Danfoss NovoCon Operating guide

Operating Guide

NovoCon® Configuration Tool

Table of Contents	1.	Introduction................................................................................................................................................................	2
	2.	Getting started..........................................................................................................................................................	2
	2.1.	Electrical connection of the NovoCon® Configuration Tool.....................................................................	2
	2.2.	NovoCon® S connection to the PC.....................................................................................................................	2
	2.3.	NovoCon® M, L or XL connection to the PC....................................................................................................	3
	3.	Installation...................................................................................................................................................................	3
	3.1.	Windows driver installation..................................................................................................................................	3
	3.2.	Increasing communication stability..................................................................................................................	4
	3.3.	Setup of Modbus/BACnet communication.....................................................................................................	5
	3.4.	Setup of PC Software..............................................................................................................................................	5
	4.	Modbus user interface............................................................................................................................................	6
	4.1	Connection settings................................................................................................................................................	6
	4.2	Configuration tab.....................................................................................................................................................	7
	4.3	Operation tab.............................................................................................................................................................	7
	4.4	Browser tab.................................................................................................................................................................	8
	4.5	Firmware Upgrade tab............................................................................................................................................	8
	4.6	Import CSV Configuration tab.............................................................................................................................	9
	5.	BACnet user interface.............................................................................................................................................	11
	5.1.	Connection settings................................................................................................................................................	11
	5.2.	Configuration tab.....................................................................................................................................................	12
	5.3.	Operation tab.............................................................................................................................................................	12
	5.4.	Browser tab.................................................................................................................................................................	13
	5.5.	Firmware Upgrade tab............................................................................................................................................	13
	5.6.	Import CSV Configuration tab.............................................................................................................................	14

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1.	Introduction	The Danfoss NovoCon® Configuration Tool can be used for providing easy connection, commissioning
		and control of the NovoCon® actuators through a field bus connection. To communicate with the
		NovoCon® actuators on the network, a USB to RS485 cable and a PC with the Danfoss NovoCon®
		Configuration Tool software installed, are needed.

Figure 1

This document describes the wiring, installation procedure and how to use the NovoCon®

Configuration Tool cable and software.

Getting started

Before getting started, please check if you have all listed components from the table below.

Equipment

NovoCon® actuator

Windows 10 computer

NovoCon® Configuration Tool cable

NovoCon® Configuration tool software

The latest version of the NovoCon® Configuration tool software can be downloaded from www.novocon.com

2.1.Electrical connection Check if the NovoCon® actuators are already powered by the network, according to specifications. of the NovoCon®

Configuration Tool

2.2. NovoCon® S	If you’re using USB Configuration Tool, you should connect actuator as bellow (Figure 2).
connection to the PC
connection to the PC

Figure 2

NOTE: If you are using the Configuration Tool you need to provide the power from the network of NovoCon®.

In case the actuators are not powered from the network you can connect a 24V AC or DC power supply with a 6,5x2mm adaptor (+ on the inner connector) to the power connector mounted on the NovoCon® Configuration Tool cable.

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2.3.NovoCon® M, L or XL If you’re using new Configuration Tool, you should connect the NovoCon® M, L or XL, the figure shows connection to the PC a NovoCon® M actuator (Figure 3).

Figure 3

NOTE: If you are using the Configuration Tool you need to provide the power from the network of NovoCon®.

3.Installation

3.1.Windows driver installation

Step 1.

Plug-in the USB cable and you will receive text box message (Figure 4).

Figure 4

Step 2.

Click on the text box message and a new pop-up window will appear (Figure 5).

Figure 5

Please remember the COM port number, because it’s going to be used in subsequent steps. (on Figure 5 the port number is COM36). This is our communication port which is used for communication with NovoCon®. Click ‘Close’.

Step 3.

If the USB driver is installed properly you can also find the COM port number under Device manager (Control Panel System and Security Device manager).

Figure 6

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3.2. Increasing	For better and more stable communication (especially using the Modbus protocol), complete the
communication	following steps:
stability
	1. Go to Device Manager in your Windows taskbar searcher.

Figure 7

2.On the Device Manager window, go to the tab »Ports (COM & LPT) « and right click on the port you have connected your commissioning dongle (USB).

Figure 8

3. In the properties window of your COM port, click »port settings« and then »Advanced«.

Figure 9

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3.2. Increasing	4. In the »Advance Settings for COMX« change »Latency Timer (msec):« parameter to the lowest
communication	possible. In the example below, this is 1.
stability (continuous)
stability (continuous)

Figure 10

NOTE: This must be done for each Configuration Tool USB cable that you connect to the PC. If you connect a different

Configuration Tool cable to the PC, this configuration must be performed again.

3.3. Setup of	Either Modbus or BACnet communication protocol must be defined as the communication protocol
Modbus/BACnet	for all NovoCon® devices on the network. This is set done manually by turning the 10th DIP switch on
communication	each NovoCon® S (or the 8th.DIP switch for NovoCon® M) to ON (Modbus) or OFF (BACnet). If Modbus
	is selected, the Modbus slave ID for each NovoCon® must then be set manually via the DIP switches.
	For more information, please refer to NovoCon® data sheets. All devices on the network may be
	powered up now.

3.4.Setup of PC Software

Figure 11

Double-click on setup.exe to start the installation. The installer will guide you through the installation of the NovoCon® Configuration Tool. After installation, the Danfoss NovoCon Configuration Tool icon should appear on your desktop.

Figure 12

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