Table of Contents Introduction ............................4 Getting Started ............................. 5 Connecting the Power ..........................5 Connecting CAN Devices ......................... 5 Connecting to a Network ........................5 Installing DSU Software .......................... 5 Log In to the Web Console ........................6 microSD ............................... 6 Web Console Configuration and Troubleshooting .................
PROFINET host or SNMP client. All models are protected by rugged and compact metal housing and are DIN- rail mountable. The rugged design is suitable for industrial applications such as factory automation and other process automation industries. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
A progress bar will appear. The procedure should take only a few seconds to complete. A message will show the DSU has been successfully installed. You may choose to run it immediately by selecting Launch DSU. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
First time use of a microSD card containing a configuration file with the MGate gateway Power off the MGate and insert the microSD card. Power on the MGate. The configuration file stored in the microSD card will automatically copy to the MGate. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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MGate gateway. Note that the replacement microSD card should not contain any configuration files on it; otherwise, the out-of-date configuration will be copied to the MGate device. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
This chapter provides a quick overview of how to configure the MGate 5123 by web console. System Dashboard This page gives a system dashboard of the MGate 5123 gateway. You can change your password or log out using the options on the top-right corner of the page. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
First-time users should select the time zone first. The console will display the actual time in your time zone relative to the GMT. If you would like to change the real-time clock, select Local time. The MGate’s firmware will modify the GMT time according to the Time Zone setting. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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This optional field specifies the IP address or domain name Auto of the time server on your network. The module supports SNTP (RFC-1769) for automatic time calibration. The MGate will request the time information from the specified time server per the configured time period. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
1 sec for the NTP process to complete. System Settings—Network Settings You can change the IP Configuration, IP Address, Netmask, Default Gateway, and DNS settings on the Network Settings page. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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LAN. Preferred DNS 0.0.0.0 The IP address of the primary domain name server. Server (or other 32-bit number) Alternative DNS 0.0.0.0 The IP address of the secondary domain name server. Server (or other 32-bit number) MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
A text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate queries to Read Only Community agents of managed network devices. A text password mechanism that is used to weakly authenticate changes to Read/Write Community agents of managed network devices. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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The level of access allowed Read/Write Disable SHA1 Use this field to select MD5 or SHA as the method of password Authentication Type SHA-224 encryption for the specified level of access, or to disable SHA-256 authentication. SHA-384 SHA-512 MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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When the number of authentication failures exceeds Account Disabled Time the value set in Max Authentication Failure Times, 1 to 60 (default 10) Interval (min) the MGate will disable the SNMPv3 for Account Disabled Time Interval. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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System Settings—SNMP Settings—SNMP Trap Parameters Description Server IP SNMP server IP address or domain name. Port SNMP server IP Port. Disable SNMPv1 Trap Version SNMPv2 SNMPv3 MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Protocol Settings—Protocol Conversion You can select CANopen or J1939 on this page. Click Edit at the “Edge Device” right-hand side and select your device protocol roles. Click SAVE then APPLY on the warning pop-up window. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Description Vendor Vendor name Product Name Product name Vendor ID registered in CiA Vendor ID organization Revision EDS file revision EDS file EDS file name RxPDOs Supports number of RxPDO TxPDOs Supports number of TxPDO MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Enable message. TIME is a 6 bytes value with UAT format. 0x0000 to Time-COB ID 0x0100 Standard TIME COB ID is 0x0100 0xFFFF Time-Interval (ms) 0 to 65535 1000 Interval time for the TIME message. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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PDO COB ID. For example, if you want to mapping slave ID 2’s RPDO4 to MGate TPDO1, please type in COB ID 0x0502 in the CANopen master TPDO1. If you want to mapping slave ID2’s TPDO1 to CANopen master RPDO2, please type in COB ID 0x0182 in RPDO2. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Click the ADD button and select the slave device from the EDS repository. Or click the SCAN button to scan the device on the CAN bus. Only the slave device that matches the EDS file in the EDS Repository will be added to the table. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Click the pen icon to edit the slave Node ID and Device Name, and enable Heartbeat with the heartbeat time Consuming Timeout (ms). Heartbeat tag view status Protocol Settings—J1939 Settings You can manage J1939 protocol on this page. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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MGate rejoin the bus. CANbus termination To enable 120 ohms termination Disable, Enable Disable resistor 120 ohms resistor on CAN bus. 250 kbps, 500 kbps, Baudrate 250 kbps The baudrate used in J1939 1Mbps MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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The location where the data associated with the data Message point begins. The offset not only can be shown in bits 0 to 14279 bits 0 (0, 0) Offset but can be displayed as corresponding bytes and bits (byte, bit). MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Protocol Settings—PROFINET IO Device Settings You can configure the PROFINET IO Device setting on this page. The MGate 5123 supports two Application Relations (Ars) for two PLCs to access the same data via a shared device feature. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Click MANAGE to edit PROFINET Device Name. Parameter Value Description Device <alphanumeric Enter the PROFINET server name (if you type the name incorrectly, the Name string> connection will fail). Click on the Application Relation button to add tag data. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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1 to 128 environment setting Input Type Input or output type to PROFINET IO Controller Output <alphanumeric Slot Name Set the name for slot string> Providers Select what tag data you would like to map to PROFINET MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Then, the IO modules will be set, and you can run the communication. Protocol Settings—SNMP Mapping Settings You can manage CAN to SNMP mapping data on this page; for detailed SNMP protocol settings, please go to the SNMP Trap Server page. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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{tags}.1 Tag value 1.3.6.1.4.1.8691.21.5123.3.1.2 array of names {tags}.2 Tag name 1.3.6.1.4.1.8691.21.5123.3.1.1.x value of array[x] {array of values}.x Index of tag value 1.3.6.1.4.1.8691.21.5123.3.1.2.x name of array[x] {array of names}.x Index of tag name MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Diagnostics Diagnostics—Protocol Diagnostics Diagnostics—Protocol Diagnostics—CANopen Diagnostics MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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In the Slave Status tab, you can check the detailed information regarding slave status and change CANopen state machine at the right-hand side. Furthermore, you can open the Object Parameter tab to check and change the slave device's CANopen object value. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Diagnostics—Protocol Diagnostics—J1939 Diagnostics The Live List function allows you to check how many live devices are on the same network. Diagnostics—Protocol Diagnostics- PROFINET Diagnostics MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Click START to start traffic log. You can also read/write CAN data manually by clicking the TEST button and type in the CAN data frame. Diagnostics—Protocol Traffic—J1939 Traffic Click START to start J1939 traffic log. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Client connected; Client disconnected; Exception function EtherNet/IP Adapter connected; Adapter disconnected PROFINET I/O Device is connected, I/O Device is disconnected, I/O Controller is running, I/O Controller has stopped CANopen Device state changed; CAN bus-off J1939 CAN bus-off MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Local Log Settings Description Overwrites the oldest event log Event Log Overwrite Policy Stops recording event log Log Capacity Warning When the log amount exceeds the warning SNMP Trap Warning By Email Remote Log Settings MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Syslog Server IP IP address of a server that will record the log data Syslog Server port Enable TLS authentication. Notice TLS files must be uploaded for a successful TLS Authentication connection. SNMP Trap Settings MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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This field is for your mail server’s password, if required. From (Email Email address from which automatic email warnings will be sent. address) To (Email address, separated by Email addresses to which automatic email warnings will be sent. semicolon) MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
The gateway timestamp shows the time data was updated to the tag. You can write a value to the CAN device via Write value directly to test the communication with CAN device. Diagnostics—Network Connections You can see network-related information, including protocol, address, and state. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Diagnostics—LLDP You can see LLDP related information, including Port, Neighbor ID, Neighbor Port, Neigh Port Description, and Neighbor System. Also, you can adjust the transmit interval for LLDP by clicking the EDIT button. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Administrator account can access all settings. Operator accounts can Group Operator, access most settings, except security categories. Guest account can only Guest view the overview page. You can create your own group for account management. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Security—Account Management—Groups Three MGate build-in types of groups are shown; you can also create your own group by clicking CREATE. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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Description Password Minimum Length 8 to 128 The minimum password length Password Complexity Strength Select how the MGate checks the password’s strength Check Password lifetime Setting 90 to 180 days Set the password’s lifetime period. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
In the disabled mode, the MGate will still enable the after 60 sec disable after 60 sec. Reset button for 60 seconds after bootup, just in case you really need to reset the device. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
These settings are used to restrict access to the MGate by the IP address. Only IP addresses on the list will be allowed to access the device. Notice the restriction includes configuration and protocol conversion. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Users can select from several options to enable DoS Defense to fend off cybersecurity attacks. A denial-of- service (DoS) attack is an attempt to make a machine or a network resource unavailable. Users can select from the following options to counter DoS attacks. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
You can specify the reset period time when enabling the Reset Period (min) "reset the login failure counter" function When the number of login failures exceeds the threshold, Lockout Time(min) 1 to 60 (default 10) the MGate will lock out for a period. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
1 to 1440 (default 1440) Sets the auto logout period. (min) Security—Certificate Management Use this function to load the Ethernet SSL certificate. You can import or delete SSL certificate/key files. This function is only available for the web console. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
For cybersecurity reason, you can export configuration file with an authentication key, length from 8 to 16 characters. If the key to the imported configuration file differs from the key to the exported file, the import process will fail. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
Load Default will completely reset the configuration of the unit, and all the parameters you have saved will be discarded. Do not use this function unless you are sure you want to completely reset your unit. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
The MGate will create a status tag when a CAN device is created. This shows if the CAN device connection is valid or invalid. The highest significant bit shows the status. 1 is invalid, 0 is valid. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
System name and login password modification Network settings MXconfig Configuration import/export Firmware upgrade Configuration import/export MXview LLDP for topology analysis Security View** **Security View can check the security level of devices under the IEC62443-4-2 standard. MGate 5123 Series User Manual...
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