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L-INX User Manual

LOYTEC

Version 4.0

LOYTEC electronics GmbH

Abbreviations

100Base-T .......................... 100 Mbps Ethernet network with RJ-45 plug

Aggregation ........................ Collection of several CEA-709 packets into a single CEA-852

packet

AST .................................... Alarming, Scheduling, Trending

BACnet ............................... Building Automation and Control Network

BOOTP ............................... Bootstrap Protocol, RFC 1497

CEA-709 ............................. Protocol standard for L

ORKS

networks

CEA-852 ............................. Protocol standard for tunneling CEA-709 packets over IP

channels

CN ...................................... Control Network

COV.................................... change-of-value

CR ....................................... Channel Routing

CS ....................................... Configuration Server that manages CEA-852 IP devices

DA ...................................... Data Access (Web service)

DHCP ................................. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131, RFC 2132

DIF, DIFE ........................... Data Information Field, Data Information Field Extension

DL ....................................... Data Logger (Web service)

DNS .................................... Domain Name Server, RFC 1034

DST .................................... Daylight Saving Time

GMT ................................... Greenwich Mean Time

IP ........................................ Internet Protocol

IP-852 ................................. logical IP channel that tunnels CEA-709 packets according

CEA-852

LSD Tool ............................ LOYTEC System Diagnostics Tool

MAC ................................... Media Access Control

MD5 ................................... Message Digest 5, a secure hash function, see Internet

RFC 1321

M-Bus ................................. Meter-Bus (Standards EN 13757-2, EN 13757-3)

MS/TP ................................ Master/Slave Token Passing (this is a BACnet data link layer)

NAT .................................... Network Address Translation, see Internet RFC 1631

NV ...................................... Network Variable

OPC .................................... Open Process Control

PLC ..................................... Programmable Logic Controller

RNI ..................................... Remote Network Interface

RTT .................................... Round-Trip Time

RTU .................................... Remote Terminal Unit

SCPT .................................. Standard Configuration Property Type

SL ....................................... Send List

SMTP ................................. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

SNTP .................................. Simple Network Time Protocol

SSL ..................................... Secure Socket Layer

TLS ..................................... Transport Layer Security

UCPT .................................. User-defined Configuration Property Type

Summary of Contents for L-INX

Page 1: ...L INX L INX Automation Server User Manual LOYTEC electronics GmbH...

Page 2: ...E FOR USE IN FLIGHT CONTROL OR ENGINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT WITHIN AN AIRCRAFT OR FOR ANY OTHER APPLICATION IN WHICH IN THE FAILURE OF SUCH PRODUCT COULD CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH PERSONAL INJURY OR DEA...

Page 3: ...3 IP Configuration via the LCD Display 26 2 2 4 BACnet Configuration 27 2 3 Getting Started with the L INX Configurator 28 2 4 Configuration of the L IOB I O Modules 29 2 5 Getting started with logiC...

Page 4: ...3 8 Terminal Layout and Power Supply 48 3 8 1 LINX 10X 11X 48 3 8 2 LINX 20X 21X 48 3 9 Wiring 49 3 9 1 LINX 10X 11X 49 3 9 2 LINX 20X 21X 49 3 9 3 LINX 12X 15X 50 3 9 4 LINX 22X 51 4 Web Interface 5...

Page 5: ...unications Test 77 4 3 5 CEA 709 Statistics 78 4 3 6 OPC Server Statistics Page 79 4 3 7 BACnet MS TP Statistics 80 4 3 8 Scheduler Statistics Page 81 4 3 9 Alarm Log Page 81 4 4 L WEB 82 4 5 Reset Co...

Page 6: ...98 6 The L INX Configurator 99 6 1 Installation 99 6 1 1 Software Installation 99 6 1 2 Registration as an LNS Plug In 99 6 1 3 CEA 709 Operating Modes 101 6 2 Data Point Manager 101 6 2 1 Folder Lis...

Page 7: ...CEA 709 Configuration 133 6 7 1 Starting as an LNS Plug In 133 6 7 2 Scanning for Network Variables 134 6 7 3 Importing Network Variables 135 6 7 4 Scanning NVs online from the Network 136 6 7 5 Sele...

Page 8: ...61 6 12 Local Schedule and Calendar 161 6 12 1 Create a local Calendar 161 6 12 2 Create Calendar Pattern 162 6 12 3 Create a Local Scheduler 162 6 12 4 Configure Scheduled Data Points 163 6 12 5 Conf...

Page 9: ...4 IP 852 Device Contacts Configuration Server 186 7 2 5 Using the Built In Configuration Server 186 7 3 Firewall and NAT Router Configuration 187 7 3 1 Automatic NAT Configuration 187 7 3 2 Multiple I...

Page 10: ...11 10 2 Hardware Installation 211 10 2 1 Console Connector 211 10 2 2 Extension Port 212 10 3 M Bus Network 212 10 4 Web Interface 213 10 4 1 Configuration 213 10 4 2 Data Points 213 10 4 3 Statistics...

Page 11: ...ers 240 11 4 5 Modbus Properties 241 11 4 6 Modbus Workflow 241 11 5 Using the Configurator for Modbus 242 11 5 1 Modbus Management Functions 242 11 5 2 Manual Configuration of Data Points 245 11 5 3...

Page 12: ...279 13 2 1 NV Import File 279 13 2 2 Node Object 280 13 2 3 Real Time Keeper Object 281 13 2 4 Channel Monitor Object 281 13 2 5 Calendar Object 283 13 2 6 Scheduler Object 283 13 2 7 Clients Object 2...

Page 13: ...on Notes 301 17 1 The LSD Tool 301 17 2 Use of Static Dynamic and External NVs on a Device 301 18 Specifications 302 18 1 Physical Specifications 302 18 1 1 LINX 10X 11X 20X 21X 302 18 1 2 LINX 12X 15...

Page 14: ...Field Extension DL Data Logger Web service DNS Domain Name Server RFC 1034 DST Daylight Saving Time GMT Greenwich Mean Time IP Internet Protocol IP 852 logical IP channel that tunnels CEA 709 packets...

Page 15: ...EC Version 4 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH UI User Interface UNVT User defined Network Variable Type UTC Universal Time Coordinated VIF VIFE Value Information Field Value Information Field Extension XML e...

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Page 17: ...in CSV format and through a dedicated Web service An embedded OPC server exposes a defined set of data points as OPC tags It implements the OPC XML DA standard OPC XML DA 1 01 which lets OPC clients...

Page 18: ...hout the router option contain a remote network interface RNI instead of the router for remote network access Please refer to Table 1 to learn which L INX models have CEA 709 and the router option The...

Page 19: ...ommunicating on CEA 709 with either FT or IP 852 IP channel on the Intranet Internet connecting an FT channel to a high performance backbone using existing IP infra structure operating as a configurat...

Page 20: ...s the M Bus interface according to the standards EN 13757 2 and EN 13757 3 To gain access to the M Bus network an external M Bus interface such as the L MBUS by LOYTEC must be attached to the device O...

Page 21: ...ice via the LIOB I O modules Those modules can be stacked up to the L INX using the LIOB Connect feature The connected I O modules are automatically identified and coupled as data points into the L IN...

Page 22: ...net MS TP is not active on this model Table 1 Available features in different L INX models On models without the router option certain ports can only be used alternatively On CEA 709 models this means...

Page 23: ...5 VDC or 12 24 VAC the MS TP network and the Ethernet cable as shown in Figure 1 More detailed instructions are shown in Chapter 3 Important Do not connect terminal 17 with Earth ground Ethernet Power...

Page 24: ...ice information 2 Serial firmware upgrade 3 System configuration 5 IP configuration 7 BACnet configuration 8 Reset configuration factory defaults 9 Device statistics a Data Points 0 Reset device Pleas...

Page 25: ...our PC has an IP address in a subnet other than 192 168 1 xxx please open a command tool and enter the following route command to add a route to the LINX 20X To Add a Route to the Device 1 Windows STA...

Page 26: ...eway 7 Press Save Settings and then reset the device by selecting Reset in the highlighted text This changes the IP settings of the device 2 2 3 IP Configuration via the LCD Display L INX models with...

Page 27: ...vice ID and the Device Name must be configured see Figure 7 Figure 7 BACnet Device Configuration The device ID corresponds to the instance number of the BACnet device object It must be a unique ID on...

Page 28: ...a working IEC61131 program or creating an L Web visualization the data points of the L INX automation server need to be set up These can be data points of L IOB I Os network variables BACnet objects a...

Page 29: ...either directly to the LIOB Connect bus or to the LIOB FT bus with standard TP FT 10 wiring rules Please visit the L IOB User Manual 7 for detailed hardware installation and terminal configuration ins...

Page 30: ...ames for your installation 3 Select a terminal and change the object parameters to configure this terminal You can multi select terminals and change the parameters for all selected terminals Figure 11...

Page 31: ...of keys is installed on the PC and the software is licensed via the USB key install this driver first This driver is not required if a logiCAD softlock license is used L logiCAD setup package This pac...

Page 32: ...Version 4 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH Figure 13 logiCAD project wizard 3 Select Create new project and press Next Figure 14 Available project templates 4 Select the project template for the L INX devic...

Page 33: ...oject and the path where to store the project files see Figure 15 Figure 16 Additional information 6 After specifying additional information the new project is created by pressing the Finish button 7...

Page 34: ...IOB I Os of the universal input or any other data point such as a network variable user register or BACnet object 9 When you have completed selecting the PLC data points click the Export variables to...

Page 35: ...ne test fields 13 Place the fields above and below the drawing as shown in Figure 20 then press the Save button to save your changes Figure 20 Online Test fields 14 Finally open the context menu of th...

Page 36: ...99 is the IP address of the device Note that by default writing to OPC tags needs basic HTTP authentication using the password for the operator user This is operator by default 2 7 Reset to Factory D...

Page 37: ...X The LINX 10X 11X enclosure is 107 mm wide for DIN rail mounting following DIN 43 880 see Figure 22 1 2 3 Status Button and LED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DIP Switch Console Connector Power LED FT CNIP Status LED...

Page 38: ...3 1 2 LINX 12X 15X The LINX 12X 15X enclosure is 159 mm wide for DIN rail mounting following DIN 43 880 see Figure 23 USB SD Card FT LEDs Ethernet Ethernet LEDs Jog Dial USB Modbus LED M Bus LED OPC P...

Page 39: ...1X enclosure is 107 mm wide for DIN rail mounting following DIN 43 880 see Figure 24 Status Button and LED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DIP Switch Console Connector Power LED Ethernet OPC PLC Status LED 4 5 6 15 16...

Page 40: ...al USB Modbus LED M Bus LED OPC PLC LEDs Power FT LED Figure 25 LINX 22X Enclosure dimensions in mm 3 2 Product Label 3 2 1 LINX 10X 11X The product label on the side of the LINX 10X 11X contains the...

Page 41: ...Figure 27 L INX order number with bar code e g LINX 120 LINX 151 serial number with bar code Ser unique node ID and virtual ID of each port NID1 VID1 with bar code Ethernet MAC ID with bar code MAC1 F...

Page 42: ...n the side of the LINX 22X contains the following information see Figure 29 L INX order number with bar code e g LINX 221 Date Code which defines the production week and year Serial number with bar co...

Page 43: ...61131 program see Figure 24 Table 2 shows the different LED patterns and their meaning Behavior Description Comment GREEN permanent No IEC61131 program running The IEC61131 kernel is running but eithe...

Page 44: ...S TP network RED permanent flicker GREEN Token lost state flicker when transmit attempt Cable might be broken RED flash fast Transmission or receive errors This indicates bad cabling Table 4 MS TP Act...

Page 45: ...LED is available on L INX models 20X 21X only The BACnet IP LED flashes green for 25 ms when BACnet packets are transmitted or received over the BACnet IP interface 3 4 12 BBMD LED This LED is availab...

Page 46: ...nate orange permanently Release the button within five seconds from that time on to reset the device to factory defaults Alternatively the device can be switched back to factory defaults over the cons...

Page 47: ...Setup This menu allows configuring the device s IP address Send ID messages When selecting this menu the device sends out service pin BACnet I Am and identification broadcasts for finding the device...

Page 48: ...to connect to the network as well as to the power supply The screw terminals can be used for wires of a maximum thickness of 2 5 mm2 AWG12 The device can either be DC or AC powered Terminal Function 1...

Page 49: ...10X 11X needs to be terminated according to the rules found in the specification of the transceiver see Section 14 1 Important When using shielded network cables only one side of the cable should be...

Page 50: ...2 wire MS TP Power Supply Ethernet Ethernet Power Supply 3 wire MS TP a b Figure 33 Connecting the LINX 20X 21X a 2 wire MS TP b 3 wire MS TP 3 9 3 LINX 12X 15X The terminals and wiring information f...

Page 51: ...the LINX 12X 15X 3 9 4 LINX 22X The terminals and wiring information for the LINX 22X can be seen in Figure 35 If BACnet over MS TP is enabled the MS TP network segment must be properly terminated wit...

Page 52: ...L INX User Manual 52 LOYTEC Version 4 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH Figure 35 Connecting the LINX 22X...

Page 53: ...In a Web browser enter the default IP address 192 168 1 254 of the device Note that if your PC has an IP address in a subnet other than 192 168 1 xxx you must open a command tool and enter the followi...

Page 54: ...to make changes to the settings as shown in Figure 37 Enter the default administrator password loytec4u and select Login Note that firmware versions previous to 4 0 used admin as the default password...

Page 55: ...onfiguration page is shown in Figure 39 This page allows configuring the device s system time and other system settings The TCP IP Configuration link is a shortcut to the Ethernet port configuration F...

Page 56: ...The change takes effect immediately for all files generated by the device 4 2 2 Backup and Restore A configuration backup of the device can be downloaded via the Web interface Press the backup link a...

Page 57: ...otocol activation only other ports e g the Ethernet port allow multiple protocols bound to that port Figure 41 Port Configuration Page When selecting a protocol on a communication port the protocol s...

Page 58: ...ime sync source in the system configuration page is set to NTP see Section 4 2 1 The field NTP status below the NTP server settings displays the current NTP synchronization status out of sync or in sy...

Page 59: ...the CEA 709 radio button as shown in Figure 45 Note that depending on the device model other protocols on the same port will be disabled in this case The protocol settings box on the right hand side d...

Page 60: ...Extended NAT mode Please refer to the L IP User Manual 1 to learn more about configuring the Extended NAT mode in the configuration server The configuration server sets the SNTP server addresses and t...

Page 61: ...CEA 709 Router Configuration This page is only available on L INX models with the router option 101 111 121 151 The CEA 709 router configuration page allows configuring the built in router mode Availa...

Page 62: ...Configuration server settings Enter NTP timer server address and ports in the fields Primary SNTP and Secondary SNTP The L INX will synchronize to NTP time if primary or primary and secondary NTP serv...

Page 63: ...with the CEA 852 authentication method MD5 can be used with the i LON 600 The MD5 secret can be entered over the Web interface You may enter the 16 bytes as one string or with spaces between each byt...

Page 64: ...nregistered The CEA 852 device has never been registered with the IP 852 channel not contacted The CEA 852 device has not been contacted since the configuration server has started not responding The C...

Page 65: ...13 4 2 12 BACnet IP Configuration The BACnet IP protocol is available on the Ethernet port To enable BACnet IP on the device select the BACnet IP checkbox on the Ethernet tab of the port configuratio...

Page 66: ...vice s port Port2 if available To enable it click the BACnet MS TP radio button as shown in Figure 52 Note that depending on the device model other protocols on the same port will be disabled in this...

Page 67: ...outgoing e mail server enter the SMTP server of your Internet provider Typically the SMTP server port can be left at 25 In the field Source E mail Address enter the e mail address of the device s e ma...

Page 68: ...g on a particular tree item fills the right part of the page with a data point list of that tree level and all levels below Thus one can get an easy overview of all data points The data point list dis...

Page 69: ...ified unreliable because the value is an out of range value for the connected data point The value is limited to the supported range unreliable The data point is in normal operation The value of the d...

Page 70: ...hat the peer node is currently offline or there is a configuration error The data point status reflects this error Could not set value error code The new value has not been set because of an internal...

Page 71: ...ways in effect Otherwise enter dates such as 30 1 2000 To entirely disable a scheduler de select the Enable Schedule check box Schedules are defined per day On the left hand side the weekdays Monday t...

Page 72: ...This change takes effect immediately without a reboot of the device To add and remove data points to the scheduler go to the Data Points tab The configuration page is depicted in Figure 60 To add a n...

Page 73: ...s calendar shall be in effect Leave From and To at to make this calendar always in effect Otherwise enter dates such as 30 1 2000 Figure 61 Calendar Configuration Page On the remainder of this page wo...

Page 74: ...rendered in red Click on Reload to refresh your alarm list Inactive alarms that have been acknowledged disappear from the list To record historical information about those alarms the alarm log must b...

Page 75: ...s The device statistics pages provide advanced statistics information about the CEA 709 device the CEA 852 device the BACnet device the system log the scheduler the alarm log and the Ethernet interfac...

Page 76: ...4 3 2 IP Statistics Figure 65 shows the IP statistics page It allows finding possible problems related to the IP communication Specifically any detected IP address conflicts are displayed if the devic...

Page 77: ...lear will reflect the time of the last counter reset Figure 66 Part of the CEA 852 Statistics Page 4 3 4 Enhanced Communications Test The Enhanced Communications Test allows testing the CEA 852 commun...

Page 78: ...red exclamation This is displayed for the CS if it is not reachable or the CS does not support this test To remove this uncertainty it is recommended to upgrade the L IP to 3 0 or higher Local NAT con...

Page 79: ...s shown in Figure 69 Clicking on the Update OPC statistics button retrieves the current statistics The Summary table on the top of the page displays the number of currently connected clients These cli...

Page 80: ...available when the MS TP data link layer is enabled see Section 4 2 13 and supported by the L INX model An example is shown in Figure 70 The separated part on the top of the table contains the most i...

Page 81: ...page provides an overview of all alarm logs on the system Click on one of the links to view a specific alarm log Each alarm log contains a historical log of alarm transitions When an inactive and ack...

Page 82: ...l historical alarm log data of this alarm log 4 4 L WEB This configuration page provides a download link to the L WEB application installer and a listing of L WEB projects available on the device see...

Page 83: ...iguration from a remote location This option clears all data points and the entire port configuration It leaves the IP settings intact The Contact item provides contact information and a link to the l...

Page 84: ...presents a scalar value The associated data type is a double precision machine variable Meta data for analog data points include information such as value range engineering units precision and resolut...

Page 85: ...not used by the network and need a pre defined value e g for calculations Default values are overridden by persistent values or values determined by poll on startup 5 1 4 Persistency Data point value...

Page 86: ...ch write or only if the value changes change of value COV If only notify on COV is disabled writing the same value multiple times will result in multiple notifications When the value of an output data...

Page 87: ...olean value String A register of base type string is represented by a string data point This register can hold a variable length character string in UTF 8 format Variant A register of base type varian...

Page 88: ...the target the 2nd state has the state ID 0 String No special restrictions exist User Only user data points of the same length can be placed in a connection 5 3 AST Features 5 3 1 Alarming The alarmi...

Page 89: ...ule values of data points on a timely basis A scheduler object is configured by which data points it shall schedule This configuration is done by the system engineer once when the system is designed T...

Page 90: ...n a system the exception days are available in all schedules When a schedule wants to define daily schedules for some of the available exception days they need to be enabled in the schedule See Figure...

Page 91: ...ay exception day which schedules the maint value at 6 am and goes out of effect at 10 am If the maintenance day falls on a Monday the regular schedule for Monday will be overridden by the Maintenance...

Page 92: ...mote scheduler A remote scheduler has the same interface to the user to modify daily schedules A remote scheduler object can be used as a user interface for schedulers that execute on different device...

Page 93: ...ich exposes network variables NVs and configuration properties CPs from the CEA 709 network to data points in the automation server The L INX has one physical FT port and one IP 852 port which is acce...

Page 94: ...NV created on the device Compared to static NVs dynamic NVs do not change the XIF interface of the device The dynamic NVs are created by the network management tool Currently only LNS based tools can...

Page 95: ...hedulers CEA 709 schedulers and the CEA 709 calendar adhere to the LONMARK standard objects For CEA 709 certain restrictions exist that need to be kept in mind Attached data points can either represen...

Page 96: ...in a periodic manner COV is used to subscribe for COV at other BACnet objects in order to get updates in an event driven fashion Write is used to send updates to other BACnet objects The direction of...

Page 97: ...of the value preset is not stored in BACnet It is not accessible over the BACnet network either Therefore a default name is created such as Value 22 for an analog value An example of two scheduled BA...

Page 98: ...program These variables are represented in the data point configuration as register data points and can be connected to other data points e g to CEA 709 NV points via data point connections In contras...

Page 99: ...ows XP Windows 2003 Server Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server The L INX Configurator can be downloaded from the LOYTEC Web site http www loytec com When asked for the type of installation...

Page 100: ...templates for the LINX 10X are added automatically and XIF files are copied into the LNS import directory Note If you are using multiple databases projects make sure you have registered the plug in in...

Page 101: ...tes create the port interface definition and to make the internal connections Stand alone Mode The Configurator can also be executed as a stand alone program This mode is useful for the engineer who d...

Page 102: ...ng subfolders may be present depending on the particular model o Favorites This folder contains freely configurable symbolic links to data points which may reside anywhere in the folder structure This...

Page 103: ...cts can report alarms to Other devices can use the alarm server object to get notified about alarms To create an alarm server object select the folder and use the context menu Trend This folder is use...

Page 104: ...vailable properties are displayed in the property view Properties which are read only are marked with a lock sign When applying multi select only those properties common to all selected data points ar...

Page 105: ...an update only when the value changes or on every write If this is enabled consecutive writes with the same value do not trigger an update If you want to convey every write disable COV on the data po...

Page 106: ...ng many multistate data points they refer to multistate maps Some technologies have a fixed set of such multistate maps others have freely configurable multistate maps e g user registers Editing a mul...

Page 107: ...ed to the OPC server notwithstanding if their original source is exposed or not Furthermore the user can create sub folders in the favorites folder and beneath to build a hierarchy of data point links...

Page 108: ...subnet node and NID Retry Count For external NVs this property defines the retry count The default is 3 Repeat Timer For external NVs this property defines the repeat timer in milliseconds The default...

Page 109: ...nes if a client map subscribes with the confirmed COV service If not enabled the unconfirmed COV is used 6 3 Project Settings The project settings allow defining certain default behavior and default s...

Page 110: ...names would look like when the check marks are modified Use programmatic name Use display name This option decides how the data point name is extracted from the NV The programmatic name is the NV nam...

Page 111: ...contains self configuration settings for the CEA 709 ports This is necessary if the device shall be used without being commissioned by a network management tool Set the check mark and enter the CEA 70...

Page 112: ...anager will connect to one of these scheduler objects There may be more scheduler objects available on the device than are actually used at a certain time It is a good idea to have some spare schedule...

Page 113: ...e this button is used Set Defaults This button will choose standard values for all settings In most cases these settings will provide more resources than necessary 6 3 5 BACnet Settings The BACnet con...

Page 114: ...the left hand side the user can select certain groups of settings e g Web server settings The dialog displays the settings of the selected group in the dialog area The structure is similar to the menu...

Page 115: ...ot of the device Important After downloading the device settings from this dialog the changes will be visible immediately on the Web UI but the device needs to be rebooted to let the changes take effe...

Page 116: ...ts a standard XIF file for the FT port e g LINX 10x_FT 10 xif and one for the IP 852 port e g LINX 10x_IP 10L xif For the LINX 15x model use the LINX 12x XIF files L INX Configurator project file This...

Page 117: ...g The advantage of this solution is that no bindings in the non LNS tool or self binding nodes need to be changed This comes at the cost of a constant network load caused by polling Start the Configur...

Page 118: ...n existing network Start the Configurator in stand alone mode and connect to the device via the FTP method see Section 6 6 1 In the Configurator import data points from a CSV import file see Section 6...

Page 119: ...l commission the device using the exported XIF file and create the bindings When changing a running device configuration with existing bindings it is recommended to create additional data points as ex...

Page 120: ...n configured online and fully functional in the CEA 709 network If using an LNS based tool the device needs to be replaced in that tool at some later point in time see Section 6 4 7 as the NID has cha...

Page 121: ...LINX xxx_IP 10L if the L INX is configured to be on the IP channel For information on how to configure which port to use refer to Section 4 2 6 for the Web UI Note that for the LINX 15x the LINX 12x...

Page 122: ...service pin 10 Finally you should get the device added to your drawing as depicted in Figure 99 Channel FT 10 LNS Network Interface linx Figure 99 The L INX has been added to the drawing 6 4 7 Replace...

Page 123: ...nvo10motor_state nvo12amp nvo14fire_test nvo16state nvo18temp Gateway 0 linx Figure 100 LonMaker drawing with one LINX To Replace a Device in LonMaker TE 1 Select the device and right click on the dev...

Page 124: ...TEC electronics GmbH Figure 102 Click Next without loading an application image 5 Then select Online as shown in Figure 103 and click Next Figure 103 Select online state 6 Select the Service pin metho...

Page 125: ...a BACnet L INX in different use cases in addition to the simple use case in the quick start scenario see Chapter 2 The description is intended to be high level and is depicted in flow diagrams The ind...

Page 126: ...lone mode and connect to the device via the FTP method see Section 6 6 1 If changing an existing configuration upload the current configuration from the device see Section 6 6 2 In the Configurator st...

Page 127: ...configuration on the hard drive and download later to the device see Section 6 6 4 6 5 4 Replace a L INX A L INX can be replaced in the network by another unit This might be necessary if a hardware de...

Page 128: ...d to connect the Configurator online to the LINX To Connect to a L INX Stand Alone 1 Select the FTP connection method by clicking on the FTP connect button in the tool bar of the main connections wind...

Page 129: ...will upload the configuration of all ports Figure 110 Configuration upload dialog 3 When the project settings of the configuration being uploaded specify to ask which specific parameters shall be upl...

Page 130: ...6 Two data points now appear for the register one for writing the register and one for reading the register as shown in Figure 112 Figure 112 Manually created user register 6 6 4 Configuration Downloa...

Page 131: ...he progress bar below 4 When the download process has finished a notification window appears which has to be acknowledged by clicking OK Figure 113 Configuration Download Dialog 6 6 5 Upload the Syste...

Page 132: ...window 4 Click on Save to store the system log into a file on your local hard drive 6 6 6 Backup and Restore The Configurator provides a backup and restore function for the connected device It is hig...

Page 133: ...6 7 1 Starting as an LNS Plug In In LonMaker the plug in is started by right clicking on the L INX device shape or the Gateway PLC functional block and selecting Configure from the pop up window In N...

Page 134: ...found NVs Data point names for those NVs are automatically generated following the data point naming rules defined in the project settings see Section 6 3 2 By default the name is generated from node...

Page 135: ...in a CSV file This file can be produced by external software or created by hand The CSV format for importing NVs is defined in Section 13 2 1 To Import NVs from a File 1 Click on the Datapoints tab 2...

Page 136: ...he Network LOYTEC devices also support an online network scan on the CEA 709 network In this scan the device searches for other devices on the CEA 709 network and pulls in NV information of these devi...

Page 137: ...retrieve the domain information before setting the device online 6 Click on the button Discover Devices This starts a network scan The results are put in the device list box 7 Alternatively click the...

Page 138: ...elect feature by holding the Shift or Ctrl keys pressed 3 Click on the button Use on Device in the tool bar 4 This creates data points in the CEA709 Port folder of the device All data points in that f...

Page 139: ...static NVs on the device select Static NV Figure 122 Change the NV allocation type 6 7 7 Create Static NVs The LOYTEC device can be configured to change its static interface and boot with a new one A...

Page 140: ...st 8 Note that the static interface of the device will change as soon as static NVs are added or modified in the data point manager This change is reflected in a new model number which the device will...

Page 141: ...th the local data point name the remote programmatic NV name the NV type SNVT and direction Note that the direction is the direction of the external NV on the device Therefore the remote output NV nvo...

Page 142: ...nload a Configuration 1 In the main connections window click on the Download Configuration speed button in the tool bar of the main connections window This will open the configuration download dialog...

Page 143: ...cessary For example only those bindings and dynamic NVs are deleted and re created which correspond to real changes in the interface The user can check the Force Full Upgrade option to clean and re do...

Page 144: ...vice e g as linx 10X_1 xif 6 7 12 Upload Dynamic NVs from Device In LNS based tools it is possible to create dynamic NVs on the device manually This is a possible workflow to engineer the NV interface...

Page 145: ...he XIF file name 5 In that folder select those data points which shall be used on the device and use them on the device as described in Section 6 7 5 6 Repeat the import of XIF files for as many nodes...

Page 146: ...lick Get Domain from Network and press a service pin 8 Enter a subnet and node address and click Install 9 Some nodes won t be operable on the new settings until they are reset Click the Reset button...

Page 147: ...on the device in a similar way as NVs There is a notable difference to NVs CPs are part of files on the remote nodes Reading and writing CPs on the device results in a file transfer The device support...

Page 148: ...Set Configuration Properties in LonMaker TE 3 In this dialog select the radio button Upload values from device in the Operation group box To use the current settings of the device as default values fo...

Page 149: ...om STANDARD in the Resource File drop down box to the desired user defined resource file 3 Then select the desired UNVT from the Type drop down list below This list will display the types of the selec...

Page 150: ...have been scanned 6 9 2 Import from EDE File If the device is engineered offline or some of the required BACnet devices are not yet online in the network the engineering process can be done by importi...

Page 151: ...rectly modified over the BACnet network on the device itself To Use Imported BACnet Objects on the Device 1 Open the data point manager dialog and select the desired BACnet objects in one of the impor...

Page 152: ...te Priority When finished click Save Changes 6 9 5 Create Server Object On the BACnet port server objects can also be created manually These BACnet objects are visible on the BACnet network and can be...

Page 153: ...created and appears in the data point list 6 9 6 Export Server Objects to an EDE File When engineering offline it can be beneficial to hand out the server object configuration of the device to other...

Page 154: ...creating a BACnet server object the Present_Value property is mapped by the created data point That means writing and reading on the data point reads or writes the Present_Value If other properties s...

Page 155: ...haracter Support 1 In the Configurator software menu go to Settings Project settings This opens the Project Settings dialog see also Section 6 3 5 2 Click on the tab BACnet 3 Put a check mark either o...

Page 156: ...f all available data points Select one and press OK 2 Then click on Add Target Similar to 2 select all target data points You may use multi select to select more than one data point at a time Note By...

Page 157: ...s abs_humid2 Ai2 LINX 200 BACnet Port ai2 LINX 200 User Registers abs_humid3 Ai3 LINX 200 BACnet Port ai3 LINX 200 User Registers abs_humid4 Figure 138 Example Connection CSV File 4 Select the menu To...

Page 158: ...l Template E mail templates are used to assemble and transmit e mails when certain trigger conditions occur The e mail template contains the destination e mail address the subject and text Variable pa...

Page 159: ...underneath select Selected Data Source Value and click the Paste to Text button 8 A place holder v1 for the data point value appears now in the e mail text 9 To replace an existing data source select...

Page 160: ...from the context menu 3 Change to the Mail Triggers tab Note Of course you can also change directly to the Mail Triggers tab when creating an e mail template 4 Click the Add button A data point selec...

Page 161: ...nsmitted e mails on a specific day may be slightly higher than this setting depending on burst rates The default is 100 e mails per day This results in an average interval of one e mail per 14 minutes...

Page 162: ...ates in the calendar patterns can be modified later at run time To Create a Calendar Pattern 1 Select an existing calendar data point 2 Right click and select Create Calendar Pattern 3 Enter a Pattern...

Page 163: ...t in the Scheduler sub folder 2 Right click and select Configure Schedule from the context menu The same dialog which appears when a new scheduler is created is shown and allows configuring the schedu...

Page 164: ...the dialog Tip A shortcut to creating a scheduler object and attaching a data point is to select a data point in the data point manager right click on it and choose Schedule Datapoint from the contex...

Page 165: ...le area to define the desired output values on the day schedule 5 Completed daily schedules may be copied to other days using the Copy to button For example the Monday may serve as the template for a...

Page 166: ...n be configured in the LINX 100 200 Configurator software or be modified at run time over the Web UI or over the network When configuring in the software the current exception days should be uploaded...

Page 167: ...the affected days will be highlighted in the Preview 6 12 7 Configure Embedded Exceptions Besides exception days of the calendar special exception days can be embedded into the scheduler These embedd...

Page 168: ...updated with the current enabled state of the scheduler This also reflects and an enable from the network Scheduled Preset Name This data point can be attached to be updated with the name of the curre...

Page 169: ...configuration software You can verify the daily schedules and values of scheduled data points on the Web UI see Section 4 2 18 The local schedule can be altered over the Web UI or over the network usi...

Page 170: ...condition employs an intrinsic algorithm to generate alarms based on the data point s value Depending on the data point type analog binary multi state different conditions are defined The alarm is re...

Page 171: ...Enter a Time Delay after which the condition is evaluated Select the Alarm Value which triggers the alarm Figure 145 Alarm Condition for a Binary Data Point 6 For enable a data point can be attached...

Page 172: ...f an alarm object can be used as a trigger to send e mail For setting up e mails the account information has to be configured on the device e g on the Web UI see Section 4 2 15 Then an e mail template...

Page 173: ...m log needs to be created An alarm log can log transitions of one or more alarm objects Its size is configurable The alarm log is a ring buffer As soon as its size limit is reached the oldest alarm lo...

Page 174: ...nd multiple data points and can be operated in one of the following basic modes Interval Mode In this mode a snapshot of all trended data points is logged into the data logger file COV Mode In this mo...

Page 175: ...been created it needs to be configured which data points it shall log This is done by attaching data points to the trend object Only simple data points can be attached for trending i e of class analo...

Page 176: ...able data point can be selected If configured the trend log will only log data if the value of this data point evaluates true i e is not zero Click the button to select a data point 9 To remove the en...

Page 177: ...point name of the trend Trend Name The UID is the unique ID of the trend log object The UID can be obtained from the ID column in the data point list of trend log data points as shown in Figure 148 T...

Page 178: ...box and click Add Note ZIP versions of the CSV files are also available Select those to save transmission bandwidth and mailbox space 7 Click OK to complete the e mail template configuration 6 15Remo...

Page 179: ...chedLink variable on the local device defines which of the scheduler data points on the local device connect to which scheduler unit on the remote device All required information is transmitted over t...

Page 180: ...are advanced application objects that can execute mathematical operations on data points A math object takes a number of input data points variables v1 v2 vn and calculates a result value according to...

Page 181: ...he formula can be changed new variables added or additional output data points added To Edit a Math Object 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the Math Object sub folder 2 Select the math object...

Page 182: ...between the CEA 709 and IP 852 channel Depending on the CEA 709 router configuration see Section 4 2 8 the CEA 709 router supports 4 different methods to route packets between the CEA 709 and the IP 8...

Page 183: ...s see Section 3 5 1 The router supports learning of up to 4 Domains Note All messages which are received on an unknown domain are forwarded to all ports The subnet node learning algorithm supports seg...

Page 184: ...in large network installations where the network management tool uses group overloading to replace group addresses with subnet wide broadcasts In this operating mode the network installer must ensure...

Page 185: ...000 i LON 600 LonMaker etc on this channel A simple example is shown in Figure 150 A configuration server keeps a list of all devices on a logical IP 852 channel and distributes the routing informatio...

Page 186: ...mmended to be used with the L INX configuration server 7 2 4 IP 852 Device Contacts Configuration Server In this scenario the IP 852 device needs the following parameters set in order to contact the c...

Page 187: ...firewall and or NAT Network Address Translation router as shown in Figure 152 Note that in general only one CEA 852 device can be used behind the NAT router This mode of operation is referred to as S...

Page 188: ...tion 7 3 3 to setup this network When using multiple devices behind a NAT router each device needs a separate port forwarding rule in the NAT router This implies that each device must use a unique cli...

Page 189: ...Mode After the NAT router has been configured with the port forwarding settings and the CS has been turned on the channel members can be added This can be done either on the console UI or through the...

Page 190: ...ding a member with extended NAT Mode on the Web UI 7 3 3 Multiple IP 852 devices behind a NAT Classic Method If more than one CEA 852 device must be used behind the NAT router and there are devices wh...

Page 191: ...P Channels 1 and 2 can of course connect to the same physical network wiring Furthermore both IP Channels 1 and 2 must have a separate configuration server that manages the L INX devices on the differ...

Page 192: ...e number of multicast packets transmitted to the group If this item remains zero no multi cast is used by the device 7 5 Remote LPA Operation The L INX supports remote LPA access This means that a CEA...

Page 193: ...ut is highly recommended if MD5 authentication is enabled in order to prevent replay attacks Set Channel Timeout to 200 ms and Channel Delay to 20 ms in a LAN environment Please refer to Section 4 2 9...

Page 194: ...7 on how to enable aggregation Note that aggregation adds a delay to the transactions but dramatically improves the throughput of your IP 852 channel Use aggregation if you have a high channel load b...

Page 195: ...195 LOYTEC Version 4 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH NAT feature must be disabled and the NAT address configured manually In this case the Internet service provider needs to assign a fixed public IP address...

Page 196: ...ce to its local FT channel to be managed by LNS or similar tools For more information on how to configure the LOYTEC NIC software on the PC please refer to the LOYTEC NIC User Manual 3 8 2 Remote LPA...

Page 197: ...rom unauthorized access The basic authentication involves the operator user and the password configured for this user On how to configure the operator s password please refer to Section 4 1 To disable...

Page 198: ...access a COM based OPC server for each of those devices The bridge software OPCBR 800 can be purchased and installed on any PC This is discussed in Section 9 3 If L WEB is not used customers can crea...

Page 199: ...the description of the data point Item EU Type Integer This property is 1 High EU Double This is the analog maximum value of the data point Low EU Double This is the analog minimum value of the data...

Page 200: ...on String This is the description of the data point Item EU Type Integer This property is 2 for multi state Enumerated EU Array of String This property contains the state texts of the data point 9 1 2...

Page 201: ...omplex than regular data points The OPC XML DA standard does not have appropriate tags for those objects Therefore the device exposes AST objects as a set of OPC tags describing the object All tags fo...

Page 202: ...The XAID is used in the acknowledge service to identify the alarm The XAID can also be transmitted in e mail notifications Each alarm object is represented by a folder in the OPC name space In that fo...

Page 203: ...st This tag specifies the file path and file name of the CSV data log file CentralDL0 CentralDL1 string read write These tags serve as placeholders for the central data logger to store its URI The tag...

Page 204: ...connections etc are implemented on the embedded Automation Server which makes the application on the Automation Server completely independent from the connection to the L WEB application Starting from...

Page 205: ...opens the L VIS graphical design tool Complete the graphical design in the tool and click the Write Project to Device speed button 5 The graphical design is now part of the project Note If the Config...

Page 206: ...rrent L INX project file click Remove in the L WEB Projects on PC box 7 If you want to export the L WEB project into a separate L WEB project file click Export and select a file name in the file reque...

Page 207: ...be automatically made available as a COM OPC server This is done when the L INX configuration is downloaded into the device To Configure the Bridge Locally 1 Open the Configurator software and configu...

Page 208: ...lso be done using the Configurator software The Configurator software must be installed on the same PC as the OPC bridge for doing so To Import a Server Definition 1 Open the Configurator software 2 S...

Page 209: ...rd on the device Enter the default timing parameters min update rate 3 sec wait time 10 sec hold time 0 For information on the timing parameters refer to Section 9 3 6 7 To test the connection to the...

Page 210: ...unt of time before they are notified to the client Normally changes in the server are notified at the update rate s granularity In rare cases this can be used to hold back changes beyond the update ra...

Page 211: ...used 10 2Hardware Installation For using the M Bus with the device an external M bus interface with an RS 232 connector is required The external interface must be connected to the LOYTEC device either...

Page 212: ...dicated on the front label Follow the cabling instructions of Figure 165 between the EXT port of the L INX and the PORT1 on the L MBUS Figure 165 Connecting L MBUS over the extension port 10 3M Bus Ne...

Page 213: ...of a device changing the Baud rate of a device reading all data from a device as well as pinging a device It is therefore possible to scan M Bus devices in an M Bus network M Bus data points are spec...

Page 214: ...number of transmissions without a response Tx dropped number of dropped transmissions in case of an error device responses or transmissions can be dropped Tx repetitions number repeated messages Tx su...

Page 215: ...ion Before a new M Bus configuration can be managed the M Bus option must be enabled The project settings are described in detail in Section 6 3 To Activate the M Bus Configuration 1 Open the project...

Page 216: ...subfolder is generated automatically from the information of the scanned device Additionally under the device sub folder a data point folder is created Device Templates This folder contains created da...

Page 217: ...s coded The information is not relevant for input data points but it is mandatory for output data points Possible values for this property are instantaneous value maximum value minimum value and value...

Page 218: ...nloaded to the device and the device is rebooted see Section 6 6 4 START Configure addresses and Baud rates of the M Bus devices Section 10 7 3 M Bus Data Points Section 10 7 4 Download Configuration...

Page 219: ...If a name is specified the device name of the applied device is concatenated the address e g Device_7 The automatic data point name is concatenated from the device name the data point is related with...

Page 220: ...of the scan Under the progress bar a text displays which device is currently scanned When a device is found it is displayed in the device list The name of the device is automatically created as descri...

Page 221: ...selected the following dialog is opened 3 The drop down box shows all available M Bus filter templates As additional information when a filter template is chosen the number of data points is displaye...

Page 222: ...read usually means that the M Bus device transfers all its data during a read Selective read means that the data point which is to be read can be selected during the read request If the device is abl...

Page 223: ...reated automatically as described in section 10 7 1 from the M Bus data the device sends back 4 Enter a device address in the Device Address field If more devices with the same properties have to be c...

Page 224: ...Datapoint When you want to create one or more device instance together with its data points use the button Create with DP instead of the button Create From Template This creates the device instance a...

Page 225: ...ich is scanned is already in the device list the existing device can either be overwritten deleting all previously scanned data points of the existing device or the scanned device can be discarded A d...

Page 226: ...a coding can be specified 10 Select if the data point shall be specified by providing the numbers for Storage number tariff subunit function field and data coding or if the information configured usin...

Page 227: ...s For some M Bus devices special templates are available which specify all available data points of an M Bus device as well as the device properties Such templates can be imported into the configurati...

Page 228: ...Device For Use dialog shown in Figure 177 Figure 177 Use on Device dialog 4 The device list displays all devices which have the same Manufacturer ID version number and Medium If no device instance mat...

Page 229: ...8 Figure 178 M Bus Network Management dialog 2 The device list shows all devices of the current configuration Select a device 3 Press the Export Device Template button This opens the M Bus Export Temp...

Page 230: ...gered on a time base This means that after a specific time the poll cycle the poll group is processed Trigger based The poll group is triggered on a special trigger data point As soon as the trigger c...

Page 231: ...s are displayed Enter the name of the new poll group and enter the poll cycle in seconds Make sure that under Pollgroup Mode Time based is selected 4 Press the Save button to store the poll group and...

Page 232: ...the trigger list as shown 8 Select the trigger from the list and check the desired trigger conditions 9 The trigger conditions are then displayed in the trigger list 10 Press the Close button to leav...

Page 233: ...eresting time the protocol data can be loaded from the device using the Load From Device button The protocol data can be stored as CSV file using the Save button with the Clear button the shown protoc...

Page 234: ...L INX User Manual 234 LOYTEC Version 4 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH Figure 181 Typical protocol analyzer output for M Bus port...

Page 235: ...tilizes the Ethernet for the communication Several Modbus slave devices can be connected In Modbus TCP a unit identifier is used instead of the slave address Modbus slaves may have the same unit ident...

Page 236: ...s for Modbus RS485 are displayed in Figure 182 For Modbus port mode the following selections are available MASTER can be selected if the device shall operate as Modbus master SLAVE can be selected if...

Page 237: ...11 3 2 Data Points Modbus data points can be accessed through the Web UI as described in Section 4 2 15 11 3 3 Statistics Figure 184 shows a typical output of the statistics information which can be...

Page 238: ...seconds By pressing the button Start Protocol Analyzer Stop Protocol Analyzer the protocol analyzer can be started stopped For every frame sent or received a line is presented using comma separated va...

Page 239: ...ctivate the changes in the configuration Figure 186 Project settings for Modbus Important If the Modbus port is deactivated via the checkbox or a firmware or model version is chosen which does not sup...

Page 240: ...plate This device folder also contains a sub folder with the data points specified in the template Data points can be added to the folder Additionally suitable data objects can be created for the use...

Page 241: ...Swap 64 bit is set the two 32 bit words of 64 bit long data are swapped Also combinations are possible This configuration is necessary because the Modbus slaves can store information in any byte order...

Page 242: ...e Modbus Management dialog shown in Figure 190 shows the list of devices Devices which have been imported from a template show the template name in the last column For each device the address the IP a...

Page 243: ...Modbus device ranging from 1 to 255 In case of a TCP device the device address specifies the unit ID For a RS 485 device the device address has to be unique TCP devices can have equal device addresses...

Page 244: ...m the Open dialog 5 After selecting the file the device information is displayed 6 Press Import for importing the template or Cancel for closing the dialog without any changes 7 When a template is imp...

Page 245: ...d also multi select is possible 2 Press the Remove Device button If the device already has data points these data points have to be deleted before the remove can be performed To Change the Properties...

Page 246: ...ecified and the Register Type The register type of the data point is provided in the Modbus device documentation The drop down menu shows the Modbus register type the direction read and write and the...

Page 247: ...Select a poll group for read data points from the Pollgroup drop down box The drop down box is grayed out for write registers Additional poll groups can be configured in the Modbus Management dialog...

Page 248: ...es 6 When a template is imported a folder with the name of the device is created Under this folder a Datapoints folder containing the data points from the template file is created Tip Data points can...

Page 249: ...emplate again 5 Select one or more device instances from the list and press the Use On Device button This creates for each selected data point and each selected device one data point in the Modbus Por...

Page 250: ...Template from the context menu 2 This opens the Export Modbus Device Template dialog as shown in Figure 195 Proceed as described above 11 5 5 Poll Groups In a Modbus network the master has to poll the...

Page 251: ...rties are displayed Enter the name of the new poll group and enter the poll cycle in seconds Make sure that under Pollgroup Mode Time based is selected 4 Press the Save button to store the poll group...

Page 252: ...the desired trigger conditions 9 The trigger conditions are then displayed in the trigger list 10 Press the Save button to store the changes in the poll groups 11 5 6 Modbus Protocol Analyzer When con...

Page 253: ...is automatically created in the device This number is unique for one port Timestamp transmission time Frame Type TCP or Damaged when something happened with the frame Dir direction Either SND send or...

Page 254: ...aged when something happened with the frame Dir direction Either SND send or RCV receive Addr Slave address CRC CRC of the transmission Length Payload length of the data frame Payload Payload in hexad...

Page 255: ...ata points derived from CEA 709 BACnet or LIOB network Figure 200 depicts the usage of data points for IEC61131 programs at the example of using CEA 709 network variables CEA 709 variables IEC61131 pr...

Page 256: ...r provided on the LOYTEC website If the driver installation failed or the USB key was not detected or connected the window shown in Figure 201 will be shown when logiCAD is started The USB key was cor...

Page 257: ...he development process the attached data may change several times To update the attached data located on the before provided path press the Refresh button Every time a logiCAD project is successfully...

Page 258: ...he folder LOYTEC represents a configuration containing one LINX 110 resource please refer to the logiCAD online help for details To run a program located in the folder Functionplans a program instance...

Page 259: ...next point This declaration is similar to a static declaration of a C variable outside a function which will be visible to all functions inside the C code module but not visible to other modules VAR...

Page 260: ...e but it may still be used by the tasks running on the device Important Only ASCII characters can be used for naming the global variables 12 4 2 Build and Download the IEC61131 Program IEC61131 progra...

Page 261: ...y Converters are summarized in the subfolder CEA709_Conv located in the StandardLibs folder Depending on the type of the NV there are three different ways to use the NV within IEC61131 programs Simple...

Page 262: ...tion Converter an online help window displaying the interface description is available Select the Technology Converter and press F1 to get the interface description 12 4 4 IEC61131 Program Cycle Time...

Page 263: ...o compensate for irregular execution times and keep a steady cycle time if possible Reduce the number of I O variables to reduce the load caused by exchanging data between the PLC program and the data...

Page 264: ...ogram using a network connection 12 5 1 Starting with logiCAD This section introduces how to develop a new IEC61131 program starting up from scratch using logiCAD Figure 211 shows the necessary steps...

Page 265: ...assumed for the current workflow the IEC61131 data points are created on information based on the global variables exported from logiCAD Hence for designing the program external variables are used du...

Page 266: ...on The created variable is added to the declaration area and placed to the drawing area by drag drop At this time the direction of the external variable is not defined it can be used as input as well...

Page 267: ...atching the requirements of the defined external variables must be generated A tool automatically performs the process of generating the global variables object and the required global variables Figur...

Page 268: ...see section 12 6 4 As the tool can not distinguish between these two possibilities per default a global output variable is created If there is already a global variables object only new variables are...

Page 269: ...the export process is displayed in the Error state viewer and the generated file is added to the project view Figure 220 Export global variables Open the LINX Configurator to import the created CSV f...

Page 270: ...e name of the folder to import the new variables corresponds to the name of the global variables object Figure 222 shows the result of the import process Figure 222 Connect IEC61131 variables To creat...

Page 271: ...osite to the workflow presented before the data points used for the IEC61131 program are not derived form logiCAD but from the network side refer to Figure 223 Refer to section 6 7 2 about additional...

Page 272: ...ct name and location for the export file and press Save to start the export process Figure 225 Export IEC61131 variables Start logiCAD and create a new project for the LINX 110 First of all the global...

Page 273: ...name the type of the variable is checked In case of a type mismatch of the old and new variable the old one is discarded and the new one is imported Additional a warning is printed on the Error state...

Page 274: ...gurator or as prepared project for the LINX 110 configuration tool If the network interface for the LINX 110 was not already defined the LINX Configurator can be used to generate and connect the CEA 7...

Page 275: ...output variable is sent at the end of the program cycle Important Every global variable connected to the update notification or force update block must be connected via the right terminal 12 6 2 Usin...

Page 276: ...failure To set an input variable as persistent in logiCAD open the global variables object containing the appropriate variable double click the variable set the retain check and press the update butto...

Page 277: ...eduleCfg 1 0 13 1 2 Trend Log CSV File The CSV file format for a trend log and the location of those files are defined in this section The trend log CSV files are accessible either via their UID only...

Page 278: ...equence Number 50 The log record sequence number This is the monotonously increasing sequence number which is unique for each log record B Source 0 Data point source identifier Indexes into logger_ent...

Page 279: ...for the life time of the object even when the name is changed The CSV format of the alarm log CSV file is identical to the trend log CSV format as described in Section 13 1 2 13 2CEA 709 Interface 13...

Page 280: ...a synchronous NV N Deviceref 1 This field is a numeric reference to a device description If it is the first occurrence of this reference in the file the columns defined below must be filled in Otherwi...

Page 281: ...learStat SNVT_switch When writing 100 0 1 to this NV the channel monitor objects statistics data are cleared nvoUpTime SNVT_elapsed_tm This NV contains the elapsed time since the last reboot 13 2 3 Re...

Page 282: ...r up or since the statistics for this port where reset nvoTotalPkts SNVT_count_32 Total number of packets received or transmitted via the associated channel since power up or since the statistics for...

Page 283: ...ten output NVs are transmitted Exceptions are nvoPort and nvoElapsedTime which are polled only 13 2 5 Calendar Object When the scheduler objects are enabled in the project settings the device includes...

Page 284: ...orted BACnetSegmentation R Max_Segments_Accepted Unsigned R APDU_Segment_Timeout Unsigned W APDU_Timeout Unsigned W Number_Of_APDU_Retries Unsigned W Max_Master Unsigned 1 127 R Max_Info_Frames Unsign...

Page 285: ...ly A numerical value identifying the BACnet vendor The value of this property is 178 Model_Name Read Only The value of this property is equal to the product code of the device Examples are LINX 200 or...

Page 286: ...rty is 16 APDU_Segment_Timeout Read Writable Timeout in milliseconds allowed between segments The value of this property is 2000 milliseconds by default APDU_Timeout Read Writable Time in milliseconds...

Page 287: ...irmed or unconfirmed the remaining time of the subscription and optionally the COV increment Whenever the device receives a COV subscription via one of the services SubscribeCOV or SubscribeCOVPropert...

Page 288: ...ation_Interval 1440 days Multiple of 60 minutes but not multiple of 1440 minutes i e multiple of one hour FALSE Interval_Offset minutes from the current minute every Time_Synchronization_Interval 60 h...

Page 289: ...ue to bandwidth and latency limitations on MS TP networks the auto discovery process may initially take up to 10min However once slaves have been discovered slaves will be quickly re discovered after...

Page 290: ...t AI AO AV BI BO BV MI MO MV C Local Object Instance Number 4 The object instance number of the above object D Remote Device Instance 17801 The device object instance number of the remote BACnet devic...

Page 291: ...T only one termination Figure 229 is required and can be placed anywhere on the free topology segment Instead of building the termination one can order the L Term module LT 33 from LOYTEC which can be...

Page 292: ...cable capacitance of 180 nF 14 3Modbus RS 485 The LINX 20X Modbus RS 485 port is an electrical interface in accordance to EIA 485 The topology of the Modbus RS 485 consists of a trunk cable along whic...

Page 293: ...ing red The following firmware images are available for the different L INX automation server models LINX 10X linx10x_x_y_z dl LINX 20X linx20x_x_y_z dl LINX 11X linx_11x_x_y_z dl LINX 21X linx_21x_x_...

Page 294: ...n be changed via the Web interface see Section 4 1 and reset via the console UI see Section 16 2 2 4 Click on Connect 5 Select the menu Firmware Update 6 This opens the Firmware Update dialog as shown...

Page 295: ...ur homepage at www loytec com Please make sure that the console shows the main menu Otherwise navigate to the main menu or simply reset the device To Upgrade via the Console 1 Double click on the dlc...

Page 296: ...ownload 3 If the upgrade is successful the following window appears Figure 237 Figure 237 Successful Firmware Upgrade 4 Double check that the new firmware is executed by selecting 1 and pressing Enter...

Page 297: ...fax 43 1 4020805 99 or LOYTEC Americas Inc 11258 Goodnight Lane Suite 101 Dallas Texas 75229 USA e mail support loytec americas com Web http www loytec americas com tel 1 512 402 5319 fax 1 972 243 6...

Page 298: ...ion files passwords etc Select option 3 to reset all passwords Web interface FTP server etc to factory defaults Select option 4 to clear all configured data points such as CEA 709 network variables or...

Page 299: ...htable 0 atable 0 soname 0 soopts 0 ftable 0 rights 0 ifaddr 0 control 0 oobdata 0 IP Statistics total packets received 922 datagrams delivered to upper level 922 total ip packets generated here 158...

Page 300: ...OYTEC electronics GmbH As useful information the MAC address of the conflicting host is shown If the information about this conflict shall be cleared enter y If n is selected the conflict will show up...

Page 301: ...further information about the LOYTEC system diagnostics tool for the LINX 10X 17 2 Use of Static Dynamic and External NVs on a Device Please refer to application note AN009E Changing Device Interface...

Page 302: ...Humidity non condensing storage 10 to 90 RH 50 C Enclosure Installation enclosure 6 TE DIN 43 880 Environmental Protection IP 40 enclosure IP 20 screw terminals Installation DIN rail mounting EN 50 0...

Page 303: ...ar objects 1 25 calendar patterns n a n a n a LONMARK Scheduler objects 100 max AST configuration size 384KB 64 data points per scheduler n a n a n a LONMARK Alarm Servers 1 1 1 1 n a n a n a BACnet o...

Page 304: ...ment 88073501 October 2008 3 NIC User Manual LOYTEC electronics GmbH Document 88067212 September 2008 4 LWEB 800 User Manual LOYTEC electronics GmbH Document 88074203 April 2009 5 LWEB 801 User Manual...

Page 305: ...eplace data points in e mail template Added Section 7 9 7 Configure embedded exceptions Section 7 13 added COV delta to math objects replace data points Added Section 12 1 M Bus cabling added Section...

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