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Rev 1.15

SignalFire Telemetry

Interface Manual

DIN Mounted Gateway

SignalFire Part Numbers: GWDIN, GWDIN-ENET

The SignalFire DIN Gateway has the following features:

RS485 connection to Modbus client device

Optional Modbus-TCP Ethernet interface module

Wide range DC power input. 6 to 36VDC

Two open collector digital outputs

DIN rail mount

Collects and caches Modbus data from all SignalFire remote nodes

Provides configuration and status registers for remote configuration and status monitoring

RP-SMA antenna port for connection to external 900MHz antenna

Stores up to 4700 register values from any combination of remote nodes

Supports transparent Modbus mode

Internal Remote Shut Down (RSD) logic control option

Modbus register re-mapping

Remote configuration of SignalFire devices through an Ethernet gateway connection

Remote sensor configuration (PACTware and RadarMaster)

Radio is FCC and IC approved

AES 128bit Encryption

Class 1 Division 2 Area certification pending

Summary of Contents for GWDIN

Page 1: ...s and caches Modbus data from all SignalFire remote nodes Provides configuration and status registers for remote configuration and status monitoring RP SMA antenna port for connection to external 900MHz antenna Stores up to 4700 register values from any combination of remote nodes Supports transparent Modbus mode Internal Remote Shut Down RSD logic control option Modbus register re mapping Remote ...

Page 2: ...teway ARM Bootload__________________________________________________________________13 Remote Shutdown RSD and Local Digital Output Control _______________________________________ 14 RSD Configuration ______________________________________________________________________________15 Source Value Section____________________________________________________________________________15 Relay Control Logic...

Page 3: ...________________________________________ 24 Modbus Gateway Register Map ______________________________________________ 25 Coils _________________________________________________________________________________________25 Holding Registers_______________________________________________________________________________26 Revision History ________________________________________________________________...

Page 4: ...Radio 902 928MHz ISM Band FHSS radio 500mW RP SMA connector FCC ID W8V GWDIN IC 8373A GWDIN Compliance Certified for use in Class I Division 2 groups C D T5 EXi EXi FCC IC Certified Certified to CSA C22 2 2015 No 213 Conforms to ISA 12 12 01 2015 WARNING Use of this equipment in a manner not specified by the manufacturer may impair the protection provided by the equipment WARNING The use of any pa...

Page 5: ...uration and diagnostics Gateway Hardware revision 2 also has a 3 position pluggable terminal block with two open collector digital outputs for signaling or alarm functions Each output is rated to 30VDC and 1 Amp Optional Ethernet Gateway Connections When used with a SignalFire Ethernet Interface Module the 6 potition screw terminal block should be connected to the color coded Gateway Stick Connect...

Page 6: ...teway will automatically time out data from a remote node it stops receiving data for If the remote node is a Modbus Stick additional features are supported Remote Modbus Sticks and Sentinel Modbus non sleeping radio only Nodes Remote nodes that have been pre configured forward their set of registers to the Modbus gateway on a pre defined schedule 1 minute to 5 minutes is typical The register data...

Page 7: ...ter 3000 will result in a scan Second if the Modbus ID of one of the already registered devices attached to a Modbus Stick is known a scan will be started by writing the ID to gateway register 3002 Setup The DIN Gateway requires an initial configuration over RS 232 using the SignalFire Toolkit Connect a USB Serial cable can be purchased from SignalFire between a computer and the Gateway s DB9 port...

Page 8: ...d click Auto Detect Device on COM Port This will open the device configuration window where all device settings can be configured If the Gateway is connected to an Ethernet Module instead select the Modbus Gateway Stick in the dropdown menu of the main ToolKit window and click Open Device Window In the upper left corner check off the TCP Connection box type in the IP Address and click Open The por...

Page 9: ...ion inside the Set Corporate ID box All newer Gateways come with this option enabled with signalfire as the default encryption key Radio settings box with and without encryption enabled For more details click the Help button The box will then change into a Set Encryption Key box and it will prompt instead for the encryption key you would like to use Note that keys may not contain spaces or angle b...

Page 10: ...ons The RSSI and TTL values are color coded Green yellow orange red to indicate relative link quality of a node The TTL Current indicates the number of minutes remaining until the node will be timed out of the gateway if no updates are received The TTL Max indicates the maximum TTL for that node and is equal to the node s check in interval times 5 plus 2 The TTL Current will reset to the TTL Max e...

Page 11: ...ith a remote node select the check box next to the node to configure If the device has a non sleeping radio the remote configuration session will be ready immediately If it is a sleeping device you must wait for the node to either check in or send a beacon so that it can be commanded into configuration mode The Sentinel nodes send a beacon every two and a half minutes while all other sleeping node...

Page 12: ...dow and then click the End button in the Gateway window to end the session The session will also automatically time out after 15 minutes of inactivity and the Node will resume normal operation Example Remote Configuration Window Further information on how to remotely configure a HART device through the ToolKit using PACTware can be found in the Remote HART Sensor Configuration Manual ...

Page 13: ...way 3 Go to the Update menu and select Update Radio Firmware 4 The latest radio firmware file will be selected by default 5 Click Start Upgrade Rescue Gateway ARM Bootload If in the process of a firmware update there is a power failure or other communications failure it may be necessary to do a rescue bootload If the base LED is solid on and or the Toolkit is unable to communicate with the Gateway...

Page 14: ...he Gateway to control output relays on SignalFire RSD sticks as well as the two digital outputs local to the Gateway The SignalFire Gateway Stick receives data from multiple remote nodes It can use the data from those remote nodes to set the relay output on one or more remote RSD sticks An example of the topology is shown in the following figure RSD Stick DIN GATEWAY ...

Page 15: ...ype Drop down list of standard SignalFire remote nodes Select the type of remote node here or select Custom for manual data entry Register Address Select the register address for the data to use for the logic or manually enter the register address if Custom was select for the node type Register Type The correct register data type will automatically be selected unless Custom is used If using a cust...

Page 16: ...utomatically be the opposite of the selection for the energize case Note that the de energized state is the SAFE state of the relay Value The value that the relay will be de energized Note that the de energize state is the safe state of the relay Number of Readings This field contains the number of check in packets that must be received in a row that are above or below the logic threshold for the ...

Page 17: ...orted to the gateway Clicking the Update button will refresh this value After filling out the table click Write Remote Shutdown Settings to Gateway to store the setting in the gateway Stick Relay Pulse Starting with ToolKit version 2 2 3 and Gateway Firmware version 8 22 destination relays can be configured to pulse instead of being permanently energized or de energized To do so in the Relay Chann...

Page 18: ...ssigned to the same destination RSD Stick or gateway output and relay channel then all the rules must meet the energize condition for the remote relay to be energized In other words the RSD table logic is a Boolean AND Alternatively this means that if any one of the four source node s logic results in the de energize condition being true the relay will be de energized safe RSD Event log The RSD ev...

Page 19: ...tick relay must occur This is useful if manual intervention is required before the relay is energized after an event In the example above a Modbus coil write to Modbus ID 5 relay channel 1 which is register 1 is required to energize the relay See the RSD Stick manual for a detailed register map The Normal state of the relay or digital output is the un energized state and this state should be used ...

Page 20: ...dable in a single block of registers Up to 1500 registers can be remapped to the gateway s Modbus ID starting at register 5000 To configure the remapping first select Modbus Register Remapping from the Settings dropdown menu Enter the remote Modbus ID and register address to map to each gateway register and click Write to GW to remap the register s The Node Name Data Type Register Value and Descri...

Page 21: ...ta Type Float check box in the lower right of the remap window This will erase the current register remap in the Gateway the user will be asked to confirm this action before proceeding For each even numbered register address in the remap table enter the Modbus ID Register Address and select the data type The data types are provided in a pull down list Click the Write to GW button to remap the regi...

Page 22: ...to File button The information may also be loaded from a remap file by clicking the Load from File button Import Export CSV Files To use csv files a specific format is required Exporting the displayed remap information to a csv file automatically writes the file in the required format When creating a csv file to import it is recommended to start with the template provided by clicking the CSV Templ...

Page 23: ... a log of any Modbus requests made to either itself or any Modbus nodes connected to it The Modbus Transmission Log can be viewed under the Tools menu by selecting RS485 Details The image below shows an example where an RTU polls a node for holding register 65532 battery voltage When the Gateway is open in the ToolKit this log will be automatically written to the Log folder Network Map The ToolKit...

Page 24: ...ol events remote configuration sessions firmware updates and more The Node Statistics tab shows information reported every four hours from Sentinels Scouts and Flow Totalizers to the Gateway with firmware versions from on or after September 21 2020 Saving the Gateway Log Starting with ToolKit version 2 2 21 00 there is a Email Logs To Tech Support button in the upper right hand corner It will auto...

Page 25: ...0102 Analog Relay Output Module 1 Relay 1 R W 0102 00103 Analog Relay Output Module 1 Relay 2 R W 0103 00104 Analog Relay Output Module 2 Relay 1 R W 0104 00105 Analog Relay Output Module 2 Relay 2 R W 0131 00132 Digital Output Module 1 Relay 1 R W 0132 00133 Digital Output Module 1 Relay 2 R W 0133 00134 Digital Output Module 1 Relay 3 R W 0134 00135 Digital Output Module 1 Relay 4 R W 0135 00136...

Page 26: ...eset Resets the radio leaving the gateway on R W 1002 41003 Counter Reset Resets all GW status counters to zero See Read Only Registers 2026 2031 R W 1003 41004 Radio Network R 1004 41005 Radio Network Group R 1005 41006 Radio Corporate ID R 1101 41102 Analog Relay Output Module 1 Relay 1 R W 1102 41103 Analog Relay Output Module 1 Relay 2 R W 1103 41104 Analog Relay Output Module 2 Relay 1 R W 11...

Page 27: ...al Output Module 2 Relay 10 R W 1153 41154 Digital Output Module 2 Relay 11 R W 1154 41155 Digital Output Module 2 Relay 12 R W 2000 42001 Node Address Upper 16 bits of SFTS GW node address the radio ID R 2001 42002 Node Address Lower 16 bits of SFTS GW node address the radio ID R 2002 42003 Radio Version Upper 16 bits of Radio Firmware version number R 2003 42004 Radio Version Lower 16 bits of Ra...

Page 28: ...servers R 2031 42032 Modbus Errors Modbus exceptions from Modbus nodes R 2032 42033 Radio packets received transmitted per minute Recommended to be less than 60 R 2033 42034 Radio packets per minute alert 0 if packets min 60 1 if packets min 60 R 2034 42035 State of Digital Output 1 0 open 1 closed R W 2035 42036 State of Digital Output 2 0 open 1 closed R W 2041 42042 Seconds Since Power On High ...

Page 29: ...7006 47007 RSD Event 2 Source Modbus ID R 7007 47008 RSD Event 2 Destination Modbus ID R 7008 47009 RSD Event 2 Destination Relay Channel R 7009 47010 RSD Event 2 Type R 7010 47011 RSD Event 3 Line R 7011 47012 RSD Event 3 Source Modbus ID R 7012 47013 RSD Event 3 Destination Modbus ID R 7013 47014 RSD Event 3 Destination Relay Channel R 7014 47015 RSD Event 3 Type R 7015 47016 RSD Event 4 Line R ...

Page 30: ...nalFire Telemetry 30 Register Address Register Number Description R W 7102 47103 Scratch Pad Register can be used for RSD Control Logic R W R W 7132 47133 Scratch Pad Register can be used for RSD Control Logic R W ...

Page 31: ...Added section on encryption 1 7 1 8 9 4 2018 Updated screenshots rewrote network encryption cleaned up 1 9 10 17 2018 Added RSD pulse settings and registers 1 10 3 1 2019 Added section on digital outputs 1 11 4 9 20 Added Gateway Log support button Digital Output Module 1 12 9 30 2020 Added Gateway log node statistics 1 13 3 15 21 Updated register map to include pulse output registers 1 14 8 4 202...

Page 32: ...2 AVERTISSEMENT RISQUE D EXPLOSION La substitution de composants peut rendre ce materiel inacceptable pour les emplacements de classe I division 2 WARNING EXPLOSION HAZARD Do not disconnect while circuit is live unless area is known to be nonhazardous AVERTISSEMENT RISQUE D EXPLOSION Ne débranchez pas lorsque le circuit est en direct sauf si la zone est connue pour être nonhazardous WARNING The DI...

Page 33: ...er is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below and having a maximum gain of 5 8 dBi Antennas not included in this list or having a gain greater than 5 8 dBi are strictly prohibited for use with this device The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms San Jose Technology Inc Model EEH 915 Nearson...

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