DEUTSCHMANN AUTOMATION UNIGATE IC - LONWorks User manual

Instruction Manual
Universal Fieldbus-Gateway
UNIGATE®IC - LONWorks (62)
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Manual Art-No. V3496E

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1General introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2The UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1 Technical introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2 Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.3 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.4 The serial standard interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.5 The synchronous interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.6 The Debug-interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7 UNIGATE®IC hardware survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3Hardware design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.1 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.1 -Boot enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.2 Load out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.3 Data out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.4 Data In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.5 Load In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.6 Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.7 -Reset In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.8 Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.9 LED - LN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.2.10 -Config Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2.11 DbgTX, DbgRx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2.12 TE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.2.13 TX, RX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.3 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.4 Basic line of proceeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5 Connection examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.6 Layout examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.7 Handling (mounting the UNIGATE®IC on the carrier board) . . . . . . 21
4The serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.2 Initialization of the serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.3 Use of the serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4 Further operation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5Synchronous interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.1 Overview of the synchronous serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.2 Script-example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6The Debug-interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.1 Overview of the Debug-interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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6.2 Starting in the Debug-mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.3 Communication parameter for the Debug-interface . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.4 Possibilities with the Debug-interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
6.5 Commands of the Debug-interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
7Script and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.2 The configuration mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.3 Update the script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.4 Configuration of the UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7.4.1 LONWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
7.4.2 RS232/RS485/RS422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8Generating a script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.1 What is a script? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.2 Memory efficiency of the programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.3 What can you do with a script device? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.4 Independence of buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.5 Further settings at the gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.6 The use of the Protocol Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.7 Accuracies of the baud rates at UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.8 Script processing times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9LONWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.1 General facts on UNIGATE®LONWorks – RS232/RS485 . . . . . . . 31
9.2 Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.3 Network variables (NVTs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.3.1 Implementing the network variables into the UNIGATE®-LONWorks . 32
9.3.2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.3.3 Technical data (characteristics) for LONWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.4 Script examples for the initialization of LONWorks . . . . . . . . . . 34
9.5 LON-specific parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
10 Error handling at UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
11 Firmware-update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.2 Adjusting the firmware-update-mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.2.1 Adjustment by hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.2.2 Adjustment by software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.3 Execution of the firmware-update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.4 Note on safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
11.5 Operation mode of the IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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12 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
12.1 Mechanics of the UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
12.1.1 General dimensions of UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
12.1.2 Dimensions UNIGATE®IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
12.2 Technical data UNIGATE®IC-LONWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
13 Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.1 Adapter RS232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.2 Adapter RS485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.3 FirmwareDownloadTool (FDT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.4 Protocol Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.5 Developerkit UNIGATE®IC-AB IC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.5.1 Developerboard UNIGATE®IC-AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13.5.2 Quick start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
14 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
14.1 Explanations of the abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
15 Servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
15.1 Returning a device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
15.2 Downloading PC software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Disclaimer of liability
We have checked the contents of the document for conformity with the hardware and software
described. Nevertheless, we are unable to preclude the possibility of deviations so that we are
unable to assume warranty for full compliance. The information given in the publication is,
however, reviewed regularly. Necessary amendments are incorporated in the following editions.
We would be pleased to receive any improvement proposals which you may have.
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1 General introduction
In the past the integration of a fieldbus connection required an enormous effort from the progress
engineers. On account of the large variety of communication systems it is not enough to compile
the right combination of communication hardware; due to their standards and fundamentals dif-
ferent busses also require the corresponding skills of the engineers.
This does not apply in case of the UNIGATE®IC by Deutschmann Automation any more. All dig-
ital functions, software, stack and driver as well as optocoupler are integrated on a UNIGATE®IC
in correspondence with the standard. In addition to the reduction of the required size, also differ-
ent fieldbusses can easily be integrated.
Through the flexible firmware of UNIGATE®IC no software-changes are required on the
side of the customer!
Since 1997 Deutschmann Automation has experience in the field of fieldbus gateways; this
enormous experience results in the UNIGATE®IC as a consistent sequel of this successful
product line.
Terminology
In the entire document and in all parts of the software that is to be used, the terms Input and Out-
put are used. Input and Output are ambiguous, always depending on the viewpoint. We see the
fieldbus as central interface and as integral component of your device; therefore in all places it is
always referred to data from the viewpoint of the Slave, that is Input data, as data from the Mas-
ter to the Slave - regardless of the used bus.
Representation of numbers
Numbers in decimal format are always represented without prefix and without suffix as well.
Hexadecimal numbers are always marked with the prefix 0x.

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2 The UNIGATE®IC
2.1 Technical introduction
The UNIGATE®IC by Deutschmann Automation contains all components that are required for
the communication in a fieldbus in one single module. Therefore a developer does not have to
take care for that detail any more, only a hardware redesign is necessary in order to integrate the
UNIGATE®IC and the required plug connectors.
2.2 Availability
The module is available with a FTT-10A interface. Further fieldbuses are either planned or being
worked on. They will only differ in the connections of the busses. The meaning of the general
pins 1 - 9 as well as 24 and 26 - 32 will remain unchanged also for further fieldbus implementa-
tions.
You can find an up-to-date list for all UNIGATE®ICs under:
http://www.deutschmann.de.
2.3 Firmware
UNIGATE®IC is programmed via scripts. On principle any script, that has been developed for a
UNIGATE®IC, can also be operated on the UNIGATE®IC.
2.4 The serial standard interface
Intelligent devices, that already feature a micro controller or a microprocessor, are generally sup-
plied with a serial asynchronous interface with a TTL-level. It is directly connected with the TTL-
interface of the UNIGATE®IC. For more information on this serial interface see chapter 4 on
page 22.
2.5 The synchronous interface
In addition to the standard interface there is also the possibility of the synchronous input and
output. That way for instance digital IOs can be connected through shift register components or
also analog IOs can be connected through a DA-converter with serial in-/output. For
synchronous IOs 256 signals at the most can be used (256 bit). Wiring examples can be found in
chapter Kapitel 3.5 and software examples in chapter 5.2. It is also possible to build, for instance
digital or analogous I/O-modules, with the customer’s device not being equipped with an own
controller. The fieldbus IC is also operable autonomously without that controller.
2.6 The Debug-interface
The UNIGATE®IC features a Debug-interface, which allows to process a script step by step and
also to monitor or manipulate data. This is indispensable for the development of a script. Usually
a script is developed with the software Protocol Developer. For more details take a look at the
instruction manual Protocol Developer.
All interfaces can independently be used at the same time.

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2.7 UNIGATE®IC hardware survey
The hardware of the UNIGATE®IC consists of some few standard components. The picture
below shows the functional structure of the IC.

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3 Hardware design
This chapter gives basic advise, that is required in order to load UNIGATE®IC into your own
hardware designs. In the following all ports of UNIGATE®IC are described in detail.
3.1 Ports
UNIGATE®IC features 32 pins in its layout as a DIL 32 component. Pin 10 -12 and 21 - 23 as
well are not wired due to the electrical isolation. The exact mechanical dimensions can taken
from chapter 12.
In the layout boreholes for ALL 32 pins have to be planned.
3.2 Pinout
Pin Technical
specifications
Name Description Remark
15V ± 5%, 
max. 75 mA DC
Vcc + 5 V voltage supply
2INLogic -BE boot enable
3OUTDriver Load out strobe signal for synchronous, serial
interface
4OUTDriver Data out output data for synchronous, serial
interface
5INLogic Data in input data of the synchronous, serial
interface
internally pulled up with 10 k
6OUTLogic Load in input data of the synchronous, serial
interface; alternatively strobe signal
of the output data
7OUTDriver Clock clock pulse signal for synchronous,
serial interface
8INReset -Reset in’) reset-input of the IC
9connected to pin 1 Vcc + 5 V voltage supply
10-12 nc nc no pin
13 nc nc
14 standard LON_A LONWorks
15 standard LON_B LONWorks
16 ground
17 IN/OUT service service pin key
18-20 nc nc
21-23 nc nc no pin
24 connected to pin 32 GND ground supply voltage of the IC
25 *) OUT LED-LON bus state
26 INLogic -Config Mode signal to start the configuration
mode
internally pulled up with 10 k
27 OUTLogic DbgTX serial Debug TX
28 INLogic DbgRX serial Debug RX internally pulled up with 10 k
29 INLogic RX serial data RX internally pulled up with 10 k
30 OUTLogic TX serial data TX
31 OUTLogic TE transmit enable
32* GND GND ground supply voltage of the IC
*) A-gn = Anode of green LED

VIL VIH VOL VOH
INReset < 0.3V / 5mA > 1.95V / 10µA OUTLogic < 0.6V / 1mA > 3.8V / 0.1mA
INLogic < 0.8V / 0.5mA > 1.95V / 10µA OUTDriver < 0.33V / 4mA > 3.8V / 4mA
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3.2.1 -Boot enable
The IC is started in the firmware update mode with the level GND during the power up process.
See also chapter 11.
3.2.2 Load out
Strobe signal for the synchronous serial interface. With the positive edge at this output data is
taken from the connected shift registers to the physical outputs.
3.2.3 Data out
On this line data is output on the synchronous serial interface. The most significant bit of the data
is output first.
3.2.4 Data In
Data is read in on the synchronous serial interface via this signal. The most significant bit of the
data is expected first.
3.2.5 Load In
This pin is the strobe signal for the input data of the synchronous serial interface.
3.2.6 Clock
This signal is the clock line for the synchronous serial interface. That signal is equally valid for
data input and data output.
3.2.7 -Reset In
•A reset generator (Max 809) is on board; with it in the normal case the reset input is not requi-
red. In this case the reset input has to be connected with VCC, in order to avoid interferences
(see chapter 3.6).
•If the the customer’s application has to initiate a reset of the UNIGATE®IC, then the reset input
can also be connected with a reset output of the customer’s application instead of connecting it
with VCC. Here all specifications of the reset signal, mentioned in chapter 3.2 have to be kept.
The reset-impulse is supposed to last at least 10 ms.
3.2.8 Service
A key to GND is to be connected to that wire. When pushing that button the IC is sending a ser-
vice oin message to the LON network. With it the IC can be logged on to the network. You can
also connect a LED to that pin 17. Pin 17 to the cathode, anode through 1.5 kOhm to +5V. (see
chapter 3.6)
•LED on: The node has no valid application code.
•blinks: Blinks at 1/2 Hz rate: The node has application code but no network configuration
information.
•No lit: The node has both application code and network configuration inormation.
3.2.9 LED - LN
Flashes when the service button is bein pushed or in case of a WInk command. It shines when a
data exchange via the LON network to the IC has taken place.
-> This LED can not be used in case of RS485-operation.

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3.2.10 -Config Mode
If the pin has the level GND, then the IC starts in the configuration mode.
3.2.11 DbgTX, DbgRx
They are transmission line and receive line as well of the IC’s Debug-interface. For the function
description of the Debug-interface see chapter 6.
3.2.12 TE
The transmit enable signal allows the connection of RS485 drivers to the IC’s serial interface.
The signal is set to 5V whenever the IC sends via the line TX.
3.2.13 TX, RX
Transmission and receive line of the serial interface. This interface is programmable in accor-
dance with the description in chapter 4 on page 22.

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3.3 Software
The software executes script-commands, which in turn control the IC’s hardware and they pro-
cess their complete protocol by software. The script itself can be generated by the company
Deutschmann Automation or with the software Protocol Developer by yourself. For a detailed
description of the script.commands of the Protocol Developer see the instruction manual Proto-
col Developer and the online documentation concerning script-commands.
3.4 Basic line of proceeding
In theory it is enough to replace the RS232-driver that is included in your application by the
UNIGATE®IC.
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Customer
Processor
U
A
R
T
Max 232
9-pol DSUB
RS232
Your device, which on the whole is supposed to be assembled as shown above, will now be mod-
ified in a way that the LON Bus is available at the 9-pol. socket. However, a hardware redesign is
necessary in order to keep the assignment in standard form.
Customer
Processor
U
A
R
T
U
A
R
T
UNIGATE®-IC
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9-pol-DSUB
After the RS232-driver has been replaced by the UNIGATE®IC, the PROFIBUS is available at
the 9-pol. D-sub-socket.
Deutschmann Automation is also offering an appropriate adapter board. With it existing devices
can be adapted without re-design; see chapter 13 on page 41.

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3.5 Connection examples
Here you will find some advise that offers help for a re-design. In the following several versions
are listed, that should make it easier for you to decide.
Version 1: Use as a pure link module for the bus
The UNIGATE®IC independently processes the communication with the customer’s device via
the TTL-interface.
Version 2: Use of UNIGATE®IC for digital or analog I/O-modules
Here only the synchronous serial interface is used, the asynchronous serial interface is basically
of no account. If you want to program the script in your completed application, then the use of a
connector for the asynchronous interface is recommended. With it you can carry out the ISP-pro-
gramming.
For this operating mode no additional controller is required on your application!

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The following circuit diagram is an example for how shift register components can be connected
to the IC.
Version 3: Example for digital I/Os
The serial synchronous and the asynchronous interface as well can be operated by UNIGATE®
IC at the same time. Here the possibility results that an existing application can be extended by
additional digital or analog I/Os.
In chapter 5.2 you find an example for a script, that operates these I/Os.
Valid for all versions: A planed plug connection of the serial interface in the application offers the
possibility of an update of the firmware or the software via an external connection.

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3.6 Layout examples

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The 74HCT595 used in this example has an undefined on-position, but
therefor can set the outputs to the tri-state condition via the OutEnable-
Pin 13. If it is more important to have a defined on-position in an applica-
tion, and the OutEnable-pin is not necessary, the 74HCT594 can be used
here.