LAARS’ ProtoNode Startup Guide
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1Introduction................................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1 ProtoNode Gateway ...................................................................................................................................7
2BACnet/LonWorks Setup for ProtoCessor ProtoNode FPC-N34/FPC-N35...................................... 8
2.1 Record Identification Data .........................................................................................................................8
2.2 Configuring Device Communications .......................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Set Modbus COM setting on all of the devices connected to the ProtoNode ..............................8
2.2.2 Set Modbus RTU Node-ID for each of the devices attached to the ProtoNode ..........................8
2.3 BMS Network Settings: Selecting Stored Configurations, Setting the Mac Address, Device
Instance, and Baud Rate .......................................................................................................................................9
2.3.1 Selecting Configuration Files for Devices: “S” bank DIP Switches S0 –S3.................................9
2.3.1.1 BACnet MS/TP and BACnet IP DIP Switch Settings ..............................................................9
2.3.1.2 LonWorks DIP Switch Settings.................................................................................................10
2.3.2 BACnet MS/TP (FPC-N34): Setting the MAC Address for BMS Network ..................................11
2.3.3 BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP (FPC-N34): Setting the Device Instance ..................................12
2.3.3.1 BACnet MS/TP or BACnet/IP: Assigning Specific Device Instances ................................12
2.3.4 Metasys N2 or Modbus TCP/IP (FPC-N34): Setting the Node-ID ...............................................12
2.3.5 BACnet MS/TP (FPC-N34): Setting the Serial Baud Rate for BMS Network.............................13
2.3.5.1 Baud Rate DIP Switch Selection..............................................................................................13
3Interfacing ProtoNode to Devices......................................................................................................... 14
3.1 ProtoNode FPC-N34 and FPC-N35 Showing Connection Ports .......................................................14
3.2 Device Connections to ProtoNode .........................................................................................................15
3.2.1 Sola wiring to the ProtoNode using Display ....................................................................................16
3.2.2 Biasing the Modbus RS-485 Device Network.................................................................................17
3.2.3 End of Line Termination Switch for the Modbus RS-485 Device Network .................................18
3.3 BACnet MS/TP or Metasys N2 (FPC-N34): Wiring Field Port to BMS Network ..............................19
3.4 LonWorks (FPC-N35): Wiring Field Port to LonWorks Network ........................................................19
3.5 Power-Up ProtoNode ...............................................................................................................................20
4BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP/IP: Change the Protonode IP Address.............................................. 21
4.1 Connect the PC to ProtoNode via the Ethernet Port ...........................................................................21
4.2 BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP/IP: Setting IP Address for Field Network............................................22
5BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP: Setting Node_Offset to Assign Specific Device Instances ..... 24
6LonWorks (FPC-N35): Commissioning ProtoNode on a lonworks Network ................................. 25
6.1 Commissioning ProtoNode FPC-N35 on a LonWorks Network.........................................................25
6.1.1 Instructions to Download XIF File from ProtoNode FPC-N35 Using Browser ...........................25
7CAS BACnet Explorer for Validating ProtoNode in the Field........................................................... 27
7.1 Downloading the CAS Explorer and Requesting an Activation Key..................................................27
7.2 CAS BACnet Setup...................................................................................................................................28
7.2.1 CAS BACnet MS/TP Setup................................................................................................................28
7.2.2 CAS BACnet BACnet/IP Setup .........................................................................................................28
Appendix A. Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 29
Appendix A.1. Viewing Diagnostic information.................................................................................................29
Appendix A.2. Check Wiring and Settings ........................................................................................................30
Appendix A.3. Take Diagnostic Capture With the FieldServer Utilities.........................................................30
Appendix A.4. BACnet: Setting Network_Number for more than one ProtoNode on Subnet ...................33
Appendix A.5. LED Diagnostics for Modbus RTU Communications Between ProtoNode and Devices .34
Appendix B. Additional Features.................................................................................................................. 35
Appendix B.1. DIP switch settings to support 1 through 8 Sola to Metasys N2 and Modbus TCP/IP .....35
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