TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Start Guide ......................................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1 ProtoNode Gateway .................................................................................................................7
CHAPTER 2. BACnet/LonWorks Setup for ProtoNode FPC-N34/FPC-N35 .............................. 11
2.1 Record Identification Data ...................................................................................................... 11
2.2 Point Count Capacity and Registers per Device ..................................................................... 11
2.3 Configuring Device Communications ...................................................................................... 12
2.3.1 Set Modbus COM setting on all of the Devices connected to the ProtoNode .................................. 12
2.3.2 Set Modbus RTU Node-ID for each of the Devices attached to the ProtoNode ............................... 12
2.4 Selecting the Desired Field Protocol and Enabling Auto-Discovery ........................................ 12
2.4.1 Selecting Desired Field Protocol ........................................................................................................ 12
2.4.2 Enabling Auto-Discovery (Not used on BST, WHM or MFC) ............................................................. 13
2.4.3 Manually Selecting Your Equipment ................................................................................................. 14
2.5 BAS Network Settings: MAC Address, Device Instance and Baud Rate ................................. 14
2.5.1 BACnet MS/TP (FPC-N34): Setting the MAC Address for BAS Network ............................................ 14
2.5.2 BACnet MS/TP and BACnet/IP (FPC-N34): Setting the Device Instance............................................ 15
2.5.3 Metasys N2 or Modbus TCP/IP (FPC-N34): Setting the Node-ID ...................................................... 16
2.5.4 BACnet MS/TP or Modbus RTU (FPC-N34): Setting the Baud Rate for BAS Network ....................... 16
CHAPTER 3. Interfacing ProtoNode to Devices................................................................................... 17
3.1 ProtoNode FPC-N34 and FPC-N35 Showing Connection Ports ............................................. 17
3.2 Device Connections to ProtoNode .......................................................................................... 19
3.2.1 Biasing the Modbus RS-485 Device Network .................................................................................... 20
3.2.2 End of Line Termination Jumper for the Modbus RS-485 Device Network ...................................... 21
3.3 BACnet MS/TP, Modbus RTU or Metasys N2 (FPC-N34): Wiring Field Port to RS-485 BAS
Network ............................................................................................................................. 22
3.4 LonWorks (FPC-N35): Wiring Field Port to LonWorks Network .............................................. 23
3.5 ACS/BMS II Wiring Connections to ProtoNode FPC-N34 and FPC-N35 ................................. 23
3.5.1 Modulex BCM Connections ............................................................................................................... 24
3.5.2 ECS/SP Connections........................................................................................................................... 25
3.5.3 C-MORE Connections ........................................................................................................................ 25
3.5.4 AM Series Connections ...................................................................................................................... 26
3.6 MFC 3000 / 4000 / 5000 / 6000 Connections .......................................................................... 27
3.7 Power-Up ProtoNode ............................................................................................................. 28
3.7.1 Auto-Discovery: After Completion – Turn Off to Save Configuration ............................................... 29
CHAPTER 4. BACnet/IP or Modbus TCP/IP: Change the ProtoNode IP Address ................. 31
4.1 Connect the PC to ProtoNode via the Ethernet Port ............................................................... 31
4.2 BACnet/IP and Modbus TCP/IP: Setting IP Address for Field Network ................................... 32
CHAPTER 5. Setup Web Server Security ................................................................................................ 35
5.1 Login to the FieldServer .......................................................................................................... 35
5.2 Select the Security Mode ........................................................................................................ 37
5.2.1 HTTPS with Own Trusted TLS Certificate ........................................................................................... 37
5.3 HTTPS with Default Untrusted Self-Signed TLS Certificate or HTTP with Built-in Payload