BOARD CONFIGURATION. Enertronica Santerno Sinus Penta, SOLARDRIVE PLUS, IRIS BLUE, PENTA MARINE

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12.6.2. Board Configuration

The BACnet fieldbus communication kit contains BACnet configuration software. This software allows the user to set parameters for a specific BACnet installation

After installation, run the “Sinus Penta BACnet configurator.exe” file which will load the BACnet configuration software.

Figure 121: BACnet MSTP Configuration

To configure and download the settings follow the steps below:

1. Mount the BACnet device in the way shown in Figure 116.

In order to configure a BACnet MSTP network, you need to configure each module through Ethernet interface.

Set up a connection on IP address 192.168.1.X from the host PC (the default IP address of the BACnet fieldbus card is 192.168.1.24). DISABLE ANY OTHER NETWORK CARD, ANY FIREWALL OR

ANITIVIRUS program.

4. Connect the host PC to the BACnet device using an Ethernet crossover cable or straight through cable if connecting from a Hub/Switch.

5. Ping the BACnet device using the “Ping BACnet gateway” button within the BACnet configurator software to ensure communication has been achieved. A command window will appear, containing the

IP address of any BACnet fieldbus devices that the host PC can detect.

6. Select your choice of BACnet MSTP within the BACnet configuration software.

7. Enter the MAC address, baud rate, parity, # stop bits, # data bits and highest MAC address on the network.

8. Enter the BACnet device instance and the Network Number.

9. Click on “Create Files”.

10. Click on “Download config file” to configure the BACnet fieldbus network card.

11. Click on “Restart BACnet Device” after the download has completed.

12. Mount the BACnet device in the way shown in Figure 119.

13. Connect the device to the BACnet MSTP network and test if the device can be achieved.

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