ION 7500 / ION 7600 User’s Guide

Step 1: Install the Gateway Meter and Serial Network Devices

 

 

Step 1: Install the Gateway Meter and Serial Network Devices

1.Install the ION gateway meter on the Ethernet network and perform basic setup — to properly configure an ION meter to communicate using TCP/IP you need a unique IP Address for your meter, and a Subnet Mask address (this address distinguishes among devices on the same LAN). Refer to the meter’s documentation for setup instructions.

2.On the gateway meter’s serial COM port, set the protocol to EtherGate using the meter front panel or ION Setup software. You do not need to configure a Unit ID for the gateway meter.

3.Wire serial devices on the bus to the gateway meter’s appropriate communications port, and perform basic setup on each of these (set baud rate, Unit ID and protocol).

NOTE

Each device connected on the serial network must have a unique Unit ID.

Step 2: Add the ION Gateway Meter to Your ION Enterprise Network

After installation and basic setup is complete, set up your ION Enterprise network to mirror your communications network. Start by adding an Ethernet device that defines the meter that you have installed on the Ethernet network.

1.Launch the Management Console, and click the Devices button. Right-click in the Display Window and choose New > Ethernet Device...

2.Enter the information by typing in the appropriate fields or using the drop- down menus.

Meter TCP/IP Address

Server computer that communicates with the Ethernet device

Step 3: Add an EtherGate Site to Your ION Enterprise Network

Step 1 lets you communicate to the ION gateway meter. To communicate through the ION meter using EtherGate, you need to create an Ethernet gateway site.

1.In the Management Console, click the Sites button. Right-click and choose

New > Ethernet Gateway...

The ION Meter as an Ethernet Gateway Technical Note

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