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Real Time Automation, Inc.

1-800-249-1612

Firmware Version 8.7.22

460BSDFM-N700

Protocol Gateway

Product User Guide

Summary of Contents for 460BSDFM-N700

Page 1: ...Real Time Automation Inc 1 1 800 249 1612 Firmware Version 8 7 22 460BSDFM N700 Protocol Gateway Product User Guide ...

Page 2: ...sion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages therefore the limitations set forth in this agreement may not apply to you No patent liability is assumed by Real Time Automation with respect to use of information circuits equipment or software described in this manual Government End Users If this software is acquired by or on behalf of a unit or agency of the United States Government thi...

Page 3: ...ion Auto Configure Mode Default 20 BACnet IP Server Configuration Manual Configure Mode 21 BACnet IP Server Object Configuration Analog Objects 22 BACnet IP Server Object Configuration Binary Objects 23 BACnet IP Server Object Configuration CharacterString Value Objects 24 BACnet IP Server Object Configuration Group Names 25 BACnet IP Server Routing Configuration 26 DF1 Master Configuration 27 DF1...

Page 4: ...ion Triggering 47 Security Configuration 49 Security Configuration Security Levels 50 Security Log In 51 Security Log Out 51 Email Configuration 52 Alarm Configuration 53 Diagnostics Alarm Status 55 Alarms Active 55 Alarms Clear 56 Change of State COS Configuration 57 Diagnostics Info 58 Diagnostics Mapping 58 Diagnostics BACnet IP Server 59 Diagnostics DF1 Master 62 Configuration Files 66 Export ...

Page 5: ... 7 4 9 1 20 Features Added 1 BMS BM DFM DS DM TCP USB PBS have been ported to the latest base software 2 TCP BMS BM now Available on N2E and N2EW hardware Platform 3 New ASCII Mode Available on TCP A USB WI protocols 4 User Guides updated with more examples Bug Fixes 1 Improved Data Mapping and String Mapping performance 2 Improved functionality performance on EC ETC ES MC MS BS BC A WI PS protoco...

Page 6: ...gure the 460BSDFM N700 gateway For further customization and advanced use please reference the appendices located on the CD or online at http www rtautomation com product 460 gateway support If at any time you need further assistance do not hesitate to call Real Time Automation support Support Hours are Monday Friday 8am 5pm CST Toll free 1 800 249 1612 Email support rtautomation com ...

Page 7: ...ch as LEDs For these sections be sure to identify the hardware platform you are using To find which hardware platform you are using 1 Look on the front or back label of the unit for the part number 2 On the webpage inside the gateway navigate to the dropdown menu under Other and select Utilities Click the Listing of Revisions button The full part number is displayed here Once you have the full par...

Page 8: ...Real Time Automation Inc 8 1 800 249 1612 Hardware N700 Powering the Gateway 1 Connect a 12 24 VDC power source to the gateway a 2 Pin Terminal power connection with Red Wire Black Wire ...

Page 9: ...he default port settings are not compatible with your ASCII device Port 0 can be configured for RS232 RS485 or RS422 Port 1 can only be configured for RS232 Jumper Configuration Port 0 Port 1 RS232 Port 0 RS485 Port 0 RS422 The default jumper configurations are setup for the following serial modes Port 0 RS232 Port 1 RS232 RS 422 ...

Page 10: ...e under the DIN Rail 3 While pressing the 460BSDFM N700 against the rail press up to engage the spring loaded lower clip and rotate the unit parallel to the DIN Rail 4 Release upward pressure Removing Follow these steps to remove your interface converter 1 Press up on unit to engage the spring loaded lower clip 2 Swing top of the unit away from DIN Rail DIN Rail Spring Loaded Lower Clip ...

Page 11: ...rogram from the CD ROM 3 Find unit under Select a Unit a Change Gateway s IP address to match that of your PC if DHCP has failed i You will know DHCP has failed if the gateway s IP address is AutoIP at 169 254 X Y ii If successful it will say DHCP d at ex 192 168 0 100 or however your DCHP Client is set up b If you do not see the gateway in this tool then your PC is most likely set up as a static ...

Page 12: ...efault Gateway 2 The gateway must be on the same Network Subnet as the PC whether it s setup for DHCP or Static Once you have both devices on the same network you should be able to ping the gateway using a MS DOS Command Prompt The Screenshot above shows a gateway that is currently set to a static IP Address of 192 168 0 100 If you are able to successfully ping your gateway open a browser and try ...

Page 13: ...ted after every change Multiple changes can be made before a restart but they will not be committed until the gateway is restarted When all desired changes have been made press the Restart Now button The webpage will redirect to our rebooting page shown below The reboot can take up to 20 seconds o If the IP address has not been modified the gateway will automatically redirect to the main page o If...

Page 14: ...bled Configuration cannot be changed during Running Mode If changes are needed click the Configuration Mode button shown in the green box below Configuring Mode Protocol communication is stopped and no data is transmitted Configuration is allowed Navigation green box below You can easily switch between modes and navigate between pages Configuration Diagnostics and Other pages using the buttons on ...

Page 15: ...vice Configuration The device configuration area is where you assign the device description parameter Changes can only be made when the gateway is in Configuration Mode Once you are done configuring the Description click the Save Parameters button ...

Page 16: ...e Once you are done configuring the Network Settings click the Save Parameters button If you are changing the IP Address of the gateway the change will not take effect until the unit has been rebooted After reboot you must enter the new IP Address into the URL It is recommended to leave the DNS Gateway set to 0 0 0 0 and the Ethernet Link as Auto Negotiate If configuring the gateway to use E mail ...

Page 17: ... is 47808 0xBAC0 4 Enter a unique Instance identifier for the gateway This value must be unique on the BACnet IP network 5 Inactivity Timeout Enter the amount of time in milliseconds the gateway should wait before a timeout state is declared If the BACnet IP client does not initiate communication within this time frame the BACnet IP LED will flash red and the timeout counter will increment Enter z...

Page 18: ...roup by Data Type Default 2 Manual Configure Mode NOTE You may go back and forth between modes but when reverting from Manual Configure Mode to Auto Configure Mode all changes made in Manual Mode will be discarded The setup in the example above will give you the following results 1 AI is created with the address of AI1 8 BIs are created with the addresses BI1 through BI8 500 AOs are created with t...

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Page 20: ...oat data will be mapped as Analog Objects 4 Any Coils or 1 8 16 32 Bit Binary Packs will be mapped as Binary Objects 5 Any String Data Types will be mapped as CharacterString Value Objects 6 The input or output object direction depends on whether it is configured as a read or write on the other protocol 7 If the other protocol exceeds the number of analog binary or CharacterString value objects th...

Page 21: ...object properties includes any default object names units and COV that are already configured press OK You would want this option if you are adding additional data groups or you want to modify the data group s that already exist ii To delete the current data groups and object properties includes any default object names units and COV that are already there and start over press Cancel 2 For each ob...

Page 22: ...e RTA gateway is monitoring and sending over to the Build Automation System BAS to monitor you can configure the group to represent each device The image above displays 1 device if there are 5 total devices then you can call Group 1 Basement Group 2 1st Floor Group 3 Roof Top etc 3 Enter a Name to identify this object on the network 4 The combination of Group and Name should be unique for each poi...

Page 23: ...ice When in Auto Configure Mode these fields are not configurable Follow these steps to configure binary inputs or outputs in Manual Configure Mode 1 Select Binary Input or Binary Output from the upper left dropdown menu 2 Select a Group to use These group names are defined on this page under the Group Name dropdown menu 3 Enter a Name to identify this object on the network The combination of Grou...

Page 24: ...uto Configure Mode these fields are not configurable Follow these steps to configure CharacterString value reads and writes in Manual Configure Mode 1 Select CharacterString Value Read or CharacterString Value Write from the upper left dropdown menu 2 Select a Group to use These group names are defined on this page under the Group Name dropdown menu 3 Enter a Name to identify this object on the ne...

Page 25: ... The Group Name is designed to be used when there are multiple BACnet IP objects that have the same name This is useful when you have multiple identical devices connected on the other protocol Follow these steps to configure the Group Names in Manual Configure Mode 1 Select Group Name from the upper left dropdown menu 2 For each Group Name used in the previous setup change the name to your desired...

Page 26: ...cting to a BACnet IP client on a different subnet 1 Foreign Device Registration recommended This option can be used ONLY when the BACnet IP Broadcast Management Device BBMD device on the other subnet often integrated into client devices supports Foreign Device Registration To use enter the IP Address of the BBMD device into the gateway and select a Time To Live TTL the TTL defines how often the ga...

Page 27: ...x 4 Frame Verification Select the DF1 Frame Verification CRC 16 bit or BCC 8 bit All DF1 slaves need to match this selection 5 Delay Between Messages Enter the length of time to delay between read and write scan line requests ms 6 ACK Timeout Enter the amount of time to wait for the DF1 acknowledgement message before flagging a timeout ms 7 Receive Timeout Enter the amount of time the gateway shou...

Page 28: ...nd buttons and click the Delete DF1 Slave button d Click the Save Parameters button to save your changes before restarting or going to another configuration page 2 The Enable check box should be selected for the device 3 Enter a Device Label to identify the device within the gateway 4 Enter a unique Destination ID for the device on the network This number should be different from the Source ID ent...

Page 29: ...can Lines Follow these steps to manually configure write scan lines 1 Select View Write Scan Lines if not already selected 2 Select a File Type for each scan Line Options include B Binary N Int F Real and ST String 3 Enter the File Number for the File Type selected 4 Enter the File Offset for the File Number selected 5 Enter the of consecutive points to read for that File Type See the Scan Line Da...

Page 30: ...teway will automatically take the string data type from one protocol and map it into the other See String Auto Configure section for more details Option 3 Manual Configure Mappings If you don t want to use the Auto Configure Mappings function you must use the manual mapping feature to configure translations Option 4 Manipulation Scaling You can customize your data by using math operations scaling ...

Page 31: ...Display Data button to view how the data is mapped and what the values of each mapping are Here you will see how each data point excluding strings is mapped To view select the device from the dropdown menu and click View to generate the information regarding that device Then select either the Protocol 1 to Protocol 2 or Protocol 2 to Protocol 1 button correlating to the direction you wish to see t...

Page 32: ...I3 on BACnet NOTE If a data point is mapped twice only the first instance of it will show here EX If Modbus 400001 400040 from Slave 1 are both mapped to AI1 only 400001 will show as being mapped to AI1 If there are values of on this page it indicates that the source has not yet been validated and no data is being sent to the destination The example below reflects the Modbus to PLC flow of data Th...

Page 33: ...view the actual data mappings click the Edit Mapping button For more details see the Data Mapping Explanation section To view the data mappings purely as text click the View as Text button For more details see the View Data Mapping as Text section ...

Page 34: ...ups from a string click the dropdown menu to generate the information regarding that device The string data will be displayed in both Hex and ASCII only the ASCII data is sent The example below shows data that is coming from the source device A group will be displayed for each Parsing Concatenating String field that is configured In the Group drop down Line1 is defined on the ASCII Device configur...

Page 35: ...s Info drop down and navigating to ASCII Diagnostics page You will also have to select the port you want to view in the dropdown below ASCII To view the string mappings click the Edit Mapping button For more details see the String Mapping Explanation section NOTE Only String data types can be mapped to another String data type To view the string mappings purely as text click the View as Text butto...

Page 36: ...ion would look like my example below There are more detailed examples of what all the fields represent in the ASCII Parsing section The message is broken up into 3 Groups or Parsing fields To view the Entire message click on the Diagnostic drop down select Diagnostics Info Select ASCII click view select your Port Whole data will be in the Last Message Sent Diagnostic box ...

Page 37: ...data type If the Auto Configure function does not map the data as you want or you want to add modify the mappings you may do so by going into Manual Configure mode The following are examples of the Auto Configure function 1 This example shows a common valid setup a Both Source values were able to be mapped to a corresponding Destination value 2 This example shows how Auto Configure will make its b...

Page 38: ...t then only 1 operation is allowed c Select the Operation s to perform i Math Operations are performed in the order they are selected ii If more than one point is selected on the source the Math Operations will be performed on every point d Enter the value s for the operation Example of Add similar for Subtract Multiple Divide and MOD This will add a value of 10 to the source field before it is wr...

Page 39: ...case In this example Ram0 is scaled into Ram1 Ram1 is then increased by 5 and stored into Ram2 Ram0 and Ram2 could be considered a source or destination group 2 Temporary Ram Double a This is like the Temporary Ram Int 64 except manipulations will be conducted against the 64bit floating point to allow for large data 3 Ticks Per Second a The gateway operates at 200 ticks per second This equates to ...

Page 40: ...ays to map the NetBmpStat Option 1 Map the whole 32bit value to a destination Example below shows the NetBmpStat is going to an Analog BACnet object Using a connection of 5 Modbus Slave devices AI1 will show a value of 31 0000 Open a calculator with programmer mode and type in 31 this will represent bits 0 4 are on This mean all 5 devices are connected and running If using an AB PLC with a Tag def...

Page 41: ...ault 0x80 7 128 nonrecoverable fault For this example the ETC Status is mapped to a PLC tag called PLC_Status Example ETC Status is 0x00000013 19 decimal here is the break down Hex Bit Decimal Explanation 0x01 0 on 1 if we are a Master Client 0x02 1 on 2 connected 0 not connected 0x10 4 on 16 running usually added to connected Total 0x13 19 External Faults 0x0000FF00 bit 8 15 2nd byte Hex Bit Posi...

Page 42: ...le fault config err 0x10 28 268 435 456 Configuration Mode 0x20 29 536 870 912 No Ethernet Cable Plugged In For this example the MC Status is mapped to a PLC tag called MC_Status Example MC Status is 0x00010041 65601 decimal here is the break down we know that bytes 1 and 3 are being used so here is the break down Common Status Hex Bit Decimal Explanation 0x01 0 on 1 if we are a Master Client 0x40...

Page 43: ...e string 1 Enable red box above Check to enable mapping If not checked this mapping is skipped 2 Source Field yellow box above a Group Select the string data group you set up in the protocol config to use for this mapping b String This is the string used for this mapping 3 Destination Field green box above a Group Select the string data group you set up in the protocol config to use for this mappi...

Page 44: ...nual Configure Mode or click Cancel to remain in Auto Configure Mappings Mode Once OK is clicked there are 2 options on how to proceed from here 1 To keep the mappings that are already configured press OK a You would want this option if you are adding additional mappings or you want to modify the mapping s that already exist 2 To delete the mappings that are already there and start over press Canc...

Page 45: ...top of the Mapping Configuration page and select Auto Configure Mappings Click OK to proceed to delete all current mappings and go back to Auto Configure Mappings Mode Click Cancel to keep all mappings and remain in Manual Configure Mode NOTE Once you revert to Auto Configure Mapping Mode there is no way to recover the mappings you lost Any mappings you previously have added will be deleted as wel...

Page 46: ... at register 1 and want to see if 400011 is mapped If it is not in this text box then it is not mapped and no data will be transferred This is the text display for the example shown under the Data Mapping Adding Diagnostic Information section String Mapping The View as Text page displays the string mapping s you set up in the String Mapping section Each line on this page will read as follows Mappi...

Page 47: ...hake value is set equal to Trigger value 5 Map Handshake to reference data point Note is an internal reference to the Server Slave number you are settings up ex RTA Server Slave products can only be Trigger 1 and Handshake 1 since we are only 1 device If RTA is a Master Client then you can have a Trigger for each server slave connected too How do you set this up In this example I m using a 460MCBS...

Page 48: ...appings 4 The first mapping is going to be the Data Validation Triggering AO21 will write to the RTA MC Trigger 1 will mark data invalid 5 The second mapping the MC Handshake will increment that all data is validated and write to AI21 all data is validated The value of AI40 and AO21 should be the same ...

Page 49: ...max of 32 characters case sensitive a Re enter the Password 4 E mail In case the password was forgotten a user can have their password e mailed to them if e mail was configured 5 Hint A helpful reminder of what the password is THIS IS NOT A TOTAL SECURITY FEATURE The security feature offers a way to password protect access to diagnostics and configuration on the network The security feature does n...

Page 50: ...y can have a separate security level associated with it for each user Security Levels 1 Full Access Capability to view and configure a web page 2 View Access Capability to view a web page but cannot configure parameters 3 No Access No capability of viewing the web page and page will be removed from Navigation ...

Page 51: ...sword This is used to reset security settings Confirm reset password must be selected to confirm this action Once confirmed there is a 15 minute window to do a hard reset of the gateway by physically removing and restoring power from the gateway Once power is restored you may navigate to the IP address of the gateway as normal Security Log Out Once a user is done with a session they may click logo...

Page 52: ...o use 2 SMTP Mail Password If authentication is required enter the SMTP Server s password Optional 3 SMTP Server Enter the Name of the SMTP Server or the IP Address of the Server 4 From E mail Enter the e mail that will show up as the sender 5 To E mail Enter the e mail that is to receive the e mail 6 E mail Group Choose a group for the user This is used in other web pages Click the Save Parameter...

Page 53: ...ection a Top dropdown select the Data Group This dropdown menu will contain all groups that go from the gateway to the network b Lower dropdown select the Data Point s Specific Point This is used to select which point in the group will be monitored for alarms 4 In the Set Error Section a Select the Set Error Operation in the top dropdown menu Available options are and Change of State COS This is t...

Page 54: ...the Clear Error Value Ex Ticks Since Powerup 5000 This will clear the alarm after 5000 ticks have elapsed since the unit powered up 6 Enter an Alarm Name This will make the alarm unique and will be available in the Alarm Status page as well as in the email generated by the alarm 7 Select an email to associate this alarm with When an alarm is set it sends an email When an alarm is cleared it will a...

Page 55: ...rm 7 Status The current status of the alarm either OK or ALARM 8 of Times Active This count represents the number of times this alarm has become active If an alarm is triggered this count will increment Alarms Active While one or more alarms are active every page will display Alarms Active at the top of the page This will no longer be displayed if all active alarms have been cleared When an alarm ...

Page 56: ...When an alarm is cleared the following will occur 1 A one time notification will be sent to the email associated with the alarm a For duplicate emails to occur the alarm must become active and then be cleared again 2 Total Alarms Active will decrement Last Active Alarm will not be changed 3 Status of the Individual Alarm will be reset to OK ...

Page 57: ...This is to be used to prevent jitter Default value is 0ms This timer takes priority over the Stale Data Timer There is a separate timer per data mapping This timer is active only after the first write goes out and the first COS event occurs 3 Writes Before Reads If multiple writes are queued execute of Writes Before Reads before the next read occurs Default is 10 and should fit most applications W...

Page 58: ...Alarm that was active Common Errors 1 Destination or Source Point does not exist a Solution Re map the mapping 2 Source or Destination Pointer too small a There is not enough space on either the Source or the Destination for the data you want to copy This is typically seen when the Destination is smaller than the amount of data being transferred to it 3 Range Discard Min or Max Value a The actual ...

Page 59: ...IP Server this will only clear the values for the BACnet IP Server section of the gateway Device Status 1 Connected The gateway is connected to a BACnet IP client 2 Not Connected The gateway is not connected to a BACnet IP client 3 Error Timeout The gateway has not received a read write request in the amount of time specified by the Inactivity Timeout LED Status 1 Good Communication Solid Green Co...

Page 60: ...7 Read Property Response Sent Number of Read Property Responses sent to the BACnet IP client 8 Read Multiple Property Response Sent Number of Read Property Multiple responses sent to the BACnet IP client 9 Write Property Response Sent Number of Write Property responses sent to the BACnet IP client 10 Write Multiple Property Response Sent Number of Write Property Multiple responses sent to the BACn...

Page 61: ... Service request denied BACnet IP request cannot be processed because the BACnet IP connection is not established d Read access denied BACnet IP read request cannot be processed e Unknown object BACnet IP client tried to access an object our gateway does not support f Unknown property BACnet IP client tried to access a property our gateway does not support for that object type g Unsupported object...

Page 62: ...dditional diagnostic information can be found by clicking the Help button NOTE This page will auto refresh every five seconds with the latest data Clear All Values This will only affect displayed values 1 This will reset all displayed values back to zero and clear the Status Strings Example If viewing DF1 Master Slave Address 1 this will only clear the values for Slave Address 1 This will reduce t...

Page 63: ...led LED Status This is the status for All Slaves or the specific slave selected 1 Solid Green Connected The gateway is connected to all the DF1 slaves that are configured and enabled 2 Flashing Green Not Connected No DF1 slaves are enabled configured a Verify DF1 settings and ensure that the Enable checkbox is checked for the appropriate slave s 3 Flashing Red Connection Timeout The gateway cannot...

Page 64: ...device b Note This should be equal to the number of Read Requests 4 Read Timeouts a Number of times the gateway has reached the timeout period waiting for a read response from the slave device 5 Read Errors a Number of DF1 Read Errors 6 Write Requests a Number of DF1 Write Requests that the gateway has sent to the slave device 7 Write Responses a Number of valid DF1 Write Responses that the gatewa...

Page 65: ... in the slave device iv File Offset does not exist in the Slave Device File Type and File Number v Attempting to read more data elements than exist in the slave device 3 N Slave Destination ID a Slave Destination ID of the slave that the error was received from 4 A DF1 Request Address a Starting address of the DF1 Request in Offset Notation that the error was received from 5 L Length a Number of p...

Page 66: ...ther device into the 460 gateway whenever it is in Configuration Mode Upon clicking the Choose File button you will be prompted to select a location from which to load the saved file Once the location is selected you can choose the Import Network Settings checkbox if you want to load the network settings of the configuration file or just load the configuration without the network setting If you ch...

Page 67: ...ntered an error while trying to load the saved configuration the gateway will indicate the first error it found and a brief description about it under the Load Configuration button Contact RTA Support with a screenshot of this error to further troubleshoot ...

Page 68: ...ay you wish to copy the configuration from 2 Power up the gateway you wish to copy the configuration to DO NOT INSERT SD CARD YET 3 Navigate to the webpage inside the unit 4 Navigate to the dropdown Other Utilities 5 If you are not currently in Mode Configuration go into Configuration Mode by clicking the Configuration Mode button at the top left hand side of the screen 6 Press the Revert to Manuf...

Page 69: ...stored in the Flash File System within the gateway Identify your device by clicking the Start Flashing LEDs button By clicking this button the two diagnostic LEDs will flash red and green Once you have identified which device you are working with click the button again to put the LEDs back into running mode Configure the size of the log through the Log Configuration Bring the device back to its la...

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