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Real Time Automation, Inc.

1-800-249-1612

Revision History ............................................................................................................................................ 5

Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 6

Hardware Platforms ...................................................................................................................................... 7

Hardware

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N700 ...................................................................................................................................... 8

Powering the Gateway .............................................................................................................................. 8

Port Connections ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Mounting with a DIN Rail ............................................................................................................................ 10

Installing .................................................................................................................................................. 10

Removing ................................................................................................................................................ 10

Accessing the Main Page............................................................................................................................. 11

Error: Main Page Does Not Launch ......................................................................................................... 12

Committing Changes to the Settings .......................................................................................................... 13

Main Page ................................................................................................................................................... 14

Device Configuration ................................................................................................................................... 15

Network Configuration ............................................................................................................................... 16

Allen-Bradley PLC Configuration ................................................................................................................. 17

External PLC Configuration ......................................................................................................................... 18

External PLC Configuration: Auto-Configure ........................................................................................... 19

Auto-Configure Group by Device vs. Auto-Configure Group by Data Type ............................................ 20

Group by Device (Default Method) ......................................................................................................... 20

Group by Data Type ................................................................................................................................ 20

External PLC Configuration: Manual Configure Mode ............................................................................ 21

Configuring Read and Write Scan Lines .................................................................................................. 23

Access Program Scope Tags .................................................................................................................... 26

Optimized Trigger Guide ......................................................................................................................... 27

BACNet MS/TP Master Configuration ......................................................................................................... 31

BACnet MS/TP Master Device Configuration ............................................................................................. 32

Configuring Read Scan Lines ................................................................................................................... 33

Configuring Writes Scan Lines ................................................................................................................. 33

Mapping - Transferring Data Between Devices .......................................................................................... 34

Display Mapping and Values ....................................................................................................................... 35

Display Data ............................................................................................................................................ 35

Display String........................................................................................................................................... 38

Display String use case ................................................................................................................................ 40

Summary of Contents for 460ETCBM-N700

Page 1: ...Real Time Automation Inc 1 1 800 249 1612 Firmware Version 8 7 22 460ETCBM N700 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: ...nfiguration 18 External PLC Configuration Auto Configure 19 Auto Configure Group by Device vs Auto Configure Group by Data Type 20 Group by Device Default Method 20 Group by Data Type 20 External PLC...

Page 4: ...iggering 51 Security Configuration 53 Security Configuration Security Levels 54 Security Log In 55 Security Log Out 55 Email Configuration 56 Alarm Configuration 57 Diagnostics Alarm Status 59 Alarms...

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 U...

Page 6: ...to configure the 460ETCBM 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...

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 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: ...e 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 Por...

Page 10: ...under the DIN Rail 3 While pressing the 460ETCBM 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...

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: ...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 18: ...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 19: ...y 32 bit 7 Any String Data Types will be mapped as String If the PLC is a MicroLogix SLC or PLC5E the data will be configured according to the following rules 1 Any 8 Bit Signed Unsigned and 16 Bit Si...

Page 20: ...he other protocol on the gateway and auto configures the data groups on the Allen Bradley PLC for all the data points within the other protocol Another way to view this option is to say that the data...

Page 21: ...r you want to modify the scan line s that already exist 4 To delete the scan lines that are already there and start over press Cancel 5 To add additional PLCs click the Select dropdown under Allen Bra...

Page 22: ...ly maintain a connection when there is data needed to be transferred then Unconnected UCMM will work best if you are only writing to the PLC Connected Class 3 Explicit messaging relies on reserved res...

Page 23: ...e and close the connection until a Change of State Leaving it at Connected messaging once we receive data the RTA gateway will constantly be writing to the PLC to maintain that connection a If you wis...

Page 24: ...to the gateway See the Scan Line Data Limit section at the bottom of the page for the given max values a If using a CompactLogix or ControlLogix below are the scan line data limits b If using a Contr...

Page 25: ...Real Time Automation Inc 25 1 800 249 1612 d If using a SLC 5 05 or PLC5E below are the scan line limits 5 Click the Save Parameters button 6 Repeat for the other direction if needed...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...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 29: ...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 30: ...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 31: ...mum MAC ID that the gateway will communicate with on the BACnet MS TP network This value should be equal to or greater than the largest MAC ID on the MS TP Network The gateway cannot communicate with...

Page 32: ...nd click the Delete Slave button d Click Save Parameters to save your changes before a restart or going to another configuration page 2 The Enable check box should be selected for the device 3 Enter a...

Page 33: ...cterString Value 3 Enter a Starting Object 4 Enter the of consecutive objects to read for that object type You can enter a value of 1 to 128 Configuring Writes Scan Lines Follow these steps to manuall...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...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 36: ...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 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...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 40: ...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 41: ...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 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...ves 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 67: ...s the Status for All Slaves or the specific slave selected 1 Solid Green Connected The gateway is connected to all the BACnet MS TP slaves that are configured and enabled 2 Flashing Green Not Connecte...

Page 68: ...d if the BACnet MS TP device does not support Write Property Multiple WPM 4 RD Prop Multiple Request Number of Read Property Multiple requests sent to the BACnet MS TP devices 5 WR Prop Multiple Reque...

Page 69: ...established d Read Access Denied BACnet MS TP read request cannot be processed e Unknown Obj The gateway tried to access an object the slave does not support f Unknown Property The gateway tried to ac...

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: ...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...

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