Real Time Automation, Inc.
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1-800-249-1612
Firmware Version 8.7.22
460ECTCP-NNA1
Protocol Gateway
Product User Guide
Page 1: ...Real Time Automation Inc 1 1 800 249 1612 Firmware Version 8 7 22 460ECTCP NNA1 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: ...e Configuration 18 Configuring Input Instance 19 Configuring Output Instance 20 TCP IP Configuration 21 ASCII Configuration 22 Receive Data 23 Receive Data Operation Mode 24 Transmit Data 25 Transmit...
Page 4: ...ing 55 Security Configuration 57 Security Configuration Security Levels 58 Security Log In 59 Security Log Out 59 Email Configuration 60 Alarm Configuration 61 Diagnostics Alarm Status 63 Alarms Activ...
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Page 6: ...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 U...
Page 7: ...le to configure the 460ECTCP NNA1 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 suppor...
Page 8: ...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 9: ...Real Time Automation Inc 9 1 800 249 1612 Hardware NNA1 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 10: ...under the DIN Rail 3 While pressing the 460ECTCP NNA1 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 11: ...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 12: ...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 13: ...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 14: ...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 15: ...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 16: ...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 17: ...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 18: ...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 19: ...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 20: ...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 21: ...ll close the connection 5 Connect Timeout Enter the amount of time in milliseconds the gateway will wait for the TCP server to accept the connection 6 Reconnect Timeout Enter the amount of time in sec...
Page 22: ...new ASCII device 2 The Enable check box should be selected for the device 3 Port Select which port is being used for communication This port must be configured on the Port USB or TCP IP depending on y...
Page 23: ...ge Length varies in size then use a timeout to call the message complete rather than message length You can also use End Delimiters below to call a message complete 4 Number of Start Delimiters Select...
Page 24: ...The next time the operator scans the same barcode HelloWorld the ASCII side gathers the data but the data didn t change so it will not be sent over to the ETC portion of the RTA gateway If the operat...
Page 25: ...evice 4 Delay Between Messages Enter the amount of time in ms that the gateway waits before verifying a Change of State of the ASCII message OR will start the Transmit Timeout 5 Number of Start Delimi...
Page 26: ...o If you send hello again nothing will happen because of the RTA Change of State Rule b Option 2 Technology Triggering A USB TCP WI This method is chosen if the Transmit Timeout field is left at 0 and...
Page 27: ...ge Triggering Method section of this manual are also mapped Example 3 From the PLC send a message of hello based on whatever gets triggered first the 3000ms Timeout or the trigger data point the ASCII...
Page 28: ...but messages can still be sent via the cyclic method if configured For more information on the ASCII triggering methods please see the Transmit Data Triggering Methods section of this user guide How t...
Page 29: ...ansTrigger is between 1 65534 AND the value IS equal to the TransHandshake diagnostic variable then no new message will transmit until Slot 12 0 triggers again RTA460 Display Data Example d If TransTr...
Page 30: ...ror will be flagged if the actual number of fields is less than this value 3 Parsing Delimiter This defines the delimiter that will be used to parse an ASCII message If delimiters are not present sele...
Page 31: ...n this example we are separating the fields in the string 12 25 SP100 temp setpoint using the start and length parameters The first value is being parsed from the 1st character for a length of 5 and s...
Page 32: ...value is being parsed from the 1st character for a length of 2 and stored into an integer data type The second value is being parsed from the 3rd character of the second comma parsed field for the rem...
Page 33: ...ppear between each of the fields select UNUSED 3 Data Type Select the data type of the parsed value a Signed and Unsigned 8 16 32 64 Bit Integers b 32 64 Bit Floating Points c String in order to use a...
Page 34: ...roes Spaces or Nothing to the remaining character placeholders the padding will occur to the left of the value 8 Add Delim Used when a concatenating delimiter is selected Check to add the concatenatin...
Page 35: ...0A0 3 Field 3 32 bit int represented as Trans_Field03 It will output as an integer with a max of 10 characters padded with spaces and a comma will be added to the end of the value o EX ____123456 show...
Page 36: ...ransmit Data is set up with the following delimiters Example 1 Sample Result This use case is sending data via 5 PLC tags Using the concatenating setup example and the transmit example the ASCII data...
Page 37: ...g the Data Mapping webpage It is mapped just like the Status_XY variable described in the Data Mapping Adding Diagnostic Information section of this user guide Example For this example the other proto...
Page 38: ...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 39: ...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 40: ...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 41: ...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 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...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 69: ...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 70: ...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 71: ...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...
Page 72: ...onfigured b Verify the port configured matches the port enabled LED Status This is the Status for All ASCII or the specific ASCII device selected 1 Solid Green Connected The gateway is receiving trans...
Page 73: ...Msg Timeout to be less than what you currently have set 7 Successful Parsed Messages a Number of messages that are complete and have been successfully parsed 8 Failed Parsed Messages a Number of messa...
Page 74: ...complete message the gateway received from the ASCII device processed and sent to the other protocol Next Message to Send from Queue 2 This is the next complete message that the gateway has already re...
Page 75: ...ASCII device Note The concatenated delimiters are not displayed in this message but will be transmitted with the message Send Data from Gateway to ASCII Used for testing only Character limit of 1024 1...
Page 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...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...
