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Driver/Port Tags for Transition Network SISPM1040 Managed Switches

I am looking for advice for a project I have going on. I want to get some data from an InsiteIG product on VTScada. The InsiteIG PT2 to be precise. It offers a RS485 Modbus connection. The existing instrument our wastewater plant was using would of been a YSI product. The communication pathway is as followed; at the instrument it was an ethernet connection then to a media converter that converted the ethernet to fiber. The fiber went to an enclosure inside of a building and from that fiber patch panel to a Transition Networks SISPM1040-384-LRT-B managed switch. At this switch an ethernet port was being utilized to the CompactLogix. The CompactLogix would send that data back out through a fiber line connection to our Administration Building. It comes in through a fiber patch panel and out to another fiber to ethernet media converter. It ultimately ties into a Netgear switch and from there to a SLC-5 ProSoft Card. I want to get our new instrument (InsiteIG PT2) on our SCADA network. However, I am not going through the CompactLogix. I am sending modbus data from the InsiteIG to a Antaira serial to fiber converter. The fiber connection is the same connection leading to the Transition Networks managed switch. I am having a difficult time tying all of this into VTScada because I really have nothing in my tag browser that would help me in achieving this goal. We can't necessarily pass the modbus data from the InsiteIG instrument because the CompactLogix does not have a ProSoft card.

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I forgot to mention that I can access the Transition Networks managed switch remotely from my office. There is an option on that switch called, "Modbus Configuration". I have enabled it hoping that could be a possible solution. I checked the manual and it stated that it would be Modbus TCP. The InsiteIG PT2 has Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP. I was thinking that I could go back to the InsiteIG and select Modbus TCP 19200. I've also noticed a VTScada driver tag called, "Modbus Compatible Device". We have no driver tags in our current tag browser library that is a Modbus Compatible Device, so I really do not know how to configure that particular tag.

I am looking for advice for a project I have going on. I want to get some data from an InsiteIG product on VTScada. The InsiteIG PT2 to be precise. It offers a RS485 Modbus connection. The existing instrument our wastewater plant was using would of been a YSI product. The communication pathway is as followed; at the instrument it was an ethernet connection then to a media converter that converted the ethernet to fiber. The fiber went to an enclosure inside of a building and from that fiber patch panel to a Transition Networks SISPM1040-384-LRT-B managed switch. At this switch an ethernet port was being utilized to the CompactLogix. The CompactLogix would send that data back out through a fiber line connection to our Administration Building. It comes in through a fiber patch panel and out to another fiber to ethernet media converter. It ultimately ties into a Netgear switch and from there to a SLC-5 ProSoft Card. I want to get our new instrument (InsiteIG PT2) on our SCADA network. However, I am not going through the CompactLogix. I am sending modbus data from the InsiteIG to a Antaira serial to fiber converter. The fiber connection is the same connection leading to the Transition Networks managed switch. I am having a difficult time tying all of this into VTScada because I really have nothing in my tag browser that would help me in achieving this goal. We can't necessarily pass the modbus data from the InsiteIG instrument because the CompactLogix does not have a ProSoft card. Edit: I forgot to mention that I can access the Transition Networks managed switch remotely from my office. There is an option on that switch called, "Modbus Configuration". I have enabled it hoping that could be a possible solution. I checked the manual and it stated that it would be Modbus TCP. The InsiteIG PT2 has Modbus RTU and Modbus TCP. I was thinking that I could go back to the InsiteIG and select Modbus TCP 19200. I've also noticed a VTScada driver tag called, "Modbus Compatible Device". We have no driver tags in our current tag browser library that is a Modbus Compatible Device, so I really do not know how to configure that particular tag.

Electronic Technician for the City of Tuscaloosa working in Wastewater. Shelton State - Industrial Electronics and Electrical Technology AAS, Military Veteran - Infantry, CBRN(e) Technician: Airborne, Tech Escort, etc...., NERD of all things SCIENCE

edited Jan 15 at 1:09 pm

Sounds like what you really need is a modbus gateway that converts modbus RTU to modbus TCP. Then, you can use the VTScada port tag and modbus driver to read modbus TCP registers from the gateway.

https://www.rtautomation.com/product/460mcmm/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_tDS4UMFo&list=PLaEgD3YjzVROn2N0aS0wXWEws-OnJPvAI&index=1

Sounds like what you really need is a modbus gateway that converts modbus RTU to modbus TCP. Then, you can use the VTScada port tag and modbus driver to read modbus TCP registers from the gateway. https://www.rtautomation.com/product/460mcmm/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro_tDS4UMFo&list=PLaEgD3YjzVROn2N0aS0wXWEws-OnJPvAI&index=1

@Joseph.Rhodes

The VTScada "Modicon Compatible Device Driver" supports various types of Modbus connections including serial with either Modbus RTU or ASCII, Embedded TCP/IP (original Modbus RTU just over TCP) or Open Modbus TCP.

Usually, in your VTScada application, you would configure a communications port (probably TCP with your description) to connect to the remote device via your network and then configure a "Modicon Compatible Device Driver" to use that port, setting the required options on the driver and then adding I/O tags to read\write specific values from\to the device.

On the Trihedral YouTube channel one of my colleagues has a presentation discussing the use of the training simulation that uses Modbus RTU, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfd9juBvM0Y

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@Joseph.Rhodes The VTScada "Modicon Compatible Device Driver" supports various types of Modbus connections including serial with either Modbus RTU or ASCII, Embedded TCP/IP (original Modbus RTU just over TCP) or Open Modbus TCP. Usually, in your VTScada application, you would configure a communications port (probably TCP with your description) to connect to the remote device via your network and then configure a "Modicon Compatible Device Driver" to use that port, setting the required options on the driver and then adding I/O tags to read\write specific values from\to the device. On the Trihedral YouTube channel one of my colleagues has a presentation discussing the use of the training simulation that uses Modbus RTU, see [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfd9juBvM0Y).

Software Developer with Trihedral

I was able to finally figure it out. One of the problems was the patch cable inside on of the enclosures was not firmly seated. Once I had a good connection I could ping the address. I then could at the very least see the static IP I set to the serial server. I had some hiccups along the way, but was able to figure it out after using Advanced IP Scanner, Simply Modbus TCP software.

I was able to finally figure it out. One of the problems was the patch cable inside on of the enclosures was not firmly seated. Once I had a good connection I could ping the address. I then could at the very least see the static IP I set to the serial server. I had some hiccups along the way, but was able to figure it out after using Advanced IP Scanner, Simply Modbus TCP software.

Electronic Technician for the City of Tuscaloosa working in Wastewater. Shelton State - Industrial Electronics and Electrical Technology AAS, Military Veteran - Infantry, CBRN(e) Technician: Airborne, Tech Escort, etc...., NERD of all things SCIENCE

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