Zennio Linecoupler ZN1SY-LCTP, User Manual

Page 1: ...Linecoupler KNX TP Line Coupler Repeater ZN1SY LCTP USER MANUAL Application Program version 1 1 User Manual version 1 1 _a www zennio com ...

Page 2: ... Configuration 7 2 1 1 Zennio Linecoupler as a Line Coupler 7 2 1 2 Zennio Linecoupler as a Repeater 11 2 2 Manual Function Button 12 2 2 1 Hard Reset to Factory Defaults 12 3 ETS Parameterisation Linecoupler 13 3 1 Default Parameterisation 13 3 2 General 14 3 3 Main Line 14 3 4 Sub Line 17 4 ETS Parameterisation Linerepeater 18 4 1 Default Parameterisation 18 4 2 General 19 4 3 Main Line 19 4 4 S...

Page 3: ...nnioenglish zendesk com 3 DOCUMENT UPDATES Version Modifications Page s 1 1 _a Changes in the application program Downloads are now forced to be complete to ensure the filter table is always transferred to the device Minor details about the group address filtering 8 ...

Page 4: ...upler is the KNX line coupling and line repeating solution from Zennio This device is intended to couple two KNX twisted pair lines together Its flexibility makes it possible to connect a KNX sub line to a KNX mainline or a KNX mainline to a KNX backbone line line coupler mode or to simply link together two sub line segments line repeater mode Figure 2 Context Topology ...

Page 5: ...ckage of Device Configuration Telegrams telegrams destined to physical addresses Support for Long Messages up to 250 bytes Customizable Pushbutton for triggering the manual mode useful at runtime and for set up and troubleshooting purposes 6 Lighting Indicators LEDs for accurately showing the bus status of each line making the detection of abnormal situations excessive bus load message retransmiss...

Page 6: ...utton 10 shown in Figure 3 may be pressed to set Linecoupler in programming mode After a short press the programming LED will light in red The behaviour of the additional LEDs and the manual function button will be described in section 2 2 For detailed information about the technical features of Linecoupler as well as information on security and on the installation process please refer to the Data...

Page 7: ...s a typical scenario where Linecoupler can be installed As a line coupler the device may perform line coupling in the nodes marked as LC where a sub line connects to a mainline or a mainline connects to a backbone line In both cases Linecoupler offers an insulated coupling interface with the possibility of filtering the traffic according to the topology in the installation or to group oriented cri...

Page 8: ...transmit the telegram to the other side if the address is found or drop block it if it is not Note making further changes to a project addresses etc requires downloading the updated filter table to the line coupler Example if the line coupler has been parameterised to filter group addresses from both lines when it receives a telegram from the mainline destined to a group address e g 2 5 13 it will...

Page 9: ... mainline and for the sub line Example in the example shown in Figure 4 if the line coupler with address 3 2 0 reads a telegram on the mainline destined to the device with physical address 3 1 2 it will compare both addresses and conclude that 3 1 2 is not an address belonging to its line and will therefore not transmit it to its secondary line Note the device that sends a telegram needs to have b...

Page 10: ...n traffic o OFF no traffic o BLINKING red errors in the transmissions Group Address GA Filter Status LED shows the current configuration of the group address routing o OFF different routing for the main and the secondary lines o ON green filtering active o ON orange all group addresses routed o ON red routing blocked Physical Address PA Filter Status LED shows the current configuration of the indi...

Page 11: ... whether it is destined to one side or another both segments melt together Therefore the Linerepeater application program will only let transmitting or dropping every telegram destined to physical addresses while no drop or filter options are provided for those destined to group addresses Note while the individual address of a line coupler does the individual address of a repeater does not have pa...

Page 12: ...switching from the normal mode to the manual mode and then back to the normal mode does not cause a loss of the previously downloaded parameters For both the line repeater and the line coupler application programs the selectable manual functions are disabled pass all telegrams pass physical telegrams and pass group telegrams Please refer to sections 3 2 and 4 2 for the parameterisation in ETS of t...

Page 13: ...d be added to the project where desired And then one click on the device with the secondary mouse button will permit selecting Edit parameters in order to start the configuration The following sections provide a detailed explanation about each of the different parameters of the device 3 1 DEFAULT PARAMETERISATION When entering the parameter edition of Linecoupler for the first time a window simila...

Page 14: ...on pass all telegrams default option the device will not filter drop any telegram transferred from one line the other pass physical telegrams the device will not filter drop physical addresses in other words all telegrams destined to physical addresses will be transmitted while in manual mode on the other hand group telegram filtering will stay the same as in normal mode and pass group telegrams t...

Page 15: ...ly The following parameters will be locked unless Configure has been selected under Configuration Group Telegrams sets the behaviour of the device regarding telegrams destined to group addresses The available options are Transmit all no telegram filtering or dropping Block all telegrams will be dropped and Filter default option telegrams will be filtered dropping only the corresponding ones accord...

Page 16: ...ed to a group address The options are No the undelivered telegram will not be re sent Normal default option the undelivered telegram will be re sent up to three times and Reduced the undelivered telegram will be re sent once Telegram Confirmations on Line sets when the line coupler should confirm by sending an immediate ACK message the reception of telegrams Selecting If routed default option will...

Page 17: ...er regarding the sub line that is when telegrams are being transferred towards the sub line As shown in Figure 11 the available parameters are completely analogous to those in the Main line tab Figure 11 Sub Line Please refer to section 3 3 for a detailed description of these parameters taking into account that section 3 3 applies to the mainline instead of the sub line ...

Page 18: ...ice should be added to the project where desired And then one right click on the device will permit selecting Edit parameters in order to start the configuration In the following sections a detailed explanation can be found about each of the different parameters of the device 4 1 DEFAULT PARAMETERISATION When entering the parameter edition of Zennio Linecoupler for the first time a window similar ...

Page 19: ...m transferred from one line to the other pass physical telegrams the device will not filter physical addresses in other words all telegrams destined to physical addresses will be transmitted while in manual mode and pass group telegrams the device will not filter group addresses note that this has no practical effect the line repeater does always let group telegrams pass in normal mode while on th...

Page 20: ...gement not received negative acknowledgement etc of telegrams destined to physical addresses The options are No the undelivered telegram will not be re sent Normal the undelivered telegram will be re sent up to three times and Reduced default option the undelivered telegram will be re sent once Group Repetition if Errors on Main Line sets the desired reaction upon transmission errors in the mainli...

Page 21: ... In case of reception errors on the destination line negative ACKs sent by the devices will overwrite this ACK so having this parameter enabled will cause no damage or information loss 4 4 SUB LINE This screen permits parameterising the behaviour of the line repeater regarding the sub line i e when the telegrams travel towards the bus connected to the terminal on the right see Figure 3 As shown in...

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