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USER GUIDE 
MAN0151 Rev 5 

NEXUS-3 Series 

 

 

 

  

  

 

   
 
 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for NEXUS-3 Series

Page 1: ... USER GUIDE MAN0151 Rev 5 NEXUS 3 Series ...

Page 2: ...t represents File paths Code snippets or text file configuration settings is presented in fixed width font with a grey background and border For example config_file c CYLON settings config txt Parameter values Text that represents values to be entered into UI fields or displayed in dialogs is represented in fixed width font with a shaded background For example 10 C Product Names Text that represen...

Page 3: ... Device 13 Log In 14 Control Panel 14 Project Instances 15 Calendar Configuration 15 Users And Groups 16 Instance Services 17 Persistence Manager 17 Project Source 18 Project Removal 18 Aspect Control Engine Log 18 License Item Status 19 Project Performance 19 Database Management 20 MySQL Administration 20 SQLite Maintenance 21 Licensing 21 Communication Setup 22 Out Of Service Manager OSS 22 BACn...

Page 4: ...B 2021 All Rights Reserved Subject to change without notice WWW CYLON COM 4 MAN0151 Rev 5 Web Server Configuration 28 Image Proxy Configuration 28 System Logs 29 Diagnostic Buffer 29 Remote Logging 29 System Log 30 Update Log 30 ...

Page 5: ...rview ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved Subject to change without notice WWW CYLON COM 5 MAN0151 Rev 5 1 Overview This chapter provides an overview of the NEXUS 3 Series device system NEXUS 3 DIMENSIONS Front Side Bottom Top ...

Page 6: ...s Reserved Subject to change without notice WWW CYLON COM 6 MAN0151 Rev 5 FRONT I O USB 3 0 Audio Jack Power button TOP I O Grounding Nut COM Port 2 COM Port 1 Power 24 V DC in BOTTOM I O Primary Ethernet Recovery Ethernet Not Used Display Port ...

Page 7: ... A1 Power button A2 3 5 mm Audio jack A3 4 x USB 3 0 Type A ports A4 Not Used A5 Not Used A6 2 x Full size DisplayPort A7 1 x RJ45 GbE LAN port 2 x RJ45 GbE LAN ports with optional PoE 30W total A8 3 pin power input 9 36 VDC A9 2 x Serial RS 232 422 485 ports A10 Full size mPCIe A11 M 2 2280 M key for NVMe or SATA storage A12 M 2 2230 E key for Wi Fi or WAN card ...

Page 8: ...R NC NC 7 RTS NC NC 8 CTS NC NC 9 RI NC NC NC Not Connected LEDS User Switch Mode Watchdog Power LEDS 1 4 Not used HDD LED On Off Blink Pulse HDD Internal storage drive activity Power Device is on Device is off Device is asleep Watchdog Internal MCU is not functioning normally Internal MCU is not functioning normally Firmware bootloader is active Internal MCU is functioning normally LEDs 1 4 Curre...

Page 9: ...CYLON COM 9 MAN0151 Rev 5 ETHERNET PORTS Link LED Green Speed LED Green Yellow LED Color State Condition Link Off LAN link is not established Green On LAN link is established Blinking LAN activity occurring Speed Off 10 Mb s data rate Green On 100 Mb s data rate Yellow On 1000 Mb s data rate ...

Page 10: ... with RF and regulatory related knowledge POWERING ON THE NEXUS 3 SERIES DEVICE 1 Install the NEXUS 3 Series device on the wall mount using a wall mounting kit or Install the NEXUS 3 Series device on the rack infrastructure using DIN rail mounting brackets 2 Connect a network cable 3 Connect the supplied PSU to the NEXUS 3 Series device 4 Press the power button to turn it on Note For warranty purp...

Page 11: ...al adapters to the two COM ports Note For consistency with legacy NEXUS 2 hardware the Screw Terminals are labelled above in a different way to Cylon BACnet devices FBXi CBXi and CBX controllers The pin is labelled A and the pin is labelled B On Cylon BACnet devices The pin is labelled B and the pin is labelled A 6 Connect and configure devices using the RS485 ports Port 2 Port 1 ...

Page 12: ...IL MOUNTING Step 1 Attach wall mounting brackets to the chassis Step 2 Attach DIN Rail mounting brackets to the chassis Step 3 Clip system to the DIN Rail DIN Rail Edge Mounting DIN Rail Back Mounting WALL SHOCK AND VIBRATION MOUNTING Step 1 Attach wall mounting brackets to the chassis Step 2 Mark and prep holes in surface for mounting Step 3 Fasten system to surface ...

Page 13: ...IP network setting Refer to your operating system documentation for details on how to configure your network card See Ethernet Settings on page 26 for details on how to reconfigure NEXUS 3 Series device IP Address Note The recovery Ethernet Port is configured with a default IP address 192 168 1 250 and subnet mask 255 255 255 0 so that if connectivity is lost on the primary LAN port you can use th...

Page 14: ...r NEXUS 3 Series device as defined during installation 3 If your connection is successful the main login page of ASPECT will be displayed 4 Enter the case sensitive default username and password into the fields provided 5 Click the Log In button CONTROL PANEL When you successfully log in you will be directed to the Control Panel The Control Panel contains a navigation tree to the left of the web u...

Page 15: ...ontrol Engine Logs License Item Status Project Thread Status CALENDAR CONFIGURATION The Calendar Configuration area is used to configure iCalendar integration variables of the NEXUS 3 Series device Within this section there are two pages Calendar File Calendar User Calendar File Calendar File can be used to browse and modify what calendars have been previously published to the instance as well as ...

Page 16: ...ow iCalendar based tools to publish data to the NEXUS 3 Series device By default the username calendar and password user can be changed to any desired credential set When referencing Calendars in Aspect Studio these credentials must be specified in order to properly access the file USERS AND GROUPS Users and Groups are included within each instance in the NEXUS 3 Series device This provides the ab...

Page 17: ...the instance they are working with Only one option is available in the Instance Services drop down which will allow the instance to be reset PERSISTENCE MANAGER The Persistence Manager area is used to manage and delete Persisted data Persisted data is localized data stored from Persisted Elements that may be present in an Aspect project as well as data persisted by vSTAT elements when such functio...

Page 18: ...redentials in order to download a copy of the project The required credentials will be the same as the ones used to originally deploy the project PROJECT REMOVAL The project removal page provides administrators the ability to remove a currently deployed project from an Aspect instance ASPECT CONTROL ENGINE LOG The Aspect Control Engine log provides administrators and technicians the ability to vie...

Page 19: ...sing as well as the maximum amount of licenses available for a particular feature or function PROJECT PERFORMANCE The Project Performance area provides the ability to dynamically view and monitor the status of Threads Maps and Ports being used by the Aspect project loaded into the target By default the all Tabs will update information every 15 seconds You may adjust this update timer by choosing t...

Page 20: ...SQLite Maintenance MYSQL ADMINISTRATION The MySQL Administration item in the webUI tree links to an administration interface for ASPECT s MySQL Database Server To access the Database Interface the user must enter case sensitive login credentials The default credentials are Username matrixac1 Password aam Note MySQL administration in ASPECT 3 03 02 and later uses Adminer However on devices running ...

Page 21: ...th the ability to manage the SQLite database This page shows the database files and sizes LICENSING The License page provides the ability to view the current license status of the NEXUS 3 Series device as well as a method to upload download license files If a license file is uploaded Cylon Controls recommends rebooting the NEXUS 3 Series device to ensure the license file is successfully applied ...

Page 22: ...nual Out of Service entries SDP Network Properties BACnet IP Router BBMD and Time Synchronization settings OUT OF SERVICE MANAGER OSS The Out Of Service Manager OSS provides a single location that allows administrators to manually mark devices out of service using the Manual OOS check boxes BACNET SETTINGS The BACnet Configuration area allows configuration of read write retries port configuration ...

Page 23: ...D settings area is used to configure the BACnet IP Broadcast Management Device BBMD table setup for BACnet networks MODBUS NETWORK PROPERTIES The Modbus Network Properties page is used to set the configuration for Modbus communications TIME SYNC SETTINGS The Time Sync Settings area provides the ability to configure BACnet network time synchronizations ...

Page 24: ...s from the NEXUS 3 Series device Administrative users are granted full access to the Aspect Control Panel while users groups created within an instance are only allowed access to deployed projects SYSTEM SERVICES The System Services area provides administrators with the ability to control key services relative to the target Through this area users can restart specific services of the NEXUS 3 Serie...

Page 25: ...S STATUS This shows the result of a top command which produces an updating list of current processes running SYSTEM UPDATES The System Updates area is used to perform firmware upgrades to the ASPECT device These firmware updates can be obtained from the ABB Cylon Toolbox Support Site Clicking on the Continue button opens the upload page ...

Page 26: ...rnet address configuration of the NEXUS 3 Series device The NEXUS 3 Series device can support static IP addresses or DHCP addressing from a valid DHCP server Simply select the appropriate address setting for your application Toconfigure the device to use DHCP addressing select the Obtain an IP Address Automatically radio button In most DHCP environments a resolvable DNS name or reserved IP address...

Page 27: ...ttings area allows users to configure the NEXUS 3 Series device Time and Date parameters In this section users can set the following items using the appropriate drop downs and editors System Time specified in military time System Date specified in MM DD YYYY TimeZone Region specified in one of many configurable options Time Server Synchronization Specifies an NTP time server on the Internet with w...

Page 28: ...area is used to set a label for the login screen and change port settings for the following Aspect Control Panel defaults to port 80 HTTP Aspect Control Engine defaults to port7226 Simple Mobile Web defaults to port8080 IMAGE PROXY CONFIGURATION The Image Proxy Configuration page permits users to enable to disable image proxy allowing Aspect to access external sites retrieve graphics ...

Page 29: ...ntrols Remote Logging The Remote Logging page is used to allow or disallow centralized syslog messaging All Aspect targets support the ability to send their log information to a centralized Aspect target or IT supported syslogserver System Log contains information processed by the sub level operating system outside of Aspect Update Log shows any recent YUM updates in the system DIAGNOSTIC BUFFER T...

Page 30: ...YLON COM 30 MAN0151 Rev 5 SYSTEM LOG The System Log area provides complete syslog information for the hardware Information provided within this log includes boot up details and lower level information regarding runtime of the system UPDATE LOG The update log shows all recent updates to the operating system ...

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