Ethernet Connections

9300 Series User’s Guide

 

 

The EtherGate Protocol

EtherGate is a powerful communications tool that lets you communicate to a meter and through a meter simultaneously. When a meter installed on the Ethernet network has EtherGate enabled, a master device (such as a workstation running ION Enterprise software) can communicate to the meter, as well as through the meter to a serial network of devices wired to the meter’s COM 2 port.

EtherGate is only available for the 9330 and 9350 meters, and it is only configurable on the COM 2 port. (Port 7802 is used for EtherGate communications.)

9330 or 9350 with Ethernet Port

EtherGate connections do not connect a workstation with WinPM.Net (or other master device) to COM 2

Each device on the RS-485 loop must have a unique Unit ID and operate at the same baud rate.

Workstation with WinPM.Net is located on the Ethernet LAN

Once you have the chain of serial devices installed, use Designer or the meter’s front panel to change the COM 1 or COM 2 Protocol setting to EtherGate. The transfer of data between protocols is then handled automatically.

The Devices list in the Management Console appears as follows:

The 9350 appears in the Devices list, because it must be configured as an Ethernet device before you can configure it as an Ethernet Gateway Site.

From the Type heading in the Sites window, you can see the 9350 has been configured as an Ethernet Gateway Site.

The devices that reside on the RS-485 loop connected to the 9350.

The Gateway Site - set the IP Service Port to 7802 for COM 2. The number following the IP Service Port number is the device’s unique Unit ID.

Refer to the EtherGate technical note for complete details on configuring your meter for EtherGate.

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Siemens 9300 manual EtherGate Protocol, 9330 or 9350 with Ethernet Port

9300, 9350, 9330 specifications

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