LOYTEC L-Gate - Configure Without LNS; Configure Without LNS Using Bindings

L-Gate User Manual 77 LOYTEC
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To add more NVs when all bindings are in place and the L-Gate is being used simply
repeat the steps described above. The Configurator software will back up the bindings,
create or delete the dynamic NVs, and re-create the bindings again.
6.4.3 Configure without LNS
The flow diagram in Figure 56 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to
configure the L-Gate without LNS 3.x. In this scenario the L-Gate will use external NVs
and polling. The advantage of this solution is that no bindings in the non-LNS tool (or self-
binding nodes) need to be changed. This comes at the cost of a constant network load
caused by polling.
Start the Configurator in stand-alone mode and connect to the L-Gate via the FTP method
(see Section 6.7.2). If changing an existing configuration upload the current configuration
from the L-Gate (see Section 4). In the Configurator import data points from a CSV import
file (see Section 6.7.5) or scan an CEA-709 network online (see Section 6.7.6). Select the
NVs that the L-Gate shall expose to BACnet (see Section 6.7.7). Alternatively, you can
create external NVs manually (see Section 6.7.10). Generate BACnet objects and
connections from the used NVs (see Section 6.7.11). Finally, the configuration needs to be
downloaded onto the L-Gate (see Section 6.7.13). It is recommended to save the complete
configuration to a disk file for being able to replace an L-Gate in the network.
Start the Configurator stand-alone
Section 6.7.2
Import network variables from file
Section 6.7.5
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Download configuration to L-Gate
Section 6.7.13
Select NVs and use on L-Gate
Section 6.7.7
Upload configuration
Section 6.7.3
Create other external NVs manually
Section 6.7.10
Scan NVs online from network
Section 6.7.6
Generate BACnet objects
Section 6.7.11
Figure 56: Basic design-flow without LNS.
6.4.4 Configure without LNS Using Bindings
The flow diagram in Figure 57 shows the steps that need to be followed in order to
configure the L-Gate without LNS 3.x. In this scenario the L-Gate will use static NVs and
bindings. The advantage of this solution is that the network load is minimized. However,
the non-LNS management tool must create bindings for the L-Gate and update an existing
network.