Guide to networking
TCP/IP
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5.
Select “IP” as the communication channel and
enter the address of the first gateway on the list
(
[C]
).
6.
By means of the
Check connection
button (
[D]
) it
is possible to test the communication in order to
verify that the TCP/IP parameters TCP/IP are
configured correctly.
7.
Go up through the Praesidia installation until you reach the highest layer, by means of the button on the top-
right of the window (
paragraph 3.4 - [B]
).
8.
Click-on the
Add
button to add a new cluster. The software will show the new cluster,
comprising a single control panel, added to those already configured.
Repeat the operation for each cluster that you intend adding to the network.
9.
For each added cluster, enter the IP address as follows:
9.1
Double click-on the control panel of the cluster.
9.2
When you reach the control panel layer click-on the
Settings
button.
9.3
In the window that opens, select “IP” and enter the address.
9.4
Check the communication capacity by means of the
Check connection
button (
[D]
)
.
9.5
Return to the “System” layer and proceed in the same way for the successive clusters.
10. Once the address has been assigned and the communication capacity tested on the gateway of each
cluster, proceed with the read operation by going up to the System layer and clicking-on the
Read
button.
The read operation can be simplified by indicating to the software which cluster to read, by means of the appropriate
option from the
Settings
window, selected on the “System” layer (
[E]
).
Once the read operation terminates (this operation may take several minutes depending on the size of the system), the
software will show the clusters complete with all their components. At this point the software will have read all the
elements of the network and will contain the actual data of each control panel.
However, warning icons will be shown to indicate that it is necessary to perform a write operation in order to
communicate to each component in the network the existence of all the other elements.
11. To set the programming of the entire installation click-on the
Write
button. This operation may take quite
some time due to the quantity of data that has to be transfered/written for each single control panel.
If you intend to write only the networking settings, you must first double click-on the network icon. In this
way you will access the
Network configuration
section, where you can click-on the
Write
button.
4.5
Sharing the events on the TCP/IP network
By appropriately configuring the
Events filter
section as described in
paragraph 3.5 Sharing the events on the
network
, it is possible to define which events coming from other control panels are to be visualized for each node in the
network. Please refer to the said paragraph for instructions.
4.6
Activations of groups of outputs on the TCP/IP network
The Praesidia allows the activation of outputs connected to a specific node in the TCP/IP network when verified
conditions on other nodes occur.
The configuration of these activations is possible through the appropriate programming of the groups of outputs. Each
of the first 240 groups of each control panel can be configured as “Cluster group”.
The option required for this operation can be found in the programming area of the FPMCPU frontplate module,
after accessing the “
Outputs group
” section follow the instructions in
paragraph 3.6 Activation of groups of
outputs in the network
.
Once the
Cluster group
option is enabled, available in the parameters section of the selected group, the group
programmed in this way will be the same for all the control panels connected in the TCP/IP network. The outputs
associated with the group will activate regardless of control panel they are connected to. In the same way, the devices of
any network control panel can activate the shared group.
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