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ModGate Plus

Edition: August 2015

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Page 1 User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual User Manual ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus ModGate Plus...
Page 2 Copyright © 2009-2015 Vision Systems. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. Trademarks VScom is a registered trademark of Vision Systems GmbH. All other trademarks and brands are property of their rightful owners. Disclaimer Vision Systems reserves the right to make changes and improvements to its product without pro- viding notice.
Page 3: Table Of Contents
....24 4.5.3 TCP Connections (conﬁguration of allowed TCP connections) ..24 August 2015 ModGate Plus User Manual...
Page 4 ......ModGate Plus 213 Top, Front, Left and Back Side ....
Page 5: Overview
Power-over-Ethernet may be ordered on the four and eight port models. The ModGate Plus Gateways support serial speed up to 115200 bps, which is a restriction of Modbus. In RS232 mode the technical limit is 1000 kbps, used as RS485 the serial port can operate up to 3 Mbps.
Page 6: Product Specifications
2 Introduction 2.2 Product Speciﬁcations Most of the hardware characteristics are common for all ModGate Plus models. However some must diﬀer from model to model, they are shown in dedicated sections. 2.2.1 Common Characteristics Processor ARM Cortex-A8 Memory 256MB SDRAM, 256MB Flash...
Page 7: Device Specific Characteristics
Figure 1: ModGate Plus 113 on DIN Rail This is the ModGate Plus 113 with the serial connector, Ethernet port and USB for optional WLAN expansion. The conﬁguration switches, power connector and Reset hole are on the rear side. Also visible are two positions for a WLAN antenna, when the internal module is installed.
Page 8: Modgate Plus 213
WLAN expansion. The conﬁguration switches, power connector and Reset hole are on the back side (same as ModGate Plus 113). Visible on the left is the position for a WLAN antenna if the integrated module is installed. There is another positon for this antenna on the back side.
Page 9: Modgate Plus 413
(b) Rear Side Figure 3: ModGate Plus 413 This is the ModGate Plus 413. The front side presents the four serial ports, Ethernet connector and the position for WLAN antenna with the integrated module. The rear side shows the Reset hole, the USB port for WLAN extension, conﬁguration switches and the power supply.
Page 10: Modgate Plus 813
(b) Rear Side Figure 4: ModGate Plus 813 This is the ModGate Plus 813. The front side presents the eight serial ports, Ethernet connector and the position for WLAN antenna with the integrated module. The rear side is the same as on...
Page 11: Packing List
2 Introduction ModGate Plus 413 and shows the Reset hole, the USB port for WLAN extension, conﬁguration switches and the power supply. 2.3 Packing List • ModGate Plus Modbus Gateway • WLAN Antenna for Models with integrated module • CD-ROM with documentation 2.4 About this Manual...
Page 12: Hardware Description
Oﬀ Oﬀ Table 6: Switch Conﬁgurations By default the ModGate Plus Gateway uses DHCP to get a valid IP Address. When the Gate- way is conﬁgured for a static but unknown address, Conﬁguration IP temporarily sets it to 192.168.254.254. For Factory Settings the DIP switch is ﬁrst set to the deﬁned conﬁguration. The parameters are restored on Power-Up/Reset of the ModGate Plus Gateway.
Page 13: Rs485 Electrical Configuration
ﬁrst characters of a beginning communication. The serial ports of the ModGate Plus Gateways do not require adding BIAS. This function can be added to the cable for other hardware on the RS485 bus.
Page 14: Wlan Antenna
Table 8: Ethernet LED Function 3.5 Power Supply The ModGate Plus device is powered by a single 9-54V power supply. It requires 300 mA up to 600 mA of current, depending on the device type and voltage supplied. A suitable power supply adapter is available as optional accessory.
Page 15: Configuration
But this is not always the situation. The ModGate Plus may use DHCP, which is also the default conﬁguration. If a DHCP server is available, it will assign an IP Address from a conﬁgured pool. At ﬁrst this address is not known to the user, since he can not access the DHCP servers log ﬁle.
Page 16: Status
4.1.1 Status Figure 8: Status information The type of ModGate Plus is shown as the Model Name. For identiﬁcation the MAC-Address is also given. Since such an address must be unique for all devices on the world, this is suitable to check if the conﬁguration starts on the correct device.
Page 17: General Settings
4.2.2 Ethernet (IP) Settings Figure 11: Ethernet Settings Ethernet is considered the most often used network connection of ModGate Plus. Therefore the default conﬁguration is created for automatic acquire of suitable parameters. Conﬁg Mode provides the choice between Auto (DHCP) and Manual. DHCP acquires the con- ﬁguration from a certain server in the network, no need to deﬁne the other parameters.
Page 18: Wlan Settings
Note: You have to reboot (see 4.1.2) the device for the changes to take eﬀect. 4.2.3 WLAN Settings Models ModGate Plus with WLAN provide Wireless LAN as of IEEE 802.11b/g/n. This network can operate in parallel to the Ethernet. Figure 12: WLAN Radio Cell Settings WLAN Radio Cell Parameters These are the parameters to conﬁgure the radio operation, so...
Page 19: Wlan Ip Settings
Of course responses are identiﬁed and sent to the Master which requested them. This is the DirectMappingMode. However in many installations there is a ModGate Plus with a single serial port only. This Gateway is contacted by only one Master via TCP. Naturally all data coming from TCP must be sent to...
Page 20: Modbus Gateway Settings
(Mapping of Modbus devices to serial ports or TCP connections) or PromiscuousMode (Map- ping of serial ports to TCP connections). Allow unknown clients Enables all stations to connect to ModGate Plus, without prior conﬁgura- tion as an allowed target for data.
Page 21: Configuration Of Serial Ports
RS422 are other options. If the serial connection in RS485 mode requires Termination, place a checkmark in the box. This activates an internal resistor of 120Ω. You have the choice between the Modbus/ASCII and the Modbus/RTU protocol, regardless of the RSMode conﬁguration. August 2015 ModGate Plus User Manual...
Page 22: Configuration Of Tcp Connections
The mapping table is the main part of the gateway. It speciﬁes where the Modbus packets should be delivered to. The type of the mapping table depends on the mapping mode speciﬁed under "Modbus Gateway Settings" (see 4.3.1). August 2015 ModGate Plus User Manual...
Page 23: Devices To Serial Or Tcp (Direct Mapping)
ﬁle consists of key-value pairs. There are also ﬂags like “promisc” and “verbose” which are oﬀ by default if they are not speciﬁed in the conﬁg ﬁle. In the sections “Serial Ports”, “TCP Connections” and “Mappings” ALL available options have to be speciﬁed for each entry. August 2015 ModGate Plus User Manual...
Page 24: General Options (General Options For This Program)
The valid mapping table is selected depending on the promisc ﬂag, the settings belonging to the currently inactive mode are ignored (e.g. when in PromiscousMode all mappings that were speciﬁed for DirectMappingMode are ignored). ModGate Plus treats lines as comments when they start with the hash character “#”.
Page 25: Mappings - Directmappingmode
ﬁrmware (type *.b64). When the ﬁle is displayed here click on the button for Update. This will upload the new ﬁrmware to the device, and then install it. Naturally this process must cancel all currently operating connections, and it will reboot the device. August 2015 ModGate Plus User Manual...
Page 26: Special Implementation Features
Their requests are placed into the queue in a ﬁrst come - ﬁrst served manner. 5.2 Conversion of Serial Line Parameters On ModGate Plus models with multiple serial lines a master on a serial port can address slaves on the other serial ports. The DirectMappingMode allows for that conﬁguration. The involved serial lines do not need to share the conﬁguration parameters.