T-Studio - Controllers

Controllers is an enginery that manages front-end equipment, being integrated into THRONE

'Controllers' panel is designed for creating and managing controllers list, their configuration and binding to equipment in 'Equipment' panel. Controllers list have tree-view structure.

Any project have THRONE server by default. All of the controll systems are linked to it.

It is strongly required to have one of the control systems(KNX, HDL, Teletask) in list of controllers, otherwise Comercial firmware would not work correctly.

List of enginery

List of enginery is represented by such elements like server, control systems and commands. Top list element is THRONE server. It cant be deleted from list.

List elements are sorted in alphabetical order by name of control system first and by commands-second.

There is a dropdown menu of enginery to choose above the list. It contains control systems and their commands(it is showing either systems, or commands depending on choosed element in the list)

All of the enginery have common and unique properties.

Enginery properties

Common properties for all types of enginery:

• Number. ID of enginery. Assigned by T-Studio automatically. Not available for editing.
• Title. The name of the single enginery. Optional setting. If left empty, the identification number of the enginery unit will be displayed in the table instead of the name.
• Тип. Equipment Type. Not available for editing.

The rest of the hardware properties differ depending on the type, which is linked to the enginery.

Adding and configuring control systems

• Choose 'THRONE server' in list of controllers.
• Choose control system in drop-down menu: KNX, HDL, Teletask, Rubezh.
• Press button "Add".

There is a properties of control systems in bottom part of 'Controllers' panel. Except common parameters of enginery, every control system has unique parameters that are needed to be configured. After filling the properties it is required to press button "Save" or Enter key.

Added control system will be shown in controllers list.

Additional parameters of Teletask control system

• IP address. Address of specific Micros+, which manages an object. It is set directly by integrator in PROSOFT configuration tool.
• Port. “Port” value should be filled in case of using nonstandard port of Micros+. If the port for connection with Micros+ is standard, then input box can be empty.

Additional parameters of HDL control system

• IP address. HDL-IP gateway address.
• Port. “Port” value should be filled in case of using nondefault settings. If the port for connection with controller is standard, then input box can be empty.
• Fields “Local IP-address”, “Local port” are used only in case of several network interfaces on PC on which THRONE server is running. These fields let you set the address of network interface that is used to transfer packages between HDL-IP gateway and THRONE server. If these input boxes are empty then THRONE server will recieve packages via any available network interface.

Additional parameters of KNX control system

• IP address. KNX-IP gateway address.
• Port. “Port” value should be filled in case of using nondefault settings. If the port for connection with controller is standard, then input box can be empty.
• Fields “Local IP-address”, “Local port” are used only in case of several network interfaces on PC on which THRONE server is running. These fields let you set the address of network interface that is used to transfer packages between KNX-IP gateway and THRONE server. If these input boxes are empty then THRONE server will recieve packages via any available network interface.

Commands add and configure

After adding of control system to the list you can add commands. To add a command it used the same algorithm as for control systems:

• Choose the control system in list of controllers.
• In drop-down menu choose the command you need for selected control system.
• Press button "Add".

There is a properties of commands in bottom part of 'Controllers' panel.

After filling the properties it is required to press button "Save" or Enter key.

Added command will be shown in controllers list.

Configuring parameters of Teletask control system

• Main controller. ID of controller which was used to enter the parameters in PROSOFT configuration tool (if magement was set on one Micros+ block, then controllers number will be "1" for all commands).
• Channel. Value of the object, that is set in PROSOFT configuration tool (relay or dimmer number).

Configuring parameters of HDL control system

Value of "Subnet", "Device" and "Channel" should be taken from configuration tool that is used in project by integrator.

Configuring parameters of KNX control system

Value of "State address" and "Control address" should be taken from configuration tool that is used in project by integrator.

Changing the parameters

To change parameters you should choose the parameter you need, change it and press button "Save" or Enter key.

If parameter field is highlighted red, then the entered value is invalid and it should be changed. When you hover over the selected field there will appear a prompt which will help to solve the problem.

Press button "Cancel" or Esc key to cancel the changes.

Binding front-end equipment to controllers

To bind the equipment to controllers perform the following actions:

• in "Controllers" panel choose the command you need to bind in controlls list;
• choose an equipment in "Equipment" panel you need to bind;
• set "Simple" management type for choosed equipment in "Equipment" panel and choose "Solid" in ingidients table.
• Press button "Connect to selected front-end equipment" in "Controllers" panel(disabled button means that choosed gront-end equipment is already binded to selected controller).

Equipment is binded to controllers now.

To delete the binding you should choose the ingidient in ingridients table in "Equipment" panel and press button "Delete connection to controller".

Deletion of enginery from project

To delete the equipment, select it in the list of equipment added to the project, click the 'Delete device' , and then confirm the deletion in the dialog box. Cancelling of the deletion of equipment is impossible.

After deletion of control system or command from the project all bindings are being deleted too

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