Real Time Automation, Inc.
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1-800-249-1612
Firmware Version 8.7.4
460ECETC-NNA4
Protocol Gateway
Product User Guide
Page 1: ...Real Time Automation Inc 1 1 800 249 1612 Firmware Version 8 7 4 460ECETC NNA4 Protocol Gateway Product User Guide...
Page 2: ...ion 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...
Page 3: ...Configuring Input Instance 18 Configuring Output Instance 19 Allen Bradley PLC Configuration 20 External PLC Configuration 21 External PLC Configuration Auto Configure 22 Auto Configure Group by Devi...
Page 4: ...y Configuration Security Levels 53 Security Log In 54 Security Log Out 54 Email Configuration 55 Alarm Configuration 56 Diagnostics Alarm Status 58 Alarms Active 58 Alarms Clear 59 Change of State COS...
Page 5: ...rotocol 2 Ability to now Import Export Template Files with out an FTP session Bug Fixes 1 Updated Profinet Server PS on N34 hardware Platform 2 Updated Wi Fi software 8 6 0 2 28 20 Bug Fixes 1 Omron P...
Page 6: ...to configure the 460ECETC NNA4 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 I...
Page 7: ...h 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 O...
Page 8: ...Real Time Automation Inc 8 1 800 249 1612 Hardware NNA4 Powering the Gateway 1 Connect a 12 24 VDC power source to the gateway Red Wire Black Wire a The unit draws 175mA 12 V...
Page 9: ...under the DIN Rail 3 While pressing the 460ECETC NNA4 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...
Page 10: ...ogram 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...
Page 11: ...fault 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 usi...
Page 12: ...ed 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 T...
Page 13: ...led 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...
Page 14: ...ice 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 th...
Page 15: ...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...
Page 16: ...rk you wish to communicate with EtherNet IP scanner If using single port hardware the Network Interface will default to Ethernet Port only 2 Delay Between Connect Attempts Enter the amount of time the...
Page 17: ...the and buttons and click the Delete Adapter button d Click the Save Parameters button to save change before restarting or going to another configuration page 2 The Enable check box should be selected...
Page 18: ...defined by the I O adapter device This must match for proper communication 5 Priority Select the appropriate value as defined by the I O adapter Default value is scheduled 6 Connection Type Select the...
Page 19: ...ill occur 4 Output Instance This is the output instance defined by the I O adapter device This must match for proper communication 5 Priority Select the appropriate value as defined by the I O adapter...
Page 20: ...ernet port only 1 Delay Between Messages Enter the length of time to delay between read and write scan line requests ms 2 Response Timeout Enter the amount of time the gateway should wait before a tim...
Page 21: ...l Mode will be discarded 1 To add additional PLCs click the Select dropdown under Allen Bradley PLC Device List and select Add Generic PLC option a To remove a device navigate to the server to delete...
Page 22: ...Signed Unsigned data will be mapped as Int 3 Any 32 Bit Signed Unsigned data will be mapped as Dint 4 Any 32 Bit Float and 64 Bit Float data will be mapped as Real 5 Any Coils or 1 Bit Binary Packs wi...
Page 23: ...ult Method Group by Device goes through the other protocol on the gateway and auto configures the data groups on the Allen Bradley PLC for all the data points on the other protocol s first device Afte...
Page 24: ...2 External PLC Configuration Manual Configure Mode 1 To transition from either of the two Auto Configure modes to Manual Configure Mode click the dropdown in the middle of the Allen Bradley Configurat...
Page 25: ...the PLC This could result in message timeouts if there are a lot of devices fighting for these shared buffers If you don t want the RTA gateway to constantly keep the connection open to the PLC but on...
Page 26: ...tantly be writing to the PLC to maintain that connection a If you wish to start from a point other than the base add to the end of the Tag File Name to specify which point is the starting point i Exam...
Page 27: ...Real Time Automation Inc 27 1 800 249 1612 b If using a Non Logix or Micrologix PLC below are the scan line limits 5 Click the Save Parameters button 6 Repeat for the other direction if needed...
Page 28: ...additional syntax If you are using a tag that is defined within Program Scope then the tag name inside of the RTA gateway needs additional syntax for it to successfully communicate Example AnotherTag...
Page 29: ...ore setting the Handshake value equal to Trigger value How does this work 1 Read ETC Optimized Trigger tag until Change of State a Value 0 Enabled but Not valid value b Value 65535 Disabled 2 Map the...
Page 30: ...date the RTA_Opt_Trigger PLC tag to 1 7 Now your ASCII device will be updated with the data 8 Increment the RTA_Opt_Trigger PLC tag 9 Your ASCII device will get update again regardless if data is new...
Page 31: ...te Scan line that updates the PLC with the Handshake from the RTAgateway Handshake tag can be unique to your PLC program 3 Within the ETC configuration setup a PLC tag that you can identify as your Op...
Page 32: ...date your Read Scan Line tag with new data 12 Increment the RTA_Opt_Trigger PLC tag again 13 Now your ASCII device will be updated with the new data 14 In a working application the Handshake tag in yo...
Page 33: ...eway 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...
Page 34: ...isplay 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...
Page 35: ...3 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 AI...
Page 36: ...iew 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 det...
Page 37: ...ps 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 d...
Page 38: ...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 Fo...
Page 39: ...on 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...
Page 40: ...ata 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 Aut...
Page 41: ...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 Operat...
Page 42: ...ase 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...
Page 43: ...ys 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 wil...
Page 44: ...ult 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 Explanat...
Page 45: ...e 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 0...
Page 46: ...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...
Page 47: ...ual 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...
Page 48: ...op 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...
Page 49: ...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 Mapp...
Page 50: ...ake 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 Tr...
Page 51: ...ppings 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 da...
Page 52: ...ax 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 reminde...
Page 53: ...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 co...
Page 54: ...word 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 r...
Page 55: ...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 th...
Page 56: ...ction 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 se...
Page 57: ...he 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 ava...
Page 58: ...m 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 incremen...
Page 59: ...hen 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...
Page 60: ...his 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...
Page 61: ...larm 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...
Page 62: ...rs dropdown and clicking View Additional 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...
Page 63: ...nected to all the EtherNet IP adapters that are configured and enabled 2 Solid Green Connected Idle The gateway is connected to all the EtherNet IP adapters that are configured and enabled but the con...
Page 64: ...r I O Allocation Total number of refused connections Status Strings These are the values for All Adapters or the specific adapter selected 1 Last I O Allocation Error Displays the last error code rece...
Page 65: ...le The gateway is trying to access the adapter too quickly Increase the RPI value in the gateway 6 Unsupportable RPI The value configured in the gateway for the RPI is not supported in the adapter dev...
Page 66: ...lear 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 Allen Bradley PLC ETC01 10 1 100 18 this will...
Page 67: ...ng connection can be determined from the Network Bitmap Status value 4 Communication not attempted yet Flashing Red Specific Server Only No reads are configured and data needed for writes isn t valid...
Page 68: ...C to the gateway Common Error Strings These are the values for All PLCs or the specific PLC selected 1 IP xxx xxx xxx xxx tagname 04 Path Segment Error The tag name is wrong or the tag is not defined...
Page 69: ...col is a master client you may set the LED to represent either all slaves servers configured in the gateway or a slave server device To select a slave server device 1 Select the protocol in the left d...
Page 70: ...her 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...
Page 71: ...tered 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...
Page 72: ...y 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 Ot...
Page 73: ...on the hardware 1 On the side of the gateway with the SD card slot there is a small pinhole Using a paperclip press the button through this pinhole and hold the button for at least 5 seconds 2 After...
Page 74: ...tored 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...
