Product manual

NL200 Network Link Interface

7. Operation

This section describes how to configure your NL200 for different operational

modes. See Section 4 for help in determining which mode to use.

7.1 Bridge Mode

7.1.1 Physical Set-up

Power the NL200 through the barrel connector jack located on the edge of the

device. Connect the NL200 to your local network using an Ethernet cable,

attaching one end to the NL200's Ethernet port and the other end to your

network. Connect the supplied SC12 serial cable from the NL200’s CS I/O

port to the datalogger’s CS I/O port.

7.1.2 Configuring the NL200

Connect to the NL200 in DevConfig (see Section 6). In the NL200 tab, set

Bridge Mode to ‘enable’.

7.1.3 Configuring the Datalogger

• Connect a serial cable from the PC COM port to the datalogger’s RS-232

port.

• Open DevConfig. Select the device type of the datalogger (CR800,

CR1000, or CR3000), the appropriate Communication Port and baud rate.

Press the “Connect” button to connect to the datalogger.

• Under CS I/O Interface on the TCP/IP tab, input the IP Address, Subnet

Mask and IP gateway. These values can be provided by your network

administrator. If using DHCP, the address will automatically be displayed.

• Press the “Apply” button to save the changes and then close DevConfig.

The NL200 must be connected to the datalogger before

configuring the datalogger with DevConfig. If it is not

connected, the TCP/IP settings will not be displayed.

NOTE

7.1.4 LoggerNet Set-up

The next step is to run LoggerNet and configure it to connect to the datalogger

via the Ethernet port. (See example in Figure 7-1 below.)

• In LoggerNet’s Setup Screen press Add Root and choose IPPort. Input the

datalogger’s IP address and port number. The IP address and port number

are input on the same line separated by a colon. (The datalogger’s default

port number is 6785. It can be changed using DevConfig or by modifying

its value in the Status Table. Unless firewall issues exist, the port number

does not need to be changed from its default value.)

• Add a PakBus Port.

• Add the datalogger (CR800, CR1000, or CR3000) and input the PakBus

address of the datalogger.