Ion Tips and Tricks - Kevin Batycki
Ion Tips and Tricks - Kevin Batycki
Ion Tips and Tricks - Kevin Batycki
Q&A Session
PowerLogic ION Users Conference 2009
Kevin Batycki
Schneider Electric
Services & Projects Business
Manager, Solutions Sales Engineering
Phone: +1-250-652-7126
Fax: +1-250-544-0217
Mobile: +1-250-704-6062
Email: [email protected]
Agenda
Review:
The ION system architecture
meters, software
ION programming concepts
Modules, Linkages...
Your best ION friends
ION Reference, ION Template Document
Tech Support, (free, premium, priority)
Schneider Services
Programming Tips
ION Setup vs ION Designer
Offline meters, VIP
Actionable
Acquisition
Data Sources
Information
hardware
Acquisition Software
(Reports,
Water,
HMI,
(ION
Electrical,
control
metering...)
systems,
Steam...
alarms...)
(ION Enterprise, SMS, 3rd party...)
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Review
My favorite analogy...
ION!
counters, data recorders...
ION!
link the modules together to
make a...
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Fundamentals, Administrator, Programmer
ION Designer
Part of ION Enterprise suite
Graphical interface
Complete programming control of ION devices
Supports copy and paste of complete or partial meter frameworks
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Access:
Exit the Setup Assistant
Choose No when prompted if you
want to connect to a new device
ctrl-click the meter icon
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Con:
You cannot view the framework graphically like you can in ION Designer
You cannot add comments like you can in ION Designer
You cannot (easily) build controls for new functions
Accomplished through customizing a text file for that meter
Way beyond the scope of this seminar...
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Con:
Not as good as ION Setup for copying/pasting entire meter images
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ION Designer:
Uses FWN (FrameWork Node) files to store a collection of elements
representing ION modules, as well as additional ION Designer information
Text blocks (for documentation)
Layout of modules within the ION Designer window
Colours, etc
Can handle potential conflicts when pasting
Can represent the entire meter if desired, but ION Setup is better and faster
at dealing with entire meter frameworks
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Programming Tips
Command line options:
-p <tcp port>
use <tcp port> instead of default 7700 port
useful if you want to run more than one offline meter at one time
-n
do not install default framework on startup
useful if you want to start with a blank slate
meter will only have core and persistent modules initialy
-c <number>
allow <number> of TCP connections
default is one connection
useful to bump up if you want to test/access with more than one program at the
same time (i.e. ION Setup and ION Enterprise)
-m
use Modbus RTU protocol instead of ION
-t
use Modbus TCP protocol instead of ION
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Tell me...
I like to leverage Ethernet, even on my RS-485 meters. Whats all this
about Ethergate and the EGX300 / EGX100?
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daily, etc
Module links to any desired data recorder in the meter
Sends the contents of the data
recorder in CSV or XML format
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Recorded data can be configured to appear as part of the meters own data,
or as a unique downstream device in ION Enterprises database
See the Downstream Device application note on Powerlogic.com/support for details
on this
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Leveraging Ethernet?
ION Meters with on-board Ethernet can also be used as access seriallyconnected meters
RS-485
Ethernet
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Modbus Conversion
Serial Modbus RTU is converted to true Modbus TCP (a more commonly
supported standard than Modbus over IP)
Legacy Square D / Symax protocols are also converted to Modbus TCP
Older meters like the Square D CM2s can be integrated into ION
Enterprise or other software
ION Support?
NO!!!
Dont try to use this with ION meters, unless you have the meter configured
to speak Modbus RTU (ok for low end meters i.e. ION 6200)
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Tell me...
I like to leverage Ethernet, even on my RS-485 meters. Whats all this
about Ethergate and the EGX300 / EGX100?
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