Overview
This driver supports the A.O. Smith Advanced Internal Network (AIN) slave protocol. Some notes of interest are:
-Supports both comercial and residential A.O. Smith gas and electric products.
-A range of master parameters in one block may be read or written by configuring a single service object.
– May be connected along with ohter modules on the network including local and remote displays and other interface devices.
Slave settings
Baud rate
Select the desired network and baud rate
Parity
Fixed at not parity (1stop Bit)
Node Settings
Address
Fixed at 16
Service Object Settings
The AIN slave driver uses service objects to define the parameter values to capture from the master (“reading”) and to modify (“writing”). Each device object can access a renge of parameters located in one block on the master device. When reading is enabled, the driver will compare values into the database. When writing is enabled, the driver will generate a write command to the master when data values changes occur in database locations encompassed by a service object.
Description
This 32-character (max) field is strictly for user reference: it is not used at any time by the driver
Block Number
Indicates the nlock number (0…29) in wich the desired parameters are located.
Start Parameter
Defines the starting parameter number (0…255) for a range of parameters associated with this service object.
Number of Parameters
Defines the number of parameters (1…255) associated with this service object.
Database Address
Defines the database address where the first parameter of this device object will be mapped. The configuration studio will not allow entry of starting address that will cause, the service object to run past the end of the database. The highest calid database address, therefore, depends on the numer of parameters to be accessed.
Data Type
Fixed at 16-Bit Unsigned
Multiplier
The amount that associated network values are scaled by prior being stored into the databaseor after being retrieved from the database. Upon retrieval from the database, raw data is multiplied by the multiplier to produce a network (to be sent on this device). Similarly, network values (read from the device) are devided by the multiplier before being stored into the database.
Read Parameter
Check to enable reading (capturing the values of parameters from a broadcast). All read-enabled service objects are used to compare block and parameter number for each master broadcast.
Write Parameter
Check to enable writing: when values encompasses by this service object change in the internal database these changes will be written to the master on the next poll request.
ANC Gateway Converter Series interfaces A.O Smith to various Industrial Protocols including Profibus which is available in the ANC-500, Serial to Profibus Converter. ANC Gateway Converters interface to the following protocols:
RS485 Serial Protocols: The ANC-300e Gateway has the flexibility to choose Modbus Master/Slave as well as other RS485 serial protocols which include: Modbus Sniffer, A.O. Smith AIN, A.O. Smith PDNP, BACnet MS/TP Client, BACnet MS/TP Server, TCS Basys Master, MSA Chillgard Monitor, DMX 512-Master, DMX-512 Slave, M-Bus Master, Metasys N2 Master, Metasys N2 Slave, Siemens FLN Master, Siemens FLN Slave, Sullair Master, Toshiba ASD Master, Toshiba PLC Master.
Ethernet Protocols: The ANC-300e Gateway can communicate with the above RS485 protocols to Ethernet; and Ethernet to Ethernet protocols including Ethernet/IP Client/Server, AB CSP Ethernet Client/Server, Modbus TCP/IP, Profinet IO, BACnet/IP BBMD, BACnet/IP Client, BACnet/IP Server, Baumer VeriSens Client, CC-Link IE SLMP Client, MELSEC Client/Server, Generic Socket Client/Server & GreenFumeHood Client.