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Chapter 8 - Using the web interface

Version EN-092019-1.21

8.3.7

High Availability

The High Availability option is available after you have installed the

license file

, selected the

Activate

option and entered the tag of the gateway pair.

Parameter

Meaning

Activate

Tick checkbox to select high availability for a redundant gateway pair

Tag of gateway pair

Name of the gateway pair.

Apply

Click button to activate your settings.

Note

If you change the settings you must restart the gateway.

Summary of Contents for mbGate DP

Page 1: ...Softing Industrial Automation GmbH Modbus Gateways User Guide Version EN 092019 1 21...

Page 2: ...scribed products and may especially not be deemed as warranty concerning the quality and durability pursuant to Sec 443 German Civil Code We reserve the right to make any alterations or improvements t...

Page 3: ...d dismounting 3 1 1 12 Connection diagrams mbGate PA 3 1 2 13 Connection diagram mbGate PB 3 1 3 13 Connection diagram mbGate DP 3 1 4 14 Connecting the power supply 3 1 5 14 Installation positions 3...

Page 4: ...41 6 2 Setting device parameters with SIMATIC PDM 41 Prerequisites 6 2 1 41 Configuring the PROFIBUS driver 6 2 2 41 Connecting the SIMATIC Manager 6 2 3 Chapter 7 45 LED status indicators 46 7 1 Stat...

Page 5: ...9 1 21 5 Table of Contents 60 Threads 8 4 3 60 Status 8 4 4 61 8 5 MODBUS TCP 61 Settings 8 5 1 62 Mapping 8 5 2 62 Log 8 5 3 63 8 6 PROFIBUS 63 Configuration 8 6 1 64 Log 8 6 2 Chapter 9 65 Declarati...

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Page 7: ...ons in this guide 1 3 Typographic conventions The following conventions are used throughout Softing customer documentation Keys buttons menu items commands and other elements involving user interactio...

Page 8: ...grams modified interface functions described and reference to Modus trademark added 1 5 Related documentation and videos The following links provide additional product information Documents Videos 1 6...

Page 9: ...s network with up to 32 PROFIBUS DP devices in Modbus systems at speeds of up to 12Mbit s All three gateways support industry standard device configuration parameterization and condition monitoring to...

Page 10: ...thernet interfaces switched internally Power supply by connectors or rail connectors High Availability 2 4 System requirements This gateway can be used in combination with a Modbus engineering system...

Page 11: ...imum ambient operating temperature may differ See Section Installation positions for details Installation and inspection Installation and inspection must be carried out by qualified personnel only per...

Page 12: ...BUS segment connections PA0 to PA3 By connecting two gateways over a redundancy link RDL you will obtain a higher uptime high availability The gateway has two 10 100 Base T Ethernet ports ETH1 ETH2 Bo...

Page 13: ...rrespond to IEEE 802 3 and are connected to an internal switch for line topologies The following diagram shows the side profile of the mbGate PB model with the input and output interfaces and fieldbus...

Page 14: ...sitive supply voltage CAUTION The Functional Earth FE connection of the device has to be connected at low inductance with the Protective Earth PE of the system Note As the connection diagrams show the...

Page 15: ...ient temperature Ta 4 32VDC 0 mm 50 C 2 24VDC 0 mm 55 C 4 32VDC 17 5 mm 60 C 2 24VDC 17 5 mm 60 C Maximum ambient temperatures for mbGate PB Number of PA channels used Maximum fieldbus voltage Minimum...

Page 16: ...bient temperature Ta 4 32VDC 0 mm 40 C 2 24VDC 0 mm 45 C 4 32VDC 17 5 mm 50 C 2 24VDC 17 5 mm 55 C Maximum ambient temperatures for mbGate PB Number of PA channels used Maximum fieldbus voltage Minimu...

Page 17: ...d by a power conditioner If you connect to field devices in explosive atmospheres ensure that you also connect a field barrier in between 2 Connect the gateway from one of the two Ethernet ports with...

Page 18: ...2019 1 21 mbGate DP network topology Example of Modbus high availability 3 1 8 Powering up the device Turn on the power supply The boot process will take around 15 seconds For indication of proper ope...

Page 19: ...t and click Next 6 Click Install to install the selected software application on your PC While the installation is in progress the status bar of the installation wizard shows the different steps that...

Page 20: ...egment The Modbus Gateway is connected with a PC which runs a standard Internet browser supporting JavaScript GSD files electronic device descriptions corresponding to the PROFIBUS devices are availab...

Page 21: ...952 and RFC 1123 7 Enter a dedicated IP address and subnet mask or click Use DHCP to obtain the IP settings from a DHCP server Note Ensure that you do not use the same IP address for Modbus communicat...

Page 22: ...rol Panel from your task bar 2 Select Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center A new window opens where you can view your basic network information 3 Click on your Internet connection either Et...

Page 23: ...you can t recall the IP address of your gateway start the Search And Configure tool to find out what it is see Step 2 below 2 Click the IP address of the gateway to launch the login window in your we...

Page 24: ...e purchase of the licensed feature like High Availability 4 Log on to the user interface of the gateway and open the Information window of the device Under Information System you find the Host ID of y...

Page 25: ...p up message window 14 The restart of the device will take a few seconds The user interface is reloaded automatically and you are redirected to the login page When you return to Settings Licensing the...

Page 26: ...etails After you have installed the high availability license files you will need to assign a gateway tag and activate the redundancy mode 1 Tick the checkbox Activate 2 Enter the gateway tag The mini...

Page 27: ...rom DHCP server 3 Click Apply 4 Click Restart Device in top menu bar left to the Logout option 4 8 Configuring PROFIBUS Note As all three gateways have the same PROFIBUS master interface the configura...

Page 28: ...Modbus Gateways User Guide 28 Version EN 092019 1 21...

Page 29: ...ode of the PROFIBUS master can be read and changed in the low bytes of Modbus registers 8500 8628 8756 and 8884 The following diagram shows the Modbus registers used for the segments of different Modb...

Page 30: ...segment and the station address The base register numbers for the segments are 8500 segment 0 8628 segment 1 8756 segment 2 and 8884 segment 3 The register number for a device on station address 2 in...

Page 31: ...Cyclic data exchange is activated for the device Not Accessible 5 The selected station address is not assigned to any device or the device cannot be accessed Prm Fault 6 The device shows a parameteri...

Page 32: ...tes process data of Analog Input 1 are mapped to registers 0 and 1 plus the high byte first byte of register 2 The letter H behind the start register number 0 indicates that the process data starts in...

Page 33: ...riting access is granted or refused If writing access is granted the controller must read the control registers of the command interface by consistent multiple register access The gateway will refuse...

Page 34: ...ster 1 station address of the PROFIBUS device base register 2 slot number within the device base register 3 parameter index within the slot base register 4 Number of bytes of data to be written The ma...

Page 35: ...RY RUN BACKUP while the other gateway enters into the corresponding complementary state when the redundancy link is up Register Register Type Meaning 9990 Holding Register This register represents the...

Page 36: ...203 no slave detected at fieldbus 0x0204 configuration of fieldbus could not be loaded 0x0205 fieldbus operate 0x0206 fieldbus stop clear 0x0207 fieldbus offline State Location PLC connection 0x0301 n...

Page 37: ...t to STOP mode when the watchdog expires The STOP mode corresponds to a fail safe mode In redundant systems running with two gateways the PROFIBUS master of the different segments is not automatically...

Page 38: ...w that opens type wmic qfe find 3033929 The answer contains information about the time date and Internet address of the installation Hint If you have downloaded PACTware from the product website the S...

Page 39: ...The question mark on a yellow background means that the connection to the Modbus Gateway has not yet been tested 12 Click Apply in the PROFIBUS Control Panel to save all settings and confirm with Yes...

Page 40: ...the available devices 4 Select PROFIdtmDPV1 from the list and confirm with OK The device is displayed in the project view Note Before starting a topology scan make sure the corresponding Device DTM is...

Page 41: ...PROFIBUS driver See Section Configuring the PROFIBUS driver in the Chapter above 6 2 3 Connecting the SIMATIC Manager Connecting the SIMATIC Manager with the mbGate PB device 1 Start the SIMATIC Mana...

Page 42: ...bject networks 10 Right click on the network symbol and select Insert New Object Communication network 11 Click the Assign Device Type button The Assign Device Type window is opened 12 Select PROFIBUS...

Page 43: ...run a network scan to verify that the PA device can be reached The icon indicates that a device can be reached to read and write process parameters 16 Close the window in the top right corner 17 Righ...

Page 44: ...OK to confirm The window is closed 22 Right click in the Process Device Network View on the device you have just selected and select Object This opens the SIMATIC PDM view which shows the parameter v...

Page 45: ...us PROFIBUS system faults wrong configuration internal error refer to Modbus LEDs MB and PROFIBUS Master LEDs PA BF bus faults displays Modbus PROFIBUS bus faults refer to Modbus LEDs MB and PROFIBUS...

Page 46: ...only firmware update is possible PWR RUN ERR CFG Device is running operational PWR RUN ERR CFG Software error A software error occurred Reboot the device PWR RUN ERR CFG Permanent hardware fault detec...

Page 47: ...ed SF BF Connection establishment Time period the system needs to establish a connection devices cannot yet communicate with each other SF BF Connected to the controller All devices are exchanging dat...

Page 48: ...henever required in ongoing operation Logout Select this function to log out as an active user Auto logout This function automatically logs out the current user from the gateway if the interface is in...

Page 49: ...n number of the boot loader Factory Version Version number of the factory image Hardware Version Version number of the hardware System ID Gateway type mbGate PA mbGate PB or mbGate DP Host ID This is...

Page 50: ...address of the device used for web access Subnet mask Subnet mask of the device used for web access Default gateway Default gateway of the device used for web access Hostname Name of the device used...

Page 51: ...lick Apply to save the modified password Access to your Modbus Gateway configuration tool is managed by user roles where each role has certain permissions The following user roles are available Role U...

Page 52: ...e update Note You need to be logged in as administrator 1 Download the firmware update to your computer When you are downloading from this site for the first time you will have to register yourself in...

Page 53: ...download starts automatically When the download is completed the Modbus Gateway will be rebooted When the boot process is completed the RUN LED is ON Note After the gateway has rebooted you are autom...

Page 54: ...web browser Chrome Explorer and Firefox typically display a padlock icon in the address bar to indicate that a secured HTTP connection is used Click on the icon to find out which type of security and...

Page 55: ...cate file Choose Intermediate Certificate Files Optional for installing necessary intermediate certificate files Apply Click button to activate your settings Note If you change the settings you must r...

Page 56: ...ame of the feature to be licensed Version Version of the license Options A license might have different options These are displayed here End date Expiration date of the license Description Description...

Page 57: ...talled the license file selected the Activate option and entered the tag of the gateway pair Parameter Meaning Activate Tick checkbox to select high availability for a redundant gateway pair Tag of ga...

Page 58: ...ystem data 8 4 1 Settings Select Diagnosis Settings to view gateway settings and change your log file priority Parameter Meaning Log File Priority Available values Emergency Alert Critical Error Warni...

Page 59: ...priority under Diagnosis Settings Note Use the button Support Data to save the data to a file The information contained in this file may provide us with valuable information to fix your issue Paramete...

Page 60: ...elect Diagnosis Threads to view currently running threads The list you will see and the details contained may not be of any use to you but helps Softing support to diagnose device and performance erro...

Page 61: ...m a DHCP server If the checkbox is selected the IP settings for MODBUS TCP access are obtained from DHCP server IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway cannot be configured IP Address IP address fo...

Page 62: ...2019 1 21 8 5 2 Mapping The MODBUS TCP mapping table displays the mapping of PROFIBUS IOs to MODBUS 8 5 3 Log The MODBUS TCP log represents the state of the Modbus connection The data helps Softing Su...

Page 63: ...e DP Actions Meaning Import GSD Import GSD device description file to device catalog Remove all GSDs Deletes all previously imported GSDs Clear Configuration Deletes all configured devices Load Config...

Page 64: ...Max Tsdr Maximum Station Delay Responder The time in which the slave must respond to a request from the master The value range is set between 60 and 800 tBit Ttr Target Rotation Time This time is the...

Page 65: ...roduct may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures CE A Declaration of Conformity in compliance with the above standards has been made and can be requ...

Page 66: ...49 89 45 656 340 49 89 45 656 488 info idn softing com Richard Reitzner Allee 6 85540 Haar Germany http industrial softing com Softing Industrial Automation GmbH...

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