W E TAK E B U I L D I N G AU TO M AT I O N PER SO N A L LY M AN UA L E TOOL © © Copyright AB Regin, Sweden, 2016
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Table of contents CHAPTER 1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL ............................................................................................... 1 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION .......................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 3 ABOUT E TOOL© ........................................................................................................ 3 CHAPTER 4 STARTUP .......................................................................................
Chapter 1 About this manual This manual covers using E tool© for heating andventilation applications. This manual is designed to be an aid during installation and use of E tool©. It describes all the functions unique to the program. The Corrigo/Exigo control parameters however are not described here. For detailed information on these, please see the manual for the controller and application in question.
Chapter 2 Installation To install and run E tool© you need a PC running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 10. To run the integrated web server in a …W model Corrigo/Exigo, you need Internet Explorer 7.0 or later and Java. Communication with a Corrigo/Exigo requires a special communication cable, E-CABLE2-USB, or a crossover network cable for communication between a …W model Corrigo/Exigo and a computer.
Chapter 3 About E tool© E tool© heating and E tool© ventilation are Windows-based PC programs for configuration and maintenance of the various Corrigo/Exigo series controllers. E tool© has not been designed with the intention of being a fully fledged SCADA program. The display window is divided into several parts: At the top there is a menu bar with standard Windows type drop-down menus. Below the menu bar is a toolbar that gives direct access to various functions.
Chapter 4 Startup The installation program will have placed an E tool© folder in the All programs Regin Corrigo folder in the Start menu. This folder contains the links to E tool© heating and E tool ventilation. To start either program, click on the Start button at the lower left hand corner of the display. Then click on All programs, the folder Regin, the sub folder Corrigo and finally on the program you wish to run.
E tool© always starts with a box where you enter which Corrigo/Exigo model you are using. The Overview folder is also displayed. Make sure that you enter the correct model, or strange things may occur in the control and alarm handling.
Chapter 5 Menu bar The menu bar has five drop-down menus; File, Edit, View, Tools and Help. 5.1 File These items are used to handle configuration files. The data describing a configuration can be saved as a file. Any number of different configurations can be saved, the only limit being available disk space. The files will be saved using the extension .vtc for ventilation control and .htc for heating and need about 22 kb of disk space.
Exit Close E tool©. If the present configuration is unsaved you will be asked if you wish to save it before closing down. 5.2 Edit The Edit menu only contains one item: Delete Delete is only used in conjunction with holiday periods in order to remove assigned periods. 5.
5.4 Tools Load all parameters Download all present parameters from E tool© to the Corrigo/Exigo controller. Synchronize all parameters All parameter values in the Corrigo/Exigo are compared with the corresponding values in E tool©. All discrepancies will be listed. All items in the list are normally tick-marked. By removing the tick-mark from an item you can exclude it from the selection. You can then choose to update E tool© using the controller values or update the controller using the E tool© values.
Set controller date and time Synchronizes the controller date and time with the computer date and time. Change controller address This function is used for changing the addresses of the connected controller. The address is normally 254:254. If the controller is intended to be used in an EXOline network, the addresses must be changed since the connected controllers have different addresses. Reload the controller Downloads the current control program from E tool© to the controller.
If instead the Corrigo is a third generation controller, the version of E tool© corresponding to that installed on the computer will instead be loaded. The below dialogue window will be displayed: Click “OK” to reload the controller. The “Synchronize parameters” dialogue window till be displayed: Select whether differences in parameter configuration should be updated in E tool© or in the controller.
After the controller has been reloaded with the new application program, the below dialogue window will be displayed: If the controller was manufactured before 2015, the following window will be displayed before it can be reloaded: Click “Yes”. A warning message will now be displayed: Click “OK”. The controller has now been repartitioned to make room for the application.
Next, follow the directions above for reloading the controller. Another warning message will now be displayed: Click “Yes”. The web site in the controller A web site is already loaded into the Corrigo/Exigo upon delivery. It is, however, sometimes necessary to update it: Download the configuration to the web site integrated in the Corrigo A model with TCP/IP communication is required: Tools Load website to the controller. For more information, see chapter 11.
Change password Only active if you are logged on as Operator or Admin. Permits change of the password for the present log-on level. Load new default passwords When loading vtc-, htc-, or btc-files, it is possible to include new passwords for all the levels. The files are text files describing a configuration. Open the file, for example in Wordpad or Notepad. At the end of the vtc-file, there is a section, DiaPasswords, which deals with the log on codes.
Load new factory settings (only ventilation) If LoadDiaPassWordVisible has been set to ”Yes”, a checkbox is shown which makes it possible to save the downloaded parameters as factory settings in the controller. The values will then be used by the command Restore factory settings in the controller. For more information, see the Corrigo ventilation manual.
Real-time chart Creates a real-time chart. Up to four parameters of your choice can be logged. The diagram has vertical scales with individually settable left or right scaling. The chosen parameters are listed at the bottom of the screen together with information on colour, which of the vertical scales it is referring to and latest recorded value. The chart has left and right vertical scales with individually settable ranges.
Add curve A click on this button reveals a list of all parameters that can be displayed in the chart. Choose up to 4 parameters. Delete all curves Deletes all the selected curves. Show/hide left/right grid Chart grids scaled to the left and right scales can be displayed or hidden. Show node points A marker can be displayed on each curve at the point of each recording. Show cursor Displays a vertical line on the chart display. The cursor can be moved along the timeline.
Time scale Sets the time width of the chart display. Parameter list The list shows the parameters assigned to the chart. To remove a parameter, right-click on it and choose Remove. To change which of the right / left scales the parameter curve is referring to, right-click and choose properties or double-click with the left mouse-button. Notes Gives access to a notepad area. Any text written here is saved together with the configuration file.
Lock configuration Blocks access to the configuration tab. Also show non-active signals in in/output tab All in- and outputs are displayed under the In/Output tab. Synchronize alarm texts when synchronizing all When synchronizing all parameters, alarm texts will also be synchronized. Temperature/Flow unit Different temperature and flow units can be selected from here. Communication Setting of the communication between E tool© and controller.
Ensure that the suggested COM port corresponds to the COM port which the computer has assigned to E-CABLE. You can see which Com port has been assigned in the Control panel System Device Manager Ports (COM & LPT). If you have opened E tool© and selected a Corrigo/Exigo with integrated web server, you can choose if the communication should take place via E-CABLE (serial) or the TCP/IP port.
1. Crossover network cable In the most basic case, a crossover network cable, E CABLE-TCP/IP, is used. The user is connected directly to the controller. Connect a crossover TCP/IP-cable directly between the controller and the computer. Start E tool©. Open the tool ”Communication settings” from the menu Tools or via the icon in the toolbar. Choose Use a TCP/IP port in this controller. The program will ask if you are using a crossover network cable. Answer ”Yes” to this question.
3. Static IP address In this case, the static IP address of the controller is specified. This configuration is most suitable for networks without a DHCP Server. You can also use it if you do not trust the network services completely, as it is the communication that has the best qualification to work when servers etc. do not. As long as routers and switches work well, this configuration alternative will work.
Chapter 6 Toolbar The toolbar provides shortcuts to a number of functions. By placing the cursor over a tool icon a tool tip will be displayed giving a short description of the tool. All the tools have been described in the menu bar description above.
Chapter 7 Folders 7.1 General The contents of the various folders depend on which of the programs E tool© heating or E tool© ventilation you are running and also on which Corrigo/Exigo model, E28, E15 or E8 the program has been configured for. Therefore the contents will not be described in detail here. Items in a folder that somehow belong together are grouped. Group names are displayed in bold.
7.2 Overview The major part of the Overview folder displays a process diagram. The diagram is a static bitmap illustration that can be edited using, for example Paint. Any number of different diagrams can be saved. Which diagram is displayed is governed by the setting of the parameter Process picture in the System subfolder in the configuration folder. Down the left-hand edge of the Overview folder there is a list of the most important control parameters.
Real-time chart When right-clicking on some of the groups you are given the option of creating a real-time chart. This chart will be created containing the four first recordable parameters in the group. 7.4 Consumption (only E tool© heating) Displays consumption values for energy meter, heat water meter and cold water meter. The values are calculated using pulse constants that are set in the submenu Pulse constants in the configuration folder. 7.5 Alarm status Permits handling of all enabled alarms.
Alarm indications Green status box: Non-activated alarm. Red box with an exclamation mark: Active alarm. Red, green-bordered box: Reset, not acknowledged alarm. Blue box with a white tick-mark: Active, acknowledged alarm. Grey box with a black X: Blocked alarms. Any changes made to alarm status in E tool© are instantly transmitted to the controller without the need to use Load parameters. Changes in alarm status in the controller however are not displayed in E tool© until you make a refresh.
Sensor error Relative humidity su 9 Sept 08:52 Class B However, if the text is changed to: “Sensor error RH supply air”, it will instead result in: Sensor error RH supply air 9 Sept 08:52 Class B 7.6 Inputs/Outputs Shows actual values for all inputs and outputs. As this is a read-only folder, no settings can be made here. Un-configured inputs and outputs are greyed. See the box entitled Options under Tools. 7.
E tool© heating Here you set the daily comfort periods. Each control function has its own set of daily schedules There are two periods for each day. The 8th day, Holiday, governs the activity on all days marked as holidays in the holiday schedule, see below. The schedules for Timer channel output 1…5 dictate the activation of the corresponding digital output signal. To deactivate a period, set the time to 00:00 – 00:00. To run the unit 24 hours a day, set the time to 00:00 – 24:00.
To create a holiday period, click on the button at the right hand end of the line Add holiday period. To pick a single date, click on it, a marker will indicate your choice, then click on OK. To pick a period, click and hold on the first date, drag the cursor to the last date and release the button. The period will be marked. Click OK. Alternatively, click on the first date, depress and hold the shift-key on your keyboard and click on the last date of the period. The period will be marked. Click OK.
Alarm settings / alarm objects Setting of alarm parameters. These settings can also be made in the Alarm status folder. See the section on Alarm status, above. Disabled alarms will be removed from the alarm list in the Alarm status folder. A and B/C alarms will activate the digital outputs A-alarm and B-alarm respectively if configured. Both will activate the Sum alarm output if configured. 7.9 Manual / Auto In this menu you can take manual command of most controller functions.
This folder contains all the configuration parameters for the Corrigo/Exigo. Since the contents are very diverse, the folder has been divided into sub-folders. These are accessed by clicking on the buttons in the left-hand button-list. For detailed information on these, please see the manual for the controller in question.
Chapter 8 Expansion units As of version 3.0, one/two expansion units can be connected to Corrigo/Exigo. Any controller model can be used as an expansion unit but since the display will not show anything, a controller without a display is normally used. Set the selected port to ”Expansion units” and choose under Configuration/System which controllers you want to connect. Next, connect them to the computer.
Chapter 9 Updating Corrigo/Exigo E tool© should always be updated with the latest program revision. If you are using the latest revision of E tool© and connect it to a Corrigo/Exigo with an older program revision, E tool© will give a warning and offer two alternatives. One alternative is to temporarily downgrade E tool© to a revision corresponding to the revision in the controller. All the settings in the controller will remain intact and the controller will keep its revision.
Chapter 10 TCP/IP – network terms 10.1 Networks, subnets, routers IP network An IP network is a cluster of cables and devices, where an equipment with one IP address can communicate with any other IP addressed equipment. Internet is one network, and when your home computer connects to the Internet, you become part of the Internet. Subnet Networks are divided into subnets, which are linked with routers.
IP configuration, a short summary A complete IP configuration consists of the IP address of your computer, the subnet mask, the IP address of the closest router (also called the default gateway) and a DNS server. 10.3 DHCP, fixed and dynamic addresses Static and dynamic The IP settings of a given piece of equipment can be manually configured, making it a so-called static IP address.
EXO In general, NAT also works with EXOscada and EXO controllers, although the connection must be initiated from within the black network and target the white network. NAT router You can also have a NAT router to forward traffic from the white net to a computer on the black net. This is accomplished by letting traffic to a specific TCP port or UDP port to be forwarded to an IP address on the black net. EXO controllers There are Internet Service Providers that target, e.g.
Chapter 11 Corrigo/Exigo with integrated web server See chapter 10 for explanations of terms used in this chapter. 11.1 Connection The controller must be connected to a static, white IP address.
White IP If you (as in the example) want to access the unit with black IP, 192.168.0.30, in the web browser of the client computer, you must enter the white IP or DNS of the router followed by ”:81” in the address field of the web browser. Then the web server in the Corrigo/Exigo will send back information on the layout of the website to the client computer (through the same NAT routing).
11.3 Web server configuration As before, all configuration of the controller parameters takes place via E tool© or directly in the display. No configuration can be done via the web server. For configuration of the controller, see the previous chapters in this manual or the manuals for Corrigo/Exigo heating and Corrigo ventilation respectively. If the configuration of the controller’s parameters is changed, the website is automatically downloaded to the web server.
The controller’s IP address will Corrigo/Exigoweb.regincontrols.com. then be connected to the DNS name Main computer network address To connect the Corrigo/Exigo to CLOUDigo (see chapter 13), enter the DNS name “connect2cloudigo.regin.se” into the address field. In program version 3.4 or later, simply tick the checkbox to activate the connection to CLOUDigo. For more information, see the section about CLOUDigo.
The password is only used when you want to reach the Corrigo/Exigo via E tool©. If you loose the password, the controller must be cleansed and reloaded. Web user login passwords The passwords to log on to the website. Guests have permission to view all values. Operators are authorised to view and change all setpoints and values. Service has the highest access level and can change all contents of the website.
Network address to the E-mail server Here you give the outgoing SMTP e-mail server, via which the TCP/IP port should send e-mails, either as a network name (DNS name, e.g. smtp.exampledomain.se) or as an IP address. Within local area networks, you usually give an IP address. If you are connected to the Internet, network names are more common. Your network technician or Internet supplier can tell you which email server you should give.
E-mail Here, you give the e-mail address to which an alarm should be sent, as well as the title and subject of the message. After making the above settings and downloading the settings, the only thing that remains is to download all the settings to the web server in the Corrigo/Exigo. This is performed by selecting Tools Load website to the controller. 11.5 Log on to the website The illustration below displays how the login page for the Corrigo/Exigo appears when it is published on the web.
11.6 Change values on the website All values written in blue can be changed. As soon as a value has been changed and Enter has been depressed, the value is downloaded to the Corrigo/Exigo. Real-time charts in the Corrigo/Exigo website Real-time charts can be handled in the website. The operator may use the Copy to clipboard command in order to copy the values currently displayed in the diagram (as tab-separated text, TSV). This text may then be pasted into, for instance, Excel.
The title row consists of a date, followed by the titles of the various signals with units (within parenthesis). The additional rows consist of a time, followed by values for the various signals (with the configured amount of decimals but with no units). Date, times and decimal points are written in a national format, in accordance with the settings of the computer running the web browser. For time periods for which values are missing (or are not applicable), the value will be empty strings.
Chapter 12 Building Access mobile application 12.1 Introduction Building Access is a general application for the operating system Android which can be used for an operator to access a Corrigo/Exigo at a time via TCP/IP (via e.g. a mobile network or a Wi-Fi network). Once connected, you can view values, alarms, documents, etc. from the Corrigo/Exigo in the form of lists. The application is intended to be run on Android phones, however can also be run on Internet tablets.
Connect manually Opens a dialogue box in which you can create a connection to a Corrigo/Exigo, without saving a connection. Add a connection Opens a dialogue box in which you can create a new connection. Exit Exit the application. If you have already added a Corrigo/Exigo and want to add another controller, press the menu button on the mobile phone. The following page will be shown: The buttons Search, Import and Connect To have the same function as described above.
Send Opens a dialogue box from which you can send the selected connection in an SMS to another phone. Log Opens a new page where you can view any errors. About Version number. 12.3 The connections page This page contains a list of all added connections to Corrigo/Exigo controllers. The connections are created and stored in the mobile phone. To access a Corrigo/Exigo, select a connection and press the Connect button. The connections (and other settings) are stored in a local file in the device.
Name The name of the connection as shown on the connections page. Icon The connection icon on the connections page. You can choose between a number of predefined icons included in the application. Network address The controller network address (IP or DNS). Password Password for communication with the Corrigo/Exigo. Auto connect Checkbox which indicates that the application should automatically connect to this Corrigo/Exigo when started.
12.4 User interface The application is automatically adjusted to devices with different screen sizes. Some examples: Small mobile: 240*320 pixels, 2.6 inches, dot pitch: 0.153 mm Large mobile: 480*854 pixels, 4 inches, dot pitch: 0.078 mm Internet tablet: 800*480 pixels, 7 inches, dot pitch: 0.191 mm Since the pixel density differs a great deal from one mobile to another, the application allows the user to set the text size, row height, etc.
Chapter 13 CLOUDigo – a cloud service It is possible to connect a Corrigo/Exigo with integrated web server to CLOUDigo, a cloud-based service that makes it easy to supervise a controller via the Internet. To connect the controller to CLOUDigo, enter into Communication settingsTCP/IP, website and e-mail settings and check the box “Activate connection to CLOUDigo”. Next, click on “Load TCP/IP settings”. The relevant address for connecting will now be loaded into the Corrigo/Exigo.
