Add McQuayDevices

After adding a McQuayNetwork, you can use the network’s default “McQuay Device Manager” view to add McQuayDevices.

You need the address information for each McQuay MicroTech controller under the OPM. Also have the McQuay device documentation available, in order to map data correctly in NiagaraAX proxy points using register addresses.

To add a McQuayDevice in the network

Use the following procedure to add McQuay devices in the network.

In the Nav tree or in the Driver Manager view, double-click the network, to bring up the device manager (McQuay Device Manager).
For general device manager information, see the “About the Device Manager” section in the Drivers Guide.
Click the New button to bring up the New device dialog.

Type will be preselected to McQuay Device.
Select for number to add: 1 (or more, if multiple) and click OK.

This brings up a dialog to name the device(s), where for each you must enter its unique two-part network address as a combination of its:
- Master Node L2 Addr — 1 to 255 decimal (OPM itself is L2 address 0).
- Slave Node L3 Addr — 0 to 255 decimal.
MicroTech devices default to hexadecimal L2 = 00, L3 = FF, or in decimal L2=0, L3=255. For more details on this step, see McQuay Device Manager.
Click OK to add the McQuayDevice(s) to the network.

You should see the device(s) listed in the device manager view, each showing a status of “{ok}” and enabled as “true.”

If a device shows “down” check the configuration of the network and/or the device addresses. You can simply double-click a device in the device manager to review settings in an Edit dialog, identical to the New dialog when you added it.

After making any address changes, click Save, then right-click the device and select Actions->Ping.
The default “ping monitor” frequency for McQuayDevices is every 5 seconds—if necessary, you can adjust this from the property sheet of the McQuayNetwork (expand the “Monitor” slot) for this and other properties related to device status. See McQuayDevice.