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Contents TAC Xenta Server – Gateway, Technical Manual
6 (184) Schneider Electric Buildings AB, June 2011
04-00124-06-en
4.2.2 Adding Signals for a Device....................................................................................... 39
4.2.3 Adding a Device to a Communications Interface....................................................... 41
5 Creating the Logical Structure 43
5.1 Creating the Folder Structure ..................................................................................... 43
5.1.1 Renaming the Root Folder.......................................................................................... 44
5.1.2 Adding a Folder.......................................................................................................... 45
6 Visualizing Signals 47
6.1 Workflow for Visualizing Signals.............................................................................. 47
6.2 Adding a Signal .......................................................................................................... 48
6.2.1 Changing the Unit of a Signal .................................................................................... 50
6.3 Adding a Values Page ................................................................................................ 51
6.3.1 Adding a Values Page ................................................................................................ 51
6.4 Verifying the Modbus Communication...................................................................... 54
6.5 Monitoring the Communication ................................................................................. 54
7 Adding the TAC Xenta 913 to the LonWorks Network 55
7.1 Adding a TAC Xenta 913 as a LonWorks Device in TAC Vista............................... 55
8 Connecting to the LonWorks Network 59
8.1 Inserting a LonWorks Network in TAC XBuilder..................................................... 59
8.1.1 Inserting a LonWorks Network in TAC XBuilder..................................................... 60
8.2 Updating a LonWorks Network in TAC XBuilder .................................................... 63
8.2.1 Updating a LonWorks Network in TAC XBuilder .................................................... 63
8.3 Connecting Signals to and from LON........................................................................ 64
8.3.1 Adding Signal Objects for RTU4............................................................................... 65
8.3.2 Adding a Connection Object ...................................................................................... 66
8.3.3 Adding a Multi-Connection Object............................................................................ 68
8.4 Verifying the Gateway Application............................................................................ 71
8.4.1 Monitoring the LonWorks Communication ............................................................... 71
8.4.2 Verifying the Gateway Application............................................................................ 71
9 Creating SNVTs 73
9.1 Adding a Controller Object and a SNVT ................................................................... 73
9.1.1 Adding a Controller Object and a SNVT ................................................................... 74
9.1.2 Connecting a Signal to an Output SNVT ................................................................... 76
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10 Using Signals 81
10.1 Defining SNVTs and Controller Objects ................................................................... 81
10.1.1 Adding SNVTs in the TAC Xenta 913....................................................................... 81
10.1.2 Output SNVTs............................................................................................................ 83
10.1.3 Input SNVTs...............................................................................................................85
10.2 Connection Objects .................................................................................................... 87
10.2.1 Adding more Output Signals...................................................................................... 87
10.3 Multi-Connection Objects .......................................................................................... 88
10.3.1 Validating the Signals................................................................................................. 89
10.3.2 Using the Find and Replace Function ........................................................................ 90
11 Configuring Serial or Ethernet Communication 91
11.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................91