RTA 460ETCMRS User's Guide

460ETCMRS - Protocol Gateway Product User Guide Software Build Date: January 15th, 2015 Version 3 Real Time Automation, Inc. 1 1-800-249-161

Main Page The main page is where important information about your gateway and its connections are displayed. Mode (orange box below): Running Mode

Device Configuration The device configuration area is where you assign the device description, IP address, and other network parameters. Changes can

Port Configuration The Port Configuration page is where you set port specific parameters. These settings must match the settings of the device(s) tha

Allen-Bradley PLC Configuration Click the Allen-Bradley PLC button to access the configuration page. 1) Delay Between Messages: Enter the length of

External PLC Configuration The bottom area of the Allen-Bradley PLC Configuration page lets you configure up to 5 PLCs. There are two ways to configu

External PLC Configuration: Auto-Server Mode (Default) While in Auto-Server mode the # of scan lines and the actual scan lines themselves cannot be e

1. For additional PLC’s, click the Add PLC button and follow instructions under Manual Mode for each additional device. -Auto-Server Mode only affec

External PLC Configuration: Manual Mode 1. Click the Edit Scan Lines button to switch from Auto-Server Mode to Manual Mode. Once clicked the button

Configuring Read and Write Scan Lines Follow these steps to manually configure Read and Write Scan Lines. 1) Click the View Read Scan Lines or View

Modbus RTU Slave Configuration Click the Modbus RTU Slave button to access the configuration page. 1) Serial Port: Select which serial port is bein

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Modbus RTU Slave Configuration-Data Groups The bottom area of the Modbus RTU Slave Configuration page lets you configure up to 100 Data Groups for bo

Modbus RTU Slave Data Group Configuration: Auto-Slave Mode (Default) While in Auto-Slave mode the # of data groups and the actual data groups themsel

Modbus RTU Slave Data Group Configuration: Manual Mode 1. Click the Edit Data Groups button to switch from Auto-Slave Mode to Manual Mode. Once clic

EX: 4x Hold Reg (String) with a Starting Address of 1 for a length of 5 Registers This means that Register 1 will hold the length of the string and R

Mapping - Transferring Data between Devices There are 5 ways to move data from one protocol to the other. You can combine any of the following option

Display Mapping and Values The Display Data and Display String pages are where you can view the actual data for each mapping that is set up. Displa

If there are values of “- -“ on this page, it indicates that the source has not yet been validated and no data is being sent to the destination. Th

Display String Click the Display String button to view how the string data types are mapped and what the values of each string are. Here you will see

Data and String Mapping – Auto-Map The Auto-Map function looks at both of the protocols and will map the data between the two protocols as best as it

Data Mapping – Explanation Below are the different parts that can be modified to make up a data mapping. 1. Enable (red box above): Check to enable

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Data Mapping – Adding Diagnostic Information Data Mapping offers 5 different types of information in addition to any scan lines specified for each pr

may be beneficial to know if a Server/Slave device is down. By using this Network Bitmap Status you can expose the connection statuses of individual

Recoverable Faults: 0x00FF0000 (bit 16-23)3rd byte Hex: Bit Position: Decimal: Explanation: 0x01 16 65,536 recoverable fault -

String Mapping – Explanation Below are the different parts that can be modified to make up a string mapping. String data types can only be mapped to

Mapping – Auto-Map Mode to Manual-Map Mode To transition from Auto-Map mode to Manual-Map mode, click the Edit Mapping button. After you click this b

Mapping – Manual-Map Mode to Auto-Map Mode To transition from Manual-Map mode to Auto-Map mode, click the Auto Map Mode button. After you click this

View Data Mapping as Text The View as Text page displays the point to point mapping(s) you set up in the Data Mapping section. This will also display

View String Mapping as Text The View as Text page displays the string mapping(s) you set up in the String Mapping section. Each line on this page wi

Security Configuration You can configure Security for 3 administrators, 5 users, and 1 guest. Note: Only Admins have configuration access to all we

Security Configuration-Security Levels Each webpage in our gateway can have a separate security level associated with it for each user. Security Lev

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Security - Log In Username: Name of the user to login. Password: Password of the user to login. Log In: If login is successful, the user will be redi

Security - Log Out Once a user is done with a session they may click logout at the top of any page. The user may also be logged out for inactivity ba

Email Configuration You can configure up to 10 email addresses. 1. SMTP Mail Username: The email address that the smtp server has set up to use. 2

Alarm Configuration 1. Alarm Delay upon Powerup: At Powerup, the gateway will have values of ‘0’ stored for all data. This may cause alarms to trigg

5. In the Clear Error Section: a. Select the Clear Error Operation. Available options are <, >, <=, >=, !=, ==, and Change of State (

Diagnostics – Alarm Status Alarm Status will only display under the Diagnostic menu tab if at least 1 Alarm is enabled. 1. # Alarms Enabled: This is

Alarms – Clear When an alarm is cleared, the following will occur: 1. A one-time notification will be sent to the email associated with the alarm

Change of State (COS) Configuration The gateway, by default only writes when data has changed. The gateway also waits to write any data to the destin

Diagnostics Info The Diagnostic page is where you will be able view the gateway’s translations and protocol specific status information. For protocol

Diagnostics – Allen-Bradley PLC Select the Allen-Bradley PLC in the dropdown menu on the Diagnostic page to view a breakdown of the diagnostics and c

Overview The 460ETCMRS gateway connects up to 5 Allen Bradley PLC’s to a Modbus RTU Master device. By following this guide, you will be able to confi

LED Status - This is the Status for All PLC’s or the specific PLC selected. 1. Connected (Solid Green) – All of the enabled PLC devices are connect

Diagnostics – Modbus RTU Slave Select the Modbus RTU Slave in the dropdown menu on the Diagnostic page. Additional diagnostic information can be fou

Diagnostics – Modbus RTU Slave LED Status: 1. Good Communication (Solid Green) – The gateway is connected to a Modbus RTU Master and communicating a

LED Configuration To modify the behavior of the LEDs on the 460 gateway, navigate to Other->Setup LEDs. The LED Configuration page lets you config

Configuration Files To access the configuration files in the 460 gateway, navigate to other->Export/Import Config. Export Configuration The expor

Utilities The Utilities screen displays information about the gateway including Operation Time, File System Usage, Memory Usage, and Memory Block Usa

Completing the Installation You have now set up your gateway for communication and are ready to place the device in your application. Support for yo

Required Tools and Data You will need the following tools: The gateway The provided CD-ROM o IPSetup.exe can also be downloaded: http://www.rt

Powering The Gateway The following steps will allow you to properly and safely power the gateway. 1. Connect a 24VDC power source to the gateway.

Accessing the Main Page The following steps will allow you to connect to the browser based configuration of the gateway. 1. Using the supplied cros

Error: Main Page Does Not Launch If the Main Page does not launch please verify the following: 1. Check that the PC is set for a Static IP Address a