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Rev 1.1 05/08/19

TELSEC® MP2

User Guide

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Page 1: ...Rev 1 1 05 08 19 TELSEC MP2 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...er battery may present a risk of fire or explosion CAUTION Battery may explode if mistreated Do not recharge disassemble or dispose of in fire FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference ...

Page 3: ...Rev 1 1 05 08 19 Revision History Date Rev Modifications By 4 5 19 1 0 Initial release K Nickel 5 8 19 1 1 Added FCC statement K Nickel ...

Page 4: ... Line Polarization 7 3 8 Wiring Outputs 9 4 Local Operation 9 4 1 Power LED 9 4 2 Alarm LED 9 4 3 Relay Outputs 9 4 4 Restoring to Factory Defaults 10 5 Communicating with the MP2 10 5 1 Connecting to the System 10 5 2 Web Page Navigation 11 6 System Status 11 6 1 Input Status 12 6 2 Modbus Status 13 6 3 Output Status 14 6 4 Log Data 15 7 Alarms 16 7 1 Alarm Status 16 7 2 Active Alarm Log 16 7 3 H...

Page 5: ...amming 35 9 4 Alarm Programming 39 9 5 Time Schedules 45 10 Troubleshooting 47 10 1 Power Up 47 10 2 Communication 47 10 3 Sensor Reading 47 10 4 Control Point Failure 47 10 5 Alarm Notification Failure 48 10 6 Battery 48 10 7 Modbus Communication and Status 48 Appendix A SNMP Trap Format 49 Appendix B RADIUS Server Configuration 50 Appendix C SD Card Update 51 Appendix D Email Alarm Format 52 Con...

Page 6: ...s This user guide is intended to provide basic operational information for programming and status review of the MP2 System Please contact Quest for additional information and or questions about the operation of the system 1 1 Getting Started The TELSEC MP2 is simple to setup and program which allows you to start monitoring your facility quickly The basic steps are listed below along with a chapter...

Page 7: ...per port registers for 16 32 bit integers floating point and signed integers Logging Logs data for inputs outputs alarms and Modbus registers Alarm notification methods email and SNMP traps or informs Alarm destinations four programmable trap destinations nine email addresses or distribution lists I O terminal removable screw terminals supports up to 12 AWG wire Power dual feed 24 48 VDC 3 7 W max...

Page 8: ...powering the MP2 Quest recommends a minimum of 18AWG conductor for powering The TELSEC MP2 will operate from 18 65 VDC power 50 mA max at 48 VDC The power input is isolated from the rest of the system and will work on either a positive or negative DC system The MP2 supports power from a dual A B feed DC power system to provide redundancy in case one of the feeds is lost Connect the power source A ...

Page 9: ...r sensor operation thus any device requiring power will need an external power source to operate properly Refer to the silkscreen on the enclosure for location of each input and common terminal The inputs will support any sensor that is a 10k Type III thermistor 0 6 VDC or 0 20 mA analog sensors In addition the system accepts dry contact closures or wet contact closures up to 65 VDC 3 4 1 Thermist...

Page 10: ...voltage and will require an external voltage source to power the sensor Contact Quest for the Input Scaling spread sheet to determine the correct number for the Low and High Custom scale factors Sensor Power Sensor Output Common Ground Reference 24 VDC Power supply 249 Ohm Resistor Figure 4 Wiring a 4 20mA Sensor 3 4 4 Contact Closures The TELSEC MP2 supports dry contact closures or wet contacts u...

Page 11: ...st cable use Belden Cable 9842 This cable has two twisted pairs a separate shield and a separate braided shield 4 Use one of the twisted pairs for the D0 and D1 connections and use the second twisted pair for the C Common connections The cable shields must never be used for the C Common connections 5 All the D0 pins from every Modbus device on the network must be connected together The same is tru...

Page 12: ...ure 7 below No more than two line terminations are allowed per Modbus cable network 3 7 Line Polarization When there is no data activity on an RS 485 balanced pair the lines are not driven and thus susceptible to external noise or interference To insure the receiver line stays in a constant state when no data signal is present some devices need to bias the network Polarization of the pair must be ...

Page 13: ... 19 8 TELSEC MP2 User Guide Drawing A shows the TELSEC MP2 in the center of the chain Drawing B shows the MP2 on the end of the chain Figure 7 Typical Modbus Networks TELSEC MP2 Switch 2 down TELSEC MP2 Switch 2 up ...

Page 14: ...this operation if the system is saving data to flash memory If the LED is off for longer than one minute then check the power connection and cycle power to the unit If the LED is constantly on longer than a minute then cycle power to the system to see if it goes back to normal operation of flashing the LED 4 2 Alarm LED The red alarm LED will be illuminated when any of the alarm points are in alar...

Page 15: ...tart switch once the alarm LED is on solid 5 Communicating with the MP2 Connect a standard Ethernet cable between the TELSEC MP2 and your local Ethernet switch or router You can also direct connect to the system with your PC using a crossover Ethernet cable and setting a static IP address on your PC The MP2 has a default IP address of 192 168 1 31 Use this address to log into the unit and then cha...

Page 16: ...Home Page After you log in with your username and password the MP2 will display the Home page This page can also be displayed if you click on the home icon on the menu ribbon The home page will show the status of the outputs and any Active Alarm condition Outputs have an acknowledge button to allow the user the ability to return the output to the inactive state See Figure 11 Figure 11 The TELSEC M...

Page 17: ...nput clears OFF this value will be held When the input re activates this timer will clear to zero and start counting The INTERVAL OFF timer reacts similarly to the ON timer but only counts when the input is off or inactive The EVENT counter counts one for each change in state of the input on is one off is two next on is three and so on The EVENT TIMER begins counting from the time the input is pro...

Page 18: ...ere equals the physical port being used for Modbus If both ports are used for Modbus then there will be two entries on the menu Note Modbus will not show as a status option unless the ports are defined for Modbus Selecting the Modbus port status will display as status screen of available Modbus points The points will be grouped based upon the device they are associated with and the name of the dev...

Page 19: ...evice being monitored Even though the MP2 attempts to write the data the device may reject the change 6 3 Output Status The output status page shows the current status of the four digital outputs Each output will be shown with the defined name Action which is either automatic AUTO or BYPASSED if a user has bypassed the output Settings Bypass The state field shows whether the point is Active or Ina...

Page 20: ...ata for the points when clicking on the Regenerate Graph button Figure 16 Select Data Point to be Graphed The system will display the graph with a default view of the last 24 hours Use the page buttons and zoom in and out icons to view the data in your web browser The MP2 will display a Download to CSV button which will download the data in a CSV file for viewing in another program Note the downlo...

Page 21: ...atus Page Use the forward back beginning and end icons to navigate through the alarms The page supports filtering alarms based on category from the dropdown box such as Inputs or Modbus or by word matching of point names Use the Name field for the alarm name and the Data ID Name field to search by an input name For example you can type Tower in the name field to get a list of all alarms that have ...

Page 22: ...e Historical Alarm page will show the alarm history of the stored alarms Use the back next beginning and ending button on the bottom of the table to navigate through the list of alarms The Download To CSV button will create a CSV file and download it to your computer Figure 20 Historical Alarm Page ...

Page 23: ...utton once you create your search criteria For example a search of all Critical Tower Alarms Figure 21 Alarm History Search Results Press the Download to CSV button if you want to save a copy of this search to your computer in a comma separated values CSV file format 8 Configuring the MP2 Configuring the MP2 consists of setting up the basic functions and features that will be used with your applic...

Page 24: ... each section on this page make changes and then press the Save button to save all changes at once Changes will not be saved if you navigate from this page without pressing the Save Settings button Figure 22 Web Server Setup 8 1 1 Site Parameters The Site name is displayed in the header of web pages and is used when sending Emails and or SNMP traps Enter the desired name to reference the site wher...

Page 25: ...ic If Static is chosen then enter the desired IP address Subnet mask and Gateway address Figure 24 IP address and settings 8 1 3 IPV6 Configuration The MP2 supports either dual stack for IPv4 and IPv6 or you can enable IPv6 and disable IPv4 Use this section to enable IPv6 an configure the network address using either Auto configuration or manual configuration If Auto is chosen then the system will...

Page 26: ...update server section is used to identify where to look for updates when a user presses the Check and Install Updates button found on the Settings Advanced page It is recommended that this field is not changed unless you know the IP address and path for update files Figure 26 Additional network settings 8 1 5 Time Settings Use this section to either set the system clock manually or to turn on auto...

Page 27: ...odbus RTU protocol The DNP option will allow the MP2 to function as a DNP outstation to provide status of its universal inputs and digital outputs Use the dropdowns to configure the serial ports for baud rate data bits stop bits and parity options For Modbus you can also select an alarm severity and delay in seconds This alarm will generate when a defined device on the network is not responding Fi...

Page 28: ...sing SNMP or SMTP Email When using SNMPv3 you can have SNMPv1 v2c active by putting in a Read and Write community string Leave these fields blank to disable v1 v2c SET and GET operations Contact Quest to obtain the MIB files for the MP2 There is a specific MP2 MIB for doing SET and GET commands along with Quest s standard Alarm MIB file for trap reception The Heartbeat function can be enabled by e...

Page 29: ...e Settings Dispatch page The MP2 supports authentication using MD5 or SHA and Privacy using DES or AES Figure 31 SNMPv3 Username configuration 8 1 10 RADIUS Configuration If RADIUS is enabled the MP2 will contact the defined server when a user attempts to log into the system to determine if the username password is valid The MP2 will grant access if the user name password is valid and will show th...

Page 30: ... traps or Informs v2c or v3 only to four trap servers Enter the IP address of the trap server and select the SNMP version and either Trap or Inform Some trap servers require a specific Community String to be used but if not use the value of Trap which is the default For SNMPv3 you will need to use one of the defined Usernames that was created during the configuration of SNMPv3 section 8 1 9 Press ...

Page 31: ...llows for filtering of what type of alarms to be sent The system will automatically send a clear email when the alarm condition clears For example if only Critical alarms are sent via email then the Clear for those critical alarms will be sent Figure 34 Email alarm dispatch Press the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page when completed This will save any changes made to the email dispatch...

Page 32: ...hat areas the user can access If the RADIUS server function is enabled then this option does not affect user access The default passwords are the same as the username but in all lower case No characters are displayed in the password field for security reasons Figure 36 Webserver password setup 8 5 Advanced Settings 8 5 1 System Version Update Choosing the Advanced settings will display the current...

Page 33: ...nload all settings into a single file it will accept uploading files with individual sections This way you can upload only the sections requiring changes Each section has a label in brackets to denote the section The entire section must be loaded together to be successful First select the Choose File button to navigate and select a file from your computer Then select the Upload button The system w...

Page 34: ...remove log data since the system will overwrite old data when the log is full Typically the manual clearing of logs might be done after the system is properly wired and configured to eliminate erroneous data that could have occurred during installation Figure 39 Remove log data 8 5 4 Clear Input Timers This option will clear all digital input timers at one time Users with Program level password ac...

Page 35: ...ou are experiencing issues with your MP2 system The filter options allow you to select the category and then the detail level of events to be displayed Select the choices you want and use the optional date range and press the Regenerate Debug Log button The information will be displayed in a window with controls for forward back beginning and end of log navigation A download button will also be di...

Page 36: ... to 60 seconds again You can continue to add additional points in this manor or if you are completed you can click on the Save and Reboot button to save immediately instead of waiting for the time out Note for the Modbus programming option to appear in the menu you must first enable Modbus on at least one of the serial ports See section 8 1 6 9 1 Input Programming The program input page will show ...

Page 37: ...ater than 2 8 VDC is determined to be in the ON state and a voltage less than 0 8VDC is deemed to be in the OFF state The maximum voltage allowed on the input is 65VDC WETNC A wet contact closure that is normally closed A wet contact is an input that provides its own voltage A value greater than 2 8 VDC is determined to be in the OFF state and a voltage less than 0 8VDC is deemed to be in the ON s...

Page 38: ...n a copy of this file for your use 9 1 7 Log Type Choose between TIME for a timed interval COS for change of state or NONE to disable the logging for the input The TIME option is best for analog sensors to log on a user specified interval Using COS for digital inputs will optimize your logging to only put entries in the historical log when the point changes its ON OFF state If you select COS for a...

Page 39: ... will stay activated until the there are no longer any active alarms with the chosen severity or if the Acknowledge button on the web page is pressed Additionally an input can be used as the acknowledge function as well When either Acknowledge function is activated the system will de active the output The output will remain deactivated until another active alarm with the corresponding severity occ...

Page 40: ... MP2 acts as a master to poll Modbus RTU data over the RS485 two wire serial ports 9 3 1 Define Slave devices Select Modbus port 1 or port 2 from the program menu to see the Modbus program page The first section of the page is for defining the name of the device and the address of the device on the network The name can be up to thirty two character alphanumeric characters in upper or lower case Th...

Page 41: ...end along with a link to add new points The point ID is a hyperlink to bring up the define window for the previously defined register The Add new point button will bring up the same window with blank form so you can add a new point Figure 49 Modbus registers by device 9 3 3 Defining Modbus Registers Click on the Point ID of an existing Modbus point or select Add new point The Modbus program point ...

Page 42: ...e sensitive and will be displayed exactly as you typed it 9 3 3 3 Function Code The function code option tells the MP2 what type of Modbus register is being polled 1 is for coil registers 2 is for digital inputs 3 is for holding registers and 4 is for analog input registers Select the number for the type of register to be monitored 9 3 3 4 Register Number Enter the number of the register in the Re...

Page 43: ...being used for the register Enter a positive or negative value to be applied to the reading Some registers return an integer value that could be in different engineering units than what is desired to be displayed in the MP2 The multiplier can be used to change the displayed value into the proper units For example to convert a register reading Celsius into Fahrenheit the multiplier would be 1 8 and...

Page 44: ...points or just those associated with the direct inputs or Modbus ports The filter section will also allow you to search based on the alarm name or the name of the point used in the alarm For example to see all Tower alarms you can type Tower in the name field and press enter Now only alarms with the word Tower in the name will be displayed The alarm names are hyperlinks that when selected will bri...

Page 45: ...alarm type so later you can sort data based on the ID Such as GEN1 for generator point 1 alarm etc You may want to use the same numbering scheme when setting up multiple sites because the ID will also be the SNMP index number for doing sets and gets 9 4 1 2 Point Name The point name will allow up to thirty two characters to describe the point being monitored The name is case sensitive and will be ...

Page 46: ...Figure 54 Selecting a point to alarm 9 4 1 4 Alarm Severity Select the desired alarm severity from the Severity dropdown A severity of NONE will disable the alarm until the severity is changed to another level Notice is special case severity level where the alarm when active and cleared will appear in the alarm historical log but alarms with Notice level are not sent as traps or emails ...

Page 47: ...or to determine if the point being monitored is in the alarm condition Digital inputs are compared to 0 for OFF and 1 for ON Thus to create an alarm when the digital input has an ON status you would compare the input greater than 0 or you could compare the input equal to 1 or input not equal to 0 Analog sensors such as temperature and humidity use the greater than value or the less than value for ...

Page 48: ... used to only create the alarm during certain times of the day or days of the week By using other alarm strategies as qualifiers you can create combinatorial logic to create and alarm based on multiple conditions The MP2 will allow you to string together multiple alarm strategies in this way to then generate the alarm condition Keep in mind that ALL conditions must be true or active for the alarm ...

Page 49: ... is 25 hours 9 4 1 8 Clear Delay and Delay Units Use the Clear Delay field and the Delay Units drop down to create a delay time for the clear condition A clear alarm will be generated once the alarm condition is no longer true for the defined delay time The maximum delay time is 24 hours 9 4 1 9 Nag Interval The nag interval is used to resend the alarm if the alarm is still active A value of 0 mea...

Page 50: ...schedule Figure 58 Change view time schedules 9 5 1 Change Time Schedule The change schedule window has a place for the user to enter a thirty two character name to describe the schedule and up to sixteen priorities for turning the schedule on and off Select the action for a priority line and then select the hours minutes and AM PM setting Finally select which days of the week the priority line wi...

Page 51: ...Rev 1 1 05 08 19 46 TELSEC MP2 User Guide Figure 59 Define schedule priorities ...

Page 52: ...erly configured 3 Verify the IP address has not been changed Connect to the TELSEC MP2 with a crossover cable using the programmed address or try the default address of 192 168 1 31 4 Replace the Ethernet cable 5 Power cycle the MP2 10 3 Sensor Reading PROBLEM I am not receiving data from one of my sensors SOLUTION 1 Verify wiring is correct from the sensor to the TELSEC MP2 2 Use a known good sen...

Page 53: ...e sure they match the requirements of the trap server including SNMP version and community string or username v3 3 Check for any firewalls and or rule sets preventing traps being sent from the location to the SMTP server 4 Send a test trap by clicking on the Send Test Alarm button 10 6 Battery PROBLEM The system keeps losing history memory and clock settings SOLUTION 1 Verify the battery insulatin...

Page 54: ...rate a trap using the critical major minor or info OID Once the alarm point goes out of alarm or clears the MP2 will send a trap with the clear OID Trap Variable Bindings The MP2 will send the following bindings with every trap that is sent Varabind Name OID Number Value Type Value sysUpTime 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 3 Timeticks This binding is only available with v2 and v3 traps and will contain the system u...

Page 55: ...on For the RADIUS server configuration you must use the Filter ID attribute for each user to have access Inside the Filter ID you must have QuestMP2 number number is an encoded value for access to the different sections of the web server The sections and values are Home page 1 Status 2 Alarms 4 Program 8 Settings 16 Add up the access level for the user and use that number Example if you want a use...

Page 56: ...t and in that folder will be all the files necessary to perform the update 4 If you want to load the application program only using an SD card then create a folder called update and put the application file in this folder The name of the file must be allconfig txt to work properly 5 Remove the card from your PC and insert it into the SD slot on the front of the MP2 Make sure it clicks into place 6...

Page 57: ...here email type ALARM or CLEAR severity CRITICAL MAJOR MINOR OR WARNING user defined subject line Subject field entered when defining the Email dispatch site name The site name entered under Site Parameters alarm name The name of the alarm strategy that generated the alarm data point current value The current value of the data point causing the alarm condition data point name The name of the data ...

Page 58: ...hnical support CustomerService questcontrols com Mailing Address Quest Controls Inc 208 9th Street Dr West Palmetto FL 34221 Key Phone Numbers Main Number 941 729 4799 Fax 941 729 5480 Place Orders or Check Scheduling Delivery 941 729 4799 option 3 Technical Applications Support 941 729 4799 option 5 Repair and RMA Support 941 729 4799 option 6 ...

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