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1 ETHERNET MANUAL Ethernet Node Configuration for Series 2 Digital Panel Meters, Counters, Timers, Transmitters and Ethernet-to-Serial Dev

10 4. Connection of Transmitters 4.1 LTE Ethernet Transmitters P1 Power input3 Power GND2 AC neut or -DC 1 AC high or +DC P4

11 4.2 LTNET485 Ethernet-to-RS485 Device Server 3 Power GND2 AC neutral or -DC 1 AC high or +DC 5 ARX (RX-)4 ATX (TX-)3 GND2

12 4.3 LT Series DIN-Rail Transmitters on an RS485 Bus P4 Analogoutput (standard) P3 Solid staterelays (normallyopen, standard)P5 Signal inpu

13 5. NETWORK CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES Example 1. The host computer is connected directly to a meter with an LNET Ethernet I/O board or to an LT

14 Example 3. The host computer is connected to a first meter with an LNET485 Ethernet-to-serial server board via an Ethernet cable. This first

15 Example 5. On the same LAN are the host computer and a variety of Ethernet devices, which can include our LNET meters, L

16 6. HOW TO SET UP NODES WITH NODE MANAGER PC SOFTWARE Nodes can be configured using Node Manager Software, a Windows-based application, as fol

17 GENERAL INFORMATION F1 Help Key. Pressing the F1 Key for any tab or control item in the Node Manager program brings up comprehensive help infor

18 1. CONNECTION METHOD TAB The PC-to-Node connection can be made by two methods: Method 1: PC running Node Manager Software is the server, Nod

19 2. NODE DISCOVERY TAB, LAN Nodes on a local LAN are automatically discovered under the Node Discovery tab when “LAN” is selected under “Selec

2 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

20 3. NODE DISCOVERY TAB, WAN Nodes on a remote LAN are automatically discovered via the Internet by selecting “WAN” under “Select

21 4. DEVICE DISCOVERY TAB, NOT A DEVICE SERVER NODE If the selected Node is an LNET485 Ethernet I/O board of a meter, only that single host met

22 5. DEVICE DISCOVERY TAB, DEVICE SERVER NODE If the selected Node is the LNET485 Ethernet-to-serial device server option board of a meter or i

23 6. TIME ZONE TAB A time stamp is included in email messages and in streaming data sent by the Node. If the Node has a path to the Internet

24 7. EMAIL ADDRESSES TAB Readings and alarm notifications can be emailed by the Node to a list of email addresses stored in the

25 Alarm Email Notification Interval. An alarm notification email can be sent to all email recipients each time the alarm status of a

26 8. EMAIL ACCOUNT TAB A Node must have its own email account so that it can send and receive emails. Node's E-Mail Address. Enter a uniqu

27 9. ADVANCED SETTINGS TAB Change “Local TCP Port” from its factory default of 502 if that port value is blocked by the router. Change “Remote

28 10. FIRMWARE UPGRADE TAB Node firmware upgrades are available from the factory at no charge and should be installed into each Node when avail

29 7. HOW TO SET UP NODES WITH THEIR BUILT-IN WEB SERVER A Web Server is built into each Laurel Node and hosts a website with an IP address, whi

3 2. APPLICABILITY This Manual applies to Ethernet option boards for our 1/8 DIN size digital panel meters and counters, to our

30 1. NODE DISCOVERY Web Page How to get here: Upon entering the public IP address of your router or the first IP address of a Node into your b

31 2. NODE SETUP Web Page How to get here: From the top navigation bar of the selected Node. Background: A time stamp is included in email messa

32 CHANGE NODE NAME: Used to enter a descriptive name for the Node, such as "Tank 1 Level". If a custom entry is not made, the assigned

33 3. DEVICE INTERFACE SETUP Web Page How to get here: From the top navigation bar of the selected Node. Background: The Device Interface Setup

34 CHANGE DEVICE NAME: To rename a device, first select the device using the "Select Device" field to the left, then enter a new desired

35 ALARM NOTIFICATION (SEC): An alarm notification email can be sent to all email recipients each time the alarm status of a device connected to t

36 4. EMAIL SETUP Web Page How to get here: From the top navigation bar of the selected Node. Background: An email account can be set up for e

37 Top row: Links to DEVICE INTERFACE SETUP, NETWORK SETUP, and NODE SETUP web pages. POP3 SERVER: The incoming mail server to be used for the Nod

38 5. NETWORK SETUP Web Page How to get here: From the top navigation bar of the selected Node. Background: Each Node has an IP address wh

39 GATEWAY IP: Enter the static IP address of your LAN's gateway router if you want to be able to address your Nodes from anywhere over the I

4 3. ETHERNET PRIMER & DEFINITIONS An Ethernet node is an Ethernet connection point. Node (with a capital “N”) refers to our Ethernet nodes.

40 STEALTH MODE: This setting precludes the Node from broadcasting a 70-byte self-identification message over the LAN every 15 seconds. Thi

41 6. DEVICE DISCOVERY Web Page How to get here: Select a specific Node on the NODE DISCOVERY PAGE and click on DEVICES or on NODE. Background:

42 9. INSTRUMENT SETUP SOFTWARE Instrument Setup software running on a host computer is the preferred tool to set up devices on the network (met

43 You will find that Instrument Setup software is very user friendly, with separate tab-selectable windows for Input+Display, Sca

44 10. WARRANTY Laurel Electronics Inc. warrants its products against defects in materials or workmanship for a period of one year from the date

5 assigns a Private IP address to each device on the network. Built-in DHCP server capability allows Nodes to constitute themselves into a network

6 4. JUMPER SETTINGS & FIELD WIRING 1. Safety Warnings Warning: Use of a device in a manner other than specified may impair the protection

7 2. Hardware Overview The Ethernet connector for all of our Nodes is provided by an RJ45 jack, Green and amber LEDs on the jack indicate network

8 3. Connection of 1/8 DIN meters Basic Ethernet panel meters use an LNET Ethernet option board with an RJ45 jack for direct conne

9 acbdRS485 InterfaceBoard, Rev. JRJ11RJ11 RS485 meter board, Rev J (shipped after April 2009) Full duplex: No jumpers for short cable runs.