Power Measurement ION 8000 Series - Using ION Enterprise

ION 8000 Series User Guide Configuring EtherGate Connections
Chapter 6 - Communications Page 87
Using ION Enterprise
1. To communicate to the devices on the RS-485 loop, you must use ION
Enterprise software. Use the Management Console to create a Gateway Site.
2. Once you have created a Gateway Site add each of the devices on the RS-485
loop to it (but not the gateway meter itself).
3. When configuring the Gateway Site, enter the IP address of the meter and the IP
Service Port to match the COM port you are using:
 7801 = EtherGate IP service port on COM1
 7802 = EtherGate IP service port on COM2
The Devices list in the Management Console appears as follows:
NOTE
In the above configuration you communicate with the devices in the RS-485 loop through the meter. You
must add the meter to an additional Ethernet Site to communicate directly to the meter.
Communicating directly TO the meter:
In order to connect directly over Ethernet, you need only provide the meter’s IP
address when prompted by the software.
The devices that reside on the RS-485
loop connected to the ION 8500.
The Gateway Site - set the IP Service Port
7801 for COM1 or 7802 for COM2.
The number following the IP Service Port
number is the device’s unique Unit ID.
From the Type heading in
the Sites window, you can
see the ION 8500 has
been configured as an
Ethernet Gateway Site.
The ION 8500 appears in
the Devices list, because it
must be configured as an
Ethernet device before you
can configure it as an
Ethernet Gateway Site.