Viessmann Vitogate 300 Operator's manual

Technical Review
Viessmann Vitogate 300
Supplementary Documentation
Document Overview
Please ensure that these instructions are
read and understood before commencing
installation. Failure to comply with
instructions listed below can cause product/
property damage, severe personal injury,
and/or loss of life. Ensure all requirements
are understood and fulfilled (including
detailed information found in manual
subsections).
Trademark Information
Echelon®, LON®,
LONWORKS®, i.LON®,
LNS®, LONMARK®,
Neuron®, and the LonUsers
logo are trademarks of
Echelon Corporation
registered in the United
States and other countries.
Please visit:
www.echelon.com
BACnet® is a registered
trademark of the American
Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-
Conditioning Engineers,
Inc., 1791 Tullie Circle NE,
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For more information
please visit:
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www.ashrea.org
IMPORTANT
This supplementary documentation is NOT
intended or to be regarded as a substitute
for the CSA certified technical support
literature that is supplied with each
Viessmann Vitogate 300 communications
gateway.
Defaults:
IP address: 169.254.0.1
Netmask: 255.255.0.0
User name: vitogate
Password: viessmann
Viessmann®, Vitogate®
and Vitotronic® are
trademarks of Viessmann
Werke GmbH & Co KG
registered in the United
States and other countries.
Please visit:
www.viessmann.ca
www.viessmann.us
Visit Modbus website for
more information.
Please visit:
www.modbus.org

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Open ‘Control Panel’ and open ‘Network Connections’.
Locate ‘Local Area Connection’ and double click it to
open.
Select ‘Properties’ at the bottom of this window.
Scroll to the bottom of items list, and find ‘Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP)’, select this and then click on
‘properties’
Select ‘Use the following IP address’ and enter and IP
address of 169.254.0.20 (the ‘20’ may be substituted
with any other number as long as it isn’t 1 since that
is the Vitogate 300.
Click ‘OK’ to save the settings.
The Vitogate and Computer are now on the same
network.
You can access the Vitogate 300 webpage by opening
a browser webpage and entering the address
169.254.0.1 in the URL window.
Changing Computer IP Address-Windows XP

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1. From the “start” button, open ‘Control Panel’ and
open ‘Network and Internet’.
2. Locate ‘Network and Sharing Center’ and click it to
open.
3. Locate “Change adapter settings’ and click to open.
4. Locate ‘Local Area Connection’ which is the
connection between your computer and the
Vitogate 300. Use a right click and select Properties
of the Local Area Connection. Ensure that the LAN
selected is correct for the computer to gateway
network as there can be multiple LANs.
5. Find ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP)’, select
this and then click on ‘properties’. Select ‘Use the
following IP address’ and enter and IP address of
169.254.0.20 (the ‘20’ may be substituted with
any other number as long as it isn’t 1 since that is
the Vitogate 300. Set the subnet mask of
255.255.0.0. Click ‘OK’ to save the settings. The
Vitogate and Computer are now on the same
network.
6. You can access the Vitogate 300 webpage by
opening a browser webpage and entering the
address 169.254.0.1 in the URL window.
Changing Computer IP Address-Windows 7
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1. From the “start” Windows button (typically the
bottom left hand corner), select the “Settings”
function. ‘Control Panel’ and open ‘Network and
Internet’.
2. Locate ‘Network and Internet’ and click it to open.
3. Locate “Ethernet’ and select.
4. Locate ‘Change Adapter Options’ and select.
5. The Network Connections window will appear and
allow you select the correct connection which is the
Local Area Connection that the computer is using
to communicate with the Vitogate. It cannot be a
wireless network or Bluetooth connection.
6. Use a right click and select Properties of the Local
Area Connection. Ensure that the LAN selected is
correct for the computer to gateway network as
there can be multiple LANs.
7. Find ‘Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP)’, select
this and then click on ‘properties’. Select ‘Use the
following IP address’ and enter and IP address of
169.254.0.20 (the ‘20’ may be substituted with
any other number as long as it isn’t 1 since that is
the Vitogate 300. Set the subnet mask of
255.255.0.0. Click ‘OK’ to save the settings. The
Vitogate and Computer are now on the same
network. You can access the Vitogate 300 webpage
by opening a browser webpage and entering the
address 169.254.0.1 in the URL window.
Changing Computer IP Address-Windows 10
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1. Locate the “System Preferences” icon or access
using the Launchpad access and select.
2. Locate ‘Network’ from System Preferences and click
it to open.
3. Ensure that the Wifi is turned off and press the +
to create a new “Service”.
4. Select a Thunderbolt Ethernet connection and press
the Create button.
5. From the drop down selection, select
“Manually” to Configure the IPv4.
Enter the IP address of 169.254.0.20 (the ‘20’
may be substituted with any other number as
long as it isn’t 1 since that is the Vitogate 300).
Set the subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and click
on the Apply button.
6. Open a new browser to access the Vitogate
300 webpage. Enter the IP address
169.254.0.1 in the URL window.
7. Enter:
User name: vitogate
Password: viessmann
No caps are required
8. When finished this connection can be deleted or
saved and Wifi can be re-enabled.
Changing Computer IP Address-MAC OS
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General—Overview
Open web page and go to address 169.254.0.1 which
is a default address for the Vitogate 300. This address can be changed later to suite the BMS system’s needs.

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General—Overview
Provides an information overview of the gateway with
respect to current faults, data points, operational mode as well as LON and BACnet driver states.
General—Vitogate
Allows field settings to name the gateway as well as
providing a location should there be multiple gateways,
Vitogate type, datapoint language and units.
Vitogate type can be selected here with BACnet as the
default with Modbus being the alternate communication
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General—IP Network Settings
Vitogate IP Network Settings to allow IP
communications with gateway
General—System Time
System Time Settings of the Vitogate

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General—Backup/Restore
Allows backing up of gateway or restoring from back
up/saved file. Can be done with either Web-client or USB stick. Select correct radio button to make selection.
General—Password
Changing the current gateway password

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General—Update
Performing a gateway update. Pressing the browse
button to select the desired update and press start.
General—Restart
Restarting the gateway.

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Vi LON—Configuration
Factory LON address (Node ID) default of gateway is
97. If a participant check is performed, the gateway will show 97 unless it has already been changed.
Click on Vi-LON tab at top of screen and select Scan
Participants
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Vi—LON (Scanning participants)
Screen shot of the gateway looking for participants
The table should populate with participants. Note the
LON addresses are shown at 1.X
SAVE must be pressed.
Note that in the upper right corner, it says Restart
Required. Click on the General Tab and click on restart.
Don’t select either of the two square boxes, just press
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Vi—LON Point Selection
Select the desired points for each control by ensuring
that the checkmark is shown beside the desired point. Once the selection is complete, press SAVE button at the bottom right and the database will be saved.
You can press the side and top tabs to narrow down
points for a specific group, or press ALL for each and all
of the points will be shown in the table.

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BACnet IP—Configuration
Enter BACnet configuration information
Entry of specific BACnet device object information
BACnet IP—Device

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BACnet MSTP—Configuration
Enter BACnet MSTP configuration information
BACnet MSTP—Device
Entry of specific BACnet device object information

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BACnet—Objects
Table of BACnet Objects based on the selection of the
LON points selected after controls were discovered. It is possible to edit the Object Name and Description to allow BMS to show desired changes

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Modbus Gateway Communication Selection
From the General Menu, it is possible to reprogram the
gateway to communicate via Modbus. Ensure that the Save button is pressed after the selection is made and the gateway will need to be Restarted.

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Modbus—Configuration
Enter Modbus configuration information
Entry of specific BACnet device object information
Modbus—Objects

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Help—Online Help
Help Manual
PICS: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
Help—BACnet PICS

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Help—Modbus Register
Help Manual
Vitogate 300 supported controls
Help—Info About