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- Page 1 Flexy Family User Guide USER MANUAL UM-0002-00 1.4 en-US ENGLISH...
- Page 2 HMS Industrial Networks reserves the right to modify its products in line with its policy of continuous product development. The information in this document shall therefore not be construed as a commitment on the part of HMS Industrial Networks and is subject to change without notice.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Page Preface ..........................3 About This Document .......................3 Document History ......................3 Related Documents ......................3 Trademark Information .....................3 Requirements ........................4 Hardware ........................4 Software.........................4 Get in Touch with the Flexy....................5 Assigning an IP Address.....................5 Accessing the Web Configuration Interface................5 Quick Launch Wizard...................... - Page 4 Historical Logging ......................18 Historical Logging Configuration ..................18 Historical Logging Graph....................18 Historical Logging Table....................18 10 Files Transfer Page ......................19 11 Task Planner ........................20 11.1 Configure FTP Server Settings................... 20 12 Tag Publishing........................22 13 Data Management ......................23 13.1 Talk2M API ........................
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Page 5: Preface
RG-0009-00 Export Block Descriptor Trademark Information ® Ewon is a registered trademark of HMS Industrial Networks SA. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective holders. UM-0002-00 1.4 en-US Flexy Family User Guide User Manual... -
Page 6: Requirements
Requirements 4 (34) Requirements Hardware This guide presents the features of the Flexy which can be combined with optional extension cards if needed. Without extension cards, the Flexy provides Remote Access and Remote Data Services to Ethernet devices over the local Ethernet network. Extension cards permit the Flexy to communicate to a wider range of field devices including USB and serial devices and to use additional Internet connectivity technologies such as Wi-Fi and cellular modems. -
Page 7: Get In Touch With The Flexy
Get in Touch with the Flexy 5 (34) Get in Touch with the Flexy Assigning an IP Address The first communication with the Flexy can be established using the companion tool eBuddy (check Software, p. 4 for more details about eBuddy). To change the IP address of the Flexy: Connect the port labeled as LAN (port #1) of your Flexy. -
Page 8: Quick Launch Wizard
Quick Launch Wizard 6 (34) Quick Launch Wizard The Quick Launch Wizard makes it easy to configure the initial system and communication settings for the Flexy. Fig. 1 Quick Launch Wizard Button It passes sequentially through the System Wizard, the Internet Wizard and the VPN wizard: •... -
Page 9: Internet Wizard
Quick Launch Wizard 7 (34) Click Next to proceed to the second screen. The second screen of the System Wizard configures the date & time settings. For Talk2M communication, the date of the Flexy must be correct. Click on the Timezone or Datetime field icons in the to adjust the date. -
Page 10: Vpn Wizard
Quick Launch Wizard 8 (34) In the <Address Setup> section, select DHCP from the dropdown menu to have the Flexy receive an address automatically from the network or Static and then enter the network address settings manually. If the network uses a proxy server and the Flexy will connect to Talk2M, check the <Connect to Talk2M through Proxy>... -
Page 11: Remote Access
Remote Access 9 (34) Remote Access The Flexy can be used to allow remote access to a wide variety of PLCs. Under most circumstances, completing the Quick Launch Wizard successfully configures the Flexy for remote access. In addition, there may be additional configuration steps required in the programming software of the field device. -
Page 12: Create Tags And Monitor Values
Create Tags and Monitor Values 10 (34) Create Tags and Monitor Values The tags are variables monitored by the Flexy. The tag values can change over time and can come from a variety of data sources including external devices such as PLCs. These data sources are called IO Servers. - Page 13 Create Tags and Monitor Values 11 (34) Fig. 2 Change from VIEW to SETUP Mode to Create a Tag. On the Tag Setup screen, there are several key fields that identify a tag and its data source. Every tag must have a <Tag Name>...
- Page 14 Create Tags and Monitor Values 12 (34) Fig. 4 Tag Creation — MEM. Fig. 5 Tag Creation — Siemens. The Flexy supports different data types for tags: <Floating Point>, <Boolean>, <Integer>, <DWord> and <String>. If the <Automatic> data type is selected, the Flexy will store the tag value in a default data type based on the IO server and tag address as described in the General Reference Guide from the Related Documents, p.
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Page 15: Monitor Tags
Create Tags and Monitor Values 13 (34) Monitor Tags 6.4.1 Tag Display <VIEW> mode of the Tags ► Values page shows the last read value for the tags. The contents of the page refreshes at the rate shown in the <Autorefresh>... -
Page 16: Alarm Management
Alarm Management 14 (34) Alarm Management The Flexy makes it easy to monitor current alarms, to acknowledge alarms, to notify users throughout the alarm cycle and record past alarm events. Configure Alarm Settings for a Tag Alarming is configured on a tag by tag basis. On the tag configuration page of the Tags ►... -
Page 17: Alarm History
Alarm Management 15 (34) Fig. 9 Alarm Summary Page Alarm History <Alarm History> shows the full alarm cycle of both currently active alarms and past alarms. <Alarm History> is accessible from Tags ► Alarms ► History. Alarm Actions For every tag with alarms enabled, the Flexy can be configured to perform different actions when the alarm cycle state changes. - Page 18 Alarm Management 16 (34) Fig. 10 Example of SMTP Server Settings. More information about using the Talk2M Email and SMS relay is available in the Email & text message (SMS) relaying using Talk2M reference from the Related Documents, p. Information about configuring connections to different SMTP servers is available in the General Reference Guide from the Related Documents, p.
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Page 19: Real-Time Logging
Real-time Logging 17 (34) Real-time Logging Real-time logging records how a tag value changes over time. Tag values are logged in a circular buffer in volatile memory at regular intervals to show trends over a user defined period of time. Since the values are only stored in memory, they are lost after a reboot. -
Page 20: Historical Logging
Historical Logging 18 (34) Historical Logging Historical logging stores tag changes for a longer period in a first-in-first-out file in flash file system. Since the values are stored in non-volatile memory, they are not lost after a reboot. Logging can be triggered by events such as significant data value changes, on a simple interval basis or a combination of the two. -
Page 21: Files Transfer Page
Files Transfer Page 19 (34) Files Transfer Page Many of the files on the Flexy including the current tag values, the Alarm Summary, the Alarm History, and Historical Logs are available to download from Diagnostic ► Files Transfer. More information about all the available files is in the General Reference Guide from the Related Documents, p. -
Page 22: Task Planner
Task Planner 20 (34) Task Planner With the Task Planner, the Flexy can perform different actions at specified times or at fixed intervals. These actions are the same as tag Alarm Actions and include sending an email, sending an SMS, putting a file on an FTP server and sending an SNMP trap. - Page 23 Task Planner 21 (34) FTP server configuration settings are found under Setup ►System ►Main ►Net services ►FTP. Fig. 15 FTP Server Configuration. More information about configuring the Task Planner and communicating with an FTP server is available in the General Reference Guide from the Related Documents, p.
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Page 24: Tag Publishing
Tag Publishing 22 (34) Tag Publishing In addition to polling tags from external devices, the Flexy can publish tag values. With this feature, external software and devices can read tag values from the Flexy. The Flexy supports tag publishing tag values over Modbus TCP, SNMP, and OPCUA. Check the Related Documents, p. -
Page 25: Data Management
Data Management 23 (34) Data Management The Flexy supports exporting data to a variety of data management platforms. If the Flexy is configured to connect to Talk2M, the Talk2M API (feature of Talk2M) makes it easy to share data with many different platforms. Fig. -
Page 26: Nat 1:1
NAT 1:1 24 (34) NAT 1:1 Under some circumstances, devices on the WAN or VPN network of the Flexy could need access to devices on the LAN network of the Flexy. By enabling the NAT 1:1 feature, addresses on one network can be mapped to addresses on the other. -
Page 27: Custom Web
Custom Web Pages 25 (34) Custom Web Pages The Flexy has a web server to host its own internal web pages. In addition, the Flexy can support user created web pages. The Flexy can host custom HTML pages including special forms and server side includes that allow users to display and interact with tags and other data of the Flexy. -
Page 28: Backup And Restore
Backup and Restore 26 (34) Backup and Restore Backups can be created and restored using the eBuddy companion tool. To create or restore a backup: Open eBuddy and select Backup/Restore from the menu bar. On the following window, select backup or restore and click Next. On the <Ewon Identification>... -
Page 29: Other Configuration Mechanisms
Other Configuration Mechanisms 27 (34) Other Configuration Mechanisms The Flexy can be configured through its web interface or by restoring a backup of a previously saved configuration with eBuddy. In addition, the Flexy can be configured through other mechanisms including FTP and using an SD card. 17.1 Every Flexy can be used as both an FTP server and an FTP client. -
Page 30: Export Block Descriptors
Export Block Descriptors 28 (34) Export Block Descriptors Export Block Descriptors can be used to export data from the Flexy. For example:, they can be used with Alarm Actions or Task Planner entries to include information such as historical logs and current tag values inside or attached to an email. An Export Block Descriptor is a string of characters describing the data to export using a predefined syntax. -
Page 31: Scripting
Scripting 29 (34) Scripting The Flexy supports custom programs using scripting language similar to BASIC with many specific extensions. With scripting, users can: • Create customized reports. • Let users acknowledge alarms by SMS. • Dynamically adjust communication parameters such as the Internet interface. •... -
Page 32: User Management
User Management 30 (34) User Management At initial configuration, a Flexy has a single user with username <adm>. This user has full administrator rights on the Flexy. However, the Flexy 205 can support multiple users with their own unique user rights. Users are added, modified, and deleted from Setup ►Users. -
Page 33: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting 31 (34) Troubleshooting The Flexy provides a number of tools for quickly troubleshooting problems that may occur. 21.1 Summary Page The Summary page shows at a glance information about the health and status of the Flexy. Its current Internet connection and VPN connection status, date and time, and firmware versions are all displayed. -
Page 34: Scheduled Actions
Troubleshooting 32 (34) 21.3 Scheduled Actions The Scheduled Actions log shows the states of the last 20 outgoing actions like SendMail, putFTP, getFTP, NTPSyncro, SendSMS, and SNMPTrap. If an error occurs during an action, the Scheduled Actions record will include an error code to help identify the source of the problem. - Page 35 This page intentionally left blank...
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