Schneider Electric Continuum Device Configuration Parameters:
Device Name
Enter a descriptive name that eDrive will use to reference this device. Spaces and punctuation characters are allowed.
Device Type
From the drop down list, select the option: Continuum.
Polling Timeout
From the drop down list, select the value (in seconds) that will determine how long eDrive will wait for responses from this device before declaring a timeout event and moving on to its next task.
The intent of the timeout period is to allow enough time for the device to fully respond to requests from eDrive, but also allow eDrive to move on to other tasks if the device is offline and not able to respond.
IP Address
Enter the IP Address of the Continuum NetController device. If the target Continuum device is on a serial Infinet bus, enter the IP Address of the NetController that serves that Infinet bus.
Port
Enter the IP Port Number used for this device. Default port for Continuum communications is 33487.
Target Interval
Enter the value (in seconds) that represents how often this device needs to poll all of its Point Objects. eDrive will distribute its polling activities over the Target Interval and attempt to complete the polling for all of its Point Objects within the Target Interval if possible.
Example: All selected points for this device only need to be updated once every 10 minutes. Set the Target Interval to 600 seconds.
When practical, use a longer value of Target Interval to spread out the polling activities and minimize impact on network bandwidth, especially if the source points are located in Infinet controllers.
Pacing
Pacing sets the amount of time eDrive will wait before launching an additional polling thread for the same device.
If the device responds to requests quickly, before the Pacing interval is reached, no additional threads are needed.
If responses from the device take longer than the Pacing interval, eDrive will launch an additional thread to poll for point values. (see Maximum Polling Threads parameter below.)
Maximum Polling Threads
Continuum NetController (ethernet level) devices utilize a TCP stack designed to handle multiple requests in a queue for sequential processing. Performance gains are possible by allowing eDrive to send point value requests on multiple threads and utilize the device's TCP stack.
Maximum Polling Threads value can be set from 1 to 8. A value of 1 will limit eDrive to use only a single thread and poll for all Point Objects sequentially. Higher values will allow eDrive to maximize throughput to the device if it is capable.
For points in Continuum Infinet (serial bus level) devices, set this value to 1.
Schneider Electric Continuum Point Object Configuration Parameters:
Name
Enter a descriptive name that eDrive will use to reference this Point Object. Spaces and punctuation characters are allowed.
If '/' (forward slash) characters are included in the name, eDrive will create the Point Object in a hierarchical, tree structure with the '/' characters as delimiters. The tree structure will appear in the list of eDrive objects along the right hand side of the page.
Address
Enter a text string that matches the point name ('alias', 1-16 characters) in the Continuum controller.
If the Continuum point is contained in an Infinet bus controller, the Address should be entered as the Infinet Controller name followed by a forward slash '/', then by the point name.
Note! You can assign Additional Properties to any Point Object such as Offset, scaling Multiplier, History, etc. Please refer to the Additional Point Properties section for more detail.
When Device and/or Point Object configuration is complete, select the Submit Config function to save your changes to eDrive.