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Third party networking, Airside linkage alarm – Carrier 50HCQ04---12 User Manual

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Airside Linkage Alarm

This alarm indicates that RTU-OPEN was connected to a

zoned

system

called

Linkaget

and

it

lost

communications with its linkage master or if it receives

invalid data.

Third Party Networking

Third

party

communication

and

networking

troubleshooting should be done by or with assistance from

the front end 3rd party technician. A Module Status

Report (Modstat) can be run from the BACview6 or

Virtual BACview (see Table 5 to perform). This lists

information about the board status and networking state.

For basic troubleshooting, see Table 6. Refer to the

RTU--OPEN 3rd Party Integration Guide for additional

information.

Table 5 – Manufacture Date

When troubleshooting, you may need to know a control module’s manufacture date.

Obtain the manufacture date from

a...

Notes

Module status report (modstat)

To obtain a modstat with BACview

6

:

1. Press Function (FN) key and hold.

2. Then press period (.)

3. Release both buttons.

The report shows the date under

Main board hardware.

Sticker on the control board

“Serial No: ORTYMxxxxN”

(Bar Coded & Typed Number)

The serial numbers are unique and contain embedded information:

“ORT”

---

These first three digits are unique to RTU---OPEN and are used as an identifier.

“YM”

---

These two digits identify the last digit of the year and month (in hex, A=10/Oct)

of manufacture. “74” would represent a date of manufacture of “April 2007”.

xxxx”

---

These four digits represent the sequential number of units produced for a given

product for the mentioned manufacturing time period.

“N”

---

This final digit represents the decade and toggles between “N” and “M” every

ten years.

Table 6 – Basic Protocol Troubleshooting

Problem

Possible cause

Corrective action

No communication with 3rd

party vendor

Incorrect settings on SW1, SW2 and SW3

Verify and correct switch settings. Cycle

power to RTU---OPEN after changing

switch settings.

RS485 Port has no voltage output

Verify RTU---OPEN has correct power

supply.

(check with RTU---OPEN disconnected from RS485

communication bus):

Possible bad driver on board.

• Bacnet @ 9600/19.2K --- .01 to .045vdc

Check RS485 bus for external voltage

before reconnecting to the bus.

• Bacnet @ 38.4K --- .06 to .09vdc
• Bacnet @ 76.8K --- .1vdc
• Modbus @ 9600 --- 76.8K --- .124vdc
• N2 @ 9600 --- .124vdc

Verify devices are daisy chained and repeaters and bias

terminators are correctly installed.

Check 3rd party vendor RS485

communication wiring guidelines and

troubleshooting procedures.

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