Specifications

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2 BACNET/LONWORKSSETUPTHROUGHPROTOCESSORMCS‐BMS‐GATEWAY
2.1 Installationstepsforthecustomer
1. TheMCS‐BMS‐GATEWAYispreprogrammedfromfactoryfortheMCS‐MAGNUMitwillconnectto.Ifyou
needtocreatetheconfigurationpleaseseesection4.
2. Set the A, B, and S DIP Switch banks for field protocol baud rate, Node‐ID/Device Instance, and proper
configuration.(Seesection
2.2)
3. Connectthe MCS‐BMS‐GATEWAY to the Field protocol port and the MCS‐Magnum Ethernet port to the
MCS‐BMS‐GATEWAYEthernetport.(SeeSection0)
4. PoweruptheMCS‐BMS‐GATEWAY.Afterpowerup,thedeviceisinstalledonBACnetMS/TP,orMetasys
N2orLonworks
5. TheIPaddressshouldalreadybeset,howeverifanIPaddresschangeisrequiredrefertoSection4torun
theRUInetutilityprogramtochangetheIPaddress.Nochangestotheconfigurationfilearenecessary.
2.2 ConfiguretheDIPSwitches
2.2.1 Setting theNode Address /Device Instance (DIPSwitch A0 – A7) for BACnetMS/TP,
&MetasysN2
 TheABankDIPswitchesontheMCS‐BMS‐GATEWAYallowuserstosettheNodeaddress/DeviceInstance
ontheRS‐485.
 DIPswitchesA0–A7canalsobeusedtosettheMACAddressforBACnetMS/TP.
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Figure1:A0–A7DIPSwitches
 PleaserefertoAppendixB.2forthefullrangeofaddressestosetNodeaddress/DeviceInstance.
 ForBacnetMS/TPthedeviceinstanceisequaltotheNodeAddress(0‐127)plus18100
NOTE:WhensettingDIPSwitches,pleaseensurethatpowertotheboardisOFF.
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