Condair 2587516-C LINKS ProtoCessor Installation guide

Brand: Condair

Model: 2587516-C LINKS ProtoCessor

Type: Installation guide

The Condair 2587516-C LINKS ProtoCessor is a gateway device that allows Condair humidification and evaporative cooling units to interface with building automation systems using BACnet MS/TP, BACnet/IP, Metasys N2, and LonWorks protocols. It provides seamless integration and data exchange between the Condair unit and the building management system, enabling centralized control and monitoring of the humidification or cooling process.

INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION MANUAL

ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 and

ProtoCessor FPC-ED4

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Humidification and Evaporative Cooling

For Interfacing Condair Products:

Nortec… NH-EL, GS, EL, RS

To Building Automation Systems:

BACnet MS/TP, BACnet/IP, Metasys N2 and LonWorks

Technical Support

Thank you for purchasing the ProtoCessor for Condair.

Please call Condair for Technical support of the ProtoCessor product.

Sierra Monitor Corporation does not provide direct support. If Condair needs to escalate the concern, they

will contact Sierra Monitor Corporation for assistance.

Support Contact Information:

U.S.A.

Condair Inc.

2700 90th Street

Sturtevant, WI 53177

USA

Canada

Condair Ltd.

2740 Fenton Rd

Ottawa, Ontario

K1T 3T7

Condair Service:

1.866.667.8321

Fax:

1.613.822.9764

Email: na.info@condair.com

Website: www.condair.com

APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY

Explains ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 hardware and how to install it.

The instructions are effective for the above as of OCT 2018.

Document Revision: 2.I

Web Configurator

Template Revision: 60

INSTALLATION AND

OPERATION MANUAL

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ProtoCessor FPC-ED2

and ProtoCessor FPC-ED4

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Thank you for choosing Condair

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Commissioning date (DD/MM/YYYY):

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Model:

Serial number:

Manufacturer

Condair Ltd.

2740 Fenton Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1T 3T7

Tel. 1.866.667.8321, Fax 613.822.7964

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ment, nor the information contained herein shall be reproduced, used, or disclosed to others without the

written authorization of Condair Ltd., except to the extent required for installation, operation or maintenance of

the customer's equipment.

Liability Notice

Condair Ltd. does not accept any liability due to incorrect installation, maintenance or operation of the

equipment, or due to the use of parts/components/equipment that are not authorized by Condair Ltd.

Technical modification rights reserved.

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Contents

1 Quick Start Guide ........................................................................................................ 7

2 Certifications ................................................................................................................ 8

3 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 9

3.1 ProtoCessor Gateway ................................................................................................... 9

4 Setup for ProtoCessor ...............................................................................................10

4.1 Record Identification Data ............................................................................................10

4.2 Point Count Capacity and Registers per Device ...........................................................10

4.3 Configuring Device Communications ............................................................................10

4.3.1 Input COM Settings for Device with an Inserted ProtoCessor ..................................10

4.3.2 Set Modbus RTU Node-ID for the Device ................................................................11

5 Interfacing ProtoCessor to Device ............................................................................12

5.1 ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 and FPC-ED4 Mounted onto Board .........................................12

5.2 ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 and FPC-ED4 Showing Connection Ports................................13

5.3 BACnet MS/TP or Metasys N2: Wiring Field Port to RS-485 Network ..........................14

5.4 LonWorks (FPC-ED4): Wiring Field Port to LonWorks Network ....................................14

6 Use ProtoCessor Web Configurator to Setup the Gateway .....................................15

6.1 Connect the PC to ProtoCessor via the Ethernet Port ..................................................15

6.2 Connecting to ProtoCessor Web Configurator ..............................................................16

6.3 Selecting Profiles for Device Connected to ProtoCessor ..............................................16

6.4 BACnet/IP Setting IP Address for Field Network ..........................................................19

6.5 Select Field Protocol ....................................................................................................21

6.5.1 BACnet MS/TP Configuration ..................................................................................21

6.5.2 BACnet/IP Configuration .........................................................................................22

6.5.3 Metasys N2 Configuration .......................................................................................23

7 BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP: Setting Node_Offset to Assign

Specific Device Instances ...........................................................................................25

8 How to Start the Installation Over: Clearing Profiles ...............................................26

9 LonWorks (FPC-ED4): Commissioning ProtoCessor on a lonworks Network .......27

9.1 Commissioning ProtoCessor FPC-ED4 on a LonWorks Network .................................27

9.1.1 Instructions to Download XIF File from ProtoCessor FPC-ED4 Using Browser........27

A Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................... i

A.1 Lost or Incorrect IP Address ............................................................................................ i

A.2 Viewing Diagnostic information ...................................................................................... ii

A.3 Check Wiring and Settings ............................................................................................. ii

A.4 LED Diagnostics for Communications Between ProtoCessor and Device ..................... iii

A.5 Take Diagnostic Capture With the FieldServer Utilities .................................................. iv

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A.6 Update Firmware .......................................................................................................... vii

A.7 BACnet: Setting Network_Number for more than one ProtoCessor on Subnet ............. vii

A.8 Securing the ProtoCessor with Passwords .................................................................. viii

B Vendor Information - Condair ................................................................................... viii

B.1 NHEL Modbus RTU Mappings to BACnet, Metasys N2 and LonWorks ....................... viii

B.2 GS Modbus RTU Mappings to BACnet, Metasys N2 and LonWorks ............................. ix

B.3 EL Modbus RTU Mappings to BACnet, Metasys N2 and LonWorks ............................... x

B.4 EL Modbus RTU Mappings to BACnet, Metasys N2 and LonWorks .............................. xi

C Reference ................................................................................................................... xiii

C.1 Specifications .............................................................................................................. xiii

C.2 Compliance with UL Regulations ................................................................................. xiii

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1 Quick Start Guide

1. Record the information about the unit. (Section 4.1)

2. Set the device’s Modbus RTU serial settings (i.e. baud rate, parity, stop bits) and

Modbus Node-ID’s for the device that will be connected to ProtoCessor FPC-ED2

or FPC-ED4. (Section 4.3)

3. Metasys N2 (FPC-ED2): Set the Node-ID. (Section 4.3.2)

4. BACnet MS/TP or BACnet/IP: Set the BACnet Device Instance. (Section 7)

5. Connect ProtoCessor FPC-ED2’s 3 pin RS-485 port to the Field Protocol

cabling, (Section 5.3)

or connect ProtoCessor FPC-ED4’s 2 pin LonWorks port to the Field Protocol

cabling. (Section 5.4)

6. Use a browser to access the ProtoCessor’s embedded tool, which is referred to

in this manual as the Web Configurator, to select the device that will be attached

to ProtoCessor and set the Modbus Node-ID. Once the device is selected, the

ProtoCessor Automatically builds and loads the Configuration. (Section 6)

7. BACnet/IP (FPC-ED2): Use a browser to access the ProtoCessor Web

Configurator to change the IP Address. No changes to the configuration are

necessary. (Section 6.4)

8. LonWorks (FPC-ED4): The ProtoCessor must be commissioned on the

LonWorks Network. This needs to be done by the LonWorks administrator using

a LonWorks Commissioning tool. (Section 9)

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2 Certifications

BTL MARK – BACNET TESTING LABORATORY

LONMARK CERTIFICATION

The BTL Mark on ProtoCessor is a symbol that indicates that a

product has passed a series of rigorous tests conducted by an

independent laboratory which verifies that the product correctly

implements the BACnet features claimed in the listing. The mark is a

symbol of a high-quality BACnet product.

Go to http://www.BACnetInternational.net/btl/ for more information

about the BACnet Testing Laboratory. Click here for BACnet PIC

Statement.

LonMark International is the recognized authority for

certification, education, and promotion of interoperability

standards for the benefit of manufacturers, integrators and end

users. LonMark International has developed extensive product

certification standards and tests to provide the integrator and

user with confidence that products from multiple manufacturers

utilizing LonMark devices work together. Sierra Monitor has

more LonMark Certified gateways than any other gateway

manufacturer, including the ProtoCessor, ProtoCarrier and

ProtoCessor for OEM applications and the full featured,

configurable gateways.

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3 Introduction

3.1 ProtoCessor Gateway

ProtoCessor is an external, high performance Building Automation multi-protocol gateway that

is preconfigured to automatically communicate between Condair’s products (hereafter called

“device”) connected to the ProtoCessor and automatically configures them for BACnet

®1

MS/TP,

BACnet/IP, Metasys

®2

N2 by JCI or LonWorks

®3

It is not necessary to download any configuration files to support the required applications. The

ProtoCessor is pre-loaded with tested Profiles/Configurations for the supported devices.

BACnet is a registered trademark of ASHRAE

Metasys is a registered trademark of Johnson Controls Inc.

LonWorks is a registered trademark of Echelon Corporation

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4 Setup for ProtoCessor

4.1 Record Identification Data

Each ProtoCessor has a unique part number located on the side or the back of the unit.

This number should be recorded, as it may be required for technical support. The numbers

are as follows:

Table 1: ProtoCessor Part Numbers

Model

Part Number

ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 FPC-ED2-1409

ProtoCessor FPC-ED4

FPC-ED4-1410

− FPC-ED2 units have the following 2 ports: RS-485 + Ethernet

− FPC-ED4 units have the following 2 ports: LonWorks + Ethernet

4.2 Point Count Capacity and Registers per Device

The total number of Registers presented by the device attached to the ProtoCessor

cannot exceed:

Table 2: Supported Point Count Capacity

Part Number

Total Registers

FPC-ED2-1409

1500

FPC-ED4-1410

1500

Table 3: Registers per Device

Devices

Registers per Device

Nortec NHEL 35

Nortec GS

Nortec EL

Nortec RS

4.3 Configuring Device Communications

4.3.1 Input COM Settings for Device with an Inserted ProtoCessor

− Set the serial device that the ProtoCessor is plugged into to have the same Baud Rate,

Data Bits, Stop Bits, and Parity settings as the ProtoCessor.

− Table 4: COM Settings specifies the device serial port settings required to communicate

with the ProtoCessor.

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Table 4: COM Settings

Serial Port Setting

Device

Protocol

Baud Rate

9600

Parity

Even

Data Bits

Stop Bits

4.3.2 Set Modbus RTU Node-ID for the Device

− Set Modbus Node-ID for the device the ProtoCessor is plugged into. (See Section 6.5 to

input Node-ID)

− The Modbus Node-ID needs to be uniquely assigned between 1 and 255.

o The Modbus Node-ID that is assigned for the device needs to be

documented

 The Modbus Node-ID assigned is used for designating the Device

Instance for BACnet/IP and BACnet MS/TP

− The Metasys N2 and Modbus TCP/IP field protocol Node-IDs are automatically set to be

the same value as the Node-ID of the Modbus RTU device.

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5 Interfacing ProtoCessor to Device

5.1 ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 and FPC-ED4 Mounted onto Board

Figure 1: Mounted ProtoCessor BACnet FPC-ED2 (upper) and ProtoCessor FPC-ED4 (lower)

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5.2 ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 and FPC-ED4 Showing Connection Ports

Figure 2: ProtoCessor FPC-ED2 (upper) and ProtoCessor FPC-ED4 (lower)

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5.3 BACnet MS/TP or Metasys N2: Wiring Field Port to RS-485 Network

− Connect the BACnet MS/TP or Metasys N2 RS-485 network wires to the 3-pin RS-485

connector on ProtoCessor ED2 as shown below in

− Figure 3.

o The RS-485 GND (Pin 3) is not typically connected

− See Section 7 for information on connecting to BACnet/IP network.

− If the ProtoCessor is the last device on the BACnet MS/TP or Metasys N2 trunk,

then the End-Of-Line Termination Switch needs to be enabled (Figure 4).

o The default setting from the factory is OFF (switch position = right side)

o To enable the EOL Termination, turn the EOL switch ON (switch position

= left side)

Figure 3: Connection from ProtoCessor to RS-485 Field Network

Figure 4: RS-485 BMS Network EOL Switch

5.4 LonWorks (FPC-ED4): Wiring Field Port to LonWorks Network

− Connect ProtoCessor to the field network with the LonWorks terminal using approved

cable per the FT-10 installation guidelines. LonWorks has no polarity.

Figure 5: LonWorks Terminal Connector

BMS RS-485

Wiring

ProtoCessor

Pin #

Assignment

RS-485 +

Pin 1

RS-485 +

RS-485 -

Pin 2

RS-485 -

Pin 3

RS-485 GND

End-of-Line Switch

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6 Use ProtoCessor Web Configurator to Setup the Gateway

6.1 Connect the PC to ProtoCessor via the Ethernet Port

− Connect a CAT5 Ethernet cable (Straight through or Cross-Over) between the local PC

and ProtoCessor.

− The Default IP Address of ProtoCessor is 192.168.1.24, Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.

If the PC and ProtoCessor are on different IP Networks, assign a static IP Address to the

PC on the 192.168.168.xxx network.

For Windows XP:

Go to > >

Right-click on Local Area Connection > Properties

Highlight >

For Windows 7:

Go to > >

> >

Right-click on Local Area Connection > Properties

Highlight >

For Windows XP and Windows 7, use the following IP Address:

Click twice.

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6.2 Connecting to ProtoCessor Web Configurator

− After setting a local PC on the same subnet as the ProtoCessor (Section 6.1), open a

web browser on the PC and enter the IP Address of the ProtoCessor; the default

address is 192.168.1.24.

NOTE: If the IP Address of the ProtoCessor has been changed by previous

configuration, the assigned IP Address must be gathered from the network

administrator.

6.3 Selecting Profiles for Device Connected to ProtoCessor

− In the Web Configurator, the Active Profiles section is shown on the lower left side of the

screen.

− The Active Profiles section lists the currently active device profiles, including previous

Web Configurator additions. This list will be empty for new installations, or after clearing

all configurations. (

−

− Figure 6)

− To add an active profile to support a device, click the ADD button under Active Profiles.

This will present a drop-down box underneath the Current Profile column that lists all the

available profiles. (

−

− Figure 7)

− For every device that is added, assign a unique Modbus Node-ID. This specification

must match the device’s network settings.

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Figure 6: Web Configurator Showing no Active Profiles

− Once the Profile for the device has been selected from the drop-down list, enter the

value of the device’s Modbus Node-ID which was assigned in Section 4.3.2.

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Figure 7: Web Configurator Showing Available Profiles for Selection

− Then press the “Submit” button to add the Profile as a device to be configured.

− Completed additions will be listed under “Active Profiles” as shown in

−

− Figure 8.

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Figure 8: Web Configurator Showing Active Profile Additions

6.4 BACnet/IP Setting IP Address for Field Network

After setting a local PC to the same subnet as the ProtoCessor (Section 6.1), open a

web browser on the PC and enter the IP Address of the ProtoCessor; the default

address is 192.168.1.24.

The Web Configurator is displayed as the landing page. (Figure 9)

To access the Web GUI, click on the “Diagnostics & Debugging” button in the

bottom right side of the page.

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Figure 9: Web Configurator Screen

From the Web GUI landing page, click on “Setup” to expand the navigation tree and

then select “Network Settings” to access the IP Settings menu. (Figure 10)

Figure 10: Changing IP Address via Web GUI

− Modify the IP Address (N1 IP Address field) of the ProtoCessor Ethernet port.

− If necessary, change the Netmask (N1 Netmask field).

− Type in a new Subnet Mask.

− If necessary, change the IP Gateway (Default Gateway field).

− Type in a new IP Gateway.

− NOTE: If the ProtoCessor is connected to a router, the IP Gateway of the ProtoCessor

should be set to the IP Address of that router.

− Reset ProtoCessor.

− Unplug Ethernet cable from PC and connect it to the network hub or router.

− Record the IP Address assigned to the ProtoCessor for future reference.

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