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Concepts
, functions and gateway design
UGW X-series
Concepts, functions and gateway design
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General operating principle:
A gateway generally consists of at least two device parts. In the following image, this is a Modbus
master and a BACnet server, for example.
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The Modbus master (RTU) polls the Modbus slave devices for their data points (blue circles).
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The BACnet server itself keeps data points ready and operates the BACnet clients.
A gateway functions similarly to a network switch, but with different protocols.
The following work steps are required to commission the gateway:
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Configuration of the driver (gateway:
Settings
and
Files
menus, e.g. file “bac1.cfg”)
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Configuration of the data points (gateway:
Data Points
and
Files
menus, e.g. “bac1.txt”)
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The data point manager establishes the connections between the data points of the various
drivers (global dispatch.txt).