Introduction, Self-installation, Service button – Echelon MPR-50 Multi-Port Router User Manual

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Introduction

The MPR-50’s Monitor observes and reports on the health of Routers 1–5 through
Status LEDs and through the network. The Monitor can be commissioned by a

network management tool and operates independently from the MPR-50’s five

routers.

The Monitor is a L

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certified application organized as six functional blocks.

In addition to the Node Object, it contains one Channel Monitor functional block

each for Routers 1–5.

For the sake of efficiency, bit arrays, network variable arrays, and configuration

property arrays are used. It is important to understand that the L

ON

M

ARK

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file and LonMaker tool indices start at zero while, for ease-of-use, the Routers are

numbered one through five on the enclosure, as well as on the LonMaker shapes. The

following table shows the indices to these arrays:

Array
Index

Enclosure Markings

Visible Router and Channels Names in the
LonMaker Stencil

0

Router 1 – TP/XF-1250

Router 1 (1250) and Channel 1 (1250)

1

Router 2 – TP/FT-10

Router 2 (FT) and Channel 2 (FT)

2

Router 3 – TP/FT-10

Router 3 (FT) and Channel 3 (FT)

3

Router 4 – TP/FT-10

Router 4 (FT) and Channel 4 (FT)

4

Router 5 – TP/FT-10

Router 5 (FT) and Channel 5 (FT)

Self-Installation

The Monitor self-installs and does not need to be installed by a network management

tool in order to provide status via the front panel LEDs. To obtain status from the

Monitor remotely, it should be installed by a network management tool. The

Monitor intelligently manages its own installation state so that the user does not

need to manage it.

Service Button

Momentarily pressing any of the Service buttons causes the associated Monitor or

router to transmit a service pin message (a router transmits two service pin

messages—one onto the MPR-50’s internal channel and one onto its external

channel). Since the Monitor is attached to the internal channel, a service pin

message from the Monitor will be routed onto a particular external channel only if

the associated router that connects the internal channel to the external channel is

configured to route messages.

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MPR-50 Monitor

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