515RTAENI-N34
Protocol Gateway
Product User Guide
Firmware Version
4.02
Page 1: ...515RTAENI N34 Protocol Gateway Product User Guide Firmware Version 4 02...
Page 2: ...tion 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 inf...
Page 3: ...eb Configuration Tabs 14 Committing Changes to the Gateway 15 Network Tab 16 Ethernet Settings 16 Changing from DHCP to Static IP 17 Additional Fields under Ethernet Settings 17 Serial Settings 18 Ema...
Page 4: ...rs 31 Serial Diagnostic Tab 32 Ethernet Status 33 Ethernet Status Counters 33 Ethernet Diagnostics Tab 34 LED Behavior 35 DF1 Node Descriptions Reference Table 36 Easily replace an existing NETENI dev...
Page 5: ...applications 2 PanelView Duplicate Packet Detect communications fix 3 BootP fixes 4 Data View webpage floating point writes fixed 5 Minor webpage layout fixes 6 Change to force at least 1 admin to Fu...
Page 6: ...Real Time Automation Inc 6 1 800 249 1612 7 Enabled force of at least 1 Admin when security is enabled 8 Minor webpage layout fixes...
Page 7: ...messages via Simple Mail Transport Protocol SMTP Allows ability to easily upload and download programs using standard Rockwell Automation tools Writes to Ethernet controllers like ControlLogix Howeve...
Page 8: ...30 mA to 28 V 80 mA Power can be received over serial cable TEMPERATURE Industrial Temperature Range 40C to 85C CERTIFICATIONS UL C UL CE FCC CLASS 1 DIV 2 MOUNTING Din Rail Panel SIZE 4 2 x 3 25 x 1...
Page 9: ...DIN Rail 3 While pressing the 515RTAENI against the rail press down to engage the spring loaded upper clip and rotate the unit parallel to the DIN Rail 4 Release downward pressure Removing Follow thes...
Page 10: ...WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD Substitution of components may impair suitability for Class I Division 2 THIS EQUIPMENT IS AN OPEN TYPE DEVICE AND IS MEANT TO BE INSTALLED IN AN ENCLOSURE SUITABLE FOR THE E...
Page 11: ...below DB9 pinouts are as follows Pin 2 RX Pin 3 TX Pin 5 GND CABLE INFORMATION Wiring It is recommended to use Allen Bradley serial cables Allen Bradley 1761 CBL PM02 Ser C Allen Bradley 1756 CP3 IMPO...
Page 12: ...r also on the network 2 Run the IPSetup exe program from the CD ROM 3 Find unit under Select a Unit a If you do not see the gateway in this tool then your PC is most likely set up as a static IP i Cha...
Page 13: ...et and Default 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 ga...
Page 14: ...of tabs and what information can be found on each one 1 Home used for diagnostics and status messages for both the DF1 and Ethernet sides 2 Data View used to read write and display data from the Cont...
Page 15: ...ds under that section will change into text boxes or dropdown lists See below screenshot as an example The only field in this section that isn t configurable is the Serial Mode Changes will not take e...
Page 16: ...to receive an IP Address every time that the gateway is powered up If DHCP fails then an AutoIP Address is used to make the webpages accessible and DHCP will continue to attempt to get an address 2 S...
Page 17: ...of the DNS Server on the network where the gateway looks up IP Addresses This is mandatory for E mail PLC Security Mask 1 This field limits what controllers can connect to and communicate with the gat...
Page 18: ...nly used baud rates Serial Mode Cannot be changed DF1 RS232 8N1 8N1 meaning 8 data bits no parity bit 1 stop bit Timeout ms Elapsed time in milliseconds for sending or receiving data before an error i...
Page 19: ...s are filled in if the Email Server requires SMTP Authentication If the Email Server does not require SMTP Authentication then the values here will be ignored and can be left blank The maximum length...
Page 20: ...t Node ID will be forwarded to the associated To address The controller will send a 485CIF Write message to the DF1 destination Node that is mapped to the destination email address For the 515RTAENI t...
Page 21: ...to 99 that corresponds to the destination email address In this case since we are writing to Node Address 50 the e mail address that would be used would be what is configured in Node Address 150 in t...
Page 22: ...oller This screen allows 40 user configurable descriptions for the reads and writes associated with the Data Table Address ranges of N50 0 27 and F51 0 11 Depending on the Refresh Rate configured at t...
Page 23: ...itted to the local controller Configurable Mapping Node The 515RTAENI can route a DF1 message received from the attached controller to a compatible destination TCP IP device using DF1 Node addresses 0...
Page 24: ...Real Time Automation Inc 24 1 800 249 1612 IP Routing Table example Configure Node 100 Function Configure route 0 address Execute Node 0 Function Send message to IP address DF1 Node 100...
Page 25: ...eway to use a previously saved configuration file Import Configuration 1 Click the Choose File button and search for the configuration to load into the gateway 2 Click the Upload button to begin insta...
Page 26: ...ware upgrade process The firmware will automatically install and the gateway will automatically reboot after the new firmware has been upgraded The upgrade process will take approximately 30 seconds E...
Page 27: ...log values Up to 50 data strings can be displayed here by writing to Node 204 at element 0 with the newest event log displayed at the top Either a string write to Node 205 or a click on the Clear Eve...
Page 28: ...ccess Users can either have Full Access or View Only access to all the gateway s configuration pages Username Enter a name for the security user up to 32 characters Password Enter a password for the s...
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Page 30: ...for troubleshooting communication problems There is also a logging table that can be used to further troubleshoot the Ethernet Serial and general gateway problems Msg Log Tab This tab displays the ga...
Page 31: ...s received from the attached serial controller Total Num Messages Enqueued Displays the total number of DF1 messages that are placed into the Waiting to be processed queue Total Num Messages Dequeued...
Page 32: ...splay Timeouts Display Bad BCC CRC or Display Queue Full The columns are briefly described as follows Field Description DF1 Node DF1 message destination or source Node Req TX Number of requests transm...
Page 33: ...timed out Timeout period is set to 2 minutes Total Num Messages Discarded Displays the total number of Ethernet messages that have been discarded Total Num Bad Packets Displays the total number of cor...
Page 34: ...er can filter a specific IP Address if desired The columns are briefly described as follows Field Description IP Address IP Address associated with the connection Port Remote Port associated with the...
Page 35: ...ured Blink Green No active communications Idle Blink Red No active communications Timeout Solid Red Fatal Error LED 2 Ethernet Status Solid Green Ethernet Communication is active and messages are succ...
Page 36: ...s sent to the IP address at Node n 100 Therefore a message sent to Node 0 is sent to the IP address stored in Node 100 Mapping Tab p23 50 99 Writes to Nodes 50 99 are used by the serial controller to...
Page 37: ...10 201 A Write to Node 201 is used to change the Data Description column displayed on the Data View webpage Up to 40 elements can be written since there are 40 labels But each element is written as o...
Page 38: ...ail Settings p19 244 245 not used 248 A controller write to Node 248 will cause the 515RTAENI gateway to save configuration settings and re initialize 249 Email address The 2nd element is the length o...
Page 39: ...I ENIW Utility configuration tool If you are doing a device replacement just use the ENI ENIW Utility tool to get the configuration file from the old ENI and then do a Save To the 515RTAENI gateway No...
Page 40: ...onfiguring a 515RTAENI 3 First verify that the 515RTAENI serial port is configured to the correct baud rate for the PLC and then configure the RSLinx EtherNet IP driver IMPORTANT In RSLinx the EDS fil...
Page 41: ...he Driver to be the EtherNet IP driver and click the Who Active button 5 After clicking the Who Active button select the 515RTAENI gateway and click OK 6 Then verify that the Comms Path is set to the...
Page 42: ...s and go online with the PLC using 515RTAENI NOTE The 515RTAENI Ethernet Status LED will only turn solid green when there are communications taking place Anytime there are no communications for over 5...
Page 43: ...rs from the Communications menu 2 If you already have an Ethernet driver configured and wish to add the 515RTAENI to that driver simply add a new node to the driver with the 515RTAENI s IP address 3 I...
Page 44: ...why do I get a 0x10 error after clicking the Apply button The 0x10 error indicates that either the serial baud rates do not match or there is an issue with the serial cable Verify that the serial bau...
Page 45: ...er for the EDS installation tool to successfully install the file Once the EDS file is installed and the Ethernet and serial settings have been set you should be able to discover the 515RTAENI gateway...
Page 46: ...t Add Device From the Device Selection tool select the NetENI connected PCCC devices select the appropriate processor family folder and then choose your PLC from the list in the processor folder and p...
Page 47: ...te over Ethernet to the serial input of the controller using the 515RTAENI gateway If this procedure doesn t work the first time delete the original target and rebuild the Comms as described above IMP...
Page 48: ...u need to do the following to gather data from a SLC 5 03 SLC 5 04 or MicroLogix using the 515RTAENI Create a new item name it and then select a channel to use For Channel selecte the Device Driver of...
