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1. Fixed Repeater Site 3 auto Paths Movi ng 2 Vehicles redundant paths p Temporary paths etc Radio 10 0 0 2 Subnet 255 255 225 0 Figure 6 Mesh Fixed Route 1 The Network Diagram above shows a typical network with mesh fixed routes Normally a meshing network will automatically learn the routes within a network and setup appropriate communication paths to the destination When manually configuring these routes all communication paths need to be setup by using Mesh Fixed Routing Rules Page 13 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 14 915U 2 Wireless I O Mesh Fixed Routing Rules Add Entry Delete Entry External Enabled Rep 3 to Gateway 1 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 2 2 Rep 3 to Rep 2 10 0 0 2 10 0 0 2 Figure 7 Mesh Fixed Route 2 Routing Rules Figure 7 above show the Mesh Fixed Routing Rules for the network diagram in Figure 6 above In fixed Route 1 it shows the Destination IP Address will be 10 0 0 1 and its Next hop will be 10 0 0 2 there will be a total of 2 hops and the IP Gateway and External are un ticked as the destination will be the local I O on 10 0 0 1 In Route 2 is a route showing the communication path with repeater 2 The destination and next addresses are both 10 0 0 2 because it s a single hop and again the IP Gateway and External are un ticked as the communic
2. Figure 24 Hourly Statistics Daily and Weekly period shows the average throughput over the daily or weekly time period Also shows the average number of packet received rx and Transmitted tx as well as the total Average is an estimated value based on the amount of data gathered in the time available Stats Period 01 01 70 1325 pkt 14 pkt 1339 pkt 10 1 p min SS 4 4 fr estimated 14564 pkt 153 pkt 14717 pkt Figure 25 Daily Weekly Statistics Page 29 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 30 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 14 Monitor Radio Comms The Monitor Comms page shows radio communication frames that are received or transmitted by the radio Monitor Communications 80 B4 2E A4 CO 38 C4 ERROR 0x80228011 ERROR 0x80228011 60 1B 2E 5A FF FF 02 60 1C 2E SA FF FF 02 Figure 26 Monitor Comms The Table below shows some data frames from the communication log screen above Below that is another table explaining each of the field within the data frame Corrupted data frames are shown with an ERROR in the frame D _ a mm EE 0 18 10 092 18 10 092 904 875 875 77d8m 53 53 80B72EA4C038C4280800 B7 2E A4 CO 38 C4 28 08 00 0 18 10 852 906 625 62 801D2E 9A FF FF 02 01 08 00
3. 0 when the Analog Input is less than the Lower Set Point Note that the Upper Set Point must always be higher than the Lower Set Point e Windowed If the analog value is inside the upper and lower setpoints the setpoint will be active on 1 and if the analog value is outside of these setpoints the setpoint will be reset off 0 Invert This option toggles the Setpoint control logic between the default normal and inverted state The function does not change only the operation is inverted e g if setpoint is on in its normal state inverting the signal will mean the setpoint will be off in the normal state Window This option toggles the Set point operation between the default Dead band and Windowed modes The Analog is a linear scale with an overall Raw range of 8192 to 49152 decimal Total 40960 The input Engineering range can have many different forms i e 0 20mA 0 5V or 0 1000Hz which is why the zero and span can be scaled to give the correct Raw range Calculating Span The Span is calculated by using the formula Span Elpro Raw Range Engineering Range The Raw range is the number of counts between minimum and maximum analog values Elpro standard is minimum 8192 and maximum value is 49152 so the Range is 40960 counts 49152 8192 The Engineering range will be the range of engineering units 0 20mA 20 0 5V 5 Some example Span calcs are If the Engineering range is 0 20mA 20 the Span wou
4. ELPRO ene Bussmann Technologies 915U 2 Web Page Configuration Supplement ELPRO Technologies 9 12 Billabong Street Stafford Qld 4053 Australia Tel 61 7 33528600 Fax 61 7 33528677 Email sales elprotech com Web www elprotech com ELPRO Support Help line America 866 7134409 Rest of the world 617 3352 8624 V1 1 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 1 Thank you for your selection of the 915U 2 I O Module We trust it will give you many years of valuable service A ATTENTION Incorrect termination of supply wires may cause internal damage and will void warranty To ensure your 915U 2 module enjoys a long life double check ALL your connections with the user manual before turning the power on A CAUTION To comply with FCC RF Exposure requirements in section 1 1310 of the FCC Rules antennas used with this device must be installed to provide a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all persons to satisfy RF exposure compliance Avoid e Operating the transmitter when someone is within 20 cm of the antenna e Operating the transmitter unless all RF connectors are secure and any open connectors are properly terminated e Operating the equipment near electrical blasting caps or in an explosive atmosphere All equipment must be properly grounded for safe operations All equipment should be serviced only by a qualified technician A SAFETY Notice Exposure to RF energy is an important safety consideration The FCC has a
5. Ethernet MAC Address Owner Contact Device Name Description Location Configuration Version Model Serial Number Hardware Revision Firmware Version Kernel Version Bootloader Version Radio Firmware Version 1 3 Network Configuration RUN Mode RUN Mode 00 12 4F 00 64 08 Owner Contact Device Description Location 9150 2 900 1W U5 07101021615 1 4b 1 1 1dev Wed Nov 3 16 18 55 EST 2010 84 PREEMPT Tue Nov 2 13 49 16 EST 2010 1 24dev 20101025 Software version 0 101 build 651 built Oct 12010 11 21 49 Figure 1 Main Welcome Screen 915U 2 Wireless I O Configuration Network Mesh TP Routing Radio Mesh Fixed Routes LO Mappings Fail Safe Co ation Senal TO Co ation Modbus TCP Module Information System Tools Feature Keys Information FO Diagnostics Connectivity Neighbour list Neighbour RSSI Network Diagnostics Network Statistics Monitor Radio Comms Monitor IP Comms Statistics Help Home You can view or modify Ethernet network parameters by selecting the Network menu When prompted for username and password enter user as the username and user as the password in the password field This is the factory default See section 3 5 Module Information to change If you have forgotten the IP address or password the Factory Default switch may be used to access the existing configuration Refer to section above for this procedure The Net
6. Radio Settings A unique address that is used to differentiate one wireless system from another All radios that are required to communicate within the system will need to have the same Network Address Messages received with a different System Address will be ignored It is used to prevent Cross talk between systems Valid values are between 0 and 32768 Can select either 64 bit ELPRO Proprietary or 128 bit AES encryption Encryption level from the drop down list Encryption Key Up to 32 characters are available for Encryption key The radio preamble is a section of data at the head of a packet that contains a unique signature that the radio locks on to when receiving messages Any message with a different signature is ignored There are 4 different Message Signatures and all modules that communicate together will need to have the same one set From here you can select from available Hopset bands If the radio has a Country code of US Canada then there are 2 bands available Low 902 914MHz and High 915 928MHz If country is Australia or New Zealand then the only option is the high band Change the Transmit power level from the Normal 1 W to Low Transmit Power Mode Power 100 mW Disable Rx LNA Check box to disable the LNA Low Noise Amplifier Page 12 Web Page Configuration Supplement Network Address Message Signature Think Wireless frhink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 13 Reduces the Receive Se
7. Sections 0 Sensitivity Block If COS is disabled messages would only be sent on the update period The Update Period Timer will be reset if this option is enabled and a COS is received in between updates meaning it will not receive another update until a further Update period has elapsed Can help reduce the amount of radio traffic produced when multiple mappings are configured Note If the Turn on an I P and at lt 30s past COS check COS is sent 30s past change and old COS time is not used Turn on an I P and at gt 30s past COS check COS is only sent at the old COS time and not at 30s past the change or both Register location that when written to will force the Write Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions reg 501 Force Reg 3000 Note Do not use DIO s directly to force mappings DIO s are continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 and then use this register to force the mapping Register location that indicates a failure to communicate with the Fail Reg configured Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled First Local Reg Starting Local address that values will be written to First Remote Reg Starting Remote address that the values will read from Save Changes and Save changes to non
8. Specifies the IP address of the next hop router for the specified Gateway bee destination Check this box to enable the rule You can Uncheck the box to Enabled disable a routing rule without needing to re enter the information at a later time Save changes to non volatile memory The module will need to be Save Changes restarted before the changes take effect Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the Save Changes and Reset module has completed the reboot sequence all changes are in effect Destination Page 11 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 12 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 6 Radio Settings Select the Radio Menu to change the following configuration parameters If a change is made you need to select Save Changes to retain the changes Changes will not take effect until the unit is reset Radio Settings Network Address 15262 Encrypton Disabled Encryption Eey Message Signature O Y Hopset Low Transmit Power 30 dEm Disable BxLNA L Notes Network Address Encryption and Message Signature must match for all stations in the same system Transmit power in conjunction with antenna gan should not exceed your country s maximum allowed EIRP Disable Rx LHA allows reduction of receiver sensitnnty by 15d Used for demonstration where modules are physically close save and Activate Changes Figure 5 Radio Configuration Screen
9. Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 61 3 6 System Tools Web page System Tools System Log file Clear System log Read Configuration file Write Configuration file Firmware Upgrade Product Reconfiguration Factory Default Configuration Reset Figure 54 System Tools System Log File Logs system instructions etc to the screen where the log screen can be saved to a file Not normally used however maybe used by Technical Support to diagnose problems The Clear System Log clears the log screen Reading Configuration File Reads the module configuration into an XML file which can be saved by selecting Save As from the File menu Writing Configuration File Allows a previously saved XML configuration file to be loaded back into the module Firmware Upgrade Web Page This option allows the module firmware to be upgraded locally The process is done by selecting Firmware update and then browsing for the saved firmware file Locate and load the firmware file press the Send button which will upload the file to the module and then press the Reset button The module will do some checks to ensure the file is valid before a reset can be initiated Note All existing configuration parameters will be saved however if any new i parameters are added to the firmware the default values will be used Firmware Upgrade USB Firmware can also be upgraded by plugging a USB flash drive wi
10. on the Main Network page this page will display the average Receive and Transmit traffic throughput over a configured time period From the drop down Stats Period select the appropriate sample period then press the Read button The following is a list of available sample periods and what will be displayed Live this will display the average Transmit and Receive data through put in kbit s and the number of data packets seen on the radio interface er0 displayed in packet per minute Stats Period Sampling er0 5 seconds average 1 packets sampled in 5 seconds Traffic average for er0 r 0 00 kbit s 12 pkt min tz 0 00 kbit s O pkt min Figure 23 Network Statistics Page 28 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless frhink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 29 Hourly this will display a graph showing overall transmit t and Receive r data on an hourly scale in accordance with the module Date and time stamp rt indicate both Transmit and Receive Below the graph is a table showing the average data throughput in packets for transmit and receive and for each hour Stats Period Fouy E HR AR RA AA HA OG r r r r r r r 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 19 20 21 22 23 00 rx pkt tx pkt h rx pkt tx pkt h rx pkt tx pkt 11 19 12 20 13 21 14 22 15 23 16 OG 17 ol 18 02 A A fe fe fe D D O ooo os 0 D OOOO O O a 2 G G G Oo 8 kim D D O O O
11. the specified transaction 502 is the general Modbus TCP port number and used if accessing Server Port the internal registers Port 503 has been assigned for the RS 232 port or to 504 for the RS 485 port A Enter the timeout in milliseconds to wait for a response to the Response Timeout ms p specified transaction Enter the onboard I O Register number to store the communication status of the specified transaction The Specified Comm Fail Register register will be set to 0 if communications is successful OxFFFF if there is no connection to the specified server or OxFFxx where xx is the Modbus Exception Code Modbus Client Scan Rate Enter the delay in milliseconds between executions of consecutive Modbus TCP Client Mappings to the same Server Page 59 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 60 915U 2 Wireless I O 3 5 Module Information Web Page This Web page is primarily for information purposes With the exception of the password the information entered here is displayed on the home configuration webpage of the 915U 2 ELPRO 915U 2 Configuration and Diagnostics Dipswitch setting at boot RUN Mode Configuration dina Network Dipswitch setting current RUN Mode Ethernet MAC Address 00 12 AF 00 3e 80 IP Routi Radio Mesh Fixed Routes WIBMesh Co ation WIBMesh Mappi Device Fail Safe Configuration Description Serial Location Contact Syste
12. 17 Neighbour List Shows a current list of module IP addresses that the radio can hear Shows the time since it was last heard from and the calculated RSSI value This page is useful for discovering what signal levels the module has to other sites within the system including ELPRO modules on different system addresses The list will display all received radio messages even if the message is not directly communicating to it 1 11 Neighbour RSSI Remote IP Address 192 168 2 120 Get Graph Figure 18 Neighbour RSSI Shows the receive signal strength on each of the 50 available channels within the frequency band To find out if the path between two neighbouring units has a multipath fading issue enter the radio IP address of the neighbour you wish to view and press Get Graph After the Page 24 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 25 units have been running for a few minutes and passing radio data the graph will fill with RSSI readings across all of the radio channels in use If the graph is relatively flat i e Figure 18 Neighbour RSSI above then there is no multipath fading between these units If the graph shows large dips typically one or two across several channels there is multipath fading between units E g Figure 19 Multipath Fading below Figure 19 Multipath Fading RSSI is gathered during normal radio communications from that sit
13. 40001 with a count of 2 and a value of 49152 will turn all the Local Analog Outputs to 20mA Note If when reading a register and getting the symbol this indicates that the register has not been written to and so it has no value not even zero Note if there is a mapping configured and any one of the source register values has an invalidated state the mapping will not be sent see 3 1 Fail Safe Configuration below for more details A mapping will only be sent when all registers have a value You can use the Fail Safe Block Configuration to set an initial value for registers on start up This can be done using the Configuration software or Web based configuration See Configuration Supplements for details Using the I O Diagnostics you can check the register locations for these values and even write values if required If when reading the Status of the DIO on the module you see the value 3 this indicates that the DIO is being used as an output in the ON state 3 9 Statistics The Statistics webpage is used for advanced debugging of 915U 2 This webpage details the state of the 915U 2 and performance information The page is useful to ELPRO technical support personnel in diagnosing problems with the module Note that when updating the Statistics webpage it is necessary to hold down the lt ctrl gt key while pressing the refresh button Otherwise the information will not be updated Page 65 Web
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15. OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Page 68 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO
16. Page 30 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 31 Time stamp indicating the time from when the module was turned on TX RX Indicates whether the message is received or transmitted Shows the Frequency of the RX TX frame Shows the Receive Signal Level on any received message or internal sequence Signal Level number for the transmitted message Data Length Total length of the transmitted or received message The TX Data frame from above is dissected below First two bytes 80 1D Frame Flags Second two bytes 2E 9A Network Address Third two bytes FF FF Destination Address FFFF is A broadcast address Fourth two bytes 02 01 Source Address Convert each byte to decimal and they will be the last two bytes of the Radio IP address Fifth two bytes 08 00 EtherType flag Internet Protocol Version 4 1 15 Monitor IP Comms This option shows the IP communication data frames From here you can decode the ELPRO data frame and read the transmitted and received I O values Monitor IP Communications 02 43 389634 IP 192 168 2 143 56678 elpro len 1 seq 5 02 43 641591 IP 192 168 2 146 51891 P elpro len 7 seq 6 ACK dest 1 val 11111111 02 43 643829 IP 192 168 2 143 56678 afc elpro len 1 seq 6 02 43 720586 IP 192 168 2 143 56678 afc elpro len 7 seq 38 NOACK dest 1 ent 1 val 00000001 02 44 024588 IP aie 51891 re e
17. an extremely efficient proprietary radio protocol used for radio communications The protocol is based on the Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector AODV routing algorithm which is a routing protocol designed for ad hoc networks There is very little configuration for the WIBMesh as the protocol automatically routes through the mesh to the destination Message Tx Attempts Tx Attempts for Acknowledged messages 3 Tx Count for Unacknowledged messages Acknowledge timeout Advanced Debug Level Notes Tx Attempts is the number of times a remote unit will be sent a message when an Acknowledge is not received If the remote unit fails to Acknowledge after the configured number of ti attempts the mapping will be marked as failed Once a mapping is marked as failed tx attempts is forced to 1 Unacknowledged messages will always be retransmitted The total number of messages sentis configured using Tx Count save and Activate Changes Figure 15 Global Configuration Screen WIBMesh Configuration How many times the configured module will attempt to communicate a message to another module message reties After failing to communicate the module will be flagged as being in TX Attempts for comms fail Acknowledged If it tries to communicate to the remote module again it will reduce the messages number of attempts down to one as it has been flagged as being in Comms fail If communications is restored the module will go back to
18. at 10501 The third mapping is similar to the second however instead of reading from an Ethernet device it will read from a Serial device connected to the local RS485 port Mapping shows a function code 02 Read Discretes from Device ID 5 connected to the Localhost IP address 127 0 0 1 Note It is reading 8 values from address 1 and then writing these values to local register 10509 One main difference is that the Server Port is configured for 504 which is the port number assigned for RS485 serial devices Port 503 can also be used if using devices on the RS232 The last mapping shows the Modbus Client can also write values to Modbus devices either on serial or TCP This mapping is setup to Write Coils with an I O Count of 8 from the local address 10501 to Device 10 on Server IP address 192 168 0 10 at address location 4 The Modbus Client Scan rate is set to 1000msec see Figure 51 above and each mapping is configured with a response timeout in this case 2000msec This time is how long the master will wait for a response before indicating the failure on the Comms Fail Register In this example register 8 5 are register for local digital outputs 8 5 Note The IP address 127 0 0 1 is a standard loopback address that represents localhost this computer Using the loopback address will mean if the module address is ever changed the Server IP address will not need to be changed as it will automatically use the localhost ad
19. compatibility mode that will allow communications between the 915U 2 and earlier ELPRO E Series Telemetry units e g 905U 1 2 3 4 G K L etc Product Reconfiguration Reset is required to activate settings Use this page to reconfigure to either Legacy Compatibility or Meshing operating mode Current kode Legacy Compatibility Mode Meshing Mode h Figure 56 Product Reconfiguration The Dropdown box has two selections Meshing Mode Standard Elpro WIBMesh and is the format that the module will be in when it arrives from the factory Legacy Compatibility Mode E Series compatibility mode will allow communications with ELPRO E Series modules Wireless I modules To change from one to the other select the appropriate mode and then press Set and then Reset Unit when prompted Module will then reset and when complete will be in the selected mode Page 63 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 64 915U 2 Wireless I O 3 7 Feature Licence Keys Web Page Allows the module to be upgraded with enhanced features or upgraded to a more advanced model i e enabling the Modbus option The Feature Licence unlock codes are purchasable by contacting ELPRO Technologies or your local distributor The module serial number is needed to generate the Feature Licence Key which can be found on the default start up web page of the module for details on what this looks like see Figure 1 Main Wel
20. connected to any of the local networks Ethernet or Wireless This is only required if the wired LAN has a Default Gateway Gateway unit which connects to devices beyond the LAN for example Internet access If there is no Gateway on the LAN set to the same address as the Station used for remote configuration that is the Ethernet Interface IP Address below Ethernet Interface Checking this item enables DHCP client on the 915U 2 A DHCP client Obtain IP Address requests its IP address from a DHCP server which assigns the IP Address Automatically automatically To use this option you will need to have a DHCP server configured on your network The module will attempt to register its Page 34 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 35 A configured unit name with any connected DNS server MAC Address This is the unique hardware address of the 915U 2 and is assigned in the Factory and cannot be changed The IP address of the 915U 2 and should be set to the IP address you IP Address egoir The IP network mask of the 915U 2 on its wired This should be set to IP Subnet Mask i appropriate subnet mask for your system Typically 255 255 255 0 Save changes to non volatile memory The module will need to be Save Changes restarted before the changes take effect Save Changes and Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the Reset module has completed the re
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22. existing route will never refresh other than on module start up Route Timeout is the time the route remains active from the last time it was used When the timeout expires the route is deleted from the unit which will mean the module will need to rediscover what routes are available Normally this time should be greater than the WIBMesh update time to a destination so that the routes will not time out and remain active Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Route Timeout Sec Page 10 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 11 1 5 IP Routing When a 915U 2 receives an IP frame that is destined for an IP address on a different network it checks to see if the network address matches one of its own interfaces i e hard wired Ethernet or Radio and forwards the frame appropriately However if the IP network address does not match the network address of any of its interfaces the 915U 2 will forward the frame to its default gateway In this case it is assumed that the default gateway has a valid route to the destination In some cases it is not practical to have just one default gateway i e routed wireless networks with more than two 915U 2 routers If more than one next hop router is required the 915U 2 allows for up to 100 routing rules to be configured A routing rule specifies a de
23. is the starting timeout value in seconds setting value to 0 will Timeout disable the Timeouts ME Indicates that on start up the Fail Safe Block registers will be set to Initialise at Start up the Start up value This is the value that the Fail Safe block registers will be set to on Start up Value er PEN Start up if the Initialise at Start up is ticked l If ticked will set the registers back to an Invalid state when failed Invalidate on Fail e E l A See Invalid Register State above The value the register will be set to when the timeout has counted Fail Value u seine down Note Invalidate on Fail will override this value Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function Activate to load new configuration Page 48 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 49 3 2 Serial Configuration The 915U 2 has an RS 232 and an RS 485 port for serial communications These ports may be used to connect external Modbus RTU devices via the Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway and or ELPRO serial expansion I O modules Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway The Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway allows an Ethernet Modbus TCP Client Master to communicate with a serial Modbus RTU Slave The 915U 2 makes this possible by internally performing the necessary protocol conversion The conversion is always performed by the 915U 2 which is directly connected to the Modb
24. on the update period COS Resets Enabling this timer will mean If a COS is received in between any updates it will Update Timer reset the Update timer meaning it will not receive another update until the further Update period has passed used to reduce the amount of radio traffic Register location that when written to will force the Write Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions Note Do not use DIO s directly Force Reg to force mappings DIO s are continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 and then use this register to force the mapping Register location that indicates a failure to communicate with the configured Fail Reg remote Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled Page 19 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 20 915U 2 Wireless I O Reg Count Total number of register values consecutive L1 amp pri ae amp Local and Remote pairs Up to 32 scattered local I O registers can be mapped to 32 scattered remote I O registers Save Ge Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to load new and Activate configuration Sensitivity Block First Register Save and Activate Changes Figure 14 Sensitivity Block All registers ha
25. sequence all changes are in effect 1 4 Mesh Enable Statistic Gathering Meshing Parameters Enable IF Gateway Mode Link quality Threshold Receive Signal Strength Threshold dBm 100 Enable Multipath ESSI algorithm L Route Request Idle Time Sec Route Threshold Hops Route Retresh Sec Route Timeout Sec save and Actvate Changes Figure 3 Mesh Configuration Page 8 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Enable IP Gateway Mode Link Quality Threshold Receive Signal Strength Threshold Enable Multipath RSSI Algorithm Route Request Idle Time Sec Route Threshold Hops Page 9 Page 9 Enabling this option will allow communicating modules access to an external Ethernet Network if connected IP address range configured under Network Settings Care should be taken when enabling this option as it can increase overall network traffic Default is off and should remain off unless there is an Ethernet network connected and other devices on the radio network need to communicate through this module to the external Ethernet network All traffic for the external network must be routed through this IP address The radio will use this threshold levels when establishing a mesh link with other radios in the system It represents a 0 100 level of link quality 100 being the best If the Link Quality is lower than the threshold the l
26. start up It is possible for the 915U 2to request updates from a remote module at other times apart from start up A poll can be sent under the following events e Based on a configurable time Update Period e On demand by the host device They are configured as per the table below Poll Mappings This is the source address The address that is initiating the Poll Mapping RIRS This is where you configure the repeater addresses for the mapping if not used just leave as zero This is the destination for the Poll mapping This is the Address of the module you wish to be updated from The destination address is the Unit Address configured under the I O Mapping Configuration of the module as shown in I O Mapping Page 40 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless frhink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 41 Lo Configuration above This is the period that the module will request the destination Update Period address to send any updates The destination will then responds by immediately sending any I O updates for the source address Allows an offset to be configured for each mapping Used to stagger the transmissions so on start up the module does not try to Update Offset en l l r un d send all mapping at the same time Default will be 0 however the normal would be around 5 seconds Register location that when written to will force the Poll Mapping to be sent E g External device can in
27. transmitting the number of time configured in Tx Attempts for Acknowledged messages The number of times it transmits the same data message It is used if the 915U 2 has been setup as a transmit only module similar to the older ELPRO 905U K or 505U K modules It is done by not selecting the Ack tick box in any Block Write and Gather Scatter Block mappings See 1 8 I O Mappings above Being a Transmit only module there is no communication handshake between modules so transmitting the same message a number of times gives a greater reliability in communications Acknowledge Time to wait for the Acknowledgement before the message is timed out timeout The default time is 2 Seconds but the time can be increased to 10 seconds for very long Mesh networks The level of debug information that can be shown via the serial port Debug Level during normal operation and boot up A value between 1 only show normal operating parameters and 8 showing all debug messages Save Changes and Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the Reset module has completed the reboot sequence all changes are in effect TX count for unacknowledged messages Page 21 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 22 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 9 Connectivity The Connectivity webpage displays connections and available networks The Connected Devices section displays the Destination IP Address the re
28. 0 Figure 45 Analog Input Configuration The 915U 2 Analog inputs have the following configuration parameters Name The inputs can be named to help with configuration or use the default up to 30 characters including spaces Zero Span These variables will change the Scale of the Analog Inputs Zero Starting Value counts when measured value is zero Span Number of counts per measured value mA V Hz etc Filter sec The Filter time Constant is the time the analog takes to settle on a step changed of an analog value By default all the inputs except the Pulse Rates have a Time constant of 5 seconds Pulsed input rates are not filtered Lower amp Upper Setpoints Are the upper and lower control point values that will be used to turn on and off the Analog Setpoint digital signals located at register 10009 10020 Setpoint values are entered in the scale of the input e Analog input 1 4 will be in mA Analog inputs 9 12 will be volts etc Page 52 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 53 The analogs inputs are controlled by using the setpoints and the two control options explained below All analogs have these controlling setpoints and options The two main Setpoint control options are e Deadband Default If the Analog Input is greater than the Upper Set point the set point status will be active on 1 The setpoint will reset off
29. 00 50 10 IP Address 1982 166 0 120 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 AECE JE Acei Figure 29 Network You can view or modify Ethernet network parameters by selecting the Network menu When prompted for username and password enter user as the username and user as the password in the password field This is the factory default See User Manual to change If you have forgotten the IP address or password the Factory Default switch may be used to access the existing configuration Refer to User Manual The Network Configuration page allows configuration of parameters related to the wired Ethernet interfaces before connecting to an existing LAN consult the network administrator The Web Browsers associate web pages with an Ethernet IP address they also cache web pages to speed up the loading process This means that if a browser connects to a previously loaded IP address it may sometimes load the web page from the cache and not from the live device To overcome this all modules must be configured with an individual ethernet IP address or when connecting to the module force the web pages to be reloaded from the Device instead of from cache by pressing lt CRTL F5 gt after the page has loaded Web Browsers can be configured to flush the cache after each session review browser help for details on how this is done This is the address that the device will use to forward messages to remote hosts that are not
30. 006 3 38001 40501 0 0 0 0 Figure 13 Gather Scatter Mappings Gather Scatter Write Mapping This is the IP address that you wish to write the I O to If mapping 915U 2 I O to another 915U 2 I O via radio the destination IP address must be the radio IP address Use the Ethernet IP of the destination if mapping via Ethernet port or WAN Selecting this box will mean the mapping will be acknowledged when the end device gets the mapping This is over and above the normal Ethernet frame acknowledgments between links This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and Destination IP inverted then the output will be off and visa versa Applies to all the I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values Update Period This is the period that the mappings are sent as an update or check signal Allows an offset to be configured for each mapping Used to stagger the Update Offset transmissions so on start up the module does not try to send all mapping at the same time Default will be 0 however the normal would be around 5 seconds You can enter a delay period such that the message is delayed from sending for Change of State ae the configured time Used to hold off the transmissions to allow more COS COS Delay l messages to be added to the mapping Change of State Can enable or disable the COS messaged If disabled messages would only be sent COS Enabled
31. 01 40001 4 Figure 12 Read Mappings Add or delete mapping by using the buttons then select Save and Activate Changes Block Read Mapping This is the IP address that you wish to read the I O from If reading I O Destination IP via radio from another 915U 2 the destination IP address must be the radio IP address This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and inverted then the output will be off and visa versa Applies to all the I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values can be inverted This is the period that the module requests updates from the Update Period sec destination The destination then responds by immediately sending back a message with the requested data Zero disables the update Configures an offset time for the update mapping Used to stagger the update transmissions so on start up and every update period the module does not send all mapping at the same time Default will be 0 however if configured a nominal offset time of around 5 seconds should be used The time the module counts down before registering a communications failure for the configured read mapping When the time out is Response Timeout complete the FailReg will be activated Normally only used with read mappings through repeaters This is because a direct mapping will use the update periods response as a timeout Register location that when written to will force th
32. 03 02 45 075693 192 1682 143 56678 192168821464370 1 ac 9 fo fo Page 31 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 32 915U 2 Wireless I O Message Time Stamp Time from when module was last started Displays if message is a receive In or a transmit Out as well as the type and Header size of the Ethernet frame SourcelP Originating or Source IP Address S DestIP Destination IP Address I O address at the destination where the data will be written to or read from Indicates if the Elpro data frame is configured to acknowledge or not acknowledged This is configured in each mapping Cnt Total I O count from the dest address above Data values the number of value will depend on I O count Page 32 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 33 Chapter 2 WIBNet Configuration 2 1 Overview Generally the WibNet configuration will be done using the E Series Configuration Utility because configuration is normally system based and the Configuration software can interface with existing Legacy modules as well as the newer 915U 2 modules All parameters are available via the web interface however it is recommended not to use both Configuration software and Web configuration as they configurations can become slightly out of sync Some Settings are unavailable via the Configuration Software and can o
33. 355 11 3A 03 81 02 00 86 00 01 00 01 0 06 12 545 921 125 56dBm 3A 03 81 82 00 Time stamp indicating the time from when the module was turned on TX RX Indicates whether the message is received or transmitted Shows the Frequency of the RX TX frame Shows the Receive Signal Level on any received message or internal sequence Signal Level number for the transmitted message Data Length Total length of the transmitted or received message The TX Data frame from above is dissected below First two bytes 3A 03 System Address Next 1 to 5 bytes dynamic Unit Address and any repeater addresses As the message gets passed to the next address the address gets 128dec 80hex added to it which shows the message has passed through the repeater or been received and acknowledged You can see in the above table the fourth byte of the transmitted message shows 02 which changes to 82 on the received message and indicates the acknowledgment back from the receiving module fifth byte 00 Zero Byte spacer sixth byte 86 Frame Flag Type of message The rest shows the message count and values For a full breakdown of the protocol contact Elpro Technologies Page 46 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 47 Chapter 3 Common Web pages 3 1 Fail Safe Configuration Fail Safe Block configuration allows registers to be set to a pre configured value on start up as well as confi
34. Block Write and Gather Scatter Block mappings See 0 I O Mappings below Being a Transmit only module there is no communication handshake between modules so transmitting the same message a number of times gives a greater reliability in communications The level of debug information that can be shown via the serial port during Debug Level normal operation and boot up A value between 1 only show normal operating parameters and 8 showing all debug messages Save Changes and Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the module Reset has completed the reboot sequence all changes are in effect TX count for unacknowledged messages Page 45 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 46 915U 2 Wireless I O 2 6 Monitor Comms The Monitor Comms page shows radio communication frames that are received or transmitted by the radio Communications Log shows a time radio frequency Receive signal strength and the raw data frame Monitor Radio Communications gt 1354 D D 0 a Figure 39 Monitor Comms The Table below shows an excerpt from the above screen shot Data frames are displayed similar to the WibMesh Monitor Radio Comms except the data is a different format Below that is another table explaining each of the field within the data frame Corrupted data frames are shown with an ERROR in the frame 0 06 12 465 919 125 1
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36. Figure 11 Write Mappings cooccccocccncnnnonononnnnccnnononinnn 16 Figure 12 Read Mappings ooccccccccnccnncnncnnnnonononcnnnnnnonos 18 Figure 13 Gather Scatter Mappings ccommmomommomomomomomomomo o o 19 Figure 14 Sensitivity Block oocccccccccononcccnnnnnnnonos 20 Figure 15 Global Configuration Screen cccoooccccccnom o 21 Figure 16 Connectivity coocccnoncnonccncnonononononancnnanonanon 22 Figure 17 Neighbour List cocoooccccnccconcnnnnccnnnonnnnnnnoo 24 Figure 18 Neighbour RSSI rrrnnnnnnnrrnnnnnnnrrnnnnnnnrrnnnnnerr 24 Figure 19 Multipath Fading oocccccccoccnnnncnnncnnnnnnnnoo 25 Figure 20 Network Diagnostics cccccccccononnccnnnnnnnnnos 26 Figure 21 Trace Route ooccoocccnoncconcnucnnnonononcnancnnanononons 27 Figure 22 Network Statistics Period oooccccnccno o 28 Figure 23 Network Statistics ooocccccccncononnccnnnnnnnonos 28 Figure 24 Hourly Statistics oooooncccnnnnnconononennnnnnnonos 29 Figure 25 Daily Weekly Statistics ooooonmmmommmomomomomom o 29 Figure 26 Monitor COMMS coocccnccccnncnnnncnnnnonnnnannnoncnnnnos 30 Figure 27 IP Communication monitoring oo 31 Figure 28 Module Statistics oooccccnncccononoccnnnnnnnonos 66 Figure 29 WibNet Welcome ccccccccnoccccnnncncnnnnccnnnnnnnnonos 33 Figure 30 Network r rrrrrnnnnnnnrrnnn
37. Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 66 915U 2 Wireless I O Statistics Interface Statistics Inter Receive Transmit face bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier comp lo 3166507 51923 o o o 3166507 51923 o usbO o o o o o o o o echo 260444 1404 o o o 1537065 2092 2 er0 10942 203 O 148 o 8137 123 42 Radio Statistics Statistics Receive Errors CRC Z 1003101111010113110010100202012020 23310313101 Statistics Receive Errors Preamble 0000001012723 0000403 01012000020011100 1000001i01 Statistics Receive Frames 14 9 13 14 11 13 6 11 7 7 196 11 10 5 9 9 14 10 19 9 18 15 7 13 11 3 7 11 16 10 11 3 11 11 10 9 10 9 11 11 12 Statistics Receive Messages 14 9 13 14 11 13 6 11 7 7 19 6 6 11 10 5 9 9 14 10 19 9 18 15 7 13 11 3 7 11 16 10 11 11 6 11 10 9 10 9 11 11 12 Statistics Receive R551 Background 97 98 97 95 95 98 98 99 101 98 95 100 98 Statistics Receive RSSI Errors 128 128 128 128 128 128 92 85 128 128 128 128 85 128 98 128 Statistics Receive RSSI Last 88 101 101 41 95 41 93 Statistics Transmit Errors 35355476466857566568634664564676564 6675565676 Statistics Transmit Framnes 41423 211121011201210253 4123 212111212 2211213202 Statistics Transmit Messages 402 44635253 29 22432335582362 541244143 3344425 523 4 Radio Driver Statistics tx good 123 tx
38. Register Register Remote Count Register 0 0 0 2 3 O 1200 0 5 0 0 1 10001 1 Save and Activate Changes Figure 34 Read Mappings Add or delete mapping by using the buttons then select Save and Activate Changes Block Read Mapping This is where you configure the repeater addresses for the mapping if not used just leave as zero This is the address of the module you wish to read I O from The address is the Unit Address which is configured under the I O Mapping Configuration of the module as shown in I O Mapping Configuration above This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and inverted then the output will be off and vice versa Applies to all the I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values can be inverted This is the period that the module requests updates from the Update Period sec destination The destination then responds by immediately sending back a message with the requested data Zero disables the update Configures an offset time for the update mapping Used to stagger the Update Offset update transmissions so on start up and update periods the module sec does not send all mapping at the same time Default will be O however if configured a nominal offset time of around 5 seconds should be used The time the module counts down before registering a communications Response Timeout failure for the configured read
39. Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 51 Expansion I O By default the RS485 port will be automatically enabled for Expansion I O This means that when expanding the I O all that is needed is to add the ELPRO Expansion I O module s e g 1155 11 1155 12 or 1155 13 to the RS485 port and the I O will automatically be available from within the 915U 2 s I O store See User Manual for location addresses By default the Data Rate Data Format will all be standard 9600 N81 and none for Flow Control which matches the default Serial baud rate and data Format of the 115S serial expansion module Serial parameters can be adjusted for compatibility or faster serial performance by adjusting the rates and format and then selecting the Save and Activate Button Serial port parameters will also need to be changed on the expansion I O module by using the 1155 Configuration Utility which can be downloaded from the ELPRO Technologies Website www elprotech com Note Be aware that using settings other than the default will mean new 1155S serial i modules from the factory will require a configuration to change these serial settings RS232 RS485 Serial Port Configuration RS232 RS485 Port Select the desired functionality Select either Modbus TCP RTU or Expansion I O The serial data rate desired Serial data rates available range from Data Rate i 110bps to a maximum of 230 400bps The data format desi
40. TCP Server is shared with the Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway so that the Modbus Device ID is used to determine if a Modbus transaction is to be routed to the onboard Modbus TCP Server or to a Modbus RTU device connected to the serial port Care should therefore be taken that all serially connected Modbus devices use a different Modbus Device ID i e Modbus Slave Address to the onboard Modbus TCP Server Up to 32 separate connections to the Modbus TCP Server are supported Modbus TCP Server Configuration Enable Modbus TCP Server Slave v Modbus Server Device Id 1 Figure 50 Modbus Server Modbus TCP Client Master enables the 915U 2 to connect to one or more Modbus TCP Servers Slaves All Modbus Master Messages are directed either to from the onboard I O registers depending on configuration described below The Modbus TCP Client may also poll Modbus TCP Ethernet and Modbus RTU serial devices connected to either the local module or a remote 915U 2 module This is done by enabling the Modbus TCP to RTU gateway at the corresponding serial port See section 3 2 Serial Configuration Modbus TCP Client Configuration Enable Modbus TCP Client Master lv Modbus Client Scan Rate msec 1000 Figure 51 Modbus Client Modbus TCP Client functionality allows connections to a maximum of 24 different Modbus TCP Servers and up to 100 mappings can be configured The screen shot shows below some example Client Mappings P
41. _good 123 Figure 59 Module Statistics Page 66 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 67 Appendix A GNU Free Document Licence Version 2 June 1991 Copyright C 1989 1991 Free Software Foundation Inc 51 Franklin Street Fifth Floor Boston MA 02110 1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document but changing it is not allowed Preamble The licenses for most software are designed to take away your freedom to share and change it By contrast the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software to make sure the software is free for all its users This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation s software and to any other program whose authors commit to using it Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License instead You can apply it to your programs too When we speak of free software we are referring to freedom not price Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software and charge for this service if you wish that you receive source code or can get it if you want it that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs and that you know you can do these things To protect your rights we need to make restric
42. able for details cae Link Quality eee Index No Errors or better than 1 in 100 000 80 1 in 10 000 raw bit errors 60 1 in 1000 raw bit errors Flags Addition indications for this entry Hae The connection interface er0 Ethernet radio ethO Ethernet LAN Age H M S This is the timeout of the message in Hours Minutes Seconds Page 22 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 23 LQI Link Quality Indication Because a typical frame is around 80 bytes 4480bits you should not normally see any readings between 75 and 99 Communication becomes unreliable with LQI around 30 As the LQI drops below 25 nearly every frame will have enough bit errors that the FEC will no longer be able to recover the original data so the frame will be corrupted Hence you will hardly ever see a reading below 25 With signal strength RSSI 100 dBm or better the LQI should always read 100 You should expect LQI readings below 100 with signal strength 105 dBm or worse If you have good signal strength and are getting LQI readings less than 100 this is a sign of interference or of a problem with the radio of the unit you are using Page 23 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 24 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 10 Neighbour List Neighbour List 192 168 2 115 00 00 29 6 76 192 166 2 177 00 03 30 8 80 192 166 2 220 00 03 30 7 78 Figure
43. age 57 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 58 915U 2 Wireless I O Local IO Function Code Destination Device Server IP Server Response Register Count Register Id Address Port Timeout ms 30501 04 Read Inputs p 192 168 0 10 502 2000 10501 02 Read Discretes Y 192 168 0 10 502 2000 1 1 10509 02 Read Discretes Y 1 127 0 0 1 504 2000 192 168 0 10 2000 15 Write Coils v A maimum of 100 mappings may be configured Am ximum of 24 different Modbus TCP Servers can be speafied Save and Activate Changes Figure 52 Modbus TCP Client Mappings The first mapping shows the Modbus Client Master is configured to read analog values from a device connected on the LAN The mappings function code is 04 Read Inputs and is reading a count of 4 values Analogs from Ethernet IP address 192 168 0 10 Device ID 10 starting at address 1 and then writing these values into its own local registers starting at 30501 The server Port is 502 which is a standard Modbus TCP Port address Note Destination Registers start at zero as the offset is calculated from the Modbus Function Code e g 3X 4X 1X etc The next mapping shows something similar however instead of analog value they are digital values The Function code is 02 Read Discretes again from IP address 192 168 0 10 and Device ID 10 It will read 8 values starting from address 1 and writing them to the local address starting
44. ange of State Can enable or disable the COS messaged If disabled messages would only be sent COS Enabled on the update period COS Resets Enabling this timer will mean If a COS is received in between any updates it will Update Timer reset the Update timer meaning it will not receive another update until the Page 38 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 39 further Update period has passed used to reduce the amount of radio traffic Register location that when written to will force the Write Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions Note Do not use DIO s directly Force Reg to force mappings DIO s are continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 and then use this register to force the mapping Register location that indicates a failure to communicate with the configured Fail Reg Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled Reg Count Total number of register values consecutive R32 32 scattered remote I O registers and Activate configuration Read Mappings Read remote I O and storing it locally Block Read Mappings Rl R R3 R4 RS Dst Invert Update Update Response Force Fail First Local First Reg Period s Offset s timeout s Register
45. apping from Unit 7 that is going to Digital Output 1 it needs to map it across to Register 5 2 Shows a mapping from remote address 2 915U 2 going to address 1 Itself The V1 Legacy address is 1 which will be Digital Output 2 or Analog output 2 depending on what model the source is In this case as it is a 915U 2 so when Unit 1 receive a mapping from Unit 42 that is going to Analog Output 1 it needs to map it across to Register 40002 3 Again shows a mapping from remote address 2 915U 2 going to address 1 Itself The V1 Legacy address is 0 which will be Digital Output 2 or Analog output 2 depending on what model the source is In this case as it is a 915U 2 so when Unit 1 receive a mapping from Unit 2 that is going to Digital Output 1 it needs to map it across to Register 8 V1 Incoming Mapping re This is the source address The address that the mapping is coming from if not used just leave as zero This is the destination address for the I O mapping Normally the address of the module were the V1 mapping is configured The destination address is the Unit Address configured under the I O Mapping Configuration of the module as shown above Page 43 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 44 915U 2 Wireless I O The version 1 Protocol address Will be 0 15 and depending on the module will represent either a Digital Pulsed or Analog output See table below for output
46. artup Value Invalidate Fail Value at Start on Fail 1 30501 5 500 vi 16535 E 0 Notes Selecting Initialise at Startup will set these registers to the configured Startup Value at startup and begin timeout for these values Leaving this item clear will leave the registers unchanged at startup Setting Invalidate on Fail will stop mappings with these registers from being sent when the update time expires Setting the Timeout value to zero 0 will disable timeouts for this configuration item save and Activate Changes Figure 41 Fail Safe Blocks In the screen shot above register 30501 is an analog value that has been mapped from another module it has an update interval of 1 minute On start up this module will write a value of 16535 into register 30501 and then start counting down from the Timeout value in this case 600 seconds If after 600 seconds the module still has not received an update from the other module register 30501 will be set to the Fail Value in this case 0 If the Invalidate on Fail were ticked the value would be set to a null or invalidated value If this register was mapped to some other location the mapping would be inhibited until the Invalid value was updated with a real value The maximum number of Fail Safe blocks you can have is 50 Fail Safe Blocks First Register This is the starting register Indicates the number of registers in the Fail Safe block This
47. at the module will receive on but not acknowledge E g If a number of modules in the system are configured with the same Broadcast Address and an input is sent to an output at this broadcast RX Broadcast address All broadcast address outputs will reflect the state of the configured Address input at the same time The message is sent like all other WibNet messages to and output number and a module address In this case the module address is the Receive Broadcast Address and the output will be the same for all modules Therefore the output must be available on all receiver modules TX Attempts for How many times the configured module will attempt to communicate a Acknowledged message to another module message reties Page 44 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 45 messages After failing to communicate the module will be flagged as being in comms fail If it tries to communicate to the remote module again it will reduce the number of attempts down to one as it has been flagged as being in Comms fail If communications is restored the module will go back to transmitting the number of time configured in Tx Attempts for Acknowledged messages The number of times it transmits the same data message It is used if the 915U 2 has been setup as a transmit only module similar to the ELPRO 905U K or 505U K modules It is done by de selecting the Ack tick box in any
48. ation Name The inputs can be named to help with configuration or use the default up to 30 characters including spaces Page 55 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 56 915U 2 Wireless I O Failsafe Time sec The Fail Safe Time is the time the output needs to count down before activating the failsafe state Receiving an update or a COS message will reset the Fail Safe Timer back to its starting value If the Fail Safe Timer gets down to zero then the output will be set to the Fail Safe state ON or OFF It is recommend this Fail Safe Time be configured for a little more than twice the update time of the input that is mapped to it that way the output will reset if it fails to receive two update messages Fail Safe State The state that the output will go to after the Failsafe Time has elapsed If the Failsafe state is enabled ON this will indicate with the LED flashing briefly OFF and the digital output will turn on If the Failsafe state is disabled OFF this will indicate with the LED flashing briefly ON and the digital output will turn off Pulsed Outputs Pulsed Output Name Update Time Sec PO 10 110 I pos 110 PO4 110 Save and Activate Changes Figure 49 Pulsed Output Configuration Name The inputs can be named to help with configuration or use the default up to 30 characters including
49. ations is all local and not through a Gateway or out of the mesh Example 2 Fixed Site 1 Fixed Path Gateway 1 Gateway 2 8833 00000000 00000000 f GEEEEEEEESEBEEBEEEE gt s z 00000000 00000000 PEE EEE alsel i HBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBG 3 00000000 00000000 Elzie Eleele EEEE 00000000 00000000 i d EBBBBBBABEBBBBBBBBBA alzel Esz Radio 10 0 0 2 Subnet 255 255 225 0 Enable IP Gateway Mode Ethernet 192 168 1 100 Subnet 255 255 255 0 External Radio 10 0 0 1 Subnet 255 255 225 0 Ethernet 192 168 1 1 Subnet 255 255 255 0 Figure 8 Mesh Fixed Route 2 Mesh Fixed Routing Rules External Enabled 1 Fixed Site 1 to Gateway 1 10 00 10 00 1 Ja Bo E 2 Fixed Site 1 to Gateway 2 192 168 1 100 10 0 0 1 2 jo B E Figure 9 Mesh Fixed Route 2 Routing Rules Page 14 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 15 Figure 9 shows the routing rules for the network diagram Figure 8 Mesh Fixed Route 42 above The first route shows the destination and next addresses are both 10 0 0 1 as it s a single hop Because the destination is a Gateway on an external network the IP Gateway must be enabled The second routing rules shows the Destination 192 168 1 100 is an external network and is outs
50. boot sequence all changes are in effect Note If configuring a system of 915U 2 radios and the Ethernet IP address of each of H the 915U 2 modules is configured with the same IP Address and if using a common PC to perform all configurations there can be some issues with web pages not reading correctly It if far better to assign unique IP addresses to each module 2 3 Radio Select the Radio Menu to change the following configuration parameters If a change is made you need to select Save Changes to retain the changes Changes will not take effect until the unit is reset Radio Settings Encryption Disabled Encryption Eey Message Signature 0 Hopset Low w Transmit Power 30 dBm Disable Rx LNA LL Notes Network Address Encryption and Message Signature must match for all stations in the same system Transmit power in conjunction with antenna gain should not exceed your country s maximum allowed EIRP Disable Ez LHA allows reduction of recerver senstraty by 15dB Used tor demonstration where modules are physically close save and Activate Changes Figure 30 Radio Configuration Screen Radio Settings Can enable 64 bit ELPRO Proprietary encryption level from the drop down list Encryption Key Up to 32 characters are available for Encryption key The radio preamble is a section of data at the head of a packet that contains a unique signature that the radio locks on to when rec
51. come Screen on page number 6 of this manual The upgrade or advanced features are made available by entering in the purchased Feature Licence Key into the appropriate box next to the feature or enhancement After entering the code press the Save Changes and Reset button The screen will indicate the validity of the code by showing a green tick or a red cross Feature License Keys Feature License Keys Modbus rsrR9el q Y Modbus s35qb x Save Changes Save Changes and Reset Save Changes and Reset Figure 57 Feature License Keys 3 8 IO Diagnostics Register 10001 com 8 10001 01001003 Figure 58 I O Diagnostics Selecting this option from the main screen will allow some basic reading and writing of the I O store registers within the module To read a register location enter an address location e g 10001 for digital Inputs enter a count number of consecutive registers and then press the Read button Below the buttons you will see the returned address location and the returned values To Write to outputs enter the address location count and value and then press the Write button You will then see the outputs change to the value you entered Page 64 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 65 E g Write to Register 1 with a count of 8 and a value of 1 will turn all the Local Digital Outputs on Write to Register
52. dopted a safety standard for human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC regulated equipment as a result of its actions in Docket 93 62 and OET Bulletin 65 Edition 97 01 Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WIBMESH CONFIGURATION essoenvesnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneneee 5 TONEN NS 5 ETNA 5 1 3 NetWork CONT CUMATIOM ecserin NEE E seaduwanssecewecueceevenseacesecesecuvesesacesdees 6 INE 8 TS UP ROI CIE nai ia 11 1 6 Radio ENN iii 12 ET MENES 13 o EEE EN EEE E EE ee ee ere eae 13 LE PP A e 1 O oeadearcdoeaesaceuaeees 14 SMN 16 Write Mappings Writing Local I O to remote I O ccccccccncnnncnnnnnnnnnononnninononononononnnnnnnnnnnnononononononononononononnnnnnnnnnoninanos 16 Read Mappings Read remote I O and storing it locally ooooooooooooooooonoooononorooo nono nono nonnnnononnonononon ono nonononnnnonoss 18 NT VNR 19 SE HSE L BIO EEE EEE EE EE E A 20 I O Mapping Global Configuration ooooonooonooonononononononnn non nonnono nono non onononnno non nnnnnnn non ttet ttrt nono nono non nn EE rro nor nnn nro nor nnnnnnnnonoss 21 CIRIO CONNECT asiatica 22 LAI Link Quality Indication srta atico 23 PP A PP 24 LINN 24 1 12 Network Diagnostics Lur adause eee deeeindnese 26 APP SN E E NE NE NET 26 MIP 27 LLS Eeg GO EE E RE NE 28 1 14 Monitor Radio COMmMEsaasaamsaomrssmn
53. dress Page 58 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 59 Modbus TCP Configuration Check this box to enable the onboard Modbus TCP Server All Enable Modbus TCP Modbus TCP connections to the module IP Address and specified Server Slave Modbus Server Device ID will be routed to the onboard I O registers Modbus Server device ID Specify the Modbus Device ID for the onboard Modbus TCP Server Allowed values are 0 to 255 heck thi le th M TCP Client Enable Modbus TCP Client Check this box to enable the onboard odbus CI C ient O to Master be transferred via the Modbus TCP client is specified with Modbus TCP Client Mappings Enter the delay in milliseconds between executions of Modbus Client S Rat l consecutive Modbus TCP Client Mappings to the same Server Modbus TCP Client Mappings oaee er Enter the starting onboard I O register number that the specified 5 Modbus Master transaction will transfer I O to from I O Count Specify the number of consecutive I O register to be transferred for the specified transaction Specify the Modbus Function Code for the transaction Enter the starting I O register number in the destination device Destination Register that the specified Modbus Master transaction will transfer I O to from Enter the Modbus Device ID of the destination Modbus device Specify the IP Address of the destination Modbus TCP Server for Server IP Address Mn
54. dress for the mapping The destination address is the Unit Address configured under the I O Mapping Configuration of the module as shown above Selecting this box means the mapping will be acknowledged when the end device receives the message This is an end to end Page 41 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 42 915U 2 Wireless I O 0 Pr swernine ne frame acknowledgment between links This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and inverted then the output will be off and visa versa Applies to all of the I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values can be inverted This is the period that the mappings are sent as an update or check Update Period sec signal Zero disabled updates Configures an offset time for the update mapping Used to stagger the update transmissions soon start up and every update period the Update Offset sec module does not send all mapping at the same time Default will be O however if configured a nominal offset time of around 5 seconds should be used You can enter a delay period such that the message is delayed from sending for the configured time Used to hold off the transmissions to allow more COS messages to be added to the mapping Can enable or disable the COS messages If enabled the values will be sent on COS and if the value complies with any Sensitivity blocks see
55. e If communications is infrequent the graph may take a while to fill all channels If after some time the graph is not filling then it may indicate a multipath communications problem The multipath RSSI algorithm calculates an RSSI that will be used when establishing mesh links between neighbours The calculated RSSI is compared to the configured RSSI threshold If the calculated RSSI is stronger than the threshold then a link will be established Using this calculated path RSSI ensures that the radio data messages have the best chance of reaching the neighbour once a link is established taking into account the multipath fading Once a link has been established between two units the connectivity webpage also shows the calculated RSSI value Page 25 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 26 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 12 Network Diagnostics Network Connectivity Diagnostics Remote IP Address 192 168 0 109 Count Max Hops 5 PING 192 168 0 109 192 168 0 109 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 192 168 0 109 icmp seq 0 til 61 time 1 4 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 0 109 icmp seq 1 ttl 64 time 1 0 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 0 109 icmp seq 2 tti 64 tme 1 1 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 0 109 icmp seq 3 tti 64 tme 1 0 ms 64 bytes from 192 168 0 109 icmp_seq 4 tti 64 tme 1 0 ms 192 168 0 109 ping statistics 5 packets transmitted 5 packets recerved 0 packet loss round trip min avg max 1 0 1 1 1 4 ms Fig
56. e 33 Gather Scatter Mappings Add or delete mapping by using the buttons then select Save and Activate Changes Gather Scatter Write Mapping OE This is where you configure the repeater addresses for the mapping if not used just leave as zero This is the destination address for the mapping The destination address is the Unit Address configured under the I O Mapping Configuration of the module as shown in I O Mapping Configuration above Selecting this box will mean the mapping will be acknowledged when the end device gets the mapping This is over and above the normal Ethernet frame acknowledgments between links This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and inverted then the output will be off and visa versa Applies to all the I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values Update Period This is the period that the mappings are sent as an update or check signal Allows an offset to be configured for each mapping Used to stagger the Update Offset transmissions so on start up the module does not try to send all mapping at the same time Default will be 0 however the normal would be around 5 seconds You can enter a delay period such that the message is delayed from sending for Change of State E nar the configured time Used to hold off the transmissions to allow more COS COS Delay messages to be added to the mapping Ch
57. e I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values can be inverted This is the period that the mappings are sent as an update or check signal Zero disabled updates Configures an offset time for the update mapping Used to stagger the update transmissions so on start up and every update period the module does not send all mapping at the same time Default will be O however if configured a nominal offset time of around 5 seconds should be used You can enter a delay period such that the message is delayed from sending for the configured time Used to hold off the transmissions to allow more COS messages to be added to the mapping Can enable or disable the COS messages If enabled the values will be sent on COS and if the value complies with any Sensitivity blocks see Sections 0 Sensitivity Block If COS is disabled messages would only be sent on the update period The Update Period Timer will be reset if this option is enabled and a COS is received in between updates meaning it will not receive another update until a further Update period has elapsed Can help reduce the amount of radio traffic produced when multiple mappings are configured Note If the Turn on an I P and at lt 30s past COS check COS is sent 30s past change and old COS time is not used Turn on an I P and at gt 30s past COS check COS is only sent at the old COS time and not at 30s past the change or both Regis
58. e Read Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions Note Do not Force Ree use DIO s directly to force mappings DIO s are continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 and then use this register to force the mapping Register location that will indicate a failure to communicate with the Fail Re remote Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e 5 Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled First Local Reg Starting Local address that values will be written to First Remote Reg Starting Remote address that the values will read from Reg Count Total number of register values consecutive Update Offset sec Page 18 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 19 Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Gather Scatter Write Mappings Gather Scatter Write Mappings Add Entry Delete Entry Destination Ack Invert Update Update COS COS COS Force Fail Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote IP 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 Period Offset Delay Enabled Resets Register Register 1 1 2 2 3 32 32 s s s Update SS Timer 1 192 168 0 11 O 1200 0 0 30001 40001 10001 1 10002 2 10
59. eived serially by the 915U 2 within the configured Response Timeout the 915U 2 will initiate a number of retries specified by the configured Maximum Request Retries The Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway may be configured to operate on either the RS 232 or RS 485 port Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway RS232 Modbus TCP Modbus RTU Client Master Slave Figure 43 Modbus TCP to RTU RS232 RS485 Modbus TCP RTU Converter Pauses Between Requests Enter the serial response timeout in milliseconds a serial retry will Response Timeout E ne de dde be sent if a response is not received within this timeout Enter the TCP connection timeout in seconds if no Modbus TCP Connection Timeout data is received within this timeout then the TCP connection will be dropped Set this field to zero for no timeout Maximum Request i Enter the maximum number of request retries performed serially Retries i Enter the maximum number of simultaneous TCP connections to Maximum Connections the server allowed RS Vri Pa Tarn Rites This is the maximum number of slave addresses that the Modbus Client will scan or poll for Default is 3 If adding more that 3 115S to Poll l expansion I O module this number will need to be increased Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Enter the delay between serial request retries in milliseconds Page 50 Web Page Configuration
60. eiving messages Any message with a different signature is ignored Encryption Message Signature Page 35 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 36 915U 2 Wireless I O Co AAA communicate together will need to have the same one set From here you can select from available Hopset bands If the radio has a Country code of US Canada then there are 2 bands available Low 902 914MHz and High 915 928MHz If country is Australia or New Zealand then there is only the one high band option Change the Transmit power level from the Normal 1 W to Low Transmit Power Mode Power 100 mW Check box to disable the LNA Low Noise Amplifier Disable Rx LNA Reduces the Receive Sensitivity by about 15dB used during Demos Bench testing or close communication paths etc Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the module has completed the reboot sequence all changes are in effect Save Changes and Reset 2 4 I O Mappings Write Mappings Gather Scatter Write Mappings Read Mappings Poll Mappings Version 1 Write Mappings Legac Version 1 Incoming Reaister Map Legac O Mapping Global Configuration Figure 31 WIBMesh Mappings Selecting I O Mappings from the right hand side of the main menu will show the I O Configuration screen From here you can configure up to 200 x Write mappings 200 x Gather Scatter mappings and 200 x Write mappings as well as Pol
61. guring the outputs to reset to a predefined value after a timeout period has elapsed when the real value comes in it will update as normal Also if the value is lost because of a communication problem it can be configured to set the output to a failsafe value after the pre configured time Invalid register state Register 30501 Count 10 Value 0 Figure 40 Invalid Register State All registers within the module can have various states depending on what type of register it is and what sort of value it holds a typical analog range is between 0 and 65535 and a digital can be O or 1 All registers that are not associated with any physical I O have another state which we call invalid this state means that the value has not been written to and so does not hold a value but more a non value or null If you were to read the registers using the I O Diagnostics an invalid register would read as shown in Figure 40 above Any mapping with an invalid register will be inhibited from sending This is to ensure the data that gets to the destination is valid and not just default values that the module starts up with Refer to Fail Safe Blocks section below for a way of configuring a registers with a valid value at start up Page 47 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 48 915U 2 Wireless I O Fail Safe Blocks Fail Safe Blocks First Register Count Timeout s Initialise St
62. ide of the radio mesh therefore the External tick box must be enabled The next address will be 10 0 0 1 which is the IP Gateway Mesh Fixed Routing Rules Name A name that describes the routing rule Max 32 characters The destination network or Host IP address You can specify a Destination whole network by entering the IP range 192 168 0 0 with a Netmask of 255 255 255 0 or specify an individual host IP address Specifies the IP address of the next hop router for the specified destination Next is the same as destination for the final hop Next is the same as destination for one hop routes Indicates the number of routing hops to the destination IP Gateway Indicates the Destination acts as a gateway out of the mesh External Indicates that it is routed through a Gateway outside of the mesh Check this box to enable the rule You can Uncheck the box to Enabled disable a routing rule without needing to re enter the information at a later time Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function Activate to load new configuration Page 15 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 16 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 8 I O Mappings Write Mappings gt ather Scatter Write Mappings Read Mappings sensitivity Blocks MO Mapping Global Configuration Figure 10 WIBMesh Mappings Selecting WIBMesh Mappings from the right hand side of the main menu will sho
63. ink will be ignored Link Quality can be monitored on the Connectivity web page If the link quality is lower than this threshold then mesh routes will not be assigned over this link Default value is 35 The radio will use this threshold level when establishing a mesh link with other radios in the system When establishing a mesh the radio sends out a broadcast message and then monitors the signal strength from all other nodes that respond if any of the signal levels are below the Receive Signal Strength Threshold the mesh link will be ignored The default threshold is 100dBm and is used in conjunction with the Link Quality Threshold above Multipath RSSI algorithm should be enabled when the installation is in an environment that is known to have multipath fading These installations are typically where units are installed inside buildings or in environment where antenna do not have uninterrupted line of sight or have large metallic objects that are close to the antennas The multipath RSSI algorithm calculates a path RSSI that will be used when establishing mesh links between neighbours The calculated link RSSI is compared to the configured RSSI threshold If the calculated RSSI is stronger than the threshold then a link will be established Route Request Idle Time is the time the module will wait or hold off between route requests messages if the route request fails to get through to the destination The default time is 30 sec
64. ith an individual ethernet IP address or when connecting to the module force the web pages to be reloaded from the Device instead of from cache by pressing lt CRTL F5 gt after the page has loaded Web Browsers can be configured to flush the cache after each session review browser help for details on how this is done Device Mode This is the address that the device will use to forward messages to remote hosts that are not connected to any of the local networks Ethernet or Wireless This is only required if the wired LAN has a Default Gateway Gateway unit which connects to devices beyond the LAN for example Internet access If there is no Gateway on the LAN set to the same address as the Station used for remote configuration that is the Ethernet Interface IP Address below Ethernet Interface Enables or disables the Ethernet interface If the Ethernet connection is not used you can disable which will marginally improve the boot time and lower the current drain To restore the Ethernet port you can set the Factory Defaults DIP Switch and reboot the module MAC Address je unique hardware address of the 915U 2 and is assigned in the Obtain IP Address Checking this item enables DHCP client on the 915U 2 A DHCP client Automatically requests its IP address from a DHCP server which assigns the IP Address Enabled Page 7 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 8 915U 2 Wireless I O auto
65. itiate the transmissions Note Do not use DIO s directly to force mappings DIO s are continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 and then use this register to force the mapping Register location that indicates a failure to communicate with the configured Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function Activate to load new configuration Version 1 Write Mappings Single Register Write Mappings R1 R2 R3 R4 RS Dst Ack Invert Update Update COS COS COS Force Fail Local Remote Period s Offset s Delay s Enabled Resets Register Register Register Register Force Register Fail Register OS OS O Save and Activate Changes Figure 36 Version 1 Write Mapping Version 1 mappings allow the 915U 2 to communicate with Elpro modules that communicate using the Legacy protocol i e 905U 1 2 3 4 C K and normal Gateway mappings The version 1 mappings as basically identical to write mapping except it is a single I O point where as a Block mapping can have multiple I O points or registers Block Write Mapping R1 R5 This is where you configure the repeater addresses for the mapping if not used just leave as zero This is the destination ad
66. l and Version 1 Legacy mappings Write Mappings Writing Local I O to remote I O Block Write Mappings Add Entry Delete Entry R1R2E3 R4 ES Dst Ack Invert Update Update COS COS COS Force Fail First First Register Penod Offset Delay Enabled Resets Register Register Local Remote Count s s s Update Reg Reg Timer 1200 0 10001 1 1 L 1 hd 30007 40001 1 Page 36 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 37 Figure 32 Write Mappings Add or delete mapping by using the buttons then select Save and Activate Changes Block Write Mapping R1 R5 This is where you configure the repeater addresses for the mapping if not used just leave as zero Update Period sec Update Offset sec Change of State COS Delay sec Change of State COS Enabled COS Resets Update Timer Force Reg Page 37 This is the destination address for the mapping The destination address is the Unit Address configured under the I O Mapping Configuration of the module as shown above Selecting this box means the mapping will be acknowledged when the end device receives the message This is an end to end acknowledgement and is over and above the normal hop by hop frame acknowledgment between links This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and inverted then the output will be off and visa versa Applies to all of th
67. laying IP Address the number of hops the message is taking through the network signal strength and link quality along with some message related information The readings shown are based upon the last received data message from the device Connected Devices Total entries 4 Dest Next Hops RSSI Qual Flags Iface Age H M VII T92 1 62 100 er0 OU 00203 192 168 2 110 192 E 85 100 er0 0002 192 160 2 102 8 e er0 OU SOC 256 VM NN 38 100 er0 00200256 Figure 16 Connectivity Note that when updating the Connectivity webpage ensure the page is current by refreshing the page It may be necessary to hold down the lt ctrl gt key while pressing the refresh button so as to force the cache to be refreshed Description Dest Destination IPAddress Next MNextiPAddress SO Hops Numberof Hops S RSSI Radio Signal Strength Indication measured in dBm which is a negative value scaled from 40dBm good to 120dBm bad RSSI is displayed for destination addresses which are direct neighbours If the Destination IP is not the next hop you will see an RSSI value of which indicates no direct link to that station The LAI is a logarithmic representation of the number of bit errors in the frame that were corrected by the Forward Error Correction algorithm Each data bit is encoded with 7 forward error correction bits so a 100 byte frame contains 100 8 bits byte 7 FEC bits bit 5600 bits see below this t
68. ld be 2048 40960 20 If the Engineering range is 4 20mA 16 the Span would be 2048 40960 16 If the Engineering range is 0 5V 5 the Span would be 8192 40960 5 Calculating Zero The zero is calculated by using the formula Zero Maximum Raw Elpro Scale Maximum Engineering Value x Span E g If the Engineering Range is 0 20mA the Engineering value will be 20 The span from the 0 20mA calculation above was 2048 therefore the Zero calculation will be 49152 20x2048 8192 For a 0 5V input the Engineering Value will be 5 the Span from the 0 5V calculation above was 8192 therefore the Zero calculation will be 49152 5x8192 8192 Input Engineering Range Raw Range Total Zero Span gt Page 53 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 54 915U 2 Wireless I O 8192 49152 40960 Al1 4 20mA 8192 49152 AI3 0 5V 5Vol 3 0 5V 0 5Volts 40960 Pulsed Rate1 16384 49152 mA 32768 Analog Outputs Analog Output Fail Safe Time Fail Safe Value Sec mA 120 1 0 120 10 Save and Actvate Changes Figure 46 Analog Output Configuration Name The inputs can be named to help with configuration or use the default up to 30 characters including spaces Zero Span These variables will change the Scale of the Analog Outputs Zero Starting Value of 8192 counts 4 Span Number of mA per bit Engineering Range Ze
69. lpro len 7 seq 7 ACK dest 1 val 11111110 02 44 026753 IP de 56678 ve elpro len 1 seq 7 02 44 103639 IP afte 56678 P elpro len 7 NOACK dest 1 val 00000000 02 44 515646 IP 2 51891 af elpro len 7 ACK dest 1 val 11111111 56678 afc elpro len 1 elpro len 7 qj NOACK dest 1 val 00000001 02 45 152672 ete 678 gt 192 168 2 146 4370 elpro len 7 NOACK dest 1 val 00000000 03 02 45 609606 IP 192 168 2 146 51891 ge 4370 elpro len 7 seq 10 ACK dest 1 val 11111111 03 02 45 611724 IP 192 Mee 56678 Se 2370 elpro len 1 seq 10 03 02 45 688664 IP 192 S 56678 s 4370 elpro len 7 seq 42 NOACK dest 1 val 00000001 03 02 46 199585 IP 192 se 51891 143 4370 elpro len 7 seq 11 ent 1 val 11111110 03 02 46 201774 IP 192 ete 56678 ee elpro len 1 seq 11 03 02 46 278689 IP 192 se 56678 ain elpro len 7 seq 43 NOACK dest 1 val 00000000 03 02 46 608633 IP 192 SEA 51891 t r elpro len 7 seq 12 ACK dest 1 val 11111111 03 02 46 610974 IP 192 168 2 56678 sr elpr o len 1 ACK seq 12 02 46 686708 IP 192 168 2 56678 s r elpro len seq 44 NOACK dest 1 val 00000001 uk Ho ne EE cu ale gane 51891 are elpro len 7 seq 13 ACK dest 1 val 11111110 a orale lets alle o ase 56678 5 EA elpro len 1 seq 13 02 47 296701 IP 192 168 2 56678 E AEA gt elpro len 7 seq 45 NOACK dest 1 val Buffer Size 3000 03 02 45 073629 192 168 2 146 51891 192 168 2 143 4370 WRITE Po a a 11111110
70. m Tools Serial Number Information IO Diagnostics 23 12 47 20 EST 2010 Connectivity gt N a ER nn te Nata Diagnosi Hardware Revision Firmware Version 0 1 8dev Tue My Kernel Version Username Bootloader Version Radio Firmware Version Password Device Owner Contact Description Location Configuration Version Configuration Version Save Changes Save Changes and Reset Figure 53 Module Information Configuration of Username This is the username used to access the configuration on the 915U 2 Take care to remember this username if you change it as it will be needed to access the 915U 2 in future Username default user Password Configuration of Password This is the password used to access the configuration on the 915U 2 Take care to remember this password default user if you change it as it will be needed to access the module in future l A text field if you wish to label the 915U 2 Also Device Name is Device Name the DNS Host name given to the module if used with a DHCP Client Owner A text field for owner name A text field for owner phone number email address etc A text field used for a description of the purpose of the unit A text field used to describe the location of the 915U 2 Configuration Version A text field to enter in a version description Page 60 Web Page Configuration Supplement
71. mapping When the time out is Page 39 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 40 915U 2 Wireless I O complete the FailReg will be activated Normally only used with read mappings through repeaters This is because a direct mapping will use the update periods response as a timeout Register location that when written to will force the Read Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions Register location that will indicate a failure to communicate with the Fail Reg Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled Force Reg Starting Local address that values will be written to Generally it will be an output register i e 1 8 or 40001 40002 as it s a Read Mapping Total number of register values consecutive Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Poll Mappings Poll Mappings Update Period s Update Offset s Force Register Fail Register 600 600 600 Save and Activate Changes Figure 35 Poll Mappings A poll mapping is a special message sent when the module starts up When the remote module receives a poll mapping it will immediately respond with update messages for all its inputs that are mapped to the 915U 2 This allows the 915U 2 to have correct up to date values on
72. matically To use this option you will need to have a DHCP server configured on your network The module will attempt to register its configured unit name with any connected DNS server The IP address of the 915U 2 on its wired Ethernet Interface port and IP Address wireless Wireless Interface port This should be set to the IP address you require The IP network mask of the 915U 2 on its wired Ethernet Interface IP Subnet Mask port and wireless Wireless Interface port This should be set to appropriate subnet mask for your system Typically 255 255 255 0 Radio Interface Enables or disables the Radio interface If using the module as an Enabled Ethernet I O based device IP Address The IP address of the 915U 2 on its Radio Wireless Interface port This should be set to the IP address you require Default will be 192 168 2 1 The IP network mask of the 915U 2 on its wired Ethernet Interface IP Subnet Mask port and wireless Wireless Interface port This should be set to appropriate subnet mask for your system Typically 255 255 255 0 Enabling this option will allow the radio to gather information about the radio throughput which can then be viewed on the Network Statistics web page Save changes to non volatile memory The module will need to be Save Changes restarted before the changes take effect Save Changes and Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the Reset module has completed the reboot
73. module powers up it will recognise that a Flash drive has been installed and start upgrading the firmware You will see the normal boot up LED sequence see 915U 2 User Manual for details however the orange indication will be on for longer DO NOT remove the Flash drive or interrupt the power to the module while this is happening If the upgrade process is interrupted module could become unserviceable and will need to be returned to ELPRO for repair Upgrade will take approximately 2 minutes and 40 seconds 120 seconds over the normal boot time When update is complete Solid Green PWR LED indication remove the flash drive Firmware upgrade Reset 2 min 2min a eset 2Sec amin 25Sec 40Sec Green LED Normal Operation Normal Operation Red LED i Green Red Orange Colour LED Green Red Fast Flash Boot Stage 1 HD Green Red Slow Flash Boot Stage 2 HL Figure 55 Firmware Upgrade LED Indications 6 The upgrade process will clear the module flash so you will need to load the configuration file back into the module To do this select Write Configuration File from the System Tools menu Browse for the saved XML file and when loaded press Send and then Reset Page 62 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 63 Product Reconfiguration Allows the module configuration to be change from WIBMesh to WIBNet WIBNet is a
74. nly be setup using the web interface These are generally more advanced setting and not usually used by the majority of systems When you first connect with the module you will see the standard Welcome Screen figure 34 below The noticeable differences between WIBMesh and WIBNet are the Links on the right hand side of the screen Dipswitch setting at boot Dipswitch setting current Ethernet MAC Address Owner Contact Device Name Description Location Configuration Version Model Serial Number Hardware Revision Firmware Version Kernel Version Bootloader Version Radio Firmware Version Page 33 RUN Mode RUN Mode 00 12 AF 00 7F 84 915U 2 10 0 100 19 05 2011 12 23 59 PM 915U 2 900 1W US 11101025600 1 3b 1 1 6 Fri May 6 17 00 24 EST 2011 4114 PREEMPT Tue May 3 11 01 17 EST 2011 2 01 May 6 2011 16 45 10 2238 Software version 0 11e build 963 built May 6 2011 18 38 02 2240 Figure 28 WibNet Welcome Configuration Network Radio I O Mappings Fail Safe Configuration Serial I O Co ation Modbus TCP Module Information System Tools Feature Keys Information I O Diagnostics Monitor Comms Statistics Help Home Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 34 915U 2 Wireless I O 2 2 Network Device Mode Detault Gateway 192 168 0 1 Obtan IP Address Automatically Ethernet Interface MAC Address O01 2 AP
75. nnnnrrnnnnnnnrrnnnnnnnsrnnnnnnee 34 Figure 31 Radio Configuration Screen oooocccnnncnnnnn 35 Figure 32 Global Configuration Screen cooomccccccnnno 44 Figure 33 WIBMesh MappingS occccccccnoccnncccnncnnnnnnnnos 36 Figure 34 Write Mappings coocccnccccnccnnonononnnnccnnononanon 37 Figure 35 Gather Scatter Mappings eccerre 38 Figure 36 Read Mappings oocccccnccnncnnccnnnnncnnnonacononanonos 39 Figure 37 Poll Mappings occcccccocccnncncnoconnnnnononnnnnnnanos 40 Figure 38 Version 1 Write Mapping cseccseceeeeeeee 41 Figure 39 V1 Incoming Mapping ccssccssccnseeeeeeees 43 Figure 40 Monitor COMMS cccssccssecceeeeceseeeeaeeeeeues 46 Figure 41 Invalid Register State ccccooonccnnnccnncnnnnnnnnos 47 Figure 42 Fail Safe BlocksS oooooccccnnncnconnoccnnnnnnnnnnos 48 Figure 43 Serial Port Configuration ccccceceeeeeeees 49 Figure 44 Modbus TCP to RTU cccccsssssseeeeeeeeeeaeeees 50 Figure 45 I O Configuration ooocccccccnnnnnnnnanannnnnnnoss 51 Figure 46 Analog Input Configuratio0N oomcccnccnomoo 52 Figure 47 Analog Output Configuration 00006 54 Figure 48 Digital Input Configuration ccoooccccccnomo 55 Figure 49 Digital Output ConfiguratiON ooccccccoooo 55 Figure 50 Pulsed Output Configuration 00006 56 Figure 51 Modb
76. nsitivity by about 15dB used during Demos Bench testing or close communication paths etc Save settings to non volatile memory and reboot 915U 2 Once the module has completed the reboot sequence all changes are in effect 1 7 Mesh Fixed Routes Save Changes and Reset In large radio systems there will often be a number of radios that will act as Repeaters for the other radios Because these sites are generally stationary they do not need to learn the different paths and can have fixed routes back to the destination We configure these routes with Mesh Fixed Route Rules You can configure up to 100 fixed Route Rules for each site and the rules can be targeted to a specific IP address by using a Host Route or a complete Subnet Note If configuring Fixed Routes and any part of the communication path fails i e path module etc there is no fallback to Meshing Example 1 Mesh Fixed Routes 1 Fixed Repeater Site 1 Auto Paths Moving stst S Vehicles redundant paths O Temporary paths etc Radio 10 0 0 3 Subnet 255 255 225 0 Gateway 1 y Enable IP Gateway Mode Radio 10 0 0 1 Subnet 255 255 225 0 i Ethernet 192 168 1 1 ixed Repeater Sit 2 Subnet 255 255 255 0
77. numbers This is the Register in either the Gateway or 905U 2 were the output will be mapped to Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration 2 5 1 O Mapping Configuration Parameters used for WIBNet communications with other modules e g Addressing Messaging and debugging Addressing System Address Urst ddress 51 Ex Broadcast Address g5 Message Tx Attempts Tz Attempts for Acknowledged messages 3 Tz Count for Unacknowledged messages 3 Advanced Debug Level 1 Notes Tx Attempts is the number of times a remote unit will be sent amessage when an Acknowledge is not received Ifthe remote unit fails to Acknowledge after the configured number of tx attempts it will be marked as failed Once aunit is marked as failed tx attempts is forcedto 1 Unacknowledged messages will always be retransmitted The total number of messages sent is configured using Tx Count save and Activate Changes Figure 38 Global Configuration Screen WIBMesh Configuration An Address unique to the system all modules that need to communicate must System Address be configured with the same System Address Prevents systems in close proximity communicating with each other A unique address for the particular module Each module in the system must Unit Address ni N have a different Unit Address A separate Receive Broadcast address th
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79. ocation that when written to will force the Write Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions reg 501 3000 Note Do not use DIO s directly to force mappings DIO s are Force Reg E rist continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 and then use this register to force the mapping Register location that indicates a failure to communicate with the Fail Reg configured remote Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled First Local Reg Starting Local address that values will be written to First Remote Reg Starting Remote address that the values will read from Reg Count Total number of register values consecutive Change of State COS Delay sec Change of State COS Enabled COS Resets Update Timer Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Page 17 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 18 915U 2 Wireless I O Read Mappings Read remote I O and storing it locally Block Read Mappings Destination IP Invert Update Update Response Force Fail First Local First Register Period 5 Offset s timeout s Register Register Register Remote Count Register 1 192168 2 25 1200 0 10 0 0 300
80. onds which means if the module fails to communicate to its destination it will wait 30 seconds before sending out another route request Without this wait time a network could easily get swamped with route requests when a link fails to get through Route Threshold Configures the number of additional hops that the unit reports when replying to mesh routing requests Can be used to configure a priority when a module is used as a repeater E g two repeater modules lay between a destination and the source the repeater with the lowest Route Threshold will be used first The default value is 0 which will mean the module will always act as Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 10 915U 2 Wireless I O repeater Values between 1 and 9 will configure a priority higher numbers for units that are less preferred as repeaters Setting the parameter to 10 will means the unit will never be used as a repeater Route Refresh is how often the module will try to find a better shorter route for an existing route This is used where network topology changes can occur that could potentially allow a shorter path to be taken e a roaming or mobile application Without route Route Refresh Sec refresh the existing route which may not be the best or most reliable link would continue to be used The default value is 300 seconds Setting this parameter to zero will disable the route refresh operation which will mean the
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83. red All the standard data formats are Data Format supported Flow Control Selects CTS RTS or None 3 3 1 0 Configuration VO Configuration Analog Output Configuration Analog Input Configuration Digital Output Configuration Digital Input Configuration Pulsed Output Configuration Thermocouple Settings Thermocouple Type None Thermocouple Polarity Reverse Save and Activate Changes Figure 44 I O Configuration The main I O Configuration Selection page from where you select the I O type that you wish to configure Page 51 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 52 915U 2 Wireless I O The Thermocouple Type selection and polarity are also selected on this page Thermocouple Settings Thermocouple Selects the type of Thermocouple Type J Type K Type T or Type None Thermocouple i E Selects the Thermocouple Polarity Normal or Reverse Polarity Analog Inputs Name Span Filter sec Lower Upper Invert Window Setpoint Setpoint AN 0 20mA4 2048 O 0 i Al2 0 20mA 2048 AI3 0 20mA 2048 AlHO 20mA 8192 2048 VSupply 1024 24V 1024 VBatt 1024 VExt 1024 Al1 0 20V 2048 AIZ 0 20V 2048 AI3 0 SV 8192 Al4 0 5V 8192 PRatel 2048 H PRate2 163 2048 PRate3 354 2048 6 PRate4 384 2048 0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ololo win i om aim mm mm lala y o o a a a o o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0o o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
84. red to temporarily load a factory default setting by powering the module with the 6 dipswitch under the side configuration panel switched on F When the module is in SETUP mode wireless operation is disabled The previous configuration remains stored in non volatile memory and will only change if the configuration parameters are modified and the changes are saved Do not forget to set the switch back to the OFF position and re cycle the power at the conclusion of the configuration for normal operation otherwise it will continue to boot into the default IP address The default factory IP Address of the 915U 2 is 192 168 0 1XX where XX is the last two digits of the serial number the default Setup IP address is shown on the printed label on the side of the module Netmask 255 255 255 0 Username is user and the default password is user If the PC uses a proxy server ensure that Internet Explorer will bypass the Proxy Server for local addresses This option may be modified by opening Tools gt Internet Options gt Connections Tab gt LAN Settings gt Proxy Server gt bypass proxy for local addresses Enter the default IP address for the 915U 2 you should now see the Module Welcome Screen below From this home screen the following config screens can be reached Page 5 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 6 Dipswitch setting at boot Dipswitch setting current
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86. ro Span Failsafe Time sec The Fail Safe Time is the time the output needs to count down before activating the failsafe state Receiving an update or a COS message will reset the Fail Safe Timer back to its starting value If the Fail Safe Timer gets down to zero then the output will be set to the Fail Safe state mA Page 54 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 55 It is recommend this Fail Safe Time be configured for a little more than twice the update time of the input that is mapped to it that way the output will reset if it fails to receive two update messages Entering a zero in the Fail Safe Time will disable Failsafe value mA The value that you wish the output to be set to on activation of the failsafe timeout Digital Input Digital Input Hamann sg Save and Activate Changes Figure 47 Digital Input Configuration Name The inputs can be named to help with configuration or use the default up to 30 characters including spaces Debounce Time sec Debounce is the time which an input must stay stable before the module decides that a change of state has occurred If a digital input changes on off and changes again off on in less than the debounce time then the module will ignore both changes Default debounce time is 5 seconds Digital Output Digital Output Save and Activate Changes Figure 48 Digital Output Configur
87. seuakssenamNGGGSSSMNNSGGRSSeGNASGSGGKSGGNAAGUGKGKK GMT 30 LIS MO PONG 31 LS 65 CHAPTER 2 WIBNET WEB PAGE CONFIGURATION eoesnvsnvvnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnene 33 21 O a A Co o o o E E A 33 Ne 34 DiS Rad Ouian ente 35 Page 2 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 3 2 4 I O Mapping Configuration veennnvrnnnnvennnnnnnnnvennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnennnnnnnennennneennsunene 44 2 TOM 36 Write Mappings Writing Local I O to remote I O ccccccncncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnonononononononnnonononononononononnnnononnnnnonononononenininess 36 Ce VENN 38 Read Mappings Read remote I O and storing it locally ooooooooooooooonononoononoronn nono nono ono nnnnononononnn noo nononnonoronnonoss 39 Poll Mappings 4 40 Version 1 Write Mappings rrrurrrnnrnnnrnnnrrnnnrnnnrnnnsnnnnrnnnrnnnennnnvnnnsnnnsnnnnennnsnnnsnnnnvnnnsnnnsnnnnnnnnsnnnsnnnnnnnnsnnnsnnnnennesnnnsnnnennnnsnne 41 UTEN raciales 43 26 Monitor COMITIS seere 44 CHAPTER 3 COMMON WEB PAGE Susini 47 3 1 Fail Safe Configuration AR e O o seedaubicesearkauees 47 dle A Ae 47 Fan Salte BIOCIS iia 48 3 2 Serial CONT GUPATION csm 49 Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway ccccsssssccccssssececcseesecccsseesecceseeeeceeeseseeceeeaeseeceesaeeseeeesseaseceeseeaseeeesaaaecessuenseeessagaeeessagasses 49 EXPANSION 0 oleo NS A 51 TONN 51 NNN 52
88. spaces Update Time sec Time that the output will be updated with the latest received value The time is related to the update time of the pulsed input that is mapped to it E g If the pulsed input update time is configured for 10 seconds the number of pulses will be counted and send to the receiving module every 10 seconds The receiving module will then output the pulse count over the configured update time i e 10 seconds Page 56 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 57 3 4 Modbus TCP Transfer The 915U 2 provides Modbus TCP Client and Modbus TCP Server functionality for I O transfer There are pre defined areas representing Inputs and Outputs as well as the different I O types e g Bits Words Long Floats etc which include the onboard Input Output and are shared for both Client and Server For a full list of the available I O and address locations please see 915U 2 User Manual Modbus TCP Client Master and Modbus TCP Server Slave are both supported simultaneously and when combined with the built in Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway the 915U 2 can transfer I O to from almost any combination of Modbus TCP or RTU devices Modbus TCP Server Slave enables the 915U 2 to accept connections from one or more Modbus TCP Clients Masters All Modbus transactions routed to the onboard Modbus TCP Server are directed either to from the onboard general purpose I O registers The Modbus
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90. stination network or host IP address and the corresponding next hop router that messages for the specified destination will be forwarded to Gateway It is assumed that the Gateway will then deliver the data to the required destination or forward it on to another router that will Use Routing Rules to configure the next hop router to use for a given destination host or network address IP Routing Rules Add Entry Delete Entry Name Destination Netmask Interface Gateway Enabled 1 Route 1 10 0 0 0 255 0 0 0 Any m 192 168 0 1 7 Notes Up to 100 routing rules can be configured Name is a text label for the routing entry Max 32 characters Destination specifies the destination network or host IP address Subnet Mask specifies the subnet mask for the destination network Gateway specifies the IP address of the next hop router for the specified destination Gateway address is required only if Interface is set to Any Save Changes Save Changes and Reset Figure 4 IP Routing Name Anameto describe the routing rules Max 32 characters The destination network or Host IP address You can specify a whole network by entering the IP range 192 168 0 0 with a Netmask of 255 255 255 0 or specify an individual host IP address by setting the Netmask to 255 255 255 255 Netmask The subnet mask for the destination network Choose the interface to use for the route Selections are Radio Ethernet or Any Default is Any
91. t Think Wireless frhink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 17 This is the period that the mappings are sent as an update or check signal Zero disabled updates Update Period sec Configures an offset time for the update mapping Used to stagger the update transmissions so on start up and every update period the Update Offset sec module does not send all mapping at the same time Default will be O however if configured a nominal offset time of around 5 seconds should be used You can enter a delay period such that the message is delayed from sending for the configured time Used to hold off the transmissions to allow more COS messages to be added to the mapping Can enable or disable the COS messages If enabled the values will be sent on COS and if the value complies with any Sensitivity blocks see Sections 0 Sensitivity Block If COS is disabled messages would only be sent on the update period The Update Period Timer will be reset if this option is enabled and a COS is received in between updates meaning it will not receive another update until a further Update period has elapsed Can help reduce the amount of radio traffic produced when multiple mappings are configured Note If the Turn on an I P and at lt 30s past COS check COS is sent 30s past change and old COS time is not used Turn on an I P and at gt 30s past COS check COS is only sent at the old COS time and not at 30s past the change or both Register l
92. ted communications path Trace Route allows the communications path to be traced through the network and so determining how many hops the path is taking to get to the destination Remote IP Address 1192 168 2 102 Count Max Hops 5 traceroute to 192 168 2 102 192 168 2 107 5 hops max 40 byte packets 1 192 168 2 108 192 168 2 108 874 ms 2 192 168 2 106 192 168 2 106 685 ms 3 192 168 2 102 192 168 2 102 1373 ms Figure 21 Trace Route The example above shows the response time from the Host to the first IP address 192 168 0 102 is 874msec the second IP address 192 168 0 106 is 685msec and the third IP address 192 168 0 106 is 1373msec Each hop is a separate trace route discovery message from the Host device to each remote IP address and therefore the response times can vary as they are dependent on network lag times throughput interference etc Each Trace Route message is broken down as follows 192 168 2 108 192 168 2 108 1 Hop number 192 168 2 108 DNS Name of the device 192 168 2 108 IP Address of the device 874 ms A roundtrip response time ping in milliseconds from the Host IP to each hop point Page 27 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 28 915U 2 Wireless I O 1 13 Network Statistics Stats Period Hourly Daily Weekl Figure 22 Network Statistics Period After enabling the Gather Statistics
93. ter location that when written to will force the Write Mapping to be sent E g External device can initiate the transmissions reg 501 3000 Note Do not use DIO s directly to force mappings DIO s are continually refreshed which will trigger the mapping to be sent If you wish to use a DIO you must map the DIO to a general I O area 10501 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 38 915U 2 Wireless I O sand then use this register to force the mapping gt Register location that indicates a failure to communicate with the configured Destination Address Note Register must be Bit register i e Digital I O or internal Bit registers 10501 501 etc also Ack must be enabled First Local Reg Starting Local address that values will be written to First Remote Reg Starting Remote address that the values will read from Reg Count Total number of register values consecutive Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Fail Reg Gather Sc Gather Scatter Write M atter Write Mappings inc l Add Entry Delete Entry J Update COS COS COS Force Fail Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote Local Remote riod Offset Delay Enabled Resets Register Register 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 ite oc 1 32 2 s s Update S Timer 0 5 RW 0 9 0 0 10001 1 30001 40001 0002 5 38001 40501 0 0 Figur
94. th the firmware files installed into the USB port underneath the Access Configuration Panel on the side of the module The module will automatically identify that a USB drive has been plugged in and will initiate the upgrade process Page 61 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless I hink ELPRO Page 62 915U 2 Wireless I O Instructions for upgrading Firmware are as follows 1 You will need valid ELPRO 915U 2 Firmware upgrade files Contact ELPRO Technologies for the latest version Files must not be renamed compressed or zipped 2 You will also need a dedicated USB Flash drive which needs to be formatted and completely free of any other file Copy the firmware files to the Flash drive making sure they are in the root of the drive and not in a sub directory 3 Before upgrading the firmware it is good practice to backup the existing configuration Go to the System Tools webpage and save the configuration by selecting Read Configuration File and when the XML file is displayed press lt CTRL gt F5 to refresh the cache and select Save As or Save Page As on the File menu to save the XML as a file 4 Toupgrade remove the Configuration Panel from the side of the module and plug the Flash drive into the USB port If the module is mounted on a DIN rail with other I O modules it will need to be removed to gain access to the side panel 5 Power cycle the module to begin the upgrade process As the
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97. ure 20 Network Diagnostics Network Diagnostics allows you to check the communications path to other modules within the system There are two options for checking the communications Ping Ping is a standard Network instruction that sends out a small data probe to the IP address configured letting you know if you have a communication path or not You will receive a response for each Ping which will show a packet size IP Address Sequence number and atime in milliseconds Followed by a summary showing the number of packets transmitted the number of packets received any lost packets and the Minimum Average and Maximum Ping times in milliseconds A Ping can be done on either the Radio Network or Ethernet Network The ping command will automatically select the correct network interface according to the address selected Remote IP Address This is the IP address that you want to Ping Count Max Hops This is the number of Ping probes that are send out You should see this many responses come back When pinging on the radio network the response time for the first ping will be longer if the device needs to establish a network route to the destination Page 26 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 27 Trace Route Because the modules use the AODV protocol which is a routing protocol capable of finding its own path through the network it can be difficult to determine the selec
98. us Server coocccccccccccnnnoccnnnnnononanonnnnnnnnnonos 57 Figure 52 Modbus Client cccccccccooocccnnnnnnnononoccnnnnnnnonos 57 Figure 53 Modbus TCP Client Mappings oooccncccoo 58 Figure 54 Module Informati0ON ccccccccnonnoncnnnnnnnnnnos 60 Page 4 915U 2 Wireless I O Figure 55 System Tools rmuunnnnnrnnnnnrnrrnnnvrnnnnnnrsrnnnvnnnnnenr 61 Figure 56 Firmware Upgrade LED Indications 62 Figure 57 Product Reconfiguration ccccccsssssseeeeees 63 Figure 58 Feature License KeyS ooocccoccccoocncnnccnoncnnononos 64 Figure 59 I O DiagnosticS ccccnnnocoooooooonnnnnnnnccncnnnanannnnss 64 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 5 Chapter 1 WIBMesh Configuration 1 1 Overview Primarily configuration is done using the MConfig Software however configurations can be made by connecting to the modules internal web pages Please Note It is recomeneded the configuration be done solely byone or the other A Try to avoid configuring modules using both config software and web pages unless absolutly necessary as some parameters of the configuration can become out of sync It is recomened that if using Web page configuration it is for minor infield changes only 1 2 Initial Connection Open your web browser Internet Explorer and enter the IP address of the module If the IP address is unknown the 915U 2 can be configu
99. us serial device i e only this module needs to have Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway enabled The example below demonstrates how a Modbus TCP Client Master can connect to one or more Modbus RTU i e serial Slaves In this example the remote 915U 2 is configured with the RS232 Modbus TCP to RTU Gateway enabled R5 232 Serial Port Confguration RS 232 Port Type Modbus TCP RTU Data Rate Data Format Flow Control R5 232 Modbus TCP I RTU Converter Pause Between Requests msec Response Timeout msec Connection Timeout sec Maximum Request Retries Maximum Connections Maximum Num Units to Poll R5 485 Serial Port Configuration R5 485 Port Type Expansion I O we Data Rate lt Data Format BN Flow Control None R5 485 Modbus TCP RTU Converter Pause Between Requests msec Response Timeout msec 0 Connection Timeout sec Maximum Request Retries Maximum Connections Maximum Num Units to Poll Save and Activate Changes Figure 42 Serial Port Configuration Once enabled the gateway converts the Modbus TCP queries received from the Master into Modbus RTU queries and forwards these over the RS232 port to the Slave Page 49 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO Page 50 915U 2 Wireless I O When the serial response to the query arrives from the Slave it is converted to a Modbus TCP response and forwarded via the network to the Modbus TCP Master If no response was rec
100. ve a configurable Sensitivity value which determines how much the register needs to change by before being sent as a Change of State COS All registers have a default sensitivity value of 1 except the following The 12 analog inputs have a sensitivity of 1000 3 2 and the 24 floating point values will have a default sensitivity of 0 5 units In the case of 38001 38004 this will be 0 5mA in the case of 38005 38012 it will be Volts and in 38013 38016 it will be Hertz The reason is so the module does not send every single bit change of an analog value and subsequently saturate the radio channel with unwanted change messages If a lower sensitivity is required then the above blocks can be adjusted and up to 48 more Sensitivity Blocks can be configured for different registers or different values They are configured as per the table below Sensitivity Blocks First Register This is the starting register Indicates the number of registers in the sensitivity block This is the number of counts the value needs to change by to force Value a COS e g a value of 1000 would be a change of 1000 counts in the total range 32768 which would represent about 3 Save Changes and Save changes to non volatile memory and restarting the function Activate to load new configuration Page 20 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless frhink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 21 I O Mapping Global Configuration WIBMesh is
101. volatile memory and restarting the function to Activate load new configuration Page 42 Web Page Configuration Supplement Change of State COS Delay sec Change of State COS Enabled COS Resets Update Timer Think Wireless I hink ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 43 V1 Incoming Mappings When configuring Version 1 mappings from 905U 1 2 3 4 K modules to Gateway and now 915U 2 modules the configuration software required that the destination be reprogrammed so the new mapping can take effect This is because the Legacy protocol was unable to address locations above 16 0 15 What would happen is the Software would configure an incoming mapping at the destination that would match the Legacy address to the actual address in the Gateway These mappings were normally hidden and the reason the Gateway needed to be reprogrammed after setting up the mapping The Configuration software still adds these mappings behind the scenes but when configuring via the web interface they will need to be added manually V1 Incoming Map save and Activate Changes Figure 37 V1 Incoming Mapping The above Version 1 incoming mappings configured at Unit address 1 are explained below 1 Shows a mapping from remote address 7 905U 1 going to address 1 Itself The V1 Legacy address is O which will be Digital Output 1 or Analog output 1 depending on what model the source is In this case it is a 905U 1 so when Unit 1 receive a m
102. w the I O Configuration screen From here you can configure up to 200 x Read mappings 200 x Write mappings and 200 x Gather Scatter mappings as well as configure any Sensitivity Blocks Write Mappings Writing Local I O to remote 1 0 Block Write Mappings Destination IP Ack Invert Update Update COS COs COS Force Fail First First Register Period s Offset s Delay s Enabled Resets Register Register Local Remote Count Update Register Register Timer 192 168 2 25 30001 40007 Figure 11 Write Mappings Add or delete mapping by using the buttons then select Save and Activate Changes Block Write Mapping This is the IP address that you wish to write the I O to If mapping 915U 2 I O to another 915U 2 I O via radio the destination IP address Destination IP must be the radio IP address If mapping via Ethernet port or WAN then the destination IP Address will be the Ethernet IP of the destination Selecting this box means the mapping will be acknowledged when the end device receives the message This is an end to end acknowledgement and is over and above the normal hop by hop frame acknowledgment between links This will allow the mapping to be inverted E g if the digital input is on and inverted then the output will be off and visa versa Applies to all of the I O in the mapping and can only be used with Words and Bits No Floating Point or Long values can be inverted Page 16 Web Page Configuration Supplemen
103. work Configuration page allows configuration of parameters related to the wired and wireless Ethernet interfaces In general IP address selection will be dependent upon the connected wired Ethernet device s before connecting to an existing LAN consult the network administrator Note If configuring a system of 915U 2 radios and the Ethernet IP address of each of H the 915U 2 modules is configured with the same IP Address and if using a common PC to perform all configurations there can be some issues with web pages not reading correctly It if far better to assign separate IP addresses to each module Page 6 Web Page Configuration Supplement Think Wireless Think ELPRO 915U 2 Wireless I O Page 7 Device Mode Default Gateway 19216801 Ethernet Interface Enabled v MAC Address 00 12 AF 00 3e 80 Obtain IP Address Automatically IP Address 92 168 0 197 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Radio Interface Enabled IP Address IP Subnet Mask 255 255 755 0 Enable Statistics Gathering d Save Changes Save Changes and Reset Figure 2 Network Configuration Screen This is because Web Browsers associate web pages with an Ethernet IP address they also cache web pages to speed up the loading process This means that if a browser connects to a previously loaded IP address it may sometimes load the web page from the cache and not from the live device To overcome this all modules must be configured w

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