User's Guide

17 September 2021

NG Series Industrial Wireless Gateway User Guide

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Verification

Verify Network Connectivity

NG Series Industrial Wireless Gateways can send data or commands to and receive data from VP Series

2000 field devices in a wireless network. Commands or data can be sent from the user to the gateway or

data sent from the gateway to the user through the General Client Interface (GCI) for ISA100. Data

received by the gateway can also be published by Modbus.

To send data or commands or collect data using the GCI, the user must have the relevant versions of

Bently Nevada System 1 and the Ranger Pro Core plugin installed. Furthermore, dynamic data is only sent

to the user using GCI.

Refer to the VP Series 2000 User Guide (document EVR-VPXDOC-0036) for more information regarding

configuring and verifying field device network connectivity.

Verify Network Joining

To verify that your devices have joined your network, use the NG Series Industrial Wireless Gateway web

interface. It can take several hours for many field devices to join your network.

If a provisioned field device fails to join your network after several hours, try these options:

Verify/ Reboot the Device

• Reboot the field device. This increases the frequency that the device attempts to join the network.

• Verify that the device is correctly provisioned. ISA100 field devices must be in a provisioned state

to join the network.

• Verify the device's network connection. Dismount the device from the machine and position it

closer to the relevant NG Series Industrial Wireless Gateway.

• If possible, improve the device's radio frequency communication by relocating it or reorienting

the device's axis or orientation relative to the gateway.

Add a Routing Device (ISA100)

• In areas that have weak RF coverage (for example, where RSSI < -78dB), configure a VP Series

2000 ISA100 field device to enable routing or, preferably, add a VP Series 2000 ISA100 repeater.

• Use the NG Series Industrial Wireless Gateway web interface to verify, and if necessary, enable

the router function of each ISA100 field device.

• Verify that each VP Series 2000 field device has a good network connection.

• Remember to stay within the recommended number of hops per device (4 hops).

Remember that using an ISA100 sensor as a router decreases its battery life.