Select Use the following IP address, enter an IP address (By default,any from 192.168.2.2 to 192.168.2.254), subnet mask (By default,255.255.255.0), default gateway (By default,192.168.2.1), and DNS server address, and click OK.
When the network connection status is Connected and an IP address has been allocated, the IG502 has been connected to the Internet with the SIM card.
To obtain the latest software version of IG502 and updated functions, please visit the Resource. To update the IG502 software version, do as follows.
Choose System > Firmware Upgrade. Select a firmware file and click Start Upgrading. After the update is completed, you are prompted to restart the system to Apply the new firmware.
Choose Edge Computing > Python Edge Computing. Select Python Engine, select an Python SDK file, and click Upgrade; when the upgrade confirmation window pops up, click Confirm. Then the IG502 automatically performs the upgrade.
To install and run Python App (App for short) in IG502, please refer to the following process, this document takes Device Supervisor as an example:
Before installing the App, you need to ensure that the Python Edge Computing Engine is enabled and the Python SDK is installed, as shown in the following figure:
Choose Edge Computing > Python Edge Computing. click the Add button and select the App package file to be installed, then click Confirm.
After importing, you can view the imported Apps, as shown in the following figure:
Select enable App and click Submit.
Once enabled, the App automatically runs and will run every time the IG502 is started.
If the installed App supports importing configuration files to modify the running mode, you can update the App running configuration by referring to the following process:
Generally, if you need to update the Python App version, you only need to import the new version of the App on the Edge Computing > Python Edge Computing page.
After the update is completed, as shown below:
To run and debug Python code on IG502, you need to enable IG502's debug mode. Choose Edge Computing > Python Edge Computing, select Enable Debug Mode. After enabling, you can develop IG502 through VS Code. How to use VS Code for Python development of IG502, please refer to Quick Start for MobiusPi Python Development.
After the debugging mode is enabled, IG502 will start an SSH server to listen on port 222 of LAN (default IP address being 192.168.2.1). The user name and password of the SSH server are displayed on the previous web page. A random password is generated every time the debugging mode is enabled or the IG502 is restarted to ensure security.
The InHand Cloud developed by InHand supports functions such as monitoring IG502 status, remote maintenance of equipment, remote batch delivery of IG502 configuration, and IG502 batch upgrade, helping users to conveniently and efficiently manage IG502 and field devices. In order to enable the InHand Cloud to remotely manage the IG502 and field devices, the IG502 needs to be connected to the cloud platform. The connection method is as follows:
Choose System Management > InHand Cloud, tick Enable InHand Cloud and configure the corresponding server address and registered account, and click Submit after the configuration is complete. The InHand Connect Service platform mainly provides users with remote maintenance channels, and the InHand Device Manager platform mainly provides users with gateway management services (such as batch remote upgrades, etc.).
After the IG502 is successfully connected to the InHand Device Manager, the status is described as Connection Accepted.
Use Ethernet or serial cable to connect IG502 and PLC, the following figure describes how to connect serial port terminals of IG502:
Please refer to 3.1 Install and Run Python App for how to install and run Device Supervisor.
Choose Edge Computing > Device Supervisor > Device List, and click Add. On the device adding page, select the PLC protocol and configure the PLC communication parameters. The following figure is an example of adding S7-1200 PLC:
On the Device List page, click Add variable, and configure the variable parameters in the pop-up box.
Choose Edge Computing > Device Supervisor > Cloud. Select Enable Cloud Service, configure the MQTT connection parameters and publish and subscribe messages (this document takes the configuration of publish messages as an example), and then click Submit. After the above configuration is correctly completed, the collected data can be monitored in the gateway and cloud platform.
IG502 supports the digital input, pulse counting, digital output, and pulse output functions. In addition, IG502 can remotely read I/O status data or report it to the cloud platform through Modbus TCP. I/O in each mode is defined as follows:
0: disconnected
1: connected
The following figure shows the connection modes.
0: 0 V DC to 3 V DC/-3 V DC to 0 V DC
1: 10 V DC to 30 V DC/-30 V DC to -10 V DC (4 mA min)
The following figure shows the connection modes.
A maximum of 3000 Hz pulse signal counting is supported, up to 4294967296. The following figure shows the connection modes.
0: Low level
1: High level. According to the external power output voltage, if no external power supply is connected, no voltage is output. The maximum voltage output is 30 V, 500 mA.
The following figure shows the connection modes.
A maximum of 5000 Hz pulse signal output is supported. The following figure shows the connection modes.
The procedure for configuring I/O and obtaining I/O status data is as follows:
The starting value is 0. After power down, the value counted by the power down is retained.
According to the frequency of 5000 Hz, the duty cycle is 50% for the pulse output.
After setting DI to the pulse counting, click Start to count the pulses received by the DI. Otherwise, do not count it. Click Reset to reset the count value to the starting value.
After setting DO to the pulse counting, click Start to output pulses based on the specified output frequency. Otherwise, do not output pulses.
Turn on the Enable switch to enable the Modbus TCP Slave function. This function allows Modbus TCP Master to read the I/O status of IG502. After you turn on the External Access switch, Modbus TCP Master outside the gateway can read the I/O status of IG502, such as the SCADA software. Set other parameters based on the site requirements. The following figure shows a configuration example.
Use Device Supervisor to read the I/O status of IG502 in Step 3 as an example. First, add a Modbus TCP controller and set the controller communication parameters based on Modbus TCP Slave.
Then, configure the data to be collected according to the Modbus mapping table. For example, read DI0 Counter Value as an example.
After the configuration is completed, you can obtain DI0 Counter Value.
The DIP switch is located on the left panel of IG502 and is used to control the pull-up and pull-down resistors of the RS-485 bus. The number of devices that the RS-485 bus can carry can be increased by selecting the pull-up and pull-down resistors. In the initial state, the pull-up resistors of COM1 and COM2 are both disabled.
Identification |
Function Description |
PU1 |
ON: Enable the pull-up resistor of COM1 OFF: Disable the pull-up resistor of COM1 |
PD1 | ON: Enable the pull-down resistor of COM1 OFF: Disable the pull-down resistor of COM1 |
PU2 | ON: Enable the pull-up resistor of COM2 OFF: Disable the pull-up resistor of COM2 |
PD2 |
ON: Enable the pull-down resistor of COM2 OFF: Disable the pull-down resistor of COM2 |
Note: In the initial state, the load capacity of RS-485 is 32, but this is only a theoretical value. In practical applications, the more nodes there are, the longer the transmission distance is, and the worse the electromagnetic environment is, the higher the requirements for the cable will be.
There are two ways to restore the IG502 to factory settings: hardware factory reset and software factory reset.
Choose System Management > Configuration Management, click the reset button and select OK. IG502 will complete the factory reset operation by itself.