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Figure 1 SymmetrE Architecture

The SymmetrE R500 Architecture emphasizes the BACnet communication protocol. The LonWorks interface
with connectivity via LON Routers or Adapters and the C-Bus interface through the BNA or CBNA* are still
fully supported.

* Note that CBNA is used for the Americas, while BNA is used in Europe and Asia Pacific

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Use Station Client software or Internet Explorer

Browser
Product Data Summary
• Over 300 preconfigured standard displays
System Architecture
Client/server architecture • 1000 Standard Trends
Microsoft Windows 2012 Standard R2
• User configurable object-based custom displays
Windows Server 2012 Standard R2, Windows 10 (64
bit) and Windows 7 (64 bit) for clients • Designed for display resolution of 1280 x 1024 or
higher
Real-time database
Points: Analog, digital, totalizer, , flexible and container • Embed live video

Architectures • Embed SafeBrowse™ for secure Internet/intranet

Single server integration

Networking • ActiveX animation using VB Scripts

Uses industry-standard TCP/IP networking over • 3rd Party document integration

Ethernet
• Launch Windows applications directly from
Flexible station licensing based on the number of
displays
simultaneous connections
Controllers may be connected via Ethernet • Easy point search with wildcard support
Remote connections via WAN
• Cut, copy, and paste facilities for easy editing of
Open Systems Support text

HTML graphics • User input devices include keyboard, mouse,

LonWorks - LonMark standard (ANSI/CEA 709.1)& IzoT trackball (optional), touchscreen (optional)
4.02
• Using Windows Terminal Services - support for up
BACnet - ASHRAE BACnet standard (SSPC 135-2012) B- to 5 mobile Stations on PDAs
OWS Profile
OPC - OLE for Process Control Easy Mobile
Designed to support unlimited connections and tested
• OPC Data Access 2.0
to support over 300 concurrent users.
• OPC Alarm and Event 1.02
• AJAX base client, with no ActiveX/JVM to install
Modbus, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP
ODBC database access • Designed for GPRS 2.5 and 3G. Operable over any
LAN and WAN IP connection
Operator Interface
• Zero footprint. Compatible with all Ajax compatible
Station and HMIWeb Browser browsers (safari, IE, Firefox, Nokia, Blackberry)
Windows Server 2012 Standard R2, Windows 10 (64
bit) and Windows 7 (64 bit) • Wildcard Point search return first 60 matching
points
Internet Explorer 11
• Support for 40 most recent alarms

• Integrated operator security

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• Point Faceplate allows live updates, Point control • Operator sign-on can be restricted to certain
and alarm acknowledgement Stations and certain times

• Point faceplate links to trend widget showing • Automatic change of Scope of Responsibility by
SymmetrE historical data in simple convenient time
trend with fast, recent and shift historical data
displayed • Use Windows operator accounts or Windows
Group Accounts for authentication in SymmetrE
Mobile tablet access
• Full remote SymmetrE Station access with Real-time Database
• Database partitioning into a hierarchy of locations
tablet device
(up to 10 levels deep)
• iPad®, Android®, Windows® compatible
• Point groups
• Optimized mobile productivity & situational
Event-initiated programs include:
awareness & faster response time
• Arithmetic calculations
Operator Security
• Six levels of access to system functions: • Logic calculations

• View Only • Composite hierarchical point alarming

• Acknowledge Only • Report, task or display request activated by access

card or status change
• Operator
• Group point control
• Engineer
• Location or group alarm inhibit
• Supervisor
Alarm Management
• Manager Configurable color-coded alarm summary display page
with filtering by alarm priorities and area
• Up to 255 control levels for operator-initiated
actions • 2000 concurrent alarms in alarm list, each with a
count available for number of times occurred since
• Automatic idle time logout
last acknowledgement
• Prompt for periodic change of passwords
• Four levels of alarm priority with fifteen sub-
• Events logged by operator ID or full operator priorities
name
• Sort and filter alarms, add comments to alarms
• Individual operator profiles including Scope of
• Alarm segregation through database partitioning
Responsibility (SOR)
• Location tree summary of alarms
• Effective data partitioning of facility into different
locations • Alarm parameters can be adjusted on-line

• Command assignment to control different output • Dedicated alarm zone displays most recent highest
states priority alarm

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• All alarm and return-to-normal conditions logged in Alarm Pager

event summary • Transmits alarms to pagers using PET, TAP or
UCP protocols. This enables SMS alerts to be
• Individual or page acknowledgment of alarms
sent to Mobile Phones.
• Automatic link to optional alarm instruction page or
associated display page • Transmits alarms to email using SMTP

• Alarm handling responses logged into event • Transmits alarms to SNMP managers as SNMP
summary traps.

• Additional messages can be attached to an alarm Events

System events created for all:
• Alarm acknowledge (writes through to controller)
• Operator changes
• Individual alarm prioritization of different input
states for the same point • Point state changes

• Single line alarm processing (recurring individual • Alarms

alarms can be displayed as a single alarm with a
• Alarm acknowledgment
count)
• Manual controls
• Alarms and events can trigger reports
• And for many other system activities
• Alarm annunciation can use custom sound files
(*.wav) • Event file limited only by disk space available

• Automatic alarm priority elevation if alarm un- • Simple archiving of events to off-line storage media
actioned • Simple retrieval of off-line events for reporting
• Alarm shelving to temporarily prevent distracting Historization
alarms
Virtually unlimited historical record of both live and
Analog point alarm types include: derived data can be stored.
Intervals include:
• PV High
• 1, 2 or 5 second snapshots
• PV Low
• 1 hour snapshot
• PV High High
• 8 hour snapshot
• PV Low Low
• 24 hour snapshot
• Deviation High
• 6 minute average
• Rate of Change
• 1 hour average
• Transmitter High

• Transmitter Low • 8 hour average

• 24 hour average

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Collection is configured per point criteria occurring over a

Composite point parameters can all be put in history range of time.
All points Lists all points which match Crystal
Archive to off-line local or network attached storage
a specified search criteria.
Trends Microsoft Runs a Microsoft Excel Custom
Excel spreadsheet. Report
Multiple formats include:
Point Lists all information about Crystal
• 1000 trend displays State Time Periods matching a
Changes specified search criteria.
• Multi Line (points and events)
Application Development
• Multi-Line (trend with events)
• Enterprise Web Services – collection of
• Single (bar graph) APIs that allow custom interfaces, queries
or web pages to openly interface with
• X Y Plot (point plot) SymmetrE

• Numeric (tabular) • Microsoft Excel Data Exchange: Wizard for

getting point and history data into
• On-line change of trend type
Microsoft Excel from SymmetrE
• Up to thirty-two parameters on one trend
• Configurable sample densities • User Scan Task Kit: allows development of
loosely integrated controller interfaces
• Configurable sample periods
• Time of interest entry Quick Builder
• Individual pen enable/disable • Graphical engineering tool
• Rubber band zoom • Preconfigured typical system databases
• Hairline cursor readout
• Easy creation of point, hardware, Stations
• Copy and paste trend data to Microsoft Excel
and printers
• Embed trends in custom displays
• Hierarchical system modeling

• Multipoint edit
Reports
• Periodic, demandable, or event driven • User defined fields
reports
• Import/export facility
• SymmetrE Standard Reports
include:
Report Description Type HMIWeb Display Builder
After Lists all points changing Crystal Object-based display building package with dynamic
Hours state matching a certain display objects such as:
search criteria occurring • Shapes
over a specified range of
time. • Live Video
Alarm/Ev Lists all alarms or events Crystal
ent matching a certain search • Alphanumerics

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• Checkboxes Product Specifications

• Card Image Server Platform

• Processor: Intel Xeon Quad-Core 1.8GHz (E5-2403
• Comboboxes
v2 or equivalent)

• Pushbuttons • Memory: Minimum of 8 GB RAM

• Keyboard: with 12 function keys
• Charts
• Display Resolution: 1280 x 1024 x 65K colors
Many standard drawing features including: • DVDROM Drive
• Tool Palette • Network Protocols: TCP/IP

Color palette • Pointing Device: Mouse

•
• Hard Disk: 250 GB drive (NTFS)
• Alignment
• Operating system: Windows 2012 Standard R2

• Group/Ungroup • Browser: Internet Explorer 11

• Snap to grid Operator Station (Client) Platform

• Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460S 2.9 GHz or higher
• Zooming
• Memory: 4 GB minimum
• Resizing objects • Display Resolution: 1280 x 1024 x 65K colors
• Hard Disk: 50 GB drive (NTFS)
• Horizontal and vertical spacing
• Keyboard: 12 function keys
• Library of commonly used symbols
• Pointing Device: Mouse

• Remote engineering support • Operating systems: Windows 2012 Standard R2,

Windows 10 (64 bit), Windows 7 (64 bit)
Internationalization • Network Protocol: TCP/IP
Support for operator interface in localized languages
• Browser: Internet Explorer 11
Controller Support
Database Sizing:
Software Options The SYMMETRE base package includes licensing for
• Alarm Pager 250, 500 or 1000 points.
Additional licensing for points can be purchased in
• Microsoft Excel Data Exchange
quantities of 250 Point to a maximum of 30,000 points
per single SymmetrE Server.
• EasyMobile Service

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SymmetrE Interfaces
SymmetrE LonWorks Interface
The SymmetrE LonWorks Interface uses the SymmetrE Lon Point Server (LPS) to communicate to LON devices
via Echelons’ LNS Server. The SymmetrE Lon Point Server can be installed on either the SymmetrE Server PC or
on a separate PC and it controls the communication between SymmetrE and LNS and the LonWorks network.
See the diagram below for a visual representation of all these components.

SymmetrE
EBI showing showing LonWorks
EBI LonWorks Interface
Interface via SymmetrE
via EBI Lon Point Server
Lon Point
(LPS) ServerLNS
and Echelon (LPS) and Echelon LNS server
server

SymmetrE
EBI LON Point
Server
metrE(LPS) EBI
SymmetrE
LonWorks
LNS
Interface
LonWorks EBI
Server
SymmetrE
Server
Interface Server

TCP/IP

i.LON i.LON
Router Router

LON bus

XL10 and 3rd party

controllers

Figure 4 SymmetrE Server with SymmetrE Lon Point Server, LNS database showing SymmetrE LonWorks Interface

The SymmetrE LonWorks Interface allows devices based on LonWorks technologies to be interfaced to a
SymmetrE Server. The interface allows data to be read from or written to a LonWorks device. This data is
read/written as LON Network Variables (NVs) or Configuration Properties (CPs are read only).

If you are using LonWorks Point Server or Excel 5000 via LON, you will need an Activation Key for the Echelon
IzoT Network Server (i.e. LNS) software for each machine that will connect to a LonWorks Network. The
process for purchasing these keys is documented in the ‘LNS Server’ section on page 37, but please
NOTE that these keys will have some lead time so should be purchased well in advance.

The new IzoT server no longer needs device credits.

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The SymmetrE LonWorks interface supports the following Honeywell devices.

• XL10 Variable Air Volume (VAV II) Controller
• XL10 Unit Vent (UV) Controller
• XL10 Constant Volume Air Handling Unit (CVAHU) Controller
• XL10 Fan Coil Unit (FCU) Controller
• XL10 Hydronic (HYD) Controller
• XL10 Chilled Ceiling (CHC) Controller
• XL12
• XL500 (no templates, no alarms, no schedules)
• XL50 (no templates, no alarms, no schedules)

For each of these devices there is a standard template file that defines the device’s parameters, and a set of
standard detail displays that can be used to graphically display information about the device. Having the
standard template and graphic display greatly reduces the engineering effort required to integrate a LonMark
device.

SymmetrE R500 is shipped with XML templates and device displays which support the full functionality of
these Honeywell devices. In addition, XML templates and device displays that support only the standard set of
LonMark functionality (a subset of Honeywell functionality) are also provided.

The SymmetrE LonWorks interface is also able to integrate 3rd party devices that conform to other LonMark
functional profiles. Generally these devices should be of a similar complexity to the Honeywell XL10 family of
devices e.g. lighting controllers, sunblind controllers, or power meters. To support 3 rd party devices a field
engineering effort may be required to generate the device description (XML template) and the device detail
display however there is a utility called the LonWorks Template Wizard provided by SYMMETRE that converts
from LonWorks device profiles (*.xif files) to SymmetrE Template files (*.xml files).

LonWorks Interface Physical Connections

The following physical connections from a SymmetrE Server to a LON Network are supported:

• PCLTA-10 and PCLTA-20 are PC Cards that communicate with the LON Network via a free topology
transceiver connection (FTT-10).

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SymmetrE Server with PCLTA

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P C LTA
XL10
and
3 rd
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Figure 5 SymmetrE Server and Lon Network connected via PCLTA

• Ethernet to LON Bus router, such as the Echelon i.LON 600 router or Loytec L-IP router. This is the
recommended way to connect SymmetrE to a LON network.

SymmetrE
E B I w ithwithi.Li.LON
O N EEthernet to LON
th e rn e t to L O NRouter
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LonWorks Interface Limitations

• Dial-Up to LonWorks networks is not supported

• Points in the XL50-LON and XL500-LON are accessible directly through this interface if they are
apped to NV’s. This access is only for points mapped onto LON NV’s and would only be a subset of the
information available via the normal Excel 5000 Interface. Other functionality such as Alarming,
Scheduling and trending via LON is not supported directly by the LonWorks interface. It is possible to
communicate via the Excel 5000 Interface across the LON bus and access the full range of Excel 5000
functionality by using the Excel 5000 Interface. Please see the section on the Excel 5000 Direct
Interface (Point Server) below for more information on how to do this.
• There are no standard mechanisms for alarming and scheduling defined by LonMark. In each project
please consider whether these are required and how they would be achieved. The SymmetrE
LonWorks interface supports alarming definitions in the XML template for each device.
• The SymmetrE LonWorks interface in SymmetrE R500 is provided by the SymmetrE LonWorks Point
Server and LNS server. Only one logical LON network can be connected to a single LNS database, but
many physical segments can be created by using multiple Ethernet routers. If multiple LON Networks a
required then multiple LonWorks Point Server / LNS Servers are required. The LonWorks Point Server
can be configured to run on a different PC to the SymmetrE Server if required.
• It is possible to segregate a LonWorks system into logical groupings and manage the networks
separately. For Example, one LON network representing one office/shop but, manage all remote
offices from a single LonWorks Point Server.
• Standard device template files need to be localized to handle local engineering unit conventions and
also local language conventions. This may also impact the device detail displays.

Excel 5000 Direct Interface (Point Server)

The Excel 5000 Direct Interface is a newer interface developed using the Point Server technology. The point
server communicates to the Excel 5000 controllers and then passes this information up to the SymmetrE core
software. The point server only updates information in SymmetrE when the field values are being trended or
when they are being viewed on a display. This means that the traffic on the C-bus is much reduced. The Excel
5000 Direct Interface in SymmetrE is designed to perform the same as XBS on a bus designed with the same
limitations as XBS system. Unless the system is being upgraded from previous SymmetrE releases, this will be
the standard (default) C-bus interface in the base package.

Note: The Excel 5000 Direct Interface and the Excel 5000 (scan task) Interface cannot coexist on the same
system.

Excel 5000 Direct Advantages

• Controller based alarming – alarms need only to be configured within the Excel 5000 controllers and
they will then report their alarm conditions up to SymmetrE. No alarm limits need to be defined in
SymmetrE.
• Easy Engineering – most of the point engineering is done in CARE. You only need to engineer specific
SymmetrE parameters for points within SymmetrE or QuickBuilder.
• Native data point representation – points in Excel 5000 controllers are represented in their native
format

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• Easy upgrade of XBS or XBSi – no bus engineering changes are necessary when upgrading from an XBS
or XBSi system to SymmetrE if you use the Excel 5000 Direct interface

Controller Support
The Excel 5000 Direct Interface supports the following controllers:
• XL50 (including XL50 LON)
• XL80
• XL100
• XL500 (including XL500 LON)
• XL600
• O-link
• XL800
• Zone Manager

The Excel 5000 Direct Interface allows SymmetrE to download schedules to the Excel 500, Excel 800 and Excel
50 controllers. This is done through Global Schedules. A Control Location is created for Excel 5000 schedules.
When this control location is included in a SymmetrE Global Schedule and downloaded, the schedule will
update the relevant schedule within the controllers.

The Excel 5000 Direct Interface, because it is a point server interface, can reside on a PC other than the
SymmetrE Server PC. It is also possible to have multiple Excel 5000 Direct Point Servers on the one single
SymmetrE system. This is similar to the way Networked XLNet Nodes operate with the older Excel 5000 (scan
task) interface.

Up to 10 Excel 500 (or 800) Point Servers can connect to a single SymmetrE Server.

Excel 5000 Direct Physical Connections

The following types of physical connections are supported from a PC running the Excel 5000 Direct Interface:

• LON Connection via i.LON router or PCLTA for controllers which support a LON connection

• Ethernet-connected Building Network Adaptor (BNA-1CS or BNA 2CS) to C-bus

• XPC500 card to C-bus (existing systems only)

LonWorks Connection
It is possible to communicate to the Excel 500 and Excel 50 controllers via a physical LON bus. The
communication still uses the SymmetrE Excel 5000 Direct Interface and the C-bus protocol but the physical
connection to the devices is via a LON bus. In this way, SymmetrE can access schedules and alarms as well as
point values in these controllers i.e. do anything that was possible across a C-bus directly excluding firmware
downloads. This communication is achieved by “tunnelling” C-bus protocol messages through a physical LON
communications bus. This functionality is part of the Excel 5000 Direct Interface. However, the devices and
LON network must still be configured through a LON tool such as LonMaker or CARE that has an LNS database.
In order to configure the LNS database, you will need LNS device credits. These can be purchased as part of
LonMaker (they are included in LonMaker device credits) or when you purchase CARE or you can purchase
them through the SYMMETRE specifier by selecting the “LNS and 1 LNS device credit” option. You only need

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LNS to define the physical LON network: devices and routers. You do not need to define any LON NVs or CPs if
you are accessing the Excel 5000 devices through the SymmetrE Excel 5000 Direct Interface only.

You can also communicate to the XL500-LON and XL50-LON devices via the SymmetrE LonWorks Interface
(through the SYMMETRE LON Point Server) as described in the previous section. The SymmetrE LonWorks
Interface is a licensed option in SymmetrE R500. You can install the SymmetrE LON Point Server if you already
have LNS installed. This allows you to bind data in the controllers to NVs or CPs and bind data between
different LON controllers. It is not possible to access alarms or schedules in the controller through the
SymmetrE LonWorks Interface. This must be done through the Excel 5000 Direct Interface.

In summary, if the system is only communicating with Excel 5000 controllers and is only using the LON bus as
the physical transport, then you only need the Excel 5000 Direct Interface. If, however, you are mapping Excel
5000 points into LNS for the purposes of using them as part of a LON system, then you need the SymmetrE
LonWorks Interface as well (which comes as part of the SymmetrE base software).

SymmetrE Excel 5000 Direct interface via LON

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Figure 8 SymmetrE with Excel 5000 Direct Interface connecting via LON

BNA Connection
Honeywell produces a device called the Building Network Adaptor (BNA) that allows a C-bus to be connected
directly to Ethernet. The BNA acts as a kind of terminal server allowing an Ethernet connected SymmetrE
system to communicate with Excel 5000 controllers on a C-bus.

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Two models of Honeywell Building Network Adaptor (BNA) are now available to connect Excel 5000
controllers to SymmetrE via Ethernet: the BNA-1CS, which has a single C-bus connection (Q7055C1009), and
the BNA-2CS (Q7055C1017) that has two C-bus connections. These devices are capable of C-bus
communications up to 76,800 baud. Currently, there is a nominal limit of 20 BNAs per Excel 5000 Direct Point
Server or NXN PC. By adding an additional PC running the Excel 5000 Direct Point Server, you can effectively
add another 20 BNA connections. The C-Bus BNA is listed for use in a UL Smoke Control System provided all
networking guidelines for UL systems are met.

SymmetrE and Excel

EBI and Excel 5000 Direct
5000 Direct via BNA
via BNA

SymmetrE EBIServer
Addittional
with Excel 5000 with
Server
Excel PC with
Direct Interface
5000 Excel 5000
Direct Direct
interface Interface

BNA BNA

C-bus C-bus

Figure 9 SymmetrE with Excel 5000 Direct Interface connecting via BNA

XPC500 Connection
This has been withdrawn from sale with SymmetrE R500. It is only available with upgrades

Serial connection
This old legacy interface has been removed from SymmetrE R500.

Excel 5000 Dialup

Warning! Projects that require Dialup functionality must use the new Excel 5000 Direct Dialup feature.
Excel 5000 (scan task) Dialup connections are no longer available in SymmetrE R500.

Dialup via Excel 5000 Direct

The Excel 5000 Direct Dialup interface is used where Excel 5000 controllers are geographically remote from
the SymmetrE Server and the LAN or WAN it connects to. With Excel 5000 Direct Dialup, the SymmetrE Server
and the Excel 5000 controller communicate with each other via modem and the Public Switched Telephone
Network (PSTN).

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Figure 10 SymmetrE Excel 5000 Direct Dialup Architecture

Benefits of using Excel 5000 Direct Dialup vs. Excel 5000 Scan Task Dialup:
• The XPC500 card is no longer required
• Windows modems are supported (example: COM port or USB modems)
• Possible to use wider range of communication mediums (examples: PSTN, ISDN, GSM, or Radio)

LNS Server
In order to configure LON devices for use with the SymmetrE LonWorks Interface, an Echelon LNS Server is
required.

The Echelon IzoT Net Server replaces LNS Turbo (3.2) that was used in the previous release of Symmetre.
SymmetrE R500 will automatically install the IzoT Net Server.

The IzoT Network Server (i.e. LNS) software is being used for each machine that will connect to a LonWorks
Network. An Activation Key is required. This key comes with one or more product licenses. Activation Keys can
be purchased via the Echelon website. Click the BUY NOW link at http://www.echelon.com/products/net-
server/izot and use their eStore to purchase an OPENLNS SERVER STANDARD KEY (part number 38200-400).

The process for purchasing these keys is also documented in the SymmetrE R500 Software Release Bulletin.
Please NOTE that these keys will have some lead time so should be purchased well in advance.

For systems with LNS Server upgrading to SymmetrE R500, the LNS server will be removed with a note to
remind the user that they need to purchase a copy of IzoT Net Server locally.

Note: If using LNS Server, you are bound by the license agreement for LNS Server from Echelon. This is shown
at the end of your SymmetrE license certificate.

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Open Systems Interfaces

Microsoft Excel Data Exchange

Excel Data Exchange is a Wizard provided to work in conjunction with Microsoft Excel to retrieve information
from the SymmetrE database. The information that is available from SymmetrE is point value information.

Microsoft Excel Data Exchange supports the following:

• Read/write access to point data, user tables and history

• The use of Wizards to help the user set up the data to be accessed from the SymmetrE Server
• Point IDs can automatically be displayed
• The Point Parameter can automatically be displayed
• Historical records can be selected by date and time as well as an offset
• Data can be updated either periodically or as a snapshot
• Data can optionally be displayed either vertically or horizontally

BACnet Direct Client

Starting with SymmetrE R500 the BACnet Direct Client is included in the base packages for free. For systems
upgrading to R500 it can be ordered as an additional option. SymmetrE BACnet support provides extensive
BACnet Operator Workstation functionality (BACnet Direct Client) and enhanced BACnet Gateway
functionality (BACnet Server). The BACnet Direct Client enables SymmetrE to provide a “view” into a system
with a number of BACnet devices or gateways. SymmetrE can be used to present this information on graphics
displays or consolidate information into reports. The BACnet Direct Client in SymmetrE R500 provides support
for an increased range of BIBBs (BACnet Interoperability Building Blocks) including support for intrinsic alarms.

The BACnet Direct Client is a Point Server interface. This enables BACnet objects to be “discovered”
automatically by the SymmetrE. By entering the name of the BACnet object, SymmetrE will then scan the
network for an object matching that name. This greatly reduces engineering effort when configuring a BACnet
system.

If you order the BACnet Direct Client, you will be licensed to use both the BACnet Direct Client (point server)
and the existing BACnet Client (scan task) (as used on SYMMETRE R110 and SYMMETRE R100). It may be
useful to use the old BACnet Client with devices that do not support intrinsic alarming since you can then use
standard SymmetrE point alarming. The BACnet Direct Client supports the setting of command priorities.

For details about BACnet conformance, please obtain a copy of the latest BACnet PICS statement from your
local Product Managers.

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BACnetBACnet Direct Client

Direct Client

SymmetrE
Server with
EBI
BACnet
BACnet
Server with
Client Client
BACnet

LAN

BACnet
Device

Figure 12 SymmetrE BACnet client

BACnet Server
A BACnet Gateway (BACnet Server) is a system or device that can provide status, value and alarm information
in a BACnet format to other systems. The SYMMETRE BACnet Server can act as a BACnet Gateway and provide
information about all its controllers to another BACnet client in the BACnet format. This enables other BACnet
compliant systems to see all point data in SymmetrE as the SymmetrE BACnet Server can make this available.

BACnet Conformance
The ASHRAE BACnet standard defines a Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) that defines
the BACnet capabilities for a product.

The latest BACnet PICS statements for both the SymmetrE BACnet Direct Client and SymmetrE BACnet Server
are available. For details about BACnet conformance, please contact your local product manager for the latest
BACnet PICS statement.

When using BACnet to communicate with other devices or systems, you will need to review the SymmetrE PIC
statement in conjunction with the PIC statement about the other devices or system to ensure compatibility.
Please review these statements carefully for exact BACnet compliance.

Both the SymmetrE BACnet Direct Client and BACnet Server support BACnet over IP.

Note: 1) BACnet has been successfully used to communicate with the Webs (Tridium) JACE V controller.

2) SymmetrE Excel 5000 Direct interface automatically creates BACnet Server representations of Excel
5000 Direct points. For other point server points, you need to create derived points in SymmetrE
manually before BACnet Server can see these points.

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BACnetBACnet
Server Server

Third
Thirdparty
Party
BACnet Client
BACnet Client
BAC

LAN

SymmetrE
EBI
Server with
Server
BACnetwith
Server
BACnet
BACnet Server

Figure 13 SymmetrE acting as a BACnet Server

OPC Client
The SymmetrE OPC (OLE for Process Control) Client allows cost effective and easy integration to a large and
growing number of previously unsupported devices and systems. In many cases where SymmetrE device
support once required development of a dedicated SymmetrE interface, an OPC Server is now available.

OPC Servers are typically written by the device manufacturer or a 3rd party software house, and can be easily
integrated to the SymmetrE OPC Client. It is recommended that this method of device integration be
investigated before considering a dedicated SymmetrE interface. Both OPC 2.0 and OPC 1.0a for data access
are supported. This provides read/write access to standard analog and status point information. This does not
support alarming.

Note: The SymmetrE OPC client supports OPC Item names up to 64 characters.

OPC Server
The SymmetrE OPC Server complements the Open Systems abilities of SymmetrE. It makes all SymmetrE point
parameter data available for use in other systems that act as OPC Clients. The OPC Server can also
communicate to other SymmetrE systems using the OPC Client. The OPC Server supports all mandatory OPC
interfaces, including an automation interface for application development in Visual Basic. Both OPC 1.0a and
OPC 2.0 are supported.

Note: For point server points, you must create derived points in SymmetrE before the OPC server can expose
these points to other systems.

For more information about OPC, contact the OPC Foundation at http://www.opcfoundation.org/

OPC Data Transfer

OPC Data Transfer is the new data transfer mechanism in SymmetrE that utilizes the OPC framework. In legacy
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point details between controllers as well as point servers (Example: EXCEL 5000 Direct to BACnet Direct). The
advantages of the OPC Data Transfer mechanism are that it supports redundant SymmetrE Servers, is easier to
setup than a value transportation algorithm or point script, and is more reliable with an optional trace logging
functionality.

Modbus interface license

Provides serial interface to Modbus controllers such as the Modicon 584 and 984 PLC's using Gould MODBUS
protocol. Consult the Gould Modbus Protocol Reference Guide (PI-MBUS-300 Rev B, January 1985) for more
information. Only functions 01 to 06 are supported. One Modbus interface is required for each SymmetrE syst
connected to Modbus controller or emulating devices.

Modbus is a defacto industry standard for communicating with controllers. Many suppliers provide MODBUS
compatible controllers, which accept MODBUS cards – allowing easy interface to SYMMETRE.

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Technical Notes
1. The interface is based on the addressing structure of a Modicon 984. Not all controllers with a
Modbus interface follow this convention. Some PLCs start their addressing at 0, and others start at 1.
Different bit arrangements may also be encountered. In any of these cases, it is still possible to
successfully engineer a solution using the SymmetrE Modbus interface.
2. Four different types of floating point numbers are supported.
3. SymmetrE R500 supports configurable data formats for Modbus devices.
4. Additional information is on the SymmetrE CD or SymmetrE Help File Documentation under Interface
and Controller Reference > Modbus Interface Reference.

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Additional Options
Alarm Pager
The Alarm Pager option allows alarms from configured points to be sent to external systems as follows:

• To alphanumeric pagers or digital mobile phones with text message (SMS) support, as supported by
the local pager provider

• To an internet email address in the format “name@domain”

• As an SNMP message to be sent to an SNMP manager (client)

The system is very flexible. If alarms from a few critical points are required, a point list can be set up via a
configuration display. For complete unmanned operation, area assignments can be assigned to individual
pagers so that all alarms in a particular area are sent to the appropriate pager. Both the alarm line and the
alarm message can be sent.

A system-wide ‘Page Delay’ of up to 60 minutes can be set, which can be used to allow the operator time to
handle the alarm on-site before the alarm details are sent externally.

Each pager’s schedule of operation (days of the week, and hours during the day) can be configured so that
alarm paging can operate 24 hours a day, or only on after hours shift, and weekends. There are 100 logical
devices in the system.

In addition, each paging device can be configured to have an ‘escalation’ or backup device, allowing an alarm
that remains unacknowledged to be sent to another device after a configurable period of time. Using this
mechanism, with its associated priority threshold, allows sophisticated ‘chains’ of escalation to be easily
created.

For paging to the telephone system, a standard modem is all that is required, as the Alarm Pager option uses
an available COM port on the SymmetrE server. Please note that Alarm Pager cannot be connected to
SymmetrE via a Terminal Server. Alarm Pager supports the PET PG1 / TAP and UCP paging protocols for
telephone paging.

For SNMP support, SymmetrE provides its own SNMP message format. You will need to configure the name of
the SNMP manager and the community to which the SymmetrE alarms will belong.

For email paging, you must have IIS (Internet Information Server) installed on your SymmetrE Server with
SMTP enabled.

Note: The alarm pager’s email functionality only works with a pre-established TCP/IP connection (i.e. a
permanent office LAN). It does not work with a dial up Internet connection, as there is no way for SymmetrE
to manage dial ups and disconnects.

Honeywell EasyMobile Client

The EasyMobile client is a text based interface to the SymmetrE system that allows monitoring, control, basic
trending, alarming, and alarm acknowledgement of points. Operators use the same login as station, are bound
to Operator Scope of Responsibility, and all control actions are logged to SymmetrE events log. The

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EasyMobile client is browser agnostic, meaning it will work with any modern browser interface, that supports
HTML 5, and has been tested on Firefox, Safari, iPhone, Windows Phone, Google Chrome and Internet
Explorer 9 or higher. No ‘app’ required. Zero Install.

The EasyMobile client is designed for both spec compliance and also to support after hours remote access for
Honeywell Field support personnel needing to login and monitor / control key plant information from their
mobile tools.

EasyMobile is licensed as a 1 off per server option. Easy.

Enterprise Web Services (EWS)

Extending the power of EBI is much simpler using the new Enterprise Web Services (EWS). These modern web
services provide a simplified collection of APIs that allow custom interfaces, queries, web pages or business
systems to openly interface with EBI. EWS Basic, which is an orderable option in SymmetrE R500 is similar to
Web Toolkit and allows to read and write point parameters.

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Platform support permanently removed in SymmetrE R500

This section lists operating systems and Microsoft Internet Explorer versions no longer supported with
SymmetrE R500.1. Refer to the Compatibility Matrix for the complete list of supported operating systems and
Internet Explorer versions.

SymmetrE Server Operating Systems:

Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7

SymmetrE Point Servers and Client Operating Systems:

Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 7 (32 bit)

Microsoft Internet Explorer:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9

ExcelWeb is a registered trademark of Honeywell Inc.

Microsoft, Windows 2012 R2 Server, Windows 10, Windows 7, Microsoft SQL Server and Internet Explorer are registered trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation

BACnet® is a registered trademark of ASHRAE.

LONMARK®, LONWORKS® and the LONWORKS® logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation.

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