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Overview 

The 460ETCMRS gateway connects up to 5 Allen Bradley PLC’s to a Modbus RTU Master device. By 

following this guide, you will be able to configure the 460ETCMRS gateway.   

You will set the gateway’s network settings, configure device specific parameters for initial operation, 

and integrate the device into your application. 

For further customization and advanced use, please reference the appendices located on the CD. 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: 800-249-1612 
Email: [email protected] 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Summary of Contents for 460ETCMRS

Page 1: ...460ETCMRS Protocol Gateway Product User Guide Software Build Date January 15th 2015 Version 3 Real Time Automation Inc 1 1 800 249 1612...

Page 2: ...ential 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 o...

Page 3: ...Configuration Auto Slave Mode Default 21 Modbus RTU Slave Data Group Configuration Manual Mode 22 Mapping Transferring Data between Devices 24 Display Mapping and Values 25 Display Data 25 Display Str...

Page 4: ...8 Diagnostics Data and String Mapping 48 Diagnostics Allen Bradley PLC 49 Diagnostics Modbus RTU Slave 51 Diagnostics Modbus RTU Slave 52 LED Configuration 53 Configuration Files 54 Export Configurati...

Page 5: ...device specific parameters for initial operation and integrate the device into your application For further customization and advanced use please reference the appendices located on the CD If at any...

Page 6: ...up exe can also be downloaded http www rtaautomation com product 460 gateway support A PC with an internet browser o Browser configuration is Firefox Internet Explorer Google Chrome compatible The sup...

Page 7: ...of components may impair suitability for Class I Division 2 THIS EQUIPMENT IS OPEN TYPE DEVICE AND IS MEANT TO BE INSTALLED IN AN ENCLOSURE SUITABLE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SUCH THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS ONLY...

Page 8: ...cable connect the gateway to your PC 2 Insert the provided CD ROM 3 Run the IPSetup exe program from the CD ROM 4 Configure the IP Settings of the gateway to be on the same subnet as your PC 5 Click L...

Page 9: ...d Default Gateway i An invalid IP Address would be 169 254 x x 2 The gateway must be on the same Network Subnet as the PC Once you have both devices on the same network you should be able to ping the...

Page 10: ...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 allow...

Page 11: ...iguring the Description and 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 Aft...

Page 12: ...ecting to When you have completed your port configuration click the Save Parameters button The default jumper configurations are setup for the following serial modes Port 0 RS485 Port 1 RS232 If you r...

Page 13: ...onse Timeout Enter the amount of time the gateway should wait before a timeout is issued for a read write request ms 3 Delay Between Connect Attempts Enter the amount of time the gateway should wait b...

Page 14: ...nfigure up to 5 PLCs There are two ways to configure this protocol Auto Server Mode Default Manual Mode NOTE You may go back and forth between modes but when reverting from Manual Mode to Auto Server...

Page 15: ...String If the PLC is a MicroLogix SLC or PLC5E the data will be configured according to the following rules Any 8 Bit Signed Unsigned and 16 Bit Signed Unsigned data will be mapped as Int Any 32 Bit S...

Page 16: ...ller Slot is the slot where the Controller is located not the Ethernet Card being used These 3 parameters must match the PLC you are communicating to 5 Select the Comms Mode Unconnected UCMM messaging...

Page 17: ...the device 4 Enter a Device Label to identify the device within the gateway 5 Enter the IP Address of the PLC the Controller Slot Integrated Ethernet use Slot 0 and select the PLC Type The Controller...

Page 18: ...h as array index 27 enter in ReadTag 27 as the Tag File Name in our gateways scan line This means the gateway will go to ReadTag and start at array index 27 If you wish to access a specific bit from a...

Page 19: ...nt of time the gateway will wait for a Read Write request before issuing a timeout 5 To enable data swapping select the required Swap Indicator If the bytes appear in the wrong order enable swapping t...

Page 20: ...e up to 100 Data Groups for both Read Write There are two ways to configure this protocol Auto Slave Mode Default Manual Mode NOTE You may go back and forth between modes but when reverting from Manua...

Page 21: ...ssible Any 64 Bit Signed Unsigned data will be mapped as 4x Hold Reg 64 Bit Int or 64 Bit Uint matching signs whenever possible Any 32 Bit Float will be mapped as 4x Hold Reg 32 Bit Float Any 64 Bit F...

Page 22: ...type associated with them String Point Type If the mating protocol supports strings you may select string as a point type in Modbus With this point type 2 characters will be packed into a single regis...

Page 23: ...ter 1 will hold the length of the string and Registers 2 5 will hold the string contents This string can contain a max of 8 characters c Enter a Starting Address 1 based d Enter the of Points to write...

Page 24: ...Auto Map The gateway will automatically take the string data type from one protocol and map it into the other See String Auto Map section for more details Option 3 Manual Map If you don t want to use...

Page 25: ...ocol 1 button correlating to the direction you wish to see the data This page is very useful when verifying that all data is mapped somehow from one protocol to another If a data point is not mapped i...

Page 26: ...ore can pass the data on to the PLC tag called MC2PLC_INT The 460 gateway has NOT received valid responses from Modbus register 400011 400012 As a result the data cannot be passed to the PLC tag ETC01...

Page 27: ...t Valid on this page it indicates that the source has not been validated yet and no data is being sent to the destination In the example below this page reflects the Modbus to PLC flow of data Since t...

Page 28: ...on does not map the data as you want or you want to add modify the mappings you may do so by going into Manual Map mode The following are examples of the Auto Map function 1 This example shows a commo...

Page 29: ...the Operation s to perform i Math Operations are preformed 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 Ent...

Page 30: ...ld be considered a source or destination group 2 Temporary Ram Double a This is similar to the Temporary Ram Int 64 except manipulations will be conducted against the 64bit floating point to allow for...

Page 31: ...r Client 0x02 1 2 connected 0 not connected 0x04 2 4 first time scan 0x08 3 8 idle usually added to connected 0x10 4 16 running usually added to connected 0x20 5 32 bit not used 0x40 6 64 recoverable...

Page 32: ...dware port 0x08 27 134 217 728 nonrecoverable 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...

Page 33: ...ble 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 s...

Page 34: ...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 mapp...

Page 35: ...d to confirm if this is really what you want to do Click OK to proceed to delete all current mappings and go to Auto Map mode Click Cancel to keep all mappings and remain in Manual Map mode NOTE Once...

Page 36: ...if blank then no manipulation destination point If you are looking for a specific point to see if it is mapped you can do a find in this text box for your point in question Example you defined 20 Regi...

Page 37: ...point Copy destination point If you are looking for a specific point to see if it is mapped you can do a find in this text box for your point in question Example you defined 20 String Tags in the PLC...

Page 38: ...hem 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 conf...

Page 39: ...ted 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 capabilit...

Page 40: ...user Display Hint Displays the hint specified for the User if one was set up Reset Password This is used to reset security settings Confirm reset password must be selected to confirm this action Once...

Page 41: ...they may click logout at the top of any page The user may also be logged out for inactivity based off of the Log Out Timer specified during the configuration Closing the browser is not sufficient to...

Page 42: ...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...

Page 43: ...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 S...

Page 44: ...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...

Page 45: ...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 Ac...

Page 46: ...nt 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 chan...

Page 47: ...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...

Page 48: ...ings that are enabled that have an error First Error This is a detailed description of the first mapping that has an error Common Errors 1 Destination or Source Point does not exist Solution Re map th...

Page 49: ...in the All PLC s dropdown menu and clicking View Device Status This will only display when viewing All PLC s 1 Connected The gateway is connected to all of the PLC s that are configured and enabled 2...

Page 50: ...d Responses Number of valid responses sent from PLC to the gateway G2N 4 Read Write Timeouts Since we are TCP based the gateway will timeout on the read or write and close the TCP connection This coun...

Page 51: ...ion of the gateway Device Status 1 Connected A Modbus RTU Master has a connection for the gateway 2 Not Connected a The Modbus RTU Master has not opened up communication to the gateway b The Modbus RT...

Page 52: ...rs requests received 4 FC04 Read Input Registers Modbus Function Code 4 Number of Read Input Registers requests received 5 FC05 Force Single Coil Modbus Function Code 5 Number of Write Coil Status req...

Page 53: ...nt either all Slaves Servers configured in our gateway or a particular Slave Server device To select a particular Slave Server device a Select the protocol in the left dropdown menu b Click Save Param...

Page 54: ...another 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 locat...

Page 55: ...s button the two diagnostic LED s will flash red and green Once you have identified which device you are working with click the button again to put the LED s back into running mode Configure the size...

Page 56: ...ow set up your gateway for communication and are ready to place the device in your application Support for your device is available any time Toll free 800 249 1612 Email support rtaautomation com Real...

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