3.2.3
End of Line Termination Switch for the Modbus RS-485 Device Network
................................. 18
3.3
BACnet MS/TP or Metasys N2 (FPC-N34): Wiring Field Port to BMS Network
.............................. 19
3.4
LonWorks (FPC-N35): Wiring Field Port to LonWorks Network
........................................................ 19
3.5
Power-Up ProtoNode
............................................................................................................................... 20
4
BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP/IP: Change the Protonode IP Address
.............................................. 21
4.1
Connect the PC to ProtoNode via the Ethernet Port
........................................................................... 21
4.2
BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP/IP: Setting IP Address for Field Network
............................................ 22
5
BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP: Setting Node_Offset to Assign Specific Device Instances
..... 24
6
LonWorks (FPC-N35): Commissioning ProtoNode on a lonworks Network
................................. 25
6.1
Commissioning ProtoNode FPC-N35 on a LonWorks Network
......................................................... 25
6.1.1
Instructions to Download XIF File from ProtoNode FPC-N35 Using Browser
........................... 25
7
CAS BACnet Explorer for Validating ProtoNode in the Field
........................................................... 27
7.1
Downloading the CAS Explorer and Requesting an Activation Key
.................................................. 27
7.2
CAS BACnet Setup
................................................................................................................................... 28
7.2.1
CAS BACnet MS/TP Setup
................................................................................................................ 28
7.2.2
CAS BACnet BACnet/IP Setup
......................................................................................................... 28
Appendix A. Troubleshooting
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Appendix A.1. Viewing Diagnostic information
................................................................................................. 29
Appendix A.2. Check Wiring and Settings
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Appendix A.3. Take Diagnostic Capture With the FieldServer Utilities
......................................................... 30
Appendix A.4. BACnet: Setting Network_Number for more than one ProtoNode on Subnet
................... 33
Appendix A.5. LED Diagnostics for Modbus RTU Communications Between ProtoNode and Devices
. 34
Appendix B. Additional Features
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Appendix B.1. DIP switch settings to support 1 through 8 Sola to Metasys N2 and Modbus TCP/IP
..... 35
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