SylkDevices

IPCProgrammingTool helps you to add and configure the Sylk devices. CIPer 30 controller connection limited to 14 Sylk device. If you try to add more than 14 devices, the added device address property sheet shows Address unassigned and Status down.

Also, when you try to perform Commission Sylk Device with more than 14 sylk device add to controller, it shows an error message.

Note:

Whenever there is any change in the schedule component (SylkSchedule or EnumSchedule), you need to recommission the Sylk device. Recommission of the Sylk device enables the tool to send modified value to wallmodule.

Adding Sylk Device

To use the Sylk device, you need to add the required wall module.

To add Sylk device:

  1. Navigate to Station > Config > Drivers > IPCNetwork > LocalDevice and open Wire Sheet view.
  2. Navigate to the pallet section select ipcProgrammingTool > SylkDevices.
  3. Select the sylk device from the SylkDevices list and drop it to Wire Sheet or drop it under Lo-calDevices.
  4. If you want to add multiple sylk device, hold down Ctrl while clicking right mouse button select multiple sylk device from the SylkDevices list and drop it to Wire Sheet or drop it under LocalDevices.
  5. After adding the sylk device to Wire Sheet or under Localdevice. Double-click on the added de-vices, this action opens property sheet, you can check the power consumption and configure the sylk device. Also, user can check if the sylk configuration is downloading status or not.

    Figure 01 : Total Sylk Power Consumption data checking

    Figure 02: After Adding Sylk Device to Local Device Folder

Configuring Sylk Device

Once you have added the Sylk device to the LocalDevice folder, you can configure parameters of the Sylk devices.

To configure a Sylk device:

  1. Navigate to Station > Config > Drivers > IPCNetwork > LocalDevice and open Wire Sheet view.
  2. Navigate to the pallet section select ipcProgrammingTool > SylkDevices.
  3. Drag and drop the Sylk parameters modules from the SylkParams into the wire sheet or under the LocalDevice.
  4. Double-click on the added Sylk parameters modules. This action opens Property Sheet of the Sylk parameter. In the property sheet, you can view the list of sylk device supported by the selected parameter.

    Figure 03 :List of supported Sylk devices

  5. To view all the Sylk parameters configured for the Sylk device, navigate to the Local Device > Views > select Sylk Parameter Summary.

    Figure 04 :Sylk Parameter Summary View

For each point that you want to add, a separate configuration is required. You can filter the parameters by category. The category field of a parameter is user-defined.

With respective to workflow of the wall modules in CIPer Model 30 programming model, when you add OccupancyOverrideCommand to the wire sheet, you need to explicitly add the OccupancyStatus for the same. That is, in and out are separate.

The resource usage shown under TR40 device and different properties under this get updated when you commission Sylk device.

Figure 05: Sub-Menu of Sylk Device Resource Menu

Note:

  • Firmware Details:

    The firmware details available in the property sheet of the LocalDevice node get updated when a station is started up. You can get the firmware details manually by right-clicking the LocalDevice node, and select Actions , and click Ping .

    Figure 06: Manually Checking Firmware Details by Ping Action

    Figure 07: Ping Action Showing Firmware Details

    Figure 08: Property Sheet View of LocalDevice Showing Firmware Details Automatically Updated on Station Start up

  • Sylk Download Status:

    The flag, Is Sylk Configuration Downloaded , in the property sheet of the LocalDevice node indicates if the Sylk device is downloaded after the configuration is modified. The flag is set to either true or false, and it represents multiple Sylk devices. If you modify any parameters in any Sylk device, the flag turns to false. So, you need to commission the Sylk device to get the modifications done downloaded. On successful commissioning of Sylk device, the flag turns to true. Now you can read and write the Sylk device.

    Is Sylk Configuration Downloaded flag is also present in the individual property sheet of the all the Sylk devices. So, if you modify a property in a Sylk device, the Sylk download status flag for the corresponding device turns to false.

Deleting Sylk Device

If you want to remove the Sylk Device from a configured station, follow the below steps.

To delete a Sylk Device:

  1. Right-click on the required Sylk device from the Nav window.

  2. Select Delete.

 

Note:

Whenever you add or delete any Sylk device or modify any Sylk params, effective Sylk device will not perfor read and write function.

This modification will not impact the read and write function of other commissioned Sylk de-vice.

Validate Sylk Device

Validating Sylk device basically to verify the configuration of added Sylk device. Also, it verifies the any incorrect value entered in parameters or limitation for the configured Sylk device.

You can perform validation for all the added Sylk Devices or single Sylk Device.

To validate all Sylk Device:

  1. Navigate Config > Drivers > IPCNetwork and right-click LocalDevice.

  2. On command list, select Actions > Validate Sylk Devices.

To validate single Sylk Device:

  1. Navigate Config > Drivers > IPCNetwork > LocalDevice and right-click on Sylk device.

  2. On command list, select Actions > Validate Sylk Device.

  3. After you run the Validate Sylk Device, on the Job Log window, you view the status of the configured Sylk De-vices.

    You can perform this operation in online mode as well as while configuring Sylk devices on workstation in of-fline mode.

Sylk Ping

User can perform Sylk ping from a Sylk device or Local device. Sylk ping verifies and shows status based on device connected on the network at the configured address.

To run Sylk Ping, Navigate to the Sylk device in Nav window > Actions > Ping.

To perform Sylk Ping for multiple connected device, Navigate to the Local device in Nav window > Actions > Ping Sylk Devices.

 

Note:

User can perform ping explicitly from Sylk device or Local device, on Sylk commission auto Sylk ping will be happen on all configured Sylk devices, to verify the compatibility.