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Establishing a Connection with the nano EDGE ENGINE Device

Once a nE2 device extension is added to the device, it can be used to connect to that controller. The connection is established through a dedicated IP address and port, which can be different from the Bacnet connection to the device.

About page with the Version of nE2Link module is displayed when device is added for the first time or disconnected

Connection

1. Right-click on the nE2DeviceExt on your device, to show the context menu.
   Select Actions/Connect (TCP/IP) or Actions/Connect (USB) from the context menu depending on your method of connection to the device.

   

2. A pop-up connection window will open. Fill in the following slots:

   

3. Fill in the following information in the connection parameters pop-up window.
   • IP Address: The nano EDGE ENGINE device address. This can be different from the IP Address used for the BACnet connection;
   • Port: The iFnet protocol port. Default is port 88. Ports 1-65535 are allowed;
   • User Name: nano EDGE ENGINE username. Default is "admin";
   • Password: nano EDGE ENGINE password. Default is "admin";

   Note:     If connecting over USB, the IP Address will be filled in with the special address used for USB connection and will not be editable.

   Note:     The default password must be changed after the first connection to the device in device platform

4. Click OK to establish the connection with the nE2 device.

LED Progress Indicator

After clicking OK in the connection popup dialog, Niagara connects to the controller and loads the application. The progress can be supervised by the LED indicator on the nE2DeviceExt.

Table 1: LED Indicators

LED Color	Display	Description
Grey		Disconnected
Orange		Connecting
Yellow		Connected, Application Loading from nE2 Device in Progress
Green		Connected, Application from nE2 Device Loaded

Connected

After successfull connection, Info page appears. There are shown several data about device, such as

• Communication Status
• Status
• Device Name
• Device Model
• Serial Number
• OS Version
• I/O - available types and counts
• Interfaces - available types and counts
• Current Time
• Uptime
• CPU Load
• Available Datapoints

Additional options

Right-click on the nE2DeviceExt on your device, to show the context menu and click Select Display Mode to choose one of the possible modes:

• Standard Mode: shows basic slots
• Developer Mode: shows more slots

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