B&B Electronics MES1A User manual

MES1A, MES1B

Modbus TCP to Modbus ASCII/RTU Converters

International Headquarters

B&B Electronics Mfg. Co. Inc.

707 Dayton Road

Ottawa, IL 61350 USA

Phone (815) 433-5100 -- General Fax (815) 433-5105

Website: www.bb-elec.com

support@bb-elec.com

European Headquarters

B&B Electronics

Westlink Commercial Park

Oranmore, Co. Galway, Ireland

Phone +353 91-792444 -- Fax +353 91-792445

Website: www.bb-europe.com

techsupport@bb-elec.com

Document: MES1A-B_R2_0814m.doc

CONTENTS

WARRANTY ............................................................................................ 7

CHAPTER 1: ABOUT YOUR MES1A/B CONVERTER...................................... 9

FEATURES ....................................................................................................... 10

CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE OVERVIEW ....................................................... 11

PACKAGE CHECKLIST......................................................................................... 11

INDICATORS,SWITCHES AND CONNECTORS .......................................................... 12

Power LED........................................................................................................... 12

Link LED............................................................................................................... 12

Activity LED......................................................................................................... 13

Reset Switch ........................................................................................................ 13

RS-422/485 Switch (MES1B only)........................................................................ 14

Ethernet Port Connector ..................................................................................... 14

DB-9M Serial Port Connector (MES1A only)........................................................ 14

RS-422/485 CONNECTOR (MES1B ONLY) ......................................................... 15

POWER CONNECTOR ........................................................................................ 18

CONNECTING THE HARDWARE ........................................................................... 18

CHAPTER 3: GETTING STARTED ............................................................... 20

QUICKSTART ................................................................................................... 20

Check the contents of your MES1A/B package. It should contain….................... 20

Set up the Hardware ........................................................................................... 20

Software Installation........................................................................................... 20

Discover the MES1A/B on the Network............................................................... 21

Configure the MES1A/B ...................................................................................... 21

Modbus Device Installation................................................................................. 21

USING THE DEVICE INSTALLER SOFTWARE ............................................................ 22

System Requirements.......................................................................................... 22

Installing the Device Installer .............................................................................. 22

Starting the Device Installer................................................................................ 23

Discovering Devices............................................................................................. 23

Getting Device Details......................................................................................... 24

Connecting to the MES1A/B................................................................................ 25

CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURING THE MES1A/B ............................................... 27

NAVIGATING THE CONFIGURATION MENU ........................................................... 28

SAVING CONFIGURATION SETTINGS..................................................................... 29

QUITTING WITHOUT SAVING ............................................................................. 29

RECONFIGURING TO FACTORY SETTINGS .............................................................. 30

To Reconfigure the MES1A to Factory Settings:.................................................. 30

To Reconfigure the MES1B, to Factory Settings:................................................. 30

Network/IP Settings ............................................................................................ 30

IP Address............................................................................................................ 31

Default Gateway ................................................................................................. 32

Netmask .............................................................................................................. 33

Telnet Configuration Password ........................................................................... 33

SERIAL AND MODE SETTINGS ............................................................................. 34

Protocol............................................................................................................... 34

Serial Interface .................................................................................................... 36

MODEM/CONFIGURABLE PIN SETTINGS............................................................... 38

ADVANCED MODBUS PROTOCOL SETTINGS .......................................................... 38

Slave Address / Unit ID Source ............................................................................ 39

Allow Modbus Broadcasts................................................................................... 40

Use MB/TCP 00BH/00AH Exception Responses .................................................. 41

Disable Modbus/TCP Pipeline ............................................................................. 42

Character Timeout .............................................................................................. 42

Message Timeout................................................................................................ 43

Serial TX Delay after RX....................................................................................... 43

Swap 4x/0H to Get 3x/1x .................................................................................... 43

UNIT ID TO IP ADDRESS LOOKUP TABLE SETTINGS................................................. 43

Close Idle TCP Sockets After ................................................................................ 44

Redundant Entry Retries After ............................................................................ 44

Add, Delete, Exit - Select Function...................................................................... 44

Modbus Address From/To................................................................................... 45

Slave IP Address .................................................................................................. 45

CHAPTER 5: USING OTHER DEVICE INSTALLER FEATURES......................... 46

MANAGING DEVICE LISTS .................................................................................. 46

Creating a New Device List.................................................................................. 46

Saving Device Lists .............................................................................................. 47

Opening Device Lists ........................................................................................... 47

Device List Display Options ................................................................................. 47

Adding a Device Manually .................................................................................. 49

ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS (USING DEVICE INSTALLER) .......................................... 50

Using Device Installer to Assign an IP Address.................................................... 50

USING THE DEVICES DETAILS TAB ....................................................................... 51

UPGRADING FIRMWARE.................................................................................... 52

INSTALLING PRE-SAVED CONFIGURATION FILES..................................................... 53

Saving Setup Records .......................................................................................... 54

Installing Setup Records ...................................................................................... 54

LOGGING SEARCH AND UPGRADE DATA............................................................... 56

USING PING .................................................................................................... 57

USING HELP .................................................................................................... 58

CHAPTER 6: MODBUS BASICS ................................................................. 59

MODBUS ASCII/RTU....................................................................................... 59

MODBUS/TCP ................................................................................................ 60

HINTS AND TIPS ............................................................................................... 61

APPENDIX A: DEFAULT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS.................................. 62

APPENDIX B: PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS................................................. 64

APPENDIX C: DIMENSIONAL DIAGRAMS ................................................. 68

APPENDIX D: SERIAL CONNECTIONS........................................................ 70

APPENDIX E: NETWORK CONNECTIONS .................................................. 73

WARRANTY

Limited Lifetime Warranty

Effective for products of B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company shipped on or

after May 1, 2013, B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company warrants that each such

product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for its lifetime. This

limited lifetime warranty is applicable solely to the original user and is not

transferable.

This warranty is expressly conditioned upon proper storage, installation, connection,

operation and maintenance of products in accordance with their written

specifications.

Pursuant to the warranty, within the warranty period, B&B Electronics

Manufacturing Company, at its option will:

1. Replace the product with a functional equivalent;

2. Repair the product; or

3. Provide a partial refund of purchase price based on a depreciated value.

Products of other manufacturers sold by B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company

are not subject to any warranty or indemnity offered by B&B Electronics

Manufacturing Company, but may be subject to the warranties of the other

manufacturers.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, under no circumstances shall B&B Electronics

Manufacturing Company have any warranty obligations or any other liability for: (i)

any defects resulting from wear and tear, accident, improper use by the buyer or use

by any third party except in accordance with the written instructions or advice of the

B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company or the manufacturer of the products,

including without limitation surge and overvoltage conditions that exceed specified

ratings, (ii) any products which have been adjusted, modified or repaired by any

party other than B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company or (iii) any descriptions,

illustrations, figures as to performance, drawings and particulars of weights and

dimensions contained in the B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company’s catalogs,

price lists, marketing materials or elsewhere since they are merely intended to

represent a general idea of the products and do not form part of this price quote and

do not constitute a warranty of any kind, whether express or implied, as to any of the

B&B Electronics Manufacturing Company’s products.

THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE ITEMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE

EXPRESS WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE IS B&B ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING

COMPANY’S SOLE OBLIGATION UNDER THIS WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY

CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL EXTEND TO THE ORIGINAL USER ONLY, IS IN LIEU

OF ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND ALL SUCH

WARRANTIES AND INDEMNITIES ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING WITHOUT

LIMITATION (I) THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

AND OF MERCHANTABILITY AND (II) ANY WARRANTY THAT THE PRODUCTS ARE DO

NOT INFRINGE OR VIOLATE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF ANY THIRD

PARTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL B&B ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING COMPANY BE

LIABLE FOR LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR OF DATA INTERRUPTION OF

BUSINESS, LOST PROFITS OR GOODWILL OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,

EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. B&B ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING

COMPANY SHALL DISREGARD AND NOT BE BOUND BY ANY REPRESENTATIONS,

WARRANTIES OR INDEMNITIES MADE BY ANY OTHER PERSON, INCLUDING WITHOUT

LIMITATION EMPLOYEES, DISTRIBUTORS, RESELLERS OR DEALERS OF B&B

ELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY WHICH ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE

WARRANTY, SET FORTH ABOVE.

CHAPTER 1: ABOUT YOUR MES1A/B CONVERTER

Thank you for purchasing an MES1A or MES1B Modbus TCP to Modbus ASCII/RTU

Converter! Like all B&B Electronics products, this product has been manufactured to

the highest standards of quality and performance to ensure your complete

satisfaction.

MES1A and MES1B Modbus TCP to Modbus ASCII/RTU Converters are easy-to-use,

cost-effective solutions for connecting new and existing Modbus ASCII/RTU serial

devices to TCP/IP networks. The MES1A provides this connection for Modbus devices

with RS-232 interfaces; the MES1B facilitates Modbus devices with RS-422 four-wire

point-to-point interfaces, or RS-485 four or two-wire multi-drop bus connections.

MES1A and MES1B Converters

MES1A Converters allow new and legacy Modbus ASCII/RTU slave devices with RS-

232 serial ports to operate on a TCP/IP network as full Modbus TCP slaves. All

Modbus TCP devices on the network can share access to the Modbus ASCII/RTU

device.

MES1B Converters allow Modbus/RTU slave devices with RS-422/485 interfaces to

operate on a TCP/IP network as full Modbus TCP slaves. All Modbus devices on an

RS-485 bus can be connected to the TCP/IP network via the MES1B, allowing them all

to be accessed by Modbus TCP/IP devices on the network.

Traditional Modbus ASCII/RTU master devices also can be connected to TCP/IP

networks using the MES1A/B, making the device appear to be a full Modbus TCP

master on the network. It can directly access Modbus TCP slave devices. It also can

access other Modbus ASCII/RTU slaves that are connected to the network via other

MES1A/B Converters, as if it is talking directly to a Modbus ASCII/RTU slave.

FEATURES

Converts Modus ASCII/RTU to Modbus/TCP

Small, economical and configurable

MES1A supports TD, RD and GND RS-232 lines

MES1B supports TDA(-), TDB(+), RDA(-), RDB(+) RS-422/485 lines

LEDs on network connection indicate link integrity and data transfer

activity

10/100 Mbps auto-detecting operation

Removable screw terminal strips for power supply

Removable screw terminal strips for RS-422/485 connection (MES1B)

Device Installer user interface software included

DIN rail mountable

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