LOYTEC L-Proxy User manual

L-Proxy
CEA-709 Gateway
User Manual
LOYTEC electronics GmbH

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Version 3.1
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Contents
1Introduction ................................................................................................11
1.1 Overview ............................................................................................................11
1.2 Scope...................................................................................................................12
2Quick-Start Guide ......................................................................................13
2.1 Hardware Installation.......................................................................................13
2.2 Configuration with LNS-based Tools.............................................................. 13
3Hardware Installation................................................................................17
3.1 Enclosure ...........................................................................................................17
3.1.1 LP-33E100...............................................................................................17
3.2 Product Label ....................................................................................................18
3.3 Mounting............................................................................................................18
3.4 LED signals........................................................................................................18
3.4.1 Power LED ..............................................................................................18
3.4.2 Status LED...............................................................................................18
3.4.3 FT Activity LED......................................................................................19
3.4.4 Ethernet Link LED...................................................................................19
3.4.5 Ethernet Activity LED ............................................................................. 19
3.4.6 CNIP LED ...............................................................................................19
3.4.7 Config LED .............................................................................................20
3.4.8 Wink Action.............................................................................................20
3.5 Status Button .....................................................................................................20
3.6 DIP Switch Settings...........................................................................................20
3.7 Terminal Layout and Power Supply ...............................................................20
3.8 Wiring ................................................................................................................21
4Console Interface........................................................................................22
4.1 Console Connection...........................................................................................22
4.2 Self Test..............................................................................................................22
4.3 L-Proxy Device Main Menu .............................................................................23
4.3.1 Option 1 – Show device information.......................................................23
4.3.2 Option 2 – Serial firmware upgrade.........................................................24
4.3.3 Option 3 – System configuration .............................................................24
4.3.4 Option 4 – CEA-709 configuration .........................................................24
4.3.5 Option 5 – IP configuration .....................................................................24
4.3.6 Option 6 – CEA-852 Device Configuration ............................................24
4.3.7 Option 8 – Reset configuration (factory defaults) ...................................24

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4.3.8 Option 9 – Device statistics..................................................................... 24
4.3.9 Option 0 – Reset Device.......................................................................... 25
4.3.10 Option a – Data Points ............................................................................ 25
4.4 System Configuration Menu............................................................................ 25
4.4.1 Option 1 – Configure Date/Time............................................................. 25
4.4.2 Option 2 – Configure Earth Position....................................................... 26
4.4.3 Option 7 – FTP server, 8 – FTP server port ............................................ 26
4.4.4 Option 9 – Web server, 0 – Web server port........................................... 26
4.4.5 Option a – Telnet server, b – Telnet server port...................................... 26
4.5 CEA-709 Configuration Menu ........................................................................ 26
4.6 IP Configuration Menu.................................................................................... 27
4.6.1 Option 1 – DHCP .................................................................................... 27
4.6.2 Option 2 – IP Address, 3 – IP Netmask, 4 – IP Gateway........................ 28
Option 5 – Hostname, 6 – Domainname ............................................................ 28
4.6.3 Option 7 – DNS Servers.......................................................................... 28
4.6.4 Option 9 – MAC Address........................................................................ 28
4.6.5 Option 0 – NTP Servers .......................................................................... 28
4.6.6 Option b – Link Speed & Duplex............................................................ 28
4.7 CEA-852 Device Configuration Menu............................................................ 29
4.7.1 Option 2 – Config server address, 3 – Config server port....................... 29
4.7.2 Option 4 – Config client port .................................................................. 29
4.7.3 Option 5 – Device name.......................................................................... 29
4.7.4 Channel Mode ......................................................................................... 30
4.7.5 SNTP server, channel timeout................................................................. 30
4.7.6 Option 6 – Escrow timeout...................................................................... 30
4.7.7 Option 7 – Aggregation Timeout ............................................................ 30
4.7.8 Option 8 – MD5 authentication............................................................... 30
4.7.9 Option 9 – MD5 secret ............................................................................ 30
4.7.10 Option 0 – Location string ...................................................................... 30
4.7.11 Option a – NAT Address......................................................................... 30
4.7.12 Option b – Multicast Address.................................................................. 31
4.8 Reset configuration (load factory defaults) .................................................... 31
4.8.1 Option 1 – Reset everything to factory defaults...................................... 31
4.8.2 Option 3 – Reset all passwords ............................................................... 31
4.8.3 Option 4 – Clear data point configuration............................................... 31
4.9 Device Statistics Menu...................................................................................... 32
4.9.1 Option 1 – CEA-852 device statistics ..................................................... 32
4.9.2 Option 2 – CEA-709 Application Statistics ............................................ 33
4.9.3 Option 4 – IP statistics ............................................................................ 34

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4.9.4 Option 6 – Enhanced Communications Test............................................36
4.10 Data Point Menu ...............................................................................................36
4.10.1 Option 1 – List Data Points......................................................................37
4.10.2 Option 2 – Get Value............................................................................... 37
4.10.3 Option 3 – Set Value................................................................................ 37
5Web Interface .............................................................................................38
5.1 Device Information and Account Management .............................................38
5.2 Device Configuration ........................................................................................40
5.2.1 System Configuration ..............................................................................40
5.2.2 IP Configuration ......................................................................................41
5.2.3 Backup and Restore .................................................................................43
5.2.4 CEA-709 Configuration...........................................................................43
5.2.5 CEA-852 Device Configuration ..............................................................44
5.2.6 Data Points...............................................................................................45
5.3 Device Statistics ................................................................................................. 47
5.3.1 IP Statistics ..............................................................................................47
5.3.2 CEA-852 Statistics...................................................................................48
5.3.3 Enhanced Communications Test.............................................................. 49
5.3.4 CEA-709 Statistics...................................................................................50
5.3.5 System Log ..............................................................................................50
5.4 Reset, Contact, Logout .....................................................................................51
6Concepts ......................................................................................................52
6.1 What is a Proxy? ...............................................................................................52
6.1.1 Update-Update Use Case .........................................................................53
6.1.2 Poll-Poll Use Case ...................................................................................53
6.1.3 Update-Poll Use Case ..............................................................................53
6.1.4 Poll-Update Use Case (Active Poll) ........................................................53
6.1.5 Use Case Combinations ...........................................................................54
6.1.6 Poll Cache................................................................................................55
6.1.7 SNVT Conversion ...................................................................................56
6.2 Network Interfaces on the L-Proxy.................................................................57
6.3 Data Points.........................................................................................................58
6.3.1 Overview..................................................................................................58
6.3.2 Timing Parameters................................................................................... 59
6.3.3 Default Values .........................................................................................59
6.3.4 Persistency ...............................................................................................59
6.3.5 Behavior on Value Changes ....................................................................60
6.3.6 Custom Scaling ........................................................................................ 60
6.4 Connections .......................................................................................................61

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6.5 CEA-709 Technology........................................................................................ 61
6.5.1 CEA-709 Data Points .............................................................................. 61
6.5.2 Static Interface Changes.......................................................................... 62
6.5.3 Connections............................................................................................. 63
7The L-Proxy Configurator ........................................................................ 64
7.1 Installation......................................................................................................... 64
7.1.1 Software Installation ............................................................................... 64
7.1.2 Registration as a Plug-In ......................................................................... 64
7.1.3 Operating Modes ..................................................................................... 66
7.1.4 Language Selection ................................................................................. 66
7.2 Data Point Manager ......................................................................................... 66
7.2.1 Folder List ............................................................................................... 67
7.2.2 Data Point List......................................................................................... 68
7.2.3 Property View ......................................................................................... 68
7.2.4 CEA-709 Properties ................................................................................ 70
7.3 Project Settings ................................................................................................. 71
7.3.1 General .................................................................................................... 71
7.3.2 Data Point Naming Rules........................................................................ 71
7.3.3 CEA-709 Settings.................................................................................... 72
7.4 Workflows for the L-Proxy.............................................................................. 73
7.4.1 Involved Configuration Files .................................................................. 73
7.4.2 Configure with LNS and Dynamic NVs ................................................. 73
7.4.3 Configure with LNS and Static NVs....................................................... 75
7.4.4 Configure without LNS using Static NVs............................................... 77
7.4.5 Change an Existing Configuration with LNS.......................................... 78
7.4.6 Change an Existing Configuration without LNS..................................... 79
7.4.7 Replace an L-Proxy................................................................................. 80
7.5 Adding L-Proxy ................................................................................................ 81
7.6 Creating Functional Blocks/Virtual Interfaces.............................................. 86
7.7 Dynamic Network Variables............................................................................ 88
7.7.1 Creating a Dynamic Network Variable ................................................... 89
7.8 Replace an L-Proxy .......................................................................................... 94
7.9 Using the L-Proxy Configurator ................................................................... 100
7.9.1 Starting as an LNS Plug-In.................................................................... 100
7.9.2 Starting Stand-Alone ............................................................................. 100
7.9.3 Uploading the Configuration................................................................. 101
7.9.4 Scanning for Network Variables ........................................................... 102
7.9.5 Importing Network Variables................................................................ 103
7.9.6 Scanning NVs Online From the Network ............................................. 104

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7.9.7 Select and Use Network Variables ........................................................106
7.9.8 Change the NV Allocation.....................................................................106
7.9.9 Create Static NVs...................................................................................107
7.9.10 Create External NVs ..............................................................................108
7.9.11 Configuration Download .......................................................................110
7.9.12 Exchange the Port Interface Definition..................................................112
7.9.13 Build XIF for Port Interface...................................................................113
7.9.14 Enable Legacy NM Mode...................................................................... 113
7.9.15 Upload Dynamic NVs from Device.......................................................114
7.9.16 Repair LNS Database from Device........................................................114
7.9.17 Deleting Connected Data Points ............................................................ 115
7.10 Advanced CEA-709 Configuration................................................................116
7.10.1 Working with Configuration Properties ................................................116
7.10.2 Upload the System Log..........................................................................117
7.11 Connections .....................................................................................................118
7.11.1 Create a New Connection ......................................................................118
7.11.2 Auto-Create Connections for NVs......................................................... 119
7.11.3 Generate and Connect from NVs...........................................................119
7.11.4 Create Connections from a CSV File.....................................................121
7.11.5 Modify Connections ..............................................................................121
7.11.6 Connection Overview ............................................................................122
8Application Scenarios...............................................................................123
8.1 Address Table Extension ................................................................................123
8.1.1 Saving Entries in the Address Table......................................................123
8.1.2 Saving a Group Address ........................................................................125
8.2 Binding across Domains .................................................................................127
8.3 Poll-Update Proxy...........................................................................................130
8.4 Poll-On-Startup Proxy....................................................................................132
8.5 SNVT Translation ........................................................................................... 132
9Operating Interfaces ................................................................................134
9.1 CEA-709 Interface ..........................................................................................134
9.1.1 NV Import File.......................................................................................134
9.1.2 Node Object ........................................................................................... 135
9.1.3 Gateway Objects....................................................................................136
10 Network Media .........................................................................................137
10.1 FT .....................................................................................................................137
11 L-Proxy Firmware Update ......................................................................138
11.1 Firmware Update via the L-Proxy Configurator......................................... 138
11.2 Firmware Update via the Console .................................................................140

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11.3 Firmware Update via the CEA-709 Network............................................... 141
12 Troubleshooting........................................................................................142
12.1 All port LEDs are flashing red ...................................................................... 142
12.2 LonMaker Warning appears during installation ........................................ 142
12.3 NL220 Warning appears during installation ............................................... 143
12.4 Move L-Proxy into a new LNS project......................................................... 143
12.5 Node does not respond to poll request .......................................................... 144
12.6 L-Proxy doesn’t forward packets after commissioning .............................. 144
12.7 Technical Support .......................................................................................... 145
13 Application Notes .....................................................................................146
13.1 The LSD Tool.................................................................................................. 146
13.2 Use of Static, Dynamic, and External NVs on a Device .............................. 146
14 Firmware Versions ...................................................................................147
15 Specifications ............................................................................................148
15.1 L-Proxy............................................................................................................ 148
15.1.1 Physical Specifications.......................................................................... 148
15.1.2 Resource Limits..................................................................................... 148
16 References .................................................................................................149
17 Revision History .......................................................................................150

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Abbreviations
100Base-T...........................100 Mbps Ethernet network with RJ-45 plug
Aggregation ........................Collection of several CEA-709 packets into a single CEA-852
packet
BOOTP ...............................Bootstrap Protocol, RFC 1497
CC .......................................Configuration Client, also known as CN/IP Device
CEA-709 .............................Protocol standard for LONWORKS networks
CEA-852 .............................Protocol standard for tunneling CEA-709 packets over IP
channels
CN.......................................Control Network
COV ....................................Change-of-Value
CP........................................Configuration Property
CR .......................................Channel Routing
CS........................................Configuration Server that manages CEA-852 IP devices
DHCP..................................Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131, RFC 2132
DNS ....................................Domain Name Server, RFC 1034
DST.....................................Daylight Saving Time
GMT....................................Greenwich Mean Time
IP.........................................Internet Protocol
LSD Tool ............................LOYTEC System Diagnostics Tool
MAC ...................................Media Access Control
MD5 ....................................Message Digest 5, a secure hash function, see Internet
RFC 1321
NAT ....................................Network Address Translation, see Internet RFC 1631
NV.......................................Network Variable
RTT.....................................Round-Trip Time
SCPT...................................Standard Configuration Property Type
SL........................................Send List
SMTP ..................................Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNTP...................................Simple Network Time Protocol
SNVT..................................Standard Network Variable Type
UCPT ..................................User-defined Configuration Property Type
UI ........................................User Interface
UNVT .................................User-defined Network Variable Type
XML....................................eXtensible Markup Language