Det-Tronics EagleVision - PC User Manual
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To configure each system device:
1. From the Point Configuration screen, select an address and click on
the “Modify Point” button. The “Point not Defined” screen will be dis-
played. Click on the “Define” button.
2. Select the type of device, and click on OK.
3. Select the desired device parameters. Refer to the appropriate
device configuration section of this manual for complete details.
4. Repeat for each device in the system.
5. Save the project.
1. To establish communication with the gateway, click on “Config”
under the “File” menu. The Port Configuration screen will be dis-
played. (Refer to “Section IV — Establishing Communications” for
complete details.)
2. To download the configuration data to the devices, click on
“Download All” or click on “Download One” starting with the low-
est address number and working up. Watch the screen for errors.
Errors may be generated if a configured device is not present or the
wrong device type is selected.
NOTE
Logic controllers must be placed in Reset/Program mode while
downloading data.
NOTE
The gateway retains a copy of the configuration data, which can
later be used for auto configuration.
3. Check to be sure that all devices are communicating.
4. Select the gateway, then click on “Write EEPROM” to write the data
to the gateway EEPROM. Select the logic controller and click on
“Write EEPROM” to write the data to the logic controller EEPROM.
When designing a system, it is important to realize that increasing the
number of nodes on the LON results in a corresponding increase in the
amount of time required for a status change message from a detection
node to be processed by the gateway. The gateway can handle an
average of 50 status messages per second. This means that if a LON
consists of 50 devices, all devices could be programmed for a status
update rate of 1 second (updates rates are adjustable from 1 to 10 sec-
onds). For a LON with 100 devices, they can all report at a two second
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