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6 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies About this document 20 Mar 2012 1.2.3 Quality assurance These documents were prepared with great care. • The contents of all documents are checked at regular intervals. • Any corrections necessary are included ...

7 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies About this document 20 Mar 2012 1.3 Printing conventions 1.3.1 Printing conventions for the BACnet terms BACnet objects (standard and proprietary) are not written or marked out in any special way in the manual....

8 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX Open – Integration into BACnet 20 Mar 2012 2 SX Open – Integration into BACnet Figure 2-1 SX Open is a software package in the Desigo Open family, and is used to integrate third-party subsystems or devices w...

9 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX Open – Integration into BACnet 20 Mar 2012 This file is part of the SX Open package, and is copied into the subfolder ...\ Config of SX Open datapath when SX Open is set up. As a rule, SX Configurator also r...

10 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3 SX configuration workflow The workflow consists of the following main activities: • Opening SX Configurator (Section 3.1) • Checking global Excel settings (Section 3.2) ...

11 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.2 Preparation - Checking global Excel settings To avoid problems when using SX Configurator with different language settings always use a dot as decimal separator and a ...

12 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.4 Importing data Section 4 contains all the background information associated with the import of OPC data. Action Step Menu/Button Procedure Select the relevant options ...

13 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.7 Editing the main configuration sheet The worksheet and individual values are described in detail in section 5.2. Following the import of the OPC data, the OPC section ...

14 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.7.2 Completing the BACnet section Column Step Procedure BACnet Device Ref (required) 1 In the BACnet Device sheet, enter the reference to the BACnet device to which the ...

15 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.7.4 Completing BACnet information for binary objects Column Step Procedure Polarity (optional) 1 Enter 0 for normal polarity and 1 for inverse polarity, binary-input and...

16 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 Column Step Procedure Enter as applicable: 0 = Alarm Notify Type (optional) 7 1 = Event Enter as applicable (addition of 3 event enable bits): 1 = to-offnormal enabled 2 =...

17 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.7.10 Completing the function info section Column Step Procedure Avoid Default Mapping (optional) 1 Disable default mapping of alarms Blank or <>1 = Use item value ...

18 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies SX configuration workflow 20 Mar 2012 3.10 Compiling the SX configuration The SX configuration is completed after creation of the downloadable SX Open configuration files (CSV files) and the BACnet object desc...

19 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Importing OPC data 20 Mar 2012 4 Importing OPC data The data objects available on the OPC server (primarily the server object and the various OPC items with name, data type, type of access etc.) are defined by...

21 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Importing OPC data 20 Mar 2012 4.2.1 Full All OPC items are displayed in full in the Configuration sheet, and the data can be edited as required. With a Full import, the default BACnet property is [PrVal] for ...

22 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Importing OPC data 20 Mar 2012 4.2.2 Based on device This import type can be used when there are several devices of the same type to import, e.g. room controller devices in a 400-room hotel. Assuming that 400 ...

23 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Importing OPC data 20 Mar 2012 The Item Set sheet has a special use in cases where BACnet properties other than [PrVal] are to be mapped to or from an OPC item. The idea underlying these import types is to off...

24 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Importing OPC data 20 Mar 2012 Figure 4-3 When Create SX-OPEN files is clicked, the colors green and blue revert to black . The red items always generate the following warning: **Warning** Row XX: Item does no...

25 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5 Worksheets in SX Configurator SX Configurator is based on worksheets that contain data for the OPC/BACnet conversion. The data is arranged in separate sheets to prov...

26 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Worksheet overview Contents Section Nofification-Class Definition of notification classes used in all configured BACnet devices. 5.2.6 Hash-Values Definition of hash-v...

27 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.1 Cover sheet Figure 5-4 The Cover sheet contains basic project information, such as name, description and person(s) responsible, plus a section for general and opti...

28 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 When the file is saved for the first time, the project name is automatically appended to the file name, making the file name unique. 1. Complete the PROJECT NAME field...

29 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.1.2 OPTIONS section Figure 5-8 This section (light yellow fields) allows you to modify the general behavior of SX Configurator and define the paths to any additional...

31 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.1.3 Default mapping An OPC item consists of: • Name • Value • Status • Time stamp Activating Default Mapping means that not only is the item value mapped to [PrVal] ...

32 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 default mapping not generated default mapping generated Figure 5-9 This default mapping generates error events based on the sheet above, using the configured notificat...

33 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2 Main Configuration sheet Figure 5-10 The Configuration sheet contains the actual SX Open configuration with the rules for mapping OPC data to BACnet objects and pr...

34 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 The sheet is divided into the following sections: • OPC • BACnet • general settings • analog objects settings • binary objects settings • multistate objects settings •...

35 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Column Description Item Set Ref Reference to an Item Set from the sheet of the same name. Can be used for this type of import. Device Set Ref Reference to a Device Set...

36 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.2 BACnet section Figure 5-14 The BACnet information has to be entered manually to define each mapped OPC item. In the simplest case, some (or all) OPC items are ma...

38 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Figure 5-15 On start-up SX Open reads the current configuration and compares it with the configuration held in its internal data storage system. Property values of obj...

39 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.3 BACnet information for analog objects Column Description BACnet Units For analog objects only: unit for the analog object. This can be the BACnet unit number (e....

40 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.4 BACnet information for binary objects Column Description Polarity (optional) Polarity can be used to change an OPC item to positive logic, i.e. 0 as passive stat...

41 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.6 BACnet alarm info section Figure 5-16 SX Open supports the alarm system function in a way similar to that used in Desigo. The alarm function in each alarm-genera...

42 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Column Description NC-Id NC-Id is the instance-number of the corresponding notification-class BACnet object. The predefined notification-classes are assigned instance ...

44 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 For analog objects, the alarm function is activated via these columns. If the columns are left blank, no alarm is initiated. Alarm limits can be defined in the followi...

46 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Column Description Describes how to get the monitored value: 0 = use confirmed COV notification -1 = use unconfirmed COV notification Log interval >0 = poll monitor...

47 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.8 BACnet schedule object section As an option, SX can change a BACnet object value based on a schedule. For this purpose, a schedule object must be assigned to the...

48 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Column Description Schedule Object Device ID The instance number of the device where the BACnet object to schedule is located. This entry may not be changed, too. Sche...

49 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.9 Section alarm suppression Figure 5-26 Column Description Propagation Delay A delay time before a BAD OPC quality will be delivered as a BACnet fault state. Defau...

50 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.2.10 Function info section Figure 5-27 Column Description Avoid Default Mapping Disables the default mapping for alarms individually. (Refer also to the information ...

51 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 To support VT_BSTR items e.g. for signaling a state, these strings must be translated in a unique number which can be handled by SX Open. These strings have to be mapp...

52 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.3 Item Set sheet Figure 5-29 • At least one entry must have [PrVal] as a property and must also define the BACnet object type. • Each entry is mapped with a BACnet p...

53 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 Column Description Ref Unique set number used as a reference in the Configuration sheet. The Ref erence is a sequence number in two parts: main-item.sub-item ; all def...

54 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 To simplify the configuration process, it also possible to define just one Item Set with: Ref = OPC valid = OPC fields = 1 RSUA0 .Value 1 .1 RSUA0 .Status The basic li...

55 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.5 OPC Server sheet Figure 5-32 This sheet is used to store OPC server data, such as name, location and update rate. Normally, if the OPC item data is imported direct...

56 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.6 BACnet Device sheet Figure 5-33 All the information about the "virtual" BACnet devices is saved here. It is best to assign the BACnet objects according to ...

57 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.7 Units sheet Figure 5-34 This sheet lists all the units defined in the BACnet standard, together with their respective reference numbers. For each OPC server, you c...

58 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.8 State sheet Figure 5-35 This sheet can be used to associate text with the numerical states of multistate objects. Column Description Ref BACnet reference number fo...

59 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.10 Properties sheet Figure 5-37 This sheet lists the BACnet properties supported by SX Open for mapping the OPC data. To avoid having to enter the object type in ful...

60 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.11 Functions sheet Figure 5-38 The Function sheet is for entry of the predefined functions available via the function block library, PRJLib.dll . Only the functions ...

63 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.13 BSTR Hash sheet Figure 5-41 SX Open can deal with VT_BSTR items and map a finite set of different texts to [PrVal] of e.g. a multistate input object. This mapping...

64 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Worksheets in SX Configurator 20 Mar 2012 5.14 Upload of properties from a running system SX Configurator V2.1 supports the upload of properties from a running system, e.g. if a configuration shall be extended...

65 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Messages 20 Mar 2012 6 Messages A number of messages appear in the OPC import and SX export process. Some of these are self-explanatory, and others are described below. In the data export process, unused infor...

66 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Examples 20 Mar 2012 7 Examples 7.1 Mapping Limits from OPC The following example shows how to map limits from OPC to an analog input object. Assume the following OPC items with associated meaning: Temperature...

67 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Examples 20 Mar 2012 Figure 7-1 The Hash-Value itself will be calculated by SX Configurator when compiling configuration and must not be calculated and entered manually. 2. Define for every text an associated ...

68 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Examples 20 Mar 2012 7.3 Defining a Calendar Object Calendar objects are created as container only. There will be no calendar entries inserted by SX-Configurator. Do add a calendar object to SX-Configurator a ...

69 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open - SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Examples 20 Mar 2012 As a last step entries in SXmapping.csv must be suppressed. This is done by using the special mapping function SXVirtual which is a trigger not to emit mapping entries for this row in Conf...

71 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Index 20 Mar 2012 Index B BACnet client sheet .............................................. 60 BACnet printing conventions .................................. 7 BSTR Hash sheet .....................................

72 / 72 Siemens Desigo SX Open SX Configurator, V2.1 CM110702en_06 Building Technologies Index 20 Mar 2012 U Units sheet ............................................................ 57 Upload of properties from a running system......... 64 Upload properties .............................................