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Sinapsi EQUOBOX User Manual

Rtu-modbus datalogger for modbus devices
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EQUOBOX RTU-ModBus
Datalogger for ModBus
devices
User Guide
Rev 2.2
This manual refers to the versions starting from:
Firmware 3.02.06 / Web 3.02.02 / Hardware 2.0

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  • Page 1 . s i n a p s i t e c h . i t i n f o @ s i n a p s i t e c h . i t EQUOBOX RTU-ModBus Datalogger for ModBus...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................4 Purpose of the document ..............................
  • Page 3 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 12.2 Advanced Setup ..................................24 12.3 Email Setup .....................................

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of the document This document is a guide to the installation, configuration, and commissioning of the EQUOBOX RTU, code SIN.EQRTU3, hereinafter referred to as RTU. This document is intended for technical personnel with an average knowledge of electrical engineering, IT, basic TCP/IP principles, and M-Bus systems.

  • Page 5: Rtu Appearance

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 3. RTU APPEARANCE 3.1 Description of the RTU The RTU is one of the two dataloggers of the EQUOBOX family. The main functional features described in this document are summarised below: Webserver-based datalogger •...

  • Page 6: General Information About Modbus Architecture

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 4. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT ModBus ARCHITECTURE 4.1 System overview ModBus is a serial communication protocol created by Modicon in 1979 .

  • Page 7: Addressing

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Avoid the creation of star node •...

  • Page 8: Installation

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 5. INSTALLATION Carefully follow these instructions to install the device, in order to be able to commission the system in the best possible way.

  • Page 9: Connection To A Local Pc Via Ethernet (Lan)

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 5.3 Connection to a local PC via Ethernet (LAN) The device is equipped with two Ethernet ports ETH1 and ETH2 to connect it to a PC either connected to a LAN network or directly via an Ethernet cable.

  • Page 10: Connection To A Gprs-Umts Modem/Router

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 IP address: 192.168.1.XXX (With XXX being a number ranging between 1 and 254 and different •...

  • Page 11: Connecting The Digital Inputs To Voltage Free Contacts

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 5.5 Connecting the digital inputs to voltage free contacts Follow the instructions below to connect the digital inputs to the device with voltage free contacts, such as switches, interface relays, or anything else that does not require voltage: Figure 6 - Digital input connection...

  • Page 12: Connecting The Digital Inputs To Negative Voltage Contacts

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 5.7 Connecting the digital inputs to negative voltage contacts Follow the instructions below to connect the digital inputs to the device with negative voltage (in the event of closed contacts) and voltage free contacts (in the event of open contact): Figure 8 - Negative voltage digital input connection...

  • Page 13: Commissioning

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 6. COMMISSIONING 15system can be commissioned following the instructions below: After scanning the bus, we recommend accessing the RTU’s webserver (see Chapter Errore.

  • Page 14: Buttons And Display

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 8. BUTTONS AND DISPLAY 8.1 Button description The RTU is equipped with 6 navigation buttons, which allow browsing through the menus on the display.

  • Page 15: Display - Rtu Info

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 8.3 Display – RTU INFO Press OK in the RTU INFO menu to access the submenu that displays the network parameters as shown in the figure: Figure 10 - RTU INFO Each page, 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 shows the model of the device and the current date and time.

  • Page 16: Display - Settings

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 8.4 Display - SETTINGS The Display Settings section is divided into four subsections General •...

  • Page 17: Connecting The Rtu To The Pc

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 9. CONNECTING THE RTU TO THE PC Connect the RTU either to ETH1 or ETH2 using a T568A or T568B (straight through or crossover) Ethernet cable as shown in Figure 12 Figure 12 - LAN connection...

  • Page 18: Homepage

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 HOMEPAGE Connect the device as shown in Figure 12 and type in the address 192.168.1.110 in your browser Figure 13 - Login The data for the first access are: User Name: admin...
  • Page 19 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 The screen is divided into three sections: Path of the page being consulted •...

  • Page 20: Settings - System

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 SETTINGS - SYSTEM The items that can be selected are: Settings •...

  • Page 21: System Settings

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 11.2 System settings Figure 16 - System settings The System Settings screen has two sections: 1.
  • Page 22 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 The Service screen consists of: 1. Software update RTU Firmware Version: shows the RTU’s current firmware version •...

  • Page 23: Settings - Network

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 SETTINGS - NETWORK 12.1 General Setup This section is dedicated to the RTU network settings Figure 19 - Network settings The fields to be filled out are:...

  • Page 24: Advanced Setup

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 12.2 Advanced Setup This section is dedicated to the advanced parameters for the RTU system configuration. The parameters shown in Figure 20 should be managed by qualified personnel.

  • Page 25: Email Setup

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 12.3 Email Setup This section allows you to configure the email management parameters in the RTU Figure 22 - Email settings The page is divided into: 1.

  • Page 26: Dyndns

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 12.4 DynDNS This section is dedicated to the configuration/activation of the DynDNS service Figure 23 - DNS service settings Enter: Domain Name: Enter the domain name provided by the no-ip.com service...

  • Page 27: Data Sampling

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 DATA SAMPLING 13.1 Defining sampling frequency and RAW data This section analyses how the RTU samples the values.

  • Page 28: Defining Summary Data

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 DEFINING SUMMARY DATA To follow will be given the definition of the data generated dall'RTU Summary in relation to Figure 24. The RTU manages four types of summary data for a maximum of 10 years for 60 devices.

  • Page 29: Summary Data - Maximum

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 14.3 Summary Data – Maximum Summary data related to Maximum provide the maximum value logged during the day Time axis Figure 27 - Summary data –...

  • Page 30: Settings - Devices

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 SETTINGS - DEVICES Figura 29 - Insert a new ModBus Energy Meter Figure 29 shown the dialog for entering and editing a new ModBus Energy Meter.

  • Page 31: Section 1

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 15.1 Section 1 Returns a table with all the previously energy meters inserted Figure 30 - Meter previously inserted ➢...

  • Page 32: Section 3

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 b. Non-integrated Model: inserting a not integrated energy meter into the system in the right side of the window will not displayed the image of the energy meter in insertion.
  • Page 33 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Description: for each integrated energy meter is preset a standard description that can be changed at •...

  • Page 34: Settings - Events

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 SETTINGS - EVENTS 16.1 I/O Events This section allows you to set up to four conditions to control the actuators.

  • Page 35: Events

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Figure 36 - Programming the logic The logic settings allow you to select: Send email: sends an email to the recipients set in section 12.3Errore.

  • Page 36: Condition Set According To The Maximum Value Acquired

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Upon selecting the meter, specify the condition, among: Max Value: condition set according to the maximum value acquired by the data •...

  • Page 37: Condition Set According To The Minimum Value Acquired

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Event closure notification: sends an email notification whenever an event is closed •...

  • Page 38: Condition Set According To The Value Out Of Range

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Open: commands to open Close: commands to close Pulse: generates a pulse Output 2: when an event occurs, you can enable an operation according to the device connected to •...

  • Page 39: Condition Set According To The Consumption Threshold

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Output 2: when an event occurs, you can enable an operation according to the device connected to •...

  • Page 40: Exporting Data

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 EXPORTING DATA This section allows you to process/export the data logged in the RTU. The data logged in every single meter are defined as shown in Chapter 15 and in Chapters 13 and 14.
  • Page 41 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 The Create report menu is divided as follows: 1.

  • Page 42: Example Of Raw Data In Xls Format

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Select the day: select the day to be exported Include non-displayed data: select to export all the saved data Press Download Data to download the data Allocate a name to the file to be generated...

  • Page 43: Example Of Summary Data In .Xls And .Csv Format

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 17.3 Example of Summary data in .xls and .csv format Figure 51 - Exporting Summary data in .XLS and .CSV format Note: the extracted data from the system provide: Use of the point for the thousands...

  • Page 44: Repository

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Planning refers to every single device and the document that will be created can always be viewed in the Report Archive section.

  • Page 45: Account Data

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Upon downloading the file, select it in the lower section of the browser page. A window prompting you to confirm whether you want to open the file will appear automatically.

  • Page 46: Plant Status

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 PLANT STATUS This section allows you to view the plant status. The items that can be selected are: Devices •...
  • Page 47 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Figure 57 - Detailed information S I N A P S I S . r . l . | V i a d e l l e Q u e r c e 1 1 / 1 3 - 0 6 0 8 3 B A S T I A U M B R A ( P G ) –...

  • Page 48: Event Summary

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 19.2 Event summary This section allows you to view all the events processed by the RTU with respect to the configuration described in Chapter 15.

  • Page 49: Appendix

    E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 APPENDIX 20.1 ROUTER Configuration The router is provided with an operating configuration. Should you need to change the parameters, proceed as follows: activation of a flat contract with a traffic threshold greater or equal to 500Mb monthly and suppression •...
  • Page 50 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Figure 60 - 3G Configuration Tim: ibox.tim.it •...
  • Page 51 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Figure 62 - Wireless Access Point For security reasons we always recommend activate the Encryption in the Wireless Security subsection.
  • Page 52 Because the router to recognize your computer, you need to create a static LAN IP address. By default the rules in the router are: Router: external port 8080 • Equobox: external port 80 • FTP Sending: external port 21 •...
  • Page 53 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 The content of the message must be identical to that in the SMS text field (e.g. reboot). You will receive an SMS confirming that the operation has been carried out.
  • Page 54 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Figure 68 - Administration properties Figure 69 - Backup and Firmware To set up the Dynamic DNS service go to menù...
  • Page 55 E Q U O B O X R T U - M o d B u s – U s e r G u i d e R e v . 2 . 2 Select from the following service Upon completion of insert check Enable and populate fields. Vedi Figure 71 Service: select the service from those offered •...

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