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1. In neuem Fenster ffnen Registriere PlugIn g Echelon LNS Report Generator Starte Plugin eB L Proxy Configuration Plugin L schen System Eigenschaften Eigenschaften Figure 64 Register the L Gateway Configuration Plug in Note If you are using multiple databases projects make sure you have registered the plug in in each project 8 4 Operating Modes of the Configuration Software The L Gateway configuration utility can be used in on line off line and stand alone mode On line and off line mode refers to the 2 operating modes of your configuration tool 8 4 1 On line mode This is the preferred method to use the configuration utility The network management tool is attached to the network and all network changes are directly propagated into the network This mode must be used to add the device commission the device extract the port interface definition and to download the L Proxy configuration into the device 8 4 2 Off line mode The off line mode the network management tool is not attached to the network or the L Proxy is not attached to the network respectively This mode can be used to add the device using the device templates create the port interface definition and to make the internal connections Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 69 LOYTEC 8 4 3 Stand alone mode The L Gateway configuration software can also be executed as a stand
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3. 5 LNS Database Scan 0 Items LS CSY File 0 Items f Templates ES L Proxy 0 Items E EIA709 Port 1 FT 0 Items E TR a off EIA709 Port 4 IP852 0 Items No if E4709 Port 5 IP852 0 Items 20 r intl MY Allocation BA Dynamic NW nfl Data Type a nta Unit Text a ef Analoa Point Hiah Limit 6279 5 E Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer degrees Celsius Figure 150 Poll cycle setting for input nviSystemTemp on node Iproxy 2 In this example lproxy1 2 sends an update out on nvoSystemTemp when the polled value changes If the 30s are too long in some circumstances a forward poll can be configured Forward poll means that if poll requests are received from the destination node nodel on the output side of L Proxy they are forwarded to the source node node2 in addition to the periodic polls generated by the L Proxy To configure a forward poll set the Max Cache Age property to 0 as shown in Figure 151 a Manager AA xj De MI Active Port ElA709 Port 2 FT Modelo 00 Set Auta B Ront M Direct Datapoint Marne NY Mame Type SNNT Mw EM Imported i In nvisysbermT emp nvisystemTemp Unsigned Long 16 bit SN T_btemp Dynami e 5 LNS Database Scan 0 Items ES CSV File 0 Items 2 Out nyosystemlemp nyvosystemTempl Unsigned Long 16 bit SN T_bemp Dynami 5 Templates E L Proxy 0 Items F 5 ElA709 Port 1 FT 0 Items 3 A
4. Note in this example the 3 L Proxy ports can either be connected to the same network cable as shown in the log file in Figure 147 or they can be connected to individual network cables 10 3 Poll Update Proxy Let s assume a scenario with a node that cannot send updates by itself and must be polled instead On the other hand the destination of the information e g a SCADA system or OPC server cannot poll but must receive updates The input NVs on the L Proxy can then be configured to actively poll the source node at a defined poll cycle and the updates are sent to the destination node Gateway Proxy 2 Ctrl ee Node2 node2 Iproxy1 2 node1 Figure 149 Active poll of nvoSystemTemp on node2 from nviSystemTemp on node lproxy1 2 In our example the output network variable nvoSystemTemp on node node2 in Figure 149 cannot send updates by itself but must be polled In our case the lproxy1 2 polls this output network variable with the input nviSystemTemp using a poll cycle of 30s as defined in the data point manager dialog see Figure 150 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 131 LOYTEC E Datapoint manaoer e a 2 MI Active Pon E14709 Port 2 FT Y ModelNo o0 Set Auto Root MEET Type ES mO Imported 1 In nvisystemTemp nvisystemTemp Unsigned Long 16 bit SNYT_bemp Dynami 2 uk nyosystemTemp nyvosystemTempl Unsigned Long 16 bit SWNWT_temp Dynami
5. RFC Packets received 0 Avg aggregation to IP unknown Avg aggregation from IP unknown UDP Packets sent D TCP Packets sent D Multi cast Packets sent 0 Session ID 0x196719ba SNTP synchronized no Number of CR member infos lo Current channel routing me 7 Ma Figure 55 Part of the E A 852 Statistics Page 6 3 3 Enhanced Communications Test The Enhanced Communications Test allows testing the EIA 852 communication path between the EIA 852 device on the L Proxy and other EIA 852 devices as well as the configuration server The test thoroughly diagnoses the paths between individual members of the IP channel and the configuration server in each direction Port forwarding problems are recognized For older devices or devices by other manufacturers which do not support the enhanced test features the test passes as soon as a device is reachable but adds a comment that the return path could not be tested A typical output is shown in Figure 56 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 59 LOYTEC ElA 852 Enh Comm Test Microsoft Internet Explorer Quay Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Qe Q 2ur ck A A A suchen Jz Favoriten B Clr amp D ga Adresse E http 192 168 26 1 webui statistics cnip_cc_enhcomtest refreshed refreshed x wechselnzu Links 6 y DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Device Info Config Statistics a IP E El4 852 Enh C
6. User s Manual LOYTEC electronics GmbH Vienna L Proxy User s Manual 2 LOYTEC This page is intentionally left blank Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 3 LOYTEC Contact LOYTEC electronics GmbH Blumengasse 35 A 1170 Vienna AUSTRIA EUROPE support loytec com http www loytec com Version 3 0 Document No 88065705 LOYTEC MAKES AND YOU RECEIVE NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS IMPLIED STATUTORY OR IN ANY COMMUNICATION WITH YOU AND LOYTEC SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of LOYTEC L Chip LC7093 and L PROXY are trademarks of LOYTEC electronics GmbH LonTalk LonWorks and Neuron LonMaker and LNS are trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 4 LOYTEC Contents L TOA OM ii 11 1 Sa y AA N O te ath et aes ah teh te eth et aan telnet hte 11 A A AN 11 2 NASA LIO ardid diirtis 13 Zo Update Update Use CASO e e E A i 13 22 PONSPOM SSC AG ri earns 14 23 Opdit POLUS rc lt ee er ee rete mre ges oe see oe er Re 14 2 4 Poll Update Use Case Active POM uni walieiodvedion
7. Back Cancel Help Figure 80 Choose State Online Click Finish Then the requestor shown in Figure 81 appears In order to use the Service Pin on L Proxy one must press and hold the status button until the port LED for the desired port lights up yellow Release the button and L Proxy sends out the service pin message for this port Echelon LonMaker E Please press the service pin on device L Proxy1 Port 2 Options Display data from service pin Total Received D Fitter on program E Fitter on channel Figure 81 Service pin requestor dialog In some installations the message in Figure 82 might appear Click Yes set the defaults to complete the process Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 86 LOYTEC Configuration Properties Defaults this device Would you like to make this device s values the defaults for future devices of this type This should only be done if this device was not previously installed Q Mo defaut configuration property values are available for Mo dont set the defaults Help Disable setting of default values for new devices Figure 82 Click on Yes to continue Y our L Proxy node should now appear in the LonMaker drawing area 9 3 3 Adding L Proxy in Alex In the tree view go to the subsystem to which the L Proxy port should be added Select Ger te and choose Neues Ger t The Dialog in Figure 74 is shown Enter the dev
8. New Functional Block Wizard x Select Device and Functional Block Instance Source FB Name Func Block 1 FE Type Subsystem Blame Subsystem 1 Browse Functional Block Type Object Type lt 3 2007 05 ID 2 2001 O Mame Gatewar 0 Back Cancel Help Figure 85 Select L Proxy Port 2 and Gateway 0 through Gateway 7 in order to create a functional block for the L Proxy object on Port 2 Click Next The dialog shown in Figure 86 appears Under FB Name select any of Gateway 0 through Gateway 7 Click Finish Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 89 LOYTEC New Functional Block Wizard x Enter Functional Block Name FE Name Gateway 0 FE Type Object Type lt 3 2007 05 Number of FBs to Create f Create shapes for all network variables lt Back Cancel Help Figure 86 Enter the FB Name for L Proxy Port 2 An empty functional block as shown in Figure 87 appears in the drawing area L Proxy Port 2 Gateway 0 Figure 87 Empty functional block for L Proxy Port 2 You can repeat the above steps to create up to 5 Functional blocks on every L Proxy port The different functional blocks for one L Proxy port are only for logical grouping in the LonMaker drawing You must repeat these steps for all L Proxy ports that are connected to the network 9 4 3 Creating Virtual Interfaces in Alex After adding the L Proxy node a virtual interf
9. Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 117 LOYTEC In the tool bar Optionally you may select the connection and hit the Del key on the key board To delete multiple connections you can use the multi select feature 9 7 11 Edit a connection To edit a connection double click on the connection in the main window This opens the Create Modify Connection dialog as shown in Figure 129 When editing the connection the user can select a different hub NV add or delete target NVs To delete a target select the target and click on Remove Target s Create Modify Connection i x Connection Mame my connection Points Hub Ny_tns0octrnvidSlev percent In El4709 El4709 Port 1 FT Select Hub Point Target s Mr Point name 1 iki A as a Bellis Out ELA 709 ria AAA v EnSOOCHrinvidSley percent Cut 709 El4709 Port 2 FTV Add Target s Remove Targetts Generate From Hub Point Target Port JEIa709 Port 1 FT Generate and add to Connection na Figure 129 Delete a target from a connection 9 7 12 Auto connection Creating internal connections in the L Proxy manually is a slow process The auto connection feature provides a fast method to create connection for a large number of data points To use this feature one needs to take care when giving names to NVs The auto connect tool creates connections for all compatible input and output network variables that
10. AA NS E NA a Figure 51 IP Configuration Page with DHCP enabled Contact O c O UW Su Uv O Cc _ Un E Su O nu Uv an Logout Link Speed amp Duplex El vy Lokales Intranet Ui LOYTEC The L Proxy comes configured with a unique MAC address This address can be changed in order to clone the MAC address of another device Please contact your system administrator to avoid MAC address conflicts If the L Proxy is operated with a 10Mbit s only hub the link speed should be switched from Auto Detect to 10Mbps Half Duplex With modern 100 10Mbit s switches this setting can be left at its default Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 54 LOYTEC 6 2 3 ElA 709 Configuration On the EIA 709 configuration page shown in Figure 52 the user can get information on the physical EIA 709 network ports of the L Proxy Click on the tabs Port 1 Port 2 and IP to learn about the settings on the respective ports Note that the IP port on the L Proxy hosts three IP 852 interfaces 3 ELA 709 Configuration Microsoft Internet Explorer oj xf Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras ay Zur ck v O Y x B A yo Suchen S Favoriten O Cy v LJ 3 Adresse http 192 168 24 100 webuifconfia Idi wechseln zu Links gt Norton Antivirus te z DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Port 1 Port Device Info Transceiver FT 10
11. LOYTEC electronics GmbH Blumengasse 35 A 1170 Vienna Austria Europe email supporta loytec com web http www loytec com tel 43 1 40208050 fax 43 1 402080599 Or LOYTEC Americas Inc 583 Union Chapel Road Cedar Creek TX 78612 USA Email supporta loytec americas com web http www loytec americas com tel 1 512 332 2445 fax 1 512 332 2445 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 144 LOYTEC 14 Application Notes 14 1 The LSD Tool Please refer to application note ANOO2E LSD Tool for further information about the LOYTEC system diagnostics tool for the L Proxy Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 145 15 Firmware Versions LOYTEC Table 9 shows the most important features available only in certain firmware versions depending on the firmware version Version 3 0 Firmware Version 1 0 Final 1 Supported Features Console Menu configuration firmware update Binding across domains i a Firewall Password protection pasanan E E EI SNVT translation Real time clock RS 485 bit rate detection n a sve MIC Lat pi ie EIA 852 backbone E Y tT 1a Static and external polled NVs N Table 9 Available features depending on firmware version LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 146 LOYTEC 16 Specifications 16 1 LP 33E100 Operatinea Voltal Oene 12 35 VDC or 12 24 VAC 10 Power Cons
12. Use the command cad 3 Start the ftp client Type ftp lt ip addr gt where lt ip addr gt is the IP address of the L Proxy 4 When asked for the user enter admin 5 When asked for the password enter the password for the admin user The default password is admin It can be changed via the Web interface see Section 6 1 and reset via the console UI see Section 5 8 2 6 Switch to binary mode by entering binary 7 Upload the firmware image to the directory dev with the command put proxy Le3k primary lt dl dev lproxy dook primary dl 8 After the firmware image has been successfully uploaded the L Proxy automatically reboots 9 Leave the ftp client with the command quit The complete output should look like shown in Figure 156 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 136 LOYTEC Ci bemp gt tto 192 160 214 254 Connected to 192 168 1 254 220 RTEMS FTP server Version 1 1 JWJ ready User 192 168 1 254 none admin 331 User name okay need password Password 230 User logged in ftp gt binary 200 Type set to I Etp gt put Iproxy le3k primary dl dev lproxy le3k primary dl 200 PORT command suectesstul 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection 226 Transfer complete FTP 64d Bytes sent in 7 63seconds 88 83KB s CED quit Figure 156 Typical output of the command line FTP client during a firmware update 11 2 Firmware Updat
13. off EIA709 Port 4 IP852 0 Items 0 ff EIA709 Port 5 1P852 0 Items 0 Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer degrees Celsius d Analoo Point High Limit A 62795 El Figure 151 Max Cache Age setting for nvoSystemTemp on node Iproxy 2 10 4 Poll On Startup Proxy Some scenarios require that at power up or after a reset the network variable values from the source node should be polled once to obtain the current state of these network variables In Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 132 LOYTEC the L Gateway configuration software a poll on startup flag can be set for each individual input NV An example is shown in Figure 152 The rate for sending poll on startup polls is automatically adjusted to not saturate the network channel xj DR Mi Active Port E1A709 Port 2 FT ModelNo 00 Set e Dra MOT Ss Ho Imported l In nvisystemTemp nvisystemTemp Unsigned Long 16 bit SMWT_temp Dynami 2 Out nyoSystemTemp nvasystemTempl Unsigned Long 16 bit SMWT_temp Dynami fous 5 LNS Database Scan 0 Items ES 5 CS File 0 Items 4 Templates EME L Proxy 0 Items jus O El4709 Port 1 FT 0 Items 5 gt EIA709 Port 2 FT 2 Items WU Use Pollcycle value as Pollcycle I Poll on Startup ves Polleycle s 0 Max Cache Age ms off EIA709 Port 3 IP852 0 Items 5 EIA709 Port 4 1P852 0 Items z E EIA7O9 Port 5 IP852
14. Config Bitrate 78 1 kBit Status active System E P ds Passwori m ElA 709 ElA 852 Device Statistics Reset Contact networks under control Logout e OL ies Figure 52 EIA 709 Configuration Page 6 2 4 ElA 852 Device Configuration The EIA 852 device of the L Proxy can be configured in the EIA 852 device configuration page which is depicted in Figure 53 Typically the L Proxy is added to an IP channel by entering the relevant information on a configuration server The configuration server then contacts the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy and sends its configuration The field Config server address and Config server port display the IP address and port of the configuration server which manages the L Proxy and the IP channel The field Config client port represents the IP port of the L Proxy s EIA 852 device This setting should be left at its default 1628 unless there are more than one EIA 852 device operated behind a single NAT router Please refer to the L IP User s Manual to learn more about NAT configuration In the field Device name the user can enter a descriptive name for the L Proxy which will appear in the IP channel to identify this device You can enter a device name with up to 15 characters It is recommended to use unique device names throughout the IP channel The Channel mode field reflects the current channel mode of the EIA 852 device It is configured by the
15. Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Q arik X y ix E FN JO suchen 52 Favoriten E R z E 3 Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webuifconfig ip E Wechseln zu Links gt Norton Antivirus E DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Enable DHCP E fi 92 168 24 100 255 2551 92 0 fi 92 168 1 1 Device Info IP Address IP Netmask IP Gateway Config E System Hostname Domainname DNS Server 1 leave empty to disable DNS Server 2 leave empty to disable DNS Server 3 leave empty to disable MAC Address Statistics Reset M Use Factory Default 00 04 80 01 0C 68 Auto Detect Get Settings z ES pics E ul UN ia ce Lokales Intranet Lo Figure 50 IP Configuration Page with DHCP disabled networks under control Contact Logout Link Speed amp Duplex E Config IP Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Que O A Dl ame Seren O O Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webui config ip gt EJ wechseln zu Links gt Norton Antivirus gt 6 DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Enable DHCP Iv IP Address EZE 00 IP Netmask 255 2551 92 0 IP Gateway 1921681 il Device Info Config Hostname Domainname DNS Server 1 leave empty to disable DNS Server 2 leave empty to disable DNS Server 3 leave empty to disable MAC Address Statistics Reset M Use Factory Default 00 04 50 01 0C 68 Auto Detect Get Settings
16. G re Ci a ll Domain 3 Domain 4 Figure 67 Connecting the IP 852 ports to other channels using L IPs 9 2 Work Flows for the L Proxy This section presents a number of work flows for the L Proxy in different use cases in addition to the simple use case in the quick start scenario Section 3 3 The description is intended to be high level and is depicted in a flow diagram The individual steps refer to later Sections which describe each step in more detail In principle the L Gateway configuration software supports the following use cases Network Management Tool based on LNS 3 x with dynamic NVs see Section 9 2 2 Network Management Tool based on LNS 3 x with static NV interface see Section 9 2 3 Tool not based on LNS 3 x see Section 9 2 4 9 2 1 Involved Configuration Files In the configuration process there are a number of files involved Port interface definition file This type of file contains all data points and their settings for one port of the L Proxy This files is exported from and imported into the L Gateway configuration software to exchange port interface definitions between the integrators These files end with 1tf Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 73 LOYTEC Y XIF file This is the standard file format to exchange the static interface of a device This file can be used to create a device in the database without having the L Proxy on line Configuration p
17. Hostname gt new 6 Domainname gt lt unset gt 7 DNS Servers gt lt unset gt 9 MAC Address 00 0A BOTOL SOC OF Eactory default b Link Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect gq Quit without saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 12 Enter basic IP settings Press x to save the IP settings and reset the L Proxy with the main menu item 0 in order to let the new IP settings take effect Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 21 LOYTEC 3 2 2 IP Configuration via the Web Interface Optionally to using the console interface one can also use the Web interface to configure the client device In a Web browser enter the default IP address 192 168 1 254 of the L Proxy Note that if your PC has an IP address in a subnet other than 192 168 1 xxx please open a command tool and enter the following route command to add a route to the L Proxy Windows START gt Run command com route add 192 168 1 254 SCOMPUTERNAMES Z Device Info Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras aurick y Y x E A J Suchen 52 Favoriten E gt Ca z 3 Adresse http 192 168 24 100 webuifdevice_infofdevice_info wechseln zu Links Norton Antivirus E DLOYTEC Logged in as guest Product name L Proxy Product code LP 33E100 Firmware L Proxy Primary Image Version 3 0 0 Build date Wed Dec 6 18 37 33 2006 Serial number 009901 80000001 DFO5 F
18. LNS Network Interface LAS Network Interface L Proww 43 0 FT 10 L Proxy 43 0 1P 10L lt Back Cancel Help Figure 77 Specify the following Template Names Click Next Select the channel to which L Proxy1 Port 2 should be connected see Figure 78 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 84 LOYTEC New Device Wizard y xj Specity Device Channel Device Name L Prowyt Port 2 Auto Detect Channel sewr Type lt All gt x Name Channel 7 al Back Cancel Help Figure 78 Select the proper channel for L Proxy Port 2 Click Next Then Click Next again The dialog shown in Figure 79 appears New Device Wizard 2 E x Device Identification Method Device MNamel L Proxw1 Port 2 Service Pir Manual Neuron ID Back Cancel Help Figure 79 Select Service Pin or Manual The Neuron ID of the 5 ports are printed on a label that comes with L Proxy Click Next Then click Next again Then the dialog shown in Figure 80 appears Choose online state Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 85 LOYTEC Mew Device Wizard E xj Specity the initial state of the device and the source of CP values Device Mamele L Proxy1 Port 2 State Default C Offline Source of Configuration Property Values f Curent values in database Default values Disable Current values in device
19. 0 Items al id Point Type A Analog Point I Direction In iid Y Allocation A Dynamic Nw int Data Type A Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer lint Unit Text it Analoo Point Hiah Limit i degrees Celsius 6279 5 hd Figure 152 The poll on startup flag 1s set for this input NV 10 5 SNVT Translation The L Proxy can generate connections containing data points of the same class e g analog points See also Section 8 1 2 This feature can be used to convert between different scalar SNVTs which is often referred to as SNVT translation The example in Figure 153 shows a node 1 that has network variables nvoAmpere of SNVT amp and nvoTemperature of SNVT temp It also shows a node 2 with network variables nviAmpere mil of SNVT amp mil and nviTemperature fof SNVT temp f Since the network variables are of different type on node 1 and on node2 these NVs cannot be bound directly The L Proxy can act as a translator between the different network variable types as shown in Figure 153 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 133 LOYTEC snytconyert Echelon LonMaker snytconvyert vsd Subsystem 1 8 Edit View Insert Format Tools Shape Visio Help Type a question for help la X File Edit View Insert Format Tools Shape LonMaker Window Help D SASASI BAS o o 5 R R A A 0 7 6 150 B Normal Arial m 12pt B Tr U AE S M a 2 0 22 12 Shapes X a El LonPoint Shapes 3 0
20. 2 in the tool bar as indicated in Figure 19 Datapoint Manager om 1 la Active Port El 708 Port 2 FT Model Mo Oo Set Auto Figure 19 Switch to Port 2 in the tool bar Select all data points on Port 1 which shall be mapped over to Port 2 Then click on Generate points and auto generate connections button in the tool bar as shown in Figure 20 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 25 LOYTEC E Datapoint Mananer ma Root A E Imported Sy LNS Database Scan 20 Items Tio oropan nare PP Type Wr T 1 SE In Av _TestCtrinvoOOke nyiODtemp Unsigned Long 16 bi SNWT_temp Out WY TesbCtrinvidl temp yoOlbemp Unsigned Long A SNVT_temp St 4 Templates 3 In NY _TestCtrin o02lux iD2 lux Unsigned Long 16 bi SMwT_lux St Aa L Proxy 0 Items Out WNw_TestCtrinviOS lus woOSlux Unsigned Long 16 bi SMwT_lus E El4709 Port 1 FT 20 Items In Nv_TestCtrinvoD4lew_p nviddlew_ percent Long 16 bit signed in SN T_lev_percent 1 El4709 Port 2 FT 0 Items Out A A ovo0Sley_perc Long 16 bit signed A a 2 ae i o he ie In NY TestCtrinvoll te il temp F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 SWWT_temp f o 5 EJA700 Port 5 12852 0 Items O uk NY TestCtriny o07temp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 SMWT_temp_F In WNw_TestCtrin voDBsvit vel it User defined SNYT_switch Out AW TeskCtrinvid9sitch woO9swite User defined SVT _ switch ll in NY TestCtrinvoiOrmote
21. Case Figure 4 shows an Update Poll use case In this use case the input network variable on L Proxy is bound to an output network variable on Node 1 This output network variable on Node 1 is periodically updated On the output side of L Proxy the corresponding output network variable is not bound Node 2 periodically polls this network variable Figure 4 Update Poll use case Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 15 LOYTEC 2 4 Poll Update Use Case Active Poll Figure 5 shows a Poll Update use case In this use case the input network variable on L Proxy is bound to an output network variable on Node 1 However this output network variable on Node 1 is declared polled and never updated Node 1 waits for incoming polls On the output side of L Proxy the corresponding output network variable is bound to an input network variable on Node 2 which is waiting for updates This use case 1s also called active poll use case since L Proxy actively polls the output network variable on Node 1 Figure 5 Poll Update use case active poll 2 5 Use Case Combinations There can be combinations of the different use cases An example where Update Update and Update Poll are combined for one NV is shown in Figure 6 On the input side of L Proxy an output NV is bound to the input NV of L Proxy Updates are received periodically On the output side of L Proxy an input network variable on Node 2 is bound to the output NV on
22. Create Functional Block for Port x Section 9 4 y Make Network Variable Bindings Proxy Ports left to configure no y Upload import port definitions Section 9 7 8 y Make L Proxy internal connections Section 9 7 9 y Download configuration to L Proxy Section 9 7 13 7 Figure 69 Basic design flow with LNS and static NVs The L Gateway configuration software needs to be started in stand alone mode see Section 9 7 2 Then the user needs to configure the static NVs for the desired L Proxy port see Section 9 7 4 After all static network variables have been created the port definition for the L Proxy port needs to be exported see Section 9 7 6 In addition the static network variable interface of this L Proxy port must be exported as a XIF file see Section 9 7 7 Now an L Proxy device can be added from this XIF file in the LNS database see Section 9 3 Then one or more functional blocks must be created which contain the static NVs see Section 9 4 Having the static NVs visible the bindings with the other nodes in the network can be created Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 76 LOYTEC Close the L Gateway configuration software and repeat this procedure for all other L Proxy ports Note that the other L Proxy ports may be added to different LNS databases dif
23. IP statistics page It allows to find possible problems related to the IP communication Specifically any detected IP address conflicts are displayed if the L Proxy s IP address conflicts with a different host on the network Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 57 LOYTEC 3 Statistics IP Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Qu O A A O Dam Seem Os O Adresse El http 192 168 24 100 webui statistics ip E wechseln zu Links gt Norton antivirus EJ DLOYTEC Logged in as guest Update IP statistics Rx packets lo Rx bytes 34061 16 Rx dropped lo Rx no clusters Rx CRC errors Rx missed errors Tx resends Tx packets Tx bytes 9359052 Rx no mbuf Logout Rx oversize errors Rx runt errors Txo Tx ok Tx dropped Total IP packets received 16099 Total IP packets generated here 245799 Total TCP packets sent 315 Total TCP data packets sent 221 Total TCP data bytes sent 184385 Total TCP packets received 288 Total UDP packets received 15811 Total UDP packets sent 245464 Update IP statistics l E H Lokales Intranet y Figure 54 IP Statistics Page Device Info Config Statistics nm IP E ElA 852 Enh Comm Test Mm ElA 709 Reset Contact networks under control 6 3 2 ElA 852 Statistics The EIA 852 statistics page displays the statistics data of the EIA 852 device on t
24. L Proxy Update Update use case Further an OPC server polls the same output NV periodically Update Poll use case Node 1 L Proxy Node 2 OPC Figure 6 Combination of two basic use cases Update Update and Update Poll Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 16 LOYTEC Another possible example for such a combination Update Update and Update Poll is shown in Figure 7 This use case is a variation of the Update Update use case The only difference 1s that Node 2 does not wait for the first update to arrive after power up or reset Rather 1t polls for an initial value after it was started and waits for updates thereafter Figure 7 Combination where Node 2 gets an initial value through polling 2 6 Poll Cache If Node 2 doesn t receive network variable updates from the source node Node 1 but rather polls Node 1 to update its input network variables L Proxy supports different network variable caching strategies in order to support a wide variety of desired behaviors Figure 8 shows the network variable cache memory inside L Proxy The cache can be used in different operating modes Figure 8 Poll cache inside L Proxy The cache is updated with every NV update and every poll response 2 6 1 Passive Poll Passive poll means that polling a network variable on Node 1 see Figure 8 is always initiated by the destination node Node 2 and never by L Proxy itself The behavior of this mode can
25. L Proxy User s Manual 52 LOYTEC 3 Config System Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras aurick a y x B FN JO suchen Se Favoriten O R hd LJ 3 Adresse l http 192 168 24 100 webui config system pS Wechseln zu Links gt Norton Antivirus 7 a i LOYTEC Logged in as admin Webserver Webserver port a0 CS delimiter gt Save Settings Get Settings Device Info Config Statistics FTP Server FTP enabled Vv Contact FTP port 21 Logout Save Settings Get Settings Reset O Suns Jud O U ha Uv O Cc _ un ani gt O z nu lt 8 C El rr SSC ias tran dh Figure 49 System Configuration Page 6 2 2 IP Configuration Figure 50 shows the IP configuration page with DHCP disabled while Figure 51 shows the IP configuration page with DHCP enabled The Enable DHCP checkbox switches between manual entry of the IP address netmask and gateway address and automatic configuration from a DHCP server Hostname and domainname are optional entries and can be left empty For some DHCP configurations 1t may be necessary to enter a hostname Please contact your system administrator on how to configure DHCP to acquire an IP address Further you can configure up to 3 Domain Name Servers Currently these entries are not used Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 53 3 Config IP Microsoft Internet Explorer
26. LNS coooooocnnnnnnnnccnnnnncncnnnnonononooaoncnccnnnnnnnnos 78 9 2 6 Change an existing Configuration without LNS oocccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonononncncnnnnnnnnns 79 D2 ARG PNAC Ain LPO y eaa a ota ai cae oa ee 80 E O AS A 81 93 4 Addins L Proxy tn NE 2 Did 81 9 3 2 Adding L Proxy in LonMaker ccccccccccccccnooonocncccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnaannnnnnnnnannnos 82 933 AMO D Proxy i AleX ae 86 9 4 Creating Functional Blocks Virtual Interfaces oooooooooooonnnnccncncnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonononanoos 87 944 Cr atine Virtual Intertacesan NL 220 orup A 87 9 4 2 Creating Functional Blocks in LonMaker ooooonnnnnnccccccconononcnnnnononononononnnnncnnnnnnnnos 88 9 4 3 Creating Virtual Interfaces 1n AleX reeset enient e eE a eniai EA aae 89 TS Dynamic NetWork Varia Dl eS si n 90 9 5 1 Creating a new dynamic network variable moni ts 90 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 8 LOYTEC 9 1 1 Creating dynamic NVs In NL 220 nadas 91 95 12 Creating dynamic NVs in LonMaker aeaeo 93 DS Creatine dynamic NVS INAI X ocsi aE E EOTS 96 96 Replace an LEPTOX aia 97 TEL RO Oea S 97 2602 Replies M WiiWii ease n T E EE E O T EET 99 903 Repic Md a 101 9 7 Using the L Gateway Configuration SO TWAre occcccccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 103 O TL Starting as an TNS PIM a oia 103 92 Slartine Stands alone siii ironia 104 9 12 Uploading the Port Mra e at 104 9A CONSUELO NV Sinai 105 ko Contour E
27. Names proxy 1 External Interface Definition Upload From Device Load XIF File e LorimiorkstimportiL Proxy_ 3_0_FT 10 XE Browse Template Mame ee E are T Back Cancel Help Figure 103 LonMaker replace wizard Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 100 LOYTEC Choose the existing template and click Next Replace Device Wizard l x Specify device application image name Device Template proxy 1 Device Mamet 1 proxy 1 Image Mame L Proxy 43 0 FT 10 PHxE Browse SIF Mame L Proxw_3_0 FT 10 xIF Browse Back Cancel Help Figure 104 Click Next without loading an application image In the following window shown in Figure 104 click Next Then select Online as shown in Figure 105 Replace Device Wizard l xj Specify the initial state of the device and the source of CP values Device Mameta State Source of Configuration Property alue s i Default i Offline f Old device values O Default values Online C New device values i Disable Back Cancel Help Figure 105 Select online state and click Next Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 101 LOYTEC Replace Device Wizard f x Device Identification Method Device Name s proxy 1 C Manual Meuron ID 200000040983 Back Cancel Help Figure 106 Select Service Pin and click Finish Finally select the servic
28. S6 LOYTEC A ElA 852 Device Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras 2 Dora 4 2 DO Poem re A Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webui config cnip_cc_cfg y wechseln zu Links Norton Antivirus X 6 y DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Device Info Config server address 192 168 2450 Config server port hes i sts Config client port hes Device name 7 Channel mode Standard Pri SNTP server Sec SNTP server Channel timeout ms Escrow timeout ms leave empty to disable Config E System mp E Passwords ul E Passwo El4 709 EIA 852 Device Statistics Reset Aggregation timeout rms leave empty to disable Contact O rar f O U Sua Uv O un e See O z J Uv Cc MDS authentication off y Logout ae eee TE e Warning This internet connection is insecure All data will be transmitted in clear text Use the console interface to change the MDS secret in a secure way MDS secret 16 bytes hex Location string unknown NAT Address M Automatic NAT leave empty to disable Multicast Address leave empty to disable Get Settings q E Fertig E m Lokales Intranet h Figure 53 EIA 852 Device Configuration Page 6 3 Device Statistics The device statistics pages provide advanced statistics information about the EIA 709 ports the EIA 852 device and the Ethernet interface 6 3 1 IP Statistics Figure 54 shows the
29. Syne Remove Device Cancel Figure 116 Create a new external NV Finally click Create External NV to add this NV to the data point list The external NV now appears in the port interface definition as shown in Figure 117 For polled NVs adapt the poll cycle to your needs Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 109 LOYTEC x tt mi Ss Active Port E1A709 Port 1 IFT ModelNa m Set ae a Root No Direc Datapoint Name Mv Marne Type SMYT Wy Allocation Ey tiporta 22 In Mw EnSO0Ctrinvi2tiux nwiz Llane Unsigned Long t SMYT luz Static NY J E INS Database Scan 600 Items 23 Out A _tnSs00Ctrinvoz2ley mvozzlew L bit si i e 5 CSV File 0 Items B ant perc Long 16 bit sig SNVT_lev percent Static Ww ED Templates 24 In W _tnS00Ctrinviz3lev_ nviz3lev_percent Long 16 bit sig SNYT_lev_percent Static NV E e L Proxy 0 Items 29 Out NW_tnS00Ctrinvozdtem meoZd4temp_P Float 32 bit IEE SNVT_temp_F Static MY et of ELA ROS Port 1 FT 26 Items 26 In NW_tnS00CtrinvizStemp_F nvizStemp_F Float 32 bit IEE SN T_temp_f Static My pr E EIA709 Port 2 FT 27 Items 27 out Ny EnS00Ctrinvozeswitch nvoZ switch User defined SMYT switch Static Wy i AG EIA709 Port 3 1P852 0 Items 28 In myExtSwitch nvoOO_switch User defined SNVT_switch External NV 5 ELA709 Port 4 IP852 0 Items he ff ETA 709 Port 5 1P852 0 Items 4 Datapoint Hame Bid Descript
30. System a P Passwords m ElA 709 E EIA 652 Device New password eccee Retype password eccce Statistics Change password Reset Contact networks under control Logout zi as A aa 7 Figure 48 Password Configuration Screen Please change the administrator password in order to protect yourself from unwanted configuration changes by anyone else To do so select the admin account in the drop down box and enter the new password If the administrator password is left empty password protection is turned off and everyone can access the L Proxy without entering a password Click on Change password to activate the change 6 2 Device Configuration The device configuration pages allow viewing and changing the device settings of the L Proxy Here are some general rules for setting IP addresses port numbers and time values An empty IP address field disables the entry An empty port number field sets the default port number An empty time value field disables the time setting 6 2 1 System Configuration The system configuration page as shown in Figure 49 allows to enable and disable the FTP server and configure the FTP server port The FTP server is used for instance to update the firmware see Section 11 1 Further the Web server port and the delimiter for CSV files can be configured Note that the Web server can only be disabled on the console interface Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH
31. Then he must load the port interface definition files see Section 9 7 6 When the interface configurations have been loaded the connections can be created see Section 9 7 9 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 17 LOYTEC After the connections have been created the complete configuration can be saved Before downloading the new L Proxy configuration the user must connect the configuration software to the L Proxy via the FTP connection button see Section 9 7 2 After the configuration has been downloaded to the L Proxy the integrators need to commission the L Proxy devices in their network management tools It is recommended to save the complete configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L Proxy in the network Note that once the static NV interface is complete and all bindings are in place it is not recommended to change that interface Since the XIF files change the device may have to be deleted in the respective network management tool and created again from the new XIF file This means also that all existing bindings may be lost and have to be recreated To add NVs to an existing configuration it 1s recommended using external NVs Please refer to Section 9 2 6 on how to extend an existing configuration without LNS E START 7 y Start L Gateway Configuration Software stand alone Section 9 7 2 v Configure static NVs for Port x Section 9 7 4 i yes Extract and save the port interface
32. alarm 2 This allows devices supporting the LonMark alarm notifier profile e g 1 LON 100 to receive alarms generated by the L Proxy and react with a defined action e g send an email By supporting both alarm SNVTs SNVT alarm and SNVT alarm 2 legacy and state of the art alarm handling is supported LonMark File Transfer including random access Max send time configuration property heart beat Object versioning Node versioning Further it has the following manufacturer specific features 4 The L Proxy provides the current value of the on board temperature sensor The L Proxy provides the current value of the input voltage on the power supply Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 121 LOYTEC 9 8 2 Gateway Objects The L Proxy provides a total of eight Gateway objects which are vendor specific objects Their object numbers are 1 through 8 Each Gateway object has the following configuration properties Y SCPTobjMajVer constant SCPTobjMinVer constant Each Gateway object does support the following requests RQ NORMAL Enables the proxy object If it was disabled a consistency check of the network variable relaying configuration 1s performed RQ UPDATE STATUS Updates node status network variable with current status of proxy object RQ REPORT MASK Reports status bits supported by proxy object see below Set report mask to 1 The purpose of the Gateway objects is to do netw
33. bit signed in SWWT_amp Static Mw RR E Templates 14Ouk Rw_TestCtrinvil3amp nviol Samp Long 16 bit signed in SNVT_amp Static My E D L Proxy 0 Items 15In Mw TeskCtrinvol4fire_t nvildfire test Short 8 bik signed int SMWT_Fire_ test Static MY LO EIA709 Port 1 FT 21 Items l Qut N _TestCtrinvilSfire_test rwolSfire_test Short 8 bit signed int SNYT_Fire_test Static MY i a EIA703 Port 2 FT 0 Items l7In Ny _TestCtrinvol state nwil state Liser defined SMYT_state 64 Static NY ee El4709 Port 3 IP852 0 TE ort 3 P352 0 Items ir etree mre te E User defined SMYT_state 64 Static NY y EIATO9 Port 4 1P852 0 Items H E EIATO9 Port 5 IP852 0 Items 19In Mw TestCtrinval temp nwilStemp Unsigned Long 16 bit SNYT_temp Static Mv Out Nw_TestCtrinwvilStemp meol Shemp Unsigned Long 16 bit SNYT_bemp Static Mw ln NY DDCnvoTemp noTemp Unsigned Long 16 bit SMWT_temp Extern 4 Pollcycle Figure 120 External NV added to port interface definition 9 7 6 Extract and Save the Port Interface Definition To exchange the port interface definitions engineers need to export and import the port interface definition files itf Access to these functions is given through the Datapoint Manager dialog To open this dialog click on the Open Datapoint Manager button File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help Ci co bed 9 ala a t Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronic
34. click OK Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 65 LOYTEC Register Plugins 3 x Check plugins to register Then press OK button HSRe wy Configurat Description LFroay Configuration Plugin Manufacturer LOYTEC electronics GmbH Version 200 Version LO ES Figure 60 Select the Plug in to be registered and click OK Note If you are using multiple databases projects make sure you have registered the plug in in each project Select again the option Register plugins in the PlugIns menu Make sure the L Proxy Configuration Plug in is preceded by a sign as shown in Figure 61 Register PlugIns xj Check plugins to register Then press OF button Cancel EchelonLNS5 Report enerator UN Fros Configuration Plugin Help Select Select all Pb bl Description LProxy Configuration Plugin Manufacturer LOYTEC electronics GmbH Version 200 Version LO BO Figure 61 Double check that the L Proxy plug in is properly registered Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 66 LOYTEC 8 3 2 Register in LonMaker After successfully installing the L Gateway configuration software the program must be registered as a plug in in LonMaker Open LonMaker and create a new network When the Plug in Registration Dialog window pops up select the L Gateway Configuration Utility from the list of Not Registered Plug Ins Device templates for the L Proxy are adde
35. configuration Select this menu item to change system configuration settings See Section 5 4 for details 5 3 4 Option 4 ElA 709 configuration Select this menu item to change the EIA 709 configuration settings See Section 5 5 for details 5 3 5 Option 5 IP configuration Select this menu item to change the IP configuration settings like IP address default gateway DHCP and MAC address See Section 5 6 for details 5 3 6 Option 6 ElA 852 client configuration Select this menu item to change the EJA 852 client configuration settings like configuration server IP address device name SNTP server escrow timeout aggregation timeout MD5 authentication secret See Section 5 7 for details Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 37 LOYTEC 5 3 7 Option 8 Reset configuration factory defaults This menu item resets the L Proxy to factory defaults See Section 5 8 for details 5 3 8 Option 9 Device statistics Select this menu item to display advanced IP EIA 852 device and statistics information like number of packets sent and received number of channel members etc See Section 5 9 for details 5 3 9 Option a Data Points Select this menu item to display information about configured data points on the L Proxy 5 3 10 Option 0 Reset Device Select this menu item to reboot the L Proxy Some configuration changes require to reboot the device Note that this option does not reset
36. device configuration 8 Reset configuration factory defaults 9 Device statistics a Data Points 0 Reset device Please choose Figure 29 L Proxy Device Main Menu The menu items are described in the following sections 5 3 1 Option 1 Show device information This menu item shows information about the L Proxy and the current firmware version The output should look like what 1s shown in Figure 30 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 36 LOYTEC Device Information Product L PrOXy Produce codes LP 33E L00 Firmware L Proxy Primary Image Version DOU B Lte date Tue Dec 5 14 18 24 2006 Serial number 009901 80000001DF05 Free memory LLUSIOR 231K System temp 40 7C Supp Ly Volt 120V EIA 709 application unique node IDs Port d 300500 GUHIT DE US POLE Z 280 0000 UL DE D6 LP node i gt OU 00 00 Dl DF 07 TP node 2 gO se O ESOS IE mode 3 310 0O O0 OUL DE 03 Press lt RETURN gt to continue Figure 30 Device Information 5 3 2 Option 2 Serial firmware upgrade This menu item allows updating the L Proxy firmware via the serial interface console See Section 11 2 for detailed instructions Note If you select this option accidentally you can return to the main menu by sending a break signal In case your terminal program does not offer an option to send a break signal the device must be reset to return to the main menu 5 3 3 Option 3 System
37. have the same name after the prefixes nvi or nvo have been removed from their names Here is an example For nviTemp0 on portl nvoTemp0 on port 2 and nvoTemp0 on port 3 a connection called nviTemp0 is created containing those three data points Note that NVs are not required to be on different L Proxy ports in order to be added to connections To run the auto connect algorithm click on the magic wand button Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 118 LOYTEC File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help osajma Llas gt 080 gt in the tool bar Once connections are generated the auto connect feature can be re applied as soon as new NVs are added If they are compatible and their names match they are added to existing connections 9 7 13 Configuration Download After the data points and connections have been configured the configuration needs to be downloaded to the L Proxy To do so the L Proxy must be online If the L Proxy is not yet connected to the network the configuration can be saved to a project file on the local hard drive For downloading the configuration click on the Download Configuration button in the tool bar as indicated by Figure 130 File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help Dad EEPE as aja lx Figure 130 Select the download in the connections screen This will open the configuration download dialog as shown in Figure 1
38. performed 1 Setup IP configuration see Sections 3 2 1 and 3 2 2 2 Setup proxy configuration see Section 3 3 Note This setup procedure assumes the use of the IP interface Alternatively a configuration via the console interface is possible See Chapter 5 for details Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 20 LOYTEC 3 2 1 IP Configuration on the console Use a PC terminal program with the communication settings set to 38 400 bps 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit no handshake To connect COM of the PC to the Console on the L Proxy use a standard null modem cable with full handshaking Power up the L Proxy or press Return if the L Proxy 1s already running The following menu should appear on the terminal Device Main Menu 1 Show device information 2 Serial firmware upgrade 3 System configuration al EEA 709 cofntiguration Ese IP configu uration 6 EIA 852 device configuration 7 BACnet configuration 8 Reset configuration factory defaults 9 Device statistics a Data Points 0 Reset device Please choose Figure 11 L Proxy Main Menu Select 5 from the L Proxy Configuration Menu and enter the IP address netmask and gateway address Note that you must use different IP addresses 1f you are using multiple L Proxys in your setup IP Configuration Menu fds DACP disabled za IP Address NS IO Sc wala Zoo 3 IP Netmask E LID LAI O 4 IP Gateway LOL O Oil MES
39. the L Gateway configuration software stand alone and connect via the FTP method see Section 9 7 2 Then load the L Proxy configuration project file from disk which has been saved when the original L Proxy has been configured or modified Double check 1f all connections and port configurations are sensible Then download the configuration to the L Proxy see Section 9 7 13 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 81 LOYTEC For each L Proxy port open the network management tool If using an LNS based tool the L Proxy device needs to be replaced see Section 9 6 If you are not using LNS then refer to your network management tool s reference manual on how to replace a device The replacement step needs to be repeated for each port of the L Proxy 9 3 Adding L Proxy This Section shows the basic steps that need to be followed in order to add the L Proxy in a network management tool Before you continue please make sure that you have installed the L Gateway configuration software as explained in Chapter 8 When the L Proxy port is not configured with a static NV interface adding the L Proxy uses the standard XIF files that are installed by the L Gateway configuration software L Proxy V3 0 FT 10 xif for an FT port and L Proxy V3 0 IP 10L xif for an IP 852 port If the L Proxy port 1s configured with a static NV interface use the XIF file which has been exported for that port see Section 9 7 7 9 3 1 Addin
40. the configuration 5 4 System Configuration Menu The system configuration menu holds various system configuration settings Typically the system configuration menu looks like shown in Figure 31 System Configuration Menu 7 FTP server enabled 8 FTP server port 21 default 9 Web server enabled 0 Web server port 80 default q Quit without saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 31 System Configuration Menu 5 4 1 Option 7 FTP server 8 FTP server port Allows to enable and disable the FTP server and configure the FTP server port Press lt 7 gt to toggle between enabled and disabled Press lt 8 gt to change the FTP server port To use the default port enter 0 when asked for the port number The FTP server can be used to download a data point configuration or update the firmware see Section 11 1 5 4 2 Option 9 Web server 0 Web server port These menu items allow enabling and disabling the Web server and configuring the Web server port on the L Proxy You can disable the Web server if you do not want to provide access to the L Proxy configuration via the Web interface Press lt 9 gt to toggle between Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 38 LOYTEC enabled and disabled Press lt 0 gt to change the Web server port To use the default port enter O when asked for the port number 5 5 ElA 709 Configuration Menu This menu allows to change the EIA 709 po
41. value and state part of a SNVT_ switch The NVs on the L Proxy are managed separately for each port They can be created in three different ways Dynamic NV The user creates dynamic NVs in the network management tool on the L Proxy The configuration software uploads those dynamic NVs Alternatively the configuration software can create dynamic NVs from a list of scanned or imported NVs Currently only LNS based tools can manage dynamic NVs The dynamic NVs can be bound in the EIA 709 network Static NV The user defines a static NV on the L Proxy This can be done manually or by selecting from a list of scanned or imported NVs The static NV on the L Proxy can be bound to the NV on the network Note that adding static NVs to the L Proxy results in a change to the default XIF file The L Proxy device of that port is assigned a new model number to reflect this change Static NVs are the method in non LNS systems where NVs shall be bound instead of using polling External NV If neither dynamic nor static NVs shall be created on the L Proxy the user can define external NVs from a list of scanned or imported NVs The L Proxy sends updates to and uses polling to read values from external NVs For polling external NVs however a pollcycle must be configured If not configured explicitly a default pollcycle of 10 sec is chosen The default pollcycle can be changed in the project settings menu 8 1 2 Connections A connection i
42. z El LonMaker Basic Shapes z Joga E o g gt gt j gt 4340 dX3 440M323N Func Block 1 Func Block 1 Func Block 1 GY node Iproxy1 port 2 node 2 Channel 1 M 4 gt mf Subsystem 1 4 Title Blocks al Page 1 1 YA Figure 153 Example for scalar SNVT translation Create a manual connection for nviAmpere and nvoAmpere mil on L Proxy port 2 see Section 9 7 9 An example connection dialog for this is shown in Figure 154 Create Modify Connection Connection Name nri mpere Port 2 Points Hub nvi mpere In EIA709 El4709 Port 2 FT Select Hub Point Target s Her Point mame 1 reoAmpere_mil Out EL4709 EIA709 Port 2 FT Add Targetisi Remove Targetts Generate From Hub Paint Target Port Erazo Port 2 FT Generate and add to Connection cal Figure 154 Connection dialog to set up SNVT translation Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 134 LOYTEC Now repeat the same steps for the second network variable of type SNVT temp and SNVT temp f You will end up with two connections as depicted in Figure 155 w Unnamed Project manual_ex4 gtw LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help D Haan E BR8 Connected Device EEES Lilproxy1 2 Channel 1 Info Status Configured Online nvi mpere Port 2 nvi mpere Port 2 neo mpere_mi
43. 0 LProxyTest Su deAnew_virtual_if Paint s Figure 99 Add an input network variable to the L Proxy virtual interface Proxy Enter the name for the network variable and the count how many network variables of this type should be created In Ger tevorlage select the device template of the node which hosts the network variable to which the L Proxy network variable will be bound later Select the counterpart network variable in the list and specify the correct direction Eingang for an input network variable Click OK Repeat this for all network variables which will be used on the L Proxy 9 6 Replace an L Proxy In the case of failure an L Proxy might have to be replaced by another unit Even 1f the configuration of the replacement unit is identical to the original one the Node ID NID of the new unit is different To account for that change LNS provides the replace functionality When replacing a device in LNS the association of the NID is transcribed to the new unit given the new unit has an identical static NV interface In the replace procedure LNS re creates the dynamic variables and commissions the replacement unit 9 6 1 Replace in NL220 Let s assume there is a device L Proxy in the LNS database as shown in Figure 100 To replace the device right click on the device in the device tree and select Network gt Replace Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 98 LOYTEC Altern
44. 0 ftable 0 oobdata 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH LOYTEC socket 0 atable 0 rxghts lt 0 L Proxy User s Manual 47 LOYTEC KKKKKKKKKKKK TP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK total packets received O22 datagrams delivered to upper level 922 total ip packets generated here 158 Destination Gateway Mask Hw Flags Refs Use Expire Interface default 19268 Und UGS 6 0 O etho0 Cyrene carne co ON E 6 OO Cie alk UGH 0 I 3606 eth0 OL O VO APO e SUS El Oi UGH 0 dE 3606 eth0 Sl 109452243 P92 LO sd UGH 0 1 3606 eth0 Ll 0 LILLO ad UGH 0 iL 3606 eth0 an den Y AO ab LAO UH 0 0 O kod 130 140 10 21 LIZ LOS Ore Ll UGH 1 6 O etho OZ POB Ud Zin ZO O47 OOo 0 U 0 0 3 etho0 VOZ DO 0d OO030425A2 260796715 UHL 7 0 1722 etho alge LOL AZ OS Dl UGH 1 148 O etho0 KKKKKKKKKKKK TCP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK UDP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK total input packets 924 total output packets 158 KKKKKKKKKKKK LCMP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK Figure 43 IP Statistics The IP statistics menu has the additional feature of displaying any IP address conflicts If the L Proxy s IP address conflicts with another host on the network the banner shown in Figure 44 is displayed WARNING Conflicting IP address detected IP address 10 125 123 95 also used by device with MAC address 00504 SA CO 10 414 Clear IP conflict history y n Figure 44 IP Address Conflict As useful information the MAC address of the conflicting host 1s shown If the information about t
45. 114 LOYTEC Then click on Add Target s in the connection dialog as shown in Figure 125 Create Modify Connection xj Connection Mame Points Hub NY_ins00CtrnvidSlev percent In EIA709 El4709 Port 1 FT Target s Add Target s Remove Targetis Generate from Hub Point Target Port JEIa709 Port 1 FT Generate and add to Connection Save Cancel Figure 125 Connection Dialog Select Target This opens the Datapoint Manager dialog again Select the target points in that dialog You may use multi select to select more than one data point at a time To select a SNVT structure member only click on to expand the data point and select the desired member point The example shown in Figure 126 uses a single data point as the target Then click on Add selected Points Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 115 LOYTEC Select Target Point Datapoint Manager x l Mil 2 E Active PotfEIA709 Pot 11FT m Modelo 01 Sef Auto a Root Direc Datapoint Marne MY Mame HO Imported Ny ENSODCtrnviOltemp nvolltemp Unsigned Long 16 bi SMYWT_temp UNS Database Scan 500 Items 5 CSY File 0 Items NY tAs00cCtrin iD Shu nvoOslux Unsigned Long 16 bi SMYT lus en Templates Wy tn500cCtrinviDSlew_ nyo0Sley_perc Long 16 bit signed in SMVT_lev_percent 0 4 L Proxy 0 Items Wy tns500cCtrinviD7temp_f nvodFtemp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 S5M4T_temp
46. 31 If the NVs have been edited to be Static NV or Dynamic NV the L Gateway configuration software can create the bindings automatically This is the default behavior If no bindings shall be generated deselect the Automatically create bindings checkbox indicated by the red rectangle in Figure 131 Further if Static NV has been selected a new model number for the L Proxy port needs to be selected This is necessary as the static network interface of the port changes on the EIA 709 network The L Gateway configuration software automatically selects a usable value which can be overridden in the field Model Number marked by the blue rectangle in Figure 131 To start the download press the Start button Each of the actions is displayed in the Task List section of the dialog The current progress 1s indicated by the progress bar below When the download process has finished a notification window appears which has to be acknowledged by clicking Ok Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 119 LOYTEC Configuration Download El4 709 Port 1 FT Target LWS 4ppDevice Name L Proy 30 oo Channel Channel 1 Subnet E Mode ES Program ID 9000074600040 Neuron ID Jeooo0001pFOS o IP Address 192 168 24 100 oo Firmware aon Fodel Humpe co Generate Free Status Download the configuration Cleanup old dynamic Mys Commission device Reboot the devic
47. A 5 EIA709 Port 3 1P852 0 Items e E EIA709 Port 4 1P852 0 Items z Lf EIA709 Port 5 1P852 0 Items 4 nt Data Type A Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer nvibluT emp Pollcycle Static y Figure 114 Static NV created in the data point manager Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 107 LOYTEC Note that the model number will change as soon as static NVs are added or modified in the data point manager This reflects the new static NV interface the L Proxy port will have after the configuration download 9 7 5 Configure External NVs External NVs are not actually allocated NVs on the L Proxy Instead the L Proxy uses polling to read data from and explicit updates to write data to external NVs Since external NVs are not affecting the static NV interface of an L Proxy port they can be used to extend an L Proxy port interface definition at run time when no LNS with dynamic NVs is available Click on the Open Datapoint Manager button Fil Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help A 4229 74 in the tool bar to open the data point manager dialog In the data point manager select the port folder for which an external NV shall be created Then right click in the data point list and select New in the context menu This opens the NV creation dialog Click on the tab Application Device to create a new target device as shown
48. LonMaker Browser version 3 00 Mot Registered DEC3550 L Configuration version 2 4 12 Echelon LHS Report Generator version 3 04 L OPE Configuration Plug In version 0 9 xl Add Add All Remove Remove SII To Be Registered e Skip this prompt when re opening this drawing Register all unregistered plug ins when re opening this drawing Cancel Apply Help Figure 63 Double check that the L Gateway plug in 1s properly registered 8 3 3 Register in Alex After successfully installing the L Proxy configuration software the program must be registered as a plug in in Alex Open Alex and create a new project or open the project to which an L Proxy device should be added In the tree view right click on the new project and select Registriere PlugIn and select L Gateway Configuration Plug in as shown in Figure 64 The registration process of the plug in also generates the L Proxy device templates automatically Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 68 LOYTEC Wy ALEX 3 0 LProxyTest a 16 x Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Fenster Zuriick mp gt ty Ez Ordner Fi x ef Ea Pfad 4 LProxyTest Arbeitsplatz x Name E re Projekte 1 AP Untersysteme 1 E eo Kan le 1 Mo dus b 8 f Ger tevorlagen 4 A verbindungsvorlagen 1 MonitorSets 0 H K ffne Projekt Ge A Schlie e Projekt G ve M Exportiere Projekt
49. Oslux Unsigned Long 16 bi SNYT_lux qe aia My _EnSO0cCtrinvoO4lew nvildley_percent Long 16 bit signed i SNYT_lev_percent My ENSOOCtrinvi Sley_ nvoO0Sley perc Long 16 bit signedi SMWT_lew percent My ENSOO0Ctrinvod tem miD temp_f Float 32 bit IEEE 75 SMW4T_temp_f My ENSOOCtrinvi0 temp f nvoO bemp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 SMWT_temp_F My En500cCtrinvoDsswitch nyvileswitch User defined SMYT _swikch NY ENSOOCtrinvidasuitch nwogSswiktch User defined SMYT _swikch m O El4709 Port 4 1P852 0 Items ff ELAFO9 Port 5 P8523 0 Items wo 0 Jo om Cn E OO N Be ee NY N5DOCi nod temp Polleycle Dynamic WW Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer Figure 122 Export the port interface definition in the Datapoint Manager dialog To import a port interface definition file right click on the port folder and select Import Interface This opens a file requestor where the corresponding itf file can be chosen If the new port interface contains additional NVs they are created If NVs have been removed in the new port interface which are part of a current connection the user 1s prompted whether these NVs shall really be deleted Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 112 LOYTEC 9 7 7 Build XIF for Port Interface To create a XIF file for a static NV port interface click on the Open Datapoint Manager button File Se
50. P 2 10 My _TestCtrinvidaswitch ELA709 Po Z 11 My TestCtrinvolOmotor state ElA 2 12 My_TestCtrinvilimotor_state ElAf 2 13 Mw TestCtrinvolZamp EIA 709 Port Z 14 My TestCtrinvil3amp EIA 709 Pork Z 15 My _TestCtrinvol4Fire test fETA709 2 16 My TestCtrinvil Sire test ET4709 2 17 My TestCtrinvol state ELA 709 Por 2 15 My TestCtrinvil state ELA FOS Port 2 19 My TestCtrinvol temp ELA 709 Por Z 20 MY TestCtrinvil Shemp fETA709 Pork Z Points My TestCtrinviitemp Mw TestCtrinvidlbemp Ny TestCtrinvodObemp Wy _TestCtrinvo0Dtemp My TestCtrinvod2lux Mw _TestCtrinwoD2 hu My _TestCtrinviO3lux NW TeshCtrinvidslux My TestCtrinvod4ley percent Mv TestCtrinvod4ley percent My _TestCtrinviOSlew percent WN _TestCtrinvi Slew_ percent My TestCtrinvod temp F Nw_TestCtrinvoD temp_F My _TestCtrinvid temp_F Mw _TestCtrinvi0temp_f My TestCtrinvod switch Mv _TestCtrinso08suitch My _TestCtrinvidaswitch Mw _TestCtrinvidasuitch My TestCtrinvolOmotor state Nw_TestCtrinwodOmotor_state My _TestCtrinvilimotor_state NW _TestCtrinvilimotor_state Ny TestCtrinvolZamp NW _TestCtrinwo1Z2amp My TestCtrinvil amp Nw_TestCtrinviicamp My _TestCtrinvol 4fire_ test Mw _TestCtrinwol4Fire_ test My _TestCtrinvilSfire test Nw_TestCtrinvilSfire_ test Mv _TestCtrinvol state Mv _TestCtrinvol state My _TestCtrinvil7state Mw _TestCtrinvwilFstate My _TestCtrinvoiStemp Mw _TestCtrinvoiStemp My TestCtrinvil temp Mw Te
51. _f 0 EIA 709 Port 1 FT 2 Items N _EnSOOckrinviddswitch nvoO9switch User defined SMYT_switch E ase om EE My tnSOOCtInvilgamp nvol3amp Long 16 bit signed in SMWT_amp O a saps a NY EnSOOCtrinvilStemp nvolStemp Unsigned Long 16 bi SNVT_temp E EIA709 Port 5 IPAS 0 Items MY _NS00Ctrinvizd lu mad hu Unsigned Long 16 bi SN T_lux NY EnS00CtrIinviz3ley_ nvoz3ley perc Long 16 bit signed in SNYVT_leyv_ percent My EnsdoCtrinvi2z5temp_f nvoeStemp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 S5MWT_temp_f E ltd Datapoint Mame Description of Min Send me ntl Max Send ma ntl Max Cache Age me intl Point Type md Direction inf Ni Allocation nt Data Type inf Unit Text OF full level 1 of selectable points are selected Add selected Points Figure 126 Select Targets in the Datapoint Manager AY tHbOO0CrInvi2sley_ percent Analog Point Out Dinamic HY Long 16 bit signed integer Note that by default only compatible NVs are displayed NVs already in a connection are displayed in red Now the connection dialog contains a hub NV and one target NV as shown in Figure 127 Optionally you may enter a connection name with a user friendly text By default the name of the hub point is used Then click on Save to save the created connection Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 116 LOYTEC Create Modify Connection Connection Name my connectio
52. a multi select only those properties common to all selected data points are displayed Depending on the network technology and data point class different properties may exist Some important properties include Datapoint Name This is the technology independent data point name This name may be used for the actual network variable but can be different e g longer Datapoint names must be unique within a given folder Y Description This is a human readable description of the data point There are no special restrictions for a description NV Allocation This property defines how a data point shall be allocated on the device Choices are Static NV Dynamic NV and External NV If the allocation type cannot be changed this property 1s locked Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 71 LOYTEC 9 L Proxy in a Network This Chapter gives step by step instructions on how to commission L Proxy create multiple Proxy functional blocks create input and output network variables and create the internal connections We show the configuration steps using NL 220 LonMaker 3 1 and Alex 3 but other LNS based network management tools can be used as well to install and configure L Proxy 9 1 Network Interfaces The L Proxy as a physical device has 5 network ports Port 1 and port 2 are FT 10 ports port 3 through 5 are IP 852 ports The FT 10 ports are physically available on terminals 1 through 6 se
53. a set of properties which are applied to data points when they are created on the L Proxy L Proxy For each port of the L Proxy a separate sub folder is shown Each of the port sub folders contains all the necessary data points which constitute to the port interface definition These data points are created on the L Proxy when the configuration 1s downloaded 8 5 2 Data Point List At the top right a list of all data objects which are available in the selected folder 1s shown From this list objects may be selected including multi select in order to modify some of their properties A double click will select the data point if the dialog is opened for selecting data points The list can be sorted by clicking on one of the column headers For example clicking on the Direction column header will sort the list by direction Other columns display data point name NV name and SNVT New objects may be created in the selected folder by pressing the New button to the right of the list or via the New command in the context menu The list may be sorted by a click on the desired list column A sign in the list indicates that the data point contains sub points These can be structure members for structured SNVTs Clicking on the expands the view 8 5 3 Property View When one or multiple data points are selected the available properties are displayed in the property view Properties which are read only are marked with a lock i sign In
54. ace must be created for the device In the tree view select Virtuelle Funktionseinheiten of the newly created device Click on Neue virtuelle Funktionseinheit In the dialog enter the name of the interface for example Gateway 0 You may create as many interfaces as needed for example to sort network variables by functions Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 90 LOYTEC Funktionseinheit Neu Allgemein Virtuelle Funktions Mame Mame der virtuellen Funktionseinheit virtuelle Funktions 3 Proxy einheit Eigenschaften Anzahl der zur Zeit angelegten variablen Beschreibung A Maximale Anzahl an Netzwerk Yariablen M Interface Version M Ok Abbrechen bernehmen Figure 88 Creating a virtual interface in L Proxy device Click OK 9 5 Dynamic Network Variables After creating the functional block virtual interface for the Proxy object we need to create the input and output network variables for the Proxy object With LNS 3 x based tools dynamic network variables can be used Dynamic network variables are created during system configuration and can be added and deleted at any time whereas static network variables are created at system configuration time and are difficult to change afterwards Note Always close the L Proxy configuration utility when creating adding or deleting network variables in the Proxy functional block 9 5 1 Creating a new dynamic n
55. address conflicts After selecting menu item 9 the following message appears Override factory MAC address y n Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 40 LOYTEC GO 99 Enter y to input a new MAC address or enter n to clear the current MAC address and return to the factory default MAC address 5 6 6 Option b Link Speed amp Duplex If the L Proxy is operated with an old 10Mbit s only hub the link speed should be switched from Auto Detect to l0Mbps Half Duplex With modern 100 10Mb1t s switches this setting can be left at its default Auto Detect Change Link Speed amp Duplex 1 Auto Detect default 2 100Mbps Full Duplex 3 100Mbps Half Duplex 4 10Mbps Full Duplex 5 10Mbps Half Duplex 5 7 ElA 852 Device Configuration Menu This menu holds relevant information regarding the configuration of the EIA 852 device In principle there are two ways to add the L Proxy to an IP channel The recommended method 1s to enter the information at the configuration server The configuration server will then contact the L Proxy and configure the relevant information If for some reason the L Proxy shall contact the configuration server on 1ts own behalf e g as an auto member one can enter the configuration data directly into this menu Then the L Proxy starts to contact the configuration server to register The device configuration menu is shown in Figure 35 EIA 852 Device Config
56. alone program In this Operating mode one can create the L Proxy internal connections see Section 9 7 9 but not all options to create the interface definition are available see Section 9 7 3 This mode is very useful for the engineer who makes the time consuming connections between the data points of the different L Proxy ports For doing this a network management tool e g NL 220 LonMaker or Alex is not needed 8 5 Data Point Manager The configuration software uses a central concept to manage data points The Datapoint Manager dialog as shown in Figure 65 is used to select create edit and delete data points The dialog is divided into three sections The folder list number 1 in Figure 65 The data point list number 2 in Figure 65 And a property view number 3 in Figure 65 B Datapoint manager EEE eee xl Kan om ae Active Port El 709 Port 2 FT Y ModelNo o0 Set Auto no Direction Datapoint Name a In Mw EnS00CEInvotOkemp nvibbtemp Unsigned Long 16 bi 5MNWT_temp Ema Imported e LNS Database Scan 500 Items Gut My En500Ctrinvibitemp onvo0lbemp Unsigned Long 16 bi S5MWT_temp In My EnsoocCtrinvo0Z hue nvil lux Unsigned Long 16 bi SMT ux be O C5 File 0 Items 5 Templates EME L Proxy 0 Items t MY tns00cCtrin 03 hu nvoOslux Unsigned Long 16 bi SMT _lux gt In My _tn500CtrinvoD4ew nviddlew_ percent Long 16 bit signed
57. amdeteledvsssdids 15 Zo USE Caso COMPAS da is 15 20 POMO AM cn E TEE E E ET TE EEE 16 ZO Passive AO aaa A 16 O2 ACUE PON see E a Cee 17 2 6 3 Poll strategy for multiple input network variables oooonnnnnoononooncnnccnnnnnnnoss 18 2A ANN TICO SI pas 18 DS QUICK Start GUI eenen ror aae laste EEE EOE AE AtS 19 3 Hardware A dede Udo Udo 19 dul CONMSURANON ot ING LO ta ias 19 S23 IPConteuration onthe console db 20 3 2 2 IP Configuration via the Web Interface oooooonnnnnnnnccccnnononcnnnnnnnonononnnonnnncnnnnnnnnos 21 3 3 Configuration with LNS based Tools ooooonnnnnncccnococonononononoonooononnnnccnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 23 4 Enclosutesand Tata OA tdo estais 28 Al OCIO IE tada eee 28 Av LPS ETOO oane E nena a N 28 AD PROOUEL Lado ato 28 BD MOUN ME aabt 29 A STS a Sa a oe A ave canta hos T 29 BAN POW CED AA o tne trend O ated ean 29 A A A ON 29 AA ELA iaa 29 44 4 Pennet mk LED vai 30 a A o o E OEE 30 AO NR 0 eae eer eo Oe Oo ee Te ee ee ee re 30 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 5 LOYTEC AAT A a 31 As o BUON eee uo A E a E EI TE 31 O SEO a AA E E ETS 31 A ROW EL OU PP 31 4S Terminal Eay A clavate tietiateat E E teem 32 o A 32 Y E O A T ENEE cacas E 34 Dal COMSOle Connec UOM a E nae case ee arn 34 aya MES dado 34 5 5 L Proxy Device Main Men td ii 35 5 3 1 Option 1 Show device information ooooccccnnnnoncnnnonnncnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnccnnnnnnnnonanonccnnn
58. ansceiver Help j O mR Sal EEE Ea in the tool bar The configuration upload dialog opens up as shown in Figure 112 Click on the button Start to start the transfer This will upload the configuration of all ports 1f the software is connected stand alone via FTP or the network variable interface for which the LNS plug in was started for If the L Proxy is on line also the current connection information and manually created dynamic NVs are uploaded Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 105 LOYTEC Configuration Upload x Device Information Mame Iproxyt Subnet o Channel Channel 1 Mode 101 Program ID 9000074600FF0402 IP Address 192 168 24 100 Neuron ID 80000001DF05 Firmware 3 0 0 Options Upload Progress M Automatically syne local dynamic Nys O ma Figure 112 Configuration upload dialog 9 7 4 Configure Static NVs Unlike dynamic NVs static NVs cannot be created in the network management tool They are part of the static interface and are usually compiled into the device The L Proxy can be configured to change its static interface and boot with a new one To change that static NV interface the L Gateway configuration software can create static NVs in the port interface definition Select the Data Point Manager using the speed button File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help O AIE E EI in the tool bar In the data point manager select the port folder for which a sta
59. anual 74 LOYTEC START 7 AA Add L Proxy Port x Section 9 3 y Create Functional Block for Port x Section 9 4 y Create Network Variables on Port x yes Section 9 5 y Make Network Variable Bindings y Start L Gateway Configuration Software for node Port x Section 9 7 1 Y Extract and save the port interface definition Section 9 7 6 L Proxy Ports left to add no y Upload import port definitions Section 9 7 8 y Make L Proxy internal connections Section 9 7 9 i Download configuration to L Proxy Section 9 7 13 Y DONE gt Figure 68 Basic design flow with LNS and dynamic NVs 9 2 3 Configure with LNS and static NVs Configuration of the L Proxy with static NVs in LNS can be beneficial if a basic configuration shall be pre configured as a static interface Later additions to the network variables can be done with dynamic NVs at run time Figure 69 depicts the basic work flow Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 75 LOYTEC START 7 AA Start L Gateway Configuration Software stand alone Section 9 7 1 Y Configure static NVs for Port x Section 9 7 4 y Extract and save the port interface definition Section 9 7 6 y yes Export the port interface as XIF Section 9 7 7 y Add L Proxy Port x from XIF Section 9 3 y
60. are image If no firmware update was attempted please contact LOYTEC support see Section 13 7 13 2 LonMaker Warning appears during installation Problem When adding a new L Proxy Port to the project the following warning messages might appear Echelon LonMaker Configuration Properties Warning Uploading of configuration property definitions tailed Make sure the device is attached and then re attempt the commission Configuration properties will not be available until this operation completes successtully Help Figure 161 Click on Continue Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 141 LOYTEC Explanation There are still some dynamically created NVs in L Proxy This can happen if the node has been used in a different project and it hasn t been de commissioned in the old project before it was moved to the new network Solution Click on Yes and Continue In most cases this will be enough to use L Proxy If L Proxy is behaving strange one should reset the L Proxy to 1ts default configuration via the console Interface see Section 5 8 13 3 NL220 Warning appears during installation Problem When adding a new L Proxy Port to the project the following warning messages might appear Creating node lt L Proxyl Port gt Hode successfully created Uploading configurations of L Proxyl Port Lea The object was not found subsystem LMNs 6 Figure 162 Warning when creati
61. are not compatible with 2 2 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 13 LOYTEC 2 What is a Proxy Webster s Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913 lists the following entries for Proxy Proxy Prox y n pl Proxies Contr from procuracy Cf Proctor 1 The agency for another who acts through the agent authority to act for another esp to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity 2 The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another 3 A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead as in a corporation meeting L Proxy follows this definition It acts on behalf of somebody else For L Proxy the somebody else is another node in the network As shown in Figure 1 the L Proxy hardware offers 3 physical network ports two FT and one IP 852 which represent 5 individual nodes one on each FT port and three on the IP 852 port One can think of L Proxy as being 5 individual nodes that are somehow internally connected Whenever an input network variable on L Proxy is being updated L Proxy updates a corresponding output network variable Also if a network variable poll is received on the output network variable this poll can be forwarded to the input network variable It doesn t matter if the output network 1s on the same node or on one of the other four nodes as the input network variable Since the 5 nodes can be configured in different domains it is now possible to bin
62. ate through the console interface see Section 5 8 13 5 Node does not respond to poll request Problem The input NV on the L Proxy 1s being polled by another node but L Proxy does not respond to the poll message Explanation If the L Proxy internal connection consists of only one input NV and one or more output NVs then this input NV cannot be polled by another node If the internal connection has 2 or more input NVs and the poll is received on the first input NV the poll will be forwarded on the second input NV If the internal connections uses active poll active poll flag enabled the input NV that outputs the active poll first input NV if multiple input NVs exist cannot be polled Solution Always poll the source of the information output NV on source node and not the input NV of the L Proxy 13 6 L Proxy doesn t forward packets after commissioning Problem No packets are forwarded by L Proxy after one or more ports have been re commissioned Explanation The L Proxy configuration will be deleted when one or more ports are commissioned Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 143 LOYTEC Solution Always download the L Proxy configuration after commissioning one or more L Proxy ports 13 7 Technical Support LOYTEC offers free telephone and e mail support for our L Gate product series If none of the above descriptions solves your specific problem please contact us at the following address
63. atively the device can be selected and the device replacement can be started by pressing Ctrl P NL220 LonWorks c Manager L Proxy Test Project Edit Selection Clipboard Tree Tree display Views Tools Plugins Lang Help ia came S5 A BEAT amp EEE PRA je te Al AAR od oe eG of aaa ae El ea aa 2 212 alee Al ae 720 ey S ole A Bl me oe Project ca mm eee Local interface a E Locations E JE L Proxy L Proxy o Static interface 8 Interface fii Node Object 0 PF Gateway 0 gt nvolemp lt nvilux gt nvoLux nvilemp F Gateway 1 F Gateway 2 F Gateway 3 F Gateway 4 F Gateway 5 F Gateway 6 F Gateway 7 Connections Preparing Lon Works c server LonWorks c server is now ready Creating new project lt L Proxy Test gt Opening and initializing project Opening system Opening types files Refresh project s screen Project is now opened Ready Plugin Command ClassId lt 1 gt Command d lt 50 gt Object lt LcaN etwork L Proxy Test gt Plugin Command ClassId lt 1 gt Commandld lt 50 gt Object lt L Proxy Test gt Creating node lt L Proxy gt Node successfully created Commissioning repair or install of node lt L Proxy gt in progress Downloading configurations of lt L Proxy gt Configurations downloaded successfuly Node lt L Proxy gt successfully
64. b Interface The L Proxy comes with a built in web server and a web interface to configure the L Proxy and extract statistics information The web interface allows configuring the IP settings EIA 852 settings and EIA 709 settings This interface is very simple to use and has an intuitive self explanatory user interface 6 1 Device Information and Account Management In a Web browser enter the default IP address 192 168 1 254 of the L Proxy Note that if your PC has an IP address in a subnet other than 192 168 1 xxx you must open a command tool and enter the following route command to add a route to the L Proxy Windows START gt Run command com Route add 192 168 1 254 SCOMPUTERNAMES Also make sure that the web server has not been disabled in the console interface see Section 5 4 2 The device information page should appear as shown in Figure 46 Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Zur ck y x E A yo Suchen 5 2 Favoriten E v y LJ 33 v Wechseln zu Links Norton Antivirus gt 6 Logged in as guest General Info Product name L Proxy Product code LP 33E100 Firmware L Proxy Primary Image Version 3 0 0 Build date Wed Dec 6 18 37 33 2006 Serial number 009901 80000001 DFO5 Free memory 11854K 237K System temperature 39 7C Supply voltage 12 0 Port 1 80 00 00 01 DF 05 Send Service Pin Message Port 2 80 00 00 01 DF 06 Send Service Pin Message IP node 1 80 00 00 01 DF 07 Send Servic
65. be configured by the maximum cache age property while having the poll cycle property set to zero There are the following choices a summary is given in Table 1 No Cache Polls from Node 2 are directly forwarded to Node 1 A poll response is sent to Node 2 after the poll response was received from Node 1 If Node 1 doesn t respond to the poll request also L Proxy doesn t respond to the poll request from Node 2 This behavior can be used to detect dead not responding nodes This mode is typically used in poll poll or Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 17 LOYTEC update update use cases You can configure this behavior by setting maximum cache age to Zero Poll on Startup Polls from Node 2 are never forwarded to Node 1 except after power up when the cache value 1s not valid The cache content is updated with network variable updates no polls from Node 1 Only after power up of L Proxy when the cache entry 1s not valid L Proxy will try to poll Node 1 until a valid value 1s received and stored in the cache This behavior can be achieved by setting maximum cache age to 1 and setting the poll on startup option to yes Enable The cache 1s enabled and a timeout in seconds must be specified If the value in the cache 1s current cache timeout has not expired since last update the poll request from Node 2 reads the value from the cache If the cache is expired the poll r
66. cket Window Help 5 x om 000000 a es ae ENTER 00 005429 1 4C4F59544543 DADE 00 003339 14 01 04 UPDT 0357 C8 01 010 00 2899 16 01 03 UPDT OOSE CS O1 00 01 3063 I 01 08 01 03 4 F Log Running On line FT 10 Packets 6 6 CRC Err 0 Lost 0 A Figure 147 Turning on the switch on Node 6 creates the following packet stream in order to turn on the lamps on Node 7 and Node 8 The second part of our desired network communication is shown in Figure 148 When we flip the switch on Node 8 the lamp on Node 6 should turn on The following packet streams can be seen on a protocol analyzer log output Packet 1 NV update sent from nvoSwitch0 on Node 8 to L Proxy Port 4 nviSwitchO Packet 2 L Proxy Port 4 sends an acknowledgement back to Node 8 in domain 505859 Packet 3 L Proxy Port 2 forwards the NV update from Node 8 nvoSwitch0 to Node 6 in domain 4C4F59544543 Packet 4 Node 6 sends an acknowledgement back to L Proxy Port 2 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 130 LOYTEC le LPA on LPT1 LPA Active Log Running NA Ioj xj e i _ UPDT DO138 CS 01 00 007643 E lt a gt 3 1505859 00 004038 q2 4C4F59544543 UPDT OOAS CS 01 E PEE 4 Log Running On line FT 10 Packets 414 ICRC Err 0 Lost o ZA Figure 148 Turning on the switch on Node 8 creates the following packet stream in order to turn on the lamp on Node 6
67. commissioned Plugin Command ClassId lt 7 gt Commandld lt 13 gt Object lt L Proxy Test L Proxy Test Locations L Proxy gt Plugin Command ClassId lt 1 gt Commandld lt 50 gt Object lt L Proxy Test gt Plugin Command ClassId lt 1 gt Commandld lt 50 gt Object lt L Proxy Test gt as su Ch co Te d Di MAJA Credits 29 NLR Admin 22 12 2006 09 51 Figure 100 L Proxy device in NL 220 This opens the device replacement dialog box see Figure 101 Installing Replacing a node n MO p Mawar zoa Filter service pin on program ID Simple Neuronld setting no installation More details Figure 101 NL 220 node replacement dialog Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 99 LOYTEC Press the service pin of the L Proxy port to replace and press Continue to replace the device After the service pin has been received NL 220 commissions the replacement unit s port creates the dynamic NVs again if any and installs the bindings 9 6 2 Replace in LonMaker Let s assume there is a device Iproxy 1 in the LNS database as shown in Figure 102 To replace the device right click on the device shape and select Replace This opens the LonMaker replace wizard as shown in Figure 103 Gateway 0 Iproxy 1 Figure 102 LonMaker drawing with one L Proxy device Replace Device Wizard i x specify Device Template Current Template proxy 1 Device
68. configuration server If there are any two devices in the channel which use the same IP address but different ports e g multiple L Proxys behind one NAT router the channel switches to Extended NAT mode Please refer to the L IP User s Manual to learn more about configuring the Extended NAT mode in the configuration server Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 55 LOYTEC The configuration server sets the SNTP server addresses and the channel timeout The filed Escrow timeout defines how long the EJA 852 device on the L Proxy waits for out of sequence EIA 852 data packets before they are discarded Please enter the time in ms or 0 to disable escrowing The maximum time 1s 255 ms The field Aggregation timeout defines the time interval in which multiple EIA 709 packets are combined into a single EIA 852 data packet Please enter the time in ms or 0 to disable ageregation The maximum time 1s 255 ms Note that disabling aggregation will negatively affect the performance of the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy The field MD5 authentication enables or disables MD5 authentication Note that MD5 authentication cannot be used together with the 1 LON 1000 since the 1 LON 1000 is not fully compliant with the EIA 852 authentication method MD5 can be used with the 1 LON 600 In the following field MD5 secret enter the 16 byte MDS5 secret Note that for security purposes the active MD5 secret is not displa
69. controls a lamp the two sensor objects are connected to switches The output network variable nvoSwitch0 on node 6 is bound to the input network variables nviLampValue0 on nodes 7 and 8 In this case NL 220 and LonMaker create a group with the 3 group members Node 6 Node 7 and Node 8 Figure 139 shows the log file from a protocol analyzer that clearly shows the acknowledged service using group addressing Node 6 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 1 Node 8 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 0 Node 8 Switch 0 Node 6 Switch 0 Node 6 Lamp 0 Node 7 Lamp 0 Node 8 Lamp 0 Figure 138 Acknowledged group binding between nodes 6 7 and 8 ELPA on LPT1 LPA Active Log Running E 10 x fen File Profile Packet Window Help 12 x 11 14 33 562422 18 O suiltcasedemo2 Node 6 01 11 14 33 586827 1 u 0 suiltlcasedemo2 Node 7 01 01 Node 6 Log Running On line FT 10 Packets 3 3 CRC Err 0 Lost 0 Figure 139 Protocol analyzer log file for the group binding shown in Figure 138 Node 6 uses acknowledged group binding to communicate with nodes 7 and 8 L Proxy can be used to break up the group into individual subnet node addressed bindings which saves valuable group addresses for group bindings with a higher member count Figure Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 125 LOYTEC 140 shows the same network from above but now we have added one port of L Proxy Port 2 to break up the group into in
70. d Account admin y Password eccce Config E System am IP Passwords EIA 709 EIA 552 Device Statistics Reset networks under control Contact Logout eGV OEW Figure 47 Enter admin as the default administrator password The Config menu opens Click on Passwords in the Config menu which opens the password configuration page as shown in Figure 48 The L Proxy has two user accounts 1 guest allows the user to view certain information only e g the device info page By default the guest user has no password 2 admin has full access to the L Proxy and can make changes to its configuration Note that the user accounts are also used to log on to the FTP server Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 51 LOYTEC E Config Passwords Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras nk AN 5 SH R ee m j Zur ck _ x a A y Suchen Favoriten g LI E 3 Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webuifconfig passwords Wechseln zu Links Norton AntiVirus gt G DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Enter the desired password for the Administrator and Guest accounts The Administrator has full access to the device whereas a Guest can only view the status information but not change the configuration In order to clear a password leave the password field empty Device Info Config Account admin gt E
71. d automatically and XIF files are copied into the LNS import directory Network Properties x Remote Lightweight Client Access Permission Lightweight Client Options Maming Server Location Metwork Interface Resource File Languages Logon OnnetiOffnet Plug In Registration Authentication Domain Timing LoniMaker Options Plug In Registration Already Registered Echelon Lontiaker Browser wersion 3 00 Mot Registered DOC3ss0 L Configuration version 2 4 12 Semi os ee TY A si dl ae Add All Remove Remove ll To Be Registered A e Skip this prompt when re opening this drawing Register all unregistered plug ins when re opening this drawing Cancel Apply Help Figure 62 Select the Plug in to be registered and click Add Note If you are using multiple databases projects make sure you have registered the plug in in each project In LonMaker gt Network Properties gt Plug In Registration make sure that the L Gateway Configuration Utility shows up under Already Registered Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 67 LOYTEC Network Properties l i x Remote Lightweight Client Access Permission Lightweight Client Options Maming Server Location Metwork Interface Resource File Languages Logon OnnetiOffnet Plug In Registration Authentication Domain Timing LonMaker Options Plug In Registration Already Registered Echelon
72. d network variables across domains Figure 1 L Proxy offers five network ports which represent 5 individual nodes We have listed use cases for L Proxy that are typical in network installations We use these use cases to explain the fundamental operation of L Proxy Remember that input and output network variables can reside on the same node or different nodes in the same domain or in different domains The behavior of L Proxy is always the same 2 1 Update Update Use Case Figure 2 shows an Update Update use case In this use case the input network variable of the L Proxy is bound to an output network variable of Node 1 This output network variable is periodically updated On the output side of L Proxy the corresponding output network variable is also bound to an input network variable on Node 2 which is waiting for updates Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 14 LOYTEC Node 1 L Proxy Node 2 Figure 2 Update Update use case 2 2 Poll Poll Use Case Figure 3 shows a Poll Poll use case In this use case the input network variable of L Proxy 1s bound to an output network variable of Node 1 However this output network variable on Node 1 is declared polled and never updated Hence Node 1 waits for incoming polls On the output side of L Proxy the corresponding output network variable is not bound Node 2 periodically polls this network variable Figure 3 Poll Poll use case 2 3 Update Poll Use
73. de 6 Switch O Node 7 Switch 0 Node 8 Switch 0 Node 6 Lamp 0 Node 7 Lamp 0 Node 8 Lamp 0 Figure 133 Two individual subnet node addressed bindings use up two entries in the address table ra LP A on LPT1 LPA Active Log Running 7 l 7 Of x 2 File Profile Packet Window Help 8 x is amp IF LM TR CR DE Q O R a bal Rs ns Number Time Length Flags TXHDomam Sowce Destination Service 1 12 18 23 167057 19 3 sullcasedemo2 Nodeb Node 7 UPDT Nv4 nvoSwitchO Switch 0 C8 01 2 12 18 23 184337 suitcasedemo2 Node 7 Node 6 3 12 18 34 251892 sultcasedemo2 Node amp Node 8 UPDT Nv6 nvoSwitchO Switch 1 C8 Ol 4 12 18 34 273206 suitcasedemo2 Node 8 Node 6 4 Log Running On line FT 10 Packets 6 6 ICRC Err 0 Lost 0 Figure 134 Protocol analyzer log file for the 2 subnet node bindings shown in Figure 133 Node 6 first sends a packet to node 7 and then a packet to node 8 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 123 LOYTEC L Proxy can be used to make a single subnet node addressed binding from the source node to L Proxy L Proxy then completes the binding to the final destination nodes 7 and 8 In this case one entry in the address table was saved in the source node node 6 Figure 135 shows the same network from above but now we added one port of L Proxy Port 2 to have a single destination address for node 6 thus saving an entry in the add
74. definition Section 9 7 6 y Export the port interface as XIF Section 9 7 7 y Add L Proxy Port x from XIF in non LNS tool and create bindings Proxy Ports left to configure no y Upload import port definitions Section 9 7 8 y Make L Proxy internal connections Section 9 7 9 Y Download configuration to L Proxy Section 9 7 13 y 4 DONE 7 Figure 70 Basic design flow without LNS using static NVs Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 78 LOYTEC 9 2 5 Change an Existing Configuration with LNS The recommended way to change an existing probably static port interface 1s to add delete dynamic network variables Dynamic network variables in the Proxy functional block or the virtual interface can be added and deleted without losing an existing binding in NL 220 LonMaker or Alex The L Gateway configuration software synchronizes with the added or deleted network variables The work flow to change an existing configuration for a specific port 1s shown in Figure 71 START gt y Create Network Variables on Port x Section 9 5 y Make Network Variable Bindings yes Other ports where the N interface has changed no y Start L Gateway Configuration Software for node Port x Section 9 7 1 y Upload configurat
75. device statistics which are part of the standard and are comparable to e g the 1 LON 600 Press lt y gt to go on to extended statistics EIA 852 Device Statistics Seconds since cleared Yow Date Time of clear GMT Wed Sep 27 16 18 19 2006 No Of members gt g LT Packets received O LT Bytes received lt unknown gt LT Packets sent id LI Bytes sent lt unknown gt IP Packets sent 2 0 IP Bytes sent gt IP Packets received 0 IP Bytes received 0 IP Packets data sent 0 IP Packets data received 0 LT Stale packets 0 RFC Packets sent 0 RFC Packets received 10 Avg Aggregation to IP lt unknown gt Avg Aggregation from IP gt lt unknown gt UDP Packets sent a E TCP Packets sent y Multi cast Packets sent 2 20 Show extended EIA 852 device statistics y n Figure 39 EIA 852 Device Statistics A sample console output of the extended EIA 852 device statistics is shown in Figure 40 At the end the user 1s prompted if the statistics shall be cleared Press lt y gt to reset all counters to 0 Extended EIA 852 Device Statistics Session ID gt 0x0398dlfe SNTP synchronized NO Number of CR member infos z H Current channel routing mode ER Message alloc count 0 Dropped failed authentication 10 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 45 invalid frame out of sequence Dropped duplicates Dropped missing timestamp Active DC datetime Active CM datetime Active SL datetim
76. dividual subnet node addressed messages Node 6 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 1 Node 8 Switch 1 Node 6 Switch 0 Node 7 Switch 0 Node 8 Switch 0 Node 6 Lamp 0 Node 7 Lamp 0 Node 8 Lamp 0 L Proxy Port 2 Proxy Figure 140 Acknowledged subnet node addressed messages save a group address entry Lr LPA on LPT1 LPA Active Log Running 2 Oj xj 2 File Profile Packet Window Help 9 x E E ga IF LM TR CR DR CA E itol eck a Number Time _ Length Flags TX Domain Source Destination Service Data _________________________ 1 10 57 30 690129 19 15 suitcasedemo2 Node amp L Proxy Port 2 ACKD UPDT Nv4 nvoSwitchO Switch 0 C8 01l 2 10 57 30 700182 15 15 suitcasedemo2 _L Proxy Port 2 Node 6 ACK 3 10 57 30 787976 19 7 suitcasedemo2 L Proxy Port 2 Node 7 ACKD UPDT Nv26 nvoLampVYalueO C8 Ol 4 10 57 30 797862 19 8 suitcasedemo2 L Proxy Port 2 Node 8 ACKD UPDT NvZ nvoLampValuel C8 01l 5 10 57 30 805731 15 8 suitcasedemo2 Nodes L Proxy Port 2 ACK Log Running On line FT 10 Packets 6 6 CRC Err 0 Lost 0 Figure 141 Protocol analyzer log file for the L Proxy bindings shown in Figure 140 Node 6 uses acknowledged subnet node binding to communicate with L Proxy port 2 L Proxy relays the information to nodes 7 and 8 using acknowledged subnet node addressed messages The following Figure 142 shows the L Proxy internal bindings required to ful
77. e 4 CD Polon Statup No E Mn Sendes E Mas Serdim 0 5 EIAFO9 Port 4 IP852 0 Items y E ElA709 Port 5 IP852 0 Items 0 0 J MA mM 0 FS mS e 3 a Ni TeztCiinoDbtemp Figure 21 Generated static NVs on Port 2 Change back to Port 1 in the tool bar as indicated by Figure 22 Datapoint Manager ce oy 1 aa Achye Port EIA709 Port 1 FT Model No OD Set Auto Figure 22 Change back to Port 1 in the tool bar Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 26 LOYTEC The Generate points and auto generate connections button also creates internal connections between the NVs on Port 1 and Port 2 Close the data point manager dialog and view the generated connections in the main window as shown in Figure 23 Ma Unnamed Project Unbenannt LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY File Settings Operations Firmware an Demann A HAARA xX O x Connected Device best lproxy 1fSubsystern 1 L Proxy V3_0 Channel 1 Info Status Configured Online Members 1 My TestCtrinvidltemp El4 709 Port 2 2 MY _TestCtrinvon0temp_LEIA709 Por 2 3 Ny TestCtrinvodelux ELFOS Pork Z 4 MY _TestCtrinvid3lux El4709 Port 1 2 5 My TestCtrinvot4ley percent TEIA 2 6 MY _TestCtrinviOSlew_ percent_fElay 2 E My _TestCtrinvoMl temp_f ElAFO09P 2 a My TestCtrinvid temp F ElA7D09P 2 q MY TeshCtrinvot switch EIa709
78. e Dropped Dropped LOYTEC OOO O 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 O Stale DC messages Stale CM messages Stale SL messages Stale CR messages Number of DC updates Number of CM updates Number of SL updates Number of CR updates CR packets sent to CS Oo0o0o0oo0ooo O Clear EIA 852 device 1 statistics y n Figure 40 Extended EIA 852 Device Statistics 5 9 2 Option 2 EIA 709 Application Statistics The EIA 709 statistics menu as shown in Figure 41 lists all EIA 709 ports of the L Proxy Select one of the ports to print the EIA 709 statistics data for that specific port EIA 709 application instances Lal Port 1 2 Pork 2 3 IP node 1 4 IP node 2 5 IP node 3 Please choose Figure 41 EIA 709 Application Instance Selection A sample console output is shown in Figure 42 ELAST09 application statistics Port L PIO configured offline Device Node state 0x06 Transmission errors Transmit TX failures Receive TX full Lost messages Missed messages Layer 2 received Layer 3 received Layer 3 transmitted Transmit TX retries Backlog overflows Late acknowledgments CoA IES LOS OO0OO0OO0OO0OO0OO0OOOOO CO E Out buffers used In buffers used 0 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual TCL active TSPs used TSPs deleted No TSP avallable L Chip read error L Chip write error Slow mode used Active outgoing Waiting outgoing Blocked outgoing Slow m
79. e Upgrade the Device Commission device Create bindings Register on new device template 1 El 3 4 5 6 T 5 Wa Gntions tomatically create bindings ae Overwrite existing bindings Figure 131 Configuration Download Dialog Note that after the download is complete the interface changes become active on all ports in the L Proxy not only the port which has been used for the download It 1s recommended to refresh the network management tool to reflect the changes made by the L Gateway configuration software to the LNS database 9 8 L Proxy LonMark Objects The L Proxy has the LonMark objects as outlined in the following sections 9 8 1 Node Object The L Proxy provides a node object conforming to the LonMark guidelines 1 A diagram of the node object is depicted in Figure 132 Node Object nviFileReq nvoFileStat nviFilePos nvoAlarm nvoAlarm_ 2 a Figure 132 Node Object Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 120 LOYTEC Further the node object has the following configuration properties SCPTmaxSndT writeable SCPTobjMajVer constant SCPTobjMinVer constant The node object supports the following features Supported commands via nviRequest 4 4 RQ NORMAL RQ UPDATE STATUS RQ REPORT MASK RQ ENABLE RQ DISABLE RQ UPDATE ALARM RQ CLEAR ALARM RQ RESET RQ CLEAR RESET LonMark alarming is supported via nvoAlarm SNVT alarm and nvoAlarm 2 SNVT
80. e L Proxy is operated behind a NAT router but it has no NAT address configured In this case go to the IP configuration menu and configure the correct NAT address or set it to Auto NAT Text displayed Web icon Meaning OK Return path not tested Displayed for a device which is reachable but which does not green checkmark support the feature to test the return path device sending to this EIA 852 device Therefore a potential NAT router configuration error cannot be detected If the tested device is an L IP it is recommended to upgrade this L IP to 3 0 or higher Not reachable not supported This is displayed for the CS if it is not reachable or the CS does not support this test To remove this uncertainty it is d exclamat red exclamation recommended to upgrade the L IP to 3 0 or higher Local NAT config Error This is displayed 1f the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy is located behind a NAT router and the port forwarding in the NAT Router usually 1628 is incorrect red exclamation Peer not reachable Displayed for a device if it is not reachable No RTT is displayed The device is either not online not connected to the network has no IP address or is not reachable behind its NAT router Execute this test on the suspicious device to determine any NAT configuration problem red exclamation Table 6 Possible Communication Problems Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 49 LOYTEC 6 We
81. e Pin Message IP node 2 80 00 00 01 DF 08 Send Service Pin Message IP node 3 80 00 00 01 DF 09 Send Service Pin Message goahead WEBSERVER Device Info Config Statistics Reset Contact Logout o har Se O U S Uv O Cc aa UN e S O S dad Uv QA Figure 46 Device Information Page The device information page shows information about the L Proxy and the current firmware version It includes the unique node Ids Neuron IDs of the EIA 709 network interfaces Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 50 LOYTEC This page can also be used to send the EIA 709 service pin messages This is a useful feature when commissioning the L Proxy since it is not necessary to be on site to press the device s status button Click through the menus on the left hand side to become familiar with the different screens If you click on Config in the left menu you will be asked to enter the administrator password in order to make changes to the settings as shown in Figure 47 Enter the default administrator password admin and select Login 3 Login Microsoft Internet Explorer oj xj Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras arik X v x E A pP Suchen 52 Favoriten E Es z 3 Adresse E http 192 168 24 100 webuifconfig system ES Wechseln zu Links al PARE h py i DLOYTEC Logged in as guest Device Info Enter your username and passwor
82. e Section 4 8 and can be connected to two separate FT 10 channels In the LNS database each L Proxy port corresponds to a single device in the LNS database These devices can be part of the same database same domain or live in different databases different domains Figure 66 shows an example where all five ports of one physical L Proxy are represented as separate devices in the same LNS database The three IP 852 ports deserve more explanation They are logical ports on the physical Ethernet interface of the L Proxy and connect to a single IP 852 channel This means that the L Proxy is added as a single EIA 852 device to the configuration server see Section 6 2 4 In the LNS database they are treated as three separate devices with three different Node IDs This means that each of the IP 852 ports has to be added to an LNS database separately Figure 66 depicts this situation for Port 3 to 5 FT 10 FT 10 IP 852 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel Figure 66 FT 10 and IP 852 ports on the L Proxy The IP 852 ports connected to the IP 852 backbone channel can be converted to more FT 10 channels in combination with EIA 852 routers such as the L IP Figure 67 shows a network diagram to illustrate this concept Domains 2 3 and 4 are attached via L IPs to the L Proxy s IP 852 ports Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 72 LOYTEC _ FT 10 Ethernet Domain 0 FT 10 Domain 1 T Domain 2
83. e as shown in Figure 75 Its icon must be EE NL220 LonWorks c Manager TestNet Project Edit Clipboard Tree Treedisplay Views Tools Plugins Lang Help a SiS mare al tl elo aa Ba 0 X ala e el EE All subsystems LF PORY Port 2 LP pony I MiG ort G stew SI Ey Static interface Interface Connections H Interface 1 Figure 75 L Proxy Interface 9 3 2 Adding L Proxy in LonMaker Drag a new device shape onto the drawing area In the dialog from Figure 76 specify a device name for the new device e g L Proxyl Port 2 in case you have multiple L Proxies in the network Select Commission Device then click Next Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 83 LOYTEC New Device Wizard xi Enter Device Name Device Mame L Prowyt Port 2 Template Mame Number of Devices to Create i W Commission Device Black Cancel Help Figure 76 Adding a new L Proxy port Port 2 to the network In the next dialog window select Existing Template and select the proper template name as shown in Figure 77 Please use the template L Proxy V3_0 FT10 for an FT10 port and L Proxy V3_0 IP10 L for the IP 852 port New Device Wizard q x Specity Device Template Curent Template Device Name s L Proxyl Fort 2 External Interface Definition Upload From Device C Load IF File Browse Template Mame Existing Template Mame
84. e as the configuration server port 5 7 3 Option 5 Device name You can enter a device name with up to 15 characters It 1s recommended to use unique device names 5 7 4 Channel Mode This field reflects the current channel mode of the device It is configured by the configuration server If there are any two devices in the channel which use the same IP address but different ports e g multiple L Proxys behind one NAT router the channel switches to Extended NAT mode Please refer to the L IP User s Manual to learn more about configuring the Extended NAT mode in the configuration server 5 7 5 SNTP server channel timeout The configuration server sets the SNTP server addresses and the channel timeout 5 7 6 Option 6 Escrow timeout Defines how long the EIA 852 device on the L Proxy waits for out of sequence EIA 852 data packets before they are discarded Please enter the time in ms or 0 to disable escrowing The maximum time 1s 255 ms 5 7 7 Option 7 Aggregation Timeout Defines the time interval in which multiple EIA 709 packets are combined into a single EIA 852 data packet Please enter the time in ms or 0 to disable aggregation The maximum time is 255 ms Note that disabling aggregation will negatively affect the performance of the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy 5 7 8 Option 8 MD5 authentication This menu item enables or disables MD5 authentication Note that MD5 authentication cannot be used togethe
85. e network variable As shown in Figure 92 the connection window 1n the work view right view includes now the nvoSwitchO of Node 6 and the nviSwitch0 of the L Proxy device You can create or cancel the connection Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 93 LOYTEC Name NvConnt Create Outputs Inputs Cancel Fl Node 6 EAE L Proxy1 Portz negat HvOSwitchO i im nviSwitchi Help kt Remove Remove all Remove Remove all Service lt Default gt Receive timer Default a Retries count lt Defaulo Repeat timer lt Default gt V Authenticated V Priority Transmit timer Default Broadcasting Never Group C Always Uze alias for Selector conflicts Unicast All to defaults Figure 92 Connection window with the newly created L Proxy variable and the Node 6 output variable 9 5 1 2 Creating dynamic NVs in LonMaker Drag the Input Network Variable shape onto the Proxy functional block A new window appears see Figure 93 Choose A Network Yariable E x Please select the network variables you wish this shape to OK represent Selecting multiple network variables will result in shapes being automatically dropped Cancel Help Select Al PE eke Create Mw Remove prefix from WN names e Remove array subscripts from MN names Figure 93 Add an input network variable to the Proxy functional block Click on Create NV The dialog shown in Figure 94 appears Sp
86. e parameters specified by LonMark for this channel FT ports can also be used on Link Power LP 10 channels However the L Proxy does not provide the power supply for Link Power channels When using the Free Topology Segment feature of the FT only one termination Figure 58 1s required and can be placed anywhere on the free topology segment Instead of building the termination one can order the L Term module LT 33 from LOYTEC which can be used to properly terminate the bus 100 uF 50V 52 3 Q 7 100 uF 50V Figure 58 FT Free Topology Termination In a double terminated bus topology two terminations are required Figure 59 These terminations need to be placed at each end of the bus Here also L Term modules can be used at either end 100 uF 50V 100 uF 50V 105 Q 105 Q 100 uF 50V 100 uF 50V Figure 59 Termination in an FT Bus Topology Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 62 LOYTEC 8 L Gateway Configuration Software 8 1 Overview The L Gateway configuration software is used to configure the L Proxy It manages network variables NVs on each port creates the internal connections between input and output NVs and downloads uploads the configuration to from the L Proxy It is also used to specify configuration properties when NVs are polled rather than updated 8 1 1 Data Points The data points on the L Proxy are its network variables NVs or parts of NVs e g the
87. e pin method and click on Finish as shown in Figure 106 Then the service pin requestor opens as shown in Figure 107 Press the service pin on the replacement L Proxy on the correct port For IP 852 ports it is recommended to use the Web interface see Section 6 1 Echelon LonMaker 4 107 Please press the service pin on device prox 1 Options Display data from service pin Total Received e Filter on program ID Fitter on channel Figure 107 Waiting for the service pin on the replacement unit After the service pin has been received LonMaker commissions the replacement unit s port creates the dynamic NVs again if any and installs the bindings 9 6 3 Replace in Alex Let s assume there is a device LProxy Port 1 in the LNS database as shown in Figure 108 To replace the device right click on the device in the device tree and select Ersetzen Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 102 LOYTEC ALEX 3 0 LProxyTest Subsystem 1 LProxy Port 1 nyoSystemTemp Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Fenster Zur ck 77 fy ordner Ba a XxX of Ed Pfad a LProxyTest Subsystem 1 LProxy Port 1 nvoSystemTemp gt Arbeitsplatz x E re Projekte 3 verbindungen 0 E 2 LProxyTest 3 Parameter 0 89 Untersysteme 1 A Struktur Elemente 0 Subsystem 1 Y Ger te 2 Alex LProxy Port 1 AA Netzwerkvariablen 13 6B nviReque
88. e to node 7 Next node 6 sends an update for nviSwitchl to L Proxy which send an update to node The following Figure 137 shows the L Proxy internal bindings required to fulfill the application shown in Figure 135 The first entry connects the input network variable nviSwitch0 on Port 2 to the output network variable nvoLampValue0 also in Port 2 The second entry connects the input network variable nviSwitchl on Port 2 to the output network variable nvoLampValuel also in Port 2 Note that these internal bindings are not visible within NL 220 LonMaker or Alex and cannot be seen with a protocol analyzer on the network Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 124 LOYTEC Ma Unnamed Project manual_ex1 gtw LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY E ioj x File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help Ds 194 a aaal Connected Device AE lilprosy1 2 Channel 1 Infa Status Configured Online nviswitcho nviswitcho Port 2 nvoLamp valued f Port 2 nviswitchl nviswitchi Port 2 nroLampraluedl Port 2 a LOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 2 Nis 7 Datapoints 21 2 Figure 137 L Proxy internal binding for the network shown in Figure 135 10 1 2 Saving a group address Figure 138 shows a simple network diagram comprising three Neuron Chip powered nodes Each node contains four LonMark objects a node object an actuator object and two sensor objects The actuator object
89. e via the Console To download the firmware via the console interface the L Proxy must be connected to the RS 232 port of a PC via its console interface as described in Section 5 1 You will need the LOYTEC serial upgrade tool LSU Tool which can be downloaded from our homepage at www loytec com Please make sure that the L Proxy console shows the main menu Otherwise navigate to the main menu or simply reset the L Proxy Double click on the dlc file that comes with the new firmware package This should start the LSU Tool and load the firmware image referenced in the dlc file Please note that the dlc file and the dl file must be stored in the same folder The start window of the LSU tool is shown in Figure 157 El LSU Serial Upgrade Tool OoOo 10 x File Image Help Information Image File pros primar dl Load Address O BD000 Baudrate 38400 bps ac Line Settings on Hell elite WakeUp String Part Com Menu String Download F Statistics rogrezs Passed o Quit Display Console Us Abort Status Configuration file loaded 100 Failed Figure 157 LSU Serial Upgrade Tool in Idle Mode If the L Proxy is not connected to COM1 you can change the port to COM2 COM3 or COM4 Make sure that the product shown under Product matches the device you are upgrading Press Download to start the download A progress bar as shown in Figure 158 can be seen Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Pr
90. e with full handshaking to connect the L Proxy serial console interface to your PC 5 2 Self Test Whenever the L Proxy comes out of reset 1t performs a self test The console output of a successful boot sequence on an L Proxy reads as follows LOYTEC electronics GmbH www loytec com Testing Board ID 0 Passed Testing RAM Passed Testing boot loader Passed Testing fallback image Passed Testing primary image Passed Testing Flash Passed Loading primary image Passed Bootloader version 2 L Proxy Primary Image loading Firmware version 3 0 0 Type bootshell to enter the boot shell Mounting file system Passed Starting TCP IP networking Passed Starting FTP server Passed Starting TELNET server Passed Starting EIA 852 device Passed Detecting EIA 709 port 1 FT Passed Detecting EIA 709 port 2 FT Passed Starting EIA 709 networking Passed Starting Web server Passed L Proxy c LOYTEC electronics GmbH Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 33 LOYTEC Tue Dec 5 14 18 24 2006 V3 0 0 Figure 28 Console messages during the boot phase The duration of a successful boot sequence of an L Proxy is typically 45 seconds 5 3 L Proxy Device Main Menu After booting has completed the L Proxy displays the console menu as shown in Figure 29 Device Main Menu 1 Show device information 2 Serial firmware upgrade 3 System configuration a BPA 70o Contig tion 5 LP configu rati n 6 EIA 852
91. ecify the properties of the new network variable If you want to create multiple copies of the same network variable you can specify the number in the How many Field This feature is especially useful to create multiple copies of the same output network variable Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 94 LOYTEC Mew Bl Mame PO Howe many 1 ERES Help Member lt Undefined gt r Source Mw Browse Direction Poll Attribute of new Mts Create Network Yariable Clear Same as source Mw Set Opposite of source Mw Figure 94 Create Network Variable dialog Click on Browse and select the counterpart network variable nvoSwitchO on Node 6 for this connection Echelon LonMaker 3 E Select Object ag Mode 3 H Mode 4 Cancel E Mode 5 aj Mode 6 Lamp 0 Mode Object 0 Swich O nviSwetcaFEO nvoswitcho Selected Object subsystem 1 Mode B Sweitch Onvoswitcho Find Figure 95 Select the counterpart NV on Node 6 Click OK A new name is already suggested for this newly created network variable In our case we keep the New NV Name nviSwitch0 as shown Figure 96 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 95 LOYTEC 3 ie ai xl E x How many 1 Cancel Help Member lt Undefined gt Source Mw Subsystem 1 Mode E Sweitch OnvoSywitcho Direction Output Poll Attribute of news Ms Create N
92. ent LNS databases and in different domains First install the L Gateway configuration software from the setup exe This file can be downloaded from www loytec com In your LNS based tool register the L Gateway configuration software as an LNS plug in Then open an LNS database and add an L Proxy device for Port 1 FT using the installed XIF files e g L Proxy V3_0 FT 10 Configure the added device with the L Gateway LNS plug in This opens the main connections screen of the software as shown in Figure 16 Note that the device status is displayed as Configured on the right hand side below the tool bar Pa Unnamed Project Unbenannt LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY aj x File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help FEET ER ZELE Connected Device test prosy 1 Subsystem 1 L Proxy Y3 _0 Channel 1 Info Status Configured Online ND LOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con D ys 0 Datapoints p 2 Figure 16 Main screen of the L Gateway configuration software Click on the Open Datapoint Manager button in the tool bar This opens the data point manager dialog In that dialog click on the Scan Channel button in the tool bar as depicted in Figure 17 Datapoint Manager Active Port El 708 Port 1 FT Model No 00 Set Auto Figure 17 Scan channel button in the data point manager tool bar This populates the LNS Database Scan folder w
93. equest from Node 2 will be forwarded to Node l and the L Proxy will not respond to Node 2 until the poll response from Node 1 has been received This mode can be used to detect dead nodes while keeping the network traffic low For this mode maximum age must be set to the desired cache timeout value Behavior Pollcycle Poll on Startup Max Cache Age Passive Poll no cache O Passive Poll poll on startup Passive Poll cache gt 0 N O Active Poll forward polls gt 0 O Active Poll value from last poll gt 0 N cycle Table 1 Timing Parameters 2 6 2 Active Poll Active poll means that L Proxy actively polls the source node Node 1 periodically at a specified poll rate If in addition to the active polls from L Proxy the destination node Node 2 or some other node polls the source node Node 1 L Proxy supports two strategies This mode can be configured by setting the poll cycle property to the desired interval between the periodic polls and change the maximum cache age property to achieve one of the following behaviors a summary 1s given in Table 1 Forward polls The poll request from Node 2 1s interleaved with the active polls from L Proxy in order to update the cache value right away The poll response is sent to Node 2 after the poll response has been received from Node 1 This mode is configured by setting the maximum cache age property to zero Use value from last poll cycle The poll request f
94. er to the L IP User s Manual to learn when it is beneficial to use multi cast addresses in your channel 5 8 Reset configuration load factory defaults This menu item allows to reset the device into its factory default state The menu appears as shown in Figure 37 Reset Configuration Menu 1 Reset everything to factory defaults 3 Reset all passwords a Quit Please choose Figure 37 Reset to Factory Defaults Menu 5 8 1 Option 1 Reset everything to factory defaults Select this menu item to reset the complete device to factory defaults including error log configuration files passwords etc 5 8 2 Option 3 Reset all passwords Select this menu item to reset all passwords Web interface FTP server etc to factory defaults 5 9 Device Statistics Menu This menu holds relevant information regarding the device statistics of the L Proxy The device statistics menu is shown in Figure 38 Use this menu only for debugging purposes There 1s no need to access this menu 1f the network 1s running smoothly Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 44 LOYTEC Statistics Menu 1 Show EIA 852 statistics EZ show BIA 09 application statistics 4 Show IP statistics 6 Enhanced communications test la QUEE Please choose Figure 38 Device Statistics Menu 5 9 1 Option 1 ElA852 device statistics A sample console output is shown in Figure 39 The first part displays EIA 852
95. etwork Yariable Clear O Same as source Mw Set Opposite of source Ni Figure 96 We keep the suggest name nviSwitch0 for the new network variable Make sure that the Poll Attribute of the new NV is set properly Set it to Clear if the NV is updated and set it to Set if the NV is polled If the NV is polled both the source and the destination NV must be declared polled Also if the NV is updated both the source and the destination NV must have the Poll Attribute cleared Click OK The dialog shown in Figure 97 appears xj Choose A Network Yariable Please select the network variablels 1 you wish this shape to OK represent Selecting multiple network variables will result in shapes being automatically dropped Cancel miS witch Help Select All MEM ME Remove prefix from WN names e Remove array subscripts from MN names Figure 97 We have created a new input network variable in the Proxy functional block Click OK After the network drawing updates it shows the newly created input network variable in the Proxy functional block Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH LOYTEC L Proxy User s Manual h ON Node 6 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 1 Node 8 Switch 1 Node 6 Switch O Node 7 Switch 0 Node 8 Switch 0 Node 6 Lamp 0 Node 7 Lamp O Node 8 Lamp O L Proxy Port 2 Gateway 0 Figure 98 Updated network diagram that shows the new input network variable in the Proxy functio
96. etwork variable Dynamic network variables are created by selecting the counterpart of the desired network variable binding The dynamic network variable will inherit its properties from its counterpart e g the SNVT Figure 89 shows a simple network comprising 3 nodes and the newly created Proxy functional block Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 91 LOYTEC Node 6 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 1 Node 8 Switch 1 Node 6 Switch O Node 7 Switch O Node 8 Switch O Node 6 Lamp 0 Node 7 Lamp O Node 8 Lamp 0 L Proxy Port 2 Gateway 0 Figure 89 Simple network comprising 3 nodes and one L Proxy Port Let s assume we want to connect network variable nvoSwitch0 on Node 6 to L Proxy This means we need to create an input network variable in the Proxy object with the same type as nvoSwitch0 Please follow the steps below 9 5 1 1 Creating dynamic NVs in NL 220 Drag the counterpart Node 6 nvoSwitch0 Network Variable in the tree onto the virtual interface Interface 1 of the L Proxy device NL270 LonWorks c Manager TestNet Liebe Wim eral Tree Tree in Views Tools _Plugins N Help E Static Es HHE Interface Connections 2 Interface 1 Figure 90 Dragging the counterpart network variable onto Virtual Interface 1 This operation opens the connection window in working view right view and a new window pops up see Figure 91 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User
97. evice description If it is the first occurrence of this reference in the file the columns defined below must be filled in Otherwise Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 139 LOYTEC they can be leftout can be left out _ programID 9000A44850060402 The program ID string of the network device neuronID 0000000C8C8 The NID of the network device subnet The subnet address of the network device Use 0 if the device has no subnet address information The node address of the network device Use 0 if the device has no node address information location str The location string of the network device Use 0 if no information is available devicename The device name of the network device Leave this field blank if this information 1s not available Table 8 CSV Columns of the NV Import File Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 140 LOYTEC 13 Troubleshooting 13 1 All port LEDs are flashing red Problem All port LEDs are flashing red at a rate of approximately once per second and the L Proxy does not relay messages Explanation Somehow the primary image was destroyed and the fall back image was booted see Section 11 This image does not support relaying messages It only allows downloading a new firmware Solution If this problem occurs because a firmware update was attempted and failed somehow simply retry downloading the new firmw
98. ext available port will be selected When the status button is released the Service Pin Message is sent out on the currently selected port As an alternative to pressing the status button a service pin message can be sent via the Web interface see Section 6 1 The status button can also be used to switch the device back to factory default state Press the service button and power cycle the device Keep the button pressed until the port LEDs illuminate orange Release the button within five seconds from that time on to reset the device to factory defaults Alternatively the device can be switched back to factory defaults over the console UI see Section 5 8 1 4 6 DIP Switch Settings The L Proxy has seven switches to select the mode of operation The DIP switch assignment for the L Proxy is shown in Table 3 2 3 Reserved Reserved Reserved Table 3 DIP Switch Settings for L Proxy l 5 AO AO C 2 C o _ Must be OFF pS Reseved S OF 6 _ 4 7 Power Supply The L Proxy can either be DC or AC powered The L Proxy power terminals are listed in Table 4 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 32 LOYTEC Main Earth Ground 16 17 Power Inputs ae 35 VDC or 12 24 VAC 10 Table 4 Power Terminals on LP 33E100 Important Do not ground the power supply wire on terminal 17 as shown in Figure 27 4 8 Terminal Layout The L Proxy provides screw terminals to connect to the network a
99. ferent domains by different engineers If the ports are used in different LNS databases you need to open the different LNS databases and extract the port interface definitions for the L Proxy port in those LNS databases If multiple engineers are working on a project they need to designate one engineer who is responsible for creating the internal connections In the end a set of port definition files must be available to that engineer After all ports have been configured the engineer who 1s responsible for creating the internal connections opens the L Gateway configuration software on one of his L Proxy ports Then he must load the port interface definition files see Section 9 7 6 When the interface configurations have been loaded the connections can be created see Section 9 7 9 After the connections have been created download the configuration when the L Proxy 1s connected to the network using the configuration software see Section 9 7 13 It is recommended to save the complete configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L Proxy in the network Note that once the static NV interface is complete and all bindings are in place it is not recommended to change that interface To add NVs to such a configuration it 1s recommended using dynamic NVs Please refer to Section 9 2 5 on how to extend an existing configuration with LNS 9 2 4 Configure without LNS using Static NVs Without LNS the L Proxy can be configured using sta
100. fill the application shown in Figure 140 The entry connects the input network variable nviSwitchO on Port 2 to the output network variables nvoLampValue0 through nvoLampValue4 on Port 2 One can see that in this configuration the input network variable nviSwitch0 is actually connected to 5 identical output network variables named nvoLampValue0 4 Therefore up to five destination nodes could be bound to the 5 output network variables on L Proxy Note that these internal bindings are not visible within NL220 LonMaker Alex and cannot be seen with a protocol analyzer on the network Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 126 LOYTEC Ma Unnamed Project manual_ex2 gtw LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY ioj x File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help Dasha 8 aaelx Connected Device lproxy manuall Subsystem lilprosy1 2 Channel 1 Infa Status Configured Online Members Points 6 1 nviswitcho nviswitcho Port 2 nvoLamp valued Port 2 nyvoLampraluel Port 2 nvoLamp values 2 ID LOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 1 Nis T Datapoints 21 ve Figure 142 L Proxy internal binding for the network shown in Figure 140 10 2 Binding across Domains Let s assume the network configuration from Table 7 We have 3 nodes Node 6 Node 7 and Node 8 which reside in three different domains Each of the three nodes has a switch and a lamp object The switch ob
101. from the network and send explicit updates to write data to the network Since the existing static NV interface 1s not changed by external NVs no bindings are lost Figure 72 shows the corresponding work flow q START gt AA Start L Gateway Configuration Software stand alone Section 9 7 2 v Upload configuration Section 9 7 3 y Create external NVs on Port x Section 9 7 5 y Extract and save the port interface definition Section 9 7 6 Other ports where the N interface has changed no y Upload import port definitions Section 9 7 8 y Modify L Proxy internal connections Section 9 7 11 Y Download configuration to L Proxy Section 9 7 13 y DONE gt Figure 72 Work flow to modify an L Proxy interface without LNS To change the network variable interface of Port x open the L Gateway configuration software stand alone and connect to the L Proxy using the FTP method see Section 9 7 2 and upload the current configuration from the L Proxy see Section 9 7 3 Then create delete or modify the external input and output network variables see Section 9 7 5 Note that there is no need to create bindings for external NVs Finally export the updated port interface Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 80 LOYTEC definition for Port x see Section 9 7 6 These steps can be done
102. g L Proxy in NL 220 Make sure you are in the All subsystems tree For this the button ES in Trees toolbar must be pressed if not click on it Right click on the subsystem you want to add the device in and select the option New node in Lee In the dialog from Figure 74 specify a device name for the new device e g L Proxy Port 2 in case you have multiple L Proxies in the network Check the option Create node from a device template Select the proper device template for the L Proxy Port An FT port Port 1 2 uses the L Proxy V3 0 FT10 template and the IP 852 port Port 3 4 5 the L Proxy V3 0 IP10 L template Click OK Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 82 LOYTEC Mew node s Mame LProxy Port 2 Channel P Auto Charnel F Help Subnet W Auto Subnet_1_1 T Subspsteml z Location Add f Create node from a device template Device template JLOYTEC L Prowp We O FT10 ae Number to create f Ident in name begins at f Create node from network M Set all configurations to manufacturer s default Figure 74 Adding a new L Proxy port Port 2 to the network Note You may select the channel manually by un checking Auto and clicking on E You will be able to select the channel you want to create the device in If Auto is checked then NL220 will try to automatically determine the channel of the device from the network Your L Proxy node should now appear in the NL220 tre
103. he L Proxy The contents are the same as available through the console UI see Section 5 9 1 The upper part of the EJA 852 statistics page is depicted in Figure 55 To update the statistics data press the button Update all EIA 852 statistics To reset all statistics counters to zero click on the button Clear all EIA 852 statistics The field Date Time of clear will reflect the time of the last counter reset Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 58 LOYTEC ElA 852 Statistics Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras E gt x al A a Suchen 5 Favoriten E 7 us Lu 3 Adresse E http 192 168 24 100 webuifstatistics cnip_cc_stat y wechseln zu Links gt DLOYTEC Logged in as guest Norton AntiVirus X 6 O Clear all ElA 852 statistics Update all EIA 852 statistics Device Info a ElA 852 Device Statistics Config O Seconds since cleared 79187 ore Date Time of clear GM Wed Sep 27 15 31 57 2006 Statistics So call s q No of registered members 0 a IP O LT Packets received 0 m ElA 852 LT Bytes received unknown E Enh Comm Test LT Packets t 0 m ElA 709 A ackets sen E LT Bytes sent unknown Reset O IP Packets sent 0 lt IP Bytes sent 0 Contact IP Packets received D z IP Bytes received 0 Logout IP Packets data sent 0 IP Packets data received D LT Stale packets 0 RFC Packets sent 0
104. his conflict shall be cleared hit ty If n is selected the conflict will show up again the next time this menu 1s entered 5 9 4 Option 6 Enhanced Communications Test This menu item allows testing the communication path between the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy and other EIA 852 devices on the IP channel It tests the E A 852 data communication This test can be used to determine if there is a working TCP IP connection as well as a working EIA 852 connection between the individual devices The test thoroughly examines the paths between individual members and the configuration server in each direction A typical console output is shown in Figure 45 Enhanced Communications Test Address Result RTT ms Comment LIZ LOS oz CS OK 6 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 48 LOYTEC LO eos le ZoEG OK 6 WOZ oO Oo OK 6 192 OS oe ed E LO FAILED n a Peer not reachable Figure 45 Enhanced Communication Test Console Output The round trip value RTT is measured as the time a packet sent to the peer device needs to be routed back to the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy It is a measure for general network delay If the test to a specific member fails a text is displayed to describe the possible source of the problem The reasons for failure are summarized in Table 6 A warning Incorrect NAT configuration detected is displayed if the enhanced communications test determines that the EIA 852 device of th
105. i SMwT_lew_ percent po ae 2 PT 27 Items 6 ut Mv tnS500CtrinvidSley_ nyvo0Sley_perc Long 16 bit signed i SMWwT_lev_ percent q 7 In My_ENSOOCtrnvoD tem nvid temp_F Ploat 32 bit IEEE 75 SNWT_temp_f a 5 Out MY _enSOOCtrinvidvtemp_Ff nvo0 temp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 S5MWwT_temp_F HI In My EnSooctrinvoad switch nvilswitch User defined SMYT _ switch My EnSOOCEInvidGswitch nvoo switch User defined SAVT_ switch N _tnS00CtrlinvoODtemp Al E an CO UY de Polleycle value as Pollcpcle ia 01 Pall on Startup No lis lis Analog Point r Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer Figure 65 Datapoint Manager Dialog 8 5 1 Folder List At the left is a list of folders which is used to sort the available data objects by their category There are a number of predefined folders available Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 70 LOYTEC Imported This folder has two sub folders One is used to hold data retrieved from a network scan the other one is used to display data imported from CSV files Data objects in the import folder are not stored on the device when the project 1s downloaded They represent data objects which are available on remote devices and are shown here as templates to create suitable data objects for use on the device by selecting the Use on Device option Templates This folder contains the created data point templates They contain
106. ice name e g L Proxy Port 1 and choose the correct device template for the L Proxy Make sure to select the device template according to the L Proxy port you are adding FT10 version for port 1 2 and the IP10 L version for ports 3 4 5 If required enter the Neuron ID or press the Service Pin and select OK to close the dialog and add the L Proxy port to the project Ger t Neu Allgemein Mame e e Ger tename Leroy Pork 1 er t do Service Pins fi Fenster M Einstellungen Applikation Ger tevorlage a Subnet ID lt automatisch gt 7 Status Online Bilder Parameterwerke standardwerte y gt 3 Identification Location ID 00 00 00 00 00 00 fH Meuron ID 00 00 00 00 00 00 7 do Einbinden Ok Abbrechen bernehmen Figure 83 Adding a new L Proxy port Port 1 to the network Beschreibung Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 87 LOYTEC 9 4 Creating Functional Blocks Virtual Interfaces After adding the L Proxy node at least one but up to five functional block virtual interfaces must be created for the proxy object if dynamic NVs are going to be used 9 4 1 Creating Virtual Interfaces in NL 220 After adding the L Proxy node a virtual interface must be created for the device Right click on the device and select the option New interface in the Virtual interfaces sub menu In the next window enter the name of the interface for exam
107. ile 6 Items 2 t Mv _DOCrvi Power nviPower Float 32 bit IEEE SN T_power_f DOE a 3 uk My _L Visnviangle_F nviangle_f Float 32 bit IEEE SN T_angle_F L Wis 4 Templates L Proxy 0 Items In My L Yisnvoangle_f neoangle_f Float 32 bit IEEE SN T_angle_F L Yis Y p 5 EIA709 Port 1 FT 20 Items S Out Ww L visnviconfig_sr nviconfig sr Short 8 bit signe SWWT_config_stc L Wis po D ETA709 Port 2 FT 0 Items 6 In MY L visnvoconfig_sr mvoconfig_sr Short 68 bit signe SMwT_config_stc L Vis 5 EIATO9 Port 3 IP852 0 Items 2 JE EIA709 Port 4 1P852 0 Items e af ELAFOS Port 5 1P852 10 Items id Datapoint Name A Ny DOCreoTemp Description a Int Pollcycle ms Figure 119 Imported NV definitions Select the NVs you want to use on the L Proxy and then click on the Use on device button in the tool bar Figure 120 shows the external NV used as an additional NV in the port interface definition Note that the NV type is External NV For inputs also note that the poll cycle can be edited in the property view below EE x tel OTT SS Active PorrfEla709 Port 1 FT ModelNo 01 Set Auto 3 Root M Direc Datapoint Name Nv Mame Type SMYT My Et Suso aia 12Qut My TestCtrinvilimotor meolimotor_st Short amp bit signed int SNYT_motor_state Static NY fo bes atabase Scan ems 13 a 2 ES CSV File 6 Items In Nw TeskCtrinvolZamp nwilzamp Long 16
108. in Figure 115 Enter the Node ID device name and subnet node address of the EIA 709 device where the external NV is located Then click on the button Create Application Device Create new NY i x Static External Application Device Properties Node ID SOO000023904 Device Mame test node Subnet E Node 102 Create Application Device Cancel Figure 115 Create a new application device Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 108 LOYTEC Then switch over to the tab External as shown in Figure 116 Select the device in the device list on the left hand side Then enter the properties of the external NV on that device starting with the local data point name the remote programmatic NV name the SNVT and direction Note that the direction is the direction of the external NV on the L Proxy Therefore the remote nvo00 switch becomes an input on the L Proxy Also enter the NV selector and the NV index in decimal Choose the preferred addressing mode e g Node ID Create new NY S x Static External application Device Properties Datapoint Mame mw _external_swikch Remote Mw Mame nvoQO_ switch SAT switch 95 Direction input NY Selector 399 NY Index Jo Address Type Nodem My Flags Select a Device Device Mame proxy test500 Auth cfg Authenticate Priority Cfg FT Priority Unack Repeated Polled Create External Mw
109. independently by separate engineers in parallel At the end of all changes one engineer is designated to modify the internal connections in the L Proxy to adapt to the updated NV interface This engineer starts the L Gateway configuration software stand alone and connects to the L Proxy via the FTP method see Section 9 7 2 Then he uploads the current configuration see Section 9 7 6 and imports the updated port interface definitions see Section 9 7 6 Then the connections can be modified see Section 9 7 11 Finally the updated configuration needs to be downloaded into the L Proxy again see Section 9 7 13 9 2 7 Replace an L Proxy An L Proxy can be replaced in the network by another unit This might be necessary if a hardware defect occurs First of all the replacement L Proxy needs to be configured with the appropriate IP settings including all relevant EIA 852 device settings The remainder of this section focuses on the L Proxy port interface configuration and internal connection configuration The work flow is depicted in Figure 73 a Start L Gateway Configuration Software stand alone Section 9 7 2 v Load a saved L Proxy project file y Download configuration to L Proxy Section 9 7 13 y yes Replace L Proxy for Port x Section 9 6 ore ports to replace y DONE 5 Figure 73 Basic work flow to configure a replacement device Start
110. int Name NY Mame Type SMYT y ao Gi in lo Out Wy ENSOOCtrinvo0Otemp nvolltemp Unsigned Long 16 bi SMYT kemp Static pri alLadase mcan ems E m _tn finvi0dtermp nwi itemp nsigned Long 16 bi temp atic F CSV File 0 Items 2 1 My ENSDOCtrinviD01t O1t Unsigned Long 16 bi SMYT_E Stati PE U tn rinvodd4ley nmval4ley perc Long 16 bit signed in ler percen atic E Templates 5 Out WY EnS00ctrinvatl 041 Long 16 bit signed im SMYT t Stati EMO L Proxy 0 Items 6 In Ny ins00ctrinsiOSle _ nvi0Sley percent Long 16 bit signed in SNYT_lev_ percent Static E ElA709 Port 1 FT 27 Items 9 Out NY ns00CtrIn o08switch neo0 switch User defined SNVT_switch Static gt EIA709 Port 2 FT 27 Items I0 In MY tnsdOCtrinvid9switch nvidswitch User defined SMVT_switch Static y EL4709 Port 3 IP852 0 It E a o ne 17 Gut NY ENSOOCtrinvol state nvol state User defined SNVT_state 64 Static y 5 ELA709 Port 5 IP8523 0 Items 18 In Nv LENS O0Ctrinvil state nvil state User defined SNWT_state_64 Static 2 Out NW _N5D0Ctrinvoz smitch nvoZ switch User defined SMT _switch Static NY tA5O00CtinviDSley percent Datapoint Hame Description Polleycle No 0 1 of selectable points are selected Add selected Points i Figure 124 Select a hub point in the Datapoint Manager Analog Point In Static Mi Long 16 bit signed integer Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual
111. ion 011 Pollon Startup R22 Pollcucle s Max Cache Age ma mye sS witch Figure 117 Manually created external NV in the port interface definition When adding many external NVs they can also be imported from a CSV file The format is specified in 12 1 This method can be especially useful if a non LNS tool provides an export filter for this format In the data point manager select the active port and then right click on the folder CSV File as shown in Figure 118 In the context menu select Import File This opens a file requestor Choose an NV import file E Datapoint Manager 5 E te OTT 22 Active Ponfelazos Portt FT m fModeino 01 Set Auto 5 Foogt a ae eRe La act Mame ey WY Hame Type SMT Beyiez Ea Imported Ep L Proxy 0 Items gt 5 EIA709 Port 1 FT 20 Items jia s EI4709 Port 2 FT 0 Items E y ETA ROS Port 3 1P852 0 Items 5 EIA709 Port 4 1P852 0 Items a of 3 El4709 Port 5 P852 0 Items Figure 118 Importing external NV definitions The import populates the CSV File folder as shown in Figure 119 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 110 LOYTEC Datapoint Manager Active Port E1A703 Port 1 FT d Model No o Set Auto eS e E fm Root Imported B LNS Database Scan 0 Items 1 AY DOCnvoTemp nvoTemp Unsigned Long 1 SN T_temp DD Eu atabase Scan ems o E CSV F
112. ion Section 9 7 3 y Modify L Proxy internal connections Section 9 7 11 y Download configuration to L Proxy Section 9 7 13 y DONE Figure 71 Work flow to modify an L Proxy interface with LNS To change the network variable interface of Port x open the LNS network management tool and create delete or modify the dynamic input and output network variables see Section 9 5 Then create the bindings for the updated dynamic NVs with the other nodes in the network This can be done independently by separate engineers in parallel At the end of all changes one engineer is designated to modify the internal connections in the L Proxy to adapt to the updated NV interface This engineer starts the L Gateway configuration software as a plug in on his designated download port see Section 9 7 1 and uploads the current configuration see Section 9 7 3 This upload also synchronizes the updated dynamic network variables Then the connections can be modified see Section Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 79 LOYTEC 9 7 11 Finally the updated configuration needs to be downloaded into the L Proxy again see Section 9 7 13 9 2 6 Change an existing Configuration without LNS The recommended way to change an existing static port interface in systems without LNS is to add delete external network variables These network variables use polling to read data
113. ion 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 64 LOYTEC Maximum Send Time output This is the maximum time without sending an update If no updates are requested the last value 1s transmitted again after the maximum send time Use this setting to enable a heart beat feature 8 2 Software Installation The L Gateway configuration software is used to configure the L Proxy It is installed as a plug in tool for all LNS based network management tools as well as a stand alone configuration tool System requirements LNS 3 Service Pack 8 or higher for LNS mode Network management tool that supports dynamic network variables e g LonMaker 3 1 or higher Newron NL 220 Spega Alex 3 Windows XP Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 Server The configuration software can be downloaded from the LOYTEC website http www loytec com To install the configuration software double click on Setup and follow the installation steps 8 3 Registration as a Plug In 8 3 1 Register in NL 220 After successfully installing the L Proxy configuration utility the program must be registered as a plug in in NL220 Open NL220 and create a new project When the project is opened make sure the option Simple command string is checked in the PlugIns menu If not checked check 1t by selecting the option Then use the option Register plugins in the PlugIns menu In the dialog as shown in Figure 60 select the L Gateway Configuration Plug in and
114. irmware image corrupt all ports Please upload new firmware Table 2 EIA 709 Activity LED Patterns 4 4 4 Ethernet Link LED The Ethernet Link LED lights up green whenever an Ethernet cable is plugged in and a physical connection with a switch hub or PC can be established 4 4 5 Ethernet Activity LED The Ethernet Activity LED lights up green for 6 ms whenever a packet is transmitted or received or when a collision is detected on the network cable 4 4 6 CNIP LED The CNIP LED is a three color LED that indicates different operating states of the L Proxy s EIA 852 device Green The EI A 852 device is fully functional and all EIA 852 configuration data channel routing info channel membership list send list are up to date Green flicker If a valid EIA 709 packet is received or transmitted over the IP channel the CNIP LED turns off for 50 ms Only valid EIA 709 IP packets sent to the IP address of the L Proxy can be seen Stale packets or packets not addressed to the L Proxy are not seen Yellow Device is functional but some configuration data is not up to date device cannot contact configuration server but has configuration data saved in Flash memory Red Device is non functional because it was rejected from the EIA 852 IP channel or shut down itself due to an internal error condition Off Device is non functional because the EIA 852 router module has not started This can be the case 1f the L Proxy uses DHCP and it ha
115. itch 1 Node 6 Switch O Node 6 Lamp 0 L Proxy Port 2 Proxy Figure 143 We bind the input and output NVs of Node 6 in domain 4C4F59544543 to the corresponding dynamically created NVs on L Proxy Port 2 Let s do similar bindings for the NVs on Node 7 and Node 8 as shown in Figure 144 and Figure 145 for L Proxy Ports 3 and 4 Switch 2 Switch 1 Switch O Proxy Node 7 L Proxy Port 3 Figure 144 We bind the input and output NVs of Node 7 in domain 03 to the corresponding dynamically created NVs on L Proxy Port 3 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 128 LOYTEC Switch 2 DOMAIN PXY 50 58 59 Switch 1 Switch 0 Lamp 0 Proxy L Proxy Port 4 Node 8 Figure 145 We bind the input and output NVs of Node 8 in domain 505859 to the corresponding dynamically created NVs on L Proxy Port 4 After extracting the port interface definitions for L Proxy Ports 2 4 we can now create the Connections with the L Proxy configuration utility The results are shown in Figure 146 The first connection connects the switch on Node 6 Port 2 with the lamp on Nodes 7 Port 3 and 8 Port 4 The second connection connects the switch on Node 8 Port 4 with the lamp on Node 6 Port 2 NON Unnamed Project manual_ex3 gtw LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help D Haan Fo EAEk Connected Device Ipro
116. ith all network variables which are found on nodes connected to the same channel as L Proxy Port 1 The result is shown in Figure 18 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 24 LOYTEC Select the data points in the LNS Database Scan folder which you want to expose to Port 2 and click on the Use on device button in the tool bar This populates the folder EIA709 Port 1 with the data points E Datapoint Manager Active Port E1A703 Port 1 FT N _TestCtrinvaQOtemph Set Auto Dire Datapoint Mame NY Name SMT Func Block FHE Imported In WN Unsigned Lon SMYT temp Test Ctrl Cut Mv _TestCtrinviditemp nviOltemp Unsigned Lon SMYT_temp Test Ctrl ES Templates In Ny TestCtrinvod2lux nvod2lux UnsignedLlon SMwT_lux Test Ctrl E L Proxy 0 Items Out Mw TestCtrinvidSlux 03 Unsigned Lon SMYT lux Test Ctrl A A A 16 bit si SMVT_lev per Test ctrl Gut NY oTestCtrinvidSley nvi0Sley_ Long 16 bit si A per Test Ctrl In N _TestCtriny y Float 32 bit I SNYT_temp_ fF Test ctrl Cut Le me vi0Fbemp_F Float 32 bit I SMWwT_temp_F Test ctrl In NYW_TestCtrinvolles o08switch User defined SMYT _switch Test Ctrl Gut A vi09switch User defined SNVT_ switch Test ctrl In NY TestCtrinvoiOm nvolOrnot Short 8 bit si SN T motor Test ctrl Max Cache Age pd D intl Description Figure 18 Select all data points which have been found Then switch to Port
117. ject is controlled by a switch connected to the node and the lamp object turns on and off a lamp Node name NV name Domain NvoSwitch0 4C4F59544543 SNVT switch output NV NviLampValue0 4C4F59544543 SNVT switch input NV NvoSwitch0 SNVT_switch output NV NviLampValue0 SNVT_switch input NV NvoSwitch0 505859 SNVT switch output NV NviLampValue0 505859 SNVT switch input NV Table 7 Network configuration that spans 3 domains Let s assume that Node 6 in Domain 4C4F59544543 LOYTEC must turn on the lamp connected to Node 7 in Domain 03 and the lamp connected to Node 8 in Domain 505889 PXY Furthermore the switch connected to Node 8 must turn on the lamp connected to Node 6 in Domain 4C4F59544543 This would require a binding across domains which is not supported in state of the art network installations tools One can use L Proxy to make the connections between the 3 domains as explained below Lets add L Proxy1 Port 2 to the network with DomainID 4C4F59544543 as shown in Figure 143 Next we have to create the dynamic input and output network variables on L Proxy Port 2 Now we can bind the output NV nvoSwitch0 on Node 6 to the corresponding input NV nviSwitchO on L Proxy Port 2 We also bind the input NV nviLampValue0 on Node 6 to the output NV nvoLampValue0 on L Proxy Port 2 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 127 LOYTEC Node 6 Switch 2 DOMAIN LOYTEC 4C 4F 59 54 45 43 Node 6 Sw
118. l f Port 2 nviTemperature Port 2 nviTemperature Port 2 nvoTemperature_F Port 2 a LOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 2 Nis 4 Datapoints 4 2 Figure 155 The two connections convert between the different network variable types used in the example in Figure 153 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 135 LOYTEC 11 L Proxy Firmware Update The L Proxy firmware supports remote upgrade over the network and the serial console To guarantee that the L Proxy 1s not destroyed due to a failed firmware update the L Proxy firmware consists of two Images 1 L Proxy fallback image 2 L Proxy primary image The L Proxy fallback image cannot be changed Thus if the update of the primary image fails or the image is destroyed by some other means the fallback image is booted and allows to reinstall a valid primary image 11 1 Firmware Update via FTP The L Proxy primary image can be updated using any FTP client For this purpose the L Proxy must be connected to the Ethernet and must have a valid IP configuration see Section 5 6 and 6 2 2 The following instructions explain how to update the firmware using the command line FTP client of Windows However the process can be accomplished using any other FTP client 1 Start the command shell Start gt Run enter cmd in the field Open press OK 2 Change to the directory containing the firmware image Iproxy lc3k primary dl
119. mbH L Proxy User s Manual 60 3 E1A 709 Statistics Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Qars O 218 0 Oo eron OE Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webui statistics orion_app Wechseln zu Links gt Norton Antivirus E DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Device Info Config Statistics E P E ElA 852 E Enh Comm Test m ElA 709 Reset Contact Logout O Sums ru O U Su Uv O UN a Same O a w Port1 Port IP node1 IP inode IP node 3 Update EIA 709 statistics Device Port 1 FT 10 Node state configured ofline 0x06 Transmission errors lo Transmit TX failures lo Receive TX full lo Lost messages lo Missed messages 0 Layer 2 received 0 Layer 3 received 0 Layer 3 transmitted 0 Transmit TX retries 0 Backlog overflows 0 Late acknowledgments O Collisions 0 Out buffers used D EA In buffers used D POE WJtokalesintranet Z Figure 57 EIA 709 Statistics Page 6 4 Reset Contact Logout f LOYTEC The menu item Reset allows resetting the L Proxy from a remote location The Contact item provides contact information and a link to the latest user manual and the latest firmware version The Logout item closes the current session Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 61 LOYTEC 7 Communication Media 7 1 FT The L Proxy FT ports are fully compatible to th
120. mber of timing parameters The following properties are available to input or output data point respectively 4 Pollcycle input The value is given in seconds which specifies that this data point periodically polls data from the source Receive Timeout input This is a variation on the poll cycle When receive timeout 1s enabled the data point actively polls the source unless it receives an update For example if poll cycle is set to 10 seconds and an update is received every 5 seconds no extra polls are sent Poll on startup input If this flag is set the data point polls the value from the source when the system starts up Once the value has been read no further polls are sent unless a poll cycle has been defined Maximum Cache Age output This parameter defines if a received poll request to an output can be answered from the data point cache Setting it to 0 disables the cache Then each poll request is repeated to the other side of the proxy Setting it to 1 sets the cache age to infinite and polls are never forwarded A value in milliseconds defines that a poll in only forwarded if the last update to the output is older than this setting Minimum Send Time output This is the minimum time that elapses between two consecutive updates If updates are requested more often they are postponed and the last value is eventually transmitted after the minimum send time Use this setting to limit the update rate Vers
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122. n Points Hub nv_ENSOOCtrnvidSlew percent In El4709 El4709 Port 1 FT Select Hub Point Target s Pr My in500Ctrinvizalew percent Out El4709 El4709 Pork 2 FT Add Target s Remove Targetts Generate From Hub Point Target Port JEIa709 Port 1 FT Generate and add to Connection Cancel Figure 127 Connection dialog with hub and target points The main window of the L Gateway configuration software shows the list of connections as shown in Figure 128 The new connection we have created contains nvi05lev_ percent of Port l and nvo23lev percent of Port 2 W Unnamed Project manual gtw LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROX o d joj xj File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help D Waan a Baak Connected Device aS lproxy 1 Subsystem 1 L Proxy Y3_0 Channel 1 Info Status Configured Online me connection MY EnSOOCtlnvi0Sley percent MY Ens00cCtrnvizalew_ percent DLOYTEC LorTec Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 1 vs 54 Datapoints 322 a Figure 128 We have created a new connection inside L Proxy Adding connections manually can be a lengthy process Refer to Section 9 7 12 to learn how to create connections automatically 9 7 10 Delete a connection To delete a connection select the connection in the main window and select the Delete connection button File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help D a M S 5 a 4 Ep
123. n the L Proxy specifies which data points exchange values with each other The L Proxy supports both 1 n and m 1 connections The single data point is referred to as the hub data point whereas the other data points are the target data points This means the following connections are possible 1 input is output to n outputs m inputs are written to 1 output There exist a number of data point classes according to their stored type of information Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH 4 4 L Proxy User s Manual 63 LOYTEC User This class 1s used to represent the complete SNVT of a structured SNVT type Analog This class is used for scalar values This includes scalar SNVTs e g SNVT_ temp or scalar parts of a SNVT e g the value field of a SNVT_ switch Binary This class is used for Boolean data types e g a bit in the SNVT state Multi state This class is used for SNVT enumerations e g SNVT motor state String This class is used for string members of a SNVT Connections can be created only from points within the same class of data points This means connections can be created between 4 4 any NVs user points of the same SNVT any scalar points analog points any binary points any multi state points given they have the same number of states and any string points 8 1 3 Timing Configuration Data points in the L Gate configuration software can be configured with a nu
124. nal block 9 5 1 3 Creating dynamic NVs in Alex Select Netzwerkvariablen in the tree view of one of the virtual interfaces of the L Proxy device Click on Neue Netzwerkvariable Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 97 LOYTEC ALEX 3 0 LProxyTest Subsystem 1 LProxy Port 1 Proxy _ a xj Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Extras Fenster Zur ck gt B Ordner amp al x Eb Pfad laa LProxyTest Subsystem 1 LProxy Port 1 Proxy gt Arbeitsplatz x E D Projekte 1 A Neue Netzwerkvariable El LProxyTest E A Untersysteme 1 2 49 Subsystem 1 G p Ger te 4 Netzwerk Yariable Neu EH Actuator Allgemein Netzwerk Variable Alex EH LProxy Port 1 d dio 2332 xa Netzwerkvariablen 24 Name nviswitcho amp Funktionseinheiten 7 Netzwerk amp Yirtuelle Funktionseinheiten 1 Variable TER ooo J E 3 8 Proxy AA Netzwerkvariablen 0 Urpsrungs Netzwerk Variable gt E 3 Parameter 2 Ey erbindungen 0 e Sensor Router 0 49 Untersysteme 0 SB Kan le 1 Ger tevorlage SENSOR Variablen dieser Ger tevorlage r5 Ger tevorlagen 7 oe nvi00Request 92 El Yerbindungsvyorlagen 1 oe nviDiYalueFb 95 MonitorSets 0 nvoDOStatus 93 ga nvo01Yalue 95 Richtung der neuen Netzwerk Yariable E a Abbrechen bernehmen Bereit iL LProxyTest OnNet 12 01 2004 1 11 02 start j Sa dil SP ALEX 3
125. ng node Explanation There are still some dynamically created NVs in L Proxy This can happen if the node has been used in a different project and 1t hasn t been de commissioned in the old project before it was moved to the new network Solution Ignore the error In most cases this will be enough to use L Proxy If L Proxy is behaving strange one should reset the L Proxy to its default configuration via the console interface see Section 5 8 13 4 Move L Proxy into a new LNS project Problem When moving an L Proxy device from one LonMaker NL220 Alex project into a different LonMaker NL220 Alex project one must delete the L Proxy port in the old project before adding the L Proxy device in a different project Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 142 LOYTEC Explanation If L Proxy is moved from one LonMaker NL220 Alex project into a different project LonMaker NL220 must release all captured resources in L Proxy Resources are released when the L Proxy Port is deleted from the LonMaker NL220 Alex project Solution Select the L Proxy Port in the old LonMaker NL220 Alex project and choose Delete Remove from the context menue Make sure that the device can be reached by LonMaker NL220 Alex during the deletion process Therefore LonMaker NL220 Alex must be On Net This process must be followed for all L Proxy ports that have been used As a second alternative the L Proxy can be set into 1ts factory default st
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127. ns DEIA 4 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 6 LOYTEC da Channel Mode aaa 41 dio ANTP Server channel Mco dasdatadtd tds 41 ILO OMORO BSCON UNEO Una eaa a rada a 4 Sif Option 7 ASotecati n Tim 41 5 7 8 Options MIDS authentication stenn sient datiminndnanialonaries 4 SIS OPMCH D MIDS Edit iii 42 SAAN Option O LOCA iaa 42 511 Option a NAF Addres Sia 42 S12 Option b Multicast Address 43 5 8 Reset configuration load factory defaults ooooonnnnccccncccnononnnnnonnonoononoonnnncnnnancnnnos 43 5 8 1 Option 1 Reset everything to factory defaults occccccccccncnnonononmmm 43 568 2 Option 3 Reset all Pass WOLIS Ai 43 S9 DIA a e 43 39 1 Option L EIA852 device Stats 44 5 9 2 Option 2 EIA 709 Application StatiSt1CS ooooooooonnccnnnnnnnncnnnnoccncnnnnnnnnnnaninonoss 45 gt Option A IP SaS S A 46 5 9 4 Option 6 Enhanced Communications Test oooooooonnncnnnnnnnnnnnnonncccnnnnnnnnnnaninncnns 47 O Wen TINCT E asgen ea T E EE TE E EA 49 6 1 Device Information and Account Management ococccnnncnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 49 62 DEVICE OA cis a a erate stale eee ene eee 51 O21 SS YSLSM COMI OUT O triciclo aoants 51 022 IPC ASIA iii iia 32 6023 FA 709 Conid urio M eias a E EAEE NE 54 6 24 ELA 832 Device CONO UA did 54 6S9 DEI Aa da S6 O AAA E eaenteeecasuueetenienneeeiuese 56 Oz TETASS IL SAS CS iii 57 6 3 3 Enhanced Co
128. nsmit a corresponding output network variable on the other side This concept is used to solve a great amount of today s communication problems in EIA 709 networks as explained in the following chapters L Proxy is configured over the network with an easy to use configuration tool This configuration tool can be used as a plug in for LNS based network installation tools or as a standalone tool The L Proxy is used for Binding of network variables across multiple domains up to 5 with a single device Using static dynamic or external polled network variables Overcome the 15 destination addresses limit by expanding the address table in Neuron Chip based network nodes up to 512 address table entries on each port Save group addresses by breaking up groups into individual NV updates Translation between different SNVT types Firewall for E A 709 networks Supports up to 512 network variables on each port Supports up to 512 alias network variables on each port Supports up to 512 address table entries on each port 1 2 Scope This document covers L Proxy devices with firmware version 3 0 and up See Section 15 for differences between the different L Proxy firmware versions For L Proxy devices with Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 12 LOYTEC firmware versions before 3 0 please refer to L Proxy User Manual version 2 2 2 Also note that firmware and configuration files of L Proxy 3 0
129. nvilOmotor state Short 8 bit signed in SNY T motor state sd E Max Cache Age ms i Local NW Flags Auth Mf Authenticated A FFI m ou er mtd Figure 20 Select all points on Port 1 This creates exact copies of the NVs on Port 1 as static NVs on Port 2 using the opposite direction The result of that operation is depicted in Figure 21 xj MA1 Active Port ElA709 Port 2 FT ModelNo 01 Set E D poa MA ITA ree Jom AO Imported Out AYWoTestCtrnvod0temp onvo00bemp Unsigned Long 16 bi SMWT_temp E LNS Database Scan 20 Items oa 5 Es File 0 Items ed Templates EME L Proxy 0 Items 5 ElA709 Port 1 FT 20 Items E ELA709 Port 2 FT 20 Items of E1709 Port 3 1P852 0 Items Mw_TestCtrinvi0ltemp nviitemp Unsigned Long 16 bi 5MWT_temp MY TestCtrinvodelux neoD02l Unsigned Long 16 bi SMYT ux NY TestCtrinvilSlus nvidlus Unsigned Long 16 bi SMYT Jux NY TestChrinvoddley_ nvo0dley perc Long 16 bit signed i S5MWT_lew percent NY TestChrinvidSley p nvidSley percent Long 16 bit signed i S5MWT_lev percent NY TestCtrinvod temp F nvot temp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 SNYT_bernp_f NY _TestCtrin vi07temp_ Fo nwibrtemp_F Float 32 bit IEEE 75 SMT _bernp_F NY TestCtrinvol switch nvoD8stmitch User defined SNVT_ switch NY TestCtrinvidgswitch nviDswitch User defined SMYT switch MY TestCtrinvolOmoto mvol motor_s Short 86 bit signed in SMWT_motor_stat
130. o ZB Figure 110 L Gateway configuration software main window Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 104 LOYTEC 9 7 2 Starting Stand alone To start the L Gateway configuration software in stand alone mode for the L Proxy select the Windows Start menu gt LOYTEC L Gateway Configuration gt L Proxy Configuration A window similar to what is shown in Figure 110 should appear If the L Proxy is already connected to the network it 1s recommended to connect the configuration software to the L Proxy Select the FTP connection method by clicking on the FTP connect button File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help D a sett a ASA in the tool bar This will open the FTP connect dialog as shown in Figure 111 Enter the IP address of the L Proxy the user and password and click Connect The default user is admin and the default password is admin FTP Connect to Device a x Target Device Recent Connections Remove Hostname or IP Address 192 168 24 100 User admin Password eesse cea Figure 111 FTP connection dialog If the L Proxy is not yet connected to the network go to the Firmware menu and select the firmware version of the L Proxy to be configured 9 7 3 Uploading the Port Interface To get the current network variable configuration of the L Proxy the port interface needs to be uploaded Click on the upload button File Settings Operations Firmware Tr
131. ode outgoing Authentication failed Authentication attempt Missed preambles Packet RCV interrupted Long packets Packet XMT failed RCV Duffer fuli RCV packet lost Figure 42 EIA 709 Application Statistics 5 9 3 Option 4 IP stat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O S O OOOO istics 46 A sample console output is shown in Figure 43 KKKKKKKKKKK INTERFACE STATISTICS KKKKKKKKKKKK xKkKKK LOO kKkKkK K Address 127 0 0 1 Flags Up Loopback Running Multicast Dropped 0 Send queue limit 50 kKkKKK etho0 KKXXXx Address 192 163 eZ Send queue limit 50 Network Driver Stats f rx ready len rx packets rx bytes EX interrupts rx dropped rx no custers ree CEC errors rx missed errors tx Collisions EX Walt for rdy4ux EX underrun errors tx resends int swint res interrupts KAKKKKKKKKKKHK MBUF STATISTICS KKXXKXXXXXA 64 free MmBUTES DU clusters drops 0 walt free 461 POED 0 soname 0 itaddr 0 Version 3 0 length 0 Broadcast Address h92 100 029 Flags Up Broadcast Running Simplex Multicast Dropped 0 length 0 O ICSE 000 5 Ja 7848 22 O ik O 1 O OOOO 0 0 2094 ILE 9 14 gui O drains data 51 rtable 500pts r0 Controls 0 rx loaded len tx packets tx bytes tx interrupts EX no MmoOut rx oversize errors rx runt errors tx ok tx bid errors Lx POYyaEs tx dropped int swint req TAE LOCKUH header 0 htable
132. of this file is described in this section The first line of the file must contain a comment starting with a hash character specifying the format version and import technology dpal_csv_config Version 1 Technology EIA709 After that line any number of comment lines starting with a hash character are allowed Lines that are not comments specify one NV per line using the column information as described in Table 8 The columns are separated by commas or semi colons SNVT A numeric value of the SNVT as defined in trax the SNVT master list The example value 39 represents a SNVT temp network node Indices start at 0 E e fo The NV selector in decimal of the NV on the network node Peer pete e the network node E is output l Defines 1f this NV is an output on the Pom network node 1 means the NV is an output on the network node 1 defines that authentication can be e nn for this NV on the network node G flagauth 1 defines that the NV is authenticated IN ici et defines that the priority can be configured for this NV on the network node flag priority 1 defines that the NV is using priority Ji Sevens 1 defines that the service type can be cfg configured for this NV on the network node ee 1 defines that the NV is using acknowledged service ef a attribute A a a 1 defines that the NV is a synchronous NV N deviceref l This field is a numeric reference to a d
133. omm Test mM EIA 709 Reset Contact Logout o rar C O WU Su Uv O Cc Y aie O z sl Uv Restart Enh Com Test Enhanced Communication Test finished ElA 852 Device Address Result Round Trip Comment 192 168 26 25 1629 CS e 5 ms OK 192 168 26 25 1628 e 5 ms OK 192 165 26 567 1628 i n a Peer not reachable 192 168 26 1 1628 e 4 ms OK w OK FAILED testing communication Enhanced Communication Test Summary wv OK 3 Device s w OK return path not tested O Device s FAILED 1 Device s Warning Incorrect NAT configuration detected Please correct NAT configuration in the ElA 852 Device menu Figure 56 Enhanced Communication Test Output The round trip value RTT is measured as the time a packet sent to the peer device needs to be routed back to the L Proxy It is a measure for general network delay If the test to a specific member fails a text 1s displayed to describe the possible source of the problem The reasons for failure are summarized in Table 6 6 3 4 ElA 709 Statistics The EIA 709 statistics page displays statistics data of the EIA 709 ports on the L Proxy as shown in Figure 57 To select the statistics for a specific port click on the tabs Port 1 Port 2 and IP node 1 through IP node 3 This data can be used to troubleshoot networking problems To update the data click on the button Update EIA 709 statistics Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics G
134. ork variable relaying and SNVT translation Thus the behavior of these objects 1s defined during the configuration phase by 4 defining static and or dynamic network variables creating the connections between the network variables Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 122 LOYTEC 10 Application Scenarios This chapter shows some networking scenarios that are typical applications for L Proxy Please note that only few scenarios are shown right now and this chapter will be continuously updated with new application areas 10 1 Address Table Extension L Proxy can be used to expand the number of address table entries available in a standard node that uses a Neuron Chip If more than 15 destination addresses are required by the application one can use L Proxy to overcome this limitation Also if the node is a member of more than 15 groups L Proxy can help to remove this restriction 10 1 1 Saving entries in the address table Figure 133 shows a simple network diagram comprising three Neuron Chip powered nodes Each node contains four LonMark objects a node object an actuator object and two sensor objects The actuator object controls a lamp the two sensor objects are connected to switches The two output network variables nvoSwitch0 on node 6 is bound to nviLampValue0 on node 7 and on node 8 The two bindings use up two entries in the address table Node 6 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 1 Node 8 Switch 1 No
135. ort Ethernet N LOYTEC electronics GmbH VID3 S00000F 12408 AUSTRIA HACI DODABODFFAA1 l MAC address of EIA 852 Ethernet port _ Vesdra009 eee L 0051018100001 2407 Serial number of the device ral Figure 26 L Proxy product label Unless stated otherwise all bar codes are encoded using Code 128 An additional label is also supplied with the L Proxy for documentation purposes A virtual ID VID is a Node ID on the IP channel 4 3 Mounting The device comes prepared for mounting on DIN rails following DIN EN 50 022 The device can be mounted in any position However an installation place with proper airflow must be selected to ensure that the L Proxy s temperature does not exceed the specified range see Section 15 4 4 LED signals 4 4 1 Power LED The L Proxy power LED lights up green when power is supplied to terminals 15 16 and 17 4 4 2 Status LED The L Proxy is equipped with a red status LED see Figure 25 This LED is normally off During boot up the status LED is used to signal error conditions red 4 4 3 FT Activity LED The FT port on the L Proxy has a three color LED green red and orange see Figure 25 Table 2 shows different LED patterns of the port and their meaning Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 30 LOYTEC GREEN flashing fast Traffic osos GREEN ro a at 1 Hz L oa is unconfigured RED RED permanent Port Port damaged RED flashing at 1 Hz F
136. oxy User s Manual 137 LOYTEC LSU Serial Upgrade Tool lolx File Image Help Information Image File Load Address Baudrate Line Settings Part Download pros primary dl OxE0000 38400 bps Aa oh Verify String WakeUp String com El Menu String Quit Display Console Oe Statistics Fassed Abort Status Downloading 100 Failed O Figure 158 Progress Bar during Firmware Download If the upgrade 1s successful the following window appears Figure 159 Ci x AN The download completed successfully Figure 159 Successful Firmware Upgrade Double check that the new firmware is executed in the device information menu on the console This will bring up the device information which shows the current firmware version see Section 5 3 1 11 3 Firmware Update via the ElA 709 Network Basically firmware downloads can be performed on every L Proxy port However since the L Proxy is not based on a Neuron Chip a new firmware image cannot be downloaded with a standard tool Rather a designated tool the LSD Tool see Section 14 1 must be used See the LSD Tool documentation for details on how to download a new L Proxy firmware via the EIA 709 network Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 138 LOYTEC 12 File Formats 12 1 NV Import File Network variables can be imported into the L Gateway configuration software in a CSV file The format
137. ple Interface 1 You may create as many interfaces as needed for example to sort network variables by functions Name Interface 1 E Cancel Device Template EN Help Click OK The virtual interface must now appear in the L Proxy device in the tree see Figure 84 Open the L Proxy1 Port2 device in the tree click on the You must be able to see a Static interface containing static network variables and the virtual interface you created Interface 1 NL220 LonWorks c Manager TestNet Projet Eok Cipooard Trae Peg emay views Took Plugins Lang Hep lala riales al pres X 23 A Egea go 528 All subsystems Project A 1 Static interface Interface Connections I Interface 1 Figure 84 Interfaces of the L Proxy device in tree You can repeat the above steps to create up to 5 virtual interfaces on every L Proxy port The different virtual interfaces for one L Proxy port are only for logical grouping of the NVs You must repeat these steps for all L Proxy ports that are connected to the network Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 88 LOYTEC 9 4 2 Creating Functional Blocks in LonMaker Drag the Functional Block shape onto the drawing area A dialog like the one in Figure 85 appears Under Device Name select L Proxy1 Port 2 we use Port 2 in this example Under Functional Block Name select Gateway 0 or Gateway 1 or Gateway 2
138. r with the 1 LON 1000 since the 1 LON 1000 is not fully compliant with the EIA 852 authentication method MD5 can be used with the 1 LON 600 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 42 LOYTEC 5 7 9 Option 9 MD5 secret Enter the 16 byte MD5 secret Note that for security purposes the active MDS secret is not displayed Either enter the 16 bytes as one string or with spaces between each byte e g 001122 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 AA BB CC DD EE FF 5 7 10 Option 0 Location string Enter a location string with a maximum length of 255 characters This is optional and for informational purposes only 5 7 11 Option a NAT Address If the EIA 852 device on the L Proxy is used behind a NAT router the public IP address of the NAT router or firewall must be known This address can either be entered manually or can be determined automatically Automatic NAT router discovery allows to operate the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy behind a NAT router or firewall which has a dynamic public IP address and determines the correct NAT address from an L IP CS This is the default setting Enable automatic NAT router discovery y n Figure 36 Enable Disable automatic NAT Router Discovery To enable disable automatic NAT router discovery select this menu option The question in Figure 36 will be prompted on the console Choose y to enable automatic NAT router discovery To manually enter a NAT address choose n and en
139. red as a gtw file After the configuration process the selected NVs from Port 1 are available on Port 2 as static NVs To use them on Port 2 add Port 2 to a second LNS database and upload the device interface The NVs of Port 2 can then be bound to other devices in the second LNS database Any updates on the NVs of the devices connected to Port are then propagated to Port 2 and vice versa Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 28 LOYTEC 4 Enclosure and Installation 4 1 Enclosure 4 1 1 LP 33E100 The L Proxy enclosure 1s 6 TE 1 TE 17 5 mm wide for DIN rail mounting following DIN 43 880 see Figure 25 Ethernet EIA709 Console Status LEDs Connector PowerLED Status Button Figure 25 L Proxy Enclosure dimensions in mm 4 2 Product Label The product label on the side of the L Proxy contains the following information see Figure 26 L Proxy order number with bar code e g LP 33E100 Y serial number with bar code Ser unique node IDs and virtual ID of each port e g NID1 VID1 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 29 LOYTEC Ethernet MAC ID MAC1 Node ID of El4 709 Port 1 Node ID of ElA 709 Port 2 Virtual Node ID of node 1 on ElA 852 port Ethernet MIDA S00000F 12407 LP 33E100 Date Code Virtual Node ID of node 3 on EIA 852 port Ethernet deparan FC ble MADE IN Virtual Node ID of node 20 on EIA 852 p
140. ree memory 11854K 237K System temperature 39 70 Supply voltage 12 0 Port 1 80 00 00 01 DF 05 Send Service Pin Message Port 2 80 00 00 01 DF 06 Send Service Pin Message hip node 1 80 00 00 01 DF 07 Send Service Pin Message E node 2 lso 00 00 01 DF 08 Send Service Pin Message E node 3 fao 00 00 01 DF 09 Send Service Pin Message goahead WEBSERVER Device Info Config Statistics Reset Contact Logout 9 rur c O UW ha Uv O Cc _ un ais See O jet u C l l Figure 13 Example Start Screen The start screen is shown in Figure 13 Click on Config in the left menu You will be asked to enter the administrator password in order to change the IP settings Enter admin and select Login as depicted in Figure 14 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 22 LOYTEC 3 Login Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Qara A 2 GD Pacer Lera Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webuifconfig system y wechseln zu Links gt Norton AntiVirus gt DLOYTEC Logged in as guest Device Info Enter your username and password Account admin gt Password eccce Config E System E P o Passwo de E ElA 70S E ElA 552 Device Statistics Reset Contact networks under control Logout El AAA tn 7 Figure 14 Enter admin as the default administrator password The Config menu opens Click on IP in
141. ress e D02GAsSBOeO0LS OC res factory astault b Link Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect q Quit without saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 34 IP Configuration Menu when DHCP is enabled 5 6 1 Option 1 DHCP Switches between manual entry of the IP address netmask and gateway address or automatic configuration from a DHCP server If DHCP is disabled one must enter the configuration data described in the following sections If DHCP is enabled please skip menu items 2 through 7 Press lt 1 gt to toggle between DHCP enabled and DHCP disabled 5 6 2 Option 2 IP Address 3 IP Netmask 4 IP Gateway Please enter the IP address for the L Proxy the netmask e g 255 255 255 0 and the default gateway address 5 6 3 Option 5 Hostname 6 Domainname Hostname and Domainname are optional entries and can be left empty For some DHCP configurations 1t may be necessary to enter a hostname Please contact your system administrator to get information on how to configure DHCP to acquire an IP address 5 6 4 Option 7 DNS Servers You can configure up to 3 Domain Name Servers Currently these entries are not used 5 6 5 Option 9 MAC Address The L Proxy comes configured with a unique MAC address This address can be changed in order to clone the MAC address of another device It can be dangerous to change the MAC address Please contact your system administrator to avoid MAC
142. ress table of node 6 Node 6 Switch 1 Node 7 Switch 1 Node 8 Switch 1 Node 6 Switch 0 Node 7 Switch 0 Node 8 Switch 0 Node 6 Lamp 0 Node 7 Lamp 0 Node 8 Lamp 0 L Proxy Port 2 Proxy Figure 135 Node 6 only sends packet to L Proxy Port 2 instead of sending message to nodes 7 and 8 directly L Proxy forwards the packet to the final destination nodes 7 and 8 ELPA on LPT1 LPA Active Log Running maxi ten File Profile Packet Window Help 18 x eae IF LN TR RO O OH B HOlaetw Number T Flags LEE PEA E ource Destination Service 13 40 12 323067 3 sulicasedemo2 Node amp L Proxy Port 2 13 40 12 332616 E suitcasedemo2 L Proxy Port 2 Node 6 ACK 13 40 12 365284 19 suitcasedemo2 L Proxy Port 2 Node 7 ACKD UPDT Nv26 nvoLampValueO C8 Ol ies 40 ue SE Node 7 L Proxy Port 2 UPDT Nv4 nvoSwitchO Switch 0 CS 01 sullcasedemo2 13 40 29 255430 15 suitcasedemo2 L Proxy Port 2 13 40 29 986763 19 suitcasedemo2 L Proxy Port 2 Node 8 ACKD UPDT NvZ nvoLampValuel C8 Ol 13 40 29 997488 15 7 sulicasedemo2 Nodes L Proxy Port 2 ACK sl 3 5 5 sulicasedemo2 5 7 mm Log Running On line FT 10 Packets 20 20 ICRC Err 0 Lost 0 Figure 136 Protocol analyzer log file for the 2 subnet node bindings shown in Figure 135 Node 6 first sends an update for nviSwitch0 to L Proxy which sends an updat
143. roject file This file contains all ports all data points and all connections of a project These files end with gtw Alternatively to exchanging the port interface definition files the integrators can also pass on the project file In this case however integrators can only work incremental As an advantage the internal connections can already be created partly during the process instead of creating all connections in the end 9 2 2 Configure with LNS and Dynamic NVs The flow diagram in Figure 68 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to install L Proxy in a network with LNS 3 x and using dynamic NVs First a device of an L Proxy port must be added to LNS see Section 9 3 Then one or more functional block must be created see Section 9 4 In those functional blocks the input and output network variables must be created dynamically see Section 9 5 Then the binding with the other nodes in the network can be created After all network variables have been created one must start the L Proxy configuration software and export the port interface definition for the installed L Proxy port see Section 9 7 6 Close the L Gateway configuration software and repeat this procedure for all other L Proxy ports Note that the other L Proxy ports may be added to different LNS databases different domains by different engineers If the ports are used in different LNS databases you need to open the different LNS databases and extract the po
144. rom Node 2 returns the current value from the cache last active poll cycle The cache value is not updated This mode is configured by setting the maximum cache age property to 1 Active polls can be used 1f a node cannot send updates e g electrics meter and the destination node e g SCADA system cannot poll a value L Proxy can then periodically poll the electric meter and send an NV update to the SCADA system Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 18 LOYTEC 2 6 3 Poll strategy for multiple input network variables In the case that multiple input network variables are connected to an output NV the first input network variable in the connection is trying to send out a poll In case this input NV is not configured for polling no poll will be sent out In the example in Figure 9 the poll request would only be forwarded to Node 1 Node 1 ON L Proxy Node 2 nvoX 5 NV Cache Node x Figure 9 The first input NV with the polled attribute set updates the cache value 2 7 SNVT Conversion The L Proxy starting with firmware version 3 0 supports automatic SNVT conversion for scalar types In general there are the following requirements for SNVT conversion A Integer to Float conversion 12F F21 This conversion type converts an integer value signed or unsigned to a float value signed or unsigned or vice versa The type of both values must be a SNVT with the same SI unit e g SNVT
145. rt interface definitions for the L Proxy port in those LNS databases If multiple engineers are working on a project they need to designate one engineer who is responsible for creating the internal connections In the end a set of port definition files must be available to that engineer After all ports have been configured the engineer who is responsible for creating the internal connections opens the L Gateway configuration software on one of his L Proxy ports Then he must import the port interface definition files for all L Proxy ports see Section 9 7 8 When the interface configurations have been loaded the connections can be created see Section 9 7 9 After the connections have been created one of the L Proxy ports has to be designated as the download port This is the port over which the configuration is downloaded Before downloading the new L Proxy configuration into L Proxy at least the download port must be commissioned When the device corresponding to the download port of the L Proxy is online the new configuration can now be downloaded using the configuration software see Section 9 7 13 It is recommended to save the complete configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L Proxy in the network To add more NVs when all bindings are in place and the L Proxy 1s being used please refer to Section 9 2 5 on how to extend an existing configuration with LNS Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s M
146. rt of the L Proxy The menu looks like shown in Figure 32 EIA 709 Configuration Menu PROFE 1 ET POLE 2 ET EP LP 0o0Z LI Qurt WIENOUE Saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 32 ELIA 709 Configuration Menu 5 6 IP Configuration Menu The IP configuration menu holds relevant IP settings Here are some general guidelines for setting IP addresses port numbers and time values Enter 0 0 0 0 to clear an IP address Enter 0 to select the default port number Enter 0 to disable a time setting Press Return to keep the current setting The IP configuration menu when DHCP is disabled is shown in Figure 33 IP Configuration Menu betel ECP disabled 2 IP Address E VILA OO AST ea IP Netmask E LID DADO el 4 IP Gateway E LO lola 5 Hostname gt new 6 Domainname gt lt unset gt ea DNS Servers gt lt unset gt 9 MAC Address DO 04A BU 01 0 88 Clactory detatilt b Link Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect a Quit without saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 33 IP Configuration Menu when DHCP is disabled Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 39 LOYTEC The IP configuration menu when DHCP is enabled is shown in Figure 34 IP Configuration Menu p DHCP enabled IP Address NS E E Oa kh e254 IP Netmask y ADDED SRE ADO IP Gateway O AO ESA Hostname gt new Domainname gt lt unset gt DNS Servers gt lt unset gt 9 MAC Add
147. s GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 111 LOYTEC in the tool bar This opens the Datapoint Manager dialog as shown in Figure 122 To upload dynamic NVs of the port to be exported right click on the port folder In the context menu select Sync Dynamic NVs The L Gateway configuration software then loads any new dynamic NVs which have been created and are not yet part of the port interface definition The process completes when the dialog shown in Figure 121 appears Click on Finish The new dynamic NVs then appear in the data point list and can be edited Dynamic NY Synchronization l Status Done Found O Mis 0 new O existing Figure 121 Synchronizing dynamic NVs from the device To export the port interface definition right click on the port folder The example in Figure 122 refers to Port 2 FT In the context menu select Export Interface to export the port interface definition file This opens a file requestor Save the port interface definition file giving it a useful name e g as myproxy port2 itf xj DE TT SS Active Port ElA709 Port 2 FT Y Modelo 00 Set Auta O fos ci TT E Imported A A nmvidOkermp Unsigned Long 16 bi SMWT_temp Eu E LNS Database Scan 500 Items S EQ CSV File 0 Items Wy tn500Ctrinsi0ltemp onovoOlbemp Unsigned Long 16 bi SMY T_bemp A Templates WV_Enso0Cctinvad2lux nvilZlux Unsigned Long 16 bi SN T_lux E J L Proxy 0 Items Wy _bnSO0CtrinvidSlux nvo
148. s Manual 92 LOYTEC Add network variable s 3 Varable name hvisuitchd Direction C Output i Input Cancel Poll attribute f Clear C Same as source NW Help Set Opposite of source NW Number to create li Start rank E IY Remove array subscripts Figure 91 Add an input network variable to the L Proxy virtual interface Interface 1 This dialog is used to specify the properties of the new network variable If you want to create multiple copies of the same network variable you can specify the number in the Number to create Field This feature is especially useful to create multiple copies of the same output network variable When creating multiple identical NVs please make sure that the Remove array subscripts is checked Otherwise these NVs are not properly displayed in the L Proxy configuration plug in utility A new name is already suggested for this newly created network variable In our case we keep the Variable Name nviSwitcho Make sure that the Poll Attribute of the new NV is set properly Set it to Clear if the NV is updated and set it to Set if the NV is polled If the NV is polled both the source and the destination NV must be declared polled Also if the NV is updated both the source and the destination NV must have the Poll Attribute cleared Click on OK Now the tree shows the newly created input network variable in the virtual interface Interface 1 you must open the virtual interface in the tree to display th
149. s not received a valid IP configuration address from the DHCP server Flashing Red at 1 Hz Device is non functional because the EIA 852 router module is started but has not been configured Please add the device to a EIA 852 IP channel register in configuration server Flashing green or orange at 1 Hz None of the nodes on the EJA 852 side of the L Proxy have been commissioned yet The color indicates the EIA 852 IP channel status as described above Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 31 LOYTEC 4 4 7 Wink Action If the L Proxy receives a wink command on any of its network ports 1t shows a blink pattern on the CNIP and the EIA 709 activity LEDs The EIA 709 activity and the CNIP LED turn green orange red each 0 15 s This pattern is repeated six times After that the LED of the port on which the wink was received flashes orange six times After that the L Proxy LEDs return to their normal behavior 4 5 Status Button The L Proxy 1s equipped with a status button see Figure 25 When pressing the status button shortly during normal operation of the L Proxy 1t sends a Service Pin Message on each network port Note that every L Proxy port has its own unique node ID Neuron ID Pressing the status button longer than 2 seconds will allow you to select the port to send out the Service Pin Message message The port LED of the currently selected port will light up orange After 2 seconds the n
150. s that are connected reside on the same port on different ports in the same domain or in different domains A connection is an internal mapping in the L Proxy between input and output network variables A connection always consists of one hub network variable and one or multiple target network variables Hub NVs can be input or output network variables If the hub NV is an input NV then the target NVs must be output NVs and vice versa To manually create a new connection click on the Create a new connection button Fil Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help D0 a Haal Ble a i ol in the tool bar This will bring up the connection dialog as shown in Figure 123 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 113 LOYTEC Create Modify Connection Connection Mame Points Hub Select Hub Point Target s Add Targetts Remove Target s Generate From Hub Point Target Port E4709 Fort 1 FT Generate and add bo Gonmection cms Figure 123 Connection Dialog Select Hub Click on Select Hub Point to select the hub point This opens the Datapoint Manager dialog Select the data point in that dialog as shown in Figure 124 and click on Add selected points Select Hub Point Datapoint Manager xj ee Active Port or bal odel Hao E uta a Z Active Port El4 709 Port 1 FT Model N 0 Set Aut O Root No Direc Datapo
151. s well as to the power supply The screw terminals can be used for wires of a maximum thickness of 1 5 mm AWG12 mais Table 5 L Proxy Terminals LP 33E100 4 9 Wiring The EIA 709 network segment connected to the L Proxy needs to be terminated according to the rules found in the specification of the transceiver see Section 7 Important All Earth ground terminals must be connected to the main Earth ground terminal 15 When using shielded network cables only one side of the cable Should be connected to ground Thus the shield must be connected to earth ground either at the L Proxy terminals or somewhere else in the network but never at more than one place see Figure 27 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 33 LOYTEC EIA709 gateway Power Supply Figure 27 Connecting the Earth Ground to the L Proxy Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 34 LOYTEC 5 Console Interface 5 1 Console Connection The L Proxy 1s equipped with a serial interface to display the results of the self test allow configuration via a console menu upgrade the L Proxy firmware To use the serial interface the console connector see Figure 25 of the L Proxy can be connected to the RS 232 port of a PC The PC can communicate with the L Proxy using a standard terminal program with communication settings of 38 400 bps 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit Use a standard null modem cabl
152. st nvoStatus f nviFileReq nvoFilestat nviFilePos nvoAlarm_2 nvoalarm nvoSystemTemp nvoSupplyvolt nvoswitch nvoTemp 6B nviSwitcht A nviTemp1 Funktionseinheiten 9 Node Object O Gateway 0 ga Netzwerkvariablen 4 QU nvoSwitch nvoTemp 6B nviSwitcht Ap nviTemp1 Parameter 0 Gateway 1 Gateway 2 Gateway 3 Gateway 4 Gateway 5 Gateway 6 Gateway 7 Virtuelle Funktionseinheiten 0 Parameter 0 Yerbindungen 0 Router 0 9 Untersysteme 0 Y Kan le 1 A Channel_1 Ger tevorlagen 5 gS erbindungsvorlagen 1 MonitorSets 0 0 0 28 5200 00 40 0 0 0 0 E A 1 2 LSTest 2 Projekt lt iil Bereit LProxyTest m OnNet 22 12 2006 11 03 peee Figure 108 L Proxy device in Alex This opens the device replacement dialog box see Figure 109 Ger t LProxy Port 1 Mame Ger tename LProxy Port 1 i Service Pins lim Fenster Einstellungen Fir das neue Ger t Parameterwerte vom alten Ger t Status online Ger tevorlage LProxy Port 1 Identification bisherig Meuron ID 40 00 00 04 09 56 neue Meuron ID 00 00 00 00 00 00 Ersetzen Abbrechen bernehmen Figure 109 Device replacement dialog in Ale
153. stCtrinvil Shemp E LDLOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 20 Nis 40 Datapoints 304 E Figure 23 Select all data points which have been found Finally click on the Download Configuration button in the tool bar This opens the configuration download dialog as shown in Figure 24 Click on Start to initiate the download process The dialog shows the currently executed tasks The software automatically creates bindings to the network variables which have been scanned in on Port 1 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual ay LOYTEC Configuration Download EIA 709 Port 1 FT g Target LWS AppDevice Mame L Proxy 13_0 Status 1 Download the configuration Channel Channel 1 2 Cleanup old dynamic Wis 3 Commission device Subnet l 4 Reboot the device Mode C 5 Upgrade the Device 6 Commission device Program ID 9000074600FF0400 7 Create bindings a Register on new device template Meuron ID 80000001DF05 IP Address 192 168 24 100 Firmware 3 0 0 Model Number 01 Generate Free I Automatically create bindings 7 overwrite existing bindings LS Gotan Contrals Abort aose Figure 24 Download the configuration to the L Proxy Click OK when the download is finished and close the download dialog It is recommended to save the L Proxy project to a disk file Select File Save As and enter a suitable file name in the file requestor The project file 1s sto
154. temp to SNVT temp f B Integer to Integer conversion 12I This conversion type converts an integer value signed or unsigned to another integer value signed or unsigned or vice versa The type of both values must be a SNVT with the same SI unit e g SNVT temp to SNVT temp p C Enumeration conversion This type converts one enumeration value to another enumeration value If the range of one enumeration value is left its value is set to the first value of the enumeration which typically is the invalid value D Structure conversion This type converts one or more structure values to one or more other structure values e g multiple SNVT_ switch to a single SNVT state Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 19 LOYTEC 3 Quick Start Guide This Chapter shows step by step instructions on how to configure the L Proxy for a simple network architecture mapping EIA 709 network variables from different ports of the L Proxy 3 1 Hardware installation Connect power 9 35 VDC or 12 24 VAC the EIA 709 network and the Ethernet cable as shown in Figure 10 More detailed instructions are shown in Chapter 4 Important Do not connect terminal 17 with ground Power Supply Figure 10 Basic Hardware Installation Ethernet 3 2 Configuration of the L Proxy The L Proxy can be configured via a console interface or via the Web interface To configure the L Proxy the following steps have to be
155. ter the NAT address when requested to do so To completely disable the NAT router support choose n and enter the IP address 0 0 0 0 when requested to enter the NAT address If an L Proxy uses automatic NAT router discovery and the NAT address is known beforehand the L Proxy can simply be added to the channel in the L IP configuration server by specifying the NAT address and correct port If the NAT address is not known take the following steps to add the L Proxy to an EIA 852 IP channel in the configuration server 1 On the L Proxy turn on automatic NAT router discovery this is the default setting The NAT address should show Auto no NAT 2 Enter the IP address of the configuration server in the EJA 852 device configuration menu Exit and save but do not reboot 3 Go back to the main menu Wait 15 seconds 4 Go to the IP configuration menu The NAT address should show the public IP address of the NAT router or firewall e g Auto 198 18 76 1 5 On the configuration server add the L Proxy to the configuration server using this IP address Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 43 LOYTEC 5 7 12 Option b Multicast Address This menu option allows the user to add the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy into a multi cast group for the EJA 852 IP channel Enter the channel s IP multi cast address here Please contact your system administrator on how to obtain a valid multi cast address Ref
156. the Config menu and enter the IP address the IP netmask and IP gateway for this L Proxy as shown in Figure 15 3 Config IP Microsoft Internet Explorer A iol xj Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras aurick a y x a ON JO Suchen Se Favoriten Ol B X LJ 33 Adresse a http 192 168 24 100 webui confiafip y Wechseln zu Links Morton Antivirus gt 6 DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Enable DHCP F IP Address fi 92 168 24 100 IP Netmask 255 2551 92 0 IP Gateway 92 1681 1 Hostname Device Info Config Domainname DNS Server 1 leave empty to disable DNS Server 2 leave empty to disable DNS Server 3 leave empty to disable MAC Address M Use Factory Default 00 04 80 07 0C 68 Logout Link Speed Duplex Auto Detect Save Settings Get Settings g A E l lokas intranet 7 Statistics Reset Contact O So rur c O WU T Jo Cc _ Un E du O jd Uv Cc Figure 15 Enter IP address and gateway Press Save Settings and then reset the device by selecting reset in the highlighted text This changes the IP settings of the L Proxy Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 23 LOYTEC 3 3 Configuration with LNS based Tools This section describes a quick start scenario for the L Proxy In this scenario network variables of nodes connected to Port 1 FT shall be exposed as static NVs on Port 2 FT The two ports can be in differ
157. tic NV shall be created Then right click in the data point list and select New in the context menu This opens the NV creation dialog as shown in Figure 113 Enter a data point name and a programmatic name The programmatic name is the name of the static NV which is being created while the data point name is used for matching in the auto connect feature see Section 9 7 12 Select a SNVT and a direction A functional block can also be selected to group certain static NVs into separate functional blocks if desired Then click Create Static NV Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 106 LOYTEC Create new N i xj Static External Application Device Properties Datapoint Mame nvikly Temp Programmatic Name nviMyTemp SAT temp 39 zZ Direction Input ka Functional Block Gateway 0 de My Flags MW Auth cfg Unack Repeated I Priority Cfg Authenticate Priority e Polled E Sync Create Static Mw Cancel Figure 113 Create a static NV manually Figure 114 shows how the example static NV appears in the data point manager xi DE PTT SS Active Port ElA709 Port 1 FT Modelo Of Set Auta D po et e Eb a Imported In nviMyTermp nviMy Temp Unsigned Long 16 bi SNWT_temp SE e E LWS Database Scan 20 Items y ESY File 0 Items Er Ey Templates i L Proxy 0 Items y EIA709 Port 1 FT 1 Items je ED ELA709 Port 2 FT 0 Items
158. tic NVs This is beneficial 1f network variables shall use bindings but the installer uses a network management tool which is not based on LNS 3 x The basic work flow is depicted in Figure 70 The L Gateway configuration software needs to be started in stand alone mode see Section 9 7 2 Then the user needs to configure the static NVs for the desired L Proxy port see Section 9 7 4 After all static NVs have been configured the port interface definition file for the L Proxy port needs to be exported see Section 9 7 6 Then also export the static NV interface as a XIF file see Section 9 7 7 The XIF file has to be used in the non LNS tool to create a device for the L Proxy Using that device the integrator can create the bindings in that tool Please refer to the documentation of the network management tool on how to create devices from a XIF file and bind network variables Close the L Gateway configuration software and repeat this procedure for all other L Proxy ports Note that the other L Proxy ports may be added to different domains by different engineers If multiple engineers are working on a project they need to designate one engineer who 1s responsible for creating the internal connections In the end a set of port definition files must be available to that engineer After all ports have been configured the engineer who 1s responsible for creating the internal connections opens the L Gateway configuration software stand alone
159. ttings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help OC Gd Se a in the tool bar This opens the Datapoint Manager dialog as shown in Figure 122 In the dialog right click on the port folder for which XIF file shall be created The example in Figure 122 refers to Port 2 FT In the context menu select Build XIF This opens a file requestor where the XIF file name needs to be entered Select a useful name to identify the L Proxy port e g as myproxy port2 x1f 9 7 8 Import the Port Interface Definition To integrate the port interface definitions which other engineers have created for the L Proxy one needs import the port interface definition files 1tf for those ports Open the data point manager dialog by clicking on the Open Datapoint Manager button File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help in the tool bar This opens the Datapoint Manager dialog as shown in Figure 122 In the dialog right click on the port folder for which the port interface definition shall be imported The example in Figure 122 refers to Port 2 FT In the context menu select Import Interface to read in the port interface definition file 9 7 9 Create a new connection After having configured the network variable interface definitions on the L Proxy ports the L Proxy internal connections between the different input and output network variables can be created Note that it doesn t matter whether the network variable
160. umption aeien typ 3 W Maros meane Nie E A up to 950 mA 24 VAC Operating Temperature ambient cccccccccc 0 C to 50 C Storace LEmMPera U eA 10 C to 85 C Humidity non condensing Operating cccccc 10 to 90 RH 50 C Humidity non condensing storage 90 RH 50 C A Installation enclosure 6 TE DIN 43 880 Environmental Protection ooooccccnnnnnnnnnnocccnnnnnnss IP 40 enclosure IP 20 screw terminals Ta MAD ra ici DIN rail mounting EN 50 022 or wall mounting Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 147 LOYTEC 17 Version History 10 21 02 DL AddedSectioni34 S 11 07 2002 Released Version 1 1 02 14 2003 2 0 DL Add Section on LonMark objects 06 30 2003 2 1 DL Add Section 13 6 L Proxy doesn t forward packets after commissioning 08 14 2003 Add Section 10 4 Poll On Startup Proxy 01 12 2004 Add description how to use L Proxy in Alex 05 01 2007 STS Changed for L Proxy firmware 3 0 and LP 33E100 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 148 LOYTEC 18 References 1 LonMark Application Layer Interoperability Guidelines Version 3 3 October 2002 2 L Proxy User Manual Version 2 2 December 2004 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH
161. uration Menu 2 Config server address gt lt unset gt 3 Config server port 1629 default 4 Config client port 1628 default LS Device name Channel mode gt Standard Pri SNTP server gt lt unset gt Sec SNTP server gt lt unset gt Channel timeout COLL 6 Escrow timeout gt on 64 ms 7 Aggregation timeout on 16 ms 8 MD5 authentication sO 9 MD5 secret not displayed O Location string unknown a NAT address gt Auto no NAT b Multicast address gt lt unset gt q Quit without saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 35 ELA 852 Device Configuration Menu In case that the configuration server contacts the L Proxy only the MD5 secret in menu item 8 must be entered if authenticated communication is required In networks that communicate over the Internet one may also experiment with the escrow timeout in menu item 5 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 41 LOYTEC 5 7 1 Option 2 Config server address 3 Config server port Please enter the IP address and port of the configuration server if the L Proxy needs to contact the configuration server Enter 0 for the configuration server port 1f you want to return to the default port setting 5 7 2 Option 4 Config client port If only one L Proxy is used in an IP 852 channel behind a NAT router this field should be left at the default setting 1628 If changed 1t must not be the sam
162. x Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 103 LOYTEC Press the service pin of the L Proxy port to replace and press OK to replace the device After the service pin has been received Alex commissions the replacement unit s port creates the dynamic NVs again if any and installs the bindings 9 7 Using the L Gateway Configuration Software The L Proxy comes with a configuration software to configure the L Proxy s port interfaces and create the internal connections The configuration software can be started as an LNS plug in or as a stand alone tool 9 7 1 Starting as an LNS plug in In LonMaker the plug in is started by right clicking on the L Proxy device shape or the L Proxy functional block and selecting Configure from the pop up window In NL 220 the Plug in is started by right clicking on the L Proxy node then selecting the Option L Gateway Configuration Plugin in the PlugIns sub menu In Alex the Plug in is started by right clocking on the L Proxsy device and selecting the L Gateway Configuration Plugin in the Starte PlugIn sub menu A window similar to what is shown in Figure 110 should appear w Unnamed Project Unbenannt LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility L PROXY ioj xj File Settings Operations Firmware Transceiver Help Oe a ARA Connected Device Mot connected Info Status Unknown iD LOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 0 ys o Datapoints
163. xtemal NV ai eae 107 9 7 6 Extract and Save the Port Interface Definition ccccccccncncncncnnnnnonnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnos 110 OLT Nawal XI Or POr Inte trae ic 112 9 7 8 Import the Port Interface Definition as 112 Errata mew COMME CHION ici 112 TNA DECO cierto a tetas cease ea anaes 116 O TELL Edita CONNIE CHO tte 117 Dede AMO CONC Ol es taa EE E E O EEN 1197 DIAS Contiouration Dow mload ds 118 9 02 L POY LONMIK OD ES ii 119 Deed NOUS ODI CC tdi aac thin O at tend che Ant ions ae hehe tie ah 119 952 AAV ON A A 121 FO Application Senan aaa 122 OI Address Table Extensi tie 122 10 1 1 Saving entries 1m the address tablo id 122 O2 Savia POT OM ACT CSS E A E 124 102 Binding across Domalls sei e A EE A 126 IOS PollUpdate Pro id lid 130 10 POMPOM STATUS PO oia 131 105 SNVT Ta E a dl es diel DO 132 LE ii ca ee re ee Pe see ais re ree eee 135 Lick Pirnaware UU pdate vid e er bed 135 11 2 Firmware Update via the Console occcccccnnonnnonnccnnnnnnnnnnnnnonoccnnnnnnnnnanoncccnnnnannnnnnos 136 Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 9 LOYTEC 11 3 Firmware Update via the EIA 709 Network ccccccooooonnccnnnnnnnnnononccccnnnnnnnnnananonnnss 137 A a ei En 138 IZ ANP 138 E Troublesho0 UM cada 140 134 Al port LEDs are flashing Td iia 140 13 2 LonMaker Warning appears during installation ooooonnnnnnccnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnonnnnnnnnnos 140 13 3 NL220 Warning appears during installation
164. xy manualt Subsystem Liiproxy1 2 Channel 1 Info Status Configured Online Members Points 1 nvismitchD Port 2 neosmitchAFb3 f Port 3 nvoSwitchFb3 f Port 4 nvisuvitcho 2 nviswitcho nvismitchD Port 4 nvoLamp valued Port 2 a LOYTEC LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Utility Ready Con 2 Nis 23 Datapoints 69 E Figure 146 These 2 connections implement the desired functionality as specified Node 6 in Domain 4C4F59544543 LOYTEC must turn on the lamp connected to Node 7 in Domain 03 and the lamp connected to Node 8 in Domain 505889 PXY Furthermore the switch connected to Node 8 must turn on the lamp connected to Node 6 in Domain 4C4F59544543 If we now flip the switch on Node 6 the protocol analyzer log file will show the results from Figure 147 Packet 1 NV update sent from nvoSwitch0 on Node 6 to L Proxy Port 2 nviSwitcho Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual 129 LOYTEC Packet 2 L Proxy Port 2 sends an acknowledgement back to Node 6 in domain 4C4F59544543 Packet 3 L Proxy Port 3 forwards the NV update from Node 6 nvoSwitch0 to Node 7 in domain 03 Packet 4 L Proxy Port 4 forwards the NV update from Node 6 nvoSwitch0 to Node 8 in domain 505859 Packet 5 Node 7 sends an acknowledgement back to L Proxy Port 3 Packet 6 Node 8 sends an acknowledgement back to L Proxy Port 4 le LPA on LPT1 LPA Active Log Running E _ oj x File Profile Pa
165. yed Either enter the 16 bytes as one string or with spaces between each byte e g 001122 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 AA BB CC DD EE FF Also note that entering the MD5 secret on the Web interface may pose a security risk Since the information is transmitted over the network it can be subject for eavesdroppers on the line It is recommended to either use a cross over cable or enter the secret on the console UI see Section 5 7 Enter a location string with a maximum length of 255 characters This 1s optional and for informational purposes only In the field Location string the user can enter a descriptive test which identifies the physical location of the L Proxy A location string can have a maximum length of 255 characters This is optional and for informational purposes only If the EIA 852 device on the L Proxy is used behind a NAT router the public IP address of the NAT router or firewall must be known To automatically detect the NAT address leave the Auto NAT checkmark enabled The Multicast Address field allows the user to add the EIA 852 device of the L Proxy into a multi cast group for the E A 852 IP channel Enter the channel s IP multi cast address here On how to obtain a valid multi cast address please contact your system administrator To learn when it is beneficial to use multi cast addresses in your channel please refer to the L IP User s Manual Version 3 0 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Proxy User s Manual

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