Network Integration Engine (NIEx9) for Third-Party ...

1 Network Integration Engine ( niex9 ) for Third-Party Integrations Product Bulletin MS-NIE29xx-0, MS-NIE39xx-x, MS-NIE49xx-x, MS-NIE59xx-x, Code No. LIT-12011923. MS-NIE89xx-x Software Release Issued December 2017. Refer to the QuickLIT website for the most up-to-date version of this document. Important: NIEx9s are compatible with Metasys The NIE39/NIE49 models enable cost-effective niex9 . system Release and later. You may connectivity and control in smaller facilities, and can apply the dual trunk Integration feature to extend niex9 supervisory functions in larger facilities. NIEx9s purchased prior to the current The NIE59 models support a comprehensive set of release by using the niex9 Driver Manager supervisory features and functions for large facilities and tool. For information on how to apply the technically advanced buildings and complexes. latest package and license files that support dual trunks, refer to the niex9 Driver The NIE89 is a high-capacity server model that integrates Manager Application Note (LIT-12011919).

2 Large networks into a Metasys Network . The NIE89. supports either 10,000 or 25,000 objects. Network Integration Engines (NIEx9s) for Third-Party integrations enable IP connectivity and web-based access Figure 1: NIE59 Network Integration Engine to Metasys Building Management Systems (BMSs). NIEx9s leverage standard building management communication technologies, including BACnet protocol;. LONWORKS protocol; N2 Bus protocol; Modbus , M-Bus (EN 1434-3), and KNX protocols; and Third-Party proprietary protocols to monitor and supervise a wide variety of HVAC, lighting, security, fire, electrical and thermal measuring, and access control equipment. For Third-Party integrations, one niex9 can support two Modbus integrations, two M-Bus integrations, or one Integration of each. NIEx9s provide comprehensive equipment monitoring and control, scheduling, alarm and event management, energy management, data exchange, data trending, and data storage.

3 Modbus Integrations use a Vendor Generator Express NIEx9s feature an embedded Site Management Portal (VGE) tool that creates vendor Modbus definition (VMD). (SMP) UI, support multiple concurrent web browser tables for specific Third-Party equipment. You can sessions with password and permission access control, purchase tables from the System Integration Services and provide the protection of industry-standard IT security. North America (SIS-NA) or the SIS-Europe office, or you The NIE29 models enable compact and combined can create them with the VGE tool. The VGE tool requires solutions including supervisory and control capacity. They certification and licensing for its use. To obtain a license, can be used in smaller facilities where an all-in-one attend the training listed in (supervisory, control, and Integration ) platform is required. Features and Benefits Communication Using Commonly Accepted IT Standards at the Automation and Enterprise Level Allows you to install a system on your existing IT infrastructure within a building or enterprise and use standard IT.

4 Communication services over the company intranet, WAN, or public Internet with firewall protection. Web-Based User Interface Allows you to access system data in the NIEx9s from any supported web browsing device connected to the Network , including remote users connected by dial-up telephone or an Internet service provider (ISP). Network Integration Engine ( niex9 ) for Third-Party Integrations Product Bulletin 1. Support for Web Services at the Automation Network Level Allows you to develop facility-specific advanced data interfaces and applications. Embedded Site Management Portal System Configuration Software Provides you with password-protected access to system configuration, monitoring, commanding, diagnosis, and cloud-based applications from any device with web browser software without the need for separate workstation software. Supervision of Controller Networks Including BACnet MS/TP, BACnet IP, N2 Bus, LONWORKS, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, M-Bus (EN 1434-3) serial and IP, KNX IP, and Third-Party protocol devices Supports connectivity to open Network standards for complete flexibility in the selection of field devices.

5 Support for Dual Trunks Significantly improves the flexibility and extends the investment of integrations to Third-Party equipment. The dual trunk feature potentially reduces the number of NIEx9s required on a project and allows you to add integrations to existing NIEx9s that are at Release and later. You can more easily adapt to the requirements of projects that have fewer devices that require Integration but use separate networks and different protocols. niex9 Networking NIEx9s have multiple connection port options that allow ADS/ADX. you to build an extremely flexible Network at the The Application and Data Server/Extended Application automation and enterprise level of your system, as well and Data Server (ADS/ADX) is an optional software as at the field controller and data acquisition levels. package running on a computing platform that provides a location for storage of the system configuration database, trend logs, alarm logs, audit trails, and IP Ethernet Network graphics.

6 NIEx9s connect directly to IP Ethernet networks running at 10, 100, or 1,000 Mbps (depending on the model). An ADS/ADX configured as the Site Director allows more Authorized users log in to the Site Director to access the concurrent users and coordinates access to all entire Metasys system for the site. Data transmission on components on a site connected over the Network , the Network uses standard IT protocols, services, and Internet, or telephone line via dial-up communication. formats. Networks in different buildings may be Refer to the Application and Data Server (ADS) and interconnected using standard WAN technologies and Extended Application and Data Server (ADX) Product Network service providers. The speed of transmission Bulletin (LIT-1201525) for more information. depends on the technology used. Field Networks and Protocols Remote Access to NIEs The niex9 communicates data from one field Network to The niex9 can be accessed remotely over standard WAN another and from the field Network level to the enterprise infrastructures, over the Internet using an ISP line, or and automation Network level, enabling your system to over the public telephone Network using a modem and operate as one virtual control Network .

7 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP). Most niex9 models support an external modem. Automation Level Communication NIEx9s communicate internal system data using Launcher Application peer-to-peer BACnet messaging over the IP Ethernet The Launcher is a software application that you download Network . Each niex9 shares data and can access when you browse to any Metasys server or supervisory information on the other NAEx5s or NIEx9s connected Engine on the building Network . After you install the on the Network , which enables coordination and control Launcher software, use it to launch the SMP UI. For of the entire BMS. details, refer to the Launcher Tool Help (LIT-12011742). BACnet Protocol The automation level communication also supports the BACnet protocol and facilitates the Network Integration of other systems and devices that use BACnet. Network Integration Engine ( niex9 ) for Third-Party Integrations Product Bulletin 2.

8 The niex9 supports the BACnet services and objects Modbus typically used by a workstation and a field controller Modbus is one of the most common Master-Slave device, including BACnet alarm, scheduling, trend, and communication protocols used in the industry. It is openly event services. published and royalty-free, making it relatively easy to deploy as an industrial Network . Modbus transmits raw MS/TP FC Bus bits or words, placing few restrictions on vendors. niex9 . The BACnet Master-Slave/Token-Passing (MS/TP) Field supports both Modbus RTU (RS-485, RS-232) and Controller (FC) Bus is a standard peer-to-peer, Modbus TCP/IP connectivity. Depending on the protocol, multiple-master protocol in which each master device a converter may be required to connect the niex9 to a takes turns originating messages to pass to any device Modbus Network . on the bus. Via the MS/TP FC Bus, NIEx9s can communicate with the Metasys Field Equipment Controller M-Bus (FEC) family of controllers, including FEC16 and FEC26 M-Bus (Meter Bus) is a European standard (EN 1434-3).

9 Field equipment controllers; Advanced Application Field that applies to heat meters. Heat meters measure the Equipment Controllers (FACs); VMA16 and VMA1832 heat absorbed or released by an energy-conveying liquid Variable Air Volume controllers; and IOM17, IOM27, in a heat-exchange circuit. An M-Bus level converter, IOM37, and IOM47 input/output control modules. NIEx9s such as an RS232-to-M-Bus converter, is required to can also communicate over the FC Bus with TEC26xx connect the niex9 to an M-Bus Network . For connection Series thermostat controllers and Third-Party MS/TP to the Ethernet Network , an M-Bus-to-IP level converter devices that comply with the BACnet standard protocol is required. based on ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135-2004. KNX Bus N2 Bus KNX Bus is used to control lighting, blinds and shutters, The N2 Bus is an open Johnson Controls field heating, and attendance systems. KNX (KONNEX) was communications trunk that links Application-Specific created from the EIB (European Installation Bus), Controllers (ASCs) and programmable controllers to a BatiBUS, and EHS (European Home System) protocols.

10 Supervisory controller. ASCs include Air Handling Units A KNX IP Gateway is required to connect the niex9 to a (AHUs), Unitary Controllers (UNTs), VAV controllers, and KNX Network . VAV Modular Assemblies (VMAs). Programmable controllers include the DX9100. The N2 Bus supports Metasys system compatible devices from other Third-Party Protocols manufacturers and the Metasys Integrator system. niex9 can supervise different networks that use other standards or proprietary protocols. The flexibility of the platform allows the Integration of devices on both serial LONWORKS Bus (RS-232, RS-485) and TCP/IP levels. Specified niex9 models can supervise LONWORKS devices if the Network interface follows current LONMARK . guidelines and uses the Free Topology Transceiver Dual Trunk Support (FTT10). The LONWORKS Network interface in specified You can commission an niex9 to monitor and control niex9 models supports all current LONMARK certified two Modbus, two M-Bus, or one Modbus and one M-Bus devices, including Johnson Controls devices such as: protocol integrations.