Equustek DL6000, User Manual

Page 1: ...DL6000 User Manual Revision 1 01 June 12 2007 ...

Page 2: ...TOR FUNCTIONS 9 4 2 1 Power Up and Reset Sequence 9 4 2 2 Normal On line Operation 10 4 2 3 On Line Power Up and Reset Errors 11 4 2 4 Off Line Modes 11 5 CONFIGURATION 12 5 1 DEVICE INSTALLER 12 5 1 1 IP Address 12 5 1 1 1 Device Not Found 15 5 1 2 Telnet 16 5 1 3 Modbus TCP Telnet Settings 18 5 1 3 1 Modbus Slave Settings 18 5 1 3 1 Modbus Master Settings 19 5 3 EQ32 CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE 20 5 ...

Page 3: ...G DIAGRAMS 34 7 1 DL6000 PINOUT DIAGRAM 34 7 2 RS 232 NULL MODEM CABLE 35 7 3 DH CABLE 35 7 4 DH 485 CABLE 35 8 DL6000 TYPICAL APPLICATIONS 36 8 1 DL6000 MEDH 36 9 FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS 37 9 1 DEVICE INSTALLER CANNOT FIND THE DL6000 37 9 2 CANNOT COMMUNICATE TO DH NODE 0 USING THE DL6000 MEDH 38 APPENDIX A TCP IP TUTORIAL 39 A 1 IP ADDRESS 39 A 2 SUBNET MASK 40 A 3 IP ADDRESS AND SUBNET ...

Page 4: ...BTCP Ethernet Microprocessor with our proven A B interface The DL6000 comes with a RJ 45 Connector for the 10 100 Base T Ethernet link and a 3 pin Phoenix plug for connection to A B networks Power is supplied via a 3 pin Phoenix type plug which allows for 9 27 Volts DC to be connected Included is a RS232 DB9 and a USB Configuration Ports for access to the BIOS and Flash Burn Utilities Configuratio...

Page 5: ...00 Base T connections to TCP IP and other Ethernet networks Currently Modbus TCP makes use of our proven Modbus to AB network interoperability Simple Parameter Configuration using menu driven Windows based Programs via Ethernet 10 100 Base T Configuration and Reset Pushbuttons go into BIOS features and Flash Setup and do a full Hardware Reset Operating Parameters are stored in Non Volatile Serial ...

Page 6: ...llowing connectors Going left to right 3 pin Power Connector A B Network 3 pin Screw terminal Phoenix Type The LED s on the left side going from top to bottom CHA A B Network Status CHB Ethernet Activity TX RX CHC DL6000 Operating Mode and Status The LED s on the RJ45 on the side Ethernet Activity Port TX RX On the right side of the RJ45 10 100 Base T Ethernet Link Status On the left side of the R...

Page 7: ...ogram with com port settings of 19200 Baud 8 N 1 and Xon Xoff flow control BIOS MANAGER for DL6000 1 00 Jun 16 06 c Equustek Solutions Inc 2006 MAIN MENU 1 Restore EEPROM 2 WRITE new Firmware 3 Memory DUMP 4 OFF LINE Diagnostics 5 DEBUG Mode 6 FIRMWARE Version 7 ONLINE 8 CONFIGURE Model Parameters MAKE SELECTION 1 8 3 2 1 BIOS Manager Options Restore EEPROM to factory settings Once pressed you wil...

Page 8: ...contacting Equustek Solutions to debug problems Off Line Diagnostics Starts a series of tests to test the DL6000 s hardware and should only be done if instructed so by a trained person Debug Mode Starts up a DL6000 internal Debug mode that can be used by trained personnel to debug problems and check hardware configuration and operation Firmware Version Once selected the current DL6000 model and ve...

Page 9: ...e GREEN To put the unit back On line it is necessary to either press the Reset or cycle the DC power supplied to the DL6000 4 2 Indicator Functions 4 2 1 Power Up and Reset Sequence On Power up or after the Reset button has been pressed the DL6000 executes a self diagnostic check up or the ram and flash firmware The correct LED indicator sequence to show the DL6000 is functioning properly is as fo...

Page 10: ...DH network is detected This is the AUTO BAUD Rate detection mode the DL6000 will automatically connect at the DH speeds of 57 6K 115 2K and 230 4K Baud LED will switch to on solid once the DL6000 is on the DH network as a valid node address LED will flash GREEN when the DH is set to a certain Baud rate but is not on network DH 485 On Hardware reset the A B Network will flash GREEN at a 1 second ra...

Page 11: ...tted Please reburn the flash with the correct text file Contact Customer Support for help The BIOS has been corrupted A new Flash Chip has to be supplied by the factory Please contact Customer support The DL6000 EEPROM is corrupt Please Restore to Factory Settings See Section 4 3 and then reconfigure the unit There is a duplicate node on the A B network The DL6000 has been assigned a node address ...

Page 12: ... with the DL6000 MEDH or MEDH 485 After the IP address of the DL6000 is assigned you must then telnet to the DL6000 to setup the internal communications between the Lantronix daughter board and the DL6000 motherboard These settings are reset every time an IP address is assigned 5 1 Device Installer The Device Installer is used to configure the IP address of the DL6000 as well as configure the inte...

Page 13: ... the Search button to have the Device Installer find the DL6000 If the Device Installer finds the DL6000 the device should appear If the device cannot be found then follow the instructions at the end of the IP Address section 2 Highlight the device and click on the Assign IP button Choose the Assign a specific IP address option and click Next The following window will appear ...

Page 14: ... V5J3J1 Canada Phone 888 387 3787 or 604 266 8547 www equustek com 14 3 Enter the desired IP address subnet mask and default gateway if required and click Next 4 To assign the chosen IP address to the DL6000 click the Assign button ...

Page 15: ...e stating that the IP address was successfully assigned should appear Click the Finish button to close the screen and go back to the main menu 5 1 1 1 Device Not Found If for some reason the Device Installer cannot find the DL6000 on the Ethernet network follow the steps below 1 Click the Assign IP button and the following screen will appear ...

Page 16: ...vice Installer Cannot Find the DL6000 5 1 2 Telnet After the IP address of the DL6000 is assigned the internal communication parameters that the Lantronix XPORT uses to communicate with the DL6000 motherboard must be configured To start a telnet session there are two ways that can be used The first method uses the Device Installer while the second uses a DOS command prompt Telnet using Device Inst...

Page 17: ...C V5J3J1 Canada Phone 888 387 3787 or 604 266 8547 www equustek com 17 Press the Connect button and when prompted press the Enter key with in 5 seconds to bring up the main menu After pressing Enter you will get the following menu ...

Page 18: ...l Settings DCD Output Fixed High Active CTS Output Fixed High Active 4 Advanced Modbus Protocol settings Slave Addr Unit Id Source Modbus TCP header Modbus Serial Broadcasts Disabled Id 0 auto mapped to 1 MB TCP Exception Codes Yes return 00AH and 00BH Char Message Timeout 00050msec 05000msec D efault settings S ave Q uit without save Select Command or parameter set 1 4 to change The telnet setup ...

Page 19: ...2 RS485 4 wire 3 RS485 2 wire 1 Enter serial parameters 9600 8 N 1 115200 8 n 1 The main menu should now show Modbus RTU Master attached for the Protocol and 115200 8 N 1 RS232 DB25 for the Serial Interface under Serial and Mode Settings If your network is DH485 then your baud rate should be 19200 instead of 115200 After setting the Serial and Mode Settings and returning to the main menu you will ...

Page 20: ...e Unit ID for both the beginning and ending values After selecting the Unit ID range enter the IP Address of the device to send the messages to When finished press E to exit back to the main menu You can enter up to a maximum of 8 separate table entries 7 From the main menu press S to save the new settings and end the telnet session 8 Press the reset button on the DL6000 to put it online 5 3 EQ32 ...

Page 21: ...21 1 From the Welcome screen select the DL6000 model The Main Menu should appear as shown below 2 Select the COM port that you have connected to the DL6000 and Click on the Configure button The Configuration Menu for the DL6000 will appear as shown below Click Next to begin configuring you DL6000 ...

Page 22: ...y PLC type There are 3 choices available PLC 5 PLC 3 and SLC Micrologix ControlLogix Unless you need to communicate to a PLC 3 we suggest that you use the SLC Micrologix ControlLogix option as the PLC type 6 Select whether broadcast messages are to be forwarded or not The default option is to not forward broadcast messages If broadcast messages are to be forwarded you will then be prompted to sele...

Page 23: ...be found on the CD that came with the DL6000 or downloaded from www equustek com The setup of the translation table is the same for both the DL3500 and the DL6000 to help with mapping you can use Equustek program called Allan Bradley to Modbus Mapping Program it can be found on the CD and on our website as well 9 After the Modbus parameters are set click the Next to finalize and apply the configur...

Page 24: ... or 604 266 8547 www equustek com 24 10 After selecting one of the three options click Finish to perform the selected action If you have chosen to download the configuration make sure you received message shown below before pressing reset to put the DL6000 online ...

Page 25: ...e will be decoded For more information about the decoding methods click on the link below the three options For a more detailed explanation with examples see the DL3500 application note DL3500 DH Modbus Master which can be found on the CD that came with the DL6000 or downloaded from www equustek com The decoding method used by the DL6000 is the same as the DL3500 13 After the Modbus parameters are...

Page 26: ...Modbus Parameters using the DL Offline Manager The DL Offline Manager can also be used to setup the Modbus Slave parameters for the DL6000 There is currently no ability to configure the Modbus Master settings If you are using the DL6000 as a Modbus Master you will need to use the method described above To use the DL Offline Manager open the EQ32 Configuration software and choose the DL6000 models ...

Page 27: ...a PLC type that the DL6000 will be communicating to Select A B PLC TYPE SLC Micrologix Enter 0 for PLC5 1 for PLC3 or 2 for SLC or Micrologix or ENTER to keep 3 After selecting the PLC type you will then be asked to enter the values for the translation table Leading zeros need to be entered when using the DL Offline Manager to configure the DL6000 After entering the translation parameters press En...

Page 28: ...0000 000 000 N 24 00000 00000 000 000 N 25 00000 00000 000 000 N 26 00000 00000 000 000 N 27 00000 00000 000 000 N 28 00000 00000 000 000 N 29 00000 00000 000 000 N 30 00000 00000 000 000 N 31 00000 00000 000 000 N 32 00000 00000 000 000 N 33 00000 00000 000 000 N 34 00000 00000 000 000 N 35 00000 00000 000 000 N 36 00000 00000 000 000 N 37 00000 00000 000 000 N 38 00000 00000 000 000 N 39 00000 0...

Page 29: ...63 subtract 64 from the value until it falls within the range of 0 to 63 This will be the DH node address in decimal Since DH uses octal notation a conversion decimal to octal will be needed Ex DL6000 with IP Address 192 168 2 170 Solution Take the last octet and subtract and keep subtracting 64 until the value falls within the range of 0 to 63 42 64 64 170 The DH node address is 42 decimal or 52 ...

Page 30: ...28 159 0 31 160 191 0 31 192 223 0 31 224 255 If the last octet of the IP address is larger than 31 subtract 32 from the value until it falls within the range of 0 to 31 This will be the DH 485 node address in decimal Ex DL6000 with IP Address 192 168 2 170 Solution Take the last octet and subtract and keep subtracting 32 until the value falls within the range of 0 to31 10 32 32 32 32 32 170 The D...

Page 31: ... EQ32 Configuration Software is used to upgrade the firmware on the DL6000 motherboard This firmware is responsible for the DH and DH 485 networks In order to upgrade the DL6000 firmware follow the procedure below 1 Open the EQ32 Configuration and select DL6000 Models You will see the following screen 2 Select the COM port attached to the DL6000 and click the DL Offline Manager button You will be ...

Page 32: ...ARE Version 7 ONLINE 8 CONFIGURE Model Parameters MAKE SELECTION 1 8 3 Press 2 to upgrade the firmware A message will appear notifying that this will overwrite the existing system code Press Y to continue This WILL overwrite DATALINK system code enter Y N to proceed Y ERASING FLASH PLEASE WAIT SEND FIRMWARE TEXT FILE NOW 4 After the message Send firmware text file now appears press the button Sele...

Page 33: ...ge box will appear asking if the WRITE new Firmware option was selected Click Yes to continue 6 Select the desired firmware file and the DL6000 will begin upgrading the firmware Upon a successful install the following text will appear A OK BURN COMPLETE 7 The EQ32 Configuration Software can now be closed Press the Reset button on the DL6000 to put it online ...

Page 34: ...required for connecting your DL6000 to Allan Bradley s DH and DH 485 networks It also contains wiring diagrams for building an RS 232 null modem cable which is used to connect serially to the DL6000 7 1 DL6000 Pinout Diagram Below is an image of the DL6000 that shows the numbering of the DH DH 485 connector Pin 1 is located closest to the power connector ...

Page 35: ... to the DL6000 in order to use the DL Offline Manager or configure the device using the EQ32 Configuration Software 7 3 DH Cable Below is a diagram of the DL6000 DH connector Pin 1 is the pin closest to the power connector 7 4 DH 485 Cable Below is a diagram of the DL6000 DH 485 connector Pin 1 is the pin closest to the power connector Note that Shield cannot be replaced by Common ...

Page 36: ... The DL6000 is designed to be used in applications using Ethernet to communicate with devices on a DH or DH 485 network Some of the typical applications that use the DL6000 are shown in this section 8 1 DL6000 MEDH The following example shows a SCADA server using a DL6000 to acquire data from PLC s and devices on the DH network ...

Page 37: ...P command will only temporarily change the IP address in the device To configure the unit so that it keeps the IP address you must telnet to the unit and change its IP address from the configuration menu In order for the ARP command to work in Windows 95 the ARP table on the PC must have at least one IP address defined other than its own To use the ARP command to assign a temporary IP address foll...

Page 38: ...000 by changing the Network or Server settings from the main menu of the telnet session The IP address assigned here will become the permanent IP address of the DL6000 9 2 Cannot communicate to DH node 0 using the DL6000 MEDH Any Modbus client that is trying to read or write data to a PLC or device on the DH or DH 485 at node 0 will not work The reason for this is because the Modbus protocol uses ...

Page 39: ... which it belongs to and facilitate communication among computers across different networks Analogy The node address is analogous to the suite number in an apartment and the network address is equivalent to the residential number of the entire apartment building When my friends want to visit me I must give them both my suite number and the residential number of the apartment in which I live in els...

Page 40: ...d Subnet Mask Couple When combining IP address with Subnet Masks the node address can be separated from the network address in this way 1 the node address is the IP address segment that maps to the Subnet Mask segment s that is are filled with 0 2 the network address is the IP address segment that maps to the Subnet Mask segment s that is are filled with 255 Ex Illustration of IP address Subnet Ma...

Page 41: ...his IP address points to the Node itself Loopback Address 0 0 0 0 This IP points to current network Node Address of 255 This IP address points to every nodes on the network Broadcast Address Node Address of 0 This IP address points to the entire network with the network address described in the IP address Wide Area Network Internet When connected to the internet network nodes must use the IP Addre...

Page 42: ...oblems on network connectivity However when connected to the internet users are expected to strictly conform to the IP regulations to ensure valid connectivity For more in depth information on IP address regulation please consult your networking administrator 2 Since 1993 the Classful IP address regulation has no longer been the only IP rules implemented on the internet Many inter service provider...