Engineering Classic Networks
Engineering Classic Networks
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For
 The TAC Engineer who knows The TAC Xenta
 The TAC Engineer who knows how to use the version 3
of TAC Vista
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Purpose
 Learn to use the new software tool to engineer
a TAC Xenta network not using LNS
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Contents
 Engineering a LonWorks network without LNS,
using the new software tool: TAC Vista Explorer
 Hands-on exercises
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Building a network
Commissioning devices
Replacing Menta applications
Replacing devices
Modifying Menta applications
Creating Logical Units
 The course focuses on a LonWorks network
with LonTalk Adapter and TAC Xenta devices
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Previous Method:
 The combined use of the Network Configuration
Tool
and the Object Selection dialog
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TAC Vista Explorer
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A part of the TAC Vista IV
New tool for building a TAC Vista database
A tool for structured and orderly work procedure
Guides the user during the engineering process
Provides a convenient way to create data into the TAC
Vista database
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TAC Vista Explorer
Applications
Graphics
Trend views
Notepad files
TAC Vista Explorer
Reports
TAC Menta
Wizards
TAC Vista Server
LTA
TAC Vista
Database
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TAC Vista Explorer
 Creating the structure of Objects is done graphically
 Objects are created using context-sensitive sub
menues
 More information is clearly collected in the objects for
easy access
 Creating, removing and replacing devises is done
graphically
 ”Screen Tips” are available for summary information
 The TAC Vista Explorer is a powerful successor to the
Database Generator
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TAC Vista System:
Two Modes
 The TAC Vista Explorer is used in two Vista System
modes
 Engineering mode:
– The mode in which you create Xenta devices
– Data access is made to the TAC Vista database
– Similar to the “offline” operation
 Operating mode:
– Data access is first and foremost made to the remote unit (TAC
Xenta)
– Similar to the “online” operation
 The TAC Vista System Mode applies to all users of the
database
– Other Operator units, activities, will be subjected to the mode
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TAC Vista Explorer
Framework
 The tool framework consists of four panes
 Three of them are optional viewable and resizable
– Tree View / Search pane
– Search Output pane
– Status Watch pane
 List View pane
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TAC Vista Explorer
Framework
Mode selection
 Anim. version:Text Not here, if any
Tree View
pane
List View
pane
Status
Watch
pane
Search Result
pane
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Tool Tip/Commission Required Flag/
Master indicator
”Commission Required flag”
Master of Group
Screen Tip
Tool tip
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Screen Tips
 Quick reference
basic information about the status of an object
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Type of device
Needs to be commissioned
Online
Offline
Protected
Commissioned
Group master
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Tree View Pane
Modes
 The Tree View pane has two modes:
– The Explore mode
– The Search mode
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Tree View Pane
Explore Mode
 Displays a hierarchical view of devices and logical units
 Use the window to select the object to operate upon
 Use the window to create and remove devices and
objects
 Icons for devices show online/offline status
 The handling is supported by context-sensitive
submenus
 Logical units on the root level can form customized
views using shortcuts
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Tree View Pane
 Create devices and
objects using contextsensitive submenus
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Tree View Pane
Search Mode
 Search for device or object name
 Filtering can be made on:
– The whole or part of the structure
– Type of device or object
– Property value
 Can be used in Engineering or
Operating mode
– Result from the Vista database
 ”Read property value from the
device” check
– Result from the devices
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Search Result Pane
 Contains the result of a search
operation
 The appearance adapts to the
search criterias
 Two output windows are
available
 The window can act as source
for ”Drag and Drop” operations
to other panes
 Sorting is possible within the
pane
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Search Result Pane,
Continued
 The contents is printable
 The contents is lost when TAC
Vista Explorer is closed
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List View Pane
 Displays more detailed
information about the
device or object selected
in the Tree View pane
 Contains contextsensitive submenus
 Allows you to modify and
operate on the object
(signal)
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List View Pane,
Continued
 Icons indicates status of
object (online/offline)
 Four modes are
selectable: Large Icons,
Small Icons, List and
Details
 Sorting is possible within
the pane
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Status Watch Pane
 Configurable display
 Contains dynamically updated
property values (in Operating
mode)
 Can contain objects from
different parts of the system
 ”Drag and Drop” or ”Cut and
Paste” into the view
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Status Watch Pane,
Continued
 Manual operation on
variables is possible
(However there is no
override.)
 Sorting is possible within the
pane
 Contents is lost when closing
TAC Vista Explorer
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Creating TAC Xenta Device
Using Wizard
 Guidance through the process of creating a TAC Xenta
device
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Naming the TAC Xenta device
Defining subnet/node address
Defining Neuron ID
Assigning application
 The Neuron ID’s of I/O modules are identified and
assigned to TAC Xenta devices separately
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TAC Xenta Device Creating
Wizard
 Text Not here,
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TAC Xenta Device Details
 TAC Xenta Device Configuration in the Menta
application determines the use of I/O modules
 Name/subnet/node addressing is prepared by the TAC
Vista Explorer
 The TAC Xenta Network Configuration Tool is no longer
used
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TAC Xenta Devices
 The Menta application provides:
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The use of I/O modules for the TAC Xenta controller
Objects with names for all public signals
Alarm objects incl. texts and default alarm control
Trend log objects
Time Charts
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TAC Xenta I/O Module Properties
 Displayed in the
List View
 Right-click to
access the Menu
 Click in the
Neuron ID field
for accessing the
Service pin
detection
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Commission and Download
 Command that puts the device in use
 The new command integrates:
– The download of address parameters (for example subnet/node)
to the Xenta unit
– The download of compiled application code and OP menu tree to
the Xenta unit
 Commission and Download can be performed on a
single unit or several units, depending on the selected
level in the Tree View
 Command is supported by a set of forms
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Commission and Download
 The network information for the Xenta device is put
together when the download is executed
 Application code is generated when downloading.
 Menu tree is downloaded but NOT generated.
 Download can be done only to the type of unit
specified in the TAC Menta Device Configuration
 Commission and Download to TAC Xenta devices is
appropriate when the structure of the Xenta network is
complete
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Commission and Download
Log pane
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LonWorks Devices
 LonWorks Devices can be created to be parts of the
network
 Network variables (for example, SNVTs) can be
presented
 Bindings of SNVTs cannot be performed without a
binding tool
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The Case Study
Lobby
RTU1
RTU3
RTU2
RTU4
Lobby
Conf_Room
Engineering
Accounting
Support
Conference Room
Marketing and Management
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All Devices
First Floor
Second Floor
 RTU1
 RTU3
– TAC Xenta 301
 RTU2
– TAC Xenta 104
 RTU4
– TAC Xenta 401
– TAC Xenta 401
 Conf_Room
– TAC Xenta 281
 Lobby
– TAC Xenta 104
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Our Solution
of the Case Study
VistaSRV-1
Lobby
RTU4
Conf_Room
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The Devices We Use
Second Floor
First Floor
 RTU4
 Conf_Room
– TAC Xenta 281
 Lobby
– TAC Xenta 104
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– TAC Xenta 401
 I/O_Modules
– TAC Xenta 422
– TAC Xenta 452
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The Network We Engineer
ACME_Inc.
VistaSRV-1
Conf_Room
Xenta Group–
RTU4
I/O modules
(1&3)
1st_Floor
Lobby
LonWorks Group– 1st_Floor_LW
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Exercise 1
 Creating the Xenta network according to the
“case study”
• “Engineering Classic Networks”, Workbook, chapter 2, 3 , and 4.
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Logical Unit
Used for a Scenario
 Logical units can be created to form views of
selected objects
 Objects are represented by shortcuts
 Logical units are created in the root folder
 Logical units can be created in hierarchical structures
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Exercise 2
 Create a logical unit with shortcuts to objects
– See also the “Engineering Classic Networks”, Workbook, chapter 5.
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TAC Xenta Device
Modifications
 TAC Xenta Devices are replaced using Tree
View/Properties command & forms
 TAC Xenta I/O modules are replaced using List
View/Properties command and forms
 TAC Xenta I/O modules are added/removed by
modifying the TAC Menta application
 TAC Xenta applications are replaced using Properties
command and forms
 TAC Xenta applications are modified using Tree
View/Edit (application)
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TAC Menta 4
 TAC Vista Explorer stores Menta application source
files
(as copies) in the TAC Vista database
 Edit command starts the TAC Menta, and opens the
application source file located in the TAC Vista
database
 TAC Xenta devices can be created from the TAC Menta
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TAC Menta Operating on
the TAC Vista Database
 New menu for saving in the
Vista database
 Exiting is done from the File
menu
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Exercise 3 and 4
 Replace the Menta application in a Xenta device
– See also the “Engineering Classic Networks”, Workbook, chapter 6.
 Replace Xenta units and I/O modules
– See also the “Engineering Classic Networks”, Workbook, chapter 7.
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Exercise 5
 Modify an application for a Xenta device
– See also the “Engineering Classic Networks”, Workbook, chapter 8.
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Engineering Classic Networks
LonTalk Adapters
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LonWorks Network with LonTalk Adapter (LTA) port
TAC Xenta 511/911 Network
TAC Xenta 901 Network with Modem
TAC Xenta PP Network with Modem
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Engineering Classic Networks
Three Methods of Working
 Installing a New Site, Using an Engineering PC
– The work starts using an engineering PC and is finalized using the
site PC
– Transferring of the Vista database from the engineering PC to the
site PC is a part of the work
 Expanding a Site, Using an Engineering PC
– Uses an engineering PC and is finalized using the site PC
– The resulting work is added into in a copy of the existing Vista
database
– Added parts exported from the engineering PC and imported to the
Vista database in the site PC
 Installing a New Site, Using an Engineering PC
– Uses the site PC for the complete work
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TAC Xenta 511/911 LTA Network
Structure
Ethernet
 Xenta 511 LTA Network object
components
– TAC Xenta 511/911 Port
– LonWorks Network
 Tempoary usage of
– LTA port object
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TAC Xenta 901 LTA Dial-up Network
Structure
 TAC Xenta 901 Network with Modem
– Communication port modem
– TAC Xenta 901 Network Modem
 Tempoary usage of
– COM port object
– Virtual modem port
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TAC Xenta PP LTA Dial-up Network
Structure
 TAC Xenta PP Network (Connection) with
Modem
– Communication port modem
– TAC Xenta PP Network modem
 Tempoary usage of
– LTA type of Network
– Virtual modem port
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