Comtrol RocketLinx ES8520-XT User manual

QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE
2000620 Rev A | Release Date - June 2016

INTRODUCTION
The RocketLinx ES8520-XT is a 20 port managed industrial switch that
provides:
• Sixteen 10/100BASE-TX ports
• Four Gigabit RJ45/SFP combo ports. The SFP ports support 100BASE-FX
and Gigabit ber.
The ES8520-XT provides features needed for network control in an industrial
network environment. See the Comtrol website for detailed product
specicaons and the product warranty.
INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
You can use the following overview to install the ES8520-XT. If you need more
detailed informaon, you can refer to the RocketLinx ES8520-XT User Guide
on the download site, which contains detailed installaon and conguraon
informaon.
Connecng the Power
The ES8520-XT provides redundant power inputs (PW 1/2), which supports
reverse polarity protecon, and accepts a posive or negave power source.
However, PW1 and PW2 must apply to the same mode.
Note: Power should be disconnected from the power supply before connecng it to
the switch. Otherwise, your screwdriver blade can inadvertently short your terminal
connecons to the grounded enclosure.
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1. Insert the posive and negave wires
into the PW+ and PW- contacts. You
can connect a single power supply or
both power supplies depending on your
requirements.

2. Tighten the wire-clamp screws to prevent the wires from coming loose.
3. Connect an appropriate ground wire between the chassis ground screw
and earth ground to ensure that the ES8520-XT is not damaged by
noise or electrical shock.
a. Loosen the chassis ground screw on the boom of the unit.
b. Tighten the screw aer the ground wire is connected.
Wiring the Relay Output (DO)
The relay output alarm contacts are on the terminal block connector on the
boom of the ES8520-XT.
The relay contact supports up to 1A at 24VDC.
The relay output (DO) is controlled by the pre-dened operang rules. To
acvate relay output funcon, refer to the RocketLinx ES8520-XT User Guide.
Wiring the Digital Input (DI)
The Digital Input (DI) contacts are on the terminal block connector on the
boom of the ES8520-XT. The contacts accept one external DC type signal
input and can be congured to send alert message through Ethernet when
the signal is changed.
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Trigger
Switch 24VDC
Buzzer/
PLC Input
1.0A
Power
24VDC
+-+-
DI DO
Digital Input
1 = High Output: 11-30VDC
0 = Low Output: 0-10VDC

The DI accepts DC type signal and supports isolated input circuit with digital
high level input 11VDC to 30VDC and digital low level input 0VDC to 10VDC. .
Make sure that you remove the ground screw before
insulaon/Hi-pot tesng.
Mounng the ES8520-XT
You can mount the ES8520-XT to a DIN rail.
1. Insert the upper end of DIN rail clip into the back of DIN rail track from
its upper side.
2. Lightly push the boom of DIN rail clip into the track.
3. Verify that the DIN rail clip is ghtly aached on the track.
Connecng the Ethernet Ports
The ES8520-XT provides (Ports 1-16 ) Fast Ethernet 10/100BASE-TX ports
and RJ45/SFP combo Gigabit ports (Ports 17-20). The Gigabit Ethernet ports
support 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T. The SFP ports support
100BASE-FX and Gigabit ber. When an SFP port is acve and installed on a
combo port, the corresponding RJ45 port is deacvated.
All of the ports automacally detect the signal from the connected devices
to negoate the link speed and duplex mode. Auto MDI/MDIX allows you
to connect another switch, hub, or workstaon without changing straight-
through or crossover cables.
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Connect one side of an Ethernet cable into any switch port and connect the
other side to your aached device. The LINK/ACT LED is lit when the cable is
correctly connected. Always make sure that the cables between the switches
and aached devices (for example, switch, hub, or workstaon) are less than
100 meters (328 feet).
The wiring cable types are as follows:
• 1000BASE-TX: Cat5c/6 cable
• 10/100BASE-TX: Cat5
Connecng the SFP Transceivers
You can oponally connect SFP transceivers. Comtrol recommends using
Comtrol-approved SFP mini GBIC transceivers. The SFP ports also provide
Digital Diagnosc Monitoring, which can assist you in monitoring the quality
of the opcal signal, and diagnose the transmission. This funcon is only
available for Comtrol cered DDM SFP transceivers, and does not support
third party transceivers. Cross-connect
the transmit channel at each end to the
receive channel at the opposite end as
illustrated in the gure.
1000BASE-TX
BA
TX
RX
TX
RX

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LED INDICATORS
You can also view the LEDs for the ES8520-XT through the web interface
using the Device Front Panel page.
LEDs LED On LED Blinking LED O
Power 1
Power 2
Power On No Power
Sys (System) System Operaonal System is uploading
rmware or the system is
reboong
System not ready
Do (Digital
Output)
DO acvated DO not acvated
DI (Digital
Input)
DI acvated DI not acvated
Ring (Ring
Master)
Green: Working as a
ring master
Amber: Ring abnormal
Green: Ring with wrong
port
Amber: Device’s ring port
failed
Ring funcon not
enabled
PROGRAMMING THE IP ADDRESS
Congure the IP address using one of the following methods:
• PortVision DX automacally detects Comtrol Ethernet aached products
physically aached to the local network segment so that you can
congure the network address, upload rmware, and manage.
LEDs LED On LED Blinking
Link/
Act
Indicates the trac
and link status
On: Port is linked to another device.
Blinking: The trac is acve
O: Port not connected
Speed Indicates the copper
port link speed
On: Port link is 1000Mbps
O: Port link is 100Mbps or 10 Mbps
1000 SFP transceiver
speed indicator
On: The SFP is 1000 Mbps
O: Port link is 100Mbps or 10 Mbps
Link/Act
1000
Link/Act
Speed

• In addion to idenfying Comtrol Ethernet aached products, you can
use PortVision DX to display any third-party switch and hardware that
may be connected directly to those devices. All non-Comtrol products
and unmanaged RocketLinx devices are treated as non-intelligent
devices and have limited feature support. For example, you cannot
congure or update rmware on a third-party switch.
• PortVision DX can be downloaded from hp://downloads.comtrol.com/
rocketlinx/portvision_dx
• Web browser
• Telnet
• Command line interface (CLI) using the RS-232 console cable
The easiest way to congure a stac IP address for your network in the
ES8520-XT is to use a Windows host and PortVision DX (see below). For
informaon about using other conguraon methods, refer to the RocketLinx
ES8520-XT User Guide.
The following procedure uses PortVision DX to program network sengs.
1. Install PortVision DX on a host system with a Windows operang system.
If you need assistance installing PortVision DX, see the RocketLinx
ES8520-XT User Guide.
2. Start PortVision DX. PortVision DX can be started from Start --> All
Programs --> Comtrol --> PortVision DX.
3. Click the Scan buon.
4. Select the Comtrol product families that you want to locate and click the
Scan buon.
5. Right-click the ES8520-XT in the Device List pane (lower) that you want
to congure and click Properes.
6. Enter a user-friendly Device Name, which displays a friendly device
name in the Device List pane on the main page.
7. Oponally, enter the ES8520-XT serial number.
8. Select DHCP IP or Stac IP for the IP Mode.
• If you select DHCP IP, go to Step 9.
• If you select Stac IP, enter an IP address, Subnet Mask, and
Default Gateway value for your network.
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9. Oponally, select the appropriate Network Topology, which is an
informaonal eld.
10. Click the Apply Changes buon.
11. Click Close to return to the main screen.
You are now ready to congure the ES8520-XT features.
FEATURE CONFIGURATION
The ES8520-XT provides both in-band and out-band conguraon methods:
Out-band management means that you congure the ES8520-XT using the
RS-232 console cable and the Command Line Interface (CLI) to access the
ES8520-XT without aaching an admin PC to the network. You can also use
out-band management, if you lose the network connecon to the ES8520-XT.
In-band management means that you connect remotely using the ES8520-
XT IP address through the network. You can remotely connect with the web
interface or a Telnet console and the CLI.
The following procedure uses a web browser to congure ES8520-XT
features. Refer to the User Guide for other conguraon methods or
conguring features.
1. Open a web browser and enter the IP address of the ES8520-XT.
2. Enter admin for both the user name and the password when prompted.
3. Use the web interface to congure your device as needed for your
network.
COMTROL CUSTOMER SERVICE
You can use one of the following methods to contact Comtrol.
Contact Method Web Address or Phone Number
Support hp://www.comtrol.com/support
Downloads hp://downloads.comtrol.com
Website hp://www.comtrol.com
Phone [phone]
Warranty hp://downloads.comtrol.com/html/warranty.htm
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