Trane Rover Owner's manual

January 2009 EMTX-SVX01G-EN
Installation, Operation, and
Programming
Rover™Service Tool
Version 7.0

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Table of Contents
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Rover Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Rover Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
About Rover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Devices and Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rover Comm4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rover LonTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rover LonTalk Configuration-only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connecting to LonTalk Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting a Communication Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connecting Rover to a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to a Zone Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting Using Alligator Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting to a Tracer SC Using the LonTalk Interface Adapter . . . . . . . . . 13
Alternate Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting Using a Quick-connect Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Verifying Network Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Verifying Using a USB Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Verifying Using a PCMCIA Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using Rover Comm4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connection Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power Requirements and Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Terminal Block Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Rover LonTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starting Rover LonTalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Screen Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Active Group Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Accessing the Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Passive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Active Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Server-connected (Active) Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing Installation and Discovery Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Changing the Existing Installation Network Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Considerations for BCU Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Considerations for Tracker Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Considerations for Third-party Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Considerations for Tracer SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Working with the Active Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing the Active Group Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Viewing Device Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Viewing Device Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Resetting a Diagnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Winking a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Identifying a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Changing the Device Domain Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Renaming a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Adding a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Placing a Device Offline or Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Resetting a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Testing a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Configuring a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Editing Device Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Saving a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Downloading a Saved Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Working with Additional Device Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Network Variable Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Viewing Network Variable Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Adding Network Variable Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing Network Variable Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Using Rover in Tracer Summit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Why Should I Use Rover in Tracer Summit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Who Can Access Rover From Tracer Summit? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing Rover Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Changing the Device Status Refresh Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Setting the Auto-identify Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Setting the Auto-wink Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting Units of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing the Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Defining the Discovery DSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Defining the Installation DSN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Discovering Devices on any Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Viewing Device Network Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Viewing a Device Byte List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Other Rover Software Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Starting the Software Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Rover Configuration Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Air and Water Balancing Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Flash Download Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Files and Software Required for Flash Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Guidelines for Performing Flash Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Device Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Rover Installation
This chapter:
• Lists the minimum requirements for your laptop PC
• Shows where to find instructions for installing Rover
• Provides a list of the components that ship with Rover
Minimum Requirements
To run the Rover service tool, make sure that your laptop PC meets the following requirements:
• PC with Intel™Pentium 4processor
•Windows
™2000 Professional, XP Professional with Service Pack 2, Vista Business*, Vista
Ultimate*, or Vista Enterprise Edition*
•256MBRAM
• 200 MB of available hard drive space
•CD-ROMdrive
• Monitor supporting 800 x 600 or greater resolution
• USB 2.0 port
Note: * Windows Vista-capable PC. The hardware that is capable of running Windows Vista is also
capable of running the Rover Service Tool. Refer to the documentation shipped with
your PC for detailed information on hardware specifications.
Installation Instructions
To install Rover, follow the instructions in Installing Rover Service Tool Version 7.0, X39641065-01.
You can find a hard copy of this document in the Rover package and an electronic copy on the Rover
installation CD-ROM.
The installation sheet includes instructions on how to:
• Install Rover components from CD-ROM or floppy disk
• Initialize the USB 2.0 network interface adapter
• Verify network communications
• Troubleshoot your PC

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Rover Installation
Rover Components
Check to make sure that the Rover package you ordered contains the appropriate parts shown in
Ta b l e 1 . The software tools available with each package are listed in Tabl e 2 , p . 8.
Table 1. Rover components
Part number Rover package Components
Software CD-ROM
LonTalk USB network
interface adapter and cable
Comm4 USB network
interface adapter and cable
Quick connect adapter for
quick-connect terminals
Two Communications
keys for Tracer ZN010
High-voltage
protection module
Alligator-clip adapter
Carrying bag
X13651500-01 Complete toolkit (Comm4 and LonTalk software
and hardware) 99999999
4020 1196 Complete toolkit (Comm4 and LonTalk software) 9
X13651501-01 Comm4 software and hardware 9 9 999
4020 1191 Comm4 software 9
X13651499-01 LonTalk software and hardware 99 99999
4020 1121 LonTalk software 9
X13651502-01 LonTalk configuration-only software and
hardware 99 99999
4020 1192 LonTalk configuration-only software 9
X13651503-01 Air and water balance option 99999999
4950 1198 Test and balance software 9
4020 1199 Software upgrade 9

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About Rover
About Rover
The Rover service tool includes the following applications:
• Rover Comm4 service tool
• Rover LonTalk™service tool
• Rover LonTalk configuration-only service tool
• Configuration Builder for offline editing of Tracer™MP580/581 controllers
• Air and Water Balancing tool
• Flash Download Wizard
Rover is available in several packages so that you can order the software and hardware that you
need. Ta b l e 2 lists the software tools available with each package. Ta b l e 1, p. 7 lists the available
packages and shows their hardware components.
Table 2. Software tools of the Rover packages
Rover package
Comm 4 service tool LonTalk service tool LonTalk configuration-only tool Configuration Builder for offline editing of Tracer MP580/581s Flash Download Wizard LonTalk Air and Water Balancing tool
Complete toolkit package 999999
LonTalk package 99999
LonTalk configuration-only package 99
Comm4 package 9
Test and balance package 99
Software upgrade package1999999
1Use this package to upgrade previously registered components of Rover Version 6.0 (to include adding new software
tools, such as the air and water balancing tool, to the appropriate packages).

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About Rover
Devices and Plug-ins
Rover supports certain Comm4 and LonTalk devices. A device is any controller that uses either
Comm4 or LonTalk. A supported device is one that can be configured through Rover. Rover
communicates with supported LonTalk devices through software modules called plug-ins. Each
device and revision of a device requires its own plug-in for Rover to support it. For more
information on supported devices and plug-ins, see “Device Plug-ins,” p. 52. Comm4 devices do
not require plug-ins.
Rover Comm4
Rover Comm4 is an optional software tool that you can purchase as part of the Rover service
software. Rover Comm4 is a software application for monitoring, configuring, and testing VAV II/
III/IV controllers and the terminal unit controller (TUC) on Comm4 links. Rover Comm4 replaces the
EveryWare™service software.
Rover LonTalk
Rover LonTalk is a complete solution for monitoring, configuring, and testing Tracer controllers that
use LonTalk communications. With Rover installed on your laptop PC, you can set up and configure
stand-alone or networked unit controllers, then test and monitor their activity. Rover can
communicate with any LonTalk device on a single communications link.
Rover LonTalk will help you:
• View the operating status of a device
• Monitor a device
• Identify and clear device diagnostics
• Change the device configuration
• Edit setpoints
• Exchange information between two or more devices
• Save and restore device configuration information
• Use the built-in utilities to manage devices and groups
Rover LonTalk Configuration-only
The Rover LonTalk configuration-only software runs only in the passive mode. This means that you
can configure setpoints and other controller parameters but cannot create bindings or set up peer-
to-peer networks. All other Rover LonTalk features are available.
Other Tools
For information about the other software tools, refer to “Other Rover Software Tools,” p. 47

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Connecting to LonTalk Links
Connecting to LonTalk Links
This chapter shows how to connect Rover to a LonTalk device or network.
Connecting a Communication Key
Most Tracer controllers have built-in communications capability, but the Tracer ZN010 does not. To
connect to a Tracer ZN010, you must first install the communication key (Figure 1). Two
communication keys are included with the Rover LonTalk hardware package.
NOTICE
Avoid Communication Key Damage
You must power down the Tracer ZN010 to install or remove the communication key. Failure to
do so may damage the communication key.
Figure 1. Connecting the communication key to the controller