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1. lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt lt META HTITP EQUIV Content Type CONTENT text html charset windows 1252 gt lt TITLE gt Applet Test Page lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt lt BODY gt This is the Communication Applet capplet lt APPLET ARCHIVE dabin jar CODEBASE CODE capplet class WIDTH 25 HEIGHT 25 HSPACE 0 VSPACE 0 ALIGN middle gt lt PARAM NAME SCANTIME VALUE 1000 gt lt PARAM NAME RUNMODE VALUE RUN gt lt APPLET gt lt BODY gt lt HTML gt All DABin Applets are archived in a file named dabin jar This file must be included in the Web site if any of the pages includes Applets 7 2 2 The Communication Applet CApplet For an Applets page to work a Communication Applet and only one must be inserted a http 192 168 0 89 the Communication Applet capplet O Figure 75 The CApplet in a Web Browser The CApplet accepts two parameters SCANTIME is the time interval after the CApplet sends a Read query to DABin and refresh all DApplets in Page RUNMODE indicates the CApplet the working mode Table 17 Communication Applet Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value SCANTIME Time between refreshes 500ms 10000ms 1000ms RUN Default mode RUNMODE Working Mode for all Applets DEBUG Shows information in Java Console RUN in Fage TEST No connection with DABin For viewing purposes Rev 4 Page 78 DABi
2. End For DABin to start an Alarm Control Cycle for a Tag this Tag must be Alarm enabled in its configuration If the Tag has its Alarm enabled DABin maintains the Alarm Status for that Tag Alarm Status can have any of the following values at a given time In Alarm The Tag Value is in the Alarm condition e g its value is in the defined Alarm range Normal The Tag Value is not in the Alarm condition Acknowledge The Tag Value is in the Alarm condition but an operator has acknowledged this through a Web Browser www exemys com Rev 4 Page 32 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration Alarm Enabled CE Yes Status Alarm Status Normal Status Acknowledge Pending Acknowledge In Alarm Condition In Alarm Condition Yes Yes Set Status to Alarm Set Status to Acknowledge E mail Enabled Yes Yes No Queue e mail C End Figure 26 Alarm Control Cycle in DABin Modbus Basically Alarm Control Cycle is 1 If Tag is in A arm State DABin verifies if an operator has acknowledged this If this is the case Tag Alarm State is changed to Acknowledged for the next Read Cycle of this Tag 2 If Tag is in Norma Alarm State DABin verifies if the value is in the Alarm condition If so it changes its Alarm State to A arm and an e mail to the internal e mails queue is added if Tag if e mail enabled 3 If Tag is in Acknowle
3. DABin User s Manual exemys DABin User s Manual Exemys ISO 9001 2008 Certification Vp Devices Approved By 1S0 9001 A d BUREAU VERITAS o V u LISTED UL60950 Certification E ore 16W U SS Ro yislarot Ma k Exemys Products are in constant evolution to satisfy our customer needs For that reason the specifications and capabilities are subject to change without prior notice Updated information can be found at www exemys com Copyright Exemys 2006 All Rights Reserved Rev 4 DABin User s Manual Exemys Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 9 1 1 About this Manual 9 1 1 1 Purpose of the Manual 9 1 1 2 DABin accompanying CD ROM 9 1 1 3 Information on the Web 10 1 2 DABin General Description 10 1 2 1 Why use DABin 10 1 2 2 General Description 11 1 2 3 DABin Models 11 INSTALLATION 12 2 1 General Description 12 2 2 Power Connection 13 2 3 Ethernet Connection 13 2 4 Serial Connection 14 2 4 1 RS 232 Serial Connection 14 2 4 2 RS 485 and RS 422 Serial Connection 14 2 5 Inputs and Outputs 15 2 5 1 DABin s Digital Inputs 16 2 5 2 DABin s Digital Outputs 18 2 6 Mounting 19 GENERAL CONFIGURATION 20 3 1 DABin Configuration Manager DCM 20 3 1 1 DCM Installation 20 3 1 2 DABin Configuration Manager General Description 21 3 2 Network Configuration Parameters 22 3 2 1 Searching for Exemys Devices in Network 22 3 2 2 DABin Basic Network Parameters 23 3 2 3 Device Locator 25 3 2 4 ARP Table Me
4. Figure 27 New File dialog box Select DABin Modbus Configuration from the list in the New File dialog box to create a new Modbus configuration file The new configuration file will be shown in the DCM Work area When a file is modified but not yet saved DCM will mark it with an asterisk besides the name of the file at the caption 4 3 Serial Port Configuration In the case that Modbus Tags are going to be configured in DABin the Serial Port must be configured correctly and coherently with configuration of the devices connected to DABin s Serial Port The Serial Port parameters are Com Type This parameter has effect only in DABin models where the Serial Port is configurable RS 232 RS 485 or RS 422 can be selected Baud Rate bps Is the transmission and reception rate of the Serial Port Any value in the range 2400bps to 115200bps can be selected Rev 4 Page 34 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration www exemys com Parity Is the Serial Port Parity Select either None No parity Odd Odd parity or Even Even parity gag DABin Modbus Configuration noname1 dab Ml sA E Mails ji Tags DABin s Serial COM Parameters aax eN The COM Type parameter only has effect on DABin 1C43 SEL The Modbus Packet Timeout has effect only in RTU Mode Serial COM Type Scan Time ms Rsa si r I Fast Slow Baud Rate bps 9600 z Message Timeout ms Paty ro i Short Long N
5. The Write Cycle is particularly simple and consists basically in sending the Write query synchronize Tag Status and unmark the pending Write so as not to repeat the writing in further cycles Figure 58 shows the complete Write Cycle The Read Cycle is like the Write one but it differs because it includes an Alarm Control Cycle Once the reading of the Tag has been successfully done it synchronizes the Tag Value and Status and then starts an Alarm Control Cycle The Read Cycle is shown in Figure 59 Send READ Response Correct No Ye l Synchronize Value and Status ALARM CYCLE S Synchronize Status Figure 59 Read Cycle of DABin DF1 End For DABin to start an Alarm Control Cycle for a Tag this Tag must be Alarm enabled in its configuration If the Tag has its Alarm enabled DABin maintains the Alarm Status for that Tag Alarm Status can have any of the following values at a given time In Alarm The Tag Value is in the Alarm condition e g its value is in the defined Alarm range Normal The Tag Value is not in the Alarm condition Acknowledge The Tag Value is in the Alarm condition but an operator has acknowledged this through a Web Browser DABin only uses the Protected typed logical read with three address fields and Protected typed logical write with three address fields DF1 commands and it does not count on specific PLC information such as processor or model Many newer PLCs such as
6. To Receive Configuration from a connected DABin Select the command Get from DABin from the Configuration menu The Get Configuration dialog box will appear starting transfer automatically ki Get Configuration From DABin Hostlink j J xj M Device Informatiorr Transfer Status Device Getting Configuration From DABin Hostlink Host name MAC Address Firmware Progress IP Address Remote IP Getting E Mail Recipients List 3 Figure 55 Receiving Configuration from DABin Hostlink When the transfer is complete click on the Close button DCM will create a new configuration window with the just transferred configuration data To Send Configuration to a connected DABin Select the desired configuration window to transfer to DABin Select the command Send to DABin from the Configuration menu The Send Configuration dialog box will appear showing the transfer status k Send Configuration To DABin Hostlink F xj Device Information Transfer Status Device Sending Configuration To DABin Hostlink Host name MAC Address Firmware Progress IP Address Remote IP l Sending E Mail Recipients List 1 Figure 56 Sending Configuration to Connected Hostlink DABin www exemys com Rev 4 Page 59 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration Chapter 6 DABin DF1 Configuration DABin DF1 works in Full duplex mode m
7. Registers in tables nput Status and Coil Status are Digital and Single Bit type must be selected for them Also registers in tables nput Status and nput Registers must be declared as read only Register Address Is the Address of the Modbus Register Note that changing the Register Table changes the first digit in Register Address edit box In table 9 are listed all the address ranges supported by DABin Modbus Bit Position Is the Bit number position for the Word Bit type A value between 0 and 15 can be entered when 0 is the least significant bit 32 bit Register Enron If Tag is representing a long integer Long or a floating point value Float then the way the slave uses this value can be changed If the slave addresses just a 32 bit register for these types Long and Float then mark the check box If the slave addresses 2 16 bit registers for Long and Float types leave the check box unmarked Rev 4 Page 39 DABin User s Manual A CAUTION www exemys com Table 8 Types of Modbus Tags and its representation DABin Modbus Configuration Type Description Range Unsigned int 16 bit Unsigned Integer 0 65535 Signed int 16 bit Signed Integer 32768 32767 Long 32 bit Signed Integer 2147483648 2147483647 Long Inverted 32 bit Signed Integer Modicon Format 2147483648 2147483647 Float 32 bit Float Float Inverted 32 bit Float Modicon Format BCD 16 bit BCD format 0000 9999
8. A Web page containing DApplets must include one CApplet to make the Read queries to DABin and refresh the values to the DApplets in the Page DABin s File System does not support folders All files in a Web Site must be in the only root folder or directory In Table 16 DABin s Web site characteristics supported are listed Table 16 DABin s Web Site characteristics Characteristic Description Maximum Web Site Size 1 5 Mbytes Maximum Number of files in Web Site 128 Files Maximum Number of Tags in DApplets in a Single Page Unlimited 45 Tags maximum recommended Maximum filename length Up to 17 characters long including extension 7 2 Applets Web page Design 7 2 1 Inserting an Applet in a Web Page Depending on the software tool used for Web page design this procedure may be different All software tools create HTML code to be transferred to Web Server In this manual will give an HTML code approach which is common to all Web page design software Rev 4 Page 77 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design NOTE www exemys com Listing 1 is a simple Web page with a CApplet inserted The Applet is an object with properties such as Program name c ass Height Width and others Also the parameters passed to an Applet change its behavior These parameters can be the Foreground color the Tag name etc Listing 1 A Simple page with a CApplet inserted
9. State Messages in the Information Dialog box 80 Table 19 Error Messages in Information Dialog box 80 Table 20 Alarm Messages in the Information Dialog box 80 Table 21 DApplets Common Parameters 81 Table 22 Color Values 81 Table 23 Number Applet Parameters 82 Table 24 Bar Applet Parameters 82 Table 25 Image Applet Parameters 83 Table 26 Vectorial Applet Parameters 83 Table 27 Text Applet Parameters 83 Table 28 Format specifiers for VALUE SSI Command 85 Figures Figure 1 DABin functional diagram 11 Figure 2 Front and Rear View of DABin 12 DABin User s Manual Exemys Figure 3 Power connection detail 13 Figure 4 Connecting DABin to an Ethernet Network 13 Figure 5 Connection of DABin DTE to a PC DTE using RS 232 Serial Port 14 Figure 6 Connector Detail for RS 485 or RS 422 network connection 15 Figure 7 DABin Connected to RS 485 and RS 422 networks 15 Figure 8 Inputs and Outputs connectors in different DABin models 16 Figure 9 Digital Input connected to an external Device with independent power supply 17 Figure 10 Different ways to connect a Digital Input 17 Figure 11 Connection of Digital Outputs 18 Figure 12 Wall mounting adapter 19 Figure 13 Wall mounting 19 Figure 14 DCM Main window and its elements 21 Figure 15 Searching Dev
10. Word Bit Bit in 16 bit Word 0 1 Single Bit Bit for Digital Input Output Coil or Input Status 0 1 Table 9 Address Ranges in Modbus DABin Type Range Coil Status 000001 065536 Input Status 100001 165536 Input Register 300001 365536 Holding Register 400001 465536 4 5 3 Digital Inputs and Outputs Tags Tags related with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs can be defined Digital Inputs and Digital Outputs are both enumerated from 0 gt See also Inputs and Outputs on page 15 The number of Digital Inputs and Outputs depends on the DABin Model DABin will ignore Tags with Digital Inputs Outputs that do not exist in the model in use ff Add Modbus Tag i xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Configuration Source Tag Name DABin Input x JINPUTO Modbus Unit iD Slave Tag Type Bit position po l T Be Reiter Enon X Cancel Figure 33 Digital Inputs Output Tag Configuration To configure a Tag related with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs Source Select Digital Input or Digital Outputs to relate the Tag with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs Tag Name Enter the Name of the Tag DABin will identify this Tag with its Name Rev 4 Page 40 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration g NOTE v TIP www exemys com Bit Position Is the Input Output number Enter a value in the 0 to 7 range First Input is the 0 input and so as with
11. change a digital Tag value to 1 reset to reset a digital Tag value to 0 or ack to acknowledge an Alarm state of a Tag The tag field must contain the name of the Tag for which the operation is to be performed Rev 4 Page 86 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design A CAUTION TIP www exemys com To SET a Digital Tag value to 1 enter a link in the HTML code as follows lt A HREF execute cgi command set amp tag TAGNAME gt Text in Link lt A gt To RESET a Digital Tag value to 0 enter a link in the HTML code as follows lt A HREF execute cgi command reset amp tag TAGNAME gt Text in Link lt A gt To Acknowledge an Alarm State in a Tag enter a link in the HTML code as follows lt A HREF execute cgi command ack amp tag TAGNAME gt Text in Link lt A gt DABin s internal Web server will execute the execute cgi script which will interpret the command and take the corresponding action when the user clicks on the link No spaces are accepted in the HREF command of the link The Web Server will not interpret the command correctly if spaces are inserted in the GET Method string 7 5 Creating the Web site file Once all necessary Web pages are done you have to create a Web site file before uploading them to DABin A Web Site file is an archive which includes all files in the Web Site Using DCM you can add files to this archive remove files or extract a file resident in the archive
12. s Digital Outputs DABin s Digital Outputs are Open Collector Thus when active they are electrically tied to GND Any load connected to an output should be powered in the range 3 to 45 VDC To connect an Output to a load whose power supply is different to that used to power DABin Connect the reference GND to the independent power supply reference as shows figure 11A To connect an Output to a load with the same power supply that power DABin Connect the reference GND to the power supply reference as shown in figure 11B CARGA Relay Lampara etc CARGA OUTPUT Relay Lampara etc Open Collector 3 45 VDC Fuente de Alimentacion 9 30 VDC Fuente de Alimentacion 9 30 VDC Fuente de Alimentaci n Figure 11 Connection of Digital Outputs Table 6 Digital Outputs Technical Specifications Digital Outputs Output Type Open Collector Current Sinking Maximum Load Voltage 3 to 45 VDC Max Current 130mA Max Per Output Rev 4 Page 18 DABin User s Manual Installation 2 6 Mounting Remove the wall mounting adapter included from the device Then mount the adapter to the wall using two screws as shown in figure 12 76mm 2 795 inches Figure 12 Wall mounting adapter Last attach the device to the fixed adapter as shown in Figure 13 Figure 13 Wall mounting www exemys com Rev 4 Page 19 DABin User
13. the Alarm condition If Tag is Analog Integer or Floating Point mark the Alarm by value check box and then enter the Minimum and Maximum values for the Alarm DABin will evaluate if the value is in that range after each Read Cycle and if not the Alarm will be triggered If Tag is Digital Inputs Outputs Internal Tags Word Bit or Single Bit mark the check box Alarm by edge and then select either Alarm on Positive edge or Alarm on Negative edge as desired 5 5 7 Tag Value Scaling DABin can acquire a value and make a simple calculation before assign it to the Tag value This is helpful for scaling factors and other simple calculation www exemys com Rev 4 Page 57 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration NOTE NOTE g NOTE MF Add Hostlink Tag 1 xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale r Tag Scale Scale function Linear x B fad A 2 B 25 me X Cancel Figure 54 Scale configuration page DABin supports the Linear Y Ax B function where x is the acquired value and Y will be the Tag value DCM allows to configure both A and B factors Digital Tags are not scalable For the DABin to make the calculation on the acquired value select Linear Ax B as the scale function Enter values A and B Floating point numbers can be entered for these factors If Tag has Minimum and Maximum writing limits and it is scaled DABin will understand those limits as a
14. 2 4 ARP Table Method for IP Address Configuration DABin IP Address is factory default to 0 0 0 0 which means that will search for a DHCP server at startup When turned on the device tries to negotiate an IP Address with the DHCP Server for a maximum period of 10 seconds Elapsed this period of time if negotiation with DHCP Server failed DABin Rev 4 Page 26 DABin User s Manual General Configuration www exemys com will try again 60 seconds later This process will repeat indefinitely until a DHCP Server assigns DABin an IP Address or the user assigns DABin a static IP Address If you want to assign DABin a static IP Address it could be assigned using the ARP Table method At startup during the first 7 seconds DABin will wait for an IP Address configuration PING ICMP If the device receives a PING with the destination IP Address different than that configured in DABin it will take this destination IP Address configure it and reset with this new network parameter After these 7 seconds the device will answer the PING normally Follow these steps to configure DABin with this method 1 In Windows add an entry in the ARP table of a PC in the same LAN DABin is using the command arp s 192 168 0 100 O00 OB FA XX XX XX In Unix the command to add an entry to ARP table is arp s 192 168 0 100 00 0B FA XX XX XX Where 00 0B FA XX XX XX is the MAC of the device The last 3 numbers depends on your Exemys device 2 Send a
15. 23 is shown the complete Scan Cycle 1 DABin waits for the Scan Time period This time configured by user can be set from Oms to 10000ms Wait SCAN TIME Send WRITE WRITE this Tag Response Correct Yes WRITE Cycle READ Cycle a Status Unmark Pending WRITE Figure 23 Scan Cycle of DABin Modbus Figure 24 Write Cycle in DABin Modbus Yes www exemys com Rev 4 Page 31 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration 2 Reads Tag configuration and verifies if there is a pending Write operation for this Tag If this is the case it starts a Write Cycle if not it starts a Read Cycle This procedure is repeated for each Tag 3 When all Tags are done it starts back to 1 The Write Cycle is particularly simple and consists basically in sending the Write query to the corresponding Modbus slave synchronize Tag Status and unmark the pending Write so as not to repeat the writing in further cycles Figure 24 shows the complete Write Cycle The Read Cycle is like the Write one but it differs because it includes an Alarm Control Cycle Once the reading of the Tag has been successfully done it synchronizes the Tag Value and Status and then starts an Alarm Control Cycle The Read Cycle is shown in Figure 25 Send READ Response Correct No Yes Synchronize Value and Status Synchronize Status ALARM CYCLE Figure 25 Read Cycle in DABin Modbus
16. BODY gt lt HTML gt Web Site Design charset windows 1252 gt In Table 16 are listed all parameters accepted by DApplets and their default value if omitted Listing 2 is an example of a Bar Applet with some of these parameters Table 21 DApplets Common Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value TAGNAME Tag Name this DApplet will represent Any Tag defined in DABINS NONAME configuration COLOR_FG Foreground Color see table 17 BLACK COLOR_BG Background Color see table 17 WHITE COLOR_NO Color used when Tag is in Normal State see table 17 GREEN COLOR_NG Color used when the Tag is in Normal State but its see table 17 BLUE value is Negative COLOR_AL Color used when the Tag is in Alarm State see table 17 RED COLOR_AK Color used when Tag Alarm is Acknowledged see table 17 YELLOW Table 22 Color Values Colors BLACK CYAN GRAY YELLOW ORANGE RED BLUE DARKGRAY GREEN MAGENTA PINK WHITE www exemys com Rev 4 Page 81 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design 7 3 DApplets The Basic Library DABin provides a basic Library of DApplets They can be used in DABin Web pages to show the Tag values in different formats 7 3 1 The Number Applet num class The Number Applet shows the Value of the Tag in a box like a display The font and the number of Digits shown
17. Configuration Ez DABin Modbus Configuration nonamei dab S im x Seral COM S4 E Mails ilil Tags ANALOG Modbus Serial 1 40001 Unsigned int No TEMPERAT Modbus Serial 1 40002 Float No Figure 31 Tags Page configuration for DABin Modbus In general any Tag configuration includes General Configuration Where DABin will search for Tag value slave information if it is a Modbus Tag and the Type of the Tag Tag writing restrictions If the Tag is read only or not or if the written value must be in a given range Alarm Configuration If the Tag is going to be Alarm enabled and its Alarm condition and if DABin must send an e mail to all destination addresses when the alarm condition is detected Scale DABin can make a simple calculation with the acquired value The result of this calculation is the value of the Tag that will be seen by the operator 4 5 1 Tags Administration Tags can be added edited or deleted from the list that will be sent to a DABin In the Tags Page in the configuration file the complete list of Tags with all configuration can be seen To add a new Tag Select command Add Tag from Configuration menu The New Tag dialog box will appear To edit an existing Tag Select the Tag to edit in the List then select Edit Tag from Configuration menu The Edit Tag dialog box will appear with current Tag configuration To Delete a Tag Select the Tag to delete from the Tags List th
18. DABin has been developed with easy of use philosophy in mind For this reason any person with basic knowledge in any of these areas can configure and operate DABin successfully TCP IP Communication Simple Web Page design Some experience in Industrial Protocols such as Modbus or Hostlink In the chapters specifically written for any of the above areas the standard user will count with the help of Notes Warnings and Links of interest on the World Wide Web In Table 1 you can see a detailed description of the chapters included in this manual and who may be oriented to in each case Table 1 Chapters of the Manual Chapter Oriented to 1 Introduction All 2 Installation Installers and Maintenance 3 General Configuration Network Administrators and System Administrators 4 DABin Modbus Configuration SCADA Operators or the like Modbus only Model 5 DABin Hostlink Configuration SCADA Operators or the like Hostlink only Model 6 DABin DF1 Configuration SCADA Operators or the like DF1 only Model Programmers and Web Page Designers deb Site Design SCADA Operators or the like Programmers and Web Page Designers 8 Tools SCADA Operators or the like 1 1 2 DABin accompanying CD ROM DABin accompanying CD ROM contains the Software needed for proper configuration samples and the complete documentation of the product Rev 4 Page 9 DABin User s Manual Introduction ON THE WEB www exemys com In
19. DABin will acquire the value from a PLC connected to its Serial Port Tag Name Enter the Name of the Tag DABin will identify this Tag with its Name File Type Select the File Type of the Tag Enter either Output O Input I Status S Binary B or Float F Tag Type Select the type of the Tag Table 14 shows the file types supported by DABin If a Tag is any of the Integer types but an scaling function of the value is configured DABin will convert the type of Tag to Float File Number Enter the File Number for the Tag Remember that Tags in Files Output nput and Status must be in File Number 0 1 and 2 respectively For File Types Binary Integer and Float the File Number can be 3 7 and 8 respectively or any File number greater or equal to 9 configured in the PLC Word Number Is the Number of word Address for the register within the File Bit Position Is the Bit number position for the Word Bit type A value between 0 and 15 can be entered when 0 is the least significant bit Rev 4 Page 68 DABin User s Manual a CAUTION www exemys com Table 13 Types of DF1 Tags and its representation DABin DF 1 Configuration Type Description Range Unsigned int 16 bit Unsigned Integer 0 65535 Signed int 16 bit Signed Integer 32768 32767 Long 32 bit Signed Integer 2147483648 2147483647 Float 32 bit Float BCD 16 bit BCD format 0000 9999 Word Bit Bit in 16 bit Word 0 1 Single Bit
20. DCM administrates DABin s Web Sites files with xms extension A Web site file can be easily created or downloaded from a DABin for its modification or backup Several Web Site xms files can be saved with different Web pages in it sending any of them at any given moment Once the Web Site transfer has finished DABin s Web Server will serve the new pages gt See also Transferring the Web Site on page 88 To create a new Web Site file follow these steps Select command New from the File menu The New File dialog box will appear to select the new file type to create New File amp Modbus OMRON DFi DABin Modbus DABin Hostlink DABin DF1 DABin Web Configuration Configuration Configuration Site X Cancel Figure 86 New File dialog box Select DABin Web Site from the list in the New File dialog box to create a new Web Site File Rev 4 Page 87 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design Z TIP www exemys com The new Web site file will be shown in the DCM Work area When a file is modified but not yet saved DCM will mark it with an asterisk besides the name of the file at the caption 7 5 1 Administration of files in a Web Site Archive With a DABin Web Site window opened you can Add Remove or Extract the files within the xms file Remember that no folders can be created in a Web site so all added files are added in root folder or directory Fie Site
21. E Mails ihi Tags SMTP configuration gt Destination e mail addresses Iv Enable ree 2N When sending an E Mail Message it will be simultaneously SMTP server 5 send to the E Mail addresses below You can enter up to 5 smtp domain com addresses V Server requires authentication Recipients Username Password Confirm Password jsmith domain com t tiones ieee xX ie hkurk server com Delivery timeout seconds Retries Times 2 Sugested 20 sf Sugested 5 a Retry every seconds 4 DE igested 1 er et Source e mail address tiones domain com Figure 46 E Mail configuration page of DABin Hostlink E Mail configuration is composed of the following Enable relaying Mark the check box to enable e mail relaying service SMTP server Name or IP Address of SMTP server Server requires authentication Check this option if the SMTP server needs User Password authentication plain text authentication Username Name required for user authentication Password Secret key required for user authentication Confirm Password Retype of the secret key Delivery timeout This is the maximum lapse in seconds DABin attempts to send an e mail Retries How many times DABin will try to send an e mail before removing it from the queue If this parameter is 0 DABin will keep trying to send it without erasing the message from the queue Retry every seconds Delay between retri
22. FlexLogix and ControlLogix do not provide as a factory default compatibility with the type of request issued by DABin In Appendix A we show the mechanism to make these PLCs downwards compatible with DABin Rev 4 Page 61 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration Alarm Enabled CE Yes Status Alarm Status Normal Status Acknowledge Pending In Alarm Acknowledge Condition In Alarm Condition Yes Yes Set Status to Alarm Set Status to Acknowledge E mail Enabled Yes Yes No Queue e mail C End Figure 60 Alarm Control Cycle of DABin DF1 Basically Alarm Control Cycle is 7 If Tag is in A arm State DABin verifies if an operator has acknowledged this If this is the case Tag Alarm State is changed to Acknowledged for the next Read Cycle of this Tag 8 If Tag is in Morma Alarm State DABin verifies if the value is in the Alarm condition If so it changes its Alarm State to A arm and an e mail to the internal e mails queue is added if Tag if e mail enabled 9 If Tag is in Acknowledged Alarm State DABin verifies if the Tag value is in Alarm condition If so the Alarm State remains unchanged if not the Alarm State is changed to Normal A The total time DABin spends in reading all configured Tags will depend on the total count of Tags NOTE and Scan Time period If any of the Tags is not properly configured and DABin
23. Information gt Included Files 100 Filename Size ie eee Maximum Site Size Bargraph ait 1572064 bytes Bargraph2 gif IEPS bomba ack gif 255 bomba alm gif 255 bomba off gif 256 bomba ok gif 258 botautom gif 523 botmanual gif 524 batrojo gif 799 botverde gif 813 F demo ct 33965 arani lt JE Display cf 549 Display2 gif 547 index html 21566 Bytes Left Num1 gif 586 1502841 bytes Num2 gif 591 pumps dab 4088 used by file Total files in Site MEE 28 fC di ox _ 1 j Figure 87 Web Site Window in DCM To Add a File to Web Site Click on the Add File s button The Select Files dialog box will appear Select one file or multiple files to add and click the Open button All selected files will be added to the Web Site To Extract a File from the Web Site Select the desired file from the list and click the Extract File button The Save as dialog box will appear DCM will save the selected file with the given name To View a File Select the desired file from the list and click the View File button DCM will open a window showing the file content The File Viewer is intended to be used in raw ASCII files like HTML files If you select a binary content file you will not be able to see all the file content To Remove a File from the Web Site Select the desired file from the list and click the Remove File button A confirmation dialog box will appear Answer yes if you
24. Introduction DABin acquires information from the Real world and puts this information available to the user through its internal Web Server A complete Web Site can be designed and transferred it to DABin In this way you can show the acquired information in the most suitable form your solution requires 7 1 1 How a Web Site Works in DABin DABin has an Internal Standard Web Server so its Web Site does not differ from a conventional Web Site The designer can use any standard Web page design software tool to develop a standard Web site and then transfer it to DABin DABin uses two methods to show the acquired information and to let the operator to change the Tag values Java Applets These are small programs provided with DABin and ready to be inserted in a Web Page just the way you insert an image This method lets the operator see the values in different formats Bars Numbers Text etc and also change any of the values SSI Static Pages Using this method DABin replaces marks inside HTML code for a Tag Value its Alarm State etc before sending the page to the Web Browser So the operator sees a static Web Page but with the values refreshed at the moment the page loaded in the Web Browser Also the designer can put Links in static pages to change a value of a Digital Tag or to acknowledge an Alarm State Web Page DApplet DApplet DApplet 1____ ___ CApplet To DABin ee Communication Applet To DABin DA
25. Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Value I Tagis Read Only x IV Tag has writing limits Minimum write value jo Maximum write value 20 if X Cancel Figure 69 Value Configuration Page Read only if the check box is marked DABin will not allow the operator to change the value of the Tag with a writing command from a Web browser The Tags representing DABin s Digital Outputs cannot be declared as Read Only Writing Limits marking the check box and entering the Minimum and Maximum values allowed for writing DABin will allow an operator to write a value into this range 6 5 7 Tag Alarm Configuration To make DABin control the Alarm status of a Tag the Tag must have its Alarm enabled M Edit DF1 Tag E Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale gt Tag Alarm IV Alarm Enable x V Send E Mail on Alarm IV Alarm by Value Integer and Floats Lowest Value Highest Value fo 150 J7 Alarm by edge Digital f Alarm on Positive edge 0 gt 1 Alarm on Negative edge 1 gt 0 X Cancel Figure 70 Alarm Configuration Page Alarms in DABin can be triggered by a range of values on analog Tags Integers or Floats or by detection of an edge in Digital Tags Inputs Outputs Internal Tags or Word Bit Rev 4 DABin DF 1 Configuration Page 72 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration NOTE NOTE www exemys com Alarm Enable To enable the Alarm
26. acquired values The operator can actuate on DABin s outputs remotely from the Web The embedded Web Site can be changed easily using a standard FTP client or the application software distributed with DABin 1 2 3 DABin Models Exemys launched to market different DABin Models Depending the needs a different model with more or less Digital Inputs and Outputs can be chosen or with configurable RS 232 485 422 Serial Port Table 3 DABin Models Model Serial Protocol Inputs Outputs Serial Ports DABin 1083 ST MB Modbus ASCII RTU 8 3 1 RS 232 Serial Port DABin 1C43 ST MB Modbus ASCII RTU 4 3 1 Configurable RS 232 485 422 Serial Port DABin 1083 ST HL Hostlink 8 3 1 RS 232 Serial Port DABin 1C43 ST HL Hostlink 4 3 1 Configurable RS 232 485 422 Serial Port DABin 1083 ST DF1 DF1 8 3 1 RS 232 Serial Port DABin 1C43 ST DF1 DF1 4 3 1 Configurable RS 232 485 422 Serial Port www exemys com Rev 4 Page 11 DABin User s Manual Installation Installation Chapter 2 DABin can be easily installed following the instructions in this Chapter Connection to Power Ethernet Serial Ports and Digital Inputs and Outputs are described in detail 2 1 General Description DABin s case has the following elements 1 2 3 Ethernet 10BaseT RJ 45 Connector with indicator Leds Serial Port RS 232 DTE DB9 Male Connector Terminal Block including Power VIN Connection for Common o refere
27. can be changed Figure 81 The Number Applet Table 23 Number Applet Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value IDIGITS Minimum Integer Digits 0 10 1 FDIGITS Fractional Digits 0 10 or D to show all digits D FONT Font of number ARIAL 7 3 2 The Bar Applet bar class The Bar Applet shows the value in bar with a filling color Orientation Minimum and Maximum values can be changed Figure 82 The Bar Applet Table 24 Bar Applet Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value ORIENTATION Bar orientation UP DOWN RIGHT or LEFT UP MAX Maximum value Floating point value 100 MIN Minimum value Floating point value 0 7 3 3 The Image Applet img class The Image Applet lets to show any image like a gif file based on the value of the Tag The image file must be included in the DABin s Web site i Figure 83 The Image Applet www exemys com Rev 4 Page 82 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design www exemys com Table 25 Image Applet Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value Image to be shown when Tag value is not IMAGE ON 0 and it is not in Alarm State Image File name g Image to be shown when Tag value is 0 IMAGE_OF and it is not in Alarm State Image File name g IMAGE_AL Image to be shown when Tag value is in Image File name Alarm State IMAGE_AK Image to be shown when Tag value is in Image File name _ Acknowledged State 7 3 4 The Vectorial A
28. can be defined Digital Inputs and Digital Outputs are both enumerated from 0 gt See also Inputs and Outputs on page 15 The number of Digital Inputs and Outputs depends on the DABin Model DABin will ignore Tags with Digital Inputs Outputs that do not exist in the model in use Rev 4 Page 69 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration NOTE www exemys com MF Edit DF1 Tag 3 x Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Configuration Source Tag Name OUTPUTO Bel Bit position 0 x Cancel Figure 67 Digital Inputs Output Tag Configuration To configure a Tag related with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs Source Select Digital Input or Digital Outputs to relate the Tag with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs Tag Name Enter the Name of the Tag DABin will identify this Tag with its Name Bit Position Is the Input Output number Enter a value in the 0 to 7 range First Input is the 0 input and so as with the Outputs DABin s Digital Inputs Tags must be declared as read only 6 5 5 Internal Tags DABin uses a set of internal Tags to give information about the general communication status and general Alarm status of the Tags In Table 10 are listed all internal Tags supported by DABin Table 15 DABin Internal Tags Internal Tag Description _COMMERROR Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when a Serial Communication error is detected ALARM Digit
29. devices found by DCM locally or remotely Connection Status At the status bar is the text indicating if DCM is connected to a DABin or not Rev 4 Page 21 DABin User s Manual General Configuration Contextual Help At the left in the status bar a panel shows contextual help about the menu and tool bar commands lt The size of the Devices List can be changed reducing or increasing the Work area To change its TIP size move the mouse cursor over the superior division line of the List and drag to the desired size 3 2 Network Configuration Parameters DABin network parameters must be configured in first DCM Device Locator or the ARP Table method described later in this chapter can be used to configure these parameters 3 2 1 Searching for Exemys Devices in Network The search of all available DABin connected to the network can be achieved locally or remotely The devices connected to the same LAN can be searched locally And the devices connected in other networks can be found using the Search Remote Device command You can search and configure any Exemys Product using DCM Remember that searching a non DABin device can only be done locally To search for devices in the LAN any Exemys Product Click on the button on the tool bar o select command Search Local Devices from Devices menu For a couple of seconds DCM will search devices in the local network and will show them in the Devices List Getting Data
30. from Devices in Network Figure 15 Searching Devices Locally To search for devices remotely beyond the LAN only DABin Select command Search Remote Device from menu Devices Enter IP Address or Remote Host in the dialog box and click Ok to start searching For a couple of seconds DCM will search that device and it will show it in the Devices List if found www exemys com Rev 4 Page 22 DABin User s Manual General Configuration fir Search Remote Device x Remote Device a Enter the Host or IP Address of the Remote Device ICE will search for this Device Hast or IP Address fi 0 0 0 1 X Cancel Figure 16 Remote DABin Search A To find a DABin remotely it must have an assigned IP Address If you need to find a DABin remotely and the PC connection to the network needs a HTTP Proxy server DCM must be configured with the same parameters than your standard Web Browser Ask your Network administrator for these parameters NOTE 3 2 2 DABin Basic Network Parameters You can change any network parameters of DABin or any Exemys Product entering the Properties Dialog box To enter to the Properties Dialog box select the device from the Devices List and then select the Properties of command from Devices menu Device Properties E xi Network Users amp Passwords Date amp Time M Device Information Device DABin MB 1C MAC 00 90 C2 80 52 E8 Fine Ver
31. from a connected DABin Select the command Get from DABin from the Configuration menu The Get Configuration dialog box will appear starting transfer automatically ki Get Configuration From DABin DFi 7 xj Device Information Transfer Status Device Getting Configuration From DABin DF1 Host name MAC Address Firmware Progress IP Address Remote IP Getting E Mail Recipients List 1 Figure 72 Receiving Configuration from DABin DF1 When the transfer is complete click on the Close button DCM will create a new configuration window with the just transferred configuration data www exemys com Rev 4 Page 74 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration To Send Configuration to a connected DABin Select the desired configuration window to transfer to DABin Select the command Send to DABin from the Configuration menu The Send Configuration dialog box will appear showing the transfer status ki Send Configuration To DABin DFi M Device Information Device DABin 1C DF1 Host name MAC Address Firmware IP Address Remote IP SSS Transfer Status Sending Configuration To DABin DF1 Sending COM Configuration Progress Figure 73 Sending Configuration to Connected DF1 DABin Rev 4 www exemys com Page 75 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design Chapter 7 Web Site Design 7 1
32. the Outputs DABin s Digital Inputs Tags must be declared as read only 4 5 4 Internal Tags DABin uses a set of internal Tags to give information about the general communication status with slaves and general Alarm status of the Tags In Table 10 are listed all internal Tags supported by DABin Table 10 DABin Internal Tags Internal Tag Description _COMMERROR Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when a Serial Communication error is detected ALARM Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when any Tag Except Internal Tags is in Alarm State acknowledged or not Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when any Tag Except Internal Tags is in Alarm State and has ALARMNAK not been acknowledged by an operator To add an Internal Tag Source Select Internal for the Tag to be updated by DABin internally Tag Name Enter the name of the desired Internal Tag or click on the button to see the Internal Tags lists From the list select the Internal Tag and press Ok M Select Internal Tag _ x m vailable Internal Tags _COMMERROR Digital _ALARMNAK Digital Description The Value of the Tag _ALARM becomes 1 when any other Tag except Internal Tags are in Alarm State acknowledged or not Jf OK X Cancel Figure 34 Internal Tag List Enable Alarm and E mail sending in Internal Tags to receive notification when DABin detects a failure in communication or any Tag enters the Alarm condi
33. 9 aak e be 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 0 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 19455 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rev 4 Tag Tag Tag Tag 10 0 0 0 B Data Logging Tag Tag Tag 14 15 16 undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef undef www exemys com Page 100 DABin User s Manual B Data Logging RS485 Port Connection INCORRECT CORRECT Connections Connections EN N Z Concatenation Daisy Chain resistance Advantages 120 Ohms Avoid reflections that produce errors in the communication Essential for long distances Disadvantages Are placed on both ends of the RS485 line Slightly constricts the signal www exemys com Rev 4 Page 101
34. Alarm by edge Digital f Alarm on Positive edge 0 gt 1 C Alarm on Negative edge 1 gt 0 VX Cancel Figure 36 Alarm Configuration Page Alarms in DABin can be triggered by a range of values on analog Tags Integers or Floats or by detection of an edge in Digital Tags Inputs Outputs Internal Tags Word Bit or Single Bit Alarm Enable To enable the Alarm for this Tag just mark the check box Send E Mail on Alarm If marked DABin will queue an e mail message when the Tag value enters the Alarm condition If Tag is Analog Integer or Floating Point mark the Alarm by value check box and then enter the Minimum and Maximum values for the Alarm DABin will evaluate if the value is in that range after each Read Cycle and if not the Alarm will be triggered If Tag is Digital Inputs Outputs Internal Tags Word Bit or Single Bit mark the check box Alarm by edge and then select either Alarm on Positive edge or Alarm on Negative edge as desired 4 5 7 Tag Value Scaling DABin can acquire a value a make a simple calculation before assign it to the Tag value This is helpful for scaling factors and other simple calculation www exemys com Rev 4 Page 43 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration NOTE NOTE www exemys com If Add Modbus Tag xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Scale Scale function Linear Ax B Sn i X Cance
35. Bin s Digital Inputs Tags Digital Tags whose value is the mirror of the current state of one of DABin s input Its configuration must contain the number of Digital Input and is exclusively read only DABin s Digital Outputs Tags Digital Tags whose value is the mirror of the current state of one of DABin s output The operator can change this value and this change will be reflected in the corresponding DABin Digital Output Internal Tags Special Digital Tags that provide information of status of serial communication and general alarm of the rest of the Tags Can be included or not kas DABin Hostlink Configuration noname2 dab IN Sj x Serial COM SA E Mails illii Tags Hostlink Seral Unsigned int Hostlink Serial 2 Unsigned int Figure 48 Tags Page configuration for DABin Hostlink Rev 4 Page 52 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration www exemys com In general any Tag configuration includes General Configuration Where DABin will search for Tag value slave information if it is a Hostlink Tag and the Type of the Tag Tag writing restrictions If the Tag is read only or not or if the written value must be in a given range Alarm Configuration If the Tag is going to be Alarm enabled and its Alarm condition and if DABin must send an e mail to all destination addresses when the alarm condition is detected Scale DABin can make a simple calculation with the acquired value The result of this cal
36. Client Resetting configuration to factory defaults Changing the Administrator password Seeing the firmware version and ending the commands console Exemys 66 67 67 69 69 70 71 72 73 74 74 74 76 76 76 77 71 78 79 81 82 82 82 82 83 83 84 84 84 85 85 86 87 88 88 89 91 91 92 93 93 93 DABin User s Manual Exemys A COMMAND SET DOWNWARD COMPATIBILITY IN NEWER ALLEN BRADLEY PLCS 95 B DATA LOGGING 96 B 1 Introduction 96 B 2 Configuration 96 B 3 Reading the logged data 98 B 4 SSI with log status 99 B 5 Example 99 RS485 Port Connection 101 Tables Table 1 Chapters of the Manual 9 Table 2 DABin CD ROM Contents 10 Table 3 DABin Models 11 Table 4 Yellow Indicator Led Status Code 14 Table 5 Digital Inputs Technical Specifications 17 Table 6 Digital Outputs Technical Specifications 18 Table 7 Users and their access to DABin 28 Table 8 Types of Modbus Tags and its representation 40 Table 9 Address Ranges in Modbus DABin 40 Table 10 DABin Internal Tags 41 Table 11 Types of Hostlink Tags and its representation 54 Table 12 DABin Internal Tags 55 Table 13 Types of DF1 Tags and its representation 69 Table 14 File Types of DF1 Tags 69 Table 15 DABin Internal Tags 70 Table 16 DABin s Web Site characteristics 77 Table 17 Communication Applet Parameters 78 Table 18
37. Only for DABin s Digital 1 0 0 1 Table 14 File Types of DF1 Tags File Type File Number Output 0 0 Input I 1 Status S 2 Binary B 30r gt 9 Integer N 7or gt 9 Float F 8or gt 9 6 5 3 Notes on PLC reads and writes for inputs and outputs Input and Output data can be both monitored or controlled There are two choices for doing that Ladder program copies useful data to an internal register say to the N table or B table and then N table or B table and access the data from there Reading data from that location is straightforward It is assumed that writes cannot be done in this a b Reads and writes are directly performed to the connected inputs and outputs Let s focus our attention into choice b The naming conventions used in the Allen Bradley programming software are not supported by DABin Configuration Manager To derive the correct address for each I O point first draw a schematic of the system To address any given point the word to select is given by the sum of the words occupied by previous modules of the same type either Inputs or Outputs regardless of the module s physical location In other words in order to address any particular point in the I O datatable one must know the number of words each module is consuming Please notice that 8 point digital modules are considered as 1 word 6 5 4 Digital Inputs and Outputs Tags Tags related with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs
38. PING to the IP Address just added to the ARP table with the command ping 192 168 0 100 t the t option sends the PING continuously 3 Connect DABin to the network and turn it on The PC will not receive answer of the PING but at least a few seconds later 4 When DABin starts answering the PING it will have configured the new IP Address 3 3 Security in DABin 3 3 1 DABin s Security Scheme To access the internal Web page in DABin DABin configuration and DABin s FTP Server a simple and effective security scheme is used Basically DABin recognizes 3 users admin Is the Administrator user that has granted access to all configuration and internal FTP Server Its name is fixed and it is admin Only administrator password can be changed Standard user user Is the user with granted access to internal DABin s Web site through a Web Browser This user can be an SCADA operator and has access to see and change the Tag values The standard user username and its password can both be changed anonymous Is the standard user with access to DABin s FTP server without a password but it has read only access to file system The username anonymous cannot be changed Rev 4 Page 27 DABin User s Manual General Configuration A CAUTION www exemys com Table 7 Users and their access to DABin User Permission All DABin Configuration Read and Write aamin FTP Server for Web Site Read and Write Standard user We
39. S E Mail hkurk server con T Figure 30 E Mail Address Edit Dialog box For DABin to resolve the SMTP Server name correctly at least one DNS IP Address must be properly configured DABin will get the IP Address of the SMTP Server before sending e mails If no DNS Server IP Address is configured in DABin SMTP Server IP Address must be entered explicitly Ask your network administrator to obtain this information gt See also Network Configuration Parameters on page 22 4 5 Tags Configuration DABin accept up to 128 different Tags Tags in Modbus can be Modbus Tags These are the Tags DABin will ask the Modbus slaves connected to the Serial Port RS 232 485 422 They must contain the information needed to access the Modbus slave e g Modbus Slave Address and Register Address DABin s Digital Inputs Tags Digital Tags whose value is the mirror of the current state of one of DABin s input Its configuration must contain the number of Digital Input and is exclusively read only DABin s Digital Outputs Tags Digital Tags whose value is the mirror of the current state of one of DABin s output The operator can change this value and this change will be reflected in the corresponding DABin Digital Output Internal Tags Special Digital Tags that provide information of status of serial communication and general alarm of the rest of the Tags Can be included or not Rev 4 Page 37 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus
40. SLC mapping Choose an appropriate File Number The tags must be controller scoped global 4 Click OK A If you want to map many data into one File you can define a tag as an array NOTE www exemys com Rev 4 Page 95 DABin User s Manual B Data Logging Appendix B B Data Logging www exemys com B 1 Introduction There s a special version of DABin called DABin R that features data logging capabilities It s able to log up to 16 tags at fixed periods of time It has a 512 Bytes memory to store the logged tags Its autonomy depends on how many tags are being logged and how often they are stored Once the memory is full old data will be overwritten If you log 16 tags 7710 registers will fill up the memory If you log only one tag DABin R will store 65536 before start overwriting the old registers The formula to calculate how many register will fill up the memory is the following Registers 524 288 4 4 x tag quantity Example Tags to log 2 Sampling time 10 minutes Registers 524 288 4 4 x 2 43 690 registers Autonomy 43 690 x 10 minutes 436 900 minutes 303 days B 2 Configuration DCM software allows you to enable and configure this feature If you are configuring a DABin R you will find a new tab named Log on the device properties window Rev 4 Page 96 DABin User s Manual B Data Logging Device Properties x Network Users amp Passwords Date amp Time SNMP L
41. Server IP Address In the case that DABin couldn t resolve the SMTP Server name with the Default DNS Server it will to resolve it with this alternative Server Only can be changed when DABin is assigned an IP Address different than 0 0 0 0 Some DHCP Servers not always assign the same IP Address to the same device If DABin IP Address changes can be hard to find it from your Web Browser Change these Network configuration parameters and press Ok to configure DABin To enter the DNS Servers IP Addresses DABin must have assigned an IP Address different than 0 0 0 0 To configure DABin for the first time assign it an IP Address static or by DHCP and then enter the properties dialog box again to configure the DNS Servers IP Addresses S Device Current Password l xj M Password 7 C Device password required for this operation to be J performed Please enter curent Administrator Password Password EOR X con Figure 18 Administrator Password Dialog Box The Administrator Password is not enabled by default If it is the first time DABin is configured left the password blank when DCM prompts for it Rev 4 Page 24 DABin User s Manual General Configuration www exemys com DCM will prompt for the Administrator password to configure network parameters In general DCM will prompt for the Administrator password when trying to do any of the following tasks Change DABin Network parameters Change standard user name
42. Table 2 is shown a detail of the contents of this CD ROM Table 2 DABin CD ROM Contents Contents Description Program Application for DABin Configuration DCM Web Page Samples for DABin Configuration Samples for DABin Applets to use in DABin Web Pages dcmsetup exe Sun Java Runtime Java Runtime Environment 2 to make Applets run in your Web Browser DABin_UM_E pdf Manual of DABin DABIN_DS_E pdf DABin Datasheet 1 1 3 Information on the Web To get information about the last changes firmware and software upgrades and to keep documentation up to date enter our Web Site www exemys com You will also find information about new Exemys products press releases accessories and new development tools There are published Application Notes and Technical Notes about DABin and other Exemys products 1 2 DABin General Description 1 2 1 Why use DABin The fast growth up of TCP IP networks in industry areas facilitated the remote monitoring and supervision reducing costs and increasing productivity and efficiency DABin achieves this in an economic manner with easy development almost without maintenance flexibly and security using the software tools you already know a standard Web Browser a standard E Mail client an FTP client etc Economic The enormous infrastructure of a SCADA system is not needed with DABin reducing development costs maintenance and support Rapid Deployment DABin may be configured and
43. Tag Except Internal Tags is in Alarm State acknowledged or not Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when any Tag Except Internal Tags is in Alarm State and has not been acknowledged by an operator _ALARMNAK To add an Internal Tag Source Select Internal for the Tag to be updated by DABin internally Tag Name Enter the name of the desired Internal Tag or click on the button to see the Internal Tags lists From the list select the Internal Tag and press Ok Rev 4 Page 55 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration M Select Internal Tag xj Available Internal Tags _COMMERROR Digital _ALARMNAK Digital Description The Value of the Tag _ALARM becomes 1 when any other Tag except Internal Tags are in Alarm State acknowledged or not Lv X Cancel Figure 51 Internal Tag List Enable Alarm and E mail sending in Internal Tags to receive notification when DABin detects a failure in communication or any Tag enters the Alarm condition TIP A All Internal Tags must be declared as read only NOTE 5 5 5 Value Writing Restrictions Tags in DABin can be configured as write enabled in a given range of values or read only This can be done from the Value Configuration Page in the Configuration Tag dialog box MF Add Hostlink Tag Exi Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Value I Tagis Read Only IV Tag has writing limits Minimum write value
44. aking queries to the DF1 PLC connected to its serial port about the value of each Tag configured and sending the write queries triggered from DABin s Web page or Tag Monitor in DCM In this chapter we will give the details to configure DABin DF1 to achieve these functions A The present Chapter information refers to DABin DF1 Model only DABin Serial Protocol is not configurable NOTE 6 1 How DABin DF1 Works DABin DF1 is based in Read cycles Write cycles and acknowledges of Tag Alarms Each cycle starts with a wait of the Scan Time period configured by user and then sends the pending write queries sets the pending acknowledgments of Tag Alarms and Reads the rest of the Tags In figure 57 is shown the complete Scan Cycle 4 DABin waits for the Scan Time period This time configured by user can be set from Oms to 10000ms Wait SCAN TIME Send WRITE WRITE this Tag Response Correct Yes WRITE Cycle READ Cycle a Status Unmark Pending WRITE Figure 57 Scan Cycle of DABin DF1 Figure 58 Write Cycle of DABin DF1 Yes www exemys com Rev 4 Page 60 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration NOTE www exemys com A Reads Tag configuration and verifies if there is a pending Write operation for this Tag If this is the case it starts a Write Cycle if not it starts a Read Cycle This procedure is repeated for each Tag 6 When all Tags are done it starts back to 1
45. al Tag The value becomes 1 when any Tag Except Internal Tags is in Alarm State acknowledged or not Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when any Tag Except Internal Tags is in Alarm State and has not ALARMNAK been acknowledged by an operator To add an Internal Tag Source Select Internal for the Tag to be updated by DABin internally Rev 4 Page 70 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration Tag Name Enter the name of the desired Internal Tag or click on the button to see the Internal Tags lists From the list select the Internal Tag and press Ok M Select Internal Tag xj m vailable Internal Tags COMMERROR Digital _ALARMNAK Digital Description j The Value of the Tag ALARM becomes 1 when any other Tag except Internal Tags are in Alarm State acknowledged or not Lv ox XM Cancel Figure 68 Internal Tag List Enable Alarm and E mail sending in Internal Tags to receive notification when DABin detects a a failure in communication or any Tag enters the Alarm condition A All Internal Tags must be declared as read only NOTE 6 5 6 Value Writing Restrictions Tags in DABin can be configured as write enabled in a given range of values or read only This can be done from the Value Configuration Page in the Configuration Tag dialog box www exemys com Rev 4 Page 71 DABin User s Manual NOTE www exemys com if Edit DF1 Tag E Tag Configuration
46. and its password Change Administrator password Connect to DABin to get or set general configuration or its internal Web Site Once the Administrator password is entered DCM will configure DABin with the new network parameters DABin will reset after changing these values In a couple of seconds DABin will start working again with the new network parameters 3 2 3 Device Locator The Device Locator Application program is a small software installed with DCM It is used for configuration of network parameters of all Exemys Products Host name identification IP Address Netmask and Gateway can be changed but DNS Servers IP Addresses cannot be changed within Device Locator You must know the DABin s Administrator password to change this parameters using the Device Locator It doesn t matter if the device is not properly configured If it is connected to the LAN and working Device Locator will find it Exemys Device Locator SS 3 x Action About 00 90 C2 80 52 E8 2 0 1 No 192 168 0 89 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 200 Query Network Exit Figure 19 Device Locator Main window At startup Device Locator searches for all Exemys devices connected to the LAN and shows them in the Devices List If you want Device Locator to search devices again click the Query Network button to refresh Select the device from the Devices List to change its network parameters and click the Properties button to see t
47. arameter is 0 DABin will keep trying to send it without erasing the message from the queue Retry every seconds Delay between retries Source e mail address Source address used for outgoing e mails Destination e mail addresses An e mail can be delivered to up to 5 different destinations Add a new destination by clicking on the Add button The Edit button can be used to change an e Rev 4 Page 65 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration a CAUTION www exemys com mail address while the Delete button removes one destination from the list Change the relaying priority by rearranging the list using the arrows on the right side DABin relays e mail from top to down This feature applies to firmware version 2 1 and higher x E Mail hkurk server cori m Figure 64 E Mail Address Edit Dialog box For DABin to resolve the SMTP Server name correctly at least one DNS IP Address must be properly configured DABin will get the IP Address of the SMTP Server before sending e mails If no DNS Server IP Address is configured in DABin SMTP Server IP Address must be entered explicitly Ask your network administrator to obtain this information gt See also Network Configuration Parameters on page 22 6 5 Tags Configuration DABin accept up to 128 different Tags Tags can be DF1 Tags These are the Tags DABin will ask the DF1 PLC connected to the Serial Port RS 232 485 422 They m
48. are sure to remove the file from the Web Site 7 5 2 Transferring the Web Site DABin incorporates an internal FTP Server for Web Site transferring The easiest way to transfer the Web Site is using DCM but you can also use any standard FTP Client To do transfers of Web Site from or to DABin using DCM follow these steps Rev 4 Page 88 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design Search for DABin in the network and connect to it gt See Also Connecting to DABin using DCM on page 44 Create a new Web Site file and add all the necessary files to it or open an existent xms file To send the Web Site Select Send to DABin command from the Web Site menu The Transfer window will appear starting the transfer You can cancel the transfer at any moment clicking the Cancel button l Send Web Site to DABin E x Device Information Transfer Status Device Send File To DABin FTP Server Host name Sending File MAC Address Transfer Rate 15 03 KB s Firmware Progress 16640 of 70023 bytes IP Address Remote IP _ Figure 88 FTP Transfer in DCM A If you cancel the transfer of the Web Site or the transfer is interrupted for any reason then the Web Site will be corrupted in DABin You will have to retransfer the entire Web Site again To get the current Web Site from DABin Select Get from DABin from the Web Site menu The Transfer window will appear s
49. art with the default configuration 8 2 2 Changing the Administrator password To change the administrator password without the need for the previous password you can use the password command in DABin s Commands Console The command has the syntax as follows password newpassword You cannot disable the administrator password with this command If you want to disable it enter any password and then disable the password using the DCM application program Listing 10 Usign the password command gt password mypass Password Changed 8 2 3 Seeing the firmware version and ending the commands console To see current firmware version enter the ver command This command will show you the current firmware version in the format X X X the MAC address or Serial Number and a program CRC to verify the firmware is correct Listing 11 Using the ver command to see the current firmware version gt ver Version 2 0 3 Mac 00 90 C2 80 52 E8 Calculating CRC CRC EE96 Rev 4 Page 93 DABin User s Manual Tools A CAUTION To finish the Serial commands Console and let DABin to start polling the configured Tags use the end command Listing 12 Using the end command to finish the Commands Console gt end Session Ended When the end command is executed DABin will change its mode to Scanning mode closing the commands console and starting polling all the Tags configured You can also recycle DABin power instead of ente
50. ata connection for bin 1s rw rw rw 1 1225 1225 112542 Jan 01 08 52 userpage xms 226 Transfer complete 71 bytes received in 0 00 seconds 71000 00 Kbytes sec ftp gt get userpage xms 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection 112542 bytes 226 Transfer complete 112542 bytes received in 5 55 seconds 20 28 Kbytes sec ftp gt To upload a Web site file rename your Web Site file created with DCM to userpage xms and then upload it using your standard FTP client Listing 7 Sending a Web Site file to DABin s FTP Server usign FTP EXE ftp gt open 192 168 0 89 Connected to 192 168 0 89 220 Welcome to Exemys FTP Server User 192 168 0 89 none admin 331 Password required Password 230 User logged in ftp gt dir 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for bin 1s rw rw rw 1 1225 1225 169 Jan 01 08 52 userpage xms 226 Transfer complete 68 bytes received in 0 00 seconds 68000 00 Kbytes sec ftp gt put local file e DABin Control control xms remote file userpage xms 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection 226 Transfer OK Got 136436 bytes 136436 bytes sent in 20 16 seconds 6 77 Kbytes sec ftp gt dir 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for bin 1s rw rw rw 1 1225 1225 136436 Jan 01 08 52 userpage xms 226 Transfer complete 71 bytes received in 0 00 seconds 71000 00 Kbytes s
51. b Site access through a Web Browser anonymous FTP Server Read Only Access no password DABin is factory defaulted without an Administrator password If this password is changed don t forget it or loose it because you will have to re enter the administrator password using the Serial Commands Console throw RS 232 port 3 3 2 Changing Standard user Configuration Standard user username and password can be changed as desired Any standard Web browser will prompt for this username and password when trying to access DABin s Web Site even if the standard user password is empty If standard user password is empty but authentication is enabled then enter the standard user username and left the password empty when the Web browser prompts for it To change the standard user configuration username and password enter the Properties dialog box in DCM Open the Properties dialog box selecting the Device from the Devices List and then selecting the command Properties of from the Devices menu Device Properties a xj Network Users amp Passwords Date amp Time Standard User The standard user is the only user that has access T tothe DABin s Web Site You can change the standard Username and its Password Username Juseiname New Password TE Retype Password amp Set User m dministrator A Be sure not to forget the admin password or you will have to change it locally using the Serial Command Cons
52. box will be enabled only if the entered value is in the valid writing range for that Tag If the Tag is Digital the On and Off buttons lets to activate or deactivate the bit value Genre PEs x E On off Sue Java Applet Window Java Applet Window Figure 78 Change Value dialog box Figure 79 Change value for Digital Tags Rev 4 Page 79 DABin User s Manual www exemys com Web Site Design Info When selecting this option from the contextual menu the information Dialog box will appear with the status information of that Tag In Tables 13 to 15 are listed the messages showed in the Information Dialog box and their Description LONG Info Pili ks Value 0 State Idle Error Ok Alarm Acknowledged Java Applet Window Figure 80 Information Dialog box for a Dapplet Table 18 State Messages in the Information Dialog box State Message Description Unknown Unknown State Idle Register OK and Updated Read On reading Write On Writing Read Error Reading Error detected Write Error Writing Error detected Read Initialization Error Failure when trying to Read Write Initialization Error Failure when trying to Write Table 19 Error Messages in Information Dialog box Error Message Description Unknown Unknown Error Ok Register OK and Updated Timeout Timeout for response from slave Syntax Error Syntax error in Response from slave Comm
53. ceecasanecseeacauenseeeees 89 Listing 7 Sending a Web Site file to DABin s FTP Server USign FTP EXE scsssssssssssssssessssssssssscsecscsecesssscsesseassnseeeees 90 Listing 8 Welcome message to the DABin Serial Commands Console cccccscssescsesescsesessecseeceseeeseeeseeeseseereneeerensees 93 Listing 9 Using the factreset command to reset configuration to Factory deafults ccsscsessscsssssssssssssessassesesees 93 Listing 10 Usign the password COMMANC ccccscscsssssssscsescscscscecsceseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseceeeeeseseseseseeeseneeteeeeseerenates 93 Listing 11 Using the ver command to see the current firmware VErSiON cssscsecssssscsesssssssscsssssescsecesssscsesesasseseesees 93 Listing 12 Using the end command to finish the Commands Console sssssssessssssssssessssssescssessssecsesssssscsessessssesaees 94 DABin User s Manual Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction www exemys com In this chapter you will be introduced to the general aspects about this manual and DABin Use this chapter as a guide for the reading of this manual If you are a new User of DABin we recommend you to read the General Description of DABin to have an accurate vision about functions and general characteristics of DABin 1 1 About this Manual 1 1 1 Purpose of the Manual The purpose of this manual is to provide the correct instructions of Installation configuration and operation of DABin In General
54. contacts to DABin s Digital Inputs It can drive up to 60mA and it is fuse protected 2 3 Ethernet Connection Figure 4 shows the connector RJ 45 Ethernet 10BaseT 1 for Ethernet network connection It can be connected to a LAN through a Hub or Switch or to a PC directly using a crossover cable DABin HUB Figure 4 Connecting DABin to an Ethernet Network The yellow indicator led included in the Ethernet connector shows the network connection status and if DABin s network parameters are properly configured Although DABin has no assigned IP Address the Device Locator application software can be used in a PC in the same Network in order to test that Ethernet connection has been properly set up Rev 4 Page 13 DABin User s Manual Installation gt See also Device Locator on page 25 Table 4 Yellow Indicator Led Status Code Yellow Led Code Description It is 14 second on and off Has been turned on and it is initializing Turned on constantly Is searching for a DHCP Server It blinks very fast There is no carrier in the Ethernet connection It is turned off during almost a second and it turns on for short periods of time like a beacon It has an IP Address and it is working properly It is turned on during almost a second and it turns off for DABin detects carrier in Ethernet connection but has no short periods of time assigned IP Address 2 4 Serial Connection DABin prov
55. culation is the value of the Tag that will be seen by the operator 5 5 1 Tags Administration Tags can be added edited or deleted from the list that will be sent to a DABin In the Tags Page in the configuration file the complete list of Tags with all configuration can be seen To add a new Tag Select command Add Tag from Configuration menu The New Tag dialog box will appear To edit an existing Tag Select the Tag to edit in the List then select Edit Tag from Configuration menu The Edit Tag dialog box will appear with current Tag configuration To Delete a Tag Select the Tag to delete from the Tags List then select command Remove Tag from Configuration menu DCM will ask for confirmation before deleting the Tag 5 5 2 Hostlink Tags Configuration The Hostlink Tags are the Tags whose value will be searched by DABin using the Serial Port IF Add Hostlink Tag xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alam Scale M Tag Configuration Source Tag Name Hostlink Serial ANALOG Hostlink Unit ID Slave Tag Type jo Unsigned int Register Table Register Address IR v 2 uy X Cancel Figure 49 Hostlink Tag Configuration To configure a Hostlink Tag enter the parameters described below Source Select Hostlink Serial to make a Hostlink Tag DABin will acquire the value from a slave connected to its Serial Port Tag Name Enter the Name of the Tag DABi
56. dged Alarm State DABin verifies if the Tag value is in Alarm condition If so the Alarm State remains unchanged if not the Alarm State is changed to Normal A The total time DABin spends in reading all configured Tags will depend on the total count of Tags NOTE and Scan Time period If any of the Tags is not properly configured and DABin receives no response from the Slave after the maximum time Timeout this time will be added to the total time the Scan Cycle takes Set the Timeout and Scan Time parameters with caution following the instructions in this Manual www exemys com Rev 4 Page 33 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration www exemys com 4 2 Creating a Modbus Configuration File DCM administrates DABin s configuration files with dab extension A configuration file can be created or downloaded from a DABin for modification or back up Several configuration dab files can be saved with different configuration and send any of them at any given moment Then DABin will reset and start working with the new configuration in just seconds gt See also Sending and Receiving Configuration on page 44 To create a new configuration file follow these steps Select command New from File menu The New File dialog box will appear to select the new file type to create New File amp OMRON Dr DABin Modbus DABin Hostlink DABinDF1 DABin Web Configuration Configuration Configuration Site
57. e configured tags you ll see undef on it s value on the CSV file B 4 SSI with log status If you want to see the status of the log you can use an SSI Server Side Include that will give you this information This SSI must be included in an SHTML file as described on 7 4 lt LOGDATA gt This will return this values that can be used by JS to show the status to the user Log status RUN o STOP Records stored on the memoty Oldest stored records same syntax as in log cgi Newest stored records same syntax as in log cgi wa B 5 Example On the CD provided together with the DABin R you will find HTML code that will help you to create you web paged to download the logged records The first example uses SSI to show the log status The second one uses CGI to download the records on different formats It uses JS code to display a calendar to select the first and last records time www exemys com Rev 4 Page 99 DABin User s Manual Choose begin and end time Begin dd mm yyyy hh mm ss End dd mm yyyy hh mm ss 18 08 2009 17 19 02 5 This is how you will see something like this if you select the HTML Table format Time 30 08 05 12 17 00 30 08 05 12 17 10 30 08 05 12 17 20 30 08 05 12 17 50 30 08 05 12 18 00 30 08 05 12 18 10 30 08 05 12 18 20 Download CSV file amp View CSV files D View HTML table Tag 1 Tag Tag3 Tag4 Tag5 Tag 6 Tag7 Tag8 Tag
58. e file at the caption 6 3 Serial Port Configuration In the case that DF1 Tags are going to be configured in DABin the Serial Port must be configured correctly and coherently with configuration of the device connected to DABin s Serial Port The Serial Port parameters are Com Type This parameter has effect only in DABin models where the Serial Port is configurable RS 232 RS 485 or RS 422 can be selected Baud Rate bps Is the transmission and reception rate of the Serial Port Any value in the range 2400bps to 115200bps can be selected Parity Is the Serial Port Parity Select either None No parity or Even Even parity Rev 4 Page 63 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration www exemys com Serial Port 4 E Mails ihi Tags DABin s Serial COM Parameters i The COM Type parameter only has effect on DABin 1C043 R Serial COM Type Scan Time ms nso Hl So a Fast Slow Baud Rate bps 3600 z Message Timeout ms Parity aa 1000 ms g Short Long None A Data Bits Error Detection ja bod CRC Figure 62 Serial Port Configuration Page for DABin DF1 Data Bits Select either 7 or 8 data bits Scan Time Is the delay time in milliseconds DABin will wait before starting a new Scan Cycle Maximum Response Timeout Message Timeout Is the maximum time in milliseconds DABin will wait for a response from the slave Error Detection Select the error detection method coherently
59. e of DABin Modbus E Mail configuration is composed of the following Enable relaying Mark the check box to enable e mail relaying service SMTP server Name or IP Address of SMTP server Server requires authentication Check this option if the SMTP server needs User Password authentication plain text authentication Username Name required for user authentication Password Secret key required for user authentication Confirm Password Retype of the secret key Delivery timeout This is the maximum lapse in seconds DABin attempts to send an e mail Retries How many times DABin will try to send an e mail before removing it from the queue If this parameter is 0 DABin will keep trying to send it without erasing the message from the queue Retry every seconds Delay between retries Source e mail address Source address used for outgoing e mails Destination e mail addresses An e mail can be delivered to up to 5 different destinations Add a new destination by clicking on the Add button The Edit button can be used to change an e Rev 4 Page 36 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration A CAUTION www exemys com mail address while the Delete button removes one destination from the list Change the relaying priority by rearranging the list using the arrows on the right side DABin relays e mail from top to down This feature applies to firmware version 2 1 and higher E Mail Address e
60. ec ftp gt Rev 4 Page 90 DABin User s Manual Tools Chapter S Tools 8 1 The DCM Tag Monitor Once Tags are created and sent to DABin it is not necessary to create a Web page to see how the created Tags work The DCM ships with a Tool called Tag Monitor that simulates an Applet behavior so you can test all the Tags without the need to create a Web Page The Tag Monitor lets the user to write values to Tags and acknowledge Alarms see the current Tag value a graphical history of the last seconds of the value and the state of the DABin s e mail sending machine Device Information Device DABin 1C MB MAC 00 90 02 80 52 E8 Host name Fimware Version Ti Integer L en Monitor Status s KAISA PAUSED Tag T1 i II E Stop Tag Value Value lt 7 Status Idle OK Value vs Time seconds Aam Alarms in queue 0 128 Sending Mailbox Status Mailbox Disabled Sending To e Current Retry a Last Mailbox Error Figure 89 DCM Tag Monitor www exemys com Rev 4 Page 91 DABin User s Manual Tools NOTE When connected to DABin select Tag Monitor from the Tools menu DCM will start scanning all configured Tags in DABin Then the Tag Monitor dialog box appears At the Top of the Tag Monitor dialog box there s a listing of all available Tags At the bottom there s the status information when monitoring a Tag To monitor a Tag activity follow these steps S
61. ee also Inputs and Outputs on page 15 The number of Digital Inputs and Outputs depends on the DABin Model DABin will ignore Tags with Digital Inputs Outputs that do not exist in the model in use Rev 4 Page 54 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration NOTE www exemys com IR Add Hostlink Tag xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Configuration Source Tag Name DABin Input x INPUTO Hostlink Unit ID Slave Jiag Ts Bit position 0 A X Cancel Figure 50 Digital Inputs Output Tag Configuration To configure a Tag related with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs Source Select Digital Input or Digital Outputs to relate the Tag with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs Tag Name Enter the Name of the Tag DABin will identify this Tag with its Name Bit Position Is the Input Output number Enter a value in the 0 to 7 range First Input is the 0 input and so as with the Outputs DABin s Digital Inputs Tags must be declared as read only 5 5 4 Internal Tags DABin uses a set of internal Tags to give information about the general communication status with slaves and general Alarm status of the Tags In Table 10 are listed all internal Tags supported by DABin Table 12 DABin Internal Tags Internal Tag Description _COMMERROR Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when a Serial Communication error is detected ALARM Digital Tag The value becomes 1 when any
62. efault and see current firmware version and serial number To execute the serial command console just connect a serial crossover cable to DABin s RS 232 port to a PC as shown in figure 5 chapter 2 and follow these steps Connect the serial cable to DABin s RS 232 port and to the PC serial Port Open a Terminal application program like HyperTerminal or the like and configure the serial port as 9600 bps Parity None 8 Data bits and 1 Stop bit without flow control 9600N81 Rev 4 Page 92 www exemys com DABin User s Manual Tools A CAUTION www exemys com Recycle DABin power and when turned on enter cfg in the terminal within the first 7 seconds during DABin initialization Yellow led blinks slowly during these first 7 seconds The Welcome message will appear following a prompt that indicates DABin waits for a command to be executed Listing 8 Welcome message to the DABin Serial Commands Console DABin Console 8 2 1 Resetting configuration to factory defaults For resetting configuration to the factory defaults you can use the factreset command The command must be typed twice for confirmation and no parameters are expected Listing 9 Using the factreset command to reset configuration to Factory deafults gt factreset Type command again to reset to Defaults gt factreset Reset to Defaults When configuration has been reset to factory default all previous configuration in DABin is lost DABin will reset and st
63. elect the Tag from the list and click the Play button the one with the right arrow The monitor will start To write a value to the Tag click the Write button The Write value dialog box will appear Enter the desired value and click Ok Write new alue x write new alue x T1 INPUTO New Tag Value ON 23 OFF X Cancel Figure 90 Tag Write dialog box for Tag Monitor The value the graphic and the Alarm status will be in Red color if it is in Alarm State You can click the Alarm Ack button to acknowledge the Alarm When acknowledged the color changes to Blue To Pause the monitoring click on the Pause button To resume click the Play button again or click the Stop button to stop monitoring Once monitoring is stopped you can click the Close button to close the Tag Monitor dialog box For analog Tags Integers and Floats the graphical history scales automatically depending the values shown For Digital Tags the graphical history scale is fixed to show the 1 and 0 values only To select another Tag stop the Tag monitoring select another Tag from the list and click the Play button to resume 8 2 Serial Commands Console The DABin s Serial commands Console consists in a commands console that can be executed attaching a serial crossover cable to DABin s RS 232 port The console provides commands for administration password change reset configuration to factory d
64. en select command Remove Tag from Configuration menu DCM will ask for confirmation before deleting the Tag 4 5 2 Modbus Tags Configuration The Modbus Tags are the Tags whose value will be searched by DABin using the Serial Port www exemys com Rev 4 Page 38 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration NOTE NOTE www exemys com IR Add Modbus Tag x Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale M Tag Configuration Source Tag Name Modbus Serial v JANALOG Modbus Unit ID Slave Tag Type fi Unsigned int x Register Table Register Address Holding Register 40001 Figure 32 Modbus Tag Configuration To configure a Modbus Tag enter the parameters described below Source Select Modbus Serial to make a Modbus Tag DABin will acquire the value from a slave connected to its Serial Port Tag Name Enter the Name of the Tag DABin will identify this Tag with its Name Modbus Unit ID Is the Address or number of Modbus slave DABin will ask for the value of the Tag Can be in the range 1 to 255 Tag Type Select the type of the Tag In table 8 are shown all the types supported by DABin If a Tag is any of the Integer types but an scaling function of the value is configured DABin will convert the type of Tag to Float Register Table Is the register table the required register for the Tag belongs to Holding Register nput Register Input Status or Coil Status can be selected
65. es Source e mail address Source address used for outgoing e mails Destination e mail addresses An e mail can be delivered to up to 5 different destinations Add a new destination by clicking on the Add button The Edit button can be used to change an e mail address while the Delete button removes one destination from the list Change the relaying priority by rearranging the list using the arrows on the right side DABin relays e mail from top to down This feature applies to firmware version 2 1 and higher Rev 4 Page 51 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration A CAUTION www exemys com x E Mail hkurk server cont X cre Figure 47 E Mail Address Edit Dialog box For DABin to resolve the SMTP Server name correctly at least one DNS IP Address must be properly configured DABin will get the IP Address of the SMTP Server before sending e mails If no DNS Server IP Address is configured in DABin SMTP Server IP Address must be entered explicitly Ask your network administrator to obtain this information gt See also Network Configuration Parameters on page 22 5 5 Tags Configuration DABin accept up to 128 different Tags Tags can be Hostlink Tags These are the Tags DABin will ask the Hostlink slaves connected to the Serial Port RS 232 485 422 They must contain the information needed to access the Hostlink slave e g Hostlink Slave Address and Register Address DA
66. essage Timeout parameters can be entered manually clicking the button besides de track bar 5 4 E Mail Configuration DABin can send an e mail when a Tag is in Alarm condition For this functionality to be available all information to send e mails must be given to DABin Each time a Tag enters the Alarm condition with the Alarm e mail enabled DABin will queue a message to be sent as fast as possible DABin messages queue can save up to 128 alarms at the same time If DABin couldn t send messages for a wrong configuration and the queue becomes full DABin will not add more messages until a place appears in the queue DABin empties the Alarm messages queue at startup or reset Verify that all messages have been send before changing configuration or before resetting the device manually DABin s internal e mail sending machine retries sending a message a number of times after a given period if the e mail couldn t be send in a given time All these parameters are configurable in DABin Rev 4 Page 50 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration www exemys com If DABin couldn t send an e mail it can be configured to Erase the message from the queue after it has tried to send it the number of times configured Not to Erase the message and keep trying sending the message This option can make a queue full if DABin is not correctly configured gm DABin Hostlink Configuration noname2 dab its x Serial Pot A
67. figuration To DABin xj Device Information Transfer Status Device DABin 1C MB Sending Configuration To DABin Host name MAC Address Sending Tag Configuration 17 Firmware Progress IP Address Remote IP Lid Figure 39 Sending Configuration to Connected DABin www exemys com Rev 4 Page 45 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration Chapter 5S DABin Hostlink Configuration DABin Hostlink acts as master making queries to the slaves about the value of each Tag configured and sending the write queries triggered from DABin s Web page or Tag Monitor in DCM In this chapter we will give the details to configure DABin Hostlink to achieve these functions A The present Chapter information refers to DABin Hostlink Model only DABin Serial Protocol is not configurable NOTE 5 1 How DABin Hostlink Work DABin Hostlink is based in Read cycles Write cycles and acknowledges of Tag Alarms Each cycle starts with a wait of the Scan Time period configured by user and then sends the pending write queries sets the pending acknowledgments of Tag Alarms and Reads the rest of the Tags In figure 40 is shown the complete Scan Cycle 1 DABin waits for the Scan Time period This time configured by user can be set from Oms to 10000ms Wait SCAN TIME Send WRITE Response Correct No Yes l Synchronize Status WRITE Cycle READ Cycle Yes Unmar
68. for this Tag just mark the check box Send E Mail on Alarm If marked DABin will queue an e mail message when the Tag value enters the Alarm condition If Tag is Analog Integer or Floating Point mark the Alarm by value check box and then enter the Minimum and Maximum values for the Alarm DABin will evaluate if the value is in that range after each Read Cycle and if not the Alarm will be triggered If Tag is Digital Inputs Outputs Internal Tags Word Bit or Single Bit mark the check box Alarm by edge and then select either Alarm on Positive edge or Alarm on Negative edge as desired 6 5 8 Tag Value Scaling DABin can acquire a value and make a simple calculation before assign it to the Tag value This is helpful for scaling factors and other simple calculation xi Tag Configuration Tag Value Alam Scale Tag Scale Scale function Linear Ax B Bhd X Cancel Figure 71 Scale configuration page DABin supports the Linear Y Ax B function where x is the acquired value and Y will be the Tag value DCM allows to configure both A and B factors Digital Tags are not scalable For the DABin to make the calculation on the acquired value select Linear Ax B as the scale function Enter values A and B Floating point numbers can be entered for these factors If Tag has Minimum and Maximum writing limits and it is scaled DABin will understand those limits as already scaled using
69. ge design software The comments in HTML code have the format lt This is a comment gt When a Web Browser asks DABin for a Web Page DABin searches all comments in that page looking for a particular format comment If it founds one it replaces the comment with a value specified in the command inside the comment Web pages including SSI s comments must have the shtml extension for DABin to search the commands in the inserted comments Listing 3 An SSI command lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt lt META HTITP EQUIV Content Type CONTENT text html charset windows 1252 gt lt TITLE gt Applet Test Page lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt lt BODY gt The Value of the Tag named OUTPUT is lt VALUE OUTPUT d gt lt BODY gt lt HTML gt Listing 3 is an example of a SSI command If the file is named with shtml extension then DABin will replace all text between lt and gt including these with the value of the Tag at that moment or an error message if a Tag with that name does not exists in DABin configuration 7 4 2 The Tag Value in SSI To insert the value of a Tag use the VALUE command in a SSI The format is lt VALUE TagName FormatString gt TagName Is the name of the Tag to be shown FormatString Enter a format string for the value After the character is the formatting of the value like a printf function in the C pr
70. guration page of DABin Hostlink 51 Figure 47 E Mail Address Edit Dialog box 52 Figure 48 Tags Page configuration for DABin Hostlink 52 Figure 49 Hostlink Tag Configuration 53 Figure 50 Digital Inputs Output Tag Configuration 55 Figure 51 Internal Tag List 56 Figure 52 Value Configuration Page 56 Figure 53 Alarm Configuration Page 57 Figure 54 Scale configuration page 58 Figure 55 Receiving Configuration from DABin Hostlink 59 Figure 56 Sending Configuration to Connected Hostlink DABin 59 Figure 57 Scan Cycle of DABin DF1 60 DABin User s Manual Exemys Figure 58 Write Cycle of DABin DF1 60 Figure 59 Read Cycle of DABin DF1 61 Figure 60 Alarm Control Cycle of DABin DF1 62 Figure 61 New File dialog box 63 Figure 62 Serial Port Configuration Page for DABin DF1 64 Figure 63 E Mail configuration page of DABin DF1 65 Figure 64 E Mail Address Edit Dialog box 66 Figure 65 Tags Page configuration for DABin DF1 67 Figure 66 DF1 Tag Configuration 68 Figure 67 Digital Inputs Output Tag Configuration 70 Figure 68 Internal Tag List 71 Figure 69 Value Configuration Page 72 Figure 70 Alarm Configuration Page 72 Figure 71 Scale configuration page 73 Figure 72 Receiving Configuration from DABin DF1 74 Figure 73 Sending Configuration to Connected DF1 DABin 75 Figure 74 DABin Web Page with Applet
71. he Properties dialog box of that device Rev 4 Page 25 DABin User s Manual General Configuration Hi NOTE ON THE WEB www exemys com Change any of the network parameters as desired in the Properties dialog box and click Ok to configure it If the Device has an administrator password configured enabled it must be typed in the Device Password edit box before proceeding Device Properties xj Device DABin 1C MAC 00 90 C2 80 52 E8 Firmware Version 2 0 1 Device Password anig Host Name Dae in I Enable DHCP IP f192 168 Oo 89 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 200 Cocal Figure 20 Device Locator Properties Dialog box If Device Locator couldn t find a device verify the following If the device is turned on and it is connected to the network correctly If the device is connected to the same LAN than that the PC running Device Locator is If Device Locator throws an error when trying to configure a device with new network parameters verify the following If the device is turned on and it is connected to the network correctly If the Administrator password of the device has been typed correctly in the Properties dialog box Check for the version of Device Locator selecting the About menu Device Locator will show you a dialog box with the actual version Enter our Web Site and get the latest version available at WWW exemys com 3
72. his option can make a queue full if DABin is not correctly configured i DABin DF1 Configuration noname3 dab wa eT x Serial Pot amp 4 E Mails ihi Tags SMTP configuration gt M Destination e mail addresses IV Enable relaying n When sending an E Mail Message it will be simultaneously SMTP server 5 send to the E Mail addresses below You can enter up to 5 smtp domain com addresses Recipients JV Server requires authentication Username Password Confirm Password tines a HH Delivery timeout seconds Retries times 2d Sugested 20 secs ad Sugested 5 20 e b a Retry every seconds 4 fio 4 Sugested 10 Source e mail address ftiones domain com jsmith domain com hkurk server com Figure 63 E Mail configuration page of DABin DF1 E Mail configuration is composed of the following Enable relaying Mark the check box to enable e mail relaying service SMTP server Name or IP Address of SMTP server Server requires authentication Check this option if the SMTP server needs User Password authentication plain text authentication Username Name required for user authentication Password Secret key required for user authentication Confirm Password Retype of the secret key Delivery timeout This is the maximum lapse in seconds DABin attempts to send an e mail Retries How many times DABin will try to send an e mail before removing it from the queue If this p
73. i xj Network Users amp Passwords Date amp Time Date and Time The Date and Time feature permits DABin to send the Alarm E Mails with the correct values within the Message Body Current DABin Date 12 09 2003 Pa Current DABin Time 19 57 43 Now Jo OK X Cancel Figure 22 Date and Time in the Properties dialog box Rev 4 General Configuration Enter current date and time in Current DABin Date and Current DABin Time respectively The Now button will synchronize DABin s time with the PC Click the Set Date and Time button to change to the values just entered Page 30 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration Chapter 4 DABin Modbus Configuration DABin Modbus acts as master making queries to the slaves about the value of each Tag configured and sending the write queries triggered from DABin s Web page or Tag Monitor in DCM In this chapter we will give the details to configure DABin Modbus to achieve these functions A The present Chapter information refers to DABin Modbus Model only DABin Serial Protocol is not configurable NOTE 4 1 How DABin Modbus Work DABin Modbus is based in Read cycles Write cycles and acknowledges of Tag Alarms Each cycle starts with a wait of the Scan Time period configured by user and then sends the pending write queries sets the pending acknowledgments of Tag Alarms and Reads the rest of the Tags In figure
74. ices Locally 22 Figure 16 Remote DABin Search 23 Figure 17 DABin Network Properties Dialog box 23 Figure 18 Administrator Password Dialog Box 24 Figure 19 Device Locator Main window 25 Figure 20 Device Locator Properties Dialog box 26 Figure 21 Users amp Passwords in the Properties dialog box 28 Figure 22 Date and Time in the Properties dialog box 30 Figure 23 Scan Cycle of DABin Modbus 31 Figure 24 Write Cycle in DABin Modbus 31 Figure 25 Read Cycle in DABin Modbus 32 Figure 26 Alarm Control Cycle in DABin Modbus 33 Figure 27 New File dialog box 34 Figure 28 Serial Port Configuration Page of DABin Modbus 35 Figure 29 E Mail configuration page of DABin Modbus 36 Figure 30 E Mail Address Edit Dialog box 37 Figure 31 Tags Page configuration for DABin Modbus 38 Figure 32 Modbus Tag Configuration 39 Figure 33 Digital Inputs Output Tag Configuration 40 Figure 34 Internal Tag List 41 Figure 35 Value Configuration Page 42 Figure 36 Alarm Configuration Page 43 Figure 37 Scale configuration page 44 Figure 38 Receiving Configuration from DABin 45 Figure 39 Sending Configuration to Connected DABin 45 Figure 40 Scan Cycle of DABin Hostlink 46 Figure 41 Write Cycle of DABin Hostlink 46 Figure 42 Read Cycle of DABin Hostlink 47 Figure 43 Alarm Control Cycle of DABin Hostlink 48 Figure 44 New File dialog box 49 Figure 45 Serial Port Configuration Page for DABin Hostlink 50 Figure 46 E Mail confi
75. ides an RS 232 Serial Port in all models In some models the Serial Port can be configured as either RS 485 or RS 422 The RS 232 DTE DB9 Male connector 2 can be used to connect any device using the same DABin s Protocol Modbus or also to enter the Serial Commands Console A In models where DABin s Serial Port can be configured as RS 485 422 it is no necessary to aE configure the Serial Port as RS 232 before entering the Serial Commands Console You can enter the Serial Command Console connecting the Serial Port RS 232 to any PC RS 232 Serial Port although DABin s Serial Port is in other mode 2 4 1 RS 232 Serial Connection The RS 232 Serial Connection included in all DABin models is found in connector DB9 Male 2 To connect another DTE to DABin s RS 232 Serial Port use a crossover cable as shows figure 5 Figure 5 Connection of DABin DTE to a PC DTE using RS 232 Serial Port 2 4 2 RS 485 and RS 422 Serial Connection In models where the Serial Port can be configured as RS 485 or RS 422 DABin can be connected to RS 485 or RS 422 network for proper data acquisition When the Serial Port is configured as either RS 485 or RS 422 a connection must be done through Terminal Block 3 RS 485 network connection uses the last 2 connectors and RS 422 network connection uses the last 4 connectors www exemys com Rev 4 Page 14 DABin User s Manual I
76. in the Alarm condition e g its value is in the defined Alarm range Normal The Tag Value is not in the Alarm condition Acknowledge The Tag Value is in the Alarm condition but an operator has acknowledged this through a Web Browser www exemys com Rev 4 Page 47 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration Alarm Enabled CE Yes Status Alarm Status Normal Status Acknowledge Pending Acknowledge In Alarm Condition In Alarm Condition Yes Yes Set Status to Alarm Set Status to Acknowledge E mail Enabled Yes Yes No Queue e mail C End Figure 43 Alarm Control Cycle of DABin Hostlink Basically Alarm Control Cycle is 4 If Tag is in A arm State DABin verifies if an operator has acknowledged this If this is the case Tag Alarm State is changed to Acknowledged for the next Read Cycle of this Tag 5 If Tag is in Norma Alarm State DABin verifies if the value is in the Alarm condition If so it changes its Alarm State to A arm and an e mail to the internal e mails queue is added if Tag if e mail enabled 6 If Tag is in Acknowledged Alarm State DABin verifies if the Tag value is in Alarm condition If so the Alarm State remains unchanged if not the Alarm State is changed to Normal A The total time DABin spends in reading all configured Tags will depend on the total count of Tags NOTE and Scan Time period If a
77. irst time Install DCM in a PC within the same LAN DABin is connected to and use DCM or Device Locator to assign DABin an IP Address If no PC in the same LAN DABin is connected to have any of the operating systems supported by DCM or Device Locator follow the steps of the ARP Table Method to assign DABin an IP Address gt See also Device Locator on page 25 and ARP Table Method for IP Address Configuration on page 26 3 1 1 DCM Installation To install DCM follow these steps Insert the DABin accompanying CD and execute setup exe to begin the installation program The Welcome screen will appear follow the instructions of the Installation Wizard that will prompt for the necessary information to complete installation Click Next to continue User information Enter a user name and the name of the company and click Next to continue Rev 4 Page 20 DABin User s Manual General Configuration www exemys com Destination Folder Select the destination folder where the application program will be installed Installation Type You can choose any of the following installation types Typical Minimum or Custom Program Folder Enter the name of the Program Folder that will contain all executable elements in your Programs Menu Wait for the Installation Wizard to complete copying all the necessary files to your hard disk and press Finish to end installation process Once installed you will see a folder in you
78. jo Maximum write value 20 X Cancel Figure 52 Value Configuration Page www exemys com Rev 4 Page 56 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration Read only if the check box is marked DABin will not allow the operator to change the value of the Tag with a writing command from a Web browser A The Tags representing Digital Outputs cannot be declared as Read Only NOTE Writing Limits marking the check box and entering the Minimum and Maximum values allowed for writing DABin will allow an operator to write a value into this range 5 5 6 Tag Alarm Configuration To make DABin control the Alarm status of a Tag the Tag must have its Alarm enabled gt See also How DABin Hostlink Work on page 46 Alarms in DABin can be triggered by a range of values on analog Tags Integers or Floats or by detection of an edge in Digital Tags Inputs Outputs Internal Tags or Word Bit TR Add Hostlink Tag xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alam Scale r Tag Alarm IV Alarm Enable IV Send E Mail on Alarm IV Alarm by Value Integer and Floats Lowest Value Highest Value 0 150 Alarm by edge Digital f Alarm on Positive edge 0 gt 1 C Alarm on Negative edge 1 gt 0 X Cancel Figure 53 Alarm Configuration Page Alarm Enable To enable the Alarm for this Tag just mark the check box Send E Mail on Alarm If marked DABin will queue an e mail message when the Tag value enters
79. k Pending WRITE Figure 40 Scan Cycle of DABin Hostlink Figure 41 Write Cycle of DABin Hostlink www exemys com Rev 4 Page 46 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration 2 Reads Tag configuration and verifies if there is a pending Write operation for this Tag If this is the case it starts a Write Cycle if not it starts a Read Cycle This procedure is repeated for each Tag 3 When all Tags are done it starts back to 1 The Write Cycle is particularly simple and consists basically in sending the Write query to the corresponding Hostlink slave synchronize Tag Status and unmark the pending Write so as not to repeat the writing in further cycles Figure 41 shows the complete Write Cycle The Read Cycle is like the Write one but it differs because it includes an Alarm Control Cycle Once the reading of the Tag has been successfully done it synchronizes the Tag Value and Status and then starts an Alarm Control Cycle The Read Cycle is shown in Figure 42 Send READ Response Correct No Yes Synchronize Value and Status Synchronize Status ALARM CYCLE Figure 42 Read Cycle of DABin Hostlink End For DABin to start an Alarm Control Cycle for a Tag this Tag must be Alarm enabled in its configuration If the Tag has its Alarm enabled DABin maintains the Alarm Status for that Tag Alarm Status can have any of the following values at a given time In Alarm The Tag Value is
80. l Figure 37 Scale configuration page DABin supports the Linear Y Ax B function where x is the acquired value and Y will be the Tag value DCM allows to configure both A and B factors Digital Tags are not scalable For the DABin to make the calculation on the acquired value select Linear Ax B as the scale function Enter values A and B Floating point numbers can be entered for these factors If Tag has Minimum and Maximum writing limits and it is scaled DABin will understand those limits as already scaled using the same factors and function so as with the Alarm Limits In general Writing Limits and Alarm Limits are referred to the Tag value and not the acquired value 4 6 Sending and Receiving Configuration Once configuration is complete you can save it in a dab file and send it to DABin Upon receiving the configuration DABin will reset itself and start working with the new configuration First connect to DABin using DCM and then transmit the new configuration or receive current DABin s configuration 4 6 1 Connecting to DABin using DCM Before sending or receiving any configuration file or the Web Site you have to connect to DABin DCM will prompt for the Administrator password before connecting To Connect to DABin follow these steps Select the DABin from the Devices List at the bottom of the DCM Window Select Connect from the Devices menu Rev 4 Page 44 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus C
81. lculation is the value of the Tag that will be seen by the operator 6 5 1 Tags Administration Tags can be added edited or deleted from the list that will be sent to a DABin In the Tags Page in the configuration file the complete list of Tags with all configuration can be seen To add a new Tag Select command Add Tag from Configuration menu The New Tag dialog box will appear To edit an existing Tag Select the Tag to edit in the List then select Edit Tag from Configuration menu The Edit Tag dialog box will appear with current Tag configuration To Delete a Tag Select the Tag to delete from the Tags List then select command Remove Tag from Configuration menu DCM will ask for confirmation before deleting the Tag 6 5 2 DF1 Tags Configuration The DF1 Tags are the Tags whose value will be searched by DABin using the Serial Port You must enter Tag parameters separately but DCM will show you a Tag definition string Rev 4 Page 67 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration NOTE www exemys com MF Edit DF1 Tag xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale M Tag Configuration Source Tag Name TEMPERATURE File Type Tag Type Integer IN Unsigned int File Number 7 Word Number J OK X Cancel Figure 66 DF1 Tag Configuration To configure a DF1 Tag enter the parameters described below Source Select DF1 Serial to make a DF1 Tag
82. lready scaled using the same factors and function so as with the Alarm Limits In general Writing Limits and Alarm Limits are referred to the Tag value and not the acquired value 5 6 Sending and Receiving Configuration Once configuration is complete you can save it in a dab file and send it to DABin Upon receiving the configuration DABin will reset itself and start working with the new configuration First connect to DABin using DCM and then transmit the new configuration or receive current DABin s configuration 5 6 1 Connecting to DABin using DCM Before sending or receiving any configuration file or the Web Site you have to connect to DABin DCM will prompt for the Administrator password before connecting To Connect to DABin follow these steps Select the DABin from the Devices List at the bottom of the DCM Window Select Connect from the Devices menu DCM will prompt for the administrator password Enter the password or left the box blank if no password has been configured for DABin Administrator then click on the Ok button DCM uses HTTP protocol for communication with DABin Check for DCM configuration for a HTTP Proxy server if you cannot find a DABin or connect to it Rev 4 Page 58 www exemys com DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration 5 6 2 Sending and Receiving Configuration Once connected to a DABin you can receive current configuration or send any configuration dab file to it
83. n User s Manual Web Site Design Hi NOTE A CAUTION www exemys com The SCANTIME parameter is not related with the Scan Time parameter in DABin s configuration Its purpose is to give the refresh period of values in a Web Page The CApplet must be included only once in pages including DApplets There must be a CApplet per Web Page Remember that the CApplet refreshes the DApplets in the page that it is inserted 7 2 3 The Data Applets DApplets The Data Applets are called DApplets and are the Applets that represent the Tag Values in different ways Figure 76 The Number Applet All DApplets let writing a new value for the Tag acknowledge its Alarm State and obtain general Status information about the Tag Figure 77 Contextual Menu of DApplets To have access to all this functionality DApplets have a contextual menu with these options To access the contextual menu Right click with the mouse cursor over the DApplet and the contextual menu will appear as shows figure 79 The menu options in all DApplets are Acknowledge This option lets the user to acknowledge the Alarm State of a Tag and will only be enabled in the case the Tag is in the Alarm State Change With this menu option the Change value Dialog box will be displayed in order to write a new value for the Tag If the Tag was configured in DABin as Read only this option is disabled If the Tag is analog Integer or Float the Change button in the dialog
84. n will identify this Tag with its Name Rev 4 Page 53 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration g NOTE A CAUTION www exemys com Hostlink Unit ID Is the Address or number of Hostlink slave DABin will ask for the value of the Tag Can be in the range 1 to 255 Tag Type Select the type of the Tag In table 8 are shown all the types supported by DABin If a Tag is any of the Integer types but an scaling function of the value is configured DABin will convert the type of Tag to Float Register Table Is the register table the required register for the Tag belongs to R SR LR HR TCPVor DM can be selected Register Address Is the Address of the Hostlink Register An Address in the range 0000 to 9999 can be entered Bit Position Is the Bit number position for the Word Bit type A value between 0 and 15 can be entered when 0 is the least significant bit Table 11 Types of Hostlink Tags and its representation Type Description Range Unsigned int 16 bit Unsigned Integer 0 65535 Signed int 16 bit Signed Integer 32768 32767 Long 32 bit Signed Integer 2147483648 2147483647 Float 32 bit Float BCD 16 bit BCD format 0000 9999 Word Bit Bit in 16 bit Word 0 1 Single Bit Only for DABin s Digital 1 0 0 1 5 5 3 Digital Inputs and Outputs Tags Tags related with DABin s Digital Inputs Outputs can be defined Digital Inputs and Digital Outputs are both enumerated from 0 gt S
85. nce for Digital Inputs Outputs GND a Voltage Output for connection of dry contacts to Digital Inputs V a Digital Inputs Digital Outputs Serial Port in mode RS 485 available in some models Serial Port in mode RS 422 available in some models Wall mounting accessory DIN Rail Mounting accessory optional Net Indicator Led yellow 2 RS 232 Connector eC je 4 Wall Mounting Accessory wW We Status Indicator Led green 5 DIN Rail Mounting Accessory Figure 2 Front and Rear View of DABin www exemys com Rev 4 Page 12 DABin User s Manual Installation g NOTE www exemys com For optional accessories for installation ask our sales team 2 2 Power Connection This product must be installed and powered according to its ratings and installation instructions The unit shall be powered from a NEC class 2 source of supply or a LPS source having an output rated 9 26 Volts AC 9 30 Volts DC 200 mA min The installation of this product inside shall be in accordance with the NEC specifically Article 725 54 Wiring from to this unit is to be Class 2 wiring and shall be segregated from other wiring in the equipment as noted in the NEC N w A Ee Vin Vin GNDj Vout mm 0 VDC 9 3 9 26 VAC Figure 3 Power connection detail The Vout voltage output is provided in order to connect dry
86. ng 4 Standard Link Example lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt lt TITLE gt Link Example lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt lt BODY gt lt P gt lt A HREF values shtml gt Click here to s the Values page lt A gt lt P gt lt BODY gt lt HTML gt Listing 4 is an example of a standard link The lt A gt and lt A gt tags define the link The command HREF defines the target of the link A call to a CGI program resident in the Web server can be done using a link The parameters passed to the CGI can be included in the link target This is called an HTTP GET method Listing 5 CGI call using the HTTP GET Method lt HTML gt lt HEAD gt lt TITLE gt Execute Example lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt lt BODY gt lt P gt lt A HREF execute cgi command set amp tag TAGNAME gt Set TAGNAME to 1 lt A gt lt P gt lt BODY gt lt HTML gt As shown in listing 5 the target of the link is a special format string The general syntax for this string is as follows execute cgi command CMD amp t ag TAGNAME First there s the name of the program execute cgi It follows a that indicates the start of the parameters passed to this program Then there are the parameters in the format Field Value and separated each other with the amp character The execute cgi program accepts only two parameters command and tag The command value can be either set to
87. nstallation www exemys com 13 RS 485 14 R 13 b RS 422 12 TR 15 TR 14 Figure 7 DABin Connected to RS 485 and RS 422 networks 2 5 Inputs and Outputs The number of Digital Inputs and Outputs provided with DABin depend on models All Inputs and Outputs can be found at the Terminal Block 3 starting at connector number 5 DABin also provides the special connectors Vout and GND Voltage output for dry contact connection and reference or common for external Field Devices connection respectively Rev 4 Page 15 DABin User s Manual Installation ON THE WEB www exemys com 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DABin 1C43 ST 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DABin 1083 ST Figure 8 Inputs and Outputs connectors in different DABin models For more information about Digital Inputs and Digital Outputs in all Exemys Products including DABin refer to Technical Note TN 11 Inputs and Outputs http www exemys com 2 5 1 DABin s Digital Inputs DABin s Digital Inputs are based on transistors in Current Sinking Mode activated when a voltage in the range 3 5 to 28VDC referenced to GND is applied This voltage may be provided from either an external field device working in Current Sourcing Mode or with dry contacts To activate Digital Inputs from an external field Device with independent power suppl
88. ny of the Tags is not properly configured and DABin receives no response from the Slave after the maximum time Timeout this time will be added to the total time the Scan Cycle takes Set the Timeout and Scan Time parameters with caution following the instructions in this Manual www exemys com Rev 4 Page 48 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration www exemys com 5 2 Creating a Hostlink Configuration File DCM administrates DABin s configuration files with dab extension A configuration file can be created or downloaded from a DABin for modification or back up Several configuration dab files can be saved with different configuration and send any of them at any given moment Then DABin will reset and start working with the new configuration in just seconds gt See also Sending and Receiving Configuration on page 58 To create a new configuration file follow these steps Select command New from File menu The New File dialog box will appear to select the new file type to create CE x New File m amp 2 M BA A DABin Modbus DABin Hostlink DABin DF1 DABin Web Configuration Configuration Configuration Site Figure 44 New File dialog box Select DABin Hostlink Configuration from the list in the New File dialog box to create a new Hostlink configuration file The new configuration file will be shown in the DCM Work area When a file is modified but not yet saved DCM will mark i
89. og Log V Enabled ho Log Interval seconds 10 3600 fe Tags logged from first tag 0 16 Set Log Data X Cancel Figure 91 DABin R configuration on DCM To enable the data logging feature tick the Enable check box Then configure how often you want to create a new record on the Log Interval text box Finally configure how many N tags you want to include in each record on the Tags Logged text box DABin R will log the first N configured tags Press the Set Log Data button to store the data logging configuration on the DABin R Note 1 Modifying the Tags Logged will clear the log memory Note 2 Configure the DABin R as shown in 3 4 before start logging data to have the right time stamp on each record www exemys com Rev 4 Page 97 DABin User s Manual B Data Logging www exemys com B 3 Reading the logged data To read the logged data you have to used the DABin s web server Inside the server there is a CGI application Common Gateway Interface that process requested data to show it to the user There are three available formats to access the looged data 1 As an attached CSV file Comma separated values 2 Direct CSV file that can be easily used by a JavaScript code 3 As an HTML table The CGI application will process the data depending on the parameters sent on the http query string GET mode It will wait for begin and end time output format a
90. ogramming language Rev 4 Page 84 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design www exemys com Table 28 Format specifiers for VALUE SSI Command Format Description d Decimal Integer u Decimal unsigned Integer x Hexadecimal Integer f Float For example this SSI Command will show the Tag Value with fixed size of 8 characters and filled with 0 at the left when necessary lt VALUE TagName The Value is 08d gt 7 4 3 The Alarm Value in SSI To see the Alarm State of a Tag the ALARM command can be used in SSI The format for this command is lt ALARM TagName OnText OffText AckText gt TagName Is the name of the Tag OnText The text DABin will replace the complete comment with if the Tag is in Alarm State OffText The text DABin will replace the complete comment with if Tag is in Normal State AckText The text DABin will replace the complete comment with if Tag is acknowledged Any Text can be an Image File name so the Web Browser will put the image when DABin replaces the comment with the Text For Example this SSI command will show three different Images depending on the Alarm State lt ALARM TagName inalarm gif normal gif ack gif gt 7 4 4 The Text by Value in SSI DABin can replace the SSI with a Text depending if the value of the Tag is in a given range or in a given value There are two SSI commands for this purp
91. ole New Password for admin Retype Password for admin Set Administrator X Cancel Figure 21 Users amp Passwords in the Properties dialog box Rev 4 Page 28 DABin User s Manual General Configuration lt www exemys com Select the Users amp Passwords page in the Properties dialog box DCM will send DABin a command to retrieve current configuration and will show it in the dialog box In the Username edit box enter the new username for the standard user Enter the new standard user password twice in New password and Retype password edit boxes for DCM to verify the password is set properly DCM will ask you for the current administrator password in order to change these parameters Authentication in Web Server can be disabled if you left blank the field Username Then the Web browser will not prompt for any username and password when entering DABin s Web site 3 3 3 Changing Administrator Password admin For administrator user admin only its password can be changed This user has granted access to all DABin s configuration and to DABin s FTP server read and write You can leave DABin without an Administrator password as is by default but is recommendable to change the password for security reasons To change the Administrator password use the Properties Dialog box of the device Open the Properties dialog box selecting the Device from the Devices Lis
92. on A CAUTION www exemys com DABin empties the Alarm messages queue at startup or reset Verify that all messages have been send before changing configuration or before resetting the device manually DABin s internal e mail sending machine retries sending a message a number of times after a given period if the e mail couldn t be send in a given time All these parameters are configurable in DABin If DABin couldn t send an e mail it can be configured to Erase the message from the queue after it has tried to send it the number of times configured Not to Erase the message and keep trying sending the message This option can make a queue full if DABin is not correctly configured gm DABin Modbus Configuration noname 1 dab E E jo x SerialPort amp 4 E Mails ihi Tags SMTP configuration M Destination e mail addresses IV Enable relaying N When sending an E Mail Message it will be simultaneously SMTP server send to the E Mail addresses below You can enter up to 5 smtp domain com addresses JV Server requires authentication Recipients hsmith domain com hkurk domain com Username Password Confirm Password tiones XXXXXXX XXXXXXX Delivery timeout seconds Retries times za 4 Sugested 20 e a Sugested 5 Retry every seconds 4 fio e Sugested 10 Edit Delete Source e mail address tiones domain com Figure 29 E Mail configuration pag
93. one x Modbus Format Modbus Packet Timeout ATU Mode ATU 4 In bytes unit Figure 28 Serial Port Configuration Page of DABin Modbus Modbus Format Is the Serial Modbus Format Select ASCII or RTU depending on the device connected to DABin Scan Time Is the delay time in milliseconds DABin will wait before starting a new Scan Cycle ASCII Mode Maximum Response Timeout Message Timeout In ASCII Mode is the maximum time in milliseconds DABin will wait for a response from the slave This parameter is ignored in RTU Mode RTU Mode Maximum Response Timeout Packet Timeout In RTU Mode is the maximum time in bytes units DABin will wait for a response from the slave This parameter is ignored in ASCII Mode The Scan Time and Message Timeout parameters can be entered manually clicking the button besides de track bar 4 4 E Mail Configuration DABin can send an e mail when a Tag is in Alarm condition For this functionality to be available all information to send e mails must be given to DABin Each time a Tag enters the Alarm condition with the Alarm e mail enabled DABin will queue a message to be sent as fast as possible DABin messages queue can save up to 128 alarms at the same time If DABin couldn t send messages for a wrong configuration and the queue becomes full DABin will not add more messages until a place appears in the queue Rev 4 Page 35 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configurati
94. onfiguration DCM will prompt for the administrator password Enter the password or left the box blank if no password has been configured for DABin Administrator then click on the Ok button A DCM uses HTTP protocol for communication with DABin Check for DCM configuration for a HTTP Proxy server if you cannot find a DABin or connect to it NOTE 4 6 2 Sending and Receiving Configuration Once connected to a DABin you can receive current configuration or send any configuration dab file to it To Receive Configuration from a connected DABin Select the command Get from DABin from the Configuration menu The Get Configuration dialog box will appear starting transfer automatically i Get Configuration From DABin x M Device Information Transfer Status Device DABin 1C MB Getting Configuration From DABin Host name MAC Address Getting E Mail Recipients List 5 Firmware Progress IP Address Remote IP Figure 38 Receiving Configuration from DABin When the transfer is complete click on the Close button DCM will create a new configuration window with the just transferred configuration data To Send Configuration to a connected DABin Select the desired configuration window to transfer to DABin Select the command Send to DABin from the Configuration menu The Send Configuration dialog box will appear showing the transfer status k Send Con
95. ose one for Digital Tags DTEXT and the other for Analog Tags ATEXT The formats of both of them are as follows lt DTEXT TagName OnText OffText gt lt ATEXT TagName StartValue EndValue InText OutText gt TagName Is the Value of the Tag OnText Text DABin will replace the complete comment with if Digital Tag is ON 1 OffText Text DABin will replace the complete comment with if Digital Tag is OFF 0 StartValue Starting value of the Range EndValue Ending Value of the Range InText Text DABin will replace the comment with if Value is in the specified range OutText Text DABin will replace the comment with if Value is out the specified range Rev 4 Page 85 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design v www exemys com To specify an arbitrary number of ranges insert ATEXT commands one after the other For example this SSI command will show the Text Turned ON if the Digital Tag INPUT has a value of 1 lt DTEXT INPUT Turned ON Turned OFF gt 7 4 5 Execute Links in SSI pages A link is a reference to other page or a server program in HTML pages The user can click on a link to go to another page or to execute a program resident in the Web server DABin incorporates an internal CGI program called execute cgi that can be called in order to change a Digital Tag value or to acknowledge an Alarm Tag state Listi
96. pplet vec class The Vectorial Applet lets to show a specific image not an image file based on the value of the Tag The type of image can be defined Figure 84 The Vectorial Applet Table 26 Vectorial Applet Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value TYPE Type of vectorial image LED PUMP LED 7 3 5 The Text Applet txt class The Text Applet shows a defined text when the Value of the Tag is in a given range All the ranges and its alignment can be defined Figure 85 The Text Applet Table 27 Text Applet Parameters Parameter Description Values Default Value 0 Left ALIGN Alignment of the Text 1 Center 0 Left 2 Right Range and text to be shown in each case For example DATAn DATAO 0 10 LOW Min Max Text DATA1 11 100 HIGH Rev 4 Page 83 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design NOTE www exemys com 7 4 Static Pages SSI Static Pages can be designed in DABin without the need for Applets In Static Pages all data is shown in a static way so data is refreshed when the page is loaded in the Web Browser The value of a Tag its alarm state or a Text representing a value can be inserted in the HTML Code Also the designer can insert standard links in a Web page to change the value of a Digital Tag or to acknowledge an Alarm state 7 4 1 Inserting a SSI in HTML Code SSIs are HTML comments so you can edit the HTML code manually to enter the comments or using your standard Web pa
97. pplet DApplet DApplet gt WRITE gt Alarm Acknowledge READ Figure 74 DABin Web Page with Applets www exemys com Rev 4 Page 76 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design v TIP Hi NOTE A CAUTION www exemys com A page in DABin can contain Applets and SSI s simultaneously DABin also has two kinds of Java Applets DApplets are the applets that represent a Tag Value in different formats like Bars Numbers Text Images etc CApplet Is the Applet that collects Tag information that DApplets must show and then queries DABin about all these Tag values at regular interval periods of time When a page includes at least one DApplet a Communication Applet CApplet must exist When a page is loaded in the Web Browser the DApplets in page send a message to the Communication Applet CApplet telling what Tag they must show The Communication Applet CApplet collects this information from all DApplets in page and asks DABin for the values of these Tags at regular periods of time Once the Communication Applet receives Tag values from DABin verifies if some of them have changed its value and if so it sends the new value to the corresponding DApplets Write operations of Tag values are done by DApplets directly to DABin When a Tag value enters to Alarm State and the user acknowledges the state the DApplet sends this information to DABin directly
98. r Programs Menu containing all links to Exemys Application programs installed DABin Configuration Manager DCM and Device Locator 3 1 2 DABin Configuration Manager General Description Figure 14 shows the main DCM window The DCM window elements allow easy navigation and configuration of all DABin available simultaneously and also allows configuration of any Exemys Product network parameters fi DCM C Exemys Proyectos DABin ICE noname2 dab Not Connected a i Ioj x File Devices Configuration WebSite Tools Window DABin s Serial COM Parameters y The COM Type parameter only has effect on DABin 1C43 LP The Modbus Packet Timeout has effect only in RTU Mode Serial COM Type Scan Time ms saz z N El Fast Slow Work Areal Baud Rate bps 3600 z Message Timeout ms Parity a A 1000 ms a ong Short None Modbus Format Modbus Packet Timeout ATU Mode Pu z zz i ices List RTU a z In bytes unit Connection Status Devices List _ Contextual Help L 192 168 0 236 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 10 Not Connected Figure 14 DCM Main window and its elements These are the elements composing the DCM main window Tool Bar At the top is the tool bar You will find commands also available in the application menus Work area In the middle there is the Work area where all configuration windows will appear Devices List Below the work area is the Devices List It contains all Exemys
99. receives no response from the PLC after the maximum time Timeout this time will be added to the total time the Scan Cycle takes Set the Timeout and Scan Time parameters with caution following the instructions in this Manual www exemys com Rev 4 Page 62 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration www exemys com 6 2 Creating a DF1 Configuration File DCM administrates DABin s configuration files with dab extension A configuration file can be created or downloaded from a DABin for modification or back up Several configuration dab files can be saved with different configuration and send any of them at any given moment Then DABin will reset and start working with the new configuration in just seconds gt See also Sending and Receiving Configuration on page 58 To create a new configuration file follow these steps Select command New from File menu The New File dialog box will appear to select the new file type to create New File amp Modbus DFi DABin Modbus DABin Hostlink DABin DF1 DABin Web Configuration Configuration Configuration Site J OK X Cancel Figure 61 New File dialog box Select DABin DF1 Configuration from the list in the New File dialog box to create a new DF1 configuration file The new configuration file will be shown in the DCM Work area When a file is modified but not yet saved DCM will mark it with an asterisk besides the name of th
100. rial Port Configuration E Mail Configuration Exemys 31 31 34 34 60 60 63 63 64 DABin User s Manual 6 5 6 5 1 6 5 2 6 5 3 6 5 4 6 5 5 6 5 6 6 5 7 6 5 8 6 6 6 6 1 6 6 2 Tags Configuration Tags Administration DF1 Tags Configuration Notes on PLC reads and writes for inputs and outputs Digital Inputs and Outputs Tags Internal Tags Value Writing Restrictions Tag Alarm Configuration Tag Value Scaling Sending and Receiving Configuration Connecting to DABin using DCM Sending and Receiving Configuration WEB SITE DESIGN 7 1 7 1 1 7 2 7 2 1 7 2 2 7 2 3 7 2 4 7 3 7 3 1 7 3 2 7 3 3 7 3 4 7 3 5 7 4 7 4 1 7 4 2 7 4 3 7 4 4 7 4 5 7 5 7 5 1 7 5 2 7 5 3 TOOLS The DCM Tag Monitor Serial Commands Console 8 1 8 2 8 2 1 8 2 2 8 2 3 Introduction How a Web Site Works in DABin Applets Web page Design Inserting an Applet in a Web Page The Communication Applet CApplet The Data Applets DApplets DApplets Parameters DApplets The Basic Library The Number Applet num class The Bar Applet bar class The Image Applet img class The Vectorial Applet vec class The Text Applet txt class Static Pages SSI Inserting a SSI in HTML Code The Tag Value in SSI The Alarm Value in SSI The Text by Value in SSI Execute Links in SSI pages Creating the Web site file Administration of files in a Web Site Archive Transferring the Web Site Using a Standard FTP
101. ring the end command for DABin to start the Scanning mode If you don t enter the end command or recycle power when finished using the Commands Console DABin will not start polling the Tags Rev 4 Page 94 www exemys com DABin User s Manual B Data Logging Appendix A A Command set downward compatibility in newer Allen Bradley PLCs Time ago Allen Bradley came out with some modifications about the way that newer PLCs exchange data In the new approach the PLC defines tags to map data rather than Files At the moment of this publication those PLCs belong to the FlexLogix and ControlLogix family The new commands are not compatible with DABin yet However AB provides downwards compatibility with the old command set Recall that DABin only uses the Protected typed logical read with three address fields and Protected typed logical write with three address fields DF1 commands and it does not count on specific PLC information such as processor model or firmware version Here we provide some basic information to activate the downward compatibility feature with RSLogix 5000 To map an address 1 In RSLogix 5000 software open the project file for the controller whose data you want to access 2 From the Logic menu select Map PLC SLC Messages 3 The screen shown will be used to provide the actual mapping between an already defined tag and the File Number you choose to make public to DABin Complete the information required as an
102. s 76 Figure 75 The CApplet in a Web Browser 78 Figure 76 The Number Applet 79 Figure 77 Contextual Menu of DApplets 79 Figure 78 Change Value dialog box 79 Figure 79 Change value for Digital Tags 79 Figure 80 Information Dialog box for a Dapplet 80 Figure 81 The Number Applet 82 Figure 82 The Bar Applet 82 Figure 83 The Image Applet 82 Figure 84 The Vectorial Applet 83 Figure 85 The Text Applet 83 Figure 86 New File dialog box 87 Figure 87 Web Site Window in DCM 88 Figure 88 FTP Transfer in DCM 89 Figure 89 DCM Tag Monitor 91 Figure 90 Tag Write dialog box for Tag Monitor 92 Listings Listing 1 A Simple page with a CApplet inserted csssssscssscssscscssscscsescsesceccseseesesscesessceseseseseseseeeseceseseeeeeeeereeeranes 78 Listing 2 The Bar Applet with some Parameters cccccccscscsssssssssssssscececsescssececsseceseseseseseseeeeeseesseseenseseseeeeeeneeseenensnenes 81 Listing 3 An SSI COMMING ee rasaae ea aa daca cia dao ch tad cach theses dese ace ENE ESTERA 84 Listing 4 Standard Link Exarmple cccccccscsssssssssscssscssscscscecececececeseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseseeeseseeeseeeeeseseseeeseenenenanes 86 Listing 5 CGI call using the HTTP GET Method sscscscscssssscscscscscsescscscsescacscscscscseesesesesesesesesesseeseseseseceeeseseseseenenrsees 86 Listing 6 Getting the Web Site file Using the FTP EXE c ccssssssssssssssssssssscsssesssscsecssssscsecssssssscssssssne
103. s Manual General Configuration Chapter 3 General Configuration ON THE WEB www exemys com Once installed DABin must receive the general configuration parameters that make it work in your Ethernet Network This chapter gives detailed instructions of the most fundamental configuration parameters for DABin These fundamental parameters are network configuration parameters DABin authorized users and Date and Time 3 1 DABin Configuration Manager DCM DABin Configuration Manager DCM is the application program that comes with the product and is used to configure DABin locally o remotely through a TCP IP network It has been developed with easy to use philosophy allowing configuring either basic or advanced functions of DABin DCM can be installed on Windows 98 Me Windows 2000 NT4 and Windows XP Enter frequently to www exemys com to download the latest version of DCM and keep documentation up to date DCM doesn t have to be installed in a PC within the same LAN DABin is but be sure that the application program will have access to DABin locally or remotely throw the TCP IP network DCM uses HTTP Protocol to configure DABin once it has a valid IP Address assigned transparently If DABin has never been configured it will look for a DHCP Server in order to obtain an IP Address at startup If the network where DABin is installed doesn t have a DHCP Server use any of the following methods to start configuring DABin for the f
104. sion M Network Parameters Host name Dabin J Enable DHCP ip 192 168 083 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 200 Preferred DNS Server mE R Altemative DNS Server 0 20 05 0 Figure 17 DABin Network Properties Dialog box www exemys com Rev 4 Page 23 DABin User s Manual General Configuration VA a CAUTION 4 www exemys com The Properties Dialog box can be shown left clicking over the device in the Devices List and then selecting Properties of from the contextual menu Once the Properties Dialog box is displayed all network parameters can be entered Host Name Device Name for identification purposes only Enter a name for the device to distinguish it in the Devices List This name is for identification only not to access DABin s Web Server Enable DHCP If the box is checked DABin will search a DHCP at startup If the LAN where DABin is connected to has a DHCP Server check the box to make DABin acquire all network parameters automatically at startup IP IP Address Ask your Network administrator to assign DABin a static IP Address Netmask Netmask of the local network Gateway Default Gateway in the local network Preferred DNS Server Default DNS Server IP Address DABin uses this Server to resolve the SMTP Server name This network parameter can be changed only if DABin is assigned an IP Address different than 0 0 0 0 Alternative DNS Server Alternative DNS
105. t and then selecting the command Properties of from the Devices menu Select the Users amp Passwords page in the Properties dialog box DCM will send DABin a command to retrieve current configuration and will show it in the dialog box Enter the new Administrator password twice in New password for admin and Retype password for admin edit boxes for DCM to verify the password is set properly Click on the Set Administrator button to configure the new password DCM will ask you for the current administrator password in order to change this parameter 3 4 Date and Time in DABin When DABin sends e mails informing the Alarm status of one of the Tags it includes in the message body the date and time the alarm started Date and Time are maintained by DABin and is constantly actualized even if it is turned off 3 4 1 How to set up Date and Time in DABin If the sending e mail functionality of DABin is to be used is recommendable that Date and Time be synchronized To synchronize date and time follow these steps Open the Properties dialog box selecting the Device from the Devices List and then selecting the command Properties of from the Devices menu Select the Date amp Time page in the Properties dialog box DCM will send DABin a command to retrieve current configuration and will show it in the dialog box Rev 4 Page 29 DABin User s Manual www exemys com Device Properties
106. t with an asterisk besides the name of the file at the caption 5 3 Serial Port Configuration In the case that Hostlink Tags are going to be configured in DABin the Serial Port must be configured correctly and coherently with configuration of the devices connected to DABin s Serial Port The Serial Port parameters are Com Type This parameter has effect only in DABin models where the Serial Port is configurable RS 232 RS 485 or RS 422 can be selected Baud Rate bps Is the transmission and reception rate of the Serial Port Any value in the range 2400bps to 115200bps can be selected Rev 4 Page 49 DABin User s Manual DABin Hostlink Configuration A CAUTION www exemys com Parity Is the Serial Port Parity Select either None No parity Odd Odd parity or Even Even parity gm DABin Hostlink Configuration noname2 dab a a x 4 E Mails ahi Tags DABin s Serial COM Parameters Q The COM Type parameter only has effect on DABin 1C43 Serial COM Type Scan Time ms RS 232 f m Fast Slow Baud Rate bps 3600 ad Message Timeout ms Paty roo i Short Long None 7 Figure 45 Serial Port Configuration Page for DABin Hostlink Scan Time Is the delay time in milliseconds DABin will wait before starting a new Scan Cycle Maximum Response Timeout Message Timeout Is the maximum time in milliseconds DABin will wait for a response from the slave The Scan Time and M
107. tarting the transfer DCM will open a new Web Site file with the downloaded archive so you can save it modify it or send to another DABin in the network 7 5 3 Using a Standard FTP Client For the Web Site transfer you can use any standard FTP client application program since DABin s FTP Server acts as any standard FTP Server DABin s File System recognizes a unique file named userpage xms case sensitive This file corresponds to the Web site files in a xms file When uploading a file through a standard FTP client you will have to rename your Web site file to userpage xms To upload or download the Web site file using a standard FTP Client follow these steps Connect to DABin s FTP Server as you do to any FTP server Login to DABin s FTP server using the standard user or the anonymous user for read only or the admin user for read write permissions gt See Also DABin s Security Scheme on page 27 You can download the userpage xms file using your FTP client and then open this file with DCM to modify it Listing 6 Getting the Web Site file using the FTP EXE ftp gt open 192 168 0 89 Connected to 192 168 0 89 220 Welcome to Exemys FTP Server www exemys com Rev 4 Page 89 DABin User s Manual Web Site Design www exemys com User 192 168 0 89 none admin 331 Password required Password 230 User logged in ftp gt dir 200 PORT command successful 150 Opening ASCII mode d
108. the same factors and function so as with the Alarm Limits In general Writing Limits and Alarm Limits are referred to the Tag value and not the acquired value Rev 4 Page 73 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration 6 6 Sending and Receiving Configuration Once configuration is complete you can save it in a dab file and send it to DABin Upon receiving the configuration DABin will reset itself and start working with the new configuration First connect to DABin using DCM and then transmit the new configuration or receive current DABin s configuration 6 6 1 Connecting to DABin using DCM Before sending or receiving any configuration file or the Web Site you have to connect to DABin DCM will prompt for the Administrator password before connecting To Connect to DABin follow these steps Select the DABin from the Devices List at the bottom of the DCM Window Select Connect from the Devices menu DCM will prompt for the administrator password Enter the password or left the box blank if no password has been configured for DABin Administrator then click on the Ok button A DCM uses HTTP protocol for communication with DABin Check for DCM configuration for a HTTP Proxy server if you cannot find a DABin or connect to it NOTE 6 6 2 Sending and Receiving Configuration Once connected to a DABin you can receive current configuration or send any configuration dab file to it To Receive Configuration
109. thod for IP Address Configuration 26 3 3 Security in DABin 27 3 3 1 DABin s Security Scheme 27 3 3 2 Changing Standard user Configuration 28 3 3 3 Changing Administrator Password admin 29 3 4 Date and Time in DABin 29 3 4 1 How to set up Date and Time in DABin 29 DABin User s Manual DABIN MODBUS CONFIGURATION 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 6 4 5 7 4 6 4 6 1 4 6 2 How DABin Modbus Work Creating a Modbus Configuration File Serial Port Configuration E Mail Configuration Tags Configuration Tags Administration Modbus Tags Configuration Digital Inputs and Outputs Tags Internal Tags Value Writing Restrictions Tag Alarm Configuration Tag Value Scaling Sending and Receiving Configuration Connecting to DABin using DCM Sending and Receiving Configuration DABIN HOSTLINK CONFIGURATION 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 7 5 6 5 6 1 5 6 2 How DABin Hostlink Work Creating a Hostlink Configuration File Serial Port Configuration E Mail Configuration Tags Configuration Tags Administration Hostlink Tags Configuration Digital Inputs and Outputs Tags Internal Tags Value Writing Restrictions Tag Alarm Configuration Tag Value Scaling Sending and Receiving Configuration Connecting to DABin using DCM Sending and Receiving Configuration DABIN DF1 CONFIGURATION 6 1 6 2 6 3 6 4 How DABin DF1 Works Creating a DF1 Configuration File Se
110. tion Rev 4 Page 41 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration g NOTE NOTE www exemys com All Internal Tags must be declared as read only 4 5 5 Value Writing Restrictions Tags in DABin can be configured as write enabled in a given range of values or read only This can be done from the Value Configuration Page in the Configuration Tag dialog box MF Add Modbus Tag xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Value I Tagis Read Only IV Tag has writing limits Minimum write value jo Maximum write value 20 i 3 Cancel Figure 35 Value Configuration Page Read only if the check box is marked DABin will not allow the operator to change the value of the Tag with a writing command from a Web browser The Tags representing Digital Outputs cannot be declared as Read Only Writing Limits marking the check box and entering the Minimum and Maximum values allowed for writing DABin will allow an operator to write a value into this range 4 5 6 Tag Alarm Configuration To make DABin control the Alarm status of a Tag the Tag must have its Alarm enabled gt See also How DABin Modbus Works on page 31 Rev 4 Page 42 DABin User s Manual DABin Modbus Configuration iF Add Modbus Tag s xj Tag Configuration Tag Value Alarm Scale Tag Alarm JV Alarm Enable IV Send E Mail on Alarm JV Alarm by Value Integer and Floats Lowest Value Highest Value 0 150 J
111. ttached or not Query format http dabin_url log cgi since begin_time amp t o end_time amp output format amp decimal decimals_number Where dabin_url1 is the DABin s name or IP address begin_time is the oldest time of the record you want to download end time is the newest time of the record you want to download Time Format ddmmyyyyhhmmss dd day mm month yyyy year hh hour 24 hours format mm minutes ss seconds format Output format to show logged data Output Format csv Attached CSV file view Direct CSV file table HTML table decimals _number Indicates now many digits will be shown after the decimal point on flota or scaled tags This field is optional It s default value is 3 This is a query example to get data from the whole 2009 year and show it as a CSV file http 1 92 168 0 100 log cgi since 010120090000008to 31122009235959 amp output csv Rev 4 Page 98 DABin User s Manual B Data Logging After sending this query your web browser will ask you where you want to store the downloaded file The file s name will have the DABin s name and begin end time on it If the queried period doesn t include records the downloaded file will be empty The CSV file can be open by Microsoft Office Sun Open Office Google Docs etc It s an ASCII file where the values a separated by commas and each record ends with a carriage return CR If you configure the DABin R to log more tags than th
112. unication Error Communication error detected Exception Exception detected Invalid COM Not a valid COM Port Busy The Com port is busy Wrong Request The Request is not valid Invalid Address The Address of the Request is not valid Capplet not present CApplet not present in Page Unknown Tag The Tag is unknown Table 20 Alarm Messages in the Information Dialog box Alarm Message Description Ok Normal no alarm Alarm In Alarm state Acknowledge The Alarm was acknowledged Rev 4 Page 80 DABin User s Manual 7 2 4 DApplets Parameters All DApplets have a set of parameters in common like the Tag Name they represent and the colors used in different states Listing 2 The Bar Applet with some Parameters lt HT i gt lt HEAD gt lt META HTTP EQUIV Content Type CONTENT text html lt TITLE gt Applet Test Page lt TITLE gt lt HEAD gt lt BODY gt lt APPLET ARCHIVE dabin jar CODEBASE CODE bar class WIDTH TON HEIGHT 64 gt lt PARAM NAME TAGNAME VALUE T1 gt lt PARAM NAME ORIENTATION VALUE UP gt lt PARAM NAME MAX VALUE 100 gt lt PARAM NAME MIN VALUE 0 gt lt PARAM NAME COLOR_FG VALUE BLACK gt lt PARAM NAME COLOR_BG VALUE WHITE gt lt PARAM NAME COLOR_NO VALUE BLUE gt lt PARAM NAME COLOR_NG VALUE BLUE gt lt PARAM NAME COLOR_AL VALUE RED gt lt PARAM NAME COLOR_AK VALUE YELLOW gt lt APPLET gt lt
113. ust contain the information needed to access the value properly DABin s Digital Inputs Tags Digital Tags whose value is the mirror of the current state of one of DABin s input Its configuration must contain the number of Digital Input and is exclusively read only DABin s Digital Outputs Tags Digital Tags whose value is the mirror of the current state of one of DABin s output The operator can change this value and this change will be reflected in the corresponding DABin Digital Output Internal Tags Special Digital Tags that provide information of status of serial communication and general alarm of the rest of the Tags Can be included or not Rev 4 Page 66 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration www exemys com TEMPERAT DF1 Serial Integer N 7 0 Unsigned int OUTPUTO DABin Output Output 0 00000 00000 Single bit Figure 65 Tags Page configuration for DABin DF1 In general any Tag configuration includes General Configuration Where DABin will search for Tag value register information if it is a DF1 Tag and the Type of the Tag Tag writing restrictions If the Tag is read only or not or if the written value must be in a given range Alarm Configuration If the Tag is going to be Alarm enabled and its Alarm condition and if DABin must send an e mail to all destination addresses when the alarm condition is detected Scale DABin can make a simple calculation with the acquired value The result of this ca
114. with the PLC connected to DABin s Serial Port Select either CRC or BCC DABin DF1 supports only Full duplex mode The Scan Time and Message Timeout parameters can be entered manually clicking the button besides de track bar 6 4 E Mail Configuration DABin can send an e mail when a Tag is in Alarm condition For this functionality to be available all information to send e mails must be given to DABin Each time a Tag enters the Alarm condition with the Alarm e mail enabled DABin will queue a message to be sent as fast as possible DABin messages queue can save up to 128 alarms at the same time If DABin couldn t send messages for a wrong configuration and the queue becomes full DABin will not add more messages until a place appears in the queue Rev 4 Page 64 DABin User s Manual DABin DF 1 Configuration A CAUTION www exemys com DABin empties the Alarm messages queue at startup or reset Verify that all messages have been send before changing configuration or before resetting the device manually DABin s internal e mail sending machine retries sending a message a number of times after a given period if the e mail couldn t be send in a given time All these parameters are configurable in DABin If DABin couldn t send an e mail it can be configured to Erase the message from the queue after it has tried to send it the number of times configured Not to Erase the message and keep trying sending the message T
115. working in just hours not months or even years as most SCADA applications Universal Access All DABin functionality including DABin configuration is available to an authorized user with an Internet connection in any place of the World Flexibility The innumerable ways to configure DABin makes it easy to adapt to any application DABin Digital inputs and outputs makes possible to connect DABin to non industrial protocol enabled devices No Risk Like any SCADA system DABin provides all monitoring and supervision functionality remotely without the risk of personnel or equipment Rev 4 Page 10 DABin User s Manual 1 2 2 General Description To achieve all these goals DABin incorporates a complete and efficient functionality Acquires data from an embedded Serial Port using an industrial protocol like Modbus or Hostlink and from its digital inputs Introduction Br Client owser Web Site Configuration File System FTP Server gt Actuator Inputs and Web Server TAGS Outputs 4 Digital Sensor Alarm Controller SMTP Serial PLC Communication RS 232 485 422 PLC E mail Alarms Figure 1 DABin functional diagram An Embedded Web Server lets the operator see DABin s internal Web Site to visualize the acquired values and change them from any standard Web Browser DABin can send one or more e mails notifying the Alarm State of any of the
116. y connect reference GND to Common of that Device as seen on figure 9 To activate Digital Inputs with a dry contact with an independent power supply connect as shown in figure 10A To activate Digital Inputs with a dry contact with the same power supply proceed as shown in figure 10B To activate Digital Inputs with a dry contact without any additional power supply use connector Vout as shown in figure 10C Rev 4 Page 16 DABin User s Manual www exemys com Installation VCC Sinking 2 GND COM N COM N o SALIDA de Tensi n 3 5 a 28 VDC Max Dispositivo de Campo PLC Sensor Codificador etc Vdc Sourcing exemys 9 30 VDC Fuente de Alimentacion hd Fuente de alimentaci n del equipo Figure 9 Digital Input connected to an external Device with independent power supply DABin VCC 3 5 28 VDC Fuente de L Alimentaci n GND COM N Sinking 9 28 VDC Fuente de Alimentaci n 9 28 VDC Fuente de Alimentaci n 9 28 VDC Fuente de Alimentaci n Figure 10 Different ways to connect a Digital Input Table 5 Digital Inputs Technical Specifications Digital Inputs Inputs Type Sinking Allows sensors and Current Sourcing Devices Operating Voltage Range 3 5 to 28 VDC Input Current 1to11 mA Rev 4 Page 17 DABin User s Manual Installation www exemys com 2 5 2 DABin

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