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1. 3 5 Duweeusupe a Run time Configuration l1 v _ Table 14 Available Features depending on Firmware Version Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 170 13 Specifications 13 1 LGATE 900 13 1 1 Physical Specifications Operating Voltage Power Consumption In rush current Operating Temperature ambient Storage Temperature Humidity non condensing operating Humidity non condensing storage Enclosure Environmental Protection Installation 13 1 2 Resource Limits Total number of data points User registers NVs static dynamic External NVs Alias NVs Address table entries LONMARK calendar objects LONMARK scheduler objects LOYTEC 12 35 VDC or 12 24 VAC 10 typ 3 W up to 950 mA 24 VAC 0 C to 50 C 10 C to 60 C 10 to 90 RH 50 C 90 RH 50 C Installation enclosure 6 TE DIN 43 880 IP 40 enclosure IP 20 screw terminals DIN rail mounting EN 50 022 or wall mounting 10000 1000 1000 1000 1000 both in ECS and legacy mode 512 15 in legacy mode 25 calendar patterns 100 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 171 LOYTEC BACnet objects analog binary multi state 750 BACnet client mappings 750 BACnet calendar objects 25 BACnet scheduler objects 100 64 data points per object BACnet notification class objects 32 BACnet trend log objects 100 total aggregated size of 13
2. Device Info Enter your username and password Config Account admin v m System zd Password CTT m Passwords a m Backup Restore m CEA 709 m BACnet Config BACnet Data Link BACnet BDT m E mail Data Points Scheduler Calendar B Alarm networks under control Figure 11 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 12 The L Gate has three 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 operator is able to read more sensible information such as calendar data 3 admin has full access to the L Gate and can make changes to its configuration Note that the user accounts are also used to log on to the FTP and Telnet server LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 26 LOYTEC LOYTEC LGATE 900 Logged in as admin Device Info 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 Config O i s Account admin B System E m IP D A m Passwords O New password eeece MEER Retype password lecooe m CEA 709 5 m B
3. Firmware Update Download Target Device 192 166 24 92 Firmware File Jigates00_3_1_0 dl an Progress 5 Status Idle Abort Bownload Figure 116 Firmware Update dialog of the L Gateway configuration software 7 Click on Start Download 8 Observe the download progress When the download is complete the dialog shown in Figure 117 appears Ci Programme LOYTEC Gateway Configuration Igatecp ex X 1 Download successfully Finished Figure 117 FTP download success dialog 9 Click Ok 10 In the Firmware Update dialog click Close 11 The device s firmware has now been successfully upgraded Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 163 LOYTEC 9 2 Firmware Update via the Console To download the firmware via the console interface the L Gate must be connected to the RS 232 port of a PC via its console interface as described in Section 10 2 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 Gate console shows the main menu otherwise navigate to the main menu or simply reset the L Gate To Upgrade via the Console 1 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 to
4. Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras aros M Y ix B TN pO suchen Se Favoriten i s jw Y LJ rel X Adresse amp http 192 168 24 98 webui config alarm_obj handle 0x 1 0e9S5ef0 amp src_hndl 0x10e972708sre_dev O8 amp scr_id O0 amp tv_sec 12185738518tv_us Y DLOYTEC LINX 100 Logged in as admin Wechseln zu Links amp Snaglt gr j O Reload Alarm Log Summary Device Info C Alarm Object Name alarms Config O UJ Summary E System L Number q Active not acknowledged 1 O Active acknowledged 1 Inactive not acknowledged 1 5 Others D E Data Points 2 Details d O Alarm Time Type Priority Description Source Name Value VIE gt o 12 08 2008 20 45 01 ow limit o overheat Alarm Ack Far 1 12 08 2008 20 44 11 high limit 0 Light Alarm NV tn20Controller 1nvi 3lux 4000 000000 Statistics D Q 12 08 2008 20 44 01 high limit 0 Overheat Alarm NV tn20Controller 1nvi 1temp 200 000000 C L Web Reset Contact Logout zj E POP Dome nterne Figure 32 Alarm Summary Page Active alarms are highlighted red Inactive alarms which have not been acknowledged are rendered in green Alarms that can be acknowledged have an Ack button Press on the Ack button to acknowledge the alarm Depending on the technology this and older alarm records will be acknowledged Acknowledged active alarms are rendered in red Click on Reload to refresh your alarm list Inactive alarms that
5. Sequence Number 50 The log record sequence number This is the monotonously increasing sequence number which is unique for each log record Source Data point source identifier Indexes into logger entry header For value lines in a multi column CSV this field indexes the first column which has a value For the ERROR record type the field indexes the data source that caused the error For LOGSTATE TIMECHANGE records this field is not applicable and set to 255 The record type LOGSTATE 0 BOOL 1 REAL 2 ENUM 3 UNSIGNED 4 SIGNED 5 NULL 7 ERROR 8 TIMECHANGE 9 Error Time 1 This field is valid for records of type ERROR TIMECHANGE and LOGSTATUS Change Log Status Date Time 2007 11 02 15 34 22 The date time of the log record This is in the format YYYY MM DD HH MM SS 5000 Logged value from source n 1 or empty Table 9 Columns of the Trend Log CSV File und de ERN There are as many value columns as value sources specified in the header If at a given date time more values are logged all of them appear in the same line If at that given time some sources did not log values those columns are left empty The Source column in a multi value CSV refers to the first data source that supplied a value in a given line Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 148 LOYTEC 7 1 3 Alarm Log CSV File The historical alarm logs are also accessible as CSV formatted files The alarm log
6. COV qr change of value CR Su etie eM Channel Routing E T A AS Configuration Server that manages CEA 852 IP devices WOT CP odiosa RE Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol RFC 2131 RFC 2132 DN S statuat onsets Domain Name Server RFC 1034 IUS Detection Daylight Saving Time GMa eaten Greenwich Mean Time DD en cetera eer ere Internet Protocol LSD T00l 5 539 LOYTEC System Diagnostics Tool hu ibm Media Access Control IVTIOS otibesas festes tenes ati oo edulite Message Digest 5 a secure hash function see Internet RFC 1321 IVIS AE P reaa Master Slave Token Passing this is a BACnet data link layer IP erem Network Address Translation see Internet RFC 1631 INN edo eese fuste N Network Variable I TI esaet E Round Trip Time SMTP ocou Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SNT Pora Simple Network Time Protocol SNV T EN Standard Network Variable Type S E E N O Secure Socket Layer AU ES REE E A Transport Layer Security S EEEE N EPEN ET EEE EET User Interface UNV T r on User Defined Network Variable Type UTE enueia Universal Time Coordinated A Mea an iai eXtensible Markup Language LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 11 LOYTEC 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Version 3 3 The L Gate is a high performance reliable and secure network infrastructure component that provides data access to a defined set of data points which are mapped from one control network technology to another control network technology In particular the
7. Version 3 3 LOYTEC DLOYTEC LGATE 900 0 Device Info bu Product name L Gate Config S Product code LGATE 900 UJ Firmware L Gate Primary Image Statistics is Version 00 310 EM 5 Build date 2009 07 13 16 11 32 Reset c Serial number 009701 800000048342 Contact Free memory 8451K 397K M Free flash 4664K Logout O CPU load 1 5 z System temperature 41 7C QD Supply voltage 154V CEA 709 application unique node IDs and program IDs NID 80 00 00 04 83 42 Online Send Senice Pin Msg pe E 9000D74600810400 L Send Service Pin Msg IP inactive goahead WEBSERVER Figure 10 Device Information Page The device information page shows information about the L Gate and the current firmware version It includes the unique node IDs Neuron IDs of the CEA 709 network interfaces This page can also be used to send the CEA 709 service pin messages This is a useful feature when commissioning the L Gate 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 11 Enter the default administrator password admin and select Login LOYTEC LGATE 900
8. ro a y 509 MET dox es hs ie Model Ma Joo Set Auto Datapoint Configuration Local datapoint Datapoint Hame Filter ES NEUEM Ep Imported 3 BACnet EDE File 0 Items Datapoint Name Local Nv j vse BACnet Network Scan off CEA709 C5Y File 0 Items 71 CEA709 LNS Scan Do 711 CEA7O9 Network Scan E Filter Templates A jf CEA709 L Gate seen System Registers 15 Items User Registers 0 Items FI CEA709 Port Noa Direction j Calendar D Items oo Scheduler 0 Items wolf Remote Devices BACnet Port 7 Calendar 0 Items oo J Scheduler 0 Items 71 Remote Devices WW Global Objects ma 9 E Mail Configuration 0 Items e 9 Math Object Configuration 6 Items bee je Alarm Log bject Configuration 0 Items 1 LOYTEC Configurator ready E Figure 71 L Gate Configurator main window 6 7 2 Starting Stand Alone Version 3 3 The L Gate can also be used without LNS based tools In this case the L Gate Configurator needs to be started as a stand alone application Go to the Windows Start menu select Programs LOYTEC L Gate Configurator and then click on Configure L Gate This starts the L Gate Configurator and the main connections screen is displayed LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 93 LOYTEC If the L Gate is not yet connected to the network go to the Firmware menu and select the firmware version of the L Gate to be configur
9. v Friday 02 v Saturday ga V Sunday 049 Calend d alendar used Calendar linx 23 SchedulerO linx 23 MET Iv everyday 0 09 holiday 0 10 24 12 x 128 9 Figure 28 Schedule Configuration Page DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Schedule Configuration Presets Data Points Device Info Reload Add Preset_ Config Data Point Description Data Type default day Iv Delete temp1 double 0 20 works under control Figure 29 Scheduled Data Point Value Configuration Page You can switch back and forth between the two tabs Once the configuration is complete click on the Save button This updates the schedule in the device Any changes made become effective immediately On local schedulers the Web UI also allows to reconfigure the scheduled data points This change takes effect immediately without a reboot of the device To add and remove data points to the scheduler go to the Data Points tab The configuration page is depicted in Figure 30 To add a new data point click the Add button To remove a data point select the data point in the list Scheduled Data Points by clicking on it and then press the Remove button Finally store the changes by clicking the Save button After modifying the scheduled data points go back to the Presets tab and enter descriptive value label names Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 40 LOYTEC For more information on how to configure a scheduler pl
10. L Gate CEA 709 BACnet Gateway User Manual LOYTEC electronics GmbH Contact LOYTEC Blumengasse 35 A 1170 Vienna AUSTRIA EUROPE support loytec com http www loytec com Version 3 3 Document 88072408 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 THIS PRODUCT IS NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED FOR USE IN EQUIPMENT INTENDED FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT INTO THE BODY OR OTHER APPLICATIONS INTENDED TO SUPPORT OR SUSTAIN LIFE FOR USE IN FLIGHT CONTROL OR ENGINE CONTROL EQUIPMENT WITHIN AN AIRCRAFT OR FOR ANY OTHER APPLICATION IN WHICH IN THE FAILURE OF SUCH PRODUCT COULD CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH MAY OCCUR 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 LC3020 L Chip L Core L DALI L GATE L INX M L IOB L IP LPA L Proxy L Switch L Term L VIS L WEB and ORION stack are trademarks of LOYTEC electronics GmbH LonTalk LONWorKS Neuron LONMARK LonMaker i LON and LNS are trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries L Gate User Manual
11. Note 2 From the points in the import folder select the alarm server points you are interested in and click the Use on Device speed button This creates the corresponding alarm client points in your project E Remote Devices E Delta DSM RTR 100 J Alarm tz Items 3 For CEA709 select the new alarm client point and adjust the name of the local NV default name is nviAlarm 2 This NV is located in the Clients functional block On BACnet devices the new data points can be used right away to exchange alarm information with the alarm server on the remote device Just connect the new alarm client data point to an alarm list control to view and acknowledge alarms reported by the associated alarm server On CEA 709 devices there is one extra step to take before the new data points will be operational The new static input NVs representing the alarm clients on the local device need to be bound to the alarm outputs of the remote device A CEA709 device normally delivers alarms through an output NV of type SNVT alarm 2 located in the node object of the device therefore the new input NV on the local device must be bound to the alarm output NV of the remote devices node object All required information is transmitted over the alarm input NV so it is possible to later bind the alarm client to any other alarm server without rescanning the network If connected via LNS the binding to the nvoAlarm2 NV is made automatically by the config
12. 1 Create a SNVT tod event in the data point configuration 2 Add the SNVT tod event to the scheduled data points of a scheduler as described in Section 6 12 4 3 All three parts of the SNVT tod event are scheduled moa Direction alal Datapoint Mame ELE Gur tod event 2 1 out i current state 22 Qut o next state 23 Out i time kao next state 6 12 10 Using the Local Scheduler Once the setup of the local scheduler is done it is basically operational It will immediately start to work based on the configuration data downloaded through the configuration software You can verify the daily schedules and values of scheduled data points on the Web UI see Section 4 2 14 The local schedule can be altered over the Web UI or using the network technology of the port where the scheduler has been created 6 13Local Alarming 6 13 1 Create an Alarm Server To generate local alarms an alarm server needs to be created at first The local alarm sources will report alarms to that alarm server The alarm server is the interface to access local alarms This can be done over the network or the Web UI To Create an Alarm Server 1 Under the port folder select the Alarm sub folder Fl BACnet Port 1 Datapoints 3 Items Z J Calendar 0 Items e feel 2 Right click in the data point list view and select New Alarm Server 3 In the Create New Alarm Server dialog box as shown in Figure 104 enter Name and Desc
13. 3 When the upload is finished click on Show System Log The system log window appears as shown in Figure 88 Syslog 2008 08 05 09 43 58 395 NOTE Application Log initialized LINX 100 1 9 33 Build Tue Aug 5 09 11 10 2008 2008 08 05 09 43 56 399 NOTE 4pplication Reset to Factory defaults 2008 08 05 09 44 09 805 NOTE 4pplication Boot process Finished 2008 08 05 09 45 26 411 NOTE 4pplication Shutdown 2008 08 05 09 45 26 519 NOTE 4pplication Reset 2008 08 05 09 45 26 525 NOTE O551 O0000002 O551 Log terminating 2008 08 05 09 45 49 175 NOTE Applicatian Log initialized LIN 100 1 9 33 Build Tue Aug 5 09 11 10 2008 2008 08 05 09 45 59 510 NOTE 4pplication Boot process Finished 2008 08 05 09 49 10 542 NOTE 4pplication Shutdown 2008 08 05 09 49 10 640 NOTE 4pplication eset Figure 88 System log window 4 Click on Save to store the system log into a file on your local hard drive 6 8 Advanced CEA 709 Configuration 6 8 1 Working with Configuration Properties Version 3 3 Configuration properties CPs are supported by the LNS network scan and the online network scan They can be selected and used on the device in a similar way as NVs There is a notable difference to NVs CPs are part of files on the remote nodes Reading and writing CPs on the L Gate results in a file transfer The L Gate supports both the LONMARK file transfer and the simpler direct memory read write method In both
14. Edit the target device by selecting a different device in the Mapped Device list Edit the target object instance number For read client mappings edit the COV expiry or Pollcycle setting For write client maps edit the Write Priority When finished click Save Changes 6 10 5 Create Server Object On the BACnet port server objects can also be created manually These BACnet objects are visible on the BACnet network and can be modified by other devices They appear as data points in the BACnet Datapoints folder To Create Server Objects Manually 1 Select the BACnet Port Datapoints folder E 77 BACnet Por ISI Es 7 Items of Calendar 0 Items oof Scheduler 0 Items ef Alarm 0 Items ea 1 5 Trend 0 Items 71 Statistics 0 Items 2 Right click in the data point list and select New Datapoint in the context menu This opens the Create New BACnet Point dialog as shown in Figure 98 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 117 LOYTEC Create New BACnet Datapoint Server Object Client Mapping BACnet Device Mandatory Properties Datapoint Mame owTem Object Mame OutTemp Object Type analog Output Instance Mo i Commandable Optional Properties Engineering Units c Description Outside Temperature Device Tvpe PO Cancel Figure 98 Create a Server Object manually 3 In the Mandatory Properties enter a Datapoint Name and an Obj
15. For binary data points this property defines a human readable text for the inactive state false e State Count For multi state data points this property defines the number of discrete states e State Text For multi state data points this property defines a human readable state label for each state 6 2 5 Managing Multistate Maps Multistate data points have a descriptive set of state texts for their state IDs To manage those state IDs and state texts among many multistate data points they refer to multistate maps Some technologies have a fixed set of such multistate maps others have freely configurable multistate maps e g user registers Editing a multistate map affects all multistate data points which are using that particular map It is not necessary to edit each data point individually Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 75 LOYTEC To Edit a Multistate Map 1 Click on the L _ button in the State Count property of a multistate data point This opens the multistate map manager as shown in Figure 49 Bl Manage Multistate Maps Edit Assign Selected Datapoints Datapoint Assigned Map user mg Head In Repository S State Map motor state f Assign Figure 49 Assign multistate maps in the multistate map manager 2 Select an existing state map in the State Map list and click on Assign Maps that are fixed and cannot be changed are marked with a lock symbol 3 Ifa new mu
16. In this scan the device searches for other devices on the BACnet network and pulls in the BACnet object information of these devices These BACnet objects can then be used on the device as the basis for client mapping To Scan for BACnet Objects 1 Go to the Datapoints tab 2 Select the folder BACnet Network Scan Imported 7 BACnet EDE File 0 Items 1 BACnet Network Scan 3 Right click on that folder and select Scan BACnet Network This opens the BACnet Network Scan dialog as shown in Figure 95 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 114 LOYTEC BACnet Network Scan x Mn Device Name Instance Mo Mac Address Net Objects 1 L Gate 3051 C AB Q3 54 BA sCOU O zz Scan Objects 3 L Gate BM 18214 C AB lz DF BA sCO 0 z3 5 tr lgate 215001 C AB DF ll BA sCO 0 2 Abort T L aate 217368 CO 48 03 44 64 C0 0 2 J L Gate PerfTest 224095 C0 AS 10 5FBA C0 0 foe Device Scan Made 11 LYIS ME200 226064 226064 COAG AMdO BAICO D 6 Fast fau gt Scan Status Device scan done Found 12 devices 12 new O existing Show Details Connected Scanner Device 192 168 3 84 Change Close Figure 95 BACnet network scan dialog 4 Click on the button Discover Devices This starts a network scan The results are put in the device list box A progress bar below indicates how many devices are being scanned 5 Select a device in the device list and click the button Scan Objects This scans
17. Select Service Pin and click Finish 7 Then the service pin requestor opens as shown in Figure 70 Press the service pin on the replacement L Gate on the correct port You can also send the service pin using the Web interface see Section 4 1 Echelon LonMaker Figure 70 Wait for the service pin from the device Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 92 LOYTEC 8 After the service pin has been received LonMaker commissions the replacement device creates the dynamic NVs again if any and installs the bindings 6 7 Using the L Gate Configurator 6 7 1 Starting as an LNS Plug In In LonMaker the plug in is started by right clicking on the L Gate device shape or the Gateway functional block and selecting Configure from the pop up window In NL 220 the Plug in is started by right clicking on the L Gate node then selecting the Option LOYTEC L Gate Configurator in the PlugIns sub menu In Alex the Plug in is started by right clicking on the L Gate device and selecting the LOYTEC L Gate Configurator in the Starte PlugIn sub menu A window similar to what is shown in Figure 71 should appear CX LOTTEC L Gate Configurator L Gate Unbenannt gt Z ioj x File view Firmware Settings Connection Tools Help 8 x D SHEBA N A Alp vis Connected Device test Igate Subsystem 1 lgate Channel FT 10 Info Status Configured Online Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics
18. Some ports allow exclusive protocol activation only other ports e g the Ethernet port allow multiple protocols bound to that port DLOYTEC LINX 101 Logged in as admin O Port1 Pot2 Ethernet Device Info m C Transceiver FT 10 O CEA 709 O Bitrate 78 1 kBit T Save Settings Get Settings Status active O C Figure 15 Port Configuration Page When selecting a protocol on a communication port the protocol s communication parameters are displayed in a box on the right hand side To save the settings of the currently opened protocol click the Save Settings button Pressing Get Settings retrieves the current settings from the device 4 2 4 IP Configuration Important Version 3 3 The TCP IP configuration is done under the Ethernet port tab as shown in Figure 16 The mandatory IP settings which are needed to operate the device are marked with a red asterisk IP address netmask gateway The Enable DHCP checkbox switches between manual entry of the IP address netmask and gateway address and automatic configuration from a DHCP server The default IP address 192 168 1 254 is only set for configuration access It must be changed in order to make the device functional LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual Version 3 3 29 LOYTEC Hostname and Domainname are optional entries and can be left empty For some DHCP configurations it may be necessary to enter a hostname Please co
19. T Ll dev 224200 analog Leyes La 4a 23 12 2008 15 43 07 acknowledged low limit 127 Overheat Alarm mo tO 40 000000 admin new LINX 200 23 12 2009 15 37 27 23 12 2009 15 43 02 23 12 2009 15 43 07 23 12 2009 15 43 02 acknowledge mit 127 OverheatAlam 98 224200 analo amp 5 000000 23 12 2008 15 37 27 23 12 2009 15 43 02 pending input Q TN Me i dev 224200 analog eu 4427 30 23 12 2009 15 42 53 acknowledged high limit 127 LightAlarm utet 3000 000000 admin new LINX200 23 12 2009 15 37 35 23 12 2009 15 42 53 23 12 2009 15 38 04 23 12 2009 15 38 04 eo high limit 127 LightAlarm nu anal9 2000 000000 admin new LINX200 23 12 2009 15 37 35 23 12 2009 15 38 04 23 12 2008 15 37 35 active high limit 127 LightAlarm us analog 3000 000000 23 12 2008 15 37 35 23 12 2009 15 37 27 active low limit 127 Overheat Alarm as analogy 49 000000 23 12 2008 15 37 27 23 12 2009 15 37 18 acknowledge high limit 127 OverheatAlarm 38v 224200 analog 499 pppppp 23 12 2008 15 37 15 23 12 2008 15 37 18 pending input 0 23 12 2008 15 37 15 active high limit 127 Overheat Alarm D analog 200 000000 23 12 2009 15 37 15 Figure 40 Alarm Log Page 4 4 Reset Contact Logout The menu item Reset allows two essential operations e Rebooting the device from a remote location or e resetting the data point configuration from a remote location This option clears all data points and the entire port configuration It leaves the IP settings i
20. The number of times the device will try to re send a packet before giving up on a request also see APDU Timeout The value of this property is 3 by default Max Master Read Writable This property is only present if BACnet MS TP is enabled It defines maximal MS TP MAC number at which the device expects an MS TP master The value of this property is configurable via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 7 and must be in the range 1 127 The default value of this property is 127 Max Info Frames Read Writable This property is only present if BACnet MS TP is enabled It defines the maximal number of MS TP packets the device can send when it holds the MS TP token Increasing this value will increase latency on the MS TP network The value of this property is configurable via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 7 The default value of this property is 1 7 3 1 5 Diagnostics Version 3 3 Several properties provide run time information about the device System Status Read Only The value of this property is always OPERATIONAL LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 155 LOYTEC Important Important Device Address Binding Read Only This property contains a list of bindings between BACnet device instance numbers the instance number part of the Device object ID and BACnet addresses This property tells a user which BACnet address the device will actually use when trying to communicate with another device known only by
21. Tip 3 Add data points to be trended Click on Add which opens a data point selector window Remove Datapoint CON delta Type abs humidi 0 0 Value bl Logged Datapoints 4 Select the data points and click OK For each of the attached data points a line appears in the list below the add button The trended data points will also appear with the trend icon in the data point manager Data points can also be attached to a trend by selecting a data point in the data point tab drag it onto a trend object and drop it on the trend object 5 Data points can be removed from the trend by clicking Remove 6 If COV mode was selected the COV increment is displayed in the COV delta column This value can be increased to produce less trend data Note that it cannot be lowered under the trended data point s own COV increment Go to the data point configuration to change the COV increment in this case 7 If the trended value of the data point shall be aggregated over the log interval select the desired aggregation in the Type column Available options are Min Max Avg For creating multiple curves with min average and maximum values add the same data point three times and select the different aggregation types 8 In addition a special Trend Enable data point can be selected If configured the trend log will only log data if the value of this data point evaluates true i e is not zero Click the button to select
22. Use this menu only for debugging purposes There is no need to access this menu if the network is running smoothly Statistics Menu 4 Show IP statistics 8 Show DPAL statistics 9 Show Reg DPAL statistics q Quit Please choose Figure 123 Device Statistics Menu on the Console 10 2 3 1 IP statistics A sample console output is shown in Figure 124 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 167 LOYTEC KKKKKKKKKKK INTERFACE STATISTICS KKKKKKKKKKKK KkKKK loO KKKKK Address 12 7 0 0 1 Flags Up Loopback Running Multicast Send queue limit 50 length 0 Dropped 0 KKKKK etho KkKKKK Address 192 168 0 2 Broadcast Address 192 168 0 255 Flags Up Broadcast Running Simplex Multicast Send queue limit 50 length 0 Dropped 0 Network Driver Stats for CS8900 rx ready len 50 rx loaded len 0 rx packets 931 tx packets 165 rx bytes 78480 tx bytes 13621 rx interrupts 931 tx interrupts 165 rx dropped 0 rx no mbut 0 rx no custers 0 rx oversize errors 0 rx crc errors 0 rx runt errors 0 rx missed errors 0 Lx 165 tx collisions 0 tx bid errors 0 tx wait for rdy4tx 0 tx rdy4tx 0 tx underrun errors 0 tx dropped 2 tx resends 0 int swint req 2094 int swint res 2094 int oboeckup e 0 interrupts 3189 KKKKKKKKKKKK MBUF STATISTICS KKKKKKKKKKKK mbufs 512 clusters 64 free 14 drops 0 waits 0 drains 0 free 461 data 51 header 0 socket 0 pees rt
23. Value Auto Expiry 90 sec Poll 10 sec rs T 5 To also create server objects select the data points in question using the multi select feature Then edit the property Allocate Server Object and set it to Yes 6 10 4 Edit a Client Mapping The client mapping information in BACnet data points can be edited after they have been created Usually this is done to correct the remote BACnet object instance number To Edit a Client Mapping 1 Select the BACnet data point that has the client mapping to be edited 2 Onthe Client Map property click the button lir Client Map 0 LVIS ME200 21323 21929 BO 1 Present Value write Priority Mone 3 This opens the Modify Client Mapping dialog as shown in Figure 97 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 116 LOYTEC Modify Client Mapping x Device Mame Instance No Mac Address Met Objecks Properties 1 L Gate 3051 CD AB DS S4 BA CO DO 1 Object Type Analog Output Instance Mo o L Gate BM 18214 CD AB 12 DF BA CU Property Present value tr lgate 215001 CO AS DF 11 B CD Mapping Type write write CONV Expi 90 7 L Gate 217368 COAROS44BA CO 0 2 xpiry s Pollcycle 5 5o 8 L Gate PerfTest 224095 C AB l8 SF BA CO 0 752 Write Priority None 7 11 L IS MEz00 226064 226064 COASA 40 BACO 0 6 Actions Delete Client Map Save Changes Cancel Figure 97 Modify Client Mapping Dialog 4
24. e Point Type This is the base data point type e g Analog Datapoint e Direction This is the data point direction Use input or output as directions e Unit Text For analog data points this property contains a human readable text for the engineering units of the scalar value e g kilogram e Analog Datapoint Max Value For analog data points this property contains the upper limit of the supported value range Note that this does not define an alarm limit e Analog Datapoint Min Value For analog data points this property contains the lower limit of the supported value range Note that this does not define an alarm limit e Analog Datapoint Precision For analog data points this property defines the number of decimals specifies an integer value Display units may use this to format the floating point value accordingly e Analog Datapoint Resolution For analog data points this property defines the smallest possible value increment e Analog Point COV Increment This property is valid for analog input data points It specifies by which amount the value needs to change before an update is generated If every write shall generate an update even when the value does not change specify 0 as the COV increment If any value change shall generate an update delete the value which results in Any e Active Text For binary data points this property defines a human readable text for the active state true e Inactive Text
25. j se 2 Scheduler 0 Items 0 Alarm 0 Items bl 0 Trend D Items 2 Right click in the data point list view and select New local Calendar 3 In the Create New Calendar dialog box as shown in Figure 102 enter Name and Description of the calendar Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 123 LOYTEC Create New Calendar j x Calendar Properties Mame bac cal Description BACnet Calendar Create Calendar Cancel Figure 102 Create New Calendar dialog box 4 Click Ok The calendar appears now in the data point list view 6 12 2 Create Calendar Pattern When a local calendar is used it needs to be configured with calendar patterns A cleandar pattern represents a class of days such as Holidays The calendar patterns can then be used in a schedule to define daily schedules for exception days The available calendar patterns should be created when the system configuration is engineered The actually dates in the calendar patterns can be modified later at run time To Create a Calendar Pattern 1 Select an existing calendar data point Ti oes 1 In Calendar Mame bac cal 2 Right click and select Create Calendar Pattern 3 Enter a Pattern Name in the Create Calendar Pattern dialog Create New Pattern Pattern Name Holidays 4 Click Create Pattern The dialog closes and the calendar pattern appears beneath the calendar data point NoA Dir
26. 05 E Altitude 200 m Save Earth Position Get Earth Position CSV Files CSV delimiter Save CSV Settings Get CSV Settings Figure 13 System Configuration Page The next section on the page allows configuring the L Gate s earth position This setting defines the longitude latitude and elevation of the device The latitude and longitude are entered as degrees minutes and seconds The altitude or elevation is entered in meters from sea level This setting is used for an astronomical clock For fixed locations such as a building the position can be entered on this page For moving locations this setting can be updated over the network using the network variable nciEarthPos see Section 7 2 3 For generating CSV files for trend logs alarm logs etc the delimiter for those CSV files can be configured This setting can be changes between a comma and a semi colon The change takes effect immediately for all files generated by the device 4 2 2 Backup and Restore Version 3 3 A configuration backup of the L Gate device can be downloaded via the Web interface Press the Backup Restore link as shown in Figure 14 to start the download The L Gate device assembles a single file including all required files A file requestor dialog allows specifying the location where the backup file shall be stored To restore the device settings simply select a previously generated backup file in the Restore Configurat
27. 6 Select NVs and use on L Gate Section 6 7 7 Create other external NVs manually Section 6 7 10 Y Generate BACnet objects Section 6 7 11 Download configuration to L Gate Section 6 7 13 Y ES Figure 56 Basic design flow without LNS 6 4 4 Configure without LNS Using Bindings Version 3 3 The flow diagram in Figure 57 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to configure the L Gate without LNS 3 x In this scenario the L Gate will use static NVs and bindings The advantage of this solution is that the network load is minimized However the non LNS management tool must create bindings for the L Gate and update an existing network LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 84 LOYTEC Version 3 3 Start the L Gate Configurator in stand alone mode and connect to the L Gate via the FTP method see Section 6 7 2 In the Configurator import data points from a CSV import file see Section 6 7 5 or scan a CEA 709 network online see Section 6 7 6 Select the NVs that the L Gate shall expose to BACnet see Section 6 7 7 For the NVs used on the L Gate select the static NV allocation type see Section 6 7 8 Alternatively you can create static NVs manually see Section 6 7 9 For network management tools which do not support the ECS enhanced command set network management commands the legacy network management mode must be configured see Section 6
28. 6 15 16 17 Figure 8 L Gate Enclosure dimensions in mm Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 19 LOYTEC 3 2 Product Label The product label on the side of the L Gate contains the following information see Figure 8 e Gate order number with bar code e g LGATE 900 e serial number with bar code Ser e unique node ID and virtual ID of each port NIDI VID1 with bar code e Ethernet MAC ID with bar code MACI Unless stated otherwise all bar codes are encoded using Code 128 An additional label is also supplied with the L Gate for documentation purposes A virtual ID VID is a Node ID on the IP channel 3 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 Gate s temperature does not exceed the specified range see Chapter 13 3 4 LED signals 3 4 1 Power LED The L Gate power LED lights up green when power is supplied to terminals 15 16 and 17 3 4 2 Status LED The L Gate is equipped with a red status LED see Figure 8 This LED is normally off During boot up the status LED is used to signal error conditions red If the fall back image is executed the status LED flashes red once every second 3 4 3 MSTP Activity LED The MS TP port has a three color MSTP Activity LED see Figure 8 Table 2 shows the different LED pat
29. 7 15 Please contact the tool s vendor for information whether ECS is supported or not Generate BACnet objects and connections from the used NVs see Section 6 7 11 Download the configuration onto the L Gate see Section 6 7 13 Finally export a XIF file see Section 6 7 14 It is recommended to save the complete configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L Gate in the network Cmm Start the Configurator stand alone Section 6 7 2 Y Y Import network variables from file Scan NVs online from network Section 6 7 5 Section 6 7 6 Select NVs and use on L Gate Section 6 7 7 r Switch NVs to static Section 6 7 8 y Create other static NVs manually Section 6 7 9 Tool supports ECS Enable Legacy NM Mode Section 6 7 15 yes v Generate BACnet objects Section 6 7 11 y Download configuration to L Gate Section 6 7 13 Export XIF file Section 6 7 14 y CS Figure 57 Basic design flow without LNS using bindings LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 85 LOYTEC To use the L Gate in the non LNS management tool commission the L Gate using the exported XIF file and create the bindings When changing a running L Gate configuration with existing bindings it is recommended to create additional data points as exte
30. BBMD function is enabled see Section 4 2 10 4 2 9 MS TP Configuration The BACnet MS TP protocol can be enabled on the device s port Port2 if available To enable it click the BACnet MS TP radio button as shown in Figure 22 Note that depending on the device model other protocols on the same port will be disabled in this case On the L Gate the MS TP port is not enabled by default Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet C Disable BACnet MS TP Save Settings Get Settings MS TP node number 2 MS TP baud rate 38400 default MS TP max info frames 1 MS TP max master 127 Standard gt Network timing Figure 22 MS TP Configuration The MS TP protocol settings are displayed in the settings box on the right hand side as shown in Figure 22 Mandatory settings that have to be made are the MS TP node number and the MS TP baud rate The MS TP node number determines the physical address of the device on the MS TP channel and must be in the range from O to the number Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 34 LOYTEC configured with the MS TP max master configuration option It must be unique within the MS TP channel The baud rate on the MS TP channel can be set to 9600 19200 38400 and 76800 baud It is strongly recommended to leave the MS TP max info frames and the MS TP max master configuration options at their default settings In any case the MS TP max master number must be high enough to includ
31. Configure Control Data Points A scheduler object can be configured to use special control data points An enable disable data point can be configured which enables or disables the scheduler depending on its Boolean value An enable disable feedback data point is updated with the current enabled state of the scheduler This also reflects and an enable from the network The Preset Name data point can be attached to be updated with the name of the currently active preset To Configure Control Data Points 1 Open the Configure Schedule dialog to configure daily schedules as described in Section 6 12 4 2 Go to the Scheduled Datapoints tab 3 In the Control Datapoints group box click the L button to add the desired control data point A data point selection dialog opens 4 Select a matching data point and click OK For the preset name a string data point must be selected 5 To remove an undesired control data point click on the Remove button 6 12 9 Using the SNVT tod event The SNVT tod event can be used in a schedule for implementing the next state feature The parts of this network variable contain e Current state This is the currently scheduled occupancy state e Next state This is the next future occupancy state in the schedule e Time to next state This part reflects the time in minutes until the next state becomes active Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 130 LOYTEC To Use a SNVT tod event
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33. Project Settings General Datapoint Naming Rules CEA709 CE4 09 AST Device Configuration Calendar Schedule Object Settings Resources required by the current project Enable Calendar Object aaa Enable Scheduler Objects Local calendar Mo Enable Remote AST Objects Calendar patterns Enable AST v Total date entries 0 v Enable Alarm Server Local schedulers 0 Daily schedules O Calendar Configuration taal e Number of calendar patterns 5 max 25 am Es bytes Total number of date entries 100 max Remote AST Objects Mo Auko Set Set Defaults Scheduler Configuration Number af local schedulers 10 max 100 Number of daily schedules 2 max 256 Entries in Time Value table 128 imax 500 Number of value templates Bo imax 255 Data size per value template max 32 Max number of data point maps 16 max AST Configuration Size 0 Byte max 393 216 Byte Figure 53 CEA 709 AST Project Settings As can be seen from the above list it is not easy to configure a LONMARK scheduler object There are many technical parameters which need to be set and which require some knowledge of how these scheduler objects work internally Therefore the configuration software provides the following mechanisms to help in choosing the right settings e Resources required by the current project The absolute minimum settings required by the current project
34. Time Important The device s time and date are exposed to the network via the following set of properties UTC Offset Read Writable This Integer value specifies the time difference between local time and UTC in minutes The value of this property is configurable via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 1 Note that UTC_Offset is relative to local time and not relative to UTC i e a time zone offset of GMT 1 Berlin Paris Vienna corresponds to UTC Offset being set to 60 minutes Daylight Savings Status Read Only This Boolean value indicates whether TRUE or not FALSE daylight saving correction of the local time is currently active The daylight saving scheme is configurable via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 1 Local Date Read Only The current date according to the device s clock The value of this property can be changed via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 1 Local Time Read Only The current time according to the device s clock The value of this property can be changed via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 1 7 3 1 7 Time Master Version 3 3 The device can serve as a BACnet time master 1 e it can issue TimeSynchronization and UTCTimeSynchronization request on time synchronization events A time synchronization event occurs after rebooting when the device s clock changes or if so configured the event is generated periodically The following properties are used to configure the ti
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36. Workflows for the L Gate This section discusses a number of work flows for configuring the L Gate in different use cases in addition to the simple use case in the quick start scenario see Section 2 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 Gate Configurator supports the following use cases e Network Management Tool based on LNS 3 x see Section 6 4 2 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 82 LOYTEC e Non LNS 3 x network management tool with polling see Section 6 4 3 e Non LNS 3 x network management tool with bindings see Section 6 4 4 6 4 1 Involved Configuration Files In the configuration process there are a number of files involved e 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 Gate on line There exists a standard XIF file for the FT port L Gate 900 FT 10 xif and one for the IP 852 port L Gate 900 10L xif e L Gate Configurator project file This file contains all ports data points and connections of a project These files end with gtw It stores all relevant configuration data and is intended to be saved on a PC to backup the L Gate s data point configuration 6 4 2 Configure with LNS The flow diagram in Figure 55 shows the st
37. and drop the preset from this list into the time table area to define the desired output values on the day schedule Daily Schedule 5 Completed daily schedules may be copied to other days using the Copy to button For example the Monday may serve as the template for a regular work day and be copied to Tuesday till Friday Then click Ok Copy Daily Schedule X Source Monday Select Targets Daily Schedule We d nes d av To Use Exception Days 1 Select a calendar pattern which shall be used as an exception day and place a checkmark on it Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 127 LOYTEC 2 Edit the daily schedule Maintenance 00 8 go 00 00 Defautt g1 oo 3 If more than one calendar pattern is used edit the priorities For example if a given calendar day falls in both categories Holidays and Maintenance the exception day with the higher priority becomes effective on that day The highest available priority is marked highest Note that the actual priority values depend on the technology see Section 5 6 3 Important Choose different priorities for different exceptions If two exceptions are valid for a given day and their priorities are equal it is not determined which exception is in effect 6 12 6 Configure Exception Days When a local calendar is used its calendar patterns need to be configured with exception days pattern entries The calen
38. and the location of those files are defined in this section The trend log CSV files are accessible either via their UID only or in combination with contents of the trend log object name The files are located in tmp uid trend UID csv data trend Datapointname_UID csv The UID is the unique ID of the data point The UID can be obtained from the ID column in the data point list as shown in Figure 109 For a more user friendly listing of the files the Datapointname contains the trend log s object name It is truncated after 23 ASCII characters to fit the requirements of the file system A trend CSV file for the trend object trendQ and the UID 107C would result in the CSV file data trend trend0_107C csv The UID remains constant for the life time of the object even when the name is changed The CSV file format for a trend log is defined in this section The CSV file starts with a header containing at least the first line which specifies the CSV format log csv ver The current version is 2 The next line contains the field log device It has trailing fields that specify the vendor product code firmware version and device ID string The Device ID String can be one of the following IP 192 168 24 100 BACnet Device 224100 CEA 709 NID NID LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 147 LOYTEC The log_info line specifies the fields UID and name of the trend log object The line log_create has two fields specifying t
39. be equal They are ordered and the n th state is propagated over a connection For example the 2nd state on the hub has the state ID 2 while on the target the 2nd state has the state ID 0 e String No special restrictions exist e User Only user data points of the same length can be placed in a connection 5 5 AST Features 5 5 1 Alarming The alarming architecture comprises a number of entities Objects that monitor values of data points and generate alarms depending on an alarm condition are called alarm sources The alarms are reported to an alarm server on the same device The alarm server maintains Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 58 LOYTEC a list of alarm records called the alarm summary The alarm server is the interface to access the local alarms This can be done over the network or the Web UI An alarm record contains the information about the alarm This includes information about the alarm time the source of the alarm an alarm text an alarm value an alarm type an alarm priority and an alarm state An alarm record undergoes a number of state changes during its life cycle When the alarm occurs it is active When the alarm condition subsides the alarm becomes inactive Active alarms can be acknowledged by an operator Then they become active acknowledged Active alarms can also become inactive but an acknowledgement is still required Then they become ack pending When an alarm is
40. changed by the OWS over the network 5 8 Automatic Generation of Connections Version 3 3 When generating matching counter parts to NVs there are two types of NVs to be considered Simple NVs that hold only one value scalar or enumeration and structured NVs that consist of a number of fields For simple NVs only one BACnet object per NV is generated For structured NVs one BACnet object is generated for each structure member Which type of BACnet object is created depends on the type of the simple NV or of the structure member For scalar types analog objects are created The scaling factors are applied to the NV to get the resulting scalar value for the Present_Value property Other properties of analog objects are derived from the SNVT including the engineering units min and max present value Multi state objects are created for NV enumeration types The LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 67 LOYTEC Version 3 3 CEA 709 state IDs are sorted and renumbered to start at 1 in BACnet 1 e a 1 of MOTOR_NUL in CEA 709 maps to a 1 of MOTOR_NUL in BACnet This is necessary as the SNVT states 1 and O cannot be represented in BACnet as a raw value because allowed BACnet multi states start at 1 Which state IDs exist is documented in the BACnet multi state texts array Optionally binary objects are created for enumerated NVs with three states excluding the 1 state In BACnet commandable object
41. click and select Configure Trend from the context menu 3 Change to the Triggers tab Note Of course you can also change directly to the Triggers tab when creating a trend object 4 Click the Add button A data point selection dialog opens 5 Select one or more data points and click OK 6 The triggers appear now in the Trend Triggers list Add Remove Trend Triggers Datapoint state Value Update 7 Inthe Manage Trigger Conditions you can refine the trigger condition depending on the trigger data point class When done with the data point setup click Save Changes to leave the dialog 6 14 4 Download Trend Data in CSV Format Trend logs can be downloaded from the device via FTP in CSV format see Section 7 1 2 The CSV contents are generated on the fly from the internal binary storage when accessing the file Each trend log point has one CSV file The files are located in data trend TrendLogName UID csv Where TrendLogName is the data point name of the trend Trend Name The UID is the unique ID of the trend log object The UID can be obtained from the ID column in the data point list of trend log data points as shown in Figure 109 This would result in the trend CSV file data trend out temp 107C csv Naz Direction Trend Marne Object Mame Obj Type Instance Alloc Use B ID 1 Qu out temp nut Lemp Trend Object 26 50 107C Figure 109 UID of data points Because the contents are generated on
42. depicted in Figure 26 The Status field is discussed in Table 5 The Flags Poll cycle Min Max send time and Max age fields are the common timing parameters for the data point See Section 5 2 2 for a closer discussion on timing parameters LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual Data Point Details CEA709 Port Datapoints tn50 NV tn50Controller 1nvoO00temp input analog 29 degrees Celsius Enter for invalid 26 02 2010 13 24 21 normal m C O w Path e Name V Direction C Type v Value its Timestamp O gt Status z Flags Poll cycle 0 ms Min send time 0 ms Max send time Max age 1 ms 0 ms Description Native Name Figure 26 Data point details page LOYTEC Clicking on the Set button writes the new value to the device s data server When setting a value the Web page displays the status of the action 4 2 13 Trend Successfully set value The new value has been successfully set in the data point and the update has been sent on the network if it is a network data point Could not send value update The new value has been set but it has not been sent out on the network The reason can be that the peer node is currently offline or there is a configuration error The data point status reflects this error Could not set value error code The new value has not been set because of an int
43. describe the data point more closely The actual value is stored in the Present Value On the device there exist two classes of BACnet data points e BACnet server objects SO These BACnet objects configured by the Configurator software to be allocated ocally on the device These objects can be accessed by the BACnet building control system or operating workstations They support COV subscriptions to deliver value changes in an event driven way e BACnet client mappings CM For certain applications it is necessary that the device acts as a BACnet client This functionality can be configured by activating a client mapping Client mappings can be of the type Poll COV Write or Auto This specifies how the BACnet client accesses other BACnet objects on the BACnet LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 65 LOYTEC network The Auto method determines the best way poll COV or write to talk with other server objects Poll is used for objects that need to read data from other BACnet objects in a periodic manner COV is used to subscribe for COV at other BACnet objects in order to get updates in an event driven fashion Write is used to send updates to other BACnet objects The direction of BACnet server objects deserves a closer look The direction specified for data points in the Configurator software always refers to the network view of the communication The definition of input and output objects in BACnet however refers to th
44. details on how this property influences generating periodic time synchronization events The default value of this property is TRUE Interval Offset Read Writable While Time Synchronization Interval specifies the period in which time synchronization events are generated the Unsigned value of this property determines the point of time in minutes within this interval at which the time synchronization event is actually triggered If the value of Interval Offset is larger than the value of Time Synchronization Interval the remainder of Interval Offset divided by Time Synchronization Interval 1s used The default value of this property is O Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 157 LOYTEC 7 3 1 8 Backup amp Restore The following properties are related to backup amp restore procedures Configuration Files Read Only The contents of this property is an array of object IDs of File objects that can backed up or restored during a BACnet backup or restore procedure Outside a BACnet backup or restore procedure this property is empty After a BACnet backup or restore procedure has been initiated it contains the object ID File 0 1 e the File object whose instance number is 0 Last Restore Time Read Only The BACnetTimeStamp of the last restore procedure 7 3 2 Client Mapping CSV File Client functionality for the BACnet server objects can be defined by so called client mappings These mappings basically spe
45. electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 23 LOYTEC power status tidy weX PUT or 11 24 WAC aD 28 Hz RE co im In IJAE 3 555559 a DEES S A558 meer DER PIS serial i2 xX W i Power Supply Ethernet Moe O g Power Supply Ethernet a b Figure 9 Connecting the L Gate a 2 wire MS TP b 3 wire MS TP Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 24 LOYTEC 4 Web Interface The L Gate comes with a built in Web server and a Web interface to configure the L Gate and extract statistics information The Web interface allows configuring the IP settings CEA 852 and CEA 709 settings and the BACnet settings This interface is very simple to use and has an intuitive self explanatory user interface 4 1 Device Information and Account Management In a Web browser enter the default IP address 192 168 1 254 of the device 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 device To Add a Route to the Device 1 Windows START gt Run 2 Enter cmd an click Ok 3 Inthe command window enter the command line route add 192 168 1 254 sCOMPUTERNAME 4 Then open your Web browser and type in the default IP address 192 168 1 254 5 The device information page should appear as shown in Figure 10 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 25
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47. every 5 seconds no extra polls are sent e 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 e 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 e Maximum Send Time output This is the maximum time without sending an update If no updates are requested the last value is transmitted again after the maximum send time Use this setting to enable a heart beat feature 5 2 3 Default Values Default values can be defined for data points when needed The value of a data point will be set to the defined default value if no other value source initializes the data point Default values are beneficial if certain input data points are not used by the network and need a pre defined value e g for calculations Default values are overridden by persistent values or values determined by poll on startup Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 51 LOYTEC 5 2 4 Persistency Data point values are by default not persistent This means that their value is lost after a power on reset There exist different strategies for initializing data points with an app
48. feature can be activated if the regular input output model is not desired e Use 255 255 255 255 for global broadcast This setting overrides the standard behavior of BACnet to send broadcasts as global IP broadcasts This can solve scanning problems with some BACnet devices e Enable periodic I Am broadcast This setting enables the periodic transmission of I Am broadcasts Specify the interval in seconds If disabled the device sends an I Am only when starting up This is the default behavior of BACnet devices e Encode all strings This setting defines how strings in BACnet objects are encoded By default it 1s ASCII which is compatible with most BACnet software To support characters of Western European languages choose ISO 8859 1 To support Unicode character sets e g Japanese select UCS 2 e Default Poll cycle Default COV Expiry This setting defines the default values that are used when creating new client mappings Changing this option does not affect already existing client mappings Project Settings X General Datapoint Naming Rules CEA709 CEA709 aST BACnet BACnet Settings Enable Unsolicited coy Always create value objects on auto create Use 255 255 255 255 for global broadcast Enable periodic I Am broadcast T 4m Interval 4c sec String encading f ASCII Default Pallcycle 60 sec C ucs z Unicode T5O B8859 1 Default COY Expiry 90 sec Figure 54 BACnet Project Settings 6 4
49. firmware is executed by selecting 1 and pressing Enter in the console window This will bring up the device information which shows the current firmware version Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 165 LOYTEC 10 Troubleshooting 10 1 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 LOYTEC electronics GnbH Blumengasse 35 A 1170 Vienna Austria Europe email support loytec com web http www loytec com tel 43 1 4020805 100 fax 43 1 4020805 99 or LOYTEC Americas Inc 11258 Goodnight Lane Suite 101 Dallas Texas 75229 USA Email support loytec americas com web http www loytec americas com tel 1 512 402 5319 fax 1 972 243 6886 10 2 Statistics on the Console 10 2 1 Connecting to the Console Version 3 3 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 COMI of the PC to the Console on the device use a standard null modem cable with full handshaking Power up the device or press Return if the device is already running The menu shown in Figure 121 should appear on the terminal LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 166 LOYTEC Device Main Menu Show device information Serial firmware upgrade System configurati
50. hour multiple of 1440 minutes i e every Time Synchronization Interval 60 multiple of one hour hours Multiple of 1440 minutes i e Interval Offset minutes from the current multiple of one day minute every Time Synchronization Interval 1440 days Multiple of 60 minutes but not Interval Offset minutes from the current multiple of 1440 minutes i e minute every multiple of one hour Time Synchronization Interval 60 hours Neither multiple of 60 or 1440 Interval Offset minutes from the current but greater than zero minute every Time Synchronization Interval minutes Zero TRUE or Never FALSE Table 12 Periodic time synchronization events are parameterized by the properties Time Synchronization Interval Align Interval and Interval Offset Current hour or minute refers to the hour or minute at which one of the properties Time Synchronization Interval Align Interval and Interval Offset is written e g the hour or minute the device completes the boot process or one of these properties is modified via BACnet services By default the value of Time Synchronization Interval is 1440 minutes 1 e one day Align Intervals Read Writable The Boolean value of this property determines whether or not periodic time synchronization events shall be anchored at the start of a day or hour TRUE or not FALSE provided Time Synchronization Interval is a multiple of a day 1440 minutes or hour 60 minutes Table 12
51. input value did not change The same option can also be checked for the output data point to avoid unnecessary writes to the output data point in case the inputs changed but the result of the formula is still the same LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 55 LOYTEC 5 3 3 Function List The currently supported math function calls are listed in Table 7 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 56 Function add v1 v2 sub v1 v2 mul v1 v2 div v d mod v m max v1 min v1 avg vl log v log2 v log10 v exp v exp2 v explO v sqrt v pow v exp round v floor v ceil v sum v1 and b1 b2 or b1 b2 xor b1 b2 not b It v1 v2 le v1 v2 eq vl v2 ge vl v2 gt v1 v2 if b vt vf encode bl sin v1 cos v1 tan v1 sinh v1 cosh v1 tanh v1 asin v1 acos v1 atan v 1 asinh v 1 acosh v1 atanh v 1 gamma v1 Version 3 3 LOYTEC Return Value v 4 v2 vl v2 Vb v2 v d Returns the remainder of dividing v by m where v and m should be integer values Fractional values will be rounded to the nearest integer automatically Returns the maximum of all values on the value stack Returns the minimum of all values on the value stack Returns the arithmetic mean value of all values on the stack Returns the natural logarithm of v Returns the base 2 logarithm of v Returns the base 10 logarithm of v Returns the value of e the base of natural log
52. is done by calendar patterns in the calendar Each calendar pattern contains a number of pattern entries These entries can define the following e A single date This defines a singe date Wildcards may be used in the year to specify July 14 of every year e A date range This defines a range Starting with a start date and ending with the end date No wildcards should be used e A Week and Day definition This defines dates based on a week such as every Ist Friday in a month every Monday every last Wednesday of a month While exception days of a calendar are accessible to all schedules on a device specific exceptions can be defined which are embedded into a specific schedule These are referred to as an embedded calendar In contrast to a regular calendar each calendar pattern of an embedded calendar can hold exactly one date entry This can be a single date or a date range The embedded exception days are only visible to the schedule they are defined in Apart from these restrictions embedded calendars behave like the regular calendar Figure 42 shows an example for an embedded exception day named 24 12 xx A schedule defines at which time instants certain states of the scheduled data points are maintained The next state feature allows to look ahead into the future and predict when the next scheduled state will occur There are two data points involved the time to next state is a counter in minutes to the next scheduled event and t
53. manual allows setting the time manually in the fields Local Time and Local Date In manual mode the device does not switch to an external time source Note that if NTP is selected the NTP servers have to be configured on the IP Configuration page see Section 4 2 4 The time zone offset must be defined independently of the time source It is specified as the offset to GMT in hours and minutes e g Vienna Austria is 01 00 New York U S A is 06 00 For setting the daylight saving time DST pre defined choices are offered for Europe and U S A Canada DST can be switched off completely by choosing none or set manually for other regions In that case start and end date of DST must be entered in the fields below LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 27 LOYTEC 4 LOYTEC Logged in as admin Oo Go to TCP IP Confiquration to configure the IP settings Device Info har TE ate ime Time sync source auto Config O U Local Date 2010 02 26 yyyy mm dd E System Local Time 12 14 44 hh mm ss E UTC Date Time 2010 02 26 11 14 44 Timezone offset 01 00 hh mm Daylight saving time DST Central Europe CET B CEA 852 DST start last Su Mar o2 00 hh mm E E mail c a p B Dota Poinis O DST end fiast Su z oct 03 00 hh mm E Trend 2 m Scheduler Go Save Date Time Get Date Time E Calendar U Alarm C7 Statistics Earth Position Latitude hs eh epi ug Longitude 16 120
54. must be properly terminated with an LT 04 network terminator connected at each of the two ends of the segment media Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 14 LOYTEC 2 2 Configuration of the L Gate Note 2 2 1 Version 3 3 The L Gate can be configured via a console interface or via the Web interface To configure the L Gate the following steps have to be performed 1 Setup IP configuration see Sections 2 2 1 and 2 2 2 2 Setup BACnet configuration see Section 2 2 3 3 Setup gateway configuration see Section 2 3 This setup procedure assumes the use of the IP interface 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 COMI of the PC to the Console on the device use a standard null modem cable with full handshaking Power up the device or press Return if the device is already running The following menu should appear on the terminal Device Main Menu Show device information Serial firmware upgrade System configuration CEA 709 configuration IP configuration CEA 852 device configuration BACnet configuration Reset configuration factory defaults Device statistics O0 00 1001 WN ES a Data Points 0 Reset device Please choose Figure 2 Device Main Menu Select 5 from the device main menu and enter the IP address netmask and g
55. opens Click on a data point for adding it For removing a data point from the trend log click on it in the Logged Data Points list and hit the Remove button Save the changes made by clicking the Save button For more information on how a trend log can be configured please refer to the Configurator Section 6 14 This firmware version does not allow configuring trended data points on local BACnet trend logs The feature is currently limited to CEA 709 trend logs 4 2 14 Scheduler Version 3 3 The Web interface provides the scheduler page to edit its schedules at run time 1 e change the times and values that shall be scheduled Allocating new schedules can only be done in the configuration software see Section 6 12 The scheduler main page displays all available schedules Click on the schedule to be edited This opens the scheduler page An example is shown in Figure 28 The effective period defines when this schedule shall be in effect Leave From and To at x to make this schedule always in effect Otherwise enter dates such as 30 1 2000 To entirely disable a scheduler de select the Enable Schedule check box Schedules are defined per day On the left hand side the weekdays Monday through Sunday can be selected or exception days from the calendar e g Holidays Once a day is selected the times and values can be defined in the daily planner on the right hand side In the example shown in Figure 28 on Monday the value day is s
56. second and may serve for testing subscriptions The Authentication Code register can be used to verify writing to OPC tags The available system registers and a short description of their function are listed below e System Time This register is an analog data point It supplies the system time of the local clock in UTC as seconds since 1 1 1970 It increments each second Example 1302533716 e CPU Load This register is an analog data point It displays the average system CPU load in percent over the last minute Example 17 e Free Memory This register is an analog data point It displays the current amount of free RAM memory in Bytes Example 20522288 Bytes e Free Flash This register is an analog data point It displays the current amount of free memory in Bytes of the Flash storage Example 8482688 Bytes e Supply Voltage This register is an analog data point It displays the currently measured supply voltage in volts Example 15 1 V e System Temp This register is an analog data point It displays the currently measured system temperature in degrees Celsius Example 39 C e Application Vendor Authentication Code and Authentication Result These registers can be used to implement an IP protection mechanism for application programs e Serial Number This register is a string data point It displays the device s serial number as an ASCII string Example 011401 OO0ABOOIDIE4 e MAC Address This register is a
57. send updates and must be polled nvolpAddress SNVT str asc This NV can be used to poll the IP address of the L Gate It does not send updates LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 151 LOYTEC e nciEarthPos SNVT earth pos This configuration property can be used to set the earth position of the L Gate It has been implemented as an NV to make other devices send that configuration to the L Gate over the network e g from a GPS device 7 2 4 Real Time Keeper Object When the scheduler objects are enabled in the project settings the L Gate includes the standard LONMARK real time keeper object The Real Time Keeper Object is used to synchronize the system time of multiple LonMark compliant devices The object has the following network variables e nvolimeDate SNVT time stamp Propagates the devices current system time and date local time It is typically bound to the nviTimeSet input network variable of the node objects of the LonMark compliant devices which are synchronized with the system time of the L Gate The update rate of the nvoTimeDate can be configured using the configuration property SCPTupdateRate default every 60 seconds 7 2 5 Calendar Object When the scheduler objects are enabled in the project settings the L Gate includes the standard LONMARK calendar object 7 2 6 Scheduler Object When the scheduler objects are enabled in the project settings the L Gate includes the configured number of sta
58. server objects to a data point This data point must be used to supply the feedback value to the server object Alarm servers in the BACnet technology are mapped to BACnet Notification Class NC objects Each alarm server is mapped to one NC The notification class number can be configured in the object instance number property of the alarm server object Remote alarms in the BACnet technology refer to a remote NC object When the device starts up the remote alarm object reads out the current alarm state of the remote NC and reporting objects To get notified about alarm transitions during run time the device registers in the Recipient_list of the remote NC object 5 7 3 BACnet Schedulers and Calendars Version 3 3 BACnet schedulers and the BACnet calendar adhere to the standard schedule and calendar object in BACnet For each scheduler a BACnet Schedule object is created The calendar deserves a closer look For each calendar pattern a BACnet Calendar object is created The visible calendar on the Web UI is therefore a collection of BACnet calendar objects Each calendar pattern therefore is associated with a BACnet object instance number The calendar pattern Holidays is for example visible as CAL 1 on the BACnet port The BACnet schedule object allows only objects of one selected data type to be scheduled Therefore schedulers on BACnet can only schedule one class of data points e g only one group of analog data points As a con
59. the BACnet objects on the selected device and adds them to the BACnet Network Scan folder as a separate sub folder for the device as shown in Figure 96 m BACnet Network Scan Remote Datapoints Datapoint Mame Filter Include subfolders subfolders E E L Gate BM 18214 Datapoints 21 Items Qut MV O4 cd 0660300HWOutpurZnviFP_O2 Present Value Analog Output O H z Qut MV O4 cd20660300HWOutpukSnviFP_OS Present Value Analog Output 1 EH 3 Qut MV O4ced20660300HWwOoutpukinviFF_O1 Present Value Analog Qutput 2 Instance Figure 96 BACnet network scan results 6 Click Close when all devices needed have been scanned 6 10 2 Import from EDE File If the device is engineered offline or some of the required BACnet devices are not yet online in the network the engineering process can be done by importing a device and object list from a set of EDE files These objects also appear in the import folder and can be later used on the device There are a set of EDE files Select the main EDE file e g device csv The EDE import will also search for the other components which must be named device states csv Which components are expected please refer to Section 7 3 3 Example EDE files can be found in the examples directory of the LOYTEC Gateway Configuration software installation directory To Import BACnet Objects from an EDE File 1 Go to the Datapoints tab 2 Select the folder BACnet EDE File Aj e Imported Ve
60. the button Clear all CEA 852 statistics The field Date Time of clear will reflect the time of the last counter reset Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 44 LOYTEC 2 EIA 852 Statistics Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras o Zur ck x ix B A 79 Suchen f Favoriten Ol z X L4 2 Adresse e http 192 168 24 100 webui statistics cnip cc stat Wechseln zu Links Norton AntiVirus Li M z DLOYTEC Logged in as guest Clear all EIA 852 statistics Update all EIA 852 statistics Seconds since cleared 79187 Date Time of clear GMT Wed Sep 27 15 31 57 2006 No of registered members 0 LT Packets received 0 LT Bytes received unknown LT Packets sent 0 LT Bytes sent unknown IP Packets sent 0 IP Bytes sent 0 IP Packets received 0 IP Bytes received 0 IP Packets data sent 0 IP Packets data received D LT Stale packets 0 RFC Packets sent 0 RFC Packets received 0 Avg aggregation to IP unknown Avg aggregation from IP unknown Device Info Config Statistics P B EIA 852 B Enh Comm Test B EIA 709 Reset Contact networks under control Logout UDP Packets sent D TCP Packets sent D Multi cast Packets sent D Session ID 0x196719ba SNTP synchronized no Number of CR member infos o Current channel routing me Mec Figure 35 Part of the CEA 852 Statistics Page 4 3 4 Enhanced
61. the other data points are the target data points This means the following connections are possible e linput data point is connected to n output data points e minputs data points are connected to 1 output data point The most common connection will be the 1 1 connection This is the type of connection that is auto generated by the Configurator software Other types must be created manually in the Configurator In the 1 n connection the input value is distributed to all n output data points In the m 1 connection the most current input value is written to the output data point When polling the output data point in poll through mode maximum cache age is set on the output the value from the first input data point is polled Connections can connect data points of different technologies with each other also mixed among the target data points but are restricted to the same class of data points This means only data points of class analog can exchange values within a connection For certain classes of data points additional restrictions exist e Analog The value range is capped on the output data points This means if the input value in the hub does not fit into the range of an output data point the value is capped to the biggest or smallest allowed value e Binary No special restrictions exist e Multi state Only multi state data points of an equal number of states can be placed into a connection The actual state Ids need not
62. to describe the possible source of the problem The reasons for failure are summarized in Table 6 OK Return path not tested green Displayed for a device which is reachable but which does not support the checkmark feature to test the return path device sending to this CEA 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 recommended to upgrade the L IP to 3 0 or higher Local NAT config Error This is displayed if the CEA 852 device is located behind a NAT router or firewall and the port forwarding in the NAT Router usually 1628 or the filter table of the firewall is incorrect red exclamation 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 4 3 5 CEA 709 Statistics The CEA 709 statistics page displays statistics data of the CEA 709 port on the L Gate as shown in Figure 37 This data can be used to troubleshoot networking pr
63. type analog input output binary input output and multistate input output There can be up to 750 of such objects They are mapped to NVs as configuraed by the Gateway configuration software This software is able to automatically create BACnet object as counterparts to NVs In particular BACnet properties such as Object Name Description Units Max Pres Value Min Pres Value Resolution Number Of States and State Text are derived from the Standard Network Variable Types SNVTs Further the automatically assigned default values can be edited in the configuration software BACnet properties updated during run time by the gateway are Present Value Status Flags Reliability Out Of Service Structured NVs are mapped to one BACnet object per structure member The BACnet server objects are accessible from the BACnet network In addition the L Ggate also includes BACnet client functionality For each server object a client mapping can be defined These mappings specify other BACnet objects on the network where the L Gate can read values from poll or COV subscribe or write updates to This is based on the recommendation in CEN TS 15231 2006 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 12 LOYTEC 1 2 Scope Version 3 3 The built in Web server allows convenient device configuration through a standard Web browser such as the Internet Explorer or Firefox The Web interface also provides statistics information for system installation an
64. user data point It displays the device s MAC address as an array of 6 hexadecimal Bytes Example 000A B001DIEA e Firmware Version This register is a string data point It displays the device s firmware version as an ASCII string Example 4 1 0 e Device IP Address This register is a string data point It displays the device s IP address as an ASCII string Example 10 101 18 204 e Device IP Port This register is an analog data point It displays device s HTTP port as an integer value Example 80 e TZ Offset This register is an analog data point It displays the time zone offset relative to UTC in seconds This means a positive value for a time zone which lies east of Greenwich The offset includes daylight savings time The local time can be derived by adding this register to the system time register Example 7200 for GMT 1 Paris Berlin Vienna including DST e Device Status This register is a string data point It contains an XML document with the device status file contents It is not displayed on the Web UI LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 53 LOYTEC e Ethernet Link Mask This register is a multistate data point It displays the link information of the Ethernet port Example Eth 1 e Hostname This register is a string data point It displays the host name which has been configured in the IP settings Example my_linx e Position Longitude This register is an analog
65. 0000 log records or roughly 2MB E mail templates 100 Math objects 100 Alarm logs 10 Connections 1000 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 172 LOYTEC 14 Revision History 2006 09 29 STS nuusixevisiom V0 2007 01 11 1 0 1 STS Corrected Table 4 7 Updated Section 2 3 6 2 6 3 and 6 4 for L Gateway configuration software 2 0 2007 03 16 1 1 STS Updated Section 4 9 3 added Section 4 11 added Section 5 2 6 on the data point Web UI rewrote Chapter 6 to cover more use cases added Chapter 7 on using the L Gateway configuration software updated firmware update Section 10 1 2008 02 08 STS Major revision to cover L Gate 3 0 and L Gateway configuration software 3 0 2008 08 04 STS Updated Section 8 1 2 with new data logger CSV format version 2 2009 09 22 STS Major revision to cover L Gate and L Gate Configurator version 3 1 2010 10 11 3 2 STS Updated for L Gate 3 2 0 release Removed Section on Console UI and added console statistics as Section 10 2 Added Section 4 2 3 port configuration Web UI Section 6 3 project settings added new ASTv2 setting Added Section 6 2 5 Managing Multistate Maps Added Section 6 2 6 CEA 709 Properties Added Section 6 2 7 BACnet Properties Added Section 6 8 3 Using Feedback Data Points 2011 05 24 Updated for L Gate firmware 3 3 Section 5 2 7 Documented system registers Section 5 3 Added math object function list Section 5 5 1 Describe alarm types Section 7 3 1 device
66. 09 07 14 18 00 47 473 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA B CEA 709 2009 07 14 18 00 47 493 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA m BACnet MS TP Un 2009 07 14 18 03 38 396 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA B BACnet Recipients NE 2009 07 14 18 13 44 027 Last message repeated 1 times B BACnet FDT d 2009 07 14 18 13 44 027 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA Scheduler c 2009 07 14 18 13 54 253 NOTE Appiication CEA 709 appiication on interface CEA B Alarm Log S 2009 07 14 18 14 05 502 Last message repeated 1 times 2009 07 14 18 14 05 502 NOTE Appiication CEA 709 application on interface CEA Reset D 2009 07 14 18 14 07 662 Last message repeated 1 times 2009 07 14 18 14 07 662 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA 2009 07 14 18 14 07 764 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA Contact 2009 07 14 18 14 16 885 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA 2009 07 14 18 14 48 097 NOTE Appiication Shutdown Logout 2009 07 14 18 15 08 324 NOTE Application Log initialized LGATE 900 V3 1 0 Bu 2009 07 14 18 15 08 332 NOTE Appiication Power on reset detected valid reset gj gt Figure 33 System Log Page 4 3 2 IP Statistics Figure 34 shows the IP statistics page It allows finding possible problems related to the IP communication Specifically any detected IP address conflicts ar
67. 1 Er Already Registered j Echelon Lontiaker Browser version 3 22 Echelon Lontiaker XML Interface Version 3 207 Enable Disable Remove v Skip this prompt when re opening this drawing Register all new plug ins when re opening this drawing Abbrechen bernehmen Hilfe Figure 47 Check that the L Gate Configurator is properly registered Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 70 LOYTEC 6 1 3 Operating Modes The Configurator 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 LNS network management software e 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 download the configuration into the device e Off line Mode In off line mode the network management software is not attached to the network or the device 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 e Stand alone Mode The Configurator can also be executed as a stand alone program This mode is useful for the engineer who doesn t want to start the configuration software as a pl
68. 151 Te eG alendar ODIe OL ssdeuitantut sidus ten tod aieintastu obtu ecu as 151 152 6 Scheduler ODI ECL oe Ubi ba blebwr DERE cus bis pus tut ue Casco od 151 T2 ME OCIO PIS OT UTI 151 1 250 Xadte WAN ODI ECIS enii e bond suimonssths E ble 151 p MEE Ceidbiiuriccee rc 151 Tos Dever ODE aa sitem atest Ee UM E e ett 151 7 92 Chent Mapping CoV Flere oasisose oe etse UE uN ente essem 157 7 3 3 EDE Export of BACnet Objects cccccccssssesesssssseeseeceeeecececseeeenessees 157 S Network IVICA ed 159 SE TV poe RE 159 8 2 MSP iiictiiiceneind etes i aon attic o dd eode e etes 160 9 L Gate Firmware Update eroe esce terrd aee ee eee eae eee Seven eec e ovra Era eae iooaa 161 9 1 Firmware Update via the Configurator eee e ee eee ee eene eene eene eene 161 9 2 Firmware Update via the Console eee eee eese eo ea eae e ape aa ao a daa ea aano s eaae aaaSe 163 10 Troubl shootin t oro ire eto i one rr Eo ite ee eve eto i e Eti eies 165 EOD Technical SuppOEt uiia nde i tse etre bor iE EE obs rk evi E evadere mes 165 10 7 Statistics n the Console iiie iiri te Dio ia 1a EERV2 ePi P Enn E s 165 10 2 1 Connectins 10 tlie Console niet oett Het as REI ho conecta 165 10 2 2 Reset Configuration factory defaults sseeseeeeeeeeesesese 166 102 5 Device Statisties MENU S forte esas aset em Sedit AE Boro Bussdteus tuat sedit snesedieetnas 166 BLA pplication INOLOS sninen EE
69. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 August 2008 M Tw TF S 1 2 3 d5287258 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 71 27 23 24 25 20 77 28 29 30 31 T March 2008 S M TW TF S 1 2343458578 910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 24 20 26 27 28 29 3D 31 M Tw T F S 123458 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 28 30 C Week and Day April 2008 5 M TW TEF S 12 3 4 4 B r 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 ZO 2 22 23 24 25 2n zr 28 29 30 SMTW TF S 1 234 5 8 7 amp 9 1D 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 zB Tr 28 28 30 31 Add Entry gt Pattern Entries May 2002 5 M TW TF S 2 3 4585 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 78 29 30 31 1 23 4 45 G f amp 9 1D 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 27 23 24 25 2B 77 28 28 3n Preview All Pattern Entry June 2008 S M TW TF S 123 4545 G fF 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 2T 28 28 30 September 2008 Oetober 2008 Hovenber 20008 December 2008 5 M TW TF S M Tw TF S 123458 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 28 3D 31 14th of July of every year LOYTEC Configure Pattern X Remove Selected Preview Selected July 2008 5 M TW TF S 123345 B r 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 17 18 18 ZO 2 22 23 24 25 26 zr 28 28 30 31 January 2009 SMTW TF S 12 3 45285 7 8 81D 11 12 13 14 1
70. 5 Modit CONNECTIONS oe esci eben bdo bete ome aeta sto scudo but tees ca ed 112 6 9 4 CONNEC HON OV CLV 16 W aso cede dte atate cedri a indere vede Soca ua teda i tuida 113 BACnet COMMPUF ATION TR 113 6 1020 Sean Tor BACHE E OBICCES ui eae ta some rry Area Ea sano ne ut tooma 113 6 10 2 Import fronr EPDE PIE earan pa botes cp eai addet ae iie tea auo tin Putus 114 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual Version 3 3 6 11 6 12 6 13 6 14 6 15 6 16 6 17 7 LOYTEC 6 10 3 Use Imported B AC net Objects vcscscrincise cavdsseasuperiandatiooacabectaniasmacaperbentest 115 6 I0 4 Edit aC ent Mapplfig iue etu eo d i teet ua ie oco als 115 O2L0 S Create Server DIOC siete diis odere pd Hasta eaters busto ndi tetad iu dictos 116 6 10 6 Map other Properties than Present Value eeeeeese 117 6 10 7 Enable International Character Support eessssssss 118 E Mail Templ tes 225 2 er eere eaaa Tia 119 o LLIrcate an E Ma FIE mpa e eai ccna cedet puit e udi but uucaotnedtasanes 119 Ue ee VIAN We prec C TEM RA 120 ERES cirToQISI EE Ot nary err hr ener nt ter LE US 121 OLLA Eit E Mal Send Rates 2 205 00224 4 9001109450 o odU Ira oa epi sao oi ves topo edo 1272 Local Schedule and Calendar 5 eere ee eee eee ene eap ea na p aea aae p pa aRa sorrisos 122 ORE LX eate a dle DOES 2iocdosatodo testo det N E tate io hes io d ao dedo toteie rds 122 6 122 Teate Calendar Fatte o u
71. 5 18 17 18 18 20 21 22 23 24 z5 26 27 28 28 30 31 12 3 4 5 6 7 Save Changes Cancel Figure 103 Configure Calendar Pattern Dialog 6 Click Save Changes when all exception days have been entered When not sure how a date configuration affects the calendar days click on a pattern in the Pattern Entries list and the affected days will be highlighted in the Preview 6 12 7 Configure Embedded Exceptions Besides exception days of the calendar special exception days can be embedded into the scheduler These embedded exception days are not visible or accessible in other scheduler objects To Configure an Embedded Exception 1 Open the Configure Schedule dialog to configure daily schedules as described in Section 6 12 4 2 Click on the Create button below the Weekly Exception Schedule Configuration list Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 129 LOYTEC Weekly Exception Schedule Configuration Weekday Exception Priority Holiday 126 lowest v o Maintenance Days 126 lowest 0 Create 3 The Create Pattern dialog opens You can enter exactly one pattern entry for the embedded exception It is recommended to choose a descriptive name for the day e g 24 12 xx for every 24 of December IASI 4 Click Create Pattern The embedded exception is now available Sun 0 v 24 12 xx O highes lo a Holiday 126 lowest v Maintenance Days 126 lowest 6 12 8
72. 709 Network Scan This folder holds NVs scanned online from an attached CEA 709 network Data objects in the import folder are not stored on the device when the project is 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 e Filter Templates This folder contains the created data point templates They contain a set of properties which are applied to data points when they are created on the device There is a sub folder for filter templates specific to different technologies e g CEA 709 e L Gate This is the device folder of the L Gate It contains all the necessary data points which constitute to the L Gate s port interface definition These data points are created on the L Gate when the configuration is downloaded The three subfolders represent O System Registers This folder contains system registers which provide information on the device itself User Registers This folder holds user definable registers These registers are not visible on the underlying network and are intended for internal usage CEA 709 Port This folder contains data points schedulers calendars trend logs statistics and remote data points of the CEA 709 network technology See Section 6 2 2 BACnet Port This folder contains data points schedulers calendars trend logs statistics and remote data
73. ACnet Config m BACnet Data Link m E mail m Data Points gt B Scheduler ar m Calendar D m Alarm 7 Figure 12 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 Gate without entering a password Click on Change password to activate the change 4 2 Device Configuration The device configuration pages allow viewing and changing the device settings of the L Gate Here are some general rules for setting IP addresses port numbers and time values e Anempty IP address field disables the entry e An empty port number field sets the default port number e Anempty time value field disables the time setting 4 2 1 System Configuration Version 3 3 The system configuration page is shown in Figure 13 This page allows configuring the device s system time and other system settings The TCP IP Configuration link is a shortcut to the Ethernet port configuration Follow that link to change the IP settings of the device The time sync source can be set to auto manual NTP BACnet or LonMark In the auto mode the device switches to the first external time source that 1s discovered Possible external time sources are NTP BACnet The option
74. CEA 709 BACnet Gateway LGATE 900 implements mappings between a set of CEA 709 network variables NVs and a set of standard BACnet server objects Which NVs are mapped to BACnet objects can be configured by an LNS plug in or stand alone configuration software Easy to understand diagnostic LEDs allow installers and system integrators to install and troubleshoot this device without expert knowledge and dedicated troubleshooting tools The LGATE 900 is equipped with a 100 BaseT Ethernet port IP an FT 10 port CEA 709 and an RS 485 port MS TP The device is fully compliant with ANSI CEA 709 and ENV 14908 ANSI ASHRAE 135 2004 and ISO 16484 On the CEA 709 side of the L Gate there can be up to 1000 NVs The NVs can be bound in the CEA 709 network or operated as external NVs External NVs are polled or explicitly written to without allocating static or dynamic NVs on the L Gate In this case address information is supplied by the configuration software by importing e g a CSV file As communications media on the CEA 709 side the L Gate supports either the FT 10 channel or an CEA 852 channel IP channel over the Inranet Internet Which of the two interfaces is used is configurable The CEA 852 interface can be used behind NAT routers and firewalls which allows seamless integration in already existing Intranet networks It supports DHCP even with changing IP addresses in an Intranet environment The BACnet objects on the L Gate can be of the
75. CSV files are accessible either via their UID only or in combination with contents of the alarm log object name The files are located in tmp uid allog UID csv data allog Alarmlogname UID csv The UID is the unique ID of the alarm log object The UID can be obtained from the ID column in the data point list of the alarm log folder similar to obtaining the UID of trend log objects For a more user friendly listing of the files the Alarmlogname contains the alarm log s object name It is truncated after 23 ASCII characters to fit the requirements of the file system A trend CSV file for the alarm log object alarmlogO and the UID 100C would result in the CSV file data allog alarmlogO 100C csv The UID remains constant for the life time of the object even when the name is changed The CSV format of the alarm log CSV file is identical to the trend log CSV format as described in Section 7 1 2 7 2 CEA 709 Interface 7 2 1 NV Import File Version 3 3 Network variables can be imported to the Gateway configuration software in a CSV file The format 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 CEA709 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
76. Cnet folder 6 7 12 Create User Registers User registers are data points on the device that do not have a representation on the network Thus they are not accessible over a specific technology A register merely serves as a container for intermediate data e g results of math objects Since a register has no network direction it can be written and read Therefore two data points are generated for each register one for writing the register output and one for reading the register input To Create a User Register 1 Select the L Gate User Registers folder L Gate ee E 2 Right click in the data point list and select New Datapoint in the context menu This opens the register creation dialog as shown in Figure 83 Create New Register xX Datapoint Mame my register Register Mame Type Double Cancel Create Register Figure 83 Create a user register 3 Enter a Datapoint Name for the register You may leave the Register Name blank to give the underlying register the same name as the data point 4 Selecta Type Available are Double Boolean or Signed Integer Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 5 6 104 LOYTEC Click Create Register Two data points now appear for the register one for writing the register and one for reading the register as shown in Figure 84 User defined registers Datapoint M ame Filter Include subfolders No Dredio
77. Communications Test Version 3 3 The Enhanced Communications Test allows testing the CEA 852 communication path between the CEA 852 device on the L Gate and other CEA 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 36 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 45 LOYTEC LOYTEC LINX 101 Logged in as admin Restart Enh Com Test Enhanced Communication Test finished Device Info Config CEA 852 Device Address Result Round Trip Comment nae 192 158 24 101 1529 CS s 3 ms OK Statistics 192 158 24 33 1528 i n a Peer not reachable E P w OK FAILED testing communication System Log Enhanced Communication Test Summary networks under control v OK 1 Device s Alarm Loc mug w OK return path not tested 0 Device s FAILED 1 Device s Figure 36 Enhanced Communication Test Output The Round Trip Time RTT is measured as the time a packet sent to the peer device needs to be routed back to the device It is a measure for general network delay If the test to a specific member fails a text is displayed
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79. EA709 1 123 L Gate p System Registers 15 Items User Registers 0 Items G p CEA709 Port T Datapoints 0 Items J Calendar 0 Items J Scheduler 0 Items D Alarm 0 Items Trend 0 Items Remote Devices A F BACnet Port Datapoints 0 Items D Calendar 0 Items J Scheduler 0 Items D Alarm 0 Items 1 Trend 0 Items Remote Devices P Global Objects B E Mail Configuration 0 Items Model No oo Set Auto Remote Datapoints Datapoint Name Filter X Include subfolders Mo Direction Datapoint Name Remote NV Type Remote Device Func Block A 1 In NV En5OController 1nvoOOtemp nvoOOtemp SNVT temp tn50 Controller 1 2 Out NV Etn5OController 1nvi itemp nvi0itemp SNVT temp tn50 Controller 1 3 In NV Etn5OController 1nvoO2lux nvoOZlux SNVT lux tn50 Controller 1 4 Out NV tn5OController 1nviO3lux nvi03lux SNVT lux tn50 Controller 1 5 In MV Etn5OController 1nvoO4lev percent nvoO4lev percent SNVT lev percent tn50 Controller 1 6 Out MV En5O Controller 1nvi 5lev percent nviO0Sley percent SNVT lev percent tn50 Controller 1 7 In NV En5OController 1nvoO6temp fF nvoO6temp f SNVT temp f tn50 Controller 1 8 Out NV tn5OController 1nvi 7temp f nvi07temp_F SNVT_temp_F tn50 Controller 1 9 In NV Etn5OController 1nvoO8switch nvoO8switch SNVT switch tn50 Controller P 4 b Datapoint Name NV tnb Controller 1nvi 5lev percent a Datapoint Description irf Min
80. Firmware Settings Connection Tools Help Os o S23 eg ove Db t Connected Device 192 168 24 101 Connections Connection Overview Statistics LAveb Projects 2 Select the folder CEA709 Network Scan Datapoint Configuration Elf Imported 3 CEATO9 CSV File 71 CEA O9 LNS Scan d Pi CEA7U8 Templates 3 Right click on that folder and select Scan CEA709 852 Network This opens the CEA709 852 Network Scan dialog as shown in Figure 76 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 97 LOYTEC Note Tip Version 3 3 CEA709 Network Scan x Device List Node ID Program ID Node LMS Network In FEOQS8E041F2E 9000010103800000 Node best poll BOO0000582BB so00000000000004 Node tna u BOOO000S82B4 S000D 70532000032 L Gake FT 10 Igate BOOOOO01DF AG S000D74600810400 Device Mame Scan Status Done Connected Scanner Device 192 168 24 92 Configured Online Refresh State Controls Discower Devices Discover on Service Fin Scan Wink Install Manually set domain Domain Length bytes h z Domain ID fin hex fae Subnet Node n JEJ Sel Geb Domain Fromm Webwork aet Domain from Project Settings Abort Figure 76 CEA 709 network scan dialog 4 Ifthe device has not been installed with a network management tool e g LNS based tool select the Manually set domain check box and click the Set button Thi
81. NEN REER EHE 168 ILl The LSD T00LIuonieno uei tti rota Fer E RR EE REDE ERE A 168 11 2 Use of Static Dynamic and External NVs on a Device 168 T2 Firmware Versions 2o ci d I2 ehe Eno ea anaa EEUU OUO CN aS 169 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 9 LOYTEC IS SDOCHICAUOlS 15e ice cet ii esee esae CR irte set br cse oT Erde s oe LI eode 170 13 1 LGA TESO sostenido nieto cvi pO itv dirt eeradsa 170 I5 E Phystcal5peettiCallDEls i6 soe t beo estat uode Deve UE 170 15 152 Resource TESTES aea et t reete it ees e eoe eo re tette vetant e ee e ee ER DERE UA 170 14 R yision HIStory Ee 172 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 10 LOYTEC Version 3 3 Abbreviations VOOB ASC T ette 100 Mbps Ethernet network with RJ 45 plug Aggregation eee Collection of several CEA 709 packets into a single CEA 852 packet JD T sets E NUDDN Alarming Scheduling Trending BACE Bonsoir topebi iih Building Automation and Control Network CO a Configuration Client also known as CN IP Device CEA TOS orra Protocol standard for LONWORKS networks CEA SI 2 riena a Protocol standard for tunneling CEA 709 packets over IP channels Qu ETERNAS Control Network CNIR suea Control Network over IP CN IP Channel logical IP channels that tunnels CEA 709 packets according CEA 852 CNIP pae ket ia entend IP packet that tunnels one or multiple CEA 709 packet s
82. P address FD BBMD port FD re registration FD retry timeout FD retries Figure 21 BACnet IP Configuration In the field BACnet IP mode the operation mode of the device is selected LOYTEC Device Default In this mode the device operates as a regular BACnet IP device on the local network without other advanced features Foreign Device FD In this mode the device registers at an existing BBMD in the BACnet IP network as a foreign device It is used 1f the device is located as a single BACnet IP device on a remote IP subnet or behind a NAT router If operated as a foreign device behind a NAT router port forwarding to the BACnet IP port UDP default port OXBACO and optionally to the Web server and FTP server port TCP default port 80 and 21 must be setup in the NAT router If foreign device is selected the following additional settings must be made o FD BBMD IP address and FD BBMD port IP address and port of the remote BBMD the device registers at as a foreign device o FD re registration A foreign device must periodically re register at a BBMD Here you can setup the corresponding interval The default is 1800 seconds o FD retry timeout and FD retries Here you can specify the behavior if registration does not work instantly These values should be left at default 30000ms 3 retries Broadcast Management Device BBMD This option is available on the L Gate It is the same as Device but the
83. Returns the hyperbolic tangent of v1 which is defined mathematically as sinh v1 cosh v1 Returns the arc sine of v1 that is the value whose sine is v1 Returns the arc cosine of v1 that is the value in radians whose cosine is v1 Returns the arc tangent of v1 that is the value in radians whose tangent is v1 Returns the inverse hyperbolic sine of v1 that is the value whose hyperbolic sine is v1 Returns the inverse hyperbolic cosine of v1 that is the value whose hyperbolic cosine is v1 Returns the inverse hyperbolic tangent of v1 that is the value whose hyperbolic tangent is v1 Returns the value of the Gamma function for the argument v1 The Gamma function is defined LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 57 LOYTEC Function Return Value by Gamma x integral from 0 to infinity of t x 1 e t dt It is defined for every real number except for no positive integers For nonnegative integral m one has Gamma m 1 m and more generally for all x Gamma x 1 x Gamma x For x lt 0 5 one can use Gamma x Gamma 1 x PI sin PI x abs v1 computes the absolute value of the argument v1 Table 7 Available math functions 5 4 Connections With the use of connections data points can interact with each other Connections specify which data points exchange values with each other Both types of connections 1 n and m l connections are supported The single data point is referred to as the Aub data point whereas
84. Send s o a a a rf Max Send s 0 rd Max Cache Age ms fd Default Value Infinite N C Analog Datapoint Out External NV ie Math Object Configuration 6 Items Long 16 bit signed integer 2 Alarm Log Object Configuration 0 Items nf full level Zi fof CEA7OS Data Type a in Init Text Figure 74 Scanned NVs in the LNS Database Scan Folder Figure 74 shows an example result of the database scan The list can be sorted by each column Selecting a line will display a number of associated properties in the property view below Multiple items can be selected by using the Ctrl key and clicking with the mouse All items can be selected by pressing lt Ctrl A gt 6 7 5 Importing Network Variables Without LNS the tool cannot connect to an LNS database where it scans for network variables NVs Therefore the list of NVs to be used on the L Gate has to be available in a CSV file This file can be produced by external software or created by hand The CSV format for importing NVs is defined in 7 2 1 To Import NVs from a File 1 Click on the Datapoints tab Ete er Model rars Settings Connecti Ted Heel Connected Device 192 168 24 101 Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics L web Projects 2 Select the folder CEA709 CSV File Datapoint Configuration EHE Imported be em i Bass CEA709 Templates 3 Right click and select Impor
85. Settings 6 3 3 CEA 709 Settings The CEA 709 configuration tab as shown in Figure 52 allows configuring properties of the device s CEA 709 port The options are Version 3 3 Enable Legacy Network Management Mode This group box contains check boxes for each CEA 709 port of the device Put a check mark on the port if this port shall be operated in the legacy network management mode In that mode the port does not use the extended command set ECS of network management commands This can be necessary to operate the device with some network management tools that do not support the ECS See Section 6 4 3 for more information on how to configure such a system Default Pollcycle for External NVs When using external NVs this poll cycle is set as a default for input data points The poll cycle can be edited individually in the properties view of the data point manager Use state member of SNVT switch as This setting defines how the state member of the SNVT switch shall be mapped to a data point Depending on how the data point shall be used it can be binary or multi state The multi state setting allows setting the UNSET state explicitly As a binary point the UNSET state is implicitly chosen if the value is invalid Configuration Download This group box contains self configuration settings for the CEA 709 ports This is necessary when the device shall be used without being commissioned by a network management tool Set the check mark an
86. TP status below the NTP server settings displays the current NTP synchronization status out of sync or in sync If the L Gate is operated with a IOMbit 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 Other standard protocols that are bound to the Ethernet interface are FTP Telnet and HTTP Web server By deselecting the checkbox those protocols can be individually disabled The standard UDP TCP ports can be changed in the respective protocol settings An example for the FTP server is shown for FTP in Figure 17 The FTP server is used for instance to update the firmware see Section 9 1 or to upload a new data point configuration Note that HTTP for the Web server can only be disabled on the console interface or by using the device configuration of the Configurator LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 30 LOYTEC Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet Iv TCP IP FTP port 2400 M FTP M Telnet IV HTTP Get Settings Figure 17 FTP server configuration on the Ethernet port 4 2 5 CEA 709 Configuration The CEA 709 protocol can be enabled on the device s ports Portl Port2 etc if available To enable it click the CEA 709 radio button as shown in Figure 18 Note that depending on the device model other protocols on the same port will be disabled in this case The protocol settings box on the right hand side displays th
87. The transmission of E Mails is triggered by the configured trigger conditions It is not predictable how often the trigger condition will cause the transmission of an E Mail The E Mail template can be configured to limit the number of transmitted E Mails This is done in the Configure E Mail Template dialog To configure an E Mail Rate Limit configure the settings e Max E Mails per day This setting defines how many e mails can be sent on average per day The actual number of transmitted e mails on a specific day may be slightly higher than this setting depending on burst rates The default is 100 e mails per day This results in an average interval of one e mail per 14 minutes e Send burst count This setting defines how many e mails may be transmitted shortly after each other not limited by the above average interval After the burst count the average mails per day limit takes effect The default is a maximum of 20 e mails in a row 6 12Local Schedule and Calendar 6 12 1 Create a Calendar As the first step the required data points must be created A calendar must be created if the schedules shall work with exception days such as Holidays If it suffices for schedules to define daily schedules for normal weekdays only no calendar needs to be created On each port one calendar can be created To Create a Calendar 1 Under the port folder select the Calendar sub folder 71 Datapoints 0 Items 71 Calendar 0 Items
88. a data point T Enable Disable Datapoint g 9 Toremove the enable data point click the Remove button 10 When done with the data point setup click Save Changes to leave the dialog A shortcut to creating a trend log object and attaching a data point is to select a data point in the data point manager right click on it and choose Trend Datapoint from the context menu This generates a trend log and links that data point to it 6 14 3 Trend Triggers Version 3 3 Local trend objects in CEA 709 can be operated in trigger mode In this mode one or more trigger data points cause the generation of a snapshot containing the values of the trended data points at the time instant the trigger is activated For a trend object one or more trigger conditions can be defined Depending on the trigger data point type the trigger conditions can be refined Note that the behavior of the trigger data point 1s influenced by the COV properties of the data point If the Only notify on COV property is checked the data point triggers only if its value changes to the value of the trigger condition If that property is not checked the data point triggers on every write with a value that matches the trigger condition LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 137 LOYTEC To Configure Trigger Data Points for Trending 1 Select the trend object in the Trend sub folder Te presen endian Ue 5 1 Cu TestTrend n 1014 2 Right
89. a points Doing so after creating may violate the connection rules and result in a non functioning connection Figure 110 shows an example how two remote CEA 709 schedulers are exposed to BACnet schedulers There are three connections involved One connection sched_I_conn is created for lon_sched_l and bac sched 1 A second connection sched_2_conn is created for lon sched 2 and bac sched 2 Since there is only one BACnet calendar all calendar objects must be put into a single connection cal conn containing on cal 1 lon cal 2 and bac cal lon sched 1 amp sched 1 conn J9 bac sched 1 lon cal 1 me 2 E cal conn J9 bac cal lon cal 2 lon sched 2 sched 2 conn J9 bac sched 2 s P Figure 110 Example for schedule and calendar connections 6 17 2 Map from CEA 709 to BACnet Important Version 3 3 This section describes how to expose a CEA 709 scheduler and calendar to a BACnet operator workstation OWS It is assumed that the CEA 709 scheduler is either a local or a remote scheduler on the L Gate and schedules only one value That CEA 709 scheduler must be the hub To Expose a CEA 709 Schedule to BACnet 1 Prepare a CEA 709 schedule object to be exposed local as in Section 6 12 or a remote scheduler as in Section 6 15 1 from the Remote Devices folder 2 Create a local BACn
90. a points You may use multi select to select more than one data point at a time By default only compatible data points are displayed Sometimes compatible data points are available as member points e g a SNVT structure member Click on H to expand the data point and select the desired member point 4 Now the connection display contains a hub and two target data point as shown in Figure 92 Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics Conn Add Connection Remove Hub of connection New Connection Select Hub Remove Datapoint Dir New Connection abs humid In 4nalog Datapoint Targets of connection New Connection Add Target Remove Datapoint Dir Analog Datapoint L Gate BACnetk Port Datapoints Analog Datapoint L Gate BACnetk Port Datapoints Connection Properties f Hub gt Target gt C Hub lt gt Target Figure 92 Connection dialog with hub and target points LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 112 LOYTEC 6 9 2 Create Connections from a CSV File A quick way to perform batch edit on connections is to export and import connections from the connections CSV file Each line in the connections CSV file identifies a connection The first column is the connection name The second column specifies the hub data point The full path to the data point must be specified using the dot as the folder separator The third and following columns sp
91. aCresenneessupponed R Lees Otject Types Supported BACnsObjecTypesSupponed R Object List BACnetARRA Y N of BACnetObjectIdentifier CoumeeRnm Umme T Mex APDULLengti Avcoped Unsigned T segmenton Supone Bacwsemenmdon R Tax Segments Ace Umme R TAPDU Segien Timeout umma T Damummms Umma 8 DmeecoramU Rak umma 8 hamse Umen R Cwacworuns E T syan sans racens 8 Device aes Binding List of AGreiadirensinding R Daas Revision o O oo 8 l hoive COV Suc termaGeiCOvSuipim RO E E be E e mme amp Time Synchronization Recipies termAGemegum W UTC Time Syncironization Recipies Liw of BACneecient w rime Synchronization ner Unsigned Si WO Eo Rum W Cmevaoma umma Contsumeon FIG BACnetARRA Y N of BACnetObjectIdentifier Table 11 Properties of the Device Object Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 153 LOYTEC 7 3 1 1 Device Name and ID The following properties of the Device object which are part of every BACnet object identify the device uniquely Object Identifier Read Only This property of type BACnetObjectIdentifier is a numeric code that is used to identify the object For the Device object the object identifier must be uni
92. able 0 htable 0 atable 0 soname 0 soopts 0 ftable 0 rights 0 ifaddr 0 control 0 oobdata 0 Ck ckck kock ck k ck kk IP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK total packets received 922 datagrams delivered to upper level 922 total ip packets generated here 158 Destination Gateway Mask Hw Flags Refs Use Expire Interface default 192 168 0 1 UGS 6 0 0 ethO0 62 178 55 77 192 168 0 1 UGH 0 1 3606 ethO0 62 178 95 96 192 168 0 1 UGH 0 1 3606 ethO0 81 109 145 243 192 168 0 1 UGH 0 1 3606 ethO0 81 109 251 36 192 168 0 1 UGH 0 1 3606 ethO0 TA EU UT TA b Uds d UH 0 0 0 lol 130 140 10 21 192 168 0 1 UGH 1 6 0 etho 192 168 0 0 21 590 ee Oe ZU U 0 0 3 ethO 192 169 0 1 00 04 5A 26 96 1F UHL 7 0 1722 ethO0 213 18 80 166 192 168 0 1 UGH 1 148 0 ethO KKKKKKKKKKKK TCP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKKKK UDP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK total input packets 924 total output packets 158 KKKKKKKKKKKK ICMP Statistics KKKKKKKKKKKK Figure 124 IP Statistics The IP statistics menu has the additional feature of displaying any IP address conflicts If the device s IP address conflicts with another host on the network the banner shown in Figure 125 is displayed WARNING Conflicting IP address detected IP address 10 125 123 95 also used by device with MAC address 00 04 5A cc 10 41 Clear IP conflict history y n Figure 125 IP Address Conflict As useful information the MAC address of the conflicting host is shown If the information about this confli
93. aced by the uploaded schedules 5 Ifdynamic NVs were synchronized click on Finish 6 7 4 Scanning for Network Variables When the Configurator software is connected to an LNS database network variables can be scanned in from that data base To scan network variables from the LNS database 1 Click on the Datapoints tab File View Model Firmware Settings Connection Tools Help DO SHR Oe uxtf tttvt Connected Device 192 168 24 101 Connections Connection Overview Statistics L Web Projects 2 Click on the button a Scan channel This scans in all NVs on all devices connected to the CEA 709 channel of the device 3 After the scan has completed the folder LNS Database Scan is populated with the found NVs Data point names for those NVs are automatically generated following the data point naming rules defined in the project settings see Section 6 3 2 By default the name is generated from node name object name and NV name These names are ensured to be unique by adding a counter for multiple occurrences of the same name Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 95 LOYTEC Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics Be 58 Tl Datapoint Configuration 1 17 Imported J BACnet EDE File 0 Items BACnet Network Scan O3 CEA709 CSV File 0 Items O3 CEA709 LNS Scan H E tn50 Datapoints 50 Items CEA709 Network Scan 1 1 Filter Templates 3 c
94. ad a Configuration 1 Click on the Upload Configuration button D c EL 2d eet Bie vit in the tool bar The configuration upload dialog opens up as shown in Figure 73 2 If the check box Automatically sync local dynamic NVs is marked any manually created dynamic NVs will be uploaded and merged into the data point configuration Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 94 LOYTEC 3 Click on the button Start to start the transfer This will upload the configuration of all ports if the software is connected stand alone via FTP or the network variable interface for which the LNS plug in was started for Configuration Upload xX Target Device Information Hardware Info Dynamic Nv Synchronization Firmware Version 3 1 0 Build Date Fri Aug 28 15 44 57 2009 Product Code LGATE 900 Serial Number 009701 800000010F46 Device ID 5 Vendor ID 1 Automatically sync local dynamic Nis Target Pork All CE4709 ports Platform ID 7 IP Address 192 168 24 92 Status Project Name Ow LLL Project Size D Byte Project Status OF Control MAC Address OOOABOO1OCOF els FTP Port 21 Abort Close Telnet Pork 23 Figure 73 Configuration upload dialog 4 When asked if schedules shall be uploaded also click Yes if you want the current schedule configuration be extracted from the device Note that when doing so the original schedules in the project are repl
95. ager tab In the L Gate CEA 709 folder select all the NVs which shall be mapped The multi select feature or lt Ctrl A gt may be used for doing this Click on the speed button Generate Points and auto connect in the tool bar Alternatively you can select the L Gate CEA 709 Port folder and click the speed button Folder wide Generate points and auto connect in the tool bar This generates BACnet objects and connections for all NVs in the folder When the generation is complete a dialog reports how many connections have been created Click No to skip the report LOYTEC L Gate Configurator X 1 Created 12 BACnet Objects and 12 connections i Do you want to view the log w The generated BACnet objects appear in the L Gate BACnet Port Datapoints folder as shown in Figure 82 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 103 LOYTEC Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics es ee eee Model No oo Set Auto Filter Templates Local datapoints Datapoint Name Filter Include subfolders 3 CEA709 E 9 L Gate Direction Xi iu E Datapoint Name Mapped Property Object Name A 1 System Registers 15 Items 1 User Registers 2 Items CEA709 Port i In my external switch1 state Present Value my external switch1 state 3 my external switch value Present Value my external switch value GP Dat
96. al in seconds for poll mappings Priority and the COV lifetime in seconds for COV mappings For write mappings this defines the write priority 1 16 Omit this field or set it to 1 to write w o priority Table 13 CSV Columns of the BACnet Client Mappings File 7 3 3 EDE Export of BACnet Objects The BACnet server object configuration of the L Gate is accessible as a set of CSV files following the EDE format convention They can be downloaded via FTP from the directory data ede on the device The files are Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 158 LOYTEC e lgate csv This is the main EDE sheet with the list of BACnet objects e lgate states csv This is the state text sheet For each state text reference in the main sheet a line contains the state texts for this multi state object e lgate types csv This is the object types text sheet The file contains a line for each object type number Note that lines for standard object types can be omitted e lgate units csv This is the unit text sheet The file contains a line for each engineering unit enumerator value Note that lines for standard units can be omitted Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 159 LOYTEC 8 Network Media 8 1 FT The device s FT port is fully compatible to the parameters specified by LONMARK for this channel FT ports can also be used on Link Power LP 10 channels However the device does not prov
97. all Close Domain ID tin hex CE Subnet Made 1 l 04 Device Information Figure 91 Install devices dialog 3 Select the device to be installed 4 Enter the domain information or click Get Domain from Network and press a service pin 5 Enter a subnet and node address and click Install Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 110 LOYTEC 6 Repeat this step for other unconfigured devices on the network 6 8 3 Using Feedback Data Points Feedback data points allow reading back the value written out over an output data point In LONMARK systems getting a feedback value is normally accomplished by creating a dedicated feedback NV on the device which can be bound back to the devices that are interested in the currently active value on an output Some nodes however do not possess such feedback NVs for certain functions To support getting feedback values on such nodes the Configurator can create feedback data points based on existing output data points This is especially interesting for bound output NVs static and dynamic alike The corresponding feedback data point is an input which uses the original output NV for polling the target NV Once the binding is changed the new target is polled No additional input NV needs to be created for the feedback value if the feedback data point feature is used To Create a Feedback Data Point 1 Select an output data point in the data point list o
98. also appear with the E Mail icon in the data point list Mail Triggers Critical Alarm 7 Inthe Manage Trigger Conditions you can refine the trigger condition depending on the trigger data point class 8 If the trigger condition is depending on the value of an enabling data point you can add an enable data point by clicking on the button Select datapoint to enable disable E Mail template currently enabled 9 To remove such a trigger enable click the Remove Enable Trigger button 6 11 3 Attachments E Mail templates can be configured to have file attachments Basically any file of the device can be specified as an attachment To Configure Attachments 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the E Mail Configuration sub folder P Global Objects A me E Mail Configuration 0 Items 2 Right click and select Configure E Mail Template from the context menu Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 127 LOYTEC 3 Change to the Attachments tab Note Of course you can also change directly to the Attachments tab when creating an E Mail template 4 Select an available file from the Attach File drop down box Attach File svstem log Add 5 Click the Add button The file appears in the Attachments list Atbachment Device File Path system log ivar flog system log 6 To remove an attachment select the attachment file in the Attachments list and click the button Remove 6 11 4 Limit E Mail Send Rate
99. am ID Filter an channel 10 Finally you should get the device added to your drawing as depicted in Figure 64 Channel FT 10 Figure 64 The L Gate has been added to the drawing 6 6 Replace an L Gate This Section describes how to replace an L Gate in your LNS database The description refers to LonMaker TE Let s assume there is a device Igate in the LNS database as shown in Figure 65 Gateway 0 Channel FT 10 Figure 65 LonMaker drawing with one L Gate To Replace a Device in LonMaker TE 1 Select the device and right click on the device shape 2 Select Commissioning gt Replace This opens the LonMaker Replace Device Wizard as shown in Figure 66 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 90 LOYTEC Replace Device Wizard L Gate 900 FT 10 7 Figure 66 LonMaker replace device wizard 3 Choose the existing device template and click Next 4 Inthe following window shown in Figure 67 click Next Replace Device Wizard m Opaste TIMTVere I GEVICE ta maten Sa ESSE GITE Image Figure 67 Click Next without loading an application image 5 Then select Online as shown in Figure 68 and click Next Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 9 LOYTEC Replace Device Wizard I El CADE Ww pE GES L JJ Figure 68 Select online state 6 Select the Service pin method and click on Finish as shown in Figure 69 Replace Device Wizard Figure 69
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101. apoints 6 Items is my external switch2 state Present Value my external switch2 state 3 Calendar 0 Items 5 In my external switch2 value Present Value my external switch2 value F Scheduler 0 Items 8 In my external switch3 state Present Value my external switch3 state J Alarm 0 Items In my external switch3 value Present Value my external switch3 value myu avkarnal cute hd ck3ka Dracank Valia my evkernal cwikch chaka Trend 0 Items Remote Devices B E BACnet Port Datapoints 12 Items fd Server Object Type J Calendar 0 Items T Scheduler 0 Items 251 Commandable 2 Alarm 0 Items CT Relinquish to invalid value O No 5 a Server Object Name P Global Objects 3 Server Object Instance No Server Object Device Type GA Allocate Server Object 2 E Mail Configuration 0 Items Figure 82 Auto created BACnet Points in the BACnet Folder amp Binary Output my external switch2 state Im Math Object Configuration 6 Items Alarm Log Object Configuration 0 Ite B Note when auto creating the BACnet objects the L Gate Configurator initializes the BACnet properties with default values derived from the properties of the CEA 709 NVs In particular the object name description minimum and maximum present value and engineering units are generated If the default properties do not have the desired values the user can edit them in the BA
102. apply e Signed Integer A register of base type signed integer is represented by a multi state data point This register can hold a set of discrete states each identified by a signed stats ID e Boolean A register of base type Boolean is represented by a binary data point This register can hold a Boolean value e String A register of base type string is represented by a string data point This register can hold a variable length character string in UTF 8 format e Variant A register of base type variant is represented by a user data point This register can hold any user defined data of up to a specified length of Bytes This length is defined when creating the register and cannot be changed at run time Since a register has no network direction it can be written and read Therefore two data points are generated for each register one for writing the register output and one for reading the register input A suffix is added to the register name to identify the respective data point For example the register MyValue will have two data points generated for MyValue Read and MyValue Write 5 3 Math Objects 5 3 1 General Properties Math objects are advanced application objects that can execute mathematical operations on data points A math object takes a number of input data points variables vi v Vn and Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 54 LOYTEC calculates a result value according to a specif
103. are shown in a table at the left side of the window This data may be used to fill in the values at the right side but some additional resources should be planned to allow for configuration changes which need more resources e Auto Set This button may be used to let the configuration software decide on the best settings to use based on the current project Since the current projects resource usage is taken as a starting point all schedulers and calendar patterns in the project should first be configured as required before this button is used Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 8 1 LOYTEC e Set Defaults This button will choose standard values for all settings In most cases these settings will provide more resources than necessary 6 3 5 BACnet Settings The BACnet configuration tab as shown in Figure 54 allows configuring properties of the device s BACnet port The options are e Enable Unsolicited COV Put a check mark on this option to enable COV U on the BACnet port When active the device sends unsolicited COV broadcast on all BACnet objects when their value changes in accordance to the respective COV rules e Always create value objects on auto create If activated the auto create BACnet points function of the configuration software creates commandable value objects AV BV MV instead of output objects AO BO MO and non commandable value objects AV BV MV instead of input objects AI BI MI This
104. arithms raised to the power of v Returns the value of 2 raised to the power of v Returns the value of 10 raised to the power of v Returns the non negative square root of v Returns the value of v raised to the power of exp Round v to the nearest integer Round v down to the nearest integer Round v up to the nearest integer Returns the sum of all values on the stack logical AND of the Boolean values bl and b2 bI amp amp b2 logical OR of the Boolean values b1 and b2 b1lIb2 logical exclusive OR of the values bl and b2 b1 b2 logical inverse of the Boolean value b b returns 1 if v1 is lower than v2 else returns O vl v2 returns if vl is lower or equal v2 else 0 vl lt v2 returns 1 if v1 equals v2 else 0 vl v2 returns if vl is greater or equal v2 else O vl gt v2 returns 1 if v1 is greater than v2 else 0 vl gt v2 returns vt if b is true else returns vf b vt vf Reads all values from the stack converts them to Boolean values and encodes them into an integer value where the first value is used as the LSB and the last value as the MSB Returns the sine of v1 where v1 is given in radians Returns the cosine of v1 where v1 is given in radians Returns the tangent of v1 where v1 is given in radians Returns the hyperbolic sine of v1 which is defined mathematically as exp v1 exp v1 2 Returns the hyperbolic cosine of v1 which is defined mathematically as exp v1 exp v1 2
105. ateway address Note that you must use different IP addresses if you are using multiple IP devices in your setup IP Configuration Menu 1 DHCP disabled 2 IP Address e 192 168 1 254 3 IP Netmask Bee con xus 4 IP Gateway 5 qd OS sl 5 Hostname new 6 Domainname lt unset gt 7 DNS Servers lt unset gt 9 MAC Address 00 0A B0 01 0C 9F factory default 0 NTP Servers lt unset gt out of sync b Link Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect q Quit without saving x Exit and save Please choose Figure 3 Enter basic IP settings Press x to save the IP settings and reset the device with the main menu item 0 in order to let the new IP settings take effect LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 15 LOYTEC Important The default IP address 192 168 1 254 is only set for configuration access It must be changed in order to make the device functional 2 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 Gate 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 Gate To Add a Route to the Device 1 Windows START gt Run 2 Enter cmd an click OK 3 Inthe command window enter the co
106. ation Download Dialog Note that after the download is complete the interface changes become active on the L Gate 1 e the static NV interface has changed Refresh the network management tool to synchronize the tool with the changes to the LNS database made by the L Gate Configurator e g use the menu LonMakerlRefresh in LonMaker or hit F5 in NL 220 Normally the Configurator software optimizes the download process by not executing certain LNS operations if not necessary For example only those bindings and dynamic NVs are deleted and re created which correspond to real changes in the interface The user can check the Force Full Upgrade option to clean and re do all steps 6 7 14 Build XIF for Port Interface Version 3 3 When using static NVs on the device the Configurator can export a new XIF file for the changed static interface Before exporting the XIF for the interface it is recommended to download the configuration into the device In this case the Configurator can verify that the model number of the port is correct To Create a XIF File 1 Make sure the Model No will match the final model number of the port If not enter an appropriate model number in the toolbar of the Datapoints tab Model Ma ni Auta 2 Select the CEA 709 Port folder El L Gate oJ System Registers 15 Items 3 Right click on that folder and in the context menu select Build XIF 4 This opens a file requestor where the XIF file
107. ay 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 A plus sign in the list indicates LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 73 LOYTEC that the data point contains sub points These can be structure members for structured SNVTs Clicking on the plus B sign expands the view For the alarming scheduling trending AST features there are columns which display icons for data points that are attached to an AST function See Table 8 for details Lm Data Point Usage Data point is scheduled a Data point has an active alarm condition Data point has an inactive alarm condition Data point is a trigger for E Mails Table 8 Icons for used data points in the data point list view 6 2 4 Property View Version 3 3 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 When applying 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 Data point properties common to all technologies Datapoint Name This is the technology independent data point name This name may be longer than and different to the name of the native communication object i e network variable Data point names must be unique within a given
108. bject select the folder and use the context menu e Statistics This folder contains registers which provide communication statistics specific to the network port e Remote Devices This folder is used to collect all remote calendars schedulers trend logs and alarm client objects which were created from network scan data For each remote device a subfolder will be created where the objects referencing this device are collected 6 2 3 Data Point List Version 3 3 At the top right a list of all data objects which are available in the selected folder is shown From this list objects may be selected including multi select in order to modify some of their properties Click on the Include Subfolders button to show all data points of the selected data point folder and all its sub folders This can be a convenient way for multi select across folders To filter for data point names enter a search text into the Datapoint Name Filter text box and hit Enter A drop down list holds the previously used filters available 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 To apply the current sort order as the new data point order on the device right click on the column header and select Renumber Datapoints Alternatively select from the menu Tools gt Renumber Datapoints New objects m
109. cases however one has to keep in mind that a file transfer incurs more overhead than a simple NV read write Therefore polling CPs should be done at a much slower rate than polling NVs LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 108 LOYTEC Version 3 3 Another aspect is how CPs are handled by network management tools Formerly those tools were the only instance that could modify CPs in devices Therefore most tools do not automatically read back CPs from the devices when browsing them This can result in inconsistencies between the actual CP contents on the device and their copy in the network management tool It is recommended to synchronize the CPs from the device into the LNS database before editing and writing them back To Synchronize CPs in NL220 1 Double click on the device object in the device tree 2 Press the Upload button on the Configuration tab of the device properties see Figure 89 EST General i LonMar He Network NVs Config amp MSGs i Filet Plugins 4 NLC N Consult your device s documentation about configurations Clase SCPT irrvrtOut SCPT direction SCPT direction SCPT drivel ime SCPT dive ime SCPT masRevT ime SCPT masRevT ime Help Upload Download Copy all Figure 89 Configuration Tab for Configuration Properties in NL220 To Synchronize CPs in LonMaker TE 1 Right click on a device object and select Commissioning gt Resync CPs from the cont
110. ce external NVs are not affecting the static NV interface of the L Gate they can be used to extend an L Gate s interface configuration at run time when no LNS with dynamic NVs is available Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 101 LOYTEC To Create an external NV manually 1 Select the L Gate CEA 709 Port Datapoints folder EI 8 L Gate off System Registers 15 Items olf User Registers 0 Items Ef CEA709 Port 0 C101 atapoints 0 Items Datapoints LU ems oo J Calendar 0 Items 2 Right click in the data point list and select New Datapoint in the context menu This opens the NV creation dialog 3 Click on the tab External as shown in Figure 80 Create New NY X Static External Application Device Properties Datapoint Mame my external _switch Remote Wy Mame nyog switch Resource File 5TANDARD Type switch 35 Direction Input My Selector o O18F NY Index o Address Tvpe hodem Select a Device Device Mame Dc L Vis lgate LAS Network Interface bac_lon teskt mode Mv Flags Auth Cfg Authenticate Priority Cfg Priority Unack Repeated v Polled Sync Create External NV Figure 80 Create a new external NV 4 Select the device in the box Select a Device on the left hand side 5 Enter the properties of the external NV on that device starting with the local data point name the remote programmatic NV nam
111. ces folder Elf Remote Devices Ei 1 Delta D5M RTR 100 3 Scheduler 2 Items Calendar 1 Items 3 Adjust the basic settings for the newly created objects such as the object name and description The object name will be used as the name for the scheduler as seen on the Web UI 4 For BACnet also adjust the poll cycle which will be used to periodically fetch the current configuration in case the remote device does not support COV subscriptions 5 For CEA709 a static NV is created to receive information from the remote device about changes to the scheduler configuration so that the local device does not need to poll the remote device Set a name for this NV default is nviSchedLink lt number gt and assign it to a suitable function block On BACnet devices the new data points can be used right away to exchange configuration data with the scheduler on the remote device Just connect the new scheduler data point to a schedule control to view and edit the configuration of the remote devices scheduler On CEA709 devices there is one extra step to take before the new data points will be operational The new input NV representing the remote calendar on the local device this NV is normally called nviCalLink needs to be bound to the output NV called nvoCalLink located in the Calendar functional block of the remote device and the new static nviSchedLink NVs which were created for each remote scheduler point need to be bound to the r
112. cheduled at 8 00am The same principle applies to exception days Exception days override the settings of the normal weekday Put a check mark on those exception days from the calendar which shall be used in the schedule To edit the date ranges of exception days click on the links to the used calendars e g calendar or Scheduler l The Scheduler l is a calendar which is embedded into the schedule and not accessible by other schedulers For more information on how to set up schedules and calendars refer to Section 6 12 To define actual values for the names such as day click on the tab Presets as shown in Figure 29 To define a new value click on the button Add Preset This adds a new column LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 39 LOYTEC Enter a new preset name e g day Then enter values for the data points in the preset column The data point description column displays the short hand name defined in the configuration software This description can also be changed on the Web UI DLOYTEC Logged in as admin O Schedule Configuration Presets Device Info dd z Reload Config O UJ T Name Scheduler linx 23 Description E gE OH Effective Period From f To H B im E E mail i m Data Points Weekly Schedule W Trend Copy t H see E Scheduler ran o 2 Calendar 5 2 m Alarm v Tuesday Ls hand V Wednesday 00 Statistics V Thursday ipee
113. ches at default state LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 22 LOYTEC DIP Switch Function Factory Default Must be OFF OFF Must be OFF OFF Must be ON ON Must be OFF OFF Must be OFF OFF Must be OFF OFF Must be OFF OFF Table 3 DIP Switch Settings for L Gate NJ mT PR _ wolnNntitre 3 Terminal Layout and Power Supply The L Gate provides screw terminals to connect to the network as well as to the power supply The screw terminals can be used for wires of a maximum thickness of 1 5 mm AWGI2 The device can either be DC or AC powered Terminal Function s Bened Ba O 16 17 Power Supply 12 35 VDC or 12 24 VAC 10 BENI Table 4 L Gate Terminals LGATE 900 3 8 Wiring The CEA 709 network segment connected to the L Gate needs to be terminated according to the rules found in the specification of the transceiver see Section 8 1 If BACnet is configured to run over MS TP the MS TP network segment must be properly terminated with an LT 04 network terminator connected at each of the two ends of the segment media Important When using shielded network cables only one side of the cable should be connected to earth ground Thus the shield must be connected to earth ground either at the L Gate terminals or somewhere else in the network Important When using 2 wire MS TP earth ground must be connected to both terminal 15 and 16 see Figure 9a Never connect terminal 17 to earth ground Version 3 3 LOYTEC
114. cify whether present value properties shall be written to or polled from the BACnet network and what the destination address and objects are These definitions can be downloaded as a CSV file onto the device using FTP The CSV file must be named bacclnt csv and stored in the directory var lib bacnet on the L Gate The file is read when the device boots If any errors occur they are reported in tmp bacclInt err The column format is shown in Table 13 Lines beginning with a hash sign are comment lines The example values in Table 13 setup a client mapping named Lamp Room 302 which writes mapping type 2 the present value of the local object AI 4 to the remote object AO 1 on the device with the instance number 17801 A Description Lamp Room 302 User defined description of this client mapping Can be left empty Don t use commas or semi colons in the text Local Object Type The BACnet object type of the local server object AI AO AV BI BO BV MI MO MV C Local Object The object instance number of the above object Instance Number Remote Device The device object instance number of the remote Instance BACnet device E Remote Object AO The BACnet object type of the remote server object AI Type AO AV BI BO BV MI MO MV F Remote Object 1 The object instance number of the above object Instance Number G Map Type 2 Defines the type of the mapping 0 Poll 12COV 2 Write H Interval Defines the poll interv
115. create the bindings again 6 4 3 Configure without LNS The flow diagram in Figure 56 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to configure the L Gate without LNS 3 x In this scenario the L Gate will use external NVs and polling The advantage of this solution is that no bindings in the non LNS tool or self binding nodes need to be changed This comes at the cost of a constant network load caused by polling Start the Configurator in stand alone mode and connect to the L Gate via the FTP method see Section 6 7 2 If changing an existing configuration upload the current configuration from the L Gate see Section 4 In the Configurator import data points from a CSV import file see Section 6 7 5 or scan an CEA 709 network online see Section 6 7 6 Select the NVs that the L Gate shall expose to BACnet see Section 6 7 7 Alternatively you can create external NVs manually see Section 6 7 10 Generate BACnet objects and connections from the used NVs see Section 6 7 11 Finally the configuration needs to be downloaded onto the L Gate see Section 6 7 13 It is recommended to save the complete configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L Gate in the network Cm Start the Configurator stand alone Section 6 7 2 Y Upload configuration Section 6 7 3 Import network variables from file Scan NVs online from network Section 6 7 5 Section 6 7
116. ct shall be cleared enter y If n is selected the conflict will show up again the next time this menu is entered Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 168 LOYTEC 11 Application Notes 11 1 The LSD Tool Please refer to application note ANOO2E LSD Tool for further information about the LOYTEC system diagnostics tool for the L Gate 11 2Use of Static Dynamic and External NVs on a Device Please refer to application note ANOO9E Changing Device Interface in LNS for more information on the static NV interface XIF files device templates and the use of static dynamic and external NVs on LOYTEC gateway products Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 169 LOYTEC 12 Firmware Versions Table 14 shows the most important features available only in certain firmware versions Firmware Version Features a a mwwemeksem i S fv 5 5 3 LcemeNeensm 5 3 3 v _ Dwvwesm Sd 5 5 3 DxwteWpedm id 1 3 35 fv Uswme SC 3 3 34 res O D L3 C atarming Antras Repor 3 Ewa 7 Td D D 1 GateBaskupRestorecoiguraton 3 a _ Dmm enevae Math on ects amp Registers JM 1 ee ECHEC Next state env T Lem v Emnes cenar t 3 3 Minfmanaverage trenas Cia v v _ Dmoemw T 13 fa wearacer eds O 13 v _ Teramo sarmato
117. d OK reflect the number of successfully received or transmitted MS TP frames Check these counters to verify that communication is flowing on the MS TP segment 4 3 7 Scheduler Statistics Page The scheduler statistics page provides an overview of what is scheduled at which day and which time In the Display Schedules list select a single schedule to view its scheduled values and times Use the multi select feature to get the overview of more schedules An example is shown in Figure 39 Scheduler Preview Windows Internet Explorer 0 x Gc X je http 192 168 24 100 webuifstatistics sched tr X coogle P Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras we de scheduler Preview LOYTEC LGATE 900 Logged in as guest n dh cb Seite Extras al LocalTime Monday 28 January Tuesday 29 January Wednesday 30 Janu Device Info 5 Twedan 29 18 11 26 2008 Qm 00 ymo S C pisplay Schedules REM l XLI Config O EE NM ZZ l JJ LI CO bac sched EM M S LL Statistics T MMC MM LO 1 lll o ose MM S C os l1 E 5 Ree en e 7 a a oe a Value d i uco m rs Scheduler ad 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 E i eo S 2122232425 26 27 egg e o Mee HL mem ah C L 50 E es EH ENNNNNNEN Contact SS eS Os 2008 EE ZU Logout a ee as M z E d EM P P M Lokales Intranet 4 100 7 Figure 39 Scheduler Statistics Page 4 3 8 Alarm Log Page Vers
118. d enter the CEA LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 79 LOYTEC 709 domain and subnet node information If operated in self configured mode the CEA 709 network can be scanned using the network scan see Section 6 7 6 and external NVs can be used on the device Note that the domain must match the nodes domain on the network and the subnet node address must not be used by another device Project Settings X General Datapoint Naming Rules CEA709 ceazog asr BACnet Enable Legacy Network Management Mode Datapoint Settings Default Polleycle Far External Wvs 60 5 Use state member of snvt_switch as binary datapoink f multistate datapoint Configuration Download Configure device s domain Domain Length bytes 0 r Domain ID fin hex Subnet Made 254 i 120 Figure 52 CEA 709 Project Settings 6 3 4 AST Settings For CEA709 devices the use of alarming scheduling trending AST features requires additional resources functional objects and NVs The dialog is shown in Figure 53 Changes made there affect the static interface Since the number of used resources also influences the performance the CEA 709 AST tab allows configuring those resources for the project In this tab the required number of scheduler units that may be instantiated and their capacity may be configured how many time value entries value templates bytes per value template and so on It contains the fo
119. d network troubleshooting In firmware 1 2 and up the L Gate supports user defined network variable types UNVTs as dynamic or external NVs and can access configuration properties CPs on other devices through file transfer To transfer CPs it supports both the LonMark file transfer and the read memory access method For CPs the standard SCPTs and user defined UCPTs are supported All of those new CEA 709 data points can be mapped automatically to BACnet objects In firmware versions from 3 0 and up the L Gate also supports Trendlog Schedule and Notification Class objects These objects can be used to operate on any of the basic BACnet objects which are mapped to CEA 709 NVs This allows the L Gate to provide trend data of one or more NVs schedule NVs and BACnet objects and report alarms based on NV conditions directly in BACnet There can be up to 100 scheduler and calendar objects up to 32 notification class objects and up to 100 trend log objects with an aggregated total log buffer size of 2MB Furthermore the L Gate provides LonMark scheduler calendar objects which can directly schedule NVs or be translated to BACnet schedules calendars For alarm conditions the L Gate can be configured to send E Mails to pre defined addresses The L Gate is used for e connecting BACnet and CEA 709 networks e communicating on BACnet with either BACnet IP or BACnet MSTP e communicating on CEA 709 with either FT 10 or CEA 852 IP channel
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121. dar patterns can be configured in the L Gateway configuration software or be modified at run time over the Web UI or over the network When configuring in the software the current exception days should be uploaded from the device to work on the current configuration To Configure a Calendar Pattern 1 Click on the Upload calendar scheduler configuration button D SHAD 305 88 E r v e in the tool bar of the main connections window Click Ok when the upload is finished 2 Select the Calendar sub folder and select the calendar pattern which shall be configured Now Direction Calendar Mame Object Name Instance bac cal Holidays Holidays Calendar Object 26 3 Right click and select Configure Pattern in the context menu 4 The Configure Pattern dialog appears as shown in Figure 103 Add dates to the calendar pattern by entering a Date Configuration Then click Add Entry The date appears in the Pattern Entries list on the right hand side 5 Edit an exception by selecting the pattern entry in the Pattern Entries list Then modify the date configuration in the Date Configuration group box Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual Tip Date 128 Pattern Mame Holidays Create Mew Pattern Entry C Date Range Date Configuration Year Month iut Dav 14 Preview 4 February 2008 S M TW TF S zv 28 20 30 31 1 2 34587388 1B 11 12 13 14 15 16 r 18 19
122. data point and can be written Writing to it sets the device s longitude in degrees e Position Latitude This register is an analog data point and can be written Writing to it sets the device s latitude in degrees e Position Altitude This register is an analog data point and can be written Writing to it sets the device s altitude in meters above sea level e Longitude This register is an analog data point It displays the longitude part of the device s location in degrees Example 16 33472 e Latitude This register is an analog data point It displays the latitude part of the device s location in degrees Example 48 22056 e Altitude This register is an analog data point It displays the altitude of the device s location in meters above sea level Example 200 m 5 2 8 User Registers The device can be configured to contain user registers In contrast to system registers these are only available as a part of the data point configuration User registers are data points on the device that do not have a specific technological representation on the control network Thus they are not accessible over a specific control network technology A register merely serves as a container for intermediate data e g results of math objects The register can have the following basic data types e Double A register of base type double is represented by an analog data point It can hold any scalar value No specific scaling factors
123. direction type current value and data point state Inactive points are displayed in gray If the data point list does not fit on one page there are page enumerator links at the bottom Important data point states and their implications are listed in Table 5 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual Version 3 3 DLOYTEC 36 LOYTEC LINX 101 Logged in as admin Reload 7 Device Info Garoor OSEEIREES e Folder System Registers Config O Sizer Registers UJ 3 CEA709 Port Name Dir Type VELG State System 2 CEA4852 Port System Time input analog 1267190525 normal B Passwords q CPU Load input analog 7 8 normal m Backup Restore UO Free Memory input analog 8415116 normal m Port Config 7 Free Flash input analog 3871588 normal m CEA 709 Router Supply Voltage input analog 15 1 normal m CEA 852 Serer System Temp input analog 41 5 normal m CEA 852 Ch List v Application Vendor input analog invalid value B E mail Authentication Code output analog invalid value m Data Points O Authentication Result input binary Aen normal z EE Serial Number input X string 300000039E88 normal m Calendar Dy MAC Address input user 000AB00126F7 normal B Alarm ae Firmware Version input string 3 5 0 normal Device IP Address input X string 192 168 24 101 normal ys Device IP Port input analog 80 normal Statistics TZ Offset input analog 3600 normal Figure 25 Data point page The data point is in norma
124. e To Create a One Way Mapping 1 Create a schedule and or calendar mapping 2 Select the created connection and select the radio button hub gt target in the Connection Properties Connection Properties C Hub lt gt Target LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 146 LOYTEC 7 Operating Interfaces 7 1 Common Interface 7 1 1 Schedule and Calendar XML Files The daily schedule and calendar pattern configuration can be changes at run time over the Web UI or the network An alternate way to change that configuration is to download a schedule and calendar XML file via FTP onto the device After the file has been downloaded the new configuration becomes effective immediately The device does not need to be rebooted The files are located in tmp uid sched UID xml tmp uid cal UID xml The UID is the unique ID of the data point The UID can be obtained from the ID column in the data point list as shown in Figure 109 A schedule data point with UID 107C would result in the schedule XML file tmp uid sched 107C xml The UID remains constant for the life time of the data point even when the name or description is changed The content of the XML file must be compliant to the scheduleCfg schema This schema can be found at the LOYTEC Web site The XML documents can refer to the target namespace http www loytec com xsd scheduleCfg 1 0 7 1 2 Trend Log CSV File Version 3 3 The CSV file format for a trend log
125. e A multi state data point represents a discrete set of states The associated data type is a signed integer machine variable Each state is identified by an integer value the state ID State IDs need not be consecutive Meta data of a multi state data point includes human readable descriptions for the individual states state texts and the number of available states e String A string data point contains a variable length string The associated data type is a character string International character sets are encoded in UTF 8 A string data point does not include any other meta data e User A user data points contains un interpreted user defined data The data is stored as a byte array A user data point does not include any other meta data This type of data point also serves as a container for otherwise structured data points and represents the entirety of the structure 5 2 2 Timing Parameters Apart from the meta data data points can be configured with a number of timing parameters The following properties are available to input or output data points respectively e Pollcycle input The value is given in seconds which specifies that this data point periodically polls data from the source e Receive Timeout input This is a variation on the poll cycle When receive timeout is 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
126. e the NV type SNVT and direction Note that the direction is the direction of the external NV on the L Gate Therefore the remote output NV nvo0O switch becomes an input on the L Gate Also enter the NV selector in hexadecimal and the NV index in decimal Choose the preferred addressing mode e g Node ID 6 Click Create External NV to add this NV to the data point list 7 The external NV now appears in the data point list as shown in Figure 81 For external NVs which are inputs to the L Gate adapt the poll cycle property to your needs Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 102 LOYTEC Model Na Joo Set Auta Local datapoints Datapoint M ame Filter Include subfolders Moa Direction gi 9 ia E Datapoint Mame Local WY Remate NV 1 Qut mw exkernal switch nvaMy external sw External MV Allocation C Direction irf Ny Allocation Intl EA S Data Type Out External Ni Structured Figure 81 Manually created external NV in the port interface definition 6 7 11 Generate BACnet Objects To actually create BACnet mappings from the used NVs on the L Gate use the data point manager tab This section describes how to automatically generate BACnet objects from NVs The auto generation method also adds the NV and the BACnet object to a new connection Version 3 3 To generate BACnet objects and connections from NVs on the L Gate L 2 Go to the data point man
127. e Connections tab of the main window 2 Select the connection to edit Then follow the steps as applied when creating a connection 3 To delete a target select the target and click on Remove Target s Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 113 LOYTEC To Delete a Connection 1 Change to the Connections tab of the main window 2 Select the connection for removal Use multi select to select more than one connection 3 Click Remove 6 9 4 Connection Overview Select the Connection Summary tab to get a graphical representation of all connections It represents the two connected data points their technology they are based on and the direction of the connection An example for the overview is shown in Figure 94 Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics Datapoint i Datapoint Connection L Gate CEA709 Port Datapoints abs humid Ny BACnet L Gate BACnet Port Datapoints AIO New Connection 1020 L Gate CE 4709 Port Datapoints abs humid Ny BACnet L Gate BACnet Port Datapoints 411 New Connection 1027 L Gate BACnet Port Datapoints 410 BACnet ny L Gate CE4709 Port Datapaints abs humid New Connection 1020 L Gate BACnet Port Datapoints 411 BACnet _ hy L Gate CE4709 Pork Datapoints abs humid New Connection 1020 Figure 94 Connections Summary 6 10 BACnet Configuration 6 10 1 Scan for BACnet Objects LOYTEC devices also support an online network scan on the BACnet network
128. e current transceiver settings Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet C Disable Transceiver FT 10 CEA 709 Bitrate 78 1 kBit Save Settings Get Settings Status active Figure 18 CEA 709 Configuration Page 4 2 6 CEA 852 Device Configuration Version 3 3 The CEA 852 protocol is only available on the Ethernet port To enable CEA 852 on the device select the CEA 852 CEA 709 over IP checkbox on the Ethernet tab of the port configuration page Please note that on device models without a router or a proxy the CEA 709 protocol on other ports will be disabled e g LINX 100 L Gate The CEA 852 protocol settings are displayed in the settings box on the right hand side as shown in Figure 19 Typically the device is added to an IP channel by entering the relevant information on a configuration server The configuration server then contacts the CEA 852 device of the L Gate and sends its configuration LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 31 LOYTEC Version 3 3 Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet Changes will take effect after reset v m Config server address 192 168 24 23 M FIP Config server port 1629 iv Telnet Config client port 1628 Iv HTTP Device name device 23 iv CEA 852 CEA 709 over IP Channel mode Standard Pri SNTP server Get Settings Sec SNTP server Channel timeout ms off Escrow timeout ms 64 leave empty to disable Aggregation timeout ms 16 leave empty to disable MD5 auth
129. e displayed if the L Gate s IP address conflicts with a different host on the network Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 43 LOYTEC DLOYTEC LGATE 900 Logged in as admin O Update IP statistics Device Info pama i Es Ethernet Interface Statistics Config 9 Rx packets 0 Rx bytes 3990817 Statistics T D Rx dropped 0 Rx no clusters 0 System Log Rx CRC errors 0 CEA 709 le miend n BACnet MS TP Y pna BACnet Recipients Ta Tx collisions 0 BACnet FDT Tx resends 0 Scheduler S a TREES T Alarm Log Le packets o Tx bytes 3880768 Reset E Rx no mbuf 0 Rx oversize errors 0 Contact Rx runt errors 0 Tx ok 0 Logout Tx dropped 0 TCP IP Statistics Total IP packets received 58744 Total IP packets generated here 61238 Total TCP packets sent 512 Total TCP data packets sent 313 Total TCP data bytes sent 59092 Total TCP packets received 483 Total UDP packets received 58237 Total UDP packets sent 60702 Update IP statistics Figure 34 IP Statistics Page 4 3 3 CEA 852 Statistics The CEA 852 statistics page displays the statistics data of the CEA 852 device on the device The upper part of the CEA 852 statistics page is depicted in Figure 35 To update the statistics data press the button Update all CEA 852 statistics To reset all statistics counters to zero click on
130. e network it can be subject for eavesdroppers on the line It is recommended to either use a cross over cable In the field Location string the user can enter a descriptive test which identifies the physical location of the L Gate A location string can have a maximum length of 255 characters This is optional and for informational purposes only If the CEA 852 device on the L Gate 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 CEA 852 device of the L Gate into a multi cast group for the CEA 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 To learn when it is beneficial to use multi cast addresses in your channel please refer to the L IP User Manual 1 4 2 BACnet Configuration Important Figure 20 shows the BACnet device configuration page This configuration page allows setting the Device ID which is the instance part of the Object Identifier property of the BACnet Device object The field Device name holds the name of the BACnet device object property Object Name The device ID and device name must be unique within the BACnet internetwork BACnet Configuration Logged in as admin Device ID 224094 Device Info Far Device name L Ga
131. e process view which is opposite to the network Therefore a BACnet analog input AI object is modeled as an analog output data point The direction of client mappings naturally refers to the network communication Therefore a write client mapping is represented as an analog output data point In BACnet commandable objects can be written with values at a certain priority The value with the highest priority is in effect When revoking a written value the NULL value is written This takes back the value When all written values are withdrawn the Relinquish_Default value is in effect The default value feature of a data point is mapped to the Relinquish Default property for commandable objects For BACnet objects which are not commandable the Present Value is initialized with the specified default value 5 7 2 BACnet Alarming BACnet alarming on the device is based on the intrinsic reporting mechanism Currently algorithmic reporting is not supported Alarm conditions can only be applied to data points which map to BACnet server objects If defined the intrinsic reporting properties of the underlying BACnet objects are enabled Alarm conditions can be specified for analog input output value objects AI AO AV for binary input value objects BI BV and for multi state input value objects MSI MSV To define alarm conditions for binary output BO and multi state output MSO objects map the Feedback_Value property of the respective
132. e the highest MS TP node number of all masters on the channel Slave devices may have a higher MS TP node number than MS TP max master To operate with slow devices on the MS TP network set the Network Timing option to slow This increases a number of timeouts which is needed by some devices but slows down network communication If communication problems occur in standard mode try setting the slow mode For fine tuning other parameters please refer to Section 8 2 4 2 10 BACnet BDT Broadcast Distribution Table The BBMD function is only available on the L Gate The BBMD function is needed when a BACnet IP network spans over several IP subnets separated by IP routers If the device is configured as a BBMD see Section 4 2 7 the BDT Broadcast Distribution Table specifies all other BBMDs of the BACnet IP network The BDT is shown in Figure 23 DLOYTEC LGATE 900 Logged in as admin I Successfully saved settings T esl Device Info c Add Device Action on Selected Config O No IP Address Port a E System i zx O 192168241 0xBACO o B Passwords a 68 25 i Edit m Backup Restore 1 192168252 0xBACO o m CEAT09 2 192168261 0xBACO o BACnet Config BACnet Data Link BACnet BDT E E mail Data Points Scheduler Calendar Alarm networks under Statistics Figure 23 BACnet Broadcast Distribution Table By clicking Add Device new BBMDs IP address and port can be added With Act
133. e 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 86 appears Dynamic NV Synchronization Status Done Found 0 Ms 0 new O existing Figure 86 Synchronizing dynamic NVs from the device 3 Click on Finish The new dynamic NVs now appear in the data point list and can be edited and used for creating BACnet objects and connections LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 107 LOYTEC 6 7 17 Upload the System Log The system log on the device contains important log messages Log messages are generated for important operational states e g last boot time last shutdown reason or errors at run time This file is important for trouble shooting and is available on the Web UI see Section 4 3 1 The file can also be uploaded from the device with the L Gate Configurator To Upload the System Log 1 Connect to the device via the FTP or LNS method see Section 6 7 2 2 Click on the Upload system log button D a E SINAAD v t in the tool bar The upload system log dialog as shown in Figure 87 opens showing the upload progress Uploading System Log x FTP Connection Already connected Upload var log system lag Done Upload varilogisystem log 0 Done Upload varflog system log 1 Done Upload varJlog syskem lag 2 Log empty Show System Log Figure 87 Upload system log dialog
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135. ease refer to the Configurator Section 6 12 4 Note This firmware version does not allow configuring scheduled data points on local BACnet schedulers The feature is currently limited to CEA 709 schedulers DLOYTEC Logged in as admin O Schedule Configuration Presets Data Points Device Info aud Save Reload Config O U Scheduled Data Points T Add Remove O Data Point Name Group CEA709 Port Datapoints abs humid E Un i a B Scheduler Y E Calendar O Schedule Enable Disable Data Point E Alarm Remove T Statistics D Enable Disable Feedback Data Point C Bl Remove Scheduled Preset Name El Remove Figure 30 Re configure scheduled data points on the Web UI 4 2 15 Calendar The Web interface provides the calendar page to edit its calendars at run time 1 e change the exception days The calendar main page displays all available calendars Click on the calendar to be edited This opens the calendar configuration page An example is shown in Figure 31 The effective period defines when this calendar shall be in effect Leave From and To at F to make this calendar always in effect Otherwise enter dates such as 30 1 2000 backto schedule p aan c Save Reload UJ T Name Calendar Description Effective Period From F e3 ES To T Tm D Uu Calendar Patterns Pattern Configuration A ed Pattern Name Pattern Name hol
136. ecify the target data points To Create Connection from a CSV File 1 Select the menu Tools gt Export Connections 2 Select an appropriate file name and export 3 Edit the connections CSV file An example is shown in Figure 93 fconnection csv ver l1 ConnectionName HubDPName TargetDPName nvoAbs_humidl L Gate CEA709 Port abs_humidl L Gate BACnet Port A0101 nvoAbs humid2 L Gate CEA709 Port abs humid2 L Gate BACnet Port A0102 nvoAbs humid3 L Gate CEA709 Port abs humid3 L Gate BACnet Port A0103 nvoAbs humid4 L Gate CEA709 Port abs humid4 L Gate BACnet Port A0104 Figure 93 Example Connection CSV File 4 Selectthe menu Tools Import Connections 5 If connections that are not part of the connection CSV file shall be deleted click Yes when prompted Click No if the other connections shall be left as is EC LIN X 2 Clear existing connections before importing Ja Mein Abbrechen 6 Choose the file to import and click Ok 7 When the import has completed optionally view the log to check which connections have been added modified and deleted 6 9 3 Modify Connections Connections can be edited and deleted This is also done in the Connections tab of the main window Editing connections does not influence the data point configuration This means when deleting a connection or adding removing data points to from a connection the data points are not deleted To Edit a Connection 1 Change to th
137. ect Type Optionally update the Instance No and select the Commandable check box for value objects if the value object shall be commandable from the network 4 Inthe Optional Properties you may select Engineering Units for analog objects For all object types you can enter the Description The Device Type can be left empty 5 Click Create Server Object The BACnet data point is created and appears in the data point list 6 10 6 Map other Properties than Present Value Version 3 3 When creating a BACnet server object the Present Value property is mapped by the created data point That means writing and reading on the data point reads or writes the Present Value If other properties shall be accessed they must be added to the BACnet server object s data point To Add other Properties 1 Select the BACnet server object for adding properties 2 Right click on the data point and select Add Remove BACnet properties The dialog appears as shown in Figure 99 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 118 LOYTEC Object Mame BACnet Property Read Write abs_ humid Present Value M mo m Description T mo m High Lir v MEM NE Max Pres Value E NNNM NEN Objeck Mame 7 NNI NE Resolution 7 mo m Units Clase Figure 99 Dialog for adding removing BACnet properties 3 Check the additional properties Checking the Read box will add an input data point checking the Write box will add an outp
138. ection Calendar Mame Object Mame Obj Type 1 In bac_cal 1 1 Instance Holidays Holidays Calendar Object 26 6 12 3 Create a Local Scheduler Version 3 3 For scheduling data points a scheduler object must be created On each port multiple local scheduler objects can be created These local schedulers can then be configured to schedule data points To Create a Local Scheduler 1 Under the port folder select the Scheduler sub folder Ei 3 CEA709 Port 0 Datapoints 1 Items F 1 Calendar 1 Items 2 Right click in the data point list view and select New Local Scheduler 3 Enter a name for the schedule and a description Note that the schedule automatically detects a calendar if it has previously been created LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 124 LOYTEC Configuration Scheduled Datapoints Mame scheduler Description Heating Setpoint Schedule Calendar calendar 4 Click Create Schedule The new schedule appears in the data point list of the Scheduler sub folder 6 12 4 Configure Scheduled Data Points When a local scheduler has been created it needs to be configured which data points it shall schedule This is done by attaching data points to the scheduler Note that there may be limits how many and which data points may be attached see Section 5 6 3 This configuration must be done as an initial setup Which data points are scheduled cannot be changed at run time The da
139. ed If the L Gate is already connected to the network it is recommended to connect the configuration software to the L Gate To Connect to an L Gate Stand Alone 1 Select the FTP connection method by clicking on the FTP connect button D c EE 7 lt PY in the tool bar of the main connections window The FTP connect dialog as shown in Figure 72 opens FTP Connect to Device E x Status Target Device Recent Connections L aate bul Save Delete Hostname or IP Address 192 168 24 90 User admin Password pii FTF Fort Zl Telnet Pork 23 omen Figure 72 FTP connection dialog 2 Enter the IP address of the L Gate the user and password The default user is admin and the default password is admin 3 Optionally click into the Recent Connections field and enter a user defined name for this connection That name can be selected later to connect Click on Save to store that connection 4 If your device is located behind a NAT router of firewall you may change the FTP and Telnet ports to your needs for accessing the device Clicking Save also stored these settings 5 Click on Connect This establishes the connection to the device 6 7 3 Uploading the Configuration To get the current network variable configuration of the L Gate the port interface needs to be uploaded This will upload the entire configuration from the L Gate including data points dynamic NVs and schedules To Uplo
140. ed updates are always transmitted according to min and max send times See Section 5 2 6 Use Linear Scaling If this property is enabled the analog values are pre scaled from the technology to the data point This scaling is in addition to any technology specific LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 74 LOYTEC scaling factors If enabled the properties Custom Scaling Factor and Custom Scaling Offset accept the scaling factors See Section 5 2 6 e Custom Scaling Factor Custom Scaling Offset These properties only exist if linear scaling is enabled They apply to analog data points only See Section 5 2 6 e Only notify on COV This property assists for binary and multi state input data points It defines if a data point shall trigger an update only when the value changes or on every write If this 1s enabled consecutive writes with the same value do not trigger an update If you want to convey every write disable COV on the data point e Persistent This property defines if the last written value shall be stored as a persistent value Persistent data points restore that value after a restart from the persistent storage See Section 5 2 4 e Default Value This property defines a default value see Section 5 2 3 Enter a default value to enable this feature in the data point Delete the value entirely to remove the default value If no default value is defined this property reads N A The default is no default value
141. en for 6 ms whenever a packet is transmitted or received or when a collision is detected on the network cable 3 4 7 CN IP LED The CNIP LED is a three color LED that indicates different operating states of the L Gate s CEA 852 device Green The CEA 852 device is fully functional and all CEA 852 configuration data channel routing info channel membership list send list are up to date Green flicker If a valid CEA 709 packet is received or transmitted over the IP channel the CNIP LED turns off for 50 ms Only valid CEA 709 IP packets sent to the IP address of the L Gate can be seen Stale packets or packets not addressed to the L Gate are not seen Yellow The CEA 852 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 The CEA 852 device is non functional because it was rejected from the CEA 852 IP channel or shut down itself due to an internal error condition Off The CEA 852 device is non functional because it has not been started This can be the case if the L Gate uses DHCP and it has not received a valid IP configuration address from the DHCP server Flashing Red at 1 Hz The CEA 852 device is non functional because it is started but has not been configured Please add the device to a CEA 852 IP channel register in configuration server Flashing green or orange at 1 Hz The L Gate s CEA 709 side of the gateway
142. entication off Warning This internet connection is insecure All data will be transmitted in clear text Use the console interface to change the MD5 secret in a secure way MD5 secret 16 bytes hex Location string unknown NAT Address V Automatic NAT leave empty to disable Multicast Address 255 0 0 39 leave empty to disable Figure 19 CEA 852 Device Configuration Page The field Config server address and Config server port display the IP address and port of the configuration server which manages the L Gate and the IP channel The field Config client port represents the IP port of the L Gate s CEA 852 device This setting should be left at its default 1628 unless there are more than one CEA 852 devices operating behind a single NAT router Please refer to the L IP User Manual 1 to learn more about NAT configuration In the field Device name the user can enter a descriptive name for the L Gate 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 CEA 852 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 Gate behind one NAT router the channel switches to Extended NAT mode Please refer to the L IP User Ma
143. eps that need to be followed in order to configure the L Gate in a network with LNS 3 x In this scenario the L Gate will use dynamic NVs and bindings First the L Gate device must be added to LNS see Section 6 4 6 Then the L Gate Configurator must be started in plug in mode to configure the L Gate see Section 6 7 1 In the Configurator scan for the data points in the LNS database see Section 6 7 4 Select the NVs that the L Gate shall expose to BACnet see Section 6 7 7 Generate BACnet objects and connections from the used NVs see Section 6 7 11 Finally the configuration needs to be downloaded onto the L Gate see Section 6 7 13 It is recommended to save the complete configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L Gate in the network ES l Add L Gate Section 6 5 Start the Configurator as a plug in Section 6 7 1 Scan network variables Section 6 7 4 Select NVs and use on L Gate Section 6 7 7 Generate BACnet objects Section 6 7 11 Download configuration to L Gate Section 6 7 13 l ES Figure 55 Basic design flow with LNS Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 83 LOYTEC To add more NVs when all bindings are in place and the L Gate is being used simply repeat the steps described above The Configurator software will back up the bindings create or delete the dynamic NVs and re
144. eq nvoFileStat nviFilePos nvoAlarm nvoAlarm 2 Figure 112 Node Object The Node Object accepts the following commands via nviRequest 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 alarm 2 This allows devices supporting the LONMARK alarm notifier profile to receive alarms generated by the L Gate 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 7 2 3 Extended Node Object Interface When any of the AST features is enabled in the project settings the node object contains some extensions Version 3 3 nviDateEvent SNVT time stamp nvoDateResync SNVT switch These NVs are part of the standard LONMARK node object if schedulers are used If not bound the local calendar is used If a global calendar shall be used both of these NVs must be bound to the respective NVs of the global calendar object nviTimeSet SNVT time stamp When writing to this NV the system is set The time value is interpreted as local time nvoSystemTemp SNVT temp This NV can be used to poll the system temperature of the L Gate It does not send updates and must be polled nvoSupplyVolt SNVT volt This NV can be used to poll the supply voltage of the L Gate It does not
145. er point That is the data point is structured similar to the NV it is based on Beneath the user data point the individual structure fields are presented as sub data points For more information on the different types of network variables and their implications please refer to the application note in Section 11 2 For CPs the allocation type File is used 5 6 2 Static Interface Changes The L Gate can be configured to use 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 When static NVs are used the L Gate changes its static interface and boots with a new one Each time the static interface of the L Gate changes 1 e static NVs are added deleted or modified the model number is changed The model number is the last byte of the program ID Thus a change in the static interface results in a change of the program ID and a new device template needs to be created in the network management tool A new device template usually means that the device has to be deleted and added again in the database All bindings and dynamic NVs have to be created again for the new device When the L Gate Configurator is connected via LNS it supports the process of changing the device template for the new static interface It automatically upgrades the device template of the L Gate device in the LNS database and restores the previous bindi
146. ernal error Please contact LOYTEC with the error code The Web interface provides a configuration page to re configure trend logs at run time The changes made to the trend logs take effect immediately without the needs for a reboot of the device Allocating new trend logs can only be done in the configuration software see Section 6 14 1 The trend log main page displays all available trend logs Click on the trend log to be edited This opens the trend log configuration page An example is shown in Figure 27 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 38 LOYTEC DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Note O Save Reload Device Info 4 E Config O Name trend1 VJ Description E System news iY B Pascon QU Mode B Backup Restore po Fill Mode Ring Buffer m Port Config c m E mail W Data Points p oe x Log Size 500 L Calendar O Log Interval 3 sec m Alarm lt Fill Level Notification a0 96 4 L YU C Logged Data Points aas Reno Name COV delta Type CEA709 PortDatapoints abs_humid fo vae ICEA709 Port Datapoints motor state D Value Trend Enable Disable Data Point User Registers trend_enable_Read Bil Remove Figure 27 Trend log configuration page The user can change the Trend Mode the Fill Mode the Log Interval and the Fill Level Notification Furthermore data points can be added to the trend log by clicking the Add button A data point selector dialog
147. erver Enter an Alarm Description which is unique on the device Enter a Time Delay after which the condition is evaluated Select Low Limit and High Limit and put check marks if they shall be employed Enter a Deadband to account for hysteresis Create Alarm Condition x W Enable Alarm Condition Alarm Server critical Alarm Description overheat Time Delay 5 5 Deadband 0 00 Lovslimit 0 00 v Highlimit 100 Remove amp larm Gondition Cancel Figure 105 Alarm Condition for an Analog Data Point 4 For a binary data point the dialog as shown in Figure 106 appears Select the Alarm Server Enter an Alarm Description which is unique on the device Enter a Time Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 132 LOYTEC Delay after which the condition is evaluated Select the Alarm Value which triggers the alarm Create Alarm Condition X Alarm Server critical Alarm Description Emergency Button Time Delay s Alarm Value true af Remove Alarm Gondition Cancel Figure 106 Alarm Condition for a Binary Data Point 5 For a multi state data point the dialog as shown in Figure 107 appears Select the Alarm Server Enter an Alarm Description which is unique on the device If left empty the description of the data point is used Enter a Time Delay after which the condition is evaluated Select the Alarm States which triggers the alarm by clicking the arrow butt
148. es on the CEA 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 85 Click Start to start the download Each of the actions is displayed in the Task List section of the dialog The current progress is indicated by the progress bar below When the download process has finished a notification window appears which has to be acknowledged by clicking Ok LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 105 LOYTEC Configuration Download CEAT09 Port i xj Target Device Information Task List CEA709 Device Info Device Name linx100 Unique Node ID 80000001DFBB Program ID 9000D746168A0400 Statkus Download the configuration Save dynamic NVs Model 00 Save bindings Subnet 02 Remove dynamic Mi s Mode 41 Reboot device Upgrade device Restore dynamic N s Restore bindings 10 Create dynamic W s 11 Commission device 1 z 3 4 5 Commission device Channel Channel FT 10 6 LAS Path linx100 test3 Subsystem 1 7 LNS Status Offline 8 Hardware Info Firmware Version id Date 12 Reboot device Product Code ia iii 13 Create bindings Serial Number Reci devi Device ID N A 14 egister an device template Vendor ID N A 15 Update device info Model Number ol Generate Free Task Progress Figure 85 Configur
149. es as a master switch Setting the top level data point to be persistent enables persistency for all sub data points Clearing it disables persistency for all sub data points 5 2 5 Behavior on Value Changes The value of a data point can change if it is written by the application or over the network For all data points input and output the application connection user control etc can be notified when the value is written to The property Only notify on COV defines whether the notification is done with each write or only if the value changes change of value COV If only notify on COV is disabled writing the same value multiple times will result in multiple notifications When the value of an output data point is updated an update is usually sent out onto the network The property Send On Delta decides how the update is reflected on the network If send on delta is inactive each update of the value is sent If send on delta is active value changes only are sent The send on delta property is only valid for output data points For analog data points the COV or send on delta takes an extra argument which specifies by what amount the value must change to regard it as a change for action Both COV and send on delta for analog data points check the Analog Point COV Increment property A change is detected if the value increment is bigger or equal to the specified increment If the property is zero all updates are considered 5 2 6 Cu
150. escription If it is the first occurrence of this reference in the file flag sync defines that the NV is a synchronous NV o co deviceref the columns defined below must be filled in Otherwise they can be left out programID 9000A44850060402 The program ID string of the network device neuronID 80000000C8C8 The NID of the network device N The subnet address of the network device Use 0 if the device has no subnet address information subnet W The node address of the network device Use 0 if the device has no node address information node location str The location string of the network device Use 0 if no information is available devicename DDC The device name of the network device Leave this field blank if this information 1s not available node self doc amp 3 2 0 2 Self documentation string of the device special characters are escaped NV length 2 NV length in bytes NV self doc 014 NV self documentation string special characters are escaped allocation 1 Define how this NV shall be allocated external 1 default static 2 file 3 Table 10 CSV Columns of the NV Import File 7 2 2 Node Object The L Gate provides a node object conforming to the LONMARK guidelines A diagram of the node object is depicted in Figure 112 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 150 LOYTEC Node Object nviRequest nvoStatus nviFileR
151. espective nvoSchedLink variable located in the Scheduler functional block of the remote device The binding between the nvoSchedLink variable on the remote device to the nviSchedLink variable on the local device defines which of the scheduler data points on the local device connect to which scheduler unit on the remote device All required information is transmitted over the link NVs so it is possible to later change the binding to any other remote scheduler without rescanning the network If connected via LNS the bindings to the nvoCalLink and nvoSchedLink NVs are made automatically by the configuration software in the download process 6 15 2 Alarm Clients Version 3 3 Accessing alarm server objects on remote devices is done by creating remote alarm data points These points may be created from data obtained by a network scan The local device is configured as an alarm client and subscribes to alarm updates from the remote alarm server The alarm client can also be used to acknowledge alarms on the remote alarm server Any updates are synchronized back to the alarm client To Create an Alarm Client 1 Execute a network scan as described earlier in this document The scan folder is filled with available remote alarm servers ET BACnet Network Scan EU Delta DSM RTR 100 71 Datapoints 4 Items j ven 2 Calendar 1 Items Alarm 9 Items 7 Scheduler 2 Items LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 140 LOYTEC
152. et scheduler as in Section 6 12 Do not attach data points to that scheduler 3 Create a new connection see Section 6 9 1 Give it a descriptive name e g sched_conn 4 Select the CEA 709 schedule object as the hub 5 Select the BACnet scheduler as the target 6 Click Save Now a scheduler connection appears in the connections list Once a scheduler is in a connection do not change the scheduled data points 7 Create a local BACnet calendar object if not existing yet Add the required number of calendar patterns 1 e the number of calendar patterns used in the CEA 709 calendar It is recommended to allocate a number of spare calendar patterns too This can be handy because BACnet calendars cannot dynamically add calendar patterns at run time while CEA 709 calendars can Do not specify names for the calendar patterns LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 144 LOYTEC Important 8 Create a second new connection Give it a descriptive name e g cal_conn If there already exists a calendar connection don t create a new connection and add the exposed calendar as a target to the existing connection There can only be one calendar connection that contains all exposed calendars 9 Select the CEA 709 calendar as the hub When exposing a remote schedule select the calendar from the same remote device folder where the schedule was selected from 10 Select the created BACnet calendar as the target 11 Click Sa
153. evice if the device is already connected to the network 3 In the Device Template group box select the existing device template of the L Gate Select L Gate 900 FT 10 if the L Gate is configured to use the FT 10 interface or L Gate 900 IP 10L if the L Gate is configured to be on the IP channel For information on how to configure which port to use refer to Section 4 2 5 for the Web UI 4 Select the channel which the device 1s connected to and click Next 5 The following dialog shown in Figure 61 appears click Next New Device Wizard i x Device name Igate Location Ping Interval LI BO0S00000000 Never Description Zur ck Finish Abbrechen Hilfe Figure 61 Leave defaults for Location 6 Check Service Pin as the device identification method as shown in Figure 62 and click Next Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 88 LOYTEC New Device Wizard Figure 62 Use Service Pin 7 Click Next in the following screens until you get to the final dialog shown in Figure 63 8 Ifthe device is already on net select Online New Device Wizard Figure 63 Final dialog 9 Click Finish A dialog will prompt to press the service pin Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 89 LOYTEC Echelon LonMaker 1 p Please press the service pin on device Igate Options Display data from service pin Total Received W Filter on progr
154. ext menu 2 This opens the dialog shown in Figure 90 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 109 LOYTEC Set Configuration Properties xj Device Igate OK name zy Cancel Help i Included CPs C Download current values to device v Device specitic CPs Operation v Mon device specific CPs Reset device to default values My type GPs Set device template defaults from device Figure 90 Set Configuration Properties in LonMaker TE 3 In this dialog select the radio button Upload values from device in the Operation group box To use the current settings of the device as default values for new devices select Set device template defaults from device 4 Execute the operation by clicking the OK button 6 8 2 Install Unconfigured Devices CEA 709 devices must be installed by a network management tool e g LNS based tool to be available for communication To install a device its domain information must be written and the device must be set configured online If no network management tool is available the CEA 709 network scan can be used to install a small number of unconfigured devices To Install Devices 1 Open the CEA 709 network scan dialog and scan for devices as described in Section 6 7 6 2 Click the Install button This opens the Install Devices dialog as shown in Figure 91 Controls Status Configured Online Set Domain From Network Domain Length bytes fi Inst
155. f the CEA 709 port folder e g nvoHumid101 2 Right click and choose Create Feedback Point from the context menu 3 A new input data point is created having fb appended to the original name e g nvoHumid101_fb Note that the feedback data point maps to the same NV index as the original output data point 4 Choose an appropriate poll cycle in the data point properties for the feedback data point 6 8 4 Working with UNVTs UCPTs Version 3 3 This device supports user defined type including user defined network variable types UNVTs and user defined configuration property types UCPTs In order to interpret the contents of user defined types the device resource files supplied by the vendor must be added to the resource catalog on your PC Once the resource files are installed the CEA 709 network scan and the LNS scan will display the user defined types from the resource files Those data points can be used on the device like regular standard type data points Also manual creation of UNVTSs can be performed To Manually Create a Static UNVT Perform the steps to manually create a static NV as described in Section 6 7 9 2 When the Create New NV dialog appears change the resource file from STANDARD in the Resource File drop down box to the desired user defined resource file Resource File Erani kpi 3 Then select the desired UNVT from the Type drop down list below This list will display the t
156. folder The maximum length is limited to 64 ASCII characters Datapoint Path This informational property specifies the entire path of the data point within the data point hierarchy The maximum length is limited to 64 ASCII characters Datapoint Description This is a human readable description of the data point There are no special restrictions for a description Use Pollcycle value as For input data points this property defines whether the input shall use a receive timeout or be constantly polling See Section 5 2 2 Poll on Startup For input data points this property defines whether the data point shall be polled once at start up Poll on startup can be enabled independently of the poll cycle See Section 5 2 2 Pollcycle For input data points this property defines the poll cycle in seconds Set this property to 0 to disable polling See Section 5 2 2 Receive Timeout For input data points this property defines the receive timeout in seconds Set this property to O to disable polling See Section 5 2 2 Min Send For output data points this property defines the min send time in seconds See Section 5 2 2 Max Send For output data points this property defines the max send time in seconds See Section 5 2 2 Send on delta For output data points this property defines if value updates shall be sent only once they meet the COV condition of the data point For analog data points the analog COV increment is used If not check
157. ge the CEA 709 port LED and the STATUS LED are flashing red 9 1 Firmware Update via the Configurator The L Gate primary image can be updated using the Configurator For this purpose the device must be connected to the Ethernet and must have a valid IP configuration see Section 4 2 4 The L Gate Configurator must be installed see Section 6 1 To Update the Firmware using the Configurator 1 Start the L Gate Configurator from the Windows Start menu Start gt Programs gt LOYTEC L Gate Configuratior Configure L Gate 2 Select the menu Connection Connect via FTP This opens the FTP connection dialog as shown in Figure 115 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 162 LOYTEC FTP Connect to Device Ea Status Target Device Recent Connections Delete Hostname or IP Address 192 158 24 92 User admin Password EET FTF Fort 2l Telnet Port z3 cacai Figure 115 FTP connection dialog 3 Inthe FTP connection dialog enter the IP address of the device to upgrade and the FTP user name and password The default user name and password are admin and admin This can be changed via the Web interface see Section 4 1 and reset via the console UI see Section 10 2 2 4 Click on Connect 5 Select the menu Firmware gt Update 6 This opens the Firmware Update dialog as shown in Figure 116 Click on the button and select the firmware image lgate900_3_1_0 dl
158. has not been commissioned yet The color indicates the CEA 852 IP channel status as described above 3 4 8 BACnet IP LED The BACnet IP LED flashes green for 25 ms when BACnet packets are transmitted or received over the BACnet IP interface Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 21 LOYTEC 3 4 9 Wink Action If the L Gate receives a wink command on any of its network ports it shows a blink pattern on the CNIP and the CEA 709 activity LEDs The CEA 709 activity and the CNIP LED turn green orange red each 0 15 s This pattern is repeated six times After that the CNIP LED flashes orange six times if the wink command was received on the IP channel or the CEA 709 activity LED flashes orange six times if the wink command was received on the CEA 709 channel After that the L Gate LEDs resume their normal behavior 3 4 10 Network Diagnostics The L Gate provides simple network diagnostics via its CEA 709 activity LED If the LED does not light up at all this port is not connected to any network segment or the connected network segment currently shows no traffic If the LED is flashing green the network segment connected to this port is ok If the LED is flashing red a potential problem exists on the network segment connected to this port This state is referred to as overload condition A port overload condition occurs if e the average bandwidth utilization of this port was higher than 70 or e the collision rate wa
159. hat a DNS server must be configured in the IP settings see Section 4 2 4 to resolve the E Mail server host name The Web UI displays a warning message at the top of the page if the DNS configuration is missing Results of sending the test E Mail are logged in the system log for further analysis of an existing problem see Section 4 3 1 DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Outgoing e mail server SMTP mgate chello at Device Info Outgoing e mail server port 25 Source e mail address device chello at Send Test E mail Config Ccecilia Source e mail sender name My Device m System Reply e mail address opt huber aon at Send Test E mail P B Passwords B Backup Restore m CEA 709 BACnet Config BACnet Data Link BACnet BDT B E mail m Data Points B Scheduler L Calendar E Alarm E mail server user name Leave empty to disable authentification E mail server password coocoo networks under control Figure 24 E Mail Configuration Page 4 2 12 Data Points Version 3 3 The device s Web interface provides a data point page which lists all configured data points on the L Gate An example is shown in Figure 25 The data point page contains a tree view Clicking on a particular tree item fills the right part of the page with a data point list of that tree level and all levels below Thus one can get an easy overview of all data points The data point list displays the data point name
160. have been acknowledged disappear from the list To record historical information about those alarms the alarm log must be used See Section 4 3 8 for the alarm log Web interface LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 42 LOYTEC 4 3 Device Statistics The device statistics pages provide advanced statistics information about the CEA 852 device BACnet device and the Ethernet interface 4 3 1 System Log The System Log page prints all messages stored in the system log of the device An example is shown in Figure 38 This log data is important for trouble shooting It contains log entries for reboots and abnormal operating conditions When contacting LOYTEC support have a copy of this log ready LOYTEC Logged in as admin O Clear system log Update system log Save system log Device Info p 2009 07 14 18 00 47 349 Last message repeated 1 times 2009 07 14 18 00 47 349 NOTE Appiication CEA 709 application on interface CEA onfig O 2009 07 14 18 00 47 372 NOTE Appiication CEA 709 appiication on interface CEA VU FE nuo mn uu D CREE nd is EO eae a A es 2009 07 14 18 00 47 392 NOTE Appiication CEA 709 appiication on interface CEA Statistics QU 2009 07 14 18 00 47 413 NOTE Application CEA 709 application on interface CEA 2009 07 14 18 00 47 450 Last message repeated 1 times P 2 2009 07 14 18 00 47 450 NOTE Appliication CEA 709 application on interface CEA m System Log 20
161. he Config menu opens Click on Port Config and change to the tab Ethernet The TCP IP settings are selected as shown in Figure 6 Enter the IP address the IP netmask and IP gateway for this device n DLOYTEC Logged in as admin O Port1 Port2 Ethernet Device Info EN m CUNG Enable DHCP P O Iv FIP 2 D Ej Telnet IP Address 192 168 24 21 as IP Netmask 255 255 192 0 Y PUE IPG s 192 168 1 1 O ateway 168 1 a Hostname Domainname N DNS Server 1 a Save a x Samp Sa leave empty to disable al Sen O DNS Server 2 m Alarm lt leave empty to disable QD DNS Server 3 c leave empty to disable MAC Address Iv Use Factory Default 00 04 80 01 0C 9F NTP Sever t 10 101 172 leave empty to disable NTP Server 2 leave empty to disable NTP Status in sync Link Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect The entries marked with are required for proper operation E Figure 6 Enter IP address and gateway 7 Press Save Settings and then reset the device by selecting Reset in the highlighted text This changes the IP settings of the device 2 2 3 BACnet Configuration To configure the BACnet interface at least the Device ID and the Device Name must be configured see Figure 7 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 17 LOYTEC LOYTEC Logged in as admin Device ID 224094 Device Info Device name L Gate 94 Device description L Gate Device locati
162. he date and time when this CSV log was generated The line log_capacity has two fields the current number of log entries in the file and the log capacity Following are one or more lines of log_item Each line specifies a trended data point The first field is the index the second the ID of the logged data point the third the data point name The data point name can be augmented by engineering units in square brackets Log entries in the CSV refer to the item index to identify the data point for which the entry was logged log_csv_ver 2 log_device LOYTEC Product Code Firmware Version Device ID String Serial No log_info Log ID Log Name log_create YYY MM DD HH MM SS log_capacity filled capacity log_item index UID data point name units After those lines any number of comment lines starting with a hash character are allowed One line contains the column headings Lines that are not comments specify one log record per line using the column information as described below The columns are separated by commas or semi colons If commas are used as a separator the decimal point must be a point If semi colons are used the decimal point must be a comma There are as many value columns as value sources specified in the header If at a given date time more values are logged all of them appear in the same line If at that given time some sources did not log values those columns are left empty
163. he next state data point is the state of the next scheduled event This information can be used by controllers to optimize their algorithms e g pre heat a room for the scheduled occupancy state Use the SNVT tod event in CEA 709 to accomplish this task When a scheduler is executing the schedule on the local device it is called a ocal scheduler Such a scheduler is configured to schedule data points and later its daily schedules can be modified When accessing the daily schedules of a scheduler which executes on a remote device the object is called a remote scheduler A remote scheduler has the same interface to the user to modify daily schedules A remote scheduler object can be used as a user interface for schedulers that execute on different devices LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 62 LOYTEC 5 5 4 Trending 5 5 5 E Mail Trending refers to the ability to log values of data points over time A trend log object is responsible for this task It is configured which data points shall be trended Log records are generated either in fixed time intervals on change of value COV conditions or when a trigger is activated Trend log objects can trend either local or remote data points The trend data is stored in a binary format on the device The capacity of a given trend log is configured The trend log can be operated in one of two modes In linear mode the trend file fills up until it reaches its capacity It then stops loggi
164. heduler takes the previously value preset out of effect This means that the daily schedule with the next lower priority becomes effective If no daily schedule with lower priority applies the scheduler behaves as if it was disabled Figure 43 presents an example of the Maintenance exception day which schedules the maint value at 6 am and goes out of effect at 10 am If the maintenance day falls on a Monday the regular schedule for Monday will be overridden by the Maintenance schedule at 6 am and become effective again at 10 am sending the day value Temporary Disable If this value is scheduled the entire scheduler is disabled until a new event is scheduled in a daily schedule of the same or higher priority than the one that has the temporary disable event This type of event can be used to define periods for manual override Please also refer to the technology specific limitations described in Section 6 12 to learn about special behavior of the respective networking technology Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 61 EN Monday Maintenance Days ir eo jj oo Q2 00 3 0 4 00 Q5 00 CGU QeOND ma L 1 D ooo LH 4 L 10 oo 17 00 qa oo 13 oo 14 00 15 00 16 00 47 00 19 00 1g 00 20 Bu 34 00 220 230 Version 3 3 10 00 00 Invalid Figure 43 Example using withdraw in an exception schedule The configuration of exceptions
165. herefore Hotmail and gmail cannot be used The amount of generated e mails can be limited using a rate limit algorithm The transmission of e mails can be disabled altogether by using a special data point That data point can be scheduled or driven over the network If an E Mail cannot be sent e g the mail server is not reachable the mail delivery is retried up to 24 times every 30 minutes 5 6 CEA 709 Technology 5 6 1 CEA 709 Data Points Version 3 3 Data points in the CEA 709 network are known as network variables NVs They have a direction a name and a type known as the standard network variable type SNVT or user defined network variable type UNVT In addition to NVs also configuration properties CPs in the CEA 709 network can be accessed as data points Both standard CP types SCPTs and user defined CP types UCPTs are supported The CEA 709 NVs on the L Gate can be created in three different ways e Static NV For each selected NV on the network there is a static NV created on the L Gate This NV can be bound to the NV on the network Note that adding static NVs to the L Gate results in a change to the default XIF file The L Gate is assigned a new LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 63 LOYTEC model number to reflect this change see Section 5 6 2 Static NVs are the way to use NVs in non LNS systems where NVs shall be bound instead of using polling e Dynamic NV For each selected NV on the ne
166. iday O Type Date E Add new entry PIE gt i XI Y Delete Selected Add new entry 14 vii7 yii m E Delete Selected Figure 31 Calendar Configuration Page Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual A LOYTEC On the remainder of this page work from left to right Click on a calendar pattern or create a new calendar pattern by clicking Add new entry A calendar pattern defines a set of pattern entries which defines the actual dates or date ranges In the example in Figure 31 the calendar pattern Holidays is selected In the Pattern Configuration box the calendar pattern s name can be edited It also lists the entries New entries can be added by clicking Add new entry Existing entries can be selected and edited in the box on the right hand side In the example in Figure 31 the date 14 7 is selected which means The 14 7 of every year Other entry types such as Date Range and Week and Day can be selected See Section 5 5 3 for more information about defining exception dates 4 2 16 Alarm The Web interface provides the alarm page to view the currently pending alarms of its alarm data points The alarm main page displays all available alarm data points Alarm objects which have active alarms are displayed in red Click on the alarm object to be viewed This opens the alarm summary page An example is shown in Figure 31 Alarm Microsoft Internet Explorer ami x Version 3 3
167. ide the power supply for Link Power channels When using the Free Topology Segment feature of the FT only one termination Figure 113 is 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 E 2259 Q 100 uF 50V Figure 113 FT Free Topology Termination In a double terminated bus topology two terminations are required Figure 114 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 114 Termination in an FT Bus Topology Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 160 LOYTEC 8 2 MS TP Version 3 3 MS TP is an RS 485 protocol and usually needs three wires negative positive and reference Polarity must be connected correctly When using 2 wire MS TP earth ground must be connected to the negative terminal of the power supply Never connect the positive terminal of the power supply to earth ground See Section 3 8 for wiring instructions Each MS TP network segment must be properly terminated Use an LT 04 network terminator connected at each of the two ends of the segment media The RS 485 transceiver of the device represents a full load on the RS 485 bus Consequently a minimum of 31 devices are sup
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169. ied formula The result is written to a set of output data points The formula is calculated each time one of the input data points updated its value The formula is only evaluated if all of the input data points have a valid value i e don t show the invalid value status Using the assigned variable names immediate values parenthesis operators and function names the user can enter a formula in the usual way infix notation Apart from the functions in the next Section the short hand operators AND OR XOR amp gt lt gt can be used directly Further it is possible to use parenthesis to define the precedence of the operations Example vl v2 sqrt pow v3 0 1 Note As usual practice in programming languages the comma is used to separate arguments in expressions and the decimal point is used in decimal values The expression sum 4 5 2 evaluates to 18 while sum 4 5 2 evaluates to 9 As you enter the formula it will be parsed and the resulting sequence of calculations will be displayed in a list at the right of the property page This list shows your formula in reverse polish notation RPN also known as postfix notation as used by many scientific pocket calculators 5 3 2 Usage Hints Version 3 3 A few functions end with a three dots in the argument list This means that they accept a variable number of arguments When used in the formula they will fetch all avai
170. ily schedules however can be changed later in the Web UI or over the network To Attach Data Points to a Scheduler 1 Select the scheduler data point in the Scheduler sub folder ev Scheduler Mame Object Mame Obj Type temp_ ET ched Ltemp ET chedi 5i cheduler l objec Ez Instance 2 Right click and select Configure Schedule from the context menu The same dialog which appears when a new scheduler is created is shown and allows to configure the scheduler Of course this step can also be done directly when the point is created 3 Select the tab Scheduled Datapoints Configure Schedule temp sched Configuration Scheduled Datapoints Detach Selected Datapoint Attach Datapoints Description Group Default 4 Click the button Attach Datapoints This opens another data point selector window 5 Select the data points to attach and click Ok For each of the attached data points one or more lines appear in the list below the attach button If the attached point is a Structure there will be one line for each element of the structure Tip Data points can also be attached to a scheduler by selecting a data point in the data point manager drag it onto a scheduler data point and drop it on the scheduler data point 6 Enter a Description text in the second column of each line This text will be shown when the user changes a value set on the device later on Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Ga
171. in the data point manager right click on it and choose Schedule Datapoint from the context menu This generates a scheduler and links that data point to it 6 12 5 Configure Daily Schedules Version 3 3 Once a scheduler is configured with attached data points and value presets the daily schedules can be defined This can be done on the device or over the network at run time or also in the configuration software A daily schedule defines the time and value sequences in a 24 hour period starting at 00 00 and ending at 23 59 hours For each weekday its own daily schedule can be configured In addition daily schedules can be configured for exception days from a calendar such as Holidays An exception day always overrides a normal weekday If more than one exception day is used a priority must be assigned This is necessary so that the system knows which schedule to follow on a day which is part of more than one calendar pattern To Configure a Daily Schedule 1 Open the Configure Schedule dialog and click on the Configuration tab see Section 6 12 4 2 Select the day for which to configure a daily schedule LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 126 LOYTEC Exception Schedule Configuration Weekday Exception Mon Events Use 4 Er O oOo A A A A A CASESISISISISUSI Holidays 1 highest 3 Select a value preset in the Available Data Presets box on the upper right hand side 4 Drag
172. inactive and was acknowledged it disappears from the alarm summary An alarm can be of different alarm types The alarm type specifies the class of the alarm The following alarm types exist e Off Normal Alarm This alarm type is a generic alarm class that applies to binary and multi state alarm conditions It indicates that the alarmed data point is on an off normal operating condition that triggered the alarm An alarm value is supplied if the technology supports it e High Low Limit Alarm This alarm type is typical for analog alarm conditions It applies when the alarmed value is over or under the defined alarm limits An alarm value is supplied if the technology supports it e Fault Alarm This alarm type is indicating that the monitored data point is in a fault state This is different from off normal or high low limit alarms The value of the data point is within the specifications of the alarm condition but the data point itself is considered faulty This can stem from an unreliable value or an offline value 1 e if the data point is offline Other devices can access the alarm information of an alarm server These devices are alarm clients They register with the alarm server and get notified about changes to the alarm summary Alarm clients can be used to display the current alarm summary and acknowledge alarms Depending on the underlying technology some restrictions to the available alarm information and acknowledgement behavi
173. ion 2 2 gt L Vis Configuration version 3 2 4 z ML BiridinigsFromCs v Version 2 0 7 z ML CommissionFromicsV version 2 0 7 z ML CanfigurationF ramos version 2 0 7 z ML DatabaseFromCs v version 2 0 7 Skip this prompt when re opening this drawing Register all new plug ins when re opening this drawing Continue with advanced options Zur ck IMext Fertig stellen Abbrechen Hilfe Figure 46 Select the Plug in to be registered 3 Click Register The Configurator now appears in the Pending list 4 Click Finish to complete the registration Device templates for the L Gate are added automatically and XIF files are copied into the LNS import directory Note If you are using multiple databases projects make sure you have registered the plug in in each project 5 Under LonMaker gt Network Properties gt Plug In Registration make sure that the LOYTEC L Gate Configurator Version X Y shows up under Already Registered Network Properties x Authentication Domain Timing LonMaker Options Remote Lightweight Client Access Permission Lightweight Client Options aming Server Location Network Interface Resource File Languages Logan Plug in Registration Plug in Registration ML ommissianFromCSs v version 2 0 7 Register j ML ConfigurationF romCs s version 2 0 7 NLDatabaseFromcCsv version 2 0 7 Deregister H ORION Firmware Loader version 1 0 i PnintAndName version 1 0
174. ion 3 3 The alarm log page provides an overview of all alarm logs on the system Click on one of the links to view a specific alarm log Each alarm log contains a historical log of alarm transitions When an inactive and acknowledged alarm disappears from the alarm summary page live list the alarm log contains this last transition and maintains it over a reboot An example is shown in Figure 40 To refresh the alarm log contents click on the Reload button Currently active alarms cannot be acknowledged in this historical view Follow the link to the attached alarm objects to get to the respective live lists where alarms can be acknowledged on the Web interface see Section 4 2 16 The alarm log contents can be uploaded from the device in a CSV formatted file Click on the button Upload Alarm Log to upload the current log To clear the log press the button Clear Alarm Log Please note that this permanently purges all historical alarm log data of this alarm log LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 48 LOYTEC Reload Upload Alarm Log Clear Alarm Log Alarm log name Alarm Log Attached alarm objects critical Event Time State Type Priority Description Source Name Value Ack Source AlarmTime ClearTime Ack Time 23 12 2008 15 43 07 acknowledged high limit 127 Overheat Alarm dev 224200 analog 200 000000 admin new LINx 200 23 12 2008 15 37 15 23 12 2008 15 37 18 23 12 2008 15 43 07 input 0
175. ion on Selected and selecting existing entries certain BBMDs can be deleted again from the table To commit the finished table device must be rebooted see Section 4 4 4 2 11 E Mail Configuration The Web interface provides the e mail configuration page to set up an e mail account which is used to send e mails The content and time when E mails are sent is configured through the Configurator software see Section 6 11 The E Mail configuration page is shown in Figure 24 In the field for the outgoing e mail server enter the SMTP server of your Internet provider Typically the SMTP server port can be left at 25 In the field Source E mail Address enter the e mail address of the device s e mail account In the field Source E mail Sender Name enter a name that the e mail will display as the source name Note that only ASCII characters are allowed in the name If replies shall be sent to another e mail address specify this in the Reply E mail Address Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 35 LOYTEC If the provider s SMTP server requires authentication enter the required user name and password Note that only username password is supported SSL TLS authentication is not supported by the L Gate e g Hotmail gmail cannot be used To verify the E Mail configuration reboot the device to let the changes take effect and return to the E Mail configuration page Then press one of the Send Test E Mail buttons Note t
176. ion section of the page by clicking the button next to the Filename field Then press the Restore button The backed up configuration data consists of e Device settings Passwords IP settings e mail config etc e Data point configuration e CEA 709 binding information e BACnet server objects and client mappings e AST settings LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 28 LOYTEC DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Backup Configuration Device Info Press the backup link to download the current configuration and store it as a file on your computer Config E System E P Passwords Backup Restore B BACnet Config BACnet Data Link E mail Data Points B Scheduler Calendar Alarm Restore Configuration To restore a configuration select the backup file e g backup zip and press the Restore button Filename Durchsuchen Restore networks under control Statistics Figure 14 Backup Restore page 4 2 3 Port Configuration This menu allows configuring the device s communications ports For each communication port which is available on the device and shown on the label e g Port 1 Port 2 Ethernet a corresponding configuration tab is provided by the Web UI An example is shown in Figure 15 Each port tab contains a selection of available communication protocols By selecting a checkbox or radio button the various protocols can be enabled or disabled on the communication port
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178. its device instance number This information can be helpful when diagnosing network configuration problems A BACnet address consists of the BACnet network number which is 0 for the local network and the BACnet MAC address of the device In particular problems exist if two or more devices in the network have been wrongly assigned the same device instance number In this case two BACnetAddressBinding entries with the same instance number but different BACnet addresses will be listed provided the ambiguous instance number is in some way required by the device e g by a client mapping Bindings between device instance numbers and BACnet addresses are only listed in Device_Address_Binding if they are actually required by a given configuration and are currently known or ambiguous Active COV Subscriptions Read Only This property lists currently active COV subscriptions Each entry of type BACnetCOVSubscription provides information about the recipient address the monitored property ID whether notification are confirmed or unconfirmed the remaining time of the subscription and optionally the COV increment Whenever the device receives a COV subscription via one of the services SubscribeCOV or SubscribeCOVProperty a new entry is added to Active_COV_Subscriptions An entry is removed from the list when a subscription terminates either because it times out or because it was actively unsubscribed by the subscriber 7 3 1 6 Date amp
179. l Triggers Datapoint Type Condition TestTrend Fill Level 5 Change to the Attachments tab 6 Select the trend log CSV file of the trend object in the Attach File drop down box and click Add ZIP versions of the CSV files are also available Select those to save transmission bandwidth and mailbox space Attachments Attach File restrrend 1014 csv Remove Attachment Device File Path Add Datetime TestTrend 1014 cev IEmp uid trend 1014 csv v 7 Chck OK to complete the e mail template configuration 6 15 Remote AST Objects 6 15 1 Remote Scheduler and Calendar Version 3 3 Adding remote access to the configuration of a scheduler and calendar which is located on another device is done by creating remote scheduler and calendar objects These objects can be created from data obtained by a network scan or LNS scan To Create a Remote Scheduler 1 Execute a network scan as described earlier in this document The scan folder is filled with available schedulers EH BACnet Network Scan i Ef Delta DSM RTR_100 E Datapoints 4 Items 7 Calendar 1 Items of Alarm 8 Items 1 Scheduler 2 Items V 2 From the data points in the import folder select the scheduler objects you are interested in and click the Use on Device speed button This creates suitable LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 139 LOYTEC Note remote scheduler and the corresponding calendar objects in the Remote Devi
180. l operation state and possesses a value The data point has no valid value offline config The data point has a value but it is not reflected on the network The data point has a value but it is not reflected on the network due to a configuration error not commissioned no binding no offline client mapping etc unreliable offline unreliable range due to a communication error e g the peer node is not online The data point has a value but it is considered unreliable because it was derived from a source which was offline e g the value was fed from a connection where the source is offline The data point has a value but it is considered unreliable because the value source specified an out of range value The value is limited to the supported range The data point has a value but it is considered unreliable for an unspecified reason not configured The data point is mapped to a port which is not configured e g the port is disabled Line grayed out The data point is inactive Values can be written but no network communication is triggered This can be the case if a data point is not used in the configuration or it is connected to a BACnet server object which is not present on the device Table 5 Data Point States The data point names are links Clicking on such a link opens a detailed page on that data point If the data point supports it the user can also enter a new data point value as
181. lable values from the stack and then calculate the result which will be put back on the stack and be the only value on the stack since all other values were used as input to the function This behavior causes some limits in how these functions may be used You are on the safe side if you use such a function only as the outermost function infix or as the last function on the stack postfix for example sum VL v2 exp tvs Lr Or the postfix equivalent v1 v2 v3 1 exp sum If you have to use it as an argument to another function it may only be the first argument otherwise the formula cannot be processed by the math object which internally uses an RPN machine with precompiled instructions for optimal performance Example add avg v1 v2 v3 5 oravg vl v2 v3 5 will work add 5 avg vl v2 v3 or5 avg vl v2 v3 will NOT work Another property of those functions is that they ignore input values which have the invalid value Therefore assuming vl 5 v2 invalid v3 3 the calculation add v1 v2 v3 evaluates to 8 while v1 v2 v3 returns invalid This can be used to purposely allow inputs in the calculation that have no value To limit the number of re calculations the data point option Only Notify on COV should normally be checked on all connected input data points This avoids recalculating the formula and writing a value to the output data point when it is already clear that the result will be the same because the
182. lear BACnet statistics Basic BACnet MS TP Statistics IMS TP Token Status SOLE MASTER MS TP Lost Tokens 1 Rev OK D Send OK 64354 Rev Idle Errors D Rev Preamble Timeouts D Rev Preamble Errors lo Rev Header Frame Too Long D Rev Header Timeouts Rev Header Errors Rev Header BAD CRC Rev Header No Data Rev Header Not For Us Rev Data Timeout Rev Data Error Rev Data Bad CRC IMS TP Master Polls IMS TP Rcvd Tokens IMS TP Rcvd Unwanted Frame IMS TP Revd Unexpected Frame 0 IMS TP Rcvd Invalid Frame IMS TP Rcvd FPM IMS TP Rcvd Data No Reply D MS TP Revd Data Needing Reply 0 IMS TP Rcvd Reply Timeouts 2048 IMS TP Rcvd Replies IMS TP Rcvd Postpone Figure 38 BACnet MS TP Statistics Page LOYTEC The MS TP token status reports the current token passing state In state OK the token is circulating between the masters This is the normal state when multiple masters are on the MS TP network The state SOLE MASTER is the normal state when the device is the only Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 47 LOYTEC master on the network If there are multiple masters on the network this state is a hint to a broken cable In state TOKEN LOST the token is currently not circulating The counter MS TP lost tokens is an indicator for communication problems on the MST TP network If it increases there is a cabling ground or termination problem The counters Rev OK and Sen
183. leting folders at that level 6 2 2 Network Port Folders Each network port folder on the device has the same structure of sub folders These sub folders are e Datapoints This folder holds all data points which are allocated on the network port To create a data point select the folder and use the context menu e Calendar This folder is used to hold a locally available calendar object with its calendar patterns definitions of day classes like holiday maintenance day and so on Current devices allow one local calendar object To create a calendar select the folder and use the context menu e Scheduler This folder is used for local scheduler objects Each of these objects will map to a local scheduler on the device s network port Configuring schedules through these objects actually transfers schedule configuration data to the underlying scheduler objects on the network port To create a scheduler select the folder and use the context menu e Alarm This folder is used for local alarm server objects Each of these alarm server objects represent an alarm class which other objects can report alarms to Other devices can use the alarm server object to get notified about alarms To create an alarm server object select the folder and use the context menu e Trend This folder is used for local trend log objects Each of these objects will be able to trend data points over time and store a local trend log file To create a trend log o
184. llowing options and settings which are relevant to calendar and scheduler functionality of the device e Enable Calendar Object This checkbox enables a LONMARK compliant calendar object on the device It is automatically enabled together with local schedulers since the two are always used together e Enable Scheduler Objects This checkbox enables local LONMARK compliant scheduler objects on the device Checking this box will automatically enable the calendar as well e Enable Remote AST Objects This checkbox enables the functional object for NVs which are used to access remote AST objects If this box is checked the Clients functional block is included in the static interface e Enable AST v2 This checkbox enables the AST interface version 2 for local CEA 709 schedulers on the device This interface 1s not compatible with older devices The new interface provides access to the value label descriptions in schedule presets for remote schedulers e Number of calendar patterns Specifies the maximum number of different exception schedules day classes like holiday maintenance day supported by this calendar object e Total number of date entries Specifies the maximum number of date definitions which may be stored by the calendar This is the sum of all date definitions from all calendar entries A date definition is for example a single date a date range or a week and day pattern every last Friday in April e Number of local sched
185. ltistate map shall be created change to the Edit tab 4 Click on the Create button and enter a new multistate map name Then hit Enter E dit Assign 5 Inthe Configure States box enter the desired number of states and click Set 6 Edit the state texts as needed Configure States Count 3 Set 2 Two 3 Three 7 Change back to the Assign tab 8 Select the newly created multistate map and click the Assign button The assigned map is now displayed next to the data point Datapoint Assigned Map user ms Head user map 1 6 2 6 CEA 709 Properties Apart from the common data point properties discussed in Section 6 2 4 the data points of the CEA 709 technology have additional properties Depending on if a NV is local or external remote the properties may vary e 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 is locked e SNVT This property defines the SNVT of the NV e g lux 79 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 716 LOYTEC e Invalid Value This property defines the invalid value for the NV If set this specific value will be interpreted as invalid in the data point If known by the SNVT the invalid value is filled in Otherwise the user can specify an invalid value e CEA 709 Mapping Information This i
186. mbH L Gate User Manual 99 LOYTEC To Change the NV Allocation Type 1 In the data point view select the NVs in the L Gate CEA709 port folder for which the NV allocation shall be changed Tip By using Ctrl A all NVs can be selected 2 Select the NV allocation property as indicated by the red rectangle in Figure 78 3 To make the data points static NVs on the L Gate select Static NV E Only notify on COV 0 Persistent o Send on Delta D icf Point Type amp User Datapoint NY PWoC Spon UN NY intel Pista Tune M C Shahir Figure 78 Change the NV allocation type 6 7 9 Create Static NVs The L Gate can be configured to change its static interface and boot with a new one Apart from creating static NVs from scanned or imported data points static NVs can also be created manually in the L Gate CEA 709 folder To Create Static NVs Manually 1 Select the L Gate CEA 709 Port Datapoint folder L Gate e System Registers 15 Items E User Registers 0 Items Ef CEA709 Port MESSI Datapoints 0 Items ue J Calendar 0 Items 2 Right click in the data point list and select New Datapoint in the context menu This opens the NV creation dialog as shown in Figure 79 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 100 LOYTEC Create New NY x Static External Application Device Properties Datapoint Mame nid Temp Programmatic Mame Resource File STANDARD T
187. me master LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 156 LOYTEC Time Synchronization Recipients Read Writable This list of recipients will receive TimeSynchronization requests on time synchronization events A recipient is either specified by its device ID the object ID of its Device object or its BACnet address By default this list is empty UTC_Time Synchronization Recipients Read Writable This list of recipients will receive UTCTimeSynchronization requests on time synchronization events A recipient is either specified by its device ID the object ID of its Device object or its BACnet address By default this list is empty Time Synchronization Interval Read Writable The Unsigned value of this property specifies the time interval in minutes in which periodic time synchronization events are created If set to zero no periodic time synchronization events are generated The actual clock time at which periodic time synchronization events are generated is determined by the properties Time Synchronization Interval Align Interval and Interval Offset Table 12 outlines how these EIE interact Time Synchronization Interval Align Intervals Periodc Time Periode Time Synchronization Event At Event At Multiple of 1440 minutes i e TRUE Interval Offset minutes after midnight every multiple of one day Time Synchronization Interval 1440 days Multiple of 60 minutes but not Interval Offset minutes from the current
188. mmand line route add 192 168 1 254 SCOMPUTERNAME 4 Then open your Web browser and type in the default IP address 192 168 1 254 LGATE 900 Device Info Config Statistics Reset Contact Logout LOYTEC networks under control General Info Product name L Gate Product code LGATE 900 Firmware l i L Gate Primary Image Version 3 1 0 Build date 2009 07 13 16 11 32 Serial number 1009701 800000048342 Free memory MEM 8451K 397K Free flash 4664K CPU load 1 5 System temperature 41 7 C Supply voltage 154V CEA 709 application unique node IDs and program IDs l dd E 800000048342 Online 5 Wam PID 90 00 D7 46 00 81 04 00 Send Service Pin Msg IP inactive goahead WEBSERVER Figure 4 Example Start Screen 5 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 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 16 LOYTEC LOYTEC LGATE 900 Device Info Enter your username and password Config Account admin System IP Password DT Passwords z Back CEA 709 B B B B B m BACnet Config BACnet Data Link BACnet BDT E mail m Data Points B Scheduler m Calendar Alarm networks under control Figure 5 Enter admin as the default administrator password 6 T
189. n f o cS IET 1 In 2 Out my register Write Datapoint Mame Register Name mv register Read mv register mw register 4 Wl Persistent Default Value nfl Data Point Type C Direction a N A Analog Datapoint In Figure 84 Manually created user register 6 7 13 Configuration Download Version 3 3 After the data points have been configured the configuration needs to be downloaded to the L Gate For doing so the L Gate must be online If the L Gate is not yet connected to the network the configuration can be saved to a project file on the local hard drive If connected via LNS and the NVs on the L Gate are Static NV or Dynamic NV the Late Configurator can create the bindings automatically This behavior can be influenced by the download dialog When connected via LNS the download procedure also manages the device template upgrade in the LNS database if the static NV interface has been changed To Download a Configuration l Click on the Download Configuration button DSH SU pl or in the tool bar The configuration upload dialog opens up as shown in Figure 85 If no bindings shall be generated deselect the Automatically create bindings checkbox indicated by the red circle in Figure 85 If the static NV interface has been changed a new model number for the L Gate needs to be selected This is necessary as the static network interface of the L Gate chang
190. nactive Offnarmal Alarms Lowelirnit Alarrns Highlirnit Alarms Fault Alarms JAAA BufFer Alarms 6 Change to the Common E Mail Properties tab 7 Add the alarm data point as a data source and insert the place holder into the e mail text as described in Section 6 11 1 6 13 4 Create an Alarm Log Version 3 3 The alarm objects on the device contain an alarm summary live list of currently active and acknowledge pending alarms As soon as an alarm becomes inactive and has been acknowledged it disappears from the alarm summary To store a historical log of alarm transitions an alarm log needs to be created An alarm log can log transitions of one or more alarm objects Its size is configurable The alarm log is a ring buffer As soon as its size limit 1s reached the oldest alarm log records are overwritten by new alarm transitions To Create an Alarm Log 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the Alarm Log Object Configuration sub folder zl Global Objects P E Mail Configuration 0 Items 9 Math Object Configuration 0 Items Le Alarm Log Object Config uration Ol Items LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 134 LOYTEC 2 In the data point list right click and select New Alarm Log from the context menu Common Properties Name System Alarm Log Description Logs all system alarms 0 Log Size oo items 782 25 kB 3 Inthe Create New Alarm Log dialog en
191. name needs to be entered Select a useful name to identify the L Gate e g as Igatel xif LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 106 LOYTEC 6 7 15 Enable Legacy NM Mode For network management tools which do not support the ECS enhanced command set network management commands the legacy network management mode must be configured Please contact the tool s vendor for information whether ECS is supported or not Note that changing to legacy network management mode changes the static interface of the device To Enable Legacy NM Mode 1 Inthe Configurator menu go to Settings gt Project settings 2 Click on the tab CEA709 3 Puta check mark in Enable Legacy Network Management Mode Project Settings General Datapoint Naming Rules EA7093 EA7093 AST 4 Click OK 5 Download the configuration to activate the change 6 7 16 Upload Dynamic NVs from Device Version 3 3 In LNS based tools it is possible to create dynamic NVs on the device manually This is a possible workflow to engineer the NV interface of the device in the LNS database To use those manually created dynamic NVs the L Gateway configuration software must synchronize its dynamic NV information with the port To Upload Dynamic NVs 1 Select the CEA 709 Port folder El L Gate E System Registers 15 Items 77 User Registers 2 Items 2 Right click and select Syne Dynamic NVs in the context menu The L Gateway configuration softwar
192. ndard LONMARK scheduler objects 7 2 7 Clients Object When the remote AST object feature is enabled in the project settings the L Gate includes a proprietary object which is a container for network variables required to implement the remote object features For remote schedulers and calendars nviSchedLink and nviCalLink NVs are created For alarm clients nviAlarm 2 NVs are created 7 2 8 Gateway Objects The L Gate contains eight proprietary Gateway objects These are containers for all NVs which are configured on the L Gate s CEA 709 port They are intended for grouping NVs When static NVs are created they can be assigned to any of the eight gateway blocks When creating dynamic NVs in the LNS based tool the NVs should be added to the gateway blocks 7 3 BACnet Interface 7 3 1 Device Object The BACnet interface provides one device object as shown in Table 11 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 152 LOYTEC Property Identifier Property Datatype Conformance Code Object_Identifier BACnetObjectldentifier PRO Object_Name CharacterString PRO Object_Type BACnetObj anne PRO Vendor_Name CharacterString Vendor Identifier Unsigned16 woo Model_Name Se Fma Roan cce e Lai Sofware Venion marese R Dum ewe R Coen Cmamsu R reno vem sme SCR resol Revision Uma T mee Services uppon B
193. nformation is derived from the SNVT It defines how the NV contents are mapped to the data point e NV Scaling A B C These are the scaling factors known from the SNVT table The scaling factors are applied to translate a raw NV value into the scalar representation of the data point e Data Type This is the basic NV data type This is usually filled in from the SNVT definition e Local NV Member Index This property specifies the NV member index within a given functional block This must be a unique index in the functional block which identifies the NV after other NVs have been added or removed from the interface e Local Remote NV Index This property specifies the NV index For local static NVs this is the NV index of the static NV For external NVs this is the NV index of the NV on the remote device e Local Remote NV Name This property specifies the programmatic name of the NV For local static NVs this 1s the programmatic name of the static NV For external NVs this is the programmatic name of the NV on the remote device e Local Remote Functional Block This property specifies the programmatic name of the NV For local static NVs one of the reserved functional blocks can be selected e Local Remote NV Flags This property specifies the NV flags For local static or dynamic NVs the flags can be configured For external NVs these flags are only informational e Remove NV Information For external NVs this property co
194. ng In ring buffer mode In this mode the oldest log records are overwritten when the capacity is reached Trended data points can be logged as their actual values at given time instants or as an aggregated value over the defined log interval Aggregation can be calculated as minimum maximum or average Aggregation can be beneficial if the trended value changes more frequently than the selected log interval Using aggregation the log interval can be chosen to limit the amount of logged data while preserving information of the trended value How many data points can be trended in one trend log is limited by the underlying technology So are some of the log modes Refer to the technology sections for more information The e mail function can be combined with the other AST features The format of an e mail is defined through e mail templates An e mail template defines the recipients the e mail text value parameters inserted into the text and triggers which invoke the transmission of an e mail An e mail template can also specify one or more files to be sent along as an attachment A prerequisite to sending E Mails is the configuration of an E Mail account on the L Gate This can be done on the Web UI see Section 4 2 11 It is recommended to use the e mail server of your Internet provider For public mailers enable the required authentication Please note that the L Gate does currently not support the SSL TLS E Mail authentication mechanism T
195. ngs and dynamic NVs If the L Gate is not configured with an LNS based tool this support is not available The new static interface is only available in a new XIF file or by uploading the new device template into the database For more information on the static interface and device templates please refer to the application note in Section 11 2 5 6 3 Limitations for Local CEA 709 Schedulers CEA 709 schedulers and the CEA 709 calendar adhere to the LONMARK standard objects For CEA 709 certain restrictions exist that need to be kept in mind Attached data points Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 64 LOYTEC can either represent an entire NV or individual elements of a structured NV CEA 709 schedulers may have several different groups of data points attached i e the value preset may consist of more than one element For example a CEA 709 scheduler might schedule a SNVT temp and a SNVT_switch and have 3 elements in each value preset as depicted in Figure 44 Description Group Default MV bac lonCErlnvin bemp 20 00 16 00 0 00 50 00 000 00 Figure 44 Example value presets in CEA 709 schedulers Priorities of exception days in a CEA 709 scheduler range from 0 the highest to 126 the lowest The value 127 is reserved as a default for weekdays Further the implementation as LONMARK standard objects requires the use of configuration properties If the number of CEA 709 schedulers or their capacitie
196. nit Text B qiam kilogram fl E Mail Configuration 0 Items ve D Math Object Configuration 6 Items 63 34 ja Alarm Log Object Configuration 0 Items into Analog Datapoint Min Value D Figure 77 CEA 709 network scan results 9 Click Close when all devices needed have been scanned 6 7 7 Select and Use Network Variables Data points in the CEA709 LNS Scan folder the CEA709 Network Scan folder or in the CEA709 CSV File folder can be selected for use on the device Select those NVs which shall be exposed to BACnet objects To Use NVs on the Device 1 Go to any of the CEA709 LNS Scan CEA709 Network Scan or the CEA709 CSV File folder 2 Use the multi select feature by holding the Shift or Ctrl keys pressed 3 Click on the button y Use on Device in the tool bar 4 This creates data points in the L Gate CEA709 Port folder All data points in that folder will actually be created on the L Gate device after downloading the configuration Tip Data points can be edited by selecting a single point or using multi select The available properties to be edited are displayed in the property view below 6 7 8 Change the NV Allocation After selecting the Use on device action on scanned or imported NVs they are assigned a default NV allocation in the L Gate CEA709 port folder This default allocation can be changed e g for imported NVs when they shall be allocated as static NVs on the L Gate Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics G
197. ntact 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 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 49 LOYTEC 5 Concepts 5 1 CEA 709 BACnet Gateway The operating principle of the L Gate is to connect data points of one network technology to data points of another technology Data points in the CEA 709 network are known as network variables NVs For more information on this technology refer to Section 5 6 Data points in the BACnet technology are known as BACnet server objects They have a specific type e g analog input or binary output and a set of properties which describe the data point more closely The actual value is stored in the Present Value For more information on this technology refer to Section 5 7 The typical task in configuring the L Gate consists of the following steps 1 Selecting the data points of the network to be mapped e g select the NVs in the CEA 709 network nodes or create new NVs 2 Select or create matching counterparts of the other technology e g create matching BACnet objects 3 Create connections between the data points e g connect NVs and BACnet objects The connection is the central part of the gateway functionality It defines which data points are mapped to which data points Refer to Section 5 4 about the nature of connections in the device 5 2 Data Poin
198. ntact your system administrator on how to configure DHCP to acquire an IP address Further you can configure up to 3 Domain Name Servers B LOYTEC Logged in as admin Oo Port1 Port2 Ethernet Device Info Len remem C Enable DHCP O Iv FTP IP Address 192 168 24 21 YU v Telnet Ss IP Netmask 255 255 192 0 U 7 HTTP O IP Gateway 192 168 1 1 Hostname B E mail NEM m Data Points ap Domainname e X Get Settings DNSSewert m Scheduler T leave empty to disable m Calendar O DNS Server 2 LEE lt leave empty to disable QD DNS Server 3 lr pat leave empty to disable MAC Address Iv Use Factory Default 00 0A B0 01 0C 9F NTP Serer 1 10 101 172 leave empty to disable NTP Server 2 PO leave empty to disable NTP Status in sync Link Speed amp Duplex Auto Detect The entries marked with are required for proper operation Figure 16 IP Configuration Page with DHCP disabled The device 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 The device can be configured to synchronize its clock with NTP time Enter the IP address of a primary and optionally a secondary NTP server The L Gate will use NTP as a time source if the time sync source in the system configuration page is set to NTP see Section 4 2 1 The field N
199. ntains the information on the remote device and the NV selector on that device e Remote Device ID For external NVs this property contains information on the remote device by listing the program ID and location string e Remote Device Address For external NVs this property contains the CEA 709 network addressing information to access the node i e subnet node and NID e Retry Count For external NVs this property defines the retry count The default is 3 e Repeat Timer For external NVs this property defines the repeat timer in milliseconds The default is 96 ms e Transmit Timer For external NVs this property defines the transmit timer in milliseconds The default is 768 ms e LNS Network Path If available from an LNS scan this property specifies the LNS network path of the device where the given NV exists e LNS Channel Name If available from an LNS scan this property specifies the LNS channel name of the device where the given NV exists 6 2 7 BACnet Properties Apart from the common data point properties discussed in Section 6 2 4 the data points of the BACnet technology have additional properties Depending on if a NV is local or external remote the properties may vary e Engineering Units For analog BACnet server objects this property defines the engineering units from the BACnet standard One of those units can be chosen from a drop down box if this property is not locked Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronic
200. nual 1 to learn more about configuring the Extended NAT mode in the configuration server The configuration server sets the SNTP server addresses and the Channel timeout The filed Escrow timeout defines how long the CEA 852 device on the L Gate waits for out of sequence CEA 852 data packets before they are discarded Please enter the time in ms or 0 to disable escrowing The maximum time is 255 ms The field Aggregation timeout defines the time interval in which multiple CEA 709 packets are combined into a single CEA 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 CEA 852 device of the L Gate The field MDS authentication enables or disables MD5 authentication Note that MD5 authentication cannot be used together with the Echelon s i L ON 1000 since the i LON 1000 is not fully compliant with the CEA 852 authentication method MD5 can be used with the i LON 600 In the following field MD5 secret enter the 16 byte MDS secret Note that for security purposes the active MDS secret is not displayed You may enter the 16 bytes as one string or with spaces between each byte e g 00 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 AA BB CC DD EE FF LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 32 LOYTEC Also note that entering the MD5 secret on the Web interface may pose a security risk Since the information is transmitted over th
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202. oblems To update the data click on the button Update CEA 709 statistics Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual DLOYTEC Logged in as admin Device Info Config Statistics m IP System Log m CEA 709 BACnet MS TP m BACnet Recipients BACnet FDT Scheduler Alarm Log Reset networks under control Contact Logout 4 3 6 BACnet MS TP Statistics The BACnet MS TP statistics page is only available when the BACnet port 1s configured for the MS TP data link layer see Section 4 2 7 An example is shown in Figure 38 The separated part on the top of the table contains the most important statistics data DLOYTEC LINX 201 Logged in as guest Device Info Config Statistics mg P m System Log mE BACnet MS TP OPC Serer m Scheduler Alarm Log L Web networks under control Reset Contact Logout 46 Update CEA 709 statistics CEA 709 application statistics Device CEA 709 FT 10 Node state configured online 0x04 Seconds since cleared 3457 Transmission errors 0 Transmit TX success failures 0 0 0 00 0 00 Receive TX full iL Lost messages 0 Missed messages 0 Layer 2 received 10 Layer 3 received 4 Layer 3 transmitted 4 Transmit TX retries 0 Backlog overflows 0 Late acknowledgments 0 Collisions i 0 Figure 37 CEA 709 Statistics Page Update BACnet statistics C
203. ocate Server Object This Boolean property defines if a server object shall be allocated for the data point This option is useful when a local server object shall be allocated for a client mapping e Allocate Client Mapping This Boolean property defines if a client mapping shall be allocated for the data point This option is always set if at least on client mapping is attached e Client Map Count This property defines the number of client mappings attached to a data point A data point can have one read client map or n write client mappings e Client Map n This is a list of client mappings The property shows a summary of the client mapping parameters To edit a client mapping click on the button e Confirmed COV This Boolean property defines if a client map subscribes with the confirmed COV service If not enabled the unconfirmed COV 1s used 6 3 Project Settings The project settings allow defining certain default behavior and default settings used throughout the project To access the project settings go to the menu Settings Project Settings This opens the project settings dialog which provides several tabs as described in the following sections 6 3 1 General The general tab of the project settings as shown in Figure 50 contains settings independent of the technology port The settings are e Project Name This setting allows entering a descriptive name for the project e Default FTP Connection Settings Ente
204. ol is shown in Figure 118 El LSU Serial Upgrade Tool E E x File Image Help Information Image File lprasy primary dl Load Address 060000 vedete 38400 bps Hele ss Line Settings aN Verily String WakeUp String Fort com Menu String Downoad Progress NEM E Statistics Passed 0 D uit Display Console Use Abort Status Configuration File loaded 100 Failed Figure 118 LSU Serial Upgrade Tool in Idle Mode 2 Ifthe L Gate is not connected to COMI you can change the port to COM2 COM3 or COMA 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 119 can be seen erial Upgrade Too E E e LSU Serial Upgrade Tool EE ol x File Image Help Control Quit Display Console Information Image File IpProsy primary dl Load Address Ox60000 Seekers 38400 bps FW Line Settings BN 1 Verify String W akellp String Fort cout x Menu Sting Download Progress O i 1 L hw Statistics Passed 0 Us Abort Status Downloading 100 Failed Figure 119 Progress Bar during Firmware Download 3 Ifthe upgrade is successful the following window appears Figure 120 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 164 LOYTEC CT x N The download completed successfully Figure 120 Successful Firmware Upgrade 4 Double check that the new
205. on CEA 709 configuration IP configuration CEA 852 device configuration BACnet configuration Reset configuration factory defaults Device statistics WO oN cnu RAUNA a Data Points 0 Reset device Please choose Figure 121 Console Main Menu 10 2 2 Reset Configuration factory defaults Select item 8 in the console main menu This menu item allows resetting the device into its factory default state The menu appears as shown in Figure 122 Reset Configuration Menu 1 Reset everything to factory defaults 3 Reset all passwords 4 Clear data point configuration da Qut Please choose Figure 122 Reset to Factory Defaults Menu Select option 1 to reset the entire device to factory defaults including error log configuration files passwords etc Select option 3 to reset all passwords Web interface FTP server etc to factory defaults Select option 4 to clear all configured data points such as CEA 709 network variables or user registers This effectively clears the entire port configuration The device must be rebooted to let the changes take effect 10 2 3 Device Statistics Menu Select 9 from the device main menu to get to the device statistics menu This menu holds relevant information regarding the device statistics of the device This section describes those statistics which are not available on the Web UI The device statistics menu is shown in Figure 123
206. on Room 202 Save Settings Get Settings Config m System B Passwords B Backup Restore B Port Config m BACnet Config under control Figure 7 BACnet Device Configuration The device ID corresponds to the instance number of the BACnet device object It must be a unique ID on the BACnet internetwork Also the Device Name must be a unique name on the BACnet internetwork By default the BACnet IP data link layer is used If the L Gate shall be used with the BACnet MS TP data link layer please refer to Section 4 2 7 for further information 2 3 Gateway Configuration with LNS based Tools Install the L Gate Configurator software from the setup exe This file can be downloaded from www loytec com In your LNS based tool register the L Gate Configurator as an LNS plug in The detailed guide to configuring the L Gate and downloading the configuration can be found in section 6 4 2 Configure with LNS Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 18 LOYTEC 3 Hardware Installation 3 1 Enclosure 3 1 1 LGATE 900 The L Gate enclosure is 6 TE 1 TE 17 5 mm wide for DIN rail mounting following DIN 43 880 see Figure 8 105 Serial Number 1234567 Ethernet EIA709 Unique Node IDs BACnet Status Console Status Button MAC Address Order Number LEDs Connector Power LED and LED 12 35 YOC INPUT or 12 24 VAL 40 70 Hz Mtoytec x ae OOO o 1 Z2 Slo SS Ethernet 100Base T 12 3 4 5
207. on the Intranet Internet e accessing ANSI CEA 709 network variables NVs and configuration properties CPs in BACnet e supporting standard SNVT SCPT and user defined UNVT UCPT types e accessing BACnet objects in ANSI CEA 709 networks e scheduling BACnet objects and ANSI CEA 709 network variables e translating BACnet schedules calendars to LonMark schedules calendars e trending BACnet objects e generating alarms using intrinsic reporting on BACnet objects e sending E Mails on alarms or scheduled events This document covers L Gate devices with firmware version 3 3 and the L Gate Configurator Software version 3 1 See Chapter 12 for differences between the different L Gate firmware versions LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 13 LOYTEC 2 Quick Start Guide This Chapter shows step by step instructions on how to configure the L Gate for a simple network architecture mapping CEA 709 network variables to BACnet server objects 2 1 Hardware installation Connect power 12 35 VDC or 12 24 VAC the CEA 709 network and the Ethernet cable as shown in Figure 1 More detailed instructions are shown in Chapter 3 Important Do not connect terminal 17 to earth ground GATE 2 Jo o e DAME d NR MbtoyTec 9 i TE BA GOO GO Waer eee G Power Supply Ethernet Figure 1 Basic Hardware Installation If the L Gate is connected to a BACnet MS TP network the MS TP network segment
208. one of the trigger conditions is activated Depending of the trigger data point type the trigger conditions can be refined Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 121 LOYTEC Note that the behavior of the trigger data point is influenced by the COV properties of the data point If the Only notify on COV property is checked the data point triggers only if its value changes to the value of the trigger condition If that property is not checked the data point triggers on every write with a value that matches the trigger condition The trigger for sending an E Mail can be enabled or disabled altogether by using an enable data point This data point must be of type binary If the value of that enable data point is TRUE the trigger conditions are evaluated If the value of the enable is FALSE no E Mails are be triggered To Create an E Mail Trigger 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the E Mail Configuration sub folder el Global Objects Pe me E Mail Configuration 0 Items 2 Right click and select Configure E Mail Template from the context menu 3 Change to the Mail Triggers tab Note Of course you can also change directly to the Mail Triggers tab when creating an E Mail template 4 Click the Add button A data point selection dialog opens 5 Select one or more data point and click Ok 6 The triggers appear now in the Mail Triggers list The data points that server as E Mail triggers
209. ons Create Alarm Condition x W Enable Alarm Condition Alarm Server critical Alarm Description ventilation Alarm Time Delay 5 s Mot Alarmed Alarm on States STATE OFF STATE HIGH STATE MORTIAL Remove Slarm Gondition Cancel Figure 107 Alarm Condition for a Multi State Data Point 6 Click on Create In the alarm column the alarm sign will be added for those data points that have an alarm condition Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 133 LOYTEC 6 13 3 Deliver Alarms via E Mail Updates in the alarm summary of an alarm object can be used as a trigger to send e mail For setting up e mails the account information has to be configured on the device e g on the Web UI see Section 4 2 11 Then an e mail template can be created and the alarm point attached as a trigger To Create an E Mail Template for Alarms 1 Create or configure an E Mail template as described in Section 6 11 1 2 Change to the Mail Triggers tab 3 Click the Add button and select an alarm data point 4 Inthe Mail Triggers list select the added trigger data point Mail Triqgers Datapoint Type Condition Critical Alarm 5 In the Manage Trigger Conditions list put a check mark on alarm conditions that shall invoke the transmission of the e mail Manage Trigger Conditions Enabled Conditions State bo Active State En Ackd Active State En Ack Pending State to Ackd State En I
210. or This property can be set via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 7 The default value is unknown Description Read Only A string intended to be used to describe the device s purpose This property can be changed via the configuration UI see Section and 4 2 7 Protocol Version Read Only The BACnet protocol version supported by the device The value of this property is 1 Protocol Revision Read Only The BACnet protocol revision of the BACnet version supported by the device The value of this property is 5 Protocol Services Supported Read Only A string of bits marking which BACnet services can be executed by the device For a detailed list of the BACnet services supported please refer to the product s PICS document Protocol Object Types Supported Read Only A string of bits identifying which BACnet object types are supported by the device For a detailed list of supported object types please refer to the product s PICS document LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 154 LOYTEC 7 3 1 3 Object Database The following properties provide information about the BACnet objects contained in the device Object_List Read Only This property holds a BACnetARRAY of object IDs object type object instance pairs one object ID for each object within the device that is accessible through BACnet services Database Revision Read Only This property of type Unsigned is a logical revision number for the de
211. or may exist 5 5 2 Historical Alarm Log The alarm summary of the alarm objects contains a live list of currently active and acknowledge pending alarms As soon as an alarm becomes inactive and has been acknowledged it disappears from the alarm summary To store a historical log of alarm transitions an alarm log is utilized An alarm log can log transitions of one or more alarm objects The alarm log is always local and stored as a file on the device The size of an alarm log is configurable The alarm log operates as a ring buffer As soon as its size limit is reached the oldest alarm log records are overwritten by newer alarm transitions The alarm log is available on the Web UI or can be uploaded from the device as a CSV file The CSV file can also be used as an e mail attachment 5 5 3 Scheduling Version 3 3 Schedulers are objects that schedule values of data points on a timely basis A scheduler object is configured by which data points it shall schedule This configuration is done by the system engineer once when the system is designed The configuration of the times and values that shall be scheduled is not part of that initial configuration and may be changed later This distinction has to be kept in mind LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 59 LOYTEC Version 3 3 A scheduler object sets its data points to pre defined values at specified times The function of the scheduler is state based This means that after a val
212. points of the BACnet network technology See Section 6 2 2 e Global Objects This top level folder contains sub folders that organize specific application objects that operate on data points O E mail Configuration This folder contains e mail templates An e mail template defines the destination address and text body of an e mail which is triggered by data points and may contain data point values or file attachments To create an e mail template select the folder and use the context menu Math Objects Configuration This folder contains math objects Math objects are used to perform a predefined calculation on a number of input data points and write the result to a defined set of output data points Each math object contains one formula To create a math object select the folder and use the context menu Alarm Log Configuration This folder contains the alarm log objects Each alarm log object creates a historical log of alarm transitions of one or more LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual q2 LOYTEC alarm objects alarm server or client To create an alarm log select the folder and use the context menu Using the context menu on a folder sub folders may be created to organize the available objects If new objects are created automatically they are usually placed in the base folder and can then be moved by the user to any of his sub folders Note that the folder structure described above cannot be changed by adding or de
213. ported on the MS TP channel More devices may be possible if they represent half load or quarter load Please consult the third party documentation If more MS TP devices need to be connected use an RS 485 repeater to separate them electrically Logically the MS TP bus supports up to 255 devices Each MS TP device must be assigned a unique MAC address Up to 127 MS TP masters can be connected Make sure that the Max_Master setting includes the highest MS TP master MAC address For operation of some slower devices on the MS TP network it is recommended to set the following properties of the device object to fine tune communication on the network e APDU_Timeout 60000 1 min e APDU_Segement_Timeout 40000 40 sec e Optionally disable MS TP slave proxy if not needed in order to optimize bandwidth usage Slave_Proxy_Enable False LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 161 LOYTEC 9 L Gate Firmware Update The L Gate firmware supports remote upgrade over the network and the serial console To guarantee that the L Gate is not destroyed due to a failed firmware update the L Gate firmware consists of two images e L Gate fallback image e Gate primary image The L Gate 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 When the L Gate boots up with the fallback ima
214. que internetwork wide The Object Type part of the Object Identifier of the Device object is 8 DEVICE The instance part of the Object Identifier of the Device object is configurable via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 7 The default value is 17800 Object Name Read Only The name of the object The value of Object Name of the Device object 1s configurable via the configuration UI see Section 4 2 7 For the Device object this name shall be unique within the BACnet internetwork Object Type Read Only The object s type For the Device object the value of this property is 8 DEVICE 7 3 1 2 Device Information Version 3 3 A whole set of properties provides general purpose information about the device Vendor Name Read Only The value of this property is LOYTEC electronics GmbH Vendor Identifier Read Only A numerical value identifying the BACnet vendor The value of this property is 178 Model Name Read Only The value of this property is equal to the product code of the device Examples are LINX 200 or LINX 221 Firmware Revision Read Only The value of this property gives the current BACnet module version used on the device Application Software Version Read Only The value of this property gives the build date and the version of the current application on the device Location Read Writable A string intended to be used to describe the physical location of the device e g Ist flo
215. r Manual 119 LOYTEC Project Settings 3 E X General Datapoint Naming Rules CEA709 cEAz08 ast BACnet B net Settings Enable Unsolicited COV Always create value objects on auto create Use 255 255 255 255 for global broadcast Enable periodic I Am broadcast String encoding f ASCII Default Pollcycle 60 sec C UCS5 2 Unicode I5O B859 1 Default COV Expiry 90 sec Figure 100 BACnet Project settings dialog 6 11 E Mail Templates 6 11 1 Create an E Mail Template E Mail templates are used to assemble and transmit E Mails when certain trigger conditions occur The E Mail template contains the destination E Mail address the subject and text Variable parameters can be added to the text by using data point sources The transmission of an E Mail 1s triggered by one or more trigger data points For setting up E Mails the E Mail account information has to be configured on the device e g on the Web UI see Section 4 2 11 To Create an E Mail Template 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the E Mail Configuration sub folder E Global Objects PU me E Mail Configuration 0 Items 2 Right click and select New E Mail Template from the context menu 3 Inthe Configure E Mail Template dialog which is shown in Figure 101 enter the To address and the Subject Optionally Cc and Bcc addresses can be specified Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 120 LOYTEC Config
216. r a user name and password for the default FTP access This access method is used implicitly when connected via LNS and the device is accessible over IP For this implicit connection there is no dialog to ask for a username and password and the username and the default password from the project settings are used Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 78 LOYTEC Project Settings x General Datapoint Naming Rules CEA709 CEA709 asr BACnet Project Mame Unnamed Project Default FTP Connection Settings Username admin FTP Part 21 Password admin Telnet Pork 23 Figure 50 General Project Settings 6 3 2 Data Point Naming Rules The data point naming rules tab see Figure 51 allows specifying how data point names are automatically derived from scanned network variables The preview shows how names would look like when the check marks are modified The option Use programmatic name and Use display name decides whether the data point name is assembled of the programmatic NV name or the LNS display name Project Settings xj General Datapoint Naming Rules ceazog cEA709 asr BACnet Select how the scanned datapoints name should be set v Add Application Device Name v Add Functional Black Mame v Add Network variable Mame Use programmatic name Use display name Preview MV DeviceMame FunckianalBlackName MV Name Figure 51 Data Point Naming Rules Project
217. rend Object Under the port folder select the Trend sub folder to create a trend log object j ne Datapoints 3 Items j bid Calendar 0 Items a 2 Scheduler 0 Items i Alarm D Items 2 Right click and select New Trend from the context menu 3 In the Create New Trend Object dialog shown in Figure 108 enter a name and optionally a description for the trend log object LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 135 LOYTEC Configure Trend Object xX Properties Triggers Common Properties Mame TestTrend 0 0 Description good description Trend Mode nera Fil Mode Ring Buffer gt Log Size 1000 items 16 63 kB Davs Hours Minutes Seconds Log Length 0 0 16 4n Log Interval Sec Fill Level Notification _ ELBM fo a Figure 108 Basic Trend Object Configuration Logged Datapoints Remove Datapoint n aHumid CONV delta Trend Enable Disable Datapoint puit Remove Save Changes Cancel 4 Select the desired Trend Mode 5 Select the Log Size The display in the dialog will adapt the estimations for needed data logger file size in KB and duration of the trend log Alternatively for interval trends the estimated log duration and log interval can be edited 6 Select a Fill Level Notification percentage This will decide at which fill level trigger will fire A fill level trigger can be used to t
218. rigger the transmission of an e mail see Section 6 14 5 7 Click Save Changes to store the basic configuration of the trend object The new trend log object appears in the data point list of the Trend folder 6 14 2 Configure Trended Data Points Version 3 3 When a local trend object has been created it needs to be configured which data points it shall log This is done by attaching data points to the trend object Only simple data points can be attached for trending i e of class analog binary or multi state For trend log objects in the CEA 709 technology multiple data points can be attached for trending The trending can be enabled disabled on behalf of an enable data point This data point should be of type binary If the value of that enable data point is TRUE the trend object logs data as defined by the trend mode If the value of the enable is FALSE trending is disabled If no enable data point is configured the trend log is always enabled To Attach Data Points for Trending 1 Select the trend object in the Trend sub folder Ne presion endisse ue 5 1 Cu TestTrend n 1014 2 Right click and select Configure Trend from the context menu The same dialog which appears when a new trend object is created is shown and allows configuring the trend object Of course this step can also be done directly when the object is created LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 136 LOYTEC Tip Tip
219. ription ID 1 My Formula This adds temperatures 1000 3 Right click and select Configure Math Object from the context menu 4 Edit the math object as described in Section 6 16 1 5 To replace an input data point by another input data point without re writing the entire formula click the Replace Input DP button This opens a data point selector dialog Select the replacement data point there 6 To detach an input data point click the Detach Input DP button This leaves the respective variable slot empty 7 To finalize the edit click on Save Changes 6 17 Mapping CEA 709 and BACnet Schedules 6 17 1 Mapping and Limitations Version 3 3 Mapping schedulers and calendars is realized by creating connections between schedulers and connections between corresponding calendars The information in a scheduler connection is synchronized between its participants When starting up however it is important to define where the source of the information is located 1 e the actual execution of the schedule takes place If the schedules and calendars are out of sync when the system starts the information from the source schedule calendar is distributed in the system The hub of a connection is always the source of the information The targets receive the initial schedules calendars In the configuration software only local schedulers and calendars that are hub in a connection can be configured The target schedules are synchronized automa
220. ription of the alarm server Create New Alarm Server x Mame Critical Description Ciritical System Alarms ca Figure 104 Create New Alarm Server dialog box 4 Click Ok The alarm server appears now in the data point list view Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 131 LOYTEC 5 For a BACnet alarm server select the created object and edit the properties for transition priorities To Normal To Fault To Offnormal and the corresponding check boxes which define whether acknowledgements are required These are the standard BACnet settings in a Notification Class object Iz To Mormal Priority G25 To Fault Priority To Uffnarnal Priority Ack To Normal Ack To Fault Ack Tao LDffnormal 6 13 2 Create an Alarm Condition To generate alarms from data points intrinsic reporting is used For each data point an alarm condition must be defined This condition employs an intrinsic algorithm to generate alarms based on the data point s value Depending on the data point type analog binary multi state different conditions are defined The alarm is reported to the attached alarm server Currently only BACnet data points can be configured with intrinsic alarm conditions To Create an Intrinsic Alarm Condition 1 Select a data point 2 Right click and select Create Alarm Condition from the context menu 3 For an analog data point the dialog as shown in Figure 105 appears Select the Alarm S
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222. rnal NVs with polling as described in Section 6 4 3 Otherwise a new XIF file needs to be exported and replacing the L Gate in the non LNS tool requires the user to create all bindings again from scratch see Section 5 6 2 6 4 5 Replace an L Gate An L Gate can be replaced in the network by another unit This might be necessary if a hardware defect occurs First of all the replacement L Gate needs to be configured with the appropriate IP settings including all relevant BACnet device settings The remainder of this section focuses on the L Gate data point configuration The work flow is depicted in Figure 58 ES Start the Configurator stand alone Section 6 7 2 Y Load a saved L Gate project file Download configuration to L Gate Section 6 7 13 Replace L Gate Section 6 6 Reboot the L Gate Section 4 4 i ES Figure 58 Basic work flow to configure a replacement device Start the L Gate Configurator software stand alone and connect via the FTP method see Section 6 7 2 Then load the L Gate configuration project file from disk which has been saved when the original L Gate has been configured or modified Double check if the data point configuration seems sensible Then download the configuration to the L Gate see Section 6 7 13 If using an LNS based tool the L Gate device needs to be replaced in that tool see Section 6 6 If yo
223. ropriate value after the device has started For input data points the value can be actively polled from the network when starting up Use the Poll on Startup feature for this behavior Polling the network values has the advantage that intermediate changes on the network are reflected An input data point can be made persistent if the last received value shall be available after a power on reset before a poll on startup completes This can be beneficial if the remote device is temporarily offline and the last value is considered usable For output data points the value can be restored after starting up by the application For example if the output data point s value is determined by an input data point and a math object or the output data point is in a connection with an input the input can poll its value on startup If the output data point has no specific other value source e g it is a configuration parameter set by the user it can be made persistent To make a data point persistent enable the Persistent property of the respective data point The persistency option is only available for the base data point classes analog binary multi state string and user More complex objects such as calendars schedules etc have their own data persistency rules For structured data points only all or none of the structure members can be made persistent The configuration of the top level data point which represents the entire structure serv
224. rsion 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 115 LOYTEC 3 Right click and select Import File In the following file selector dialog choose the EDE import file and click Ok 4 Now the BACnet EDE File folder is populated with the imported BACnet objects 6 10 3 Use Imported BACnet Objects After BACnet objects have been imported with a network scan or by importing from an EDE file the user can select the BACnet objects that the L Gate shall access When executing the Use on device the configuration software allocates client mappings on the device These client mappings will read or write values from the BACnet objects in the network In an additional step there can be also server objects allocated on the device These server objects can be created automatically from converting a client mapping to a server object This is usually done if the imported BACnet objects shall also be directly modified over the BACnet network on the device itself To Use Imported BACnet Objects on the Device 1 Go to the Datapoints tab and select the desired BACnet objects in one of the import folders 2 Use the multi select feature by holding the Shift or Ctrl keys pressed 3 Click on the button e Use on Device in the tool bar 4 This creates data points in the BACnet Port Datapoints folder All data points in that folder will be created as client mappings No server object is created automatically in this case 17800 Al 0 Present
225. s e LNS 3 1 Service Pack 8 or LNS TE SP5 or higher for LNS mode e Windows XP Windows 2003 Server Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server The L Gate Configurator can be downloaded from the LOYTEC Web site http www loytec com When asked for the type of installation there are two options to choose from Select Typical to install the required program files Select Full to install the LONMARK resource files along with the software This option is useful when the system does not have the newest resource files 6 1 2 Registration as a Plug In Version 3 3 If the L Gate shall be configured using LNS based tools e g NL200 or LonMaker the L Gate Configurator needs to be registered as an LNS plug in In the following the process is described for LonMaker TE Otherwise please refer to the documentation of your network management tool on how to register an LNS plug in To Register in LonMaker TE 1 Open LonMaker and create a new network 2 Click Next until the plug in registration tab appears in the Network Wizard Select the LOYTEC L Gate Configurator Version X Y from the list of Not Registered see Figure 46 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 69 LOYTEC Network Wizard x Plug in Registration 2 Not Registered R Echelon LNS Report Generator Version 3 20 Beregister Enable H LOY TEC L Proxy Configurator version 3 1 z LOYTEC XIF Builder version 1 4 07 Dizabl H LPAConvPlugin vers
226. s GmbH L Gate User Manual TI LOYTEC e Server Object Type This property defines the BACnet object type of the underlying BACnet server object It can be changed within the class 1 e for an analog data point the server object type analog input analog output or analog value can be chosen e Commandable This property defines if the underlying BACnet server object is commandable For BACnet value objects AV BV MSV this property can be edited to create commandable or non commandable BACnet value objects e Relinquish to invalid value This property defines whether the data point maintains the Relinquish Default value if the priority array is empty or assumes the invalid value By default this property is false and the Relinquish Default value is used Setting this property to true can be beneficial when used in a connection to withdraw a value in another technology e Server Object Name This property defines the object name of the underlying BACnet server object It must be unique among all server objects It can be up to 64 characters e Server Object Instance No This property defines the object instance number of the underlying BACnet server object e Server Object Description This property defines the object description of the underlying BACnet server object It can be left blank e Server Object Device Type This property defines the object device type of the underlying BACnet server object It can be left blank e All
227. s can be written with values at a certain priority The value with the highest priority is in effect When revoking a written value the NULL value is written This takes back the value When all written values are withdrawn the Relinquish Default value is in effect In CEA 709 there is no notion of taking a value back To model this behavior a distinctive invalid value can be written to an NV Most SNVTs have such an invalid value For those that do not an invalid value it can be specified when editing the data point To make a BACnet object convey that invalid value to the CEA 709 side enable the property Relinquish to Invalid LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 68 LOYTEC 6 The L Gate Configurator This Chapter gives step by step instructions on how to commission the device create a data point configuration with input and output network variables and how to map those data points to BACnet and vice versa We show the configuration steps using LonMaker TE but other LNS based network management tools can be used as well to install and configure the device We also show how to configure the device without LNS 6 1 Installation 6 1 1 Software Installation The L Gateway Configuration software must be used to setup the data point configuration of the L Gate This configuration utility is installed as a plug in tool for all LNS based network management tools as well as a stand alone tool for systems without LNS System requirement
228. s for daily schedules and value presets is changed the resource and static interface of the CEA 709 port changes The resources reserved for LONMARK calendar and scheduler objects can be changed in the project settings see Section 6 3 4 When downloading a project the software verifies if sufficient resources have been configured If it detects a problem the user is notified to update the project settings The Auto Set feature automatically selects the right amount of resources 5 6 4 Limitations for CEA 709 Alarm Servers Local CEA 709 alarming supports only one alarm server object This alarm server object is represented by the device s LONMARK node object and facilitates the SNVT alarm2 output network variable Acknowledging alarms in the alarm server is adhering to the LONMARK specification and relies on the RQ CLEAR ALARM mechanism 5 6 5 Limitations for Local CEA 709 Trends Local CEA 709 trend objects support trending multiple data points in all trend modes interval COV and trigger The enable data point is also supported All data points can be NVs registers or of any other technology There is no LONMARK object linked to the trend object Consequently trend data cannot be accessed over a LONMARK mechanism 5 7 BACnet Technology 5 7 1 BACnet Data Points Version 3 3 Data points in the BACnet technology are known as BACnet objects They have a specific type e g analog input or binary output and a set of properties which
229. s higher than 5 or e more than 15 CRC errors have occurred on a port with a power line transceiver or more than 5 on a port with a transceiver other than power line or e the L Gate was not able to process all available messages For a deeper analysis of the reason for the overload condition it is recommended to use a protocol analyzer e g LOYTEC s LPA or a similar tool The exact reason of the overload condition can also be determined with the LSD Tool 3 5 Status Button The L Gate is equipped with a status button see Figure 8 When pressing the status button shortly during normal operation of the L Gate it sends a Service Pin Message on the active CEA 709 network port FT 10 or CEA 852 It also sends a BACnet I Am message on all active BACnet data link layers As an alternative to pressing the status button a service pin message can be sent via the Web interface see Section 4 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 permanently 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 10 2 2 3 6 DIP Switch Settings Version 3 3 The DIP switch assignment for the L Gate is shown in Table 3 Please leave all swit
230. s in the connections list Once a scheduler is in a connection do not change the scheduled data points 7 Create a local CEA 709 calendar object if not existing yet Do not add any calendar patterns LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 145 LOYTEC Important If there already exists a calendar connection don t create a new connection and add the exposed calendar as a target to the existing connection There can only be one calendar connection that contains all exposed calendars 8 Create a second new connection Give it a descriptive name e g cal_conn 9 Select the BACnet calendar as the hub When exposing a remote schedule select the calendar from the same remote device folder where the schedule was selected from 10 Select the created CEA 709 calendar as the target 11 Click Save Now a calendar connection appears in the connections list 6 17 4 Create One Way Mappings Version 3 3 A one way mapping lets schedules and calendar patterns be updated in one direction only From the hub to the target s If a schedule in the hub is updated the targets receive the new schedule If a target schedule is updated however the change remains local to this scheduler The local change is overwritten the next time the hub schedule is updated again This feature 1s convenient to distribute calendar patterns and schedules from a central location e g the BACnet OWS but allow temporary local modifications at the same tim
231. s sets the device configured online to start the scan You need to set the same domain as the devices to be scanned Click Get Domain from Network and press a service pin on some other already installed device to retrieve the domain information before setting the device online 5 Click on the button Discover Devices This starts a network scan The results are put in the device list box 6 Alternatively click the button Discover on Service Pin Then press the service pin of a particular device on the network This device will be added to the device list 7 Select a device in the device list To give the device a usable name enter the name below and click on the Set button Device Mame ctrli Set 8 Then click the button Scan This scans the NVs on the selected device and adds them to the CEA709 852 Network Scan folder as a separate sub folder for the device as shown in Figure 77 If you are not sure which device you have selected click on Wink Device The selected device will execute its wink sequence LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 98 LOYTEC Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics E k 45 ese tse bb Model No oo set Auto Remote Datapoints Datapoint Mame Filter Include subfolders 4 Datapoint Configuration 1 Imported 7 BACnet EDE File 0 Items Mo Direckian Datapoint Mame Remote NV Tvpe Remote Device Func Black j on BACnet Network Scan EH 1
232. sequence the value preset in BACnet always has only one element The name of the value preset is not stored in BACnet It is not accessible over the BACnet network either Therefore a default name is created such as Value 22 for an analog value An example of two scheduled BACnet objects is shown in Figure 45 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 66 LOYTEC Datapoint Value 1 Description Group Default Valuet 16 Figure 45 Example value presets in BACnet schedulers Priorities of exception days in a BACnet scheduler range from 1 the highest to 16 the lowest Weekdays in BACnet have no priority Changing the number of calendar patterns in a BACnet calendar can only be done through the configuration software and not during run time The individual calendar pattern entries in the calendar patterns can be changed at run time Therefore it is advisable to reserve a suitable number of calendar patterns in a BACnet calendar and leave them empty if not needed immediately 5 7 4 BACnet Trend Logs A number of restrictions apply to trend log objects in BACnet Trend log objects must be created by the Configurator software These objects are accessible over the BACnet network for other BACnet devices and operator workstations OWS All configuration properties can be modified by the Configurator software as well as an OWS The number of trend log objects cannot be changed at run time Therefore if it is intended
233. sr 4 Datapoint Name 6279 5 nfl Analog Datapoint Max Value Figure 75 Imported NVs Datapoint Name Filter Include subfolders In SMVT temp SMVT pawer f DDZ SMVT angle F L Vis SMVT angle F L Vis SMVT config src L Vis SMVT canfig src L Vis MV DDCVirtual Functional BlacknvaTemp Datapoint Description ntl Pollcycle s amp g nf Max Cache Age ms amp Infinite nf Default value MONZA Analog Datapoint nd Direction In nfl MV Allocation External NV Intl CEAOG Data Type Unsigned Long 16 bit unsigned integer intl Unit Text degrees Celsius Remote Device LOYTEC 4 Now the CSV File folder is populated with the imported NVs as shown in Figure 75 The list can be sorted by each column Selecting a line will display a number of associated properties in the property view below Multiple items can be selected by using the lt Ctrl gt key and clicking with the mouse All items can be selected by pressing lt Ctrl A gt 6 7 6 Scanning NVs online from the Network Version 3 3 L Gate devices also support an online network scan on the CEA 709 network In this scan the device searches for other devices on the CEA 709 network and pulls in NV information of these devices These NVs can then be used instead of importing them from a CSV file To scan NV online of the CEA 709 network 1 Click on the Datapoints tab File View Model
234. stom Scaling Version 3 3 Custom scaling is applied to all analog data points when they communicate values to or from the network This feature can be used if a network data point has engineering units not suitable for the application e g grams instead of kilograms The scaling is linear and applied in the direction from the network to the application as A kN d where N is the network value k the custom scaling factor d the custom scaling offset and A the application value When sending a value to the network the reverse scaling is LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 52 LOYTEC applied If this property is enabled the analog values are pre scaled from the technology to the data point The custom scaling is in addition to any technology specific scaling factors and can be applied regardless of the network technology 5 2 System Registers Version 3 3 The L Gate provides a number of built in system registers They are present without a data point configuration The system registers such as the System time or the CPU load can be exposed to the OPC server By default all system registers are checked for being exposed to OPC To reduce the number of needed OPC tags you may deselect certain system registers which are not useful in a specific project System register can also serve as a testing setup for the OPC XML DA communication without a network data point configuration The System Time register is updated every
235. t File In the following file selector dialog choose the CSV import file and click Ok Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 96 Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics CEA BAC 20 MET e sm E Imported En Filter Templates 9 CEA709 FJ L Gate Ei 3 CEA709 Port S E BACnet Port WW Global Objects i Datapoint Configuration eo BACnet EDE File 0 Items m BACnet Network Scan Ef CEA7 8 C5V File o 1 Datapoints 6 Items m 1 CEA709 LNS Scan ff CEAZ S Network Scan C System Registers 15 Items el User Registers 0 Items 4 Datapoints 0 Items z 1 5 Calendar 0 Items a j 2 Scheduler B Items lf Alarm 0 Items n 1 Trend 0 Items ff Remote Devices 4 Datapoints 0 Items J Calendar 0 Items T O Scheduler 0 Items ff Alarm 0 Items 1 1 Trend 0 Items Ead Remote Devices be je E Mail Configuration Items bee fe Math Object Configuration 6 Items bee i Alarm Log Object Configuration 0 Items Dc Model Noa Joo Set Aube Remote Datapoints 1 MV DDCVvirtual Functional BlocknyoTempnyvoTermp 2 Qut MV DDCVvirtual Funckianal BlacknviPewer nviPower 3 Qut MV L VisVirbual Funckianal Blocknvian rwiangle F 4 In MV L Visvirbual Functional Blacknvoan nvoangle F z Qut MV L Visvirtual Functional Blacknvicon rvviconfig sr 6 In MV L VisVirbual Funckianal Blackrivaco myvaconfig_
236. te 94 Confi g O Device description L Gate U Device location Room 202 E System m Passwords D E m Backup Restore O Save Settings Get Settings B Port Config m BACnet Config Figure 20 BACnet Device Configuration Further the description and location can be configured These configuration items correspond to the properties Description and Location respectively of the BACnet Device object On the settings for BACnet IP refer to Section 4 2 8 For configuring the MS TP data link refer to Section 4 2 9 4 2 8 BACnet IP Configuration Version 3 3 The BACnet IP protocol is available on the Ethernet port To enable BACnet IP on the device select the BACnet IP checkbox on the Ethernet tab of the port configuration page Please note that on device models without a router the BACnet MS TP protocol on other ports will be disabled e g LINX 200 L Gate The BACnet IP protocol settings are displayed in the settings box on the right hand side as shown in Figure 21 If the BACnet IP network uses a non default UDP port number other than 47808 0xB ACO enter this port in the BACnet IP port field Enter 0 in this field for switching back to the default setting LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 33 EZ rt 1 Port 2 Ethernet xl TCP IP FTP Telnet HTTP CEA 852 CEA 709 over IP BACnet IP Get Settings S71 X s 4 BACnet IP port oxBACO BACnet IP mode Device Default FD BBMD I
237. te CEA 709 Port Datapoints N _tn50Controller_Tnvill temp Remote Devices EJ Datapoint Description gt BACnet Port 7 Datapoints 0 Items z3 Min Send s 0 c Calendar 0 Items Z Max Send s 0 1 Scheduler 0 Items Alarm 0 Items Max Cache Age ms Infinite Trend 0 Items oO Remote Devices _ 9 Global Objects N A 9 E Mail Configuration 0 Item 9 Math Object Configuration 0 It WW Alarm Log Object Configuration fema Data Point Type Analog Datapoint a Dut NV tnS Contraller 1nvi 7temp f nva 7temp F nid ztemp Av tnS Contraller 1nvo 8switch nvidaswibch mvaD8swibch Figure 48 Datapoint Manager Dialog Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 6 2 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 3 71 LOYTEC e Imported This folder has a number of sub folders for different import methods O BACnet Network Scan This folder is used to display data points retrieved by an online scan of the BACnet network BACnet EDE File This folder is used to display data points imported from an EDE file CEA 709 CSV File This folder is used to display data points imported from CSV files CEA 709 LNS Scan This folder is used to hold data retrieved from a network database scan CEA
238. te User Manual 125 LOYTEC Tip Tip Configure Schedule temp_sched Configuration Scheduled Datapoints Detach Selected Datapoint Attach Datapoints New Preset Mame Create Datapoint Description Group Default MV bac loncerinvol2 temp temp 1 0 00 7 Add new value presets by entering a name and pressing the Create button next to the input field Mew Preset Mame day Create To generate presets automatically for multi state data points click the Auto Create button This button is available if no other presets have been defined yet 8 For each new preset a new column will appear in the list In this column enter the desired value for each of the attached points which will be set when this value template is scheduled The user may later edit the values for each preset on the device but cannot add new value presets unless there is only one line one value in the list Datapoint Description Group Default day night temp 0 00 16 00 9 If there are multiple output values which belong together they can be grouped in order to save space on the device For each group the entered value is stored only once even if there are more data points in the same group Datapoint Description 10 When done with the point and value setup switch back to the Configuration tab or click Save Changes to leave the dialog A shortcut to creating a scheduler object and attaching a data point is to select a data point
239. ter a Name for the alarm log Optionally enter a Description 4 Entera Log Size which defines how many transitions are resident in the alarm log 5 Click on the button Add on top of the Logged Alarm Objects list Logged Alarm Objects Add Remove Datapoint 6 A data point selector dialog opens Select one or more alarm objects that shall be logged and click OK The alarm objects appear in the list 7 Click Create to create the alarm log object 6 14 Local Trending 6 14 1 Create a Local Trend Version 3 3 The value of a data point can be logged over time This is referred to as trend data To generate trend data a trend object has to be created The trend data 1s stored in a data logger file This file can be downloaded via FTP in binary or CSV format see Section 7 1 2 Trend objects can generate trend logs for multiple data points and can be operated in one of three basic modes e Interval Mode In this mode a snapshot of all trended data points is logged into the data logger file e COV Mode In this mode each of the trended data points is logged separately if and only if its value changes For analog data points a specific COV increment can be configured in the data point configuration properties of the trended data point e Trigger Mode In this mode a snapshot of all trended data points is logged each time a trigger condition fires The trigger condition is applied to a trigger data point To Create a T
240. terns of the port and their meaning A permanent color reflects a state Flicker is for 25 ms when there is activity on the MS TP data link layer GREEN permanently Multi Master token ok flicker when traffic Normal condition on a multi master flicker off MS TP network ORANGE flicker Sole master flicker when traffic Normal condition on a single master MS TP network RED permanent flicker Token lost state flicker when transmit attempt Cable might be broken GREEN RED flash fast Transmission or receive errors This hints at bad cabling Table 1 MS TP Activity LED Patterns 3 4 4 FT Activity LED The FT port on the L Gate has a three color LED green red and orange see Figure Table 2 shows different LED patterns of the port and their meaning Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 20 LOYTEC GREEN flashing at 1Hz L Gate is unconfigured es RED flashing fast Traffic with high amount of errors EE RED flashing at 1 Hz Firmware image corrupt Please upload new firmware all ports ORANGE permanent Port disabled e g using LSD Tool ORANGE flashing fast Traffic on port configured as management port e g using LSD Tool Table 2 CEA 709 Activity LED Patterns 3 4 5 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 3 4 6 Ethernet Activity LED The Ethernet Activity LED lights up gre
241. that an OWS configures the trend logs a suitable number of empty trend log objects i e without attached data points must be created in the Configurator software In BACnet trend logs only one data point can be trended per trend log object The trended data point can be either a local BACnet server object or a remote BACnet object accessed through a client mapping Data points of other technologies and the min max avg algorithms cannot be trended in this firmware version BACnet trend logs are limited to interval and COV logs The trigger mode is not supported in BACnet The setting linear and ring buffer logging is mapped to the Stop_When_Full property of the underlying BACnet trend log object This setting in the Configurator software is a default and can be overridden by writing to the Stop_When_Full property by the OWS If an enable data point is configured by the Configurator software the Log Enable property is written with the value of that data point If no enable data point is configured the Log_Enable is TRUE as a default and can be modified over the network The fill level action is mapped to generating a buffer event notification in the BACnet trend log object The fill level trigger can still be used for e mails even if no notification class is configured in the BACnet trend log object The fill level percentage maps to the Notification_Threshold property The percentage setting in the Configurator software is a default and can be
242. the fly the file size in the FTP client will appear as 0 Bytes The decimal point and CSV column separator can be configured over in the system configuration of the Web UI see Section 4 2 1 of the L Gate Note that for a comma as the separator the decimal point is a point This is useful for English U S applications For countries that use the comma as the decimal point select the semicolon as the CSV separator 6 14 5 Deliver Trend Data via E Mail Trend logs can be downloaded from the device via FTP This requires an active action by the user Alternatively trend data can be sent as an e mail attachment For doing that an e mail template has to be setup for the trend log to be transmitted The fill level condition Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 138 LOYTEC Note in the trend object can be used as a trigger to send an e mail with the trend s data logger CSV file as an attachment For setting up e mails the account information has to be configured on the device e g on the Web UI see Section 4 2 11 Then an e mail template can be created and the trend object attached as a trigger To Create an E mail Template for Trends 1 Create or configure an e mail template as described in Section 6 11 1 2 Change to the Mail Triggers tab 3 Click the Add button and select a trend object 4 In the Mail Triggers list the added trigger data point appears with the Fill Level condition E Mai
243. tically on the device Changing schedules or calendars on the Web UI or over the network automatically synchronize the change with all members of the connection Since schedules and calendars in the two technologies have their own restrictions the mapping underlies a number of restrictions as well e Only schedules that schedule a single value can be mapped In practice all schedules can be mapped where one only value can be defined per value preset e g one analog value e The target schedule which is used to expose the actual scheduler to a different technology must not itself have data points attached that are scheduled The target scheduler only acts as a shell that stores the daily schedules e CEA 709 schedulers which schedule only one NV but that NV is a structure e g SNVT_switch cannot be mapped to a BACnet scheduler This is because the value preset on the CEA 709 scheduler has two values to configure This violates the one value rule e All calendars referred to by mapped schedulers must be added to a calendar connection e On one port only one calendar can exist Therefore all exposed calendars must be added to a single connection As a consequence all calendars are synchronized in the system There can exist only one calendar connection on a device that contains all exposed calendars LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 143 LOYTEC e Once a scheduler is in a connection do not change its scheduled dat
244. ting the BACnet object and the NV where this BACnet object shall be exposed to Com Start the Configurator stand alone Section 6 7 2 y y Import BACnet objects from EDE file Scan BACnet online from network Section 6 10 2 Section 6 10 1 Select BACnet objects and use on L Gate Section 6 10 3 Optional Create BACnet server objects Section 6 10 5 v Create Connections Manually Section 6 9 1 y Download configuration to L Gate Section 6 7 13 ES Figure 59 Basic design flow from BACnet 6 5 Adding L Gate To configure an L Gate in your LonMaker drawing the device needs to be added to the LNS database and commissioned This Section refers to LonMaker TE and describes how to add an L Gate to your database To Add a Device to LonMaker TE 1 In your LonMaker drawing drag a device stencil into the drawing Enter an appropriate name as shown in Figure 60 Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 87 LOYTEC New Device Wizard Device name Igate Humber of devices ta create 1 W Commission device Device Template Create new device template Mame L Gate 900 FT 10 S Channel Auto detect channel Type rer T Mame Channel FT 10 Y Zur ck Finish Abbrechen Hilfe Figure 60 Create a new device in the drawing 2 Select Commission D
245. ts 5 2 1 Overview Version 3 3 Data points are part of the fundamental device concept to model process data A data point is the basic input output element on the device Each data point has a value a data type a direction and a set of meta data describing the value in a semantic context Each data point also has a name and a description The entire set of data points is organized in a hierarchy At the data point level the specific technological restrictions are abstracted and hidden from the user Working with different technologies at this level involves common work flows for all supported technologies The direction of a data point is defined as the network view of the data flow This means an input data point obtains data from the network An output data point sends data to the network This is an important convention to remember as different technologies may define other direction semantics LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 50 LOYTEC The basic classes of data points are e Analog An analog data point typically represents a scalar value The associated data type is a double precision machine variable Meta data for analog data points include information such as value range engineering units precision and resolution e Binary A binary data point contains a Boolean value Meta data for binary data points includes human readable labels for the Boolean states 1 e active and inactive texts e Multi stat
246. twork there is a dynamic NV created on the L Gate Compared to static NVs dynamic NVs do not change the XIF interface of the L Gate The dynamic NVs are created by the network management tool Currently only LNS based tools can manage dynamic NVs As for static NVs with dynamic NVs it is possible to use bindings instead of polling e External NV The selected NVs on the network are treated as external NVs to the L Gate The L Gate doesn t create any NVs on the device but instead uses polling to read from those NVs and explicit updates to write to the NVs Therefore no bindings are necessary for external NVs For input data points using external NVs however a poll cycle must be configured If not configured explicitly a default poll cycle of 60 sec is chosen The default poll cycle can be changed in the project settings menu Note that the receive timeout option cannot be used with external NVs Based on the NV the data point is derived from the following kinds of data points are created e Simple NVs that hold only one scalar value e g SNVT amp Those kinds on NVs are represented as analog data points The data points holds the current value NV scaling factors are applied e Simple NVs based on an enumeration e g SNVT date day Enumeration types result in multi state data points They represent the state of the NV e Structured NVs that consists of a number of fields e g SNVT switch All structured NVs are represented as us
247. u are not using LNS then refer to your network management tool s reference manual on how to replace a device After replacing the device in the network management tool reboot the L Gate see Section 4 4 6 4 6 Configure from BACnet Version 3 3 The flow diagram in Figure 59 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to configure the L Gate from the BACnet side In this scenario the L Gate will be configured with BACnet data points from the BACnet network The CEA 709 side of the gateway has to be engineered as described in the previous section but without automatic BACnet object LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 86 LOYTEC creation The remainder of this section assumes that NVs and the static interface have been configured already Start the L Gate Configurator in stand alone mode and connect to the L Gate via the FTP method see Section 6 7 2 In the Configurator use the BACnet network scan to find BACnet objects in the network see Section 6 10 1 or import BACnet objects from an EDE file see Section 6 10 2 Select the remote BACnet objects that the L Gate shall access and use them on the device to create client mappings on the L Gate see Section 6 10 3 Alternatively you can create BACnet server objects manually see Section 6 10 5 Once the BACnet client mappings or server objects have been created on the BACnet port connections need to be created see Section 6 9 1 This has to be done manually by selec
248. ue is scheduled the scheduler maintains its state for this value It can re transmit the scheduled values as appropriate e g when rebooting The pre defined values are called value presets A value preset contains one or more values under a single label e g day schedules the values 20 0 TRUE 400 Which value preset is scheduled at what time is defined through a daily schedule The daily schedule defines the times and value presets in a 24 hour period A schedule typically contains daily schedules for the weekdays Monday through Sunday See Figure 41 for an example of a daily schedule Monday gt Dg m gy oo p2 oo D4 00 ay oo UE EH E 5 E SS Figure 41 Example of a Daily Schedule For some tasks the daily schedules on weekdays is sufficient However on some specific dates there may be exceptions to the regular week This can be implemented by defining daily schedules for exception days For instance there may be a separate daily schedule for Holidays The exception days are defined through a calendar The calendar contains a number of calendar patterns Each calendar pattern describes a pattern of dates that define the class of an exception e g Holidays When a calendar is defined on a system the exception days are available in all schedules When a schedule wants to define daily schedules for some of the available exception days they need to be enabled in the sched
249. ug in from within network management software e g NL 220 LonMaker or Alex Instead the engineer can work directly with the device when online or engineer it offline 6 2 Data Point Manager The configuration software uses a central concept to manage data points The data point manager as shown in Figure 48 is used to select create edit and delete data points The dialog is divided into three sections e The folder list number 1 in Figure 48 e The data point list number 2 in Figure 48 e Anda property view number 3 in Figure 48 es muwuel slcl LJ Datapoint Configuration 3 Include subfolders E Imported 7 BACnet EDE File 0 Items Remote NY 4 BACnet Network Scan NV tn5 Controller 1nvoOOtemp nvidObermp nvoOihemp 3 CEA709 CSV File 0 Items Gf CEA709 LNS Scan CEA709 Network Scan 2 1 Filter Templates CEA7 9 Mv tnS Controller 1nvo 4lev percent nvi 4lev percent nvo 4lev p Mv kn5 Controller 1nvi ltemp nva ltemp rrvidibemp Mv EnS Controller 1nvo zlux revitrzlux nva relux Mv kn5 Controller irvit3lux reeat3lux rivitrslux Elf L Gate Mv tn5 Controller 1nvi Slev percent nvoe slev percent nvi 5lev p A System Registers 15 Items NV tn5OController 1rvo 6temp F nvi 6temp F nvoO temp_f User Registers D Items B j CEA 709 Port Datapoints 20 Items Calendar 0 Items i Scheduler 0 Items NV tn5 Controller 1nvi Ttemp J Alarm 0 Items Di Trend 0 Items L Ga
250. ule See Figure 42 for an example where Holidays 1s used LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 60 LOYTEC Weekly f Exception Schedule Configuration Weekday Exception Priority Use Mon 2 mM Tue mM wed M Thu M Fri 0 M Sat 0 M Sun v 24 12 xx Othighest lo Holiday 126 lowest v Maintenance Days 126 lowest Figure 42 Example of on used Exception Day The function of the exception is simple The daily schedule of a regular weekday is overridden by the daily schedule of the exception when one of the specified date patterns is in effect e g July 14 in Holidays overrides the regular weekday If more than one exception days are in use there may be conflicts on specific dates These conflicts are resolved by defining priorities for the different exceptions The daily schedule of the exception with the higher priority 1s eventually in effect If two exceptions with the same priority exist it is not defined which one is in effect Therefore always use distinct priorities Apart from the defined value presets there exist special events that can be scheduled in a daily schedule They affect how the scheduler behaves and which exception is active Invalid If this value is scheduled the scheduler transmits the invalid value The numeric representation of that invalid value is defined by the underlying data point and is technology specific Withdraw If this value is scheduled the sc
251. ulers This is the number of local scheduler objects which should be available on the device Each local scheduler data point created in the data Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual SO LOYTEC point manager will connect to one of these scheduler objects There may be more scheduler objects available on the device than are actually used at a certain time It is a good idea to have some spare scheduler objects ready in case another scheduler is needed e Number of daily schedules This is the maximum number of schedules supported by each scheduler object This number must at least be 7 since a scheduler always needs to provide one schedule for each day of the week default weekly schedule For each special day defined by the calendar or embedded exception day an additional daily schedule is required to support it e Entries in Time Value table This is the total number of entries in each scheduler defining a value template that should apply on a specific day starting at a specific time the time table e Number of value templates This is the maximum number of value templates supported by each scheduler e Data size per value template This specifies the buffer size reserved to hold the data for each value template More data points or bigger data structures require a bigger value buffer e Max number of data point maps Specifies the maximum number of individual data points that this scheduler is able to control
252. uration software in the download process 6 16Math Objects 6 16 1 Create a Math Object Version 3 3 Math objects are advanced application objects that can execute mathematical operations on data points A math object takes a number of input data points variables vi v2 Vn and calculates a result value according to a specified formula When configuring a math object the input data points output data points and the formula must be configured by the user Input data points can be configured with a change of value condition to trigger the math calculation only if the value changes more than a certain delta To Create a Math Object 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the Math Object sub folder P alobal Objects fll E Mail Configuration 0 Items Math Object Configuration 0 Items 2 Right click and select New Math Object from the context menu 3 Inthe Create New Math Object dialog enter a name and optionally a description for the math object Create New Math Object Mame uy Formula Description This adds temperatures LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 141 LOYTEC 4 Attach input data points by clicking the Add Input DP button E Remove Input DP Replace Input DP Detach Input DP Datapoint Path COV delta nviTemp1 LINX 100 CE4709 Port Datapoints 0 0 v2 nviTemp2 LINX 100 CEA709 Port Datapoints 0 0 Input Datapoint 5 In the data point selector dialog select the inp
253. ure E Mail Template E X Common Mail Properties vai Triggers attachments Template Mame Critical Alarm E Mail Alarm E Mail Data Sources a Remove Datapoint us Bcc PO Subject Critical Alarm Occurred Alarm Occurred Max E Mails per day 100 Send burst count selected Data Source Value Paste Eo Text E Mail Text Ah Figure 101 Configure E Mail Template Dialog 4 Enter text in the E Mail Text multi line field 5 If the E Mail text shall contain values of data points add data points to the Data Sources list by clicking the Add button 6 A data point selector dialog opens Select one or more data points and click Ok The selected data point appears in the Data Sources list i Remove Datapoint var MV bac lonCtrlnvin a temp vi Data Sources 7 A data point selector dialog opens Select one or more data points and click Ok The selected data point appears in the Data Sources list 8 Select the data point in the Data Sources list In the drop down box underneath select Selected Data Source Value and click the Paste to Text button selected Data Source Value Paste En Text 9 A place holder v1 for the data point value appears now in the E Mail text 6 11 2 Trigger E Mails E Mail templates are used to assemble and transmit E Mails when certain trigger conditions occur For an E Mail template one or more trigger conditions can be defined The E Mail will be sent when
254. using the column information as described in Table 10 The columns are separated by commas or semi colons Which separator is used can be configured in the Web UI see Section 4 2 1 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 149 LOYTEC Column Field Example Description A SNVT 9 A numeric value of the SNVT as defined in the SNVT master list The example value 39 represents a SNVT temp NV index The NV index in decimal of the NV on the network node Indices start at O The NV selector in decimal of the NV on the network C NV selector node NV name nvoTemp The NV programmatic name of the NV on the network node W m is output Defines if this NV is an output on the network node 1 means the NV is an output on the network node Ti flag auth cfg 1 defines that authentication can be configured for this NV on the network node m flag auth 1 defines that the NV is authenticated flag priority cfg I defines that the priority can be configured for this NV on the network node m flag priority T defines that the NV is using priority flag servicetype defines that the service type can be configured for cfg this NV on the network node flag service ack 1 defines that the NV is using acknowledged service flag polled 1 defines that the NV is using the polled attribute ee This field is a numeric reference to a device d
255. ut data point 4 Click Close The selected data point can now be expanded with the plus icon and show its additional properties as sub data points No Direction di iA ud E Datapoint Mame Mapped Property Object Mame E 1 Cu AI Present Value abs hurmid l l In High Limik High Lirik abs humid Le In Low LimiE Low Limit abs humid 5 To remove properties perform the same steps and uncheck the corresponding check boxes Alternatively select the property or more and press the Delete key 6 10 7 Enable International Character Support By default BACnet objects on the device contain ASCII strings in properties such as object name description active inactive text state texts This 1s the setting most third party tools are interoperable with To support international character sets the device can be configured to expose strings as ISO 8895 1 for most Western European languages or UCS 2 for Unicode character sets such as Japanese To Enable International Character Support 1 In the Configurator software menu go to Settings gt Project settings This opens the Project Settings dialog 2 Click on the tab BACnet 3 Puta check mark either on ASCII default UCS 2 Unicode e g for Japanese or ISO 8859 1 for Western European languages as indicated by the red rectangle in Figure 100 4 Click Ok 5 Download the configuration to activate the change Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate Use
256. ut data points and click OK The data points appear as v1 v2 etc 6 If the data point shall trigger the math calculation only after a certain change of value enter a value into the COV delta column 7 Select the input data point and click Add Variable to push the variable on the evaluation stack We Add value add al az Add variable 8 Select a function to be applied on the variables and click the Add Function button Jadd at a2 Add Function 9 The resulting formula is displayed at the bottom of the dialog Alternatively the formula can be entered there OQulput v1 v2 Save Changes Cancel 10 Add output data points by clicking the Add Output DP button Add Output DP Remove Output DP Output Datapoint Datapoint Path my register write LIN 100 User Registers 11 In the data point selector dialog select the output data points and click OK 12 To create the math object click Create 6 16 2 Editing a Math Object Math objects can be edited once created The formula can be changed new variables added or additional output data points added To Edit a Math Object 1 Under the Global Objects folder select the Math Object sub folder P Global Objects ae Math Object Configuration Version 3 3 LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 142 LOYTEC 2 Select the math object in the data point list Math Objects Datapoint M ame Filter Mo Direction Mame Desc
257. ve Now a calendar connection appears in the connections list as shown in Figure 111 Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics Conni Add Connection Remove Hub of connection cal conn Select Hub Remove i i ID Location Calendar Out Calendar L Gate CEA 709 Port Remote Devices 11F2 nvivent_state 13 nviswitch state 14 Sched vent 15 sched conn Analog_Sched Targets of connection cal cann Add Target Remove 16 nvi amp mp3 Location 17 nvi amp mp4 Baccal In Calendar L Gate BACnet Pork Calendar 1007 18 nvivalt3 nivalEsdt nvaTempz Figure 111 Calendar connection CEA 709 to BACnet 6 17 3 Map from BACnet to CEA 709 Important Version 3 3 This section describes how to expose a BACnet scheduler and calendar to a CEA 709 network It is assumed that the BACnet scheduler is either local or remote That BACnet scheduler must be the hub To Expose a BACnet Schedule to CEA 709 1 Prepare a BACnet schedule object to be exposed local as in Section 6 12 or a remote scheduler as in Section 6 15 1 from the Remote Devices folder 2 Create a local CEA 709 scheduler as in Section 6 12 Do not attach data points to that scheduler 3 Create a new connection see Section 6 9 1 Give it a descriptive name e g sched conn 4 Select the BACnet schedule object as the hub 5 Select the CEA 709 scheduler as the target 6 Click Save Now a scheduler connection appear
258. vice s object database It is incremented when an object is created an object is deleted an objects name is changed an object s Object Identifier property is changed or a restore is performed 7 3 1 4 Protocol Parameters BACnet protocol parameters are accessible via the properties listed below Max APDU Length Accepted Read Only The maximal size of an APDU Application Protocol Data Unit accepted by the device The value of this property is 487 if BACnet MS TP is used and 1476 if BACnet IP is used When the device can act as a router between BACnet IP and BACnet MS TP the value of this property is 1476 Segmentation Supported Read Only The value of this property indicates whether and which kind of segmentation is supported by a device The value of this property is SEGMENTED BOTH Max Segments Accepted Read Only The maximum numbers of segments accepted by a device The value of this property is 16 APDU Segment Timeout Read Writable Timeout in milliseconds allowed between segments The value of this property is 2000 milliseconds by default On MS TP networks this value should be increased to 40000 40 sec APDU Timeout Read Writable Time in milliseconds the device waits for an answer before retrying or giving up on a request also see Number Of APDU amp Retries The value of this property is 3000 milliseconds On MS TP networks this value should be increased to 60000 1 min Number Of APDU_Retries Read Writable
259. ype temp 39 Direction Input Y Functional Block Gateway 0 x Hv Flags v Auth cfg Unack Repeated v Priority Cfg authenticate Priority Iv Polled E Svnc Create Static My Figure 79 Create a static NV manually 3 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 exposing the NV as a BACnet object 4 Select a resource file To create a SNVT let the STANDARD resource file be selected 5 Select a SNVT and a direction If a non standard resource file has been selected choose from one of the UNVTs 6 Choose a functional block where this static NV shall be located in 7 Click Create Static NV The static NV is created and appears in the data point list 8 Note that the static interface of the L Gate will change as soon as static NVs are added or modified in the data point manager This change is reflected in a new model number which the L Gate will have after the configuration download see Section 5 6 2 Also note that the manually created static NVs are not bound automatically by the L Gate Configurator They simply appear on the device and need to be bound in the network management tool 6 7 10 Create External NVs External NVs are not actually allocated NVs on the L Gate Instead the L Gate uses polling to read data from and explicit updates to write data to external NVs Sin
260. ypes of the selected resource file only 4 Click Create Static NV to create the UNVT on the device LOYTEC electronics GmbH L Gate User Manual 111 LOYTEC 6 9 Connections 6 9 1 Create a New Connection Note Version 3 3 After having configured the device s network ports with data points internal connections between those data points can be created Usually the manual method to create a connection is used to create n way connections or connections for data points where the generate and auto connect method cannot be applied A connection is an internal mapping in the device between input and output data points A connection always consists of one hub data point and one or multiple target data points Hub data points can be input or output If the hub data point is an input then the target data points must be output and vice versa All data points in the connection must be of a compatible type To manually create a new connection 1 Click on the Connections tab Datapoints Connections Connection Overview Statistics Connection List Add Connection Remove in the tool bar of the main connections window and press Add Connection A new connection is added to the connection list Rename the connection if you want to do so 2 Click on Select Hub to select the hub point This opens a list of all available data points Select one and press OK 3 Then click on Add Target Similar to 2 select all target dat

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