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BACnet Cimetrics products: B6000 BACnet IP to MS/TIP B6030 BACnet IP to Modbus Power Meters B6070 BACnet IP to 4 channels Pulse meters

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TableofContents
CIMETRICS PRODUCTS OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................3 REQUIRED CONFIGURATION FOR JACE .........................................................................................3 REQUIRED CONFIGURATION FOR CIMETRICS DEVICE ............................................................4 STEP BY STEP ADDING CIMETRICS BACNET DEVICE TO JACE ..............................................5 To discover Cimetrics BACnet device using online discovery .................................................................5 To discover Cimetrics BACnet device...................................................................................................5 To add discovered Cimetrics BACnet Device .......................................................................................6 Manually adding Cimetrics BACnet Device..............................................................................................6 To add a BacnetDevice using New device wizard.................................................................................7 To copy a BacnetDevice from the bacnet palette...................................................................................8 To match a BacnetDevice to a discovered device..................................................................................9 Viewing Cimetrics devices BACnet objects.............................................................................................9 BACnet configuration manager .............................................................................................................9 Bacnet Point Manager ..........................................................................................................................11 STEP BY STEP MONITORING ENERGY USAGE USING NIAGARA LOGS...............................11 Using Log Selector...................................................................................................................................11 Charting multiple logs..........................................................................................................................12 Log Data in Text Formats ........................................................................................................................15 Importing Text Data Into Excel ...............................................................................................................15

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CIMETRICS PRODUCTS OVERVIEW

Cimetrics solution to remote metering is the E+ series products which connect to the existing Modbus RTU/TCP, MS/TIP or KYZ relay meters and make them available remotely via BACnet IP.

PRODUCT NAME B6070 - BACnet/IP to 4 x Utility Meters (PULSE)

B6000 - BACnet IP to MS/TP

B6030 - BACnet/IP to 4 x EasyMAP

DESCRIPTION This box connects up to 4 PULSE meters and makes the counts available via BACnet/IP. The meter counts are stored to flash memory. This box connects MS/TP devices and makes them available in BACnet/IP. This device requires no mapping because ALL data on the one BACnet/IP side is transparently passed to the other side (BACnet MS/TP) and vice versa. This box connects to up to 4 Steam, BTU, or Electrical meters. The meter data is stored in internal memory and values are made available to the BACnet Network

CUT SHEET B6070_BIP_4PU_5_H1.pdf

B6000_BIP_MSTP_5_H1.pdf

B6030_BIP_4ch_Energy_Met er.pdf

In this document we will first provide information how to add Cimetrics BACnet device to the Niagara Jace and then how monitor and export data for energy monitoring purposes.

REQUIRED CONFIGURATION FOR JACE

In order to integrate Cimetrics BACnet devices Jace box needs to be licensed for BACnet and to have NiagaraAX BACnet driver installed. BACnet Network, ports and LocalDevice need to be configured. For Tridium BACnet documentation refer to the following technical document NiagaraAX-3.x BACnet Guide

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REQUIRED CONFIGURATION FOR CIMETRICS DEVICE

Setup IP address and configure device. The web interface is self-explanatory and in addition consult the documentation provided with the device. If you are manually adding Cimetrics devices to Jace login to the device and write down its BACnet Device #, BACnet Device Location/Application, MAC address and its IP address.

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STEP BY STEP ADDING CIMETRICS BACNET DEVICE TO JACE

The Bacnet Device Manager is the default view for the BacnetNetwork. You will use it to create, edit, and access Cimetrics Bacnet devices.

You can auto discover Cimetrics BACnet device or add to Jace manually if the Jace is offline.

To discover Cimetrics BACnet device using online discovery

If the JACE is connected to the BACnet device network(s), this is the easiest way to accurately populate the station with the necessary configured BacnetDevice objects. Use the following procedures:

To discover Cimetrics BACnet device

Use the following procedure to add a BacnetNetwork under the stations Drivers container. 1. In the Nav side bar, right-click the BacnetNetwork and select Views > Bacnet Device Manager to bring up the Bacnet Device Manager. 2. Click the Discover button to automatically learn what devices are on the network. A popup Configure Device Discovery dialog appears. By default, discovery occurs for all possible BACnet devices connected on locally connected networks

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3. Click OK to initiate the discovery process. A progress bar appears at the top of the view, and updates as the discovery occurs. 4. When the discovery job completes, discovered BACnet devices are listed in the top pane of the view, in the Discovered table. The bottom pane, labeled Database, is a table of devices that are currently mapped into the Niagara stationinitially, this table will be empty. Note: This works the same as in most Device Manager views. To add learned devices, see the next section.

To add discovered Cimetrics BACnet Device

Perform this task to add discovered Cimetrics BACnet devices to your station database. 1. You can map a discovered device in the station in a number of ways: Drag it from the Discovered pane to Database pane (brings up an Add dialog). Double-click it in the Discovered pane (also brings up an Add dialog). Click to highlight in the Discovered, then press a. (Quick Add, meaning no Add dialog). This works the same as in other drivers Device Manager views. 2. When the Add dialog appears, you can edit the configuration of the BacnetDevice object before it is added in the Niagara station. Initial property values are determined from the device (and are typically acceptable). 3. When you have a BacnetDevice component configured properly for your usage, click OK. The BacnetDevice is added to the station, and appears listed in the Database paneand is now dimmed in the Discovered pane.

Manually adding Cimetrics BACnet Device

To manually add a BacnetDevice, you can use the Device Managers New device wizard, or drag (or copy) a BacnetDevice from the bacnet palette. You can also use the Match function in the Device Manager to match a manually added (or duplicated device) with a discovered device.

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To add a BacnetDevice using New device wizard

You can perform this task even when the JACE station is not communicating on BACnet networks. Note: This works the same as in other drivers Device Manager views 1. Step 1 In the Bacnet Device Manager, click the New button. This brings up the first New device wizard dialog. Select BacnetDevice in Type to Add. Enter the number of devices to add (default value is 1). Click OK. 2. When the next New dialog appears, you can edit the configuration of the BacnetDevice object before it is added in the Niagara station. This New dialog is like the Add and Edit device dialog, but in this case values are not pre-populated from any discovery. Configure these properties according to the Cimetrics device.

Name in the following format: aaa-bbbb-ccc where: - aaa is the BACnet Device Location/Application; you wrote down earlier. See REQUIRED CONFIGURATION FOR CIMETRICS DEVICE chapter on page 2. - bbbb Cimetrics Device model B6070 or B6000 or B6030 - ccc - Cimetrics BACnet Device # you wrote down earlier. See REQUIRED CONFIGURATION FOR CIMETRICS DEVICE chapter on page 2. Example: If you have B6030 with BACnet Device Location/Application Test Lab and BACnet Device # 143456 then the name of your device will be: Test LabB6030-143456 Type select Bacnet Device. Device ID type BACnet Device # you recorded earlier. MAC Addr type MAC address you recorded earlier Enabled set to True Use Cov - A flag specifying whether Niagara attempts to subscribe for COV notifications, as a way to monitor proxy point values.
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 If the device was learned, and Niagara determined that the device indicates support for serverside COV, this flag defaults to true. Otherwise, this flag is false. In this case, no proxy points under the device will use COV. Max Cov Subscriptions - (Applies only if Use Cov is true.) Specifies the maximum number of COV subscriptions that Niagara will attempt to use with this device. This allows the station to restrict itself from consuming all of the available subscription space in that device. Poll Frequency - Specifies the polling frequency group (Slow, Normal, Fast) for polling this device, as well as for all its proxy points (regardless of their individual poll frequency settings). Default is Normal. Note: Poll Frequency property is not used for AX-3.2, and may be hidden from the Add/Edit dialog in future builds.

To copy a BacnetDevice from the bacnet palette

You can perform this task even when the JACE station is not communicating on BACnet networks. 1. Open the bacnet palette in the Workbench palette side bar

2. Drag the BacnetDevice from the palette into the Database pane of the Bacnet Device Manager. A popup Name dialog prompts for the Niagara name for this BacnetDevice. 3. Enter the name format described on previous page, then click OK. The BacnetDevice is added to the station, and appears listed in the Database pane. 4. To edit the device, double-click it for the Edit dialog. This dialog is like the Add device dialog, but in this case values are not pre-populated from any discovery.
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Configure these properties according to the direction on previous page.

To match a BacnetDevice to a discovered device

If online with the BACnet network, you can match a manually added BacnetDevice to a discovered device using the Device Managers Match button. This copies essential configuration (learned in the autodiscovered device) into the selected BacnetDevice component. This is useful if you previously manually added the BacnetDevice (using New device, or copied from the bacnet palette). Also, this can be useful if you saved a fully-engineered device locally in your Workbench, and wish to duplicate it for a network of identical devices. To match an existing BacnetDevice (in Database pane) to a discovered device: 1. If the Discovered device table is empty, perform a Discover. 2. Click to select (highlight): One device in the Discovered table. One device in the Database table. 3. Click the Match button, or type Ctrl + m, to match the devices. This brings up the Match dialog, which is like the Add device dialog, where values are pre-populated from the discovery. The only difference is that the Type field cannot be edited. Note: Alternately, you can simply type m for a Quick Match, whereby the Match dialog is bypassed and the match is made in the station database. 4. As needed in the Match dialog, edit any property required. See page 5 for details. 5. Click OK to match the discovered device to the BacnetDevice component. The discovered device now appears dimmed, indicating it is already represented in the station.

Viewing Cimetrics devices BACnet objects

BACnet configuration manager
Use BACnet configuration manager to view BACnet objects from Cimetrics device. A config object provides a view of a BACnet object in its native formatwhere all properties of that object are presented as a whole.

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Example of Configuration object for Binary Input object

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Bacnet Point Manager

The Bacnet Point Manager is the default view for the Points extension (or Points Folder) under any BacnetDevice, and works similar to other point managers that support online point discovery. In this example discovered BACnet objects show present values.

You can also use BACnet Supervisor for configuring communication with Cimetrics BACnet Device. It uses much of the same software as the regular BACnet driver.

STEP BY STEP MONITORING ENERGY USAGE USING NIAGARA LOGS

You can link Cimetrics objects to the log objects and record the changing values for that specific object. Each log record (value recorded in a log) includes a date and timestamp. You can select and graph multiple log objects and/or archives in the same chart. You can also use it to select a single log or archive, and direct its data output as text in a format of HTML, CSV (comma-separated-variable), or XML.

Using Log Selector

The typical URL to launch the Log Selector is: http://<host>/chart/log (where <host> is the IP address or host name of your Web Supervisor or JACE). Hit ENTER after typing this URL in the address bar of your browser. This produces the Log Selector dialog:

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Charting multiple logs

To chart multiple logs and/or archives: 1. Start the Log Selector, either by following a link (if provided), or by typing the URL (http://<host>/chart/log) in the address bar and pressing ENTER. 2. In the left-side, click a listed item to highlight it (click again to remove highlight). Use the scroll bar to move up and down in the list to see more items, if necessary. You can also use selection filters.

3. Click the Add button to add highlighted logs to the right-side. In general, best results occur by selecting 6 or fewer logs, and no more than 2 different units. To remove an added log, click it and then click Remove.

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4.

Click in the top (Title) field and drag to highlight the current Untitled text.

Type in an appropriate title for your selected logs. Note If using the Log Selector with the goal of saving charts, you should not skip this Title step. The default title is Untitled <datestamp>, for example, Untitled Thu Dec 06 15:12:00 EST 2001. Your generated chart displays with this title. If you save it, it will be listed in the Saved Charts the same way. 6. With your titled entered and logs selected, click the Chart button. The chart appears showing your selected title and logs.
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Log Data in Text Formats

The URL to launch the log index is: http://<host>/log/index (where <host> is the IP address or host name of your Web Supervisor or JACE). Hit ENTER after typing this URL in the address bar of your browser.

If you want to import a logs data into a spreadsheet such as Microsoft Excel, you can select text/plain and follow the next procedure.

Importing Text Data Into Excel

1. Select and add a single log or archive to the right-side of the Log Selector. 2. Click the CSV Table button. The browser window updates with log or archive data, showing comma-separated data on each line. 3. Click once on the URL shown in the address bar. The URL should be highlighted completely to show it is selected. 4. Press CTRL-C (for copy to clipboard). 5. Open a new worksheet in Excel. 6. From the Excel menu bar, select Data > Get External Data > Import Text. 7. When the dialog box appears asking for the file, click in the File name field, and press CTRL-V (for paste from clipboard). The URL should now appear in the File name field.
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8. Click the Import button. You may be prompted again for your station username and password again. If so, enter these (sign on again) and click the Import button once more. 9. Excels Text Import Wizard starts next. You may accept all defaults, but be sure to select Comma for Delimiters on the second screen of the wizard (as shown below).

10. When finished with the wizard, the log data should appear in your worksheet. 11. Save your spreadsheet for recall later. Note You can reopen your saved worksheet later and update the data. From Excels menu bar, select Data > ! Refresh Data, then Import. After entering your username and password for the station, select Import once more. Data is then updated.

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