pCOWeb

User manual

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WARNINGSCAREL bases the development of its products on decades of experience in HVAC, on the continuous investments in technological innovations to products, procedures
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equipment. CAREL may, based on specific agreements, acts as a consultant for the positive commissioning of the final unit/application, however in no case does it accept
liability for the correct operation of the final equipment/system.
The CAREL product is a state-of-the-art product, whose operation is specified in the technical documentation supplied with the product or can be downloaded, evenprior to purchase, from the website www.carel.com.
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The customer must only use the product in the manner described in the documentation relating to the product.
In addition to observing any further warnings described in this manual, the following warnings must be heeded for all CAREL products:
prevent the electronic circuits from getting wet. Rain, humidity and all types of liquids or condensate contain corrosive minerals that may damage the electronic circuits.
In any case, the product should be used or stored in environments that comply with the temperature and humidity limits specified in the manual;
do not install the device in particularly hot environments. Too high temperatures may reduce the life of electronic devices, damage them and deform or melt the plastic
parts. In any case, the product should be used or stored in environments that comply with the temperature and humidity limits specified in the manual;
do not attempt to open the device in any way other than described in the manual;
do not drop, hit or shake the device, as the internal circuits and mechanisms may be irreparably damaged;
do not use corrosive chemicals, solvents or aggressive detergents to clean the device;
do not use the product for applications other than those specified in the technical manual.
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NO POWER& SIGNAL
CABLESTOGETHERREAD CAREFULLY IN THE TEXT!

WARNING:separate as much as possible the probe and digital input signal cables from the cables carrying inductive loads and power cables toavoid possible electromagnetic disturbance.
Never run power cables (including the electrical panel wiring) and signal cables in the same conduits.

DISPOSAL
The product is made from metal parts and plastic parts.
In reference to European Union directive 2002/96/EC issued on 27 January 2003 and the related national legislation, please note that:
1. WEEE cannot be disposed of as municipal waste and such waste must be collected and disposed of separately;
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returned to the distributor at the end of its working life when buying new equipment.
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4. the symbol (crossed-out wheeled bin) shown on the product or on the packaging and on the instruction sheet indicates that theequipment has been introduced onto the market after 13 August 2005 and that it must be disposed of separately;
5. in the event of illegal disposal of electrical and electronic waste, the penalties are specified by local waste disposal legislation.

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CONTENTS
PREAMBLE......................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
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PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCT..............................................................................................................................................................7
1.1
1.2

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FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
USER INTERFACE: BUTTON and LEDS...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................8

INSTALLATION ON THE pCO CONTROLLER .............................................................................................................................................9
2.1
2.2

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ASSEMBLY.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
LABELS SUPPLIED ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9STARTING FOR THE FIRST TIME – ACCESSING pCOWeb FROM A COMPUTER ........................................................................... 10
3.1

CONNECTING pCOWeb DIRECTLY TO A PC .............................................................................................................................................................................................................10
3.1.1
PC configuration..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................10
3.1.2
Connection, starting pCOWeb and activating the default network settings (Button).........................................................................................................................123.1.3
LED signals when starting and during normal operation ..........................................................................................................................................................................13
3.1.4
Accessing pCOWeb from a PC.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
3.2
ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PC AND pCOWeb VIA A NETWORK....................................................................................................................................14

FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

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4.1

WEB SERVER: CUSTOM PAGES......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
4.1.1
Creating HTML pages.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
4.2
ACCESSING THE USER MEMORY VIA FTP...................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
4.3
EVENT NOTIFICATION: E-MAIL, FTP PUSH, SNMP TRAP/INFORM .......................................................................................................................................................................20
4.3.1
Events generated upon variations in the value of a variable ....................................................................................................................................................................20
4.3.2
Generation of the XML file................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
4.3.3
Setting the common properties to all events ...............................................................................................................................................................................................23
4.3.4
Setting the notifications set upon variations in the variables....................................................................................................................................................................25
4.3.5
Scheduled events (generated at time intervals) ..........................................................................................................................................................................................27

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CLOCK AND LOGGER................................................................................................................................................................................... 29
5.1
5.2
5.3

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CONFIGURING CLOCK WITH pCO SYNCHRONIZATION........................................................................................................................................................................................29
CONFIGURING CLOCK WITHOUT pCO SYNCHRONIZATION...............................................................................................................................................................................29
LOGGER AND GRAPHS ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................30

SNMP................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4

OVERVIEW OF SNMP .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
THE pCOWeb SNMP TREE ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34
MIB FILE...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
BASIC SNMP CONFIGURATIONS FOR pCOWeb.......................................................................................................................................................................................................35

BACNET............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36

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7.1
7.2
7.3

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BACnet/Carel Mapping ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
BACnet/MODBUS Mapping............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
BACnet features .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
7.3.1
Alarming................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
7.3.2
COV Subscriptions ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
7.3.3
Commandability..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
7.3.4
Schedules..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38
7.3.5
Default Factory Settings.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................38

MODBUS OVER TCP/IP................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
8.1
8.2
8.3

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OVERVIEW...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
BASIC DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
COMMANDS SUPPORTED..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39

BASIC CONFIGURATION AND AUXILIARY FUNCTIONS....................................................................................................................... 40
9.1
9.2

BACKING UP THE CONFIGURATION OF THE pCOWeb..........................................................................................................................................................................................40
ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................40
9.2.1
Authentication dialogue box for accessing the Administrator area .........................................................................................................................................................41
9.2.2
Configuration - Starting page: Information (pCOWeb Summary page) ................................................................................................................................................41
9.2.3
Displaying the main page .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
9.2.4
Useful contacts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................42
9.3
GENERAL INFO AND RESTORING THE DEFAULT SITUATION...............................................................................................................................................................................43
9.4
SETTING THE NETWORK COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS..................................................................................................................................................................................43
9.4.1
Network configuration .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
9.5
SETTINGS RELATING TO pCOWeb - pCO COMMUNICATION..............................................................................................................................................................................44
9.5.1
Extended range ad functionalities ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................45
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PLUGINS..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
9.6.1
Installing a Plugin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
9.6.2
Uninstalling a Plugin...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
9.7
PROTECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................49
9.7.1
Access rights to the custom HTML pages......................................................................................................................................................................................................49
9.7.2
Users of the operating system .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
9.8
VARIOUS TESTS: PING - pCO VARIABLES – NOTIFICATIONS - VERBOSITY........................................................................................................................................................51
9.9
RESTARTING pCOWeb.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
9.9.1
Restarting pCOWeb using the button ............................................................................................................................................................................................................53
9.10 FIRMWARE UPDATE..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
9.10.1
Procedure for updating the firmware from web pages..............................................................................................................................................................................54
9.10.2
Procedure for updating the firmware via FTP (block A only) ...................................................................................................................................................................55
9.10.3
Rescue mode .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
9.11 pCO APPLICATION UPDATE...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................................................................................... 59

APPENDIX A

MAC ADDRESS - STATIC OR AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESS (DHCP). ................................................................................ 61

APPENDIX B

IP ADDRESSES, PROXY SERVER, SUBNET MASK, DNS, GATEWAY............................................................................... 62

APPENDIX CAPPLICATION - pCO – pCOWeb COMMUNICATION ..................................................................................................... 65

APPENDIX D

ArGoSoft: A FREEWARE MAIL SERVER ................................................................................................................................. 66

APPENDIX E

FileZilla Server: A FREEWARE FTP SERVER.......................................................................................................................... 69

APPENDIX F

Trap Receiver: A SIMPLE TRAP / INFORM RECEIVER ....................................................................................................... 70

APPENDIX GCAREL TAGS FOR pCOWeb HTML PAGES -THE PW_DEMO.HTML PAGE................................................................. 71

CAREL TAGS FOR HANDLING THE pCO VARIABLES..............................................................................................................................................................................................................71“var”: read / write a variable ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................71“setres”: outcome of a write page ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
CAREL TAGS FOR HANDLING THE pCOWeb CONFIGURATION FILES .............................................................................................................................................................................74“getdb”: read a pCOWeb parameter from a file..........................................................................................................................................................................................................74“setdb”: write a pCOWeb parameter to a file ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................75“checkdbsel”: check whether the value of a parameter in a file is “selected”................................................................................................................................................76“checkdbradio”: check whether the value of a parameter in a file is “checked” .........................................................................................................................................77
INFORMATION TAGS: macaddress, fw_release, bootvalues, ipaddr_eth0, date..........................................................................................................77
SPECIAL TAGS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78
TYPICAL ERRORS INVOLVING THE TAGS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78
EXAMPLE: THE PW_DEMO.HTML PAGE....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78

APPENDIX H

Library “pw_ajax.js” and CGI “xml.cgi”................................................................................................................................ 81

Overview............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
Minimum Requirements................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
How to read variables.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
API...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................81
getParams...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................82
parseResults (only from version A142)...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
Tips ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
Advantages........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83
Disadvantages ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................83

APPENDIX ISTRUCTURE OF A pCOWeb PLUGIN ........................................................................................................................................ 84

CONFIGURATION FILES.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
HTML CONFIGURATION PAGES..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
Structure of the ntp_client.html page for configuring the NTP Plugin.........................................................................................................................................................................84
EXECUTABLE FILES..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
The ntp.sh script file.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
START-UP SCRIPTS ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
Structure of the start-up scripts .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86“Highlight” script.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................87
PLUGIN NAME .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
PLUGIN DIRECTORY .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................88
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE pCOWeb GNU/Linux OPERATING SYSTEM ...........................................................................................................................................................................88

INDEX ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 89
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PREAMBLE
This manual has been designed with care to allow the detailed use of the product.
Please do not hesitate to contact CAREL Industries S.r.l with any information on imprecision, oversights or suggestions for easier understanding; your suggestions will
help improve the quality of the following editions of this document.
Contact: pcoweb@carel.com.

1 PRESENTATION OF THE PRODUCTpCOWeb – order code PCO1ØØØW*Ø - is an accessory for the pCO* series products (excluding the pCOB* series) and more in general for CAREL products fitted witha serial port and communication via the “CAREL supervisor” data protocol.
pCOWeb acts a “gateway”, that is, a translator between the “CAREL supervisor” data protocol and the Ethernet network protocols commonly used to connect thecomputers in a building.
On the pCO* series products it is installed on the “Serial board” port (also called “serial card 1” or “BMS"), from where it also receives the power required for operation.
The cover supplied protects pCOWeb, especially when removing the network connector.
The pCOWeb firmware can also be updated by the user.
This manual refers to firmware version A1.4.2. – B1.2.1. To check the version loaded on the pCOWeb, see chapter 8 on page 39 and Figure 9.d on page 42.

Figure 1.a - pCOWeb: example of network connection

In the example shown in Figure 1.a above pCOWeb is connected to an internal network. If suitably configured, the personal computers in the internal network cancommunicate with pCOWeb using one of the various standard network languages included on pCOWeb.
The server connects the external network or “Internet” to the internal network or “Intranet”.
Usually in a network, the exchange of data between Internet-Intranet is only enabled for some devices and only for some types of communication. These decisions aredefined by the network administrator.
This manual only covers the configurations of the pCOWeb and the more simple types of networks. For further information, see specific publications on the topic of “datanetworks”.

1.1 FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE
pCOWeb connected to an Ethernet network provides the following functions:
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WEB server: used to check or change the operating status of the pCO controller using a remote computer running, for example, Internet Explorer or
Mozilla Firefox; dynamic web pages developed by the user can be added; supports CGI and Ajax technologies; supports protection for accessing web pages;
Logger: pCOWeb can record the values of some of the pCO controller variables in a file on its non-volatile memory; the file can then be downloaded to a
PC using Internet Explorer;Graphs: the trends over time of the data saved with the Logger function can be viewed on graphs;
E-mail: pCOWeb can send e-mails when programmable events occur on the pCO controller (activation of alarms, exceeding of thresholds) or at set timeintervals; a file in XML format can be attached containing the values of the variables;
FTP PUSH: pCOWeb can send a file in XML format containing values of the variables to a suitably configured computer; the send operations can be
programmed in the same way as for send the e-mail messages (upon event or at set times); the file is sent using the FTP protocol;

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SNMPv1 & v2: to access pCOWeb from a computer using supervision software based on the SNMP protocol. pCOWeb can send programmable enterprise
TRAP or INFORM packets for alarm notifications;
MODBus over TCP/IP: pCOWeb supplies information to a MODBus master requesting it over TCP/IP;
BACnet Ethernet ISO8802-2 over 8802-3: to access the pCO controller using supervision software based on the BACnet Ethernet protocol;
BACnet/IP (Addendum A/Annex J): for access using supervision software based on the BACnet/IP protocol;
FTP server: used to copy data files or web pages from/to pCOWeb in a simple manner, using programs based on dragging icons from one window toanother;
DHCP: used to connect pCOWeb to a local network using the method of automatic addresses assignment by a central server, rather than statically setting theaddresses on the individual devices; DHCP is active by default;
Plugins: used to add additional applications developed by CAREL or by the user in script or compiled format;
Firmware update: the pCOWeb firmware can be updated from a computer;pCO Application update: pCOWeb is able to update the pCO application (not the BIOS) of every type of pCO* controller (supernode included), except for
pCO2*.

1.2 USER INTERFACE: BUTTON and LEDS
pCOWeb features (Figure 1.b) a button (PUSHBUTTON) and two indicator lights (STATUS LED and
ETHERNET LED).
Functions of the buttonWhen starting up the pCOWeb, this is used to select, for network communication,
whether to use the factory parameters or the user parameters (see 3.1.2 on page 12 forthe procedure);In normal operation, reboots pCOWeb without needing to disconnect the power supply(see 9.9.1 on page 53 for the procedure).
Meaning of the LEDs
Status LED: displays information on the communication status between pCOWeb andthe pCO, and must normally be green and flash around 3 times a second; in special
circumstances it displays the operation of service activities, such as the restart of theinternal program on the pCOWeb, the remote updating of the program, or others. See
the table below.
Table 1.a - Status LED signals
Status LED
Green flashing (3 times/sec)

Meaning
Regular pCO-pCOWeb communication

Red flashing slowly (once every 2 seconds)
Single red flash and then flashing green

pCO-pCOWeb communication not establishedSingle pCO-pCOWeb communication error, one failed
response from the pCO or attempt to write a variablewith an index higher than 207
Rescue mode
pCOWeb reboot phase

Red steady[Off, then] green-red repeated in rapid
succession, then green steady for 1-2 minutes
Green steady for 1-2 minutes
Red – Off slow (1 second – 1 second) repeated
3 times
Red – Off fast (3 times a second) repeated 3
times
Green-red repeated alternating (once a second)
Red steady followed by green-red a number oftimes

pCOWeb reboot phase
Recognition of button pressed during the reboot for
selecting the factory parameters (rather than the Userparameters)
During the reboot, confirms the selection of the factory
parameters by pressing the button
During the firmware update, writing block B to nonvolatile memory
During the update firmware, writing block A to nonvolatile memory

Figure 1.b - MAC address and indicator LEDs

Notes
When running demanding tasks (sending a large
number of notifications), this may be green steadyfor a few seconds
Check the settings in paragraph 9.5 on page 44
After 5 failed responses, the Status LED starts
flashing red until communication resumes
See 9.10.3 on page 55
See 9.9 on page 53
Wait for the conclusion of the reboot
Release the button to confirm, see 9.9.1 on page 53

See 9.9.1 on page 53
Do not interrupt the power supply, see 9.10.1 on
page 54
Do not interrupt the power supply, see 9.10.1 on
page 54

Ethernet LED: displays the status of the physical network connection (Ethernet connection signals), regardless of whether the network parameters are correct;
usually this must be green and flash when the data transits.
Table 1.b - Ethernet LED signals
Ethernet LED

Green steadyGreen flashingRed

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Correct Ethernet data connection signals
Correct Ethernet data exchange
No Ethernet signal detected

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Notes
See 3.1.3 on page 13

2 INSTALLATION ON THE pCO CONTROLLER
2.1 ASSEMBLY
Equipment required:
a 3 mm flat-head screwdriver;
a map of the installation (only when installing two or more pCOWeb devices);a pair of scissors.

Figure 2.a – pCOWeb and the accessories supplied

Figure 2.b – Removing the cover from the pCO controller

IMPORTANT: to avoid damage, before inserting pCOWeb, disconnect power to the pCO controller.

Figure 2.d – Securing pCOWeb with the cover

Figure 2.c – Inserting pCOWeb in the pCO controller

2.2 LABELS SUPPLIED
Each pCOWeb is uniquely distinguished by its own MAC address. The network administrator may at times
need to check the MAC address of each pCOWeb installed.
The MAC address is shown on the label applied to the connector, and on the two labels included in the
packaging; in the example shown in Figure 2.e, the MAC address is: 00.0A.5C.10.00.81
Once installed, pCOWeb may however no longer be accessible.
Therefore, during installation use the scissors to separate the two labels supplied and apply one inan easily accessible position near the pCO controller on the outside of the electrical panel.
If more than one pCOWeb device is installed, a map of the installation should be created, applying thesecond label provided in the packaging onto the map for each pCOWeb, corresponding to its physicalposition; in this way, the network administrator can be provided with precise documents on where thepCOWeb devices and corresponding MAC addresses are located.
Figure 2.e - MAC address and indicator LEDs

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3 STARTING FOR THE FIRST TIME – ACCESSING pCOWeb FROM A COMPUTER
This chapter guides the user, even non-experts, in establishing a connection between the pCOWeb and a personal computer.
The first part of the chapter describes the pCOWeb – cable – personal computer (PC) connection, without involving an Ethernet network.
Nonetheless, a pCOWeb can be accessed from a PC even if these are not connected together directly, but via a network (paragraph 3.2 on page 14); the latterprocedure is more complex, as it also requires the settings of the network devices that are normally managed by the administrator. Consequently, it is recommended to
first try the direct connection. In any case, once having accessed the device, the basic configurations can be completed (chapter 8 on page 39) and pCOWeb preparedfor connection to the network.

3.1 CONNECTING pCOWeb DIRECTLY TO A PC
This connection is used to access pCOWeb from a computer connected by cable.
Normally this type of connection is used to test operation on the bench or to initially configure
pCOWeb for an installation that does not use “DHCP” automatic address setting (see 9.4 on page 43).
Paragraph 3.2 on page 14, on the other hand, describes the network connection procedure.
Equipment required:
A computer running, for example, Internet Explorer™ and fitted with an Ethernet network
interface; if pCOWeb is already installed in the final destination and cannot be removed, aportable computer is handier.

A crossover network cable (recent computers do not require the crossover cable; a normal
cable can be tried in any case: if the crossover cable is required, this will be establishedwhen connecting).
Figure 3.a - Direct PC-pCOWeb connection
Starting situation:

pCOWeb installed on the pCO controller (see paragraph 2.1 on page 9);
pCO controller NOT powered.
IMPORTANT: if the pCO controller is connected in the final installation, before powering up contact the installation manager.
The steps to be completed are as follows:
1. Configuration of the PC for direct connection to pCOWeb.
2. Connection and start-up of pCOWeb to check correct installation.
3. Activation of the factory network settings (button).
4. Access to the pCOWeb from the PC.

3.1.1 PC configuration
INFORMATIONThe PC can communicate with pCOWeb if the settings on both devices are correctly aligned.
As the pCOWeb default settings can only be changed once the connection has been established with the PC, when first accessing the device the personal
computer will need to be configured to adapt it to the pCOWeb default settings.
A – disconnect the personal computer from the data network (if connected), and connect it directly to the pCOWeb using the cable (crossover).
B – IP ADDRESS AND SUBNET MASKINFORMATION
The personal computer must be set not to use the DHCP, but rather thefollowing IP address: 172.16.0.2. The Subnet mask field also needs to be set;
the Gateway is not required.
For further information on the meaning of these parameters, see APPENDIX A
on page 61 and APPENDIX B on page 62.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

On the Windows PC click the mouse on the “Start” button at the bottom left
Choose “Settings”
Click “Control panel”
Double click “Network and dial-up connections”
Double click “Local area connection”
Click “Properties”: the window shown in Figure 3.b (left) is displayed
Double click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”: the window shown in Figure 3.b (right) is displayed.

Figure 3.b - Network settings

Note down all the settings shown in the new window: this will be useful for returning to the original settings when the procedure is terminated, so that the PC
can again communicate with the data network it was previously connected to. In the example shown in the figure, the PC was using an IP address obtained
automatically from the DHCP server in the data network.
Then:

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9.

Click “Use the following IP address” (Figure 3.c);Set the following parameters:
IP address = 172.16.0.2
Subnet mask = 255.255.0.0

10. Click the OK button to close all the windows.
C – PROXYINFORMATION
The following procedure tells the personal computer to not use the network device called the “proxy” forcommunication: in fact, the PC is not connected to the network and if the “proxy” is not disabledcommunication would not be possible.
1.
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3.
4.

Open the Windows “Control panel”.
Double click “Internet options”; the window shown in Figure 3.d above (left) will be displayed.
Click “Connections”. Another window (Figure 3.d - right) will be displayed.
Click “LAN settings…”

Figure 3.d – Setting the proxy – steps 2, 3, 4

Figure 3.e – Setting the proxy – steps 5, 6, 7
5.
6.
7.

Note down the settings.
Disable the proxy server.
Close the windows using the OK button.

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Figure 3.c - Assigning an IP address to thePC3.1.2 Connection, starting pCOWeb and activating the default network settings (Button)
Connection
1. Connect pCOWeb to the Ethernet connector on the PC using a crossover cable (Figure 3.f below).

Figure 3.f – pCOWeb - PC connection

Starting
2.
3.

Switch on the pCO controller.
Check that both the indicator LEDs on the pCOWeb connector come on within a few seconds (Figure 2.e on page 9). If this does not occur, see 3.1.3 on
page 13.

Activating the factory network settings (button)
INFORMATIONthe activation of the factory settings or the user settings can only be selected when starting the pCOWeb.
pCOWeb will reboot whenever it is restarted.
pCOWeb can be restarted without disconnecting the power supply: see 9.9 on page 53.
4.
5.
6.

7.

Immediately after reboot, as soon as the Status LED remains on steady GREEN, to activate the factory settings rather than the user settings, hold the button;
after around 20 seconds the Status LED, due to the button being pressed, will turn RED and flash slowly 3 times; the button must be released before thenend of the 3 flashes;once the red flashes have terminated, the Status LED will turn GREEN and, if the procedure has been performed correctly, immediately after the Status LED
will confirm the pressing and release of the button by flashing quickly 3 times RED, and then will come on steady GREEN again for around one minute(completion of the start-up phase);
once the start-up phase has been completed, the Status LED will start flashing: pCOWeb will now start operating; Table 1.a and Table 1.b on page 8 show
the meanings of the visual indications represented by the two LEDs.

In this mode pCOWeb will not use the values of the “User” parameters for communication, but rather the following values (see 9.3 on page 43: View factorybootswitch parameters):
IP address: 172.16.0.1
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
NOTE 1

These values remain active until pCOWeb IS RESTARTED (see Figure 3.g below). When next rebooted, if the button is NOT pressed, pCOWeb
will return to the “User” configuration (see chapter 8 on page 39).

NOTE 2

These values are part of the “Bootswitch parameters” and, unlike the user parameters, cannot be modified. The Bootswitch parameters arenever copied over the user parameters.

NOTE 3

By default, the pCOWeb “User” values activate DHCP mode for network communication.

Figure 3.g - Operation of the “Bootswitch parameters” and of the user parameters.

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3.1.3 LED signals when starting and during normal operation
Immediately after reboot, the Status LED and Ethernet LED must come on as described below. If remain both off, check:
the correct installation of pCOWeb on the pCO controller;the connection of the power supply.
The Status LED (pCOWeb status and pCOWeb-pCO communication, see Table 1.a on page 8) behaves as follows immediately after reboot:
1. Remains off for 2 seconds;
2. then flashes quickly green/red for a further 2 seconds;
3. then comes on GREEN steady for around one and a half minutes (unless the button is pressed, see 3.1.2 on page 12);
4. then starts flashing GREEN or RED:
GREEN flashing: pCOWeb has completed the start-up phase and is communicating correctly with the pCO;

RED flashing: pCOWeb has completed the start-up phase but is not communicating with the pCO: this may be due to incorrect settings of thepCOWeb or some of the parameters on the pCO; the default parameters ensure correct communication, therefore this situation will only occur if
the parameters have been changed. In this case, after having established the PC-pCOWeb connection, check the communication settings (see 9.5
on page 44);
RED without flashing: Rescue Mode (see 9.10.3 on page 55).

GREEN without flashing for at least 3 minutes: fault; contact CAREL Industries S.r.l. service.
The Ethernet LED (see Table 1.b on page 8) is GREEN in normal conditions. If it remains red, the causes may be:
the PC is off;or the connector has not been inserted on the pCOWeb;
or the connector has not been inserted on the PC;or: the cable is not working, or the PC requires a crossover cable and this has not been used.

3.1.4 Accessing pCOWeb from a PC
On the PC open Internet Explorer; in the address field enter the following number, including
the dots:
172.16.0.1
then press ENTER.
IMPORTANT

Before pressing ENTER wait for pCOWeb to complete the start-up phase(check that the Status LED is flashing normally), otherwise the required web
pages will not be sent to the PC.

Figure 3.h - Opening the index.html pageThe pCOWeb main page “index.html” will be displayed (see Figure 3.i below).
IMPORTANTThis page can be customised by the user, and by default appears as shown in Figure 3.i below. If it has been modified or deleted, the custom page or
nothing will be displayed; in these cases,
remember that a copy of the factory page isavailable in read-only memory.
To recall the factory page (even if index.html
has been deleted or modified), type:172.16.0.1/defindex.html(to save this as index.html, access the User
memory via FTP, see 4.2 on page 17, andcopy the file /usr/local/root/defindex.html to
the /usr/local/root/flash/http/ directory,
renaming it index.html; any customised
index.html page will be overwritten).

This page provides access to the page for configuring thefunctions of the pCOWeb. The network communication
parameters should be configured immediately.
See chapter 8 on page 39.
NOTE 1NOTE 2

Remember that if pCOWeb is now rebooted (forexample, switching the pCO controller off and on
again) without pressing the button again as
described in 3.1.2 on page 12, pCOWeb will use
the user-set IP address; if this is different than thefactory value, it may be impossible to connect topCOWeb (this situation is described in paragraph 3.2 on page 14).

Figure 3.i – The default “index.html” page

At the end of procedure, restore the previous configuration on the PC so as to be able to access the network again.

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3.2 ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PC AND pCOWeb VIA A NETWORKStarting situation:

pCOWeb installed on the pCO controller (see chapter 2 on page 9).
NOTE: if the controller is connected to the final installation and is not already on, before switching it on contact the installation manager.
pCOWeb already connected to the Ethernet network; in this case, a standard cable (NOT a crossover cable) is used to connect pCOWeb to the network
node.
pCOWeb network communication parameters already correctly configured.
Knowledge of the IP address of the pCOWeb being connected to.
PC already connected and configured for the data network.
In the following example, the IP address of pCOWeb is assumed to be 10.0.3.114.
1.

2.

On the PC, open Internet Explorer and type the address of the pCOWeb(example 10.0.3.114), then press ENTER.
IMPORTANT
the pCOWeb must have completed the start-up phase(check that the Status LED is flashing normally); otherwise
the required web pages will not be sent to the PC.
If the network administrator has already correctly fitted the network devices,
pCOWeb will be accessible from the PC and the pCOWeb main page(index.html) will be shown. This page can be customised by the user; bydefault the page appears as shown in Figure 3.k below.

Figure 3.j - Opening the index page

Figure 3.k – The default “index.html” page

If the page is not displayed:check that the computer has effective access to the data network (for example, try using Internet Explorer to access other sites with assured
accessibility);check the indicator LEDs on the pCOWeb, with reference to paragraph 3.1.3 on page 13 (the role of the PC in this case is performed by theswitch or the hub);
consider that the PC can access pCOWeb only in one of these conditions:o the network server features a proxy: in this case, the PCs connected to this type of network have already been set to use the proxy; thenetwork administrator needs to modify the settings of the proxy on the server to make pCOWeb accessible from the PC;o or the network does not feature a proxy or in any case this is not intended to be used: on the PC disable the use of the proxy; if the IP
addresses of the PC and pCOWeb are incompatible for direct communication (see APPENDIX B on page 62) the administrator must
set the “gateway” network device for communication between devices with incompatible IP addresses;o or the IP addresses of the PC and pCOWeb are already compatible for direct communication (see APPENDIX B on page 629): in thiscase it is normally sufficient to disable the proxy on the PC (see point C in paragraph 3.1.1 on page 10); remember that disabling theproxy usually prevents access from the PC to other Internet sites; remember to enable it again when needed.
To avoid losing access to other sites, as an alternative the proxy can be disabled only for one or a few IP addresses:
see point C in paragraph 3.1.1 on page 10, however with the variants shown in Figure 3.l on page 15 (example for pCOWeb with IP
address 10.0.3.114).

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Figure 3.l - Disabling the proxy for some IP addresses

To ensure compatibility for direct communication, as an alternative to the procedures described above, the PC can be configured sothat it responds not only to the IP address already set, but also to a second IP address that is compatible for direct communication
with pCOWeb.
IMPORTANTIn this case, request the support of the network administrator, as any IP address that is assigned to the PC must be
previously authorised.

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4 FUNCTIONSThis chapter provides a guide to the use of the functions on the pCOWeb.
When parameters need to be set, references are made to chapter 9 on page 39.

4.1 WEB SERVER: CUSTOM PAGESThe “WEB server” function of the pCOWeb allows a PC running Internet Explorer to display the web pages saved on the pCOWeb.
The web pages can be divided into:

configuration pages (chapter 9 on page 39), which reside in read-only memory;
custom pages that can be added by the user, which reside in USER MEMORY space (non-volatile, read / write).
In the custom pages, as well as the typical commands of the HTML standard, other commands (“tags”) can be added as per the CAREL standard; this allows read or write
access to the supervisor variables of the pCO controller.
ACCESS RESTRICTIONS
Access restrictions can be defined for all or some custom pages. Whenever a protected page with access restriction is called, pCOWeb displays a login dialogue box
requiring the Username / Password for the specific restriction (see 9.7.1 on page 49).
CGI SCRIPTCGI scripts can be developed in bash language or compiled languages. These must have the .cgi extension and must reside in the usr-cgi directory(usr/local/root/flash/usr-cgi), otherwise they will not work.
Whenever one or more CGI scripts is modified, click the “Adjust HTML pages attributes” link (see 9.3 on page 43).
For a guide to CGI script for the pCOWeb see the documents available at http://ksa.carel.com.

4.1.1 Creating HTML pages
To create pages for the pCOWeb, a PC and knowledge of HTML are required. The area dedicated to pCOWeb on KSA, http://ksa.carel.com, features simple web pages
for the standard CAREL applications, which can be used as the starting point for creating custom web pages.
The description of HTML is outside of the scope of this document. Numerous guides are available on the web, for example:

http://www.w3schools.com/

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/

http://www.htmlhelp.com/
Also refer to the documentation available at http://ksa.carel.com.
APPENDIX G on page 71 lists the CAREL tags and describes an example of the default demo page resident on the pCOWeb. Other pages are shown in APPENDIX I on
page 84 (“Plugins”).
To create a simple HTML page, the Notepad application can be used on the PC, typing the following lines and saving the file as “example.html”:<html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><h1>pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br>
MAC address: <%macaddress%></html>Figure 4.a - Example of a simple HTML page(the <%macaddress%> string is a CAREL tag that returns the MAC address of the pCOWeb).
To load the page created to the user memory, proceed as follows:
1. connect the PC to the pCOWeb, making sure that the PC can access to the HTML pages on the pCOWeb (see chapter 3 on page 10);
2. access the user memory via FTP (see paragraph 4.2 on page 17);
3. transfer the file of the page created to the area (/usr/local/root/flash/http/) reserved for custom HTML pages.
NOTE
The pCOWeb web server considers:/usr/local/root/as the root directory; each page must be located inside this directory (or subdirectory).
4.

Display the HTML page loaded by typing the location and name in the Internet Explorer address field:
http://10.0.0.145/example.html
then press ENTER.

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If a directory called “newdir” was created and the page was loaded into this directory, theaddress would be:
http://10.0.0.145/newdir/example.html

IMPORTANT

Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and others create a copy of thepages visited in their cache, and when the page is next called the contents may beloaded from the cache, rather than requesting an update from pCOWeb. This meansthat at times the desired result is not displayed, above all with dynamic pages such as
those used on pCOWeb.
The browsers, nonetheless, feature of a specific command to force them to update thepages from the web server (for example Ctrl+F5 requests the page from the server, F5
could load from the cache).
Ctrl+F5 should be used whenever there is doubt that the result may haven been
loaded from the cache on the PC.

Figure 4.b – How the HTML page created is displayed

4.2 ACCESSING THE USER MEMORY VIA FTP
pCOWeb features an FTP server that is used to access the user memory and load or retrieve files, for example custom HTML pages, configuration files, log files.
To use this function, the PC should be installed with an FTP client; for example SmartFTP™ (http://www.smartftp.com) or FileZilla (http://filezilla-project.org/), used as theexample in following procedure (for other software the procedure is similar).
PROCEDURE
1. Download, install and run SmartFTP™ on the PC.
2. Create a new “Remote Browser” and enter the data
as shown in the Figure 4.c below.
NOTE
The IP address should be replaced withthe address of the pCOWeb; the default
Username and Password are: httpadmin/ fhttpadmin; paragraph 9.7.2 on page
50 describes how to change thisinformation, and paragraph 9.3 on page
43 shows how to read the current
information.
The following examples assume that thecurrent data being used are httpadmin /fhttpadmin and the IP address is10.0.0.145.

3.

4.

Once having selected the OK button, the contentsof the user memory will be displayed (pathFigure 4.c – SmartFTP™: creating a new “Remote Browser”
usr/local/root/flash/http/); if this is not the case:check the suggestions shown in chapter 3 on page
10: if the PC cannot access at least one HTML page on the pCOWeb, it will not beable to access via FTP;
check that the PC is not running a firewall to block unwanted connections; forexample, in Windows XP “Windows Firewall” is normally active, and in the default
configuration this blocks FTP communication; to modify the settings, open the“Control panel”, select “Windows Firewall” and disable it (Figure 4.d).
IMPORTANT

Some FTP clients do not use the request from pCOWeb to open
the user memory for “httpadmin” (/usr/local/root/flash/http/), butrather show the contents of the root position; the user needs tomanually go to /usr/local/root/flash/http/.

Figure 4.d – Disabling Windows Firewall

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5.

Create a new “Local Browser” (Figure 4.e);a new window will be opened showing the contents of the PC (Figure 4.f below).
Then simply drag the directory or files from one window to the other, or alternatively delete the files.
IMPORTANTThe pCOWeb web server considers:/usr/local/root/as the root directory; each page must be located inside this directory (or subdirectory).
Figure 4.e – SmartFTP: creating a new
Local Browser

Figure 4.f – SmartFTP with the “Remote Browser” (left) and “Local Browser” (right) windows
The path for entering the web pages and the customised directory is:/usr/local/root/flash/http/Figure 4.g describes the memory on thepCOWeb and highlights the volatile andnon-volatile (read/write or read-only)
memory areas.

Figure 4.g –pCOWeb memory: volatile and non-volatile memory

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6.

Alternatively, to use Internet Explorer as the FTP client, type:

ftp://httpadmin:fhttpadmin@10.0.0.145

Figure 4.h – Using Internet Explorer as the FTP client

This solution is not recommended, however, as it is not suitable for copying files from the PC to pCOWeb; in addition, previous versions of Internet Explorer had
problems in navigating the memory space outside of the areas used for the HTML pages (configuration files …).
7.

Alternatively, Windows Explorer can be used (see Figure 4.i below), typing in:

ftp://httpadmin@10.0.0.145

Figure 4.i – Using Windows Explorer as the FTP client
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in the address field, confirming with Enter and specifying the password, fhttpadmin:

Figure 4.j – Using Windows Explorer as the FTP client“Explorer” automatically shows the contents of the /usr/local/root/flash/http/ directory, but does not allow navigation outside of this directory. In this case,files can be transferred from pCOWeb to the PC and vice-versa.

4.3 EVENT NOTIFICATION: E-MAIL, FTP PUSH, SNMP TRAP/INFORM
Notification messages can be programmed to be sent when asynchronous or scheduled events occurred.
The following types of notification messages are managed:E-mail, the body of which can contain customised text or a web page with the values of the pCO controller variables read at the moment the message wassent; possibility to attach a custom XML file containing the values of the variables;XML file, identical to the one sent by e-mail, but in this case delivered by FTP (FTP PUSH function);
SNMP TRAP or INFORM messages, which can contain up to 5 values of selected pCO variables.
INFORMATION
To be able to send e-mails, pCOWeb must have access to an SMTP server on the local network or the Internet: pCOWeb sends the e-mail to the server anda PC can then access the server and download the messages that have been sent to it.
APPENDIX D on page 66 presents the ArGoSoft Mail Server, a freeware application downloadable from the Internet that, once installed on the PC, can receive
e-mails from the pCOWeb and then forward them to an e-mail client, for example Microsoft Outlook. This server is recommended for running tests without
necessarily having to access an external server.


To be able to send files via FTP, pCOWeb must have access to a PC on the local network or on the Internet that is running an FTP server application that canreceive such files.
APPENDIX E on page 69 presents FileZilla Server, a freeware application downloadable from the Internet that, once installed on the PC, can receive files from
pCOWeb via FTP.
This server is recommended for running tests without necessarily having to access an external server.

To receive the SNMP TRAP or INFORM messages sent by pCOWeb, a PC must be available, on the local network or on the Internet, which is running a
supervisor based on the SNMP protocol.
APPENDIX F on page 70 presents Trap Receiver, a freeware application downloadable from the Internet that, once installed on the PC, can receive and show
the notifications TRAP / INFORM from pCOWeb.
This server is recommended for running tests without necessarily having to use an SNMP supervisor.

4.3.1 Events generated upon variations in the value of a variable
pCOWeb can be set to send a notification when the value of a pCO controller variable changes.
The types of messages sent can be selected separately for each variable. For the settings see 4.3.3 on page 23 and 4.3.4 on page 25.
Digital variables
The notifications can be sent upon the following transitions:
0→1 only
1→0 only
both
Example 1
E-mail and FTP PUSH programmed to be sent when digital variable 12 changes from 0→1.
0→1
send both notifications
1→0
nothing sent
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Example 2
E-mail and FTP PUSH programmed to be sent when digital variable 12 changes from 0→1 and 1→0.
0→1
send both notifications
1→0
send both notifications
Analogue and integer variables
For analogue and integer variables, the value that crosses a programmable threshold generates an “activation” event; if the threshold plus hysteresis is crossed
backwards, a “return” event is generated.
For each variable, the following can be set:
the direction for crossing the threshold considered as “activation”;

send notifications: only upon “activation” or upon “activation” and “return”;

the threshold (numeric value or content of a pCO variable);the hysteresis (numeric value or content of a pCO variable) for the return event.
In addition, two identification strings can be customised that are common to all the variables(default: “alarm fired” / “alarm reenter”), to be included in the e-mail and SNMP
notifications to identify the activation and return events.
Example 1 (Figure 4.k)
FTP PUSH and SNMP TRAP programmed to be sent for analogue variable 8 only
upon activation when increasing, with threshold 20.5 and hysteresis 1.5.
18→20 nothing sent
20→20.5 send both notifications; string included: “alarm fired”
20.5→22 nothing sent
22→19.5 nothing sent
19.5→23 nothing sent
23→19 nothing sent
19→23 send both notifications; string included: “alarm fired”

Figure 4.k – Analogue and integer variables - Example 1

Example 2 (Figure 4.l)
FTP PUSH and SNMP TRAP programmed to be sent for analogue variable 8 uponactivation when increasing and on return, with threshold 20.5 and hysteresis 1.5.
18→20 nothing sent
20→20.5 send both notifications; string included: “alarm fired”
20.5→22 nothing sent
22→19.5 nothing sent
19.5→23 nothing sent
23→19 send both notifications; string included: “alarm reenter”
19→20.5 send both notifications; string included: “alarm fired”
20.5→23 nothing sent
Example 3 (Figure 4.m below)
FTP PUSH and SNMP TRAP programmed to be sent for analogue variable 8 uponactivation when decreasing and on return, with threshold 20.5 and hysteresis 1.5.
23→21 nothing sent
21→20.5 send both notifications; string included: “alarm fired”
20.5→19 nothing sent
19→21.5 nothing sent
21.5→19.5nothing sent
19.5→22 send both notifications; string included: “alarm reenter”
22→20.5 send both notifications; string included: “alarm fired”
20.5→19 nothing sent

Figure 4.l - Analogue and integer variables - Example 2

Figure 4.m - Analogue and integer variables - Example 3

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4.3.2 Generation of the XML file
When a notification event occurs, pCOWeb can generate an XML file containing information on the pCOWeb and the values of the pCO variables, which can be sent via
FTP or as an e-mail attachment.
XML (eXtended Markup Language) is a standard file format for conveying information organised in a diagram; it is recognised by many types of software that manage
data that is imported from files. This function is useful when the receiving computer uses one of these software applications.
INFORMATIONpCOWeb generates the file using a template based on a special file that must reside on the pCOWeb; as an example see “template.xml” included by default
and that can be edited by accessing the user memory via FTP (see 4.2 on page 17).



NOTE 1

A copy of the default file “template.xml” is available in read-only memory. To call the copy simply access pCOWeb using the FTP protocol (see
4.2 on page 17) and get the file /usr/local/root/deftemplate.xml.

NOTE 2

WordPad should be used to edit the template in the Windows operating system: in fact, the pCOWeb files conform to the Linux standard, which
differs from Windows in terms of the different management of the line break control characters; WordPad can import the Linux format and savein Windows format, which can also be read by pCOWeb.

When sending, pCOWeb will read the template selected in the notification settings, and will process it based on some simple rules described further on,
generating the new XML file to be sent.

HOW pCOWeb GENERATES THE XML FILE
pCOWeb reads the template file and copies it character-by-character to the destination file; whenever it recognises a sequence of XML tags, such as in the example
shown below, it adds the corresponding information.
Table 4.a - The default “template.xml” fileLINE IN TEMPLATE.XML

MEANING<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?><PCOWEB>

Specifies the type of XML standard used
The sequences of tags will only be recognised inside
sections that start with this tag
Start of the section with the sequences of tags with
pCOWeb properties (that is, not pCO)
Returns the name of the pCOWeb – always“localhost”
Returns date and time the file was generated, in theformat YYYYMMDDHHMMSSReturns the IP address of the pCOWeb
Returns the MAC address of the pCOWeb
Returns the time elapsed since the last reboot of thepCOWebReturns the firmware version of the pCOWeb (block B- Bios)Returns the firmware version of the pCOWeb (block A- Applications)
No action. Suggests the character that the XML
interpreter can use as the separator for the values of
the analogue variables
End of the section with the sequences of tags with
pCOWeb properties (that is, not pCO)
Start of the section with the sequences of tags withpCO properties
No action.
Line used to assign a name to the specific pCO; in theexample, the name is “Template Sample”
No action.
Line used to assign an identifier number to the specificpCO; in the example, the number is “1”Start of a section for digital variables
Start of the section for one digital variable
Specifies the index 1 for the variable to pCOWeb
pCOWeb returns the current value (0) of the digital
variable with index 1
End of the section for the digital variable with index 1
Start of the section for another digital variable
Specifies the index 2 for the variable to pCOWeb
pCOWeb returns the current value (1) of the digital
variable with index 2
End of the section for the digital variable with index 2
End of a section for digital variables
Start of a section for integer variables
Start of the section for an integer variable
Specifies the index 1 for the variable to pCOWeb
pCOWeb returns the current value (25) of the integer
variable with index 1
End of the section of the integer variable with index 1
Start of section for another integer variable
Specifies the index 2 for the variable to pCOWeb
pCOWeb returns the current value (200) of thedigital variable with index 2
End of the section for the integer variable with index
2
End of a section for integer variables
Start of a section for analogue variables
Start of the section for an analogue variable
Specifies the index 1 for the variable to pCOWeb<SYSTEM><HOSTNAME></HOSTNAME><DATE></DATE><IP_ADDRESS></IP_ADDRESS><MAC_ADDRESS></MAC_ADDRESS><UPTIME></UPTIME><SYS_VERSION></SYS_VERSION><APP_VERSION></APP_VERSION><SEPARATOR_CHAR>.</SEPARATOR_CHAR></SYSTEM><PCO><PCONAME>Template Sample</PCONAME><PCOID>1</PCOID><DIGITAL><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX><VALUE></VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE></VALUE></VARIABLE></DIGITAL><INTEGER><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX><VALUE></VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE></VALUE></VARIABLE></INTEGER><ANALOG><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX>pCOWeb +030220471 – rel. 2.0 – 28.02.201122

LINE GENERATED IN XML FILE TO BE SENT<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'UTF-8'?><PCOWEB><SYSTEM><HOSTNAME>localhost</HOSTNAME><DATE>19700101064832</DATE><IP_ADDRESS>10.0.3.114</IP_ADDRESS><MAC_ADDRESS>00:0a:5c:10:07:15</MAC_ADDRESS><UPTIME>0d2h42m</UPTIME><SYS_VERSION>B1.2.1</SYS_VERSION><APP_VERSION>A1.4.2</APP_VERSION><SEPARATOR_CHAR>.</SEPARATOR_CHAR></SYSTEM><PCO><PCONAME>Template Sample</PCONAME><PCOID>1</PCOID><DIGITAL><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX><VALUE>0</VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE>1</VALUE></VARIABLE></DIGITAL><INTEGER><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX><VALUE>25</VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE>200</VALUE></VARIABLE></INTEGER><ANALOG><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX>

<VALUE></VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE></VALUE></VARIABLE></ANALOG></PCO></PCOWEB>

pCOWeb returns the current value multiplied by 10(999.9 x 10 = 9999) of the analogue
variable with index 1
End of the section for the analogue variable with index
1
Start of the section for another analogue variable
Specifies the index 2 for the variable to pCOWeb
pCOWeb returns the current value multiplied by 10(-12 x 10 = -120) of the analogue variablewith index 2
End of the section for the analogue variable with index
2
End of a section for analogue variables
End of the section with the sequences of tags withpCO properties
End of the section recognising the sequences of tags

<VALUE>9999</VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE>-120</VALUE></VARIABLE></ANALOG></PCO></PCOWEB>NOTES on using the XML standardThe syntax of a file with the .xml extension can be validated, for example, by displaying it in Internet Explorer; pCOWeb nonetheless only recognises thesyntax shown above. In particular, it does not recognise the standard XML <text /> tag, which in standard XML is equivalent to the pair <text> + <text/>.

pCOWeb does not validate the template file used.

Information, strings and tags other than those shown above can be entered in any position; if not recognised according to the syntactical limits shown in
Table 4.a on page 22, they will be copied textually without any action.

4.3.3 Setting the common properties to all events
Par. 4.3.1 on page 20 describes the operation of the notification events. Below is a description of the setting procedure.
IMPORTANTFor pCOWeb to send the notifications, normally the “Gateway” needs to be set in the network configuration (see 9.4.1 on page 44). The
gateway configuration is not however required if the address of the pCOWeb and the addresses of the receiving network devices are in thesame subnetwork. For further information see APPENDIX B on page 62.

NOTE 1

All the following settings are valid from when they are confirmed; the pCOWeb does not need to be rebooted.

NOTE 2The Tests page (see 9.8 on page 51) can be used to manually send all the notifications set, regardless of whether the events occur; once the events havebeen set, it is recommended to check the sending of the notifications on this page.

NOTE 3

APPENDIX D on page 66, APPENDIX E on page 69 and APPENDIX F on page 70 describe some freeware applications downloadable from the Internet that,once installed on a computer, can receive e-mails, files via FTP and TRAP messages from the pCOWeb.
These should be used for testing without requiring an external server.

PROCEDURE
a. From the pCOWeb main page (see Figure 9.b on page 41)
open the “Events” page (click point 1 in Figure 4.n).
b. Open the window for setting the recipients and the attachedfiles (click point 2 in Figure 4.n).
The settings in this window will be common to all the events
generated.
The window is divided vertically into three areas (Figure 4.o on
page 24, Figure 4.p on page 24 and Figure 4.q on page 24).
Each has a confirmation button that is only valid for thecorresponding area.

Figure 4.n – Notification events page

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“SNMP Hosts”: SNMP TRAP recipients (see chapter 6 on page 33).
Up to 5 recipients can be specified; to be able to receive SNMP TRAP notifications, at least the first (Host 1) needs to be specified.
SETTINGS AVAILABLE: Hostname: IP address or name of the recipient PC (to use a name, a
DNS must be specified, see 9.4.1 on page 44).
 Community: this represents a sort of SNMP keyword that is sent (notencrypted) to the recipient, which can exclude any notifications from
communities other than its own; if left empty, the Default trap
community will be used (see 6.4 on page 35), but if that too is empty,
the TRAP will not be sent to the Host.
“E-mail Configuration”: e-mail recipients.
 Username / Password: Username and Password to access the SMTP
server used by pCOWeb to send the messages; for some servers thisinformation is required, while for others it isn’t.
 E-Mail Account (required for sending e-mail notifications): in themessage received this will be shown as the sender’s e-mail address.
If this address is required to send e-mails to the pCOWeb, rememberthat pCOWeb does not feature a client for reading or downloading themessages; these must then be read / downloaded using a client (forexample “Microsoft Outlook”) that accesses the e-mail servercorresponding to the domain address in this field (in the example“provider1.com”); the corresponding MAILBOX must have beencreated on the server: also see the APPENDIX D on page 66.
 Identification (optional): in the message received this will be displayed
as the sender’s name.
 Reply to (optional): if the recipient selects the “Reply to” option in thee-mail client used, this represents the return e-mail address that the
reply will be sent to.
 Destination #N (at least #1 required): e-mail addresses that
pCOWeb will send the messages to.
 SMTP Server Address (required): IP address or name of the server that
pCOWeb connects to in order to send the messages; if a name isspecified instead of an IP address, a DNS must have been specified (see9.4.1 on page 44).
 XML template for attachment (required for attachments): this is used tochoose the XML template resident on the pCOWeb that will be used as
the basis for generating the attached XML file (see 4.3.2 on page 22);“Choose” opens a list of files with the .xml extension in/usr/local/root/flash/http; if the file name is entered, the path must be
specified starting from the root (/).
 Attached file name (optional): name that will be attributed to theattached XML file; if preceded by the “(date)” string, the name will startwith the date / time on the pCOWeb at the instant the file was
generated, in the format YYYY-MM-DD_hhmmss; leaving this field
empty, the name will be assigned automatically, made up of the date /time, in the format: YYYY-MM-DD_hhmmss.xml.
 Offset from UTC (optional): this represents the offset between local
time (where pCOWeb is installed) and UTC. It has to be expressed, as
examples, +0100 (Paris, Rome, Berlin time), -0500 (New York time) or+0530 (Mumbai time)

Figure 4.o – SNMP Hosts configuration for sending the TRAP
messages

Figure 4.p – E-mail recipient configuration“Ftp Push Configuration”: FTP PUSH recipients for sending XML files.
 Input Filename (required): used to choose the XML template resident
on pCOWeb that will be used as the basis for generating the XML filesent (see 4.3.2 on page 22); “Choose” opens a list of files with the .xml
extension in /usr/local/root/flash/http; if the file name is entered, thepath must be specified starting from the root (/).
 Output file name (required): name that will be attributed to theattached XML file; if preceded by the “(date)” string, the name will startwith the date / time on the pCOWeb at the instant the file was
generated, in the format YYYY-MM-DD_hhmmss.
 Enabled (at least one required): enables the recipients, where the file
will be push for the events relating to the variable.
Figure 4.q – FTP PUSH configuration
IMPORTANT: any Recipients enabled after one that is not enabled willbe ignored.
Example: 1: Yes
2: No
3: Yes4: Yes5: No gives as result that Recipients 3 and 4 will not be used.
 Server Address (required to send notifications via FTP): IP address or name of the FTP server that pCOWeb will connect to in order todeliver the file; if a name is specified instead of an IP address, a DNS must have been specified (see 9.4.1 on page 44); for an example
of an FTP server, see APPENDIX E on page 69.
 Server Port (optional): specify only if a TCP port other than the default 21 is to be used.

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c.

FTP Username / FTP Password (required): Username and Password to access the FTP server;
IMPORTANT: Username and Password must have a write access, otherwise pCOweb can not push the file inside the directory.
FTP path (optional): path of the server, in the default directory for the specified Username, where the sent file will be written; the pathmust exist, otherwise the file cannot be received.

Open the window for setting the strings identifying the events for integer and analogue variables(click point 3 in Figure 4.n on page 23).
The settings in this window (Figure 4.r) will only be used for e-mail and SNMP TRAP/INFORM
messages and will be common to the events generated by all the integer and analogue variables.
In the e-mail notifications, the suitable string will be automatically added to the “Subject” field,
separated by a dash; in the SNMP TRAP notifications, the OID will be included automatically, with thecorresponding string and contents, based on the event, as follows (see 6.2 on page 34):

1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.1.3.1.1.0 (OID for the Alarm fired event string)
1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.1.3.1.2.0 (OID for the Alarm reentered event string)
SETTINGS AVAILABLE: Alarm fired: string that will be included in the notifications when the threshold isexceeded.
 Alarm reentered: string that will be included in the notifications when returning backbelow the threshold, with hysteresis.

Figure 4.r – Setting the strings sent for Activation Return4.3.4 Setting the notifications set upon variations in thevariables
IMPORTANT

Some settings described below (“Event Handlers”, “Trap Configuration” and “E-Mail Configuration”) are also used for the scheduled events (see 4.3.5
on page 27).

NOTE: all the following settings are valid from when they are confirmed; the pCOWeb does not need to be rebooted.
PROCEDURE
1. Open the window for setting the events corresponding to the DIGITAL variables (click point 4 in Figure 4.n on page 23).
A summary window is displayed for enabling the events relating to the variation of all the digital variables (Figure 4.s below). Moving the mouse, for example,
over the section relating to digital variable 1 shows the tooltip “Digital Variable 1”; clicking opens the window, divided into three sections, for setting theevents linked to digital variable 1.
IMPORTANT: The range of variables related to the notifications goes from 0 to 207, even if the ModBus Extended protocol is running. Variables’ addresses for
notifications can go just from 0 to 207.
IMPORTANT: The Submit buttons only save the values for the corresponding section.

Figure 4.s - Events generated by digital variables

Type: Digital Variable: 1 : the settings in window only refer to the digital variable with index 1.

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TOP SECTION – COMMON SETTINGS: General Configuration and Event Handlers (Figure 4.s - right - on page 25)
 Events enable: enable all the events generated by variations
to the variable.
 Trigger: a notification event is generated when there arefollowing variations in the value of the variable:
Positive: 0→1;
Negative: 1→0;
Positive & negative: 0→1 or 1→0;
 Trap / E-mail / FTP Push: select one or more types of
notification to be sent when the event occurs.
IMPORTANT: these decisions are also used to send
notifications for scheduled events (see 4.3.5 on page 27).



MIDDLE SECTION: Trap Configuration
 Version: type of version; V1: conforms to SNMPv1; Inform
Figure 4.t - TRAP configuration for an event(v2c): conforms to SNMPv2c. Select in accordance with theversion of the SNMP supervisor that will receive the notifications.
 Enterprise OID (required sending the TRAP message): description of the TRAP object; sent together with the TRAP, allows thereceiver to associate the correct meaning with the message based on the information included in the MIB description file.
IMPORTANT: pCOWeb sends the TRAP only if the string entered respects the syntax of an OID.
 Retry / Timeout (optional, only used if Version=Inform (v2c)): specifies the maximum number of send attempts after the first, and thetime interval for retrying the TRAP (INFORM); when reception is acknowledged by the receiver, the send attempts are stopped.
 Var OID #N (optional): specifies an SNMP object whose OID and corresponding value will be attached with the message; for example,
specifying the OID of a pCO variable, when the TRAP is sent pCOWeb will acquire the numeric value of the pCO variable specified by
the OID set and will attach this with the message, together with the OID.
 Hosts Enabled (at least one required): enables the recipients (Hosts), from those set in Figure 4.o on page 24, that the TRAP will besent to for the events relating to the variable.
IMPORTANT: any Hosts enabled after one that is not enabled will be ignored.
Example: 1: 1
2: -3: 3
4: 4
5: -Hosts 3 and 4 will not be used.



BOTTOM SECTION: E-Mail Configuration
 Subject (optional): in the message received, the text entered
will appear as the Subject.
 Body: select the contents for the body of the e-mailmessage:
From file: the name of a file with the .html extension
can be selected; “Choose” opens the list of
the .html files in /usr/local/root/flash/http/;
if entering the name of the file, rememberthat the starting directory for the search is/usr/local/root/.
NOTE

If the file includes the line:

Figure 4.u - E-mail configuration for an event<!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"-->the contents of the file, before being added to the body of the message, will be processed by thepCOWeb WEB server (see APPENDIX G on page 71); in this way, by creating simple HTML pages, thebody of the message can contain the value of some pCO variables read at the moment the message was
sent.
pCOWeb does not support the encapsulation of images inside the e-mail messages sent: alternatively,
the HTML page can contain links to image files; the e-mail client will highlight these with bookmarks andthe links can be opened by clicking the right mouse button. To simply copy the text of the document
without this being processed, do not include the line shown above.
From text: alternatively, the text entered in the text box on the side can be added. pCOWeb will automatically add the date /time string Date: dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm, and then the text entered to the body of the message.
2.

Enable Attachment: enable the sending of the attachment, see “XML template for attachment” and “attached file name” on page 24

Open the window for setting the events relating to the ANALOGUE variables (click point 5 in Figure 4.n on page 23 or click “Analogue Variables” in thesettings summary window – Figure 4.v on page 27).
A summary window is displayed for enabling the events relating to the variation of all the analogue variables. Moving the mouse, for example, over thesection relating to analogue variable 7 shows the tooltip “Analogue Variable 7”; clicking opens the window, divided into three sections, for setting the events
linked to analogue variable 7.
IMPORTANT: The range of variables related to the notifications goes from 0 to 207, even if the ModBus Extended protocol is running. Variables’ addresses for
notifications can go just from 0 to 207.
IMPORTANT: The Submit buttons only save the values for the corresponding section.

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Type: Analogue Variable: 7 : the settings in window only refer to the analogue variable with index 7.


TOP SECTION – COMMON SETTINGS: General Configuration and Event Handlers (Figure 4.v - right)
Paragraph 4.3.1 on page 20 describes the generation of events based on a threshold. Below is the meaning of the settings on the page.

Figure 4.v - Events generated by analogue variables
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3.

Events enable: enable all the events generated by variations to the variable.
Trigger: an “Activation” notification event is generated when there are following variations in the value of the variable:
Positive: the value of the variable crosses the threshold while increasing;
Negative: the value of the variable crosses the threshold while decreasing.
Threshold / Hysteresis: crossing threshold / return hysteresis, either values that are entered or analogue variables that can be selected.
Reenter: enable the generation of a notification event when returning.
Event Handlers: select the type of notification that will be sent when the events set above occur.
IMPORTANT: these decisions are also used to send notifications for scheduled events (see 4.3.5 below).

MIDDLE AND BOTTOM SECTION: Trap Configuration and E-Mail Configuration
These sections and the corresponding functions are identical to those described for digital variables.

Open the window for setting the events corresponding to the INTEGER variables (click point 6
in Figure 4.n on page 23, or click “Integer Variables” on the settings summary window – Figure
4.w).
The windows and the settings are similar to those for the analogue variables.
It should be noted that in this case Threshold / Hysteresis can be set as values entered or as
integer variables that can be selected.
Figure 4.w - Opening the integer variable summary settings

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pCOWeb can be set to generate events for sending notification when a set and repeated time interval expires.
PROCEDURE
1. Open the window for setting the scheduled events (click point 7 in Figure 4.n on page 23).

Figure 4.x - Scheduled events
Type: Scheduled Number: 1: settings for scheduled event 1; overall 40 settings windows are available.
SETTINGS AVAILABLE: Main enable: enable the generation of scheduled events for this window.
 Timeout: repeat time; the first event will be generated after the Timeout has elapsed from when the “Submit” button was selected; the following
events will be generated when the “Timeout” has elapsed again.
 Variable type / Variable index: the scheduled events in the current setting window use some decisions set in the windows for the events based on
variations (see 4.3.4 on page 25) related to the variable selected by these two settings.
The shared settings are in the following sections:
Events Handlers
Trap Configuration
E-mail Configuration
NOTE

The SNMP TRAP and e-mail notifications relating to scheduled events for analogue and integer variables always automatically include the string
entered in the “Alarm fired” field in Figure 4.r on page 25.

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5.1 CONFIGURING CLOCK WITH pCO SYNCHRONIZATION
pCOWeb features an internal clock that keeps its settings only while power is supplied.
When rebooting, the date / time is reset to: 1970-01-01 00:00. pCOWeb can be configured so that every minute it sets its own clock based on the time set on the pCO
controller.
For this to occur, the application program running on the pCO must continuously transmit the information on five selected integer supervisory variables.
The page shown in Figure 5.a is used to enable the synchronisation function and specify the indexes of the five integer supervisory variables.
The page shown in Figure 5.b is used to show how integers’ values are related
to the day, month, year, hour and minute data sent in supervision from thepCO application software.
Figure 5.b shows as first integer a variable with value ‘19’; if in the variable listof the pCO application you find that the first integer represents the variablecurrent_day you can set in Figure 5.a “Day variable index” = ‘1’ and thepCOWeb will show in the date ‘19’ i.e. the 19th day of the month.

Figure 5.a - Setting clock synchronisation

Figure 5.b – Relation between indexes and values

NOTE 1The settings will be valid as soon as they are confirmed; pCOWeb does not need to be rebooted.

NOTE 2(For version < 1.4.2) The time indicated on the left of the page only changes when the page is completely refreshed (for example, by pressing F5 on thecomputer keyboard).

5.2 CONFIGURING CLOCK WITHOUT pCO SYNCHRONIZATION
1.

Using BACnet protocol commands (e.g. Time Sync/UTC Time Sync in BACset: refer to BACset manual for more information).

2.

Installing the NTP plugin (downloadable from http://ksa.carel.com) it is possible to let the pCOweb run the time supplied by a NTP server, in fact the NTP
plugin contains the file called ntp_client.conf, which includes the following lines:
NTP_URL=10.0.0.7
UTC_OFF=+2

The first line defines the NTP server used for communication, an IP address (the NTP server address ) is required to let pCOWeb reaches the NTP server.
The second line gives the possibility to set an offset to the UTC time (2 hours in the example above).
NOTE 1

When using these methods, synchronisation with the time on the controller must be disabled

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pCOWeb can save the values of max 20 variables sampled at regular time intervals to non-volatile memory (“Logger” function).
pCOWeb can create also a graph using the vector format SVG and representing in the same graph up to 5 of the logged variables. SVG files can be natively viewed using
Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Safari browser, while instead Internet Explorer 8 needs an external plug-in (e.g.: http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/)
IMPORTANT: the logging function will not start if the date of the pCOWeb is earlier than 01-01-2006. For the date / time settings see 5.1 and 5.2 on page 29.
IMPORTANT: The range of addresses of loggable goes from 0 to 207, even if the ModBus
Extended protocol is running.
START OR DISPLAY THE RECORDS
1. Open the Clock and Logger page (Figure 5.c).
2. Click the “Logger” tab.
The settings are located in the bottom section of the page (Figure 5.d below); they
becomes active just after the “Submit” confirmation.
Figure 5.c - Opening the Logger and Graph settings
SETTINGS AVAILABLE:
 Check logger status and free space available: a window is opened thatshows the status of the logger (“Running” / “Not Running” / “Waiting for a valid clock configuration”) and the space occupied and free in the nonvolatile memory.
 Time sample: sample time,common to all the variables.
 Compression (.gz): the data
files created are .cvs; if
Compression is enabled,
compressed files in .gz format
are created, and can be
openedusing
variousdecompression tools, forexample the “Filzip” freeware,
http://www.filzip.com (but notwith the decompression tool
included by default in the
Windows operating system);
this is used to save space in thememory, as the data files are
made up of highly repetitive
data, a situation that allows
significant compression.
 Variable 1-20: enable thelogging of the variables; Name: Identifier which will be
used in the graphicalrepresentation.; Type: Type of variable(Digital/Analogue/Integer); Index: Numeric identifier of thevariable in the database ofvariables which could bemonitored by the monitoring
system (index);
 Short Description: A short
Figure 5.d – Logger and graphs: configuration
description which will be usedin the CSV file to describe thevariable; Group: see below;
 Colour: Colour of the line used
to represent the variable in the graph.
GROUPS AND SCALES
The graph is able to represent up to five different streams of data and therefore, in order optimize the scales used, it is necessary to define two or more sets of data
(temperature, pressure, power consumption...) so that they can be gathered together and therefore represented in one of the two scales (one on left-hand side of thegraph and one of the right-hand side) without losing resolution and quality or overcomplicating the graph.
Each and single variable represented in the graph has to be assigned to one of the following groups:-

Group 1 - Left Axis-

Group 2 – Right Axis

Group 3 – Digital Variables (Dig)To correctly represent the variables in the graph it is very important to define meaningful ranges for the scales, these ranges can be obtained by:

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Auto Adaption: the graph will automatically calculate the highest and lowest value reached by the all the variables of the same group and automatically adjust the
scale

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Manual: Limits are defined by the user, if one or more values overtake the boundaries they will be showed like if they are going of the graph.

IMPORTANT:pCOWeb offers also the possibility to make graph in BMP format (the only available format before 1.4.2);

pCOWeb creates a file in .bmp format containing
a simple graph of the trend in the values of justone of the logged variable. There is a specific html
page to set the type of the graph called“pw_logcfg_bmp.html” typing in the browser
http://10.0.5.45/config/pw_logcfg_bmp.html
pCOWeb will display the page on the Figure
beside:After switching pcoweb to the favourite graphformat, it is necessary to go back to the logger
page and configure again the logged variables.
After this, to let the new settings work it ismandatory to reboot.
Figure 5.e – Relation between indexes and values
HOW THE RECORDS ARE SAVED
Whenever the specified time interval expires, the sampled values are added to a temporary file resident in VOLATILE memory; at 00 minutes each hour, the data is
downloaded to a file (history_diskbuffer) in proprietary format in NON-VOLATILE memory (/usr/local/root/lash/http/cache).
At midnight each day this file is recopied in .cvs text format (compressed when enabled) in NON-VOLATILE memory accessible to the user, in the“/usr/local/root/lash/http/log” directory, organised into monthly subdirectories (2007-02, 2007-03, etc...); the graph file is created (if enabled) in .svg format in the same
memory space.
The logging mode is optimised for a minimum number of writes to non-volatile memory, so as to reduce the degradation of the memory (minimum guaranteed write
cycles: 100,000).
NOTE: in the event of power failures, this logging mode limits the maximum duration of data loss to one hour.
Nonetheless, the .cvs / .svg files for the current day can be created manually, so as to obtain all the data saved until that moment.
In the “/usr/local/root/flash/http/log” directory, pCOWeb automatically saves the powerup-log.cvs file containing the records, with the date / time of the events: “Start
firmware” and “Stop firmware”, respectively “Power-up” and “Power-down” (the latter is only written when the Stop follows a reboot while pressing the physical buttonor selecting the button on the configuration page; in this way, two consecutive “Power-up” events indicate that there was a power failure between the two events.
The .cvs files and the graphs appear as shown in Figure 5.f.
The first line of the .cvs files lists the types of variables enabled for logging, the second line the indices and the third the descriptions attributed; these are followed by thelines with the records.

Figure 5.f – Logger and graphs: end results
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LOGGER VIA E_MAIL
There is the possibility to send an e-mail at midnight every day. Just enable the sending logger in Figure 5.g

Subject: It gives the object of the mailBody: it allows to create a specific bodyfor the mail sent, from a html file(downloaded via FTP in the http folder)or the body could be a text typed directlyin the empty field

Figure 5.g – Logger and graphs: configuration

DOWNLOADING THE RECORDS:
Thee top section of the page (Figure 5. sotto) features the buttons for displaying and downloading the data.
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Update cvs file and graph: manually create the .cvs file (and, if enabled, the .bmp) relating to the current day, so as to acquire all the data saved until thatmoment; during the update, a window is displayed that shows the activity in progress; the procedure may take around one minute; the window must be
closed manually at the end.
If this button has not been pressed at least once, the data for the current day will only be available starting from the next day (in any case, at midnight thefiles are overwritten, including the data for the entire day).
Download all the cvs and graphs (the password for the Username httpadmin has to be entered, which by default is “fhttpadmin”): a window is opened (thismay take some time) showing the list of directories for the months in which records have been saved; to download, select the directory and then click a .cvs
file; clicking a .bmp file opens a window that displays the graph.
Download only the latest cvs file: this function only downloads the .cvs file for the current day; the file must first have been created using the “Update cvs fileand graph” function.
View last graph: a window is opened that displays the graph relating to the current day; the file must first have been created using the “Update cvs file andgraph” function.

Figure 5.h – Discharge logger and graphs

IMPORTANT

Whenever the configuration of the Logger is changed during the day, pCOWeb retains the values saved until that moment but updates the first threelines of the header (see Figure 5.f - left); if the selection of the logged variables is changed and the records saved until that moment need to beretained, proceed as follows:
1. before changing the configuration, save the data to the PC by first selecting Update cvs file and graph, then Download all the cvs andgraphs;2. disable all the variables currently selected for logging;
3. manually delete the file “history_diskbuffer” in the /usr/local/root/flash/http/cache directory by accessing the pCOWeb via FTP, with the“root” Username / Password (default “froot”); make sure not to modify other files / directories in this phase, as the “root” Username, in
opposition to the case of “httpadmin”, has no restrictions;4. reboot pCOWeb;
5. then restart the Logger, selecting the new variables for logging.

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SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a protocol used in Ethernet networks for controlling and setting the parameters for the network devices, for example
switches and network printers.
A complete description of the SNMP protocol is not within the scope of this document. The system integrator, who is usually responsible for setting the various
parameters, checking network communication and setting up the supervision system, should know how SNMP works.
A simple system based on the SNMP protocol normally features a series of devices, each containing an SNMP Agent, as well as a central supervisor called the NMS –Network Management Station – which periodically queries the devices, acquiring the status and where necessary setting the operating parameters.
The simplicity of its messages means that SNMP is becoming increasingly widespread, above all for the control of industrial devices.
pCOWeb includes an SNMP v2c Agent, that is, an application that responds to network queries in SNMP protocol version 1 and 2c.
The pCOWeb SNMP Agent is developed using the Net-SNMP open source package, version 5.0.9; refer to this application for further information.
TRAP/INFORM
pCOWeb features a TRAP generator that sends notification messages to an NMS in SNMP TRAP or INFORM v2C format when events occur relating to the pCO variables,
as set by the user. The TRAP/INFORM messages are useful because they are sent by the Agent, thus providing information in real time regardless of whether they havebeen queried by the supervisor. To set the SNMP TRAP notifications, see paragraph 4.3 on page 20.

6.1 OVERVIEW OF SNMPOID
The main concept found in the SNMP protocol involves the definition of the variables, which in this language are called objects.
Each object, within an Agent, is identified by a unique sequence of numbers, separated by decimal points, as follows:

1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.2.45
Reading from left to right, each sequence can be graphically represented as a unique path of branches in a tree, in which the numbers on the left are closer to the root.
The SNMP standard has issued a series of rules for using the numbers in the tree, and has reserved some specific paths for common uses or specific organisations. The
standard also allows as each number to be replaced by a name.
In the example, the path is rewritten with the standardised name, in brackets:

1(iso).3(organization).6(dod).1(internet).4(private).1(enterprises)
The path shown above is reserved for companies (“enterprises”), for
specific developments.
Within that path, any company can apply for and obtain a specificidentifier, and, within that branch, allocate the identifiers of the objects
defined in its own products.
The “enterprises” identifier assigned to CAREL is 9839.
Therefore the path:

1.3.6.1.4.1.9839
identifies the CAREL space within each SNMP device.
Inside the CAREL space, the objects that correspond to the pCO
variables and some typical objects of the pCOWeb have been added; forthe description of this space, see 6.2 on page 34.
As the SNMP Agent is based on the Net-SNMP package, it also supports
all the typical objects of that application. For information on this part of
the SNMP tree in pCOWeb, see the documents on Net-SNMP (www.netsnmp.sourceforge.net).

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BASIC SNMP COMMANDSThe basic SNMP commands used by the NMS manage the variable read/write operations.
snmpget / snmpset: read and write a specified SNMP object respectively;
snmpgetnext: based on an initial SNMP object, reads the object implemented in the Agent that is next to the one specified, considering the lexicographicalorder of the path of the MIB tree;snmpwalk: based on an initial SNMP object, reads the entire part of the SNMP tree implemented in the device, next to the specified object (in reality, thiscommand uses a sequence of snmpgetnext commands to request the “next” object each time).
COMMUNITY
SNMP v2 does not feature authentication (Username / Password). In version 2 the data is also exchanged without encryption.
Nonetheless, version 2c uses an identifier word (sent without encryption) called the “Community” that acts as a filter for the reception of the data or executing
commands.
When an NMS needs to read the value of an object in an Agent, it must send a “ReadOnly Community” or a “ReadWrite Community” string that matches the identifier
set in the Agent.
The same is true for the “ReadWrite Community” string when writing data.
Similarly, when an Agent sends an SNMP notification message (TRAP or INFORM), it specifies a “Trap Community”; if this does not coincide with the recipient “Trap
Community”, the message will be ignored.

6.2 THE pCOWeb SNMP TREE
The format of the CAREL pCOWeb OID (object identifier) is:

1.3.6.1.4.1.9839(CAREL).A.B[.C.D]
where:

A=1: pCOWeb properties
A.B
1.1.0

Agent release (read-only), 2 for firmware A1.3.5 – B1.2.1, 3 for firmware A1.4.2 – B1.2.1

1.2.0

Agent code (read-only), 2 (“pCOWeb”)

A.B.C.D
1.3.1.1.0

ALARM FIRED string (read / write)

1.3.1.2.0

ALARM REENTERED string (read / write)

A=2: pCO properties
A.B.C.D
2.0.10.1.0

communication status with pCO (read-only)
1=communication attempt
0=pCO offline

2.0.11.1.0

No. of communication attempts with pCO (read-only)
0 when ok or, during offline, each 5 attempts

2.1.t.i.0

pCO variables (read / write)
t: type of variable (1: Digital
i: variable index

NOTE 1NOTE 2NOTE 3
NOTE 4

2: Analogue

2=pCO online

3: Integer)

SNMP requires the use of the final zero when referring to scalar objects, that is, not tables or lists. All pCOWeb objects are scalar.
Reading the pCO variables with indices that are not managed by the BIOS version used return insignificant values
When a value is undefined, i.e. the summary web page shows “U”, SNMP browser returns “-858993460”.
A variable is always read/write, however the value will be retained only if featured in the pCO application program.

Example:1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.2.45.0

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6.3 MIB FILE
The objects contained in an SNMP Agent are normally described using a document called the MIB FILE, the format of which is codified by SNMP.
The document must be written using the syntax specified by SNMP and must be uploaded to the NMS supervisor when this queries the Agent or receives the TRAP
message: if the NMS contains the MIB file, it can use this an “interpreter” that, as well as containing the list of all objects available on the Agent, describes the properties,
for example the description, the writability, the type, etc.…
As the MIB file contains the physical meaning of each object, it can only be created once the pCO application has been defined.
For this reason, upon request CAREL only provides the MIB FILES for the standard CAREL pCO applications, which can however be used to as the basis for creating a
MIB file for custom applications; once created, numerous sites are available on the web for validating the MIB FILES.
One recommended site is: http://www.simpleweb.org/ietf/mibs/validate/.

6.4 BASIC SNMP CONFIGURATIONS FOR pCOWeb
The page shown in Figure 6.b below summarises the basic SNMP configurations for pCOWeb.
SNMP System Configurations
 Read/Write Community – Read only Community: specify
the strings in accordance with the system NMS (see 6.1
on page 33).
 Read/Write Network – Read only network: subnetworks
that pCOWeb accepts Read/Write or Read only queries
from; useful for restricting access only to some NMS; forunlimited access, leave “default”.
 System contact: e-mail address to contact for the
management of the installation; corresponds to the
SNMP standard OID:

1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0

System name: installation identifier name; corresponds to
the SNMP standard OID:



System location: physical location of the installation;corresponds to the SNMP standard OID:

1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0
1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0

SNMP Default traps configuration
Figure 6.b - SNMP: basic configurations
 Default trap community: community enclosed with the
TRAP notifications (see 4.3 on page 20) if the Host
Community fields on the page shown in Figure 4.o on page 24 are empty; if this Community is also left empty, the Host TRAP notifications with the empty
Community will NOT be sent.
 Hosts enabled: recipients enabled to send the “System traps” (see below) defined on the page shown in Figure 4.o on page 24.
System traps
pCO protocol failure: a TRAP will be generated whenever pCO-pCOWeb communication is interrupted or re-established; this TRAP can be set, as follows: Enabled: enabled to be sent.
 Trap OID: extended OID that describes the TRAP sent; the information will be sent without being processed by pCOWeb.
 Acknowledge / Ack interval: enable, select the maximum number of repeats and the time interval for sending the TRAP until reception is acknowledged(similar to the Retry / Timeout fields corresponding to the TRAP messages generated by the events relating to the pCO variables, see Figure 4.t on page
26).

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7 BACNET
pCOWeb can recognise queries sent by a supervisor thatuses the BACnet protocol (Building Automation Control
Networks), in the following two versions:
BACnet/IP (Addendum A/Annex J)
BACnet Ethernet ISO8802-2 over 8802-3
The two standards use the same physical means forcarrying the data (Ethernet RJ-45 network) but differ as
regards the different ways the data packets are encoded.
If BACnet is used, during installation the proper version
needs to be set to coincide with the type used by thesupervisor.
A complete description of the BACnet protocol is notwithin the scope of this document. The system integrator,
who is usually responsible for setting the various
parameters, checking network communication andsetting up the supervision system, should know how
BACnet works.
The basic BACnet parameter configuration page is shownin Figure 7.a above; for advanced configuration, go to
http://ksa.carel.com and download the BACset softwareand the BACset user guide; the main screen of thisprogram is shown in Figure 7.b. All settings become active at next pCOWeb reboot.

Figure 7.a - BACnet: basic configuration

BACset can be used to set all the properties of the BACnet objects supported by
pCOWeb, save them on pCOWeb or on the PC for later use when required.
The BACnet configuration is saved on pCOWeb in a number of files in the/usr/local/root/flash/etc/sysconfig directory in the same way as the otherconfigurations.
BACNET PICS
BACnet is a scalable protocol, that is, it features a vast array of functions, some ofwhich are obligatory, others whose implementation is left to the discretion of the
manufacturer. For a product that uses BACnet, the document that analyticallydescribes the type of functions implemented is extremely important.
This document is called PICS (Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement)
and for the pCOWeb is available at http://ksa.carel.com.
NOTE1:NOTE2:

The clock on the pCOWeb can be set using specific commands in the
BACnet protocol. When using this method, it is recommended todisable synchronisation with the time on the pCO controller (see 5.1 on
page 29 ).
The number of mapped variables in Figure 7.a has to be coherent with
the number of variables sent in supervision. Moreover when ModBus
Extended protocol is running is necessary that BACnet mappedvariables are less or equals to the number of variables sent insupervision, see Figure 9.l on page 45 and in every case they could not
be more than 2048 for each type (digital, analogue or integer)

Figure 7.b - BACset software for the advanced pCOWeb BACnet configuration

7.1 BACnet/Carel Mapping
For each pCOWeb that interfaces to a Carel controller using a standard Carel pCO connection there can be a maximum of 670 BACnet objects, which includes theDevice Object. Of the 670 objects, there are always 16 Notification Class objects, 16 Calendar objects, 16 Schedule objects and there can be up to 207 Analogue Values,
207 Analogue Values or Multi-state Values and 207 Binary Values. The number of each type can be configured prior to use. From the factory all 621 Analogue Value andBinary Value objects are mapped. Object_Identifiers are assigned according to the following table:
Table 7.a – BACnet/Carel mapping
Object Type
Analogue Value
Analogue Value or Multi-state
Value
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Instance Range
1-207
1001-1207

pCO Mapping
A001-A207
I001-I207

1-207

D001-D207

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From the factory, I001-I2007 are mapped as Analogue Value 1001-Analog Value 1207. Each of these may be reprogrammed as Multi-state Values on an individual basis,by writing to the Object_Identifier property. BACnet objects which are mapped but for which there are no corresponding physical pCO points return an unreliable-other(7) value for the Reliability property of the corresponding object and an undetermined value for the Present_Value property (usually=0 or 0.0).
The Object_Name properties for all the objects, except the Notification Class objects are writable and can be up to 32 characters in length. By default the Analogue
Value/Multi-state Value and Binary Value objects are named A001-A207, I001-I207 and D001-D207 corresponding to their pCO mapping.

7.2 BACnet/MODBUS Mapping
For each pCOWeb that interfaces to a Carel controller using a Carel MODBUS Extended connection there can be a maximum of 6193 BACnet objects, which includes theDevice Object. Of the 6193 objects, there are always 16 Notification Class objects, 16 Calendar objects, 16 Schedule objects and there can be up to 2048 Analogue
Values, 2048 Analogue Values or Multi-state Values and 2048 Binary Values. The number of each type can be configured prior to use. Object_Identifiers are assigned
according to the following table:
Table 7.b – BACnet/MODBUS mapping
Object Type
Analoghe Value
Analogue Value or Multi-state
Value
Binary Value

Instance Range
100001-102048
200001-202048

MODBUS Mapping
A0001-A2048
I0001-I2048

100001-102048

D0001-D2048

By default I0001-I2048 are mapped as Analogue Value 100001-Analog Value 102048. Each of these may be reprogrammed as Multi-state Values on an individual basis,by writing to the Object_Identifier property. BACnet objects which are mapped but for which there are no corresponding physical MODBUS points return an unreliableother (7) value for the Reliability property of the corresponding object and an undetermined value for the Present_Value property (usually=0 or 0.0).
The Object_Name properties for all the objects, except the Notification Class objects are writable and can be up to 32 characters in length. By default the Analogue
Value/Multi-state Value and Binary Value objects are named A0001-A2048, I0001-I2048 and D0001-D2048 corresponding to their MODBUS mapping.

7.3 BACnet features
7.3.1 Alarming
BACnet Intrinsic Alarming is supported for the Analogue Values (Out_of_Range event types), Binary Values (Change_of_State event types) and Multi-state Values(Change_of_State event types). All optional properties related to Intrinsic Alarming are included and writable where appropriate. Use of Notification Class Objects may
be optionally bypassed. In this scheme, if an object’s Notification_Class property is set to 0, three standard BACnet properties that are normally included in Notification
Class objects, specifically Ack_Required, Issue_Confirmed_Notifications and Priority, are included for each Analogue Value, Binary Value and Multi-state Value object andtake the place of the Notification Class. Although these properties are not standard or optional for Analogue Value, Binary Value and Multi-state Value objects, they aretreated in a standard BACnet way. Also in this scheme, two properties, Process_Identifier and Recipient, are included for the Device Object and take the place of the
Notification Class Object. Although these properties are not standard or optional for Device objects, they are treated in a standard BACnet way. The Recipient property islimited to the Object_Identifier of a Device object. If the Notification_Class for an object is 0, it will be reported as 1 in alarm events.
For all alarms, the default Message Text that is always included by default is of the form:"nnnnnn (Binary Value xxx) ChangeOfState v”"nnnnnn (Analogue Value xxx) OutOfRange v”
Where: nnnnn is the Object_Name, xxx is the object instance, ChangeOfState or OutOfRange is the Event_Type, v is the to-state (i.e. Normal, Offnormal, Fault, High
Limit or Low Limit)
The Message Text can be customized by replacing any of the Event_Type text and/or to-state text with customized text up to 32 characters long each. In addition, theObject_Name property can be replaced with the Description property. Alarm Message Text can be customized on an object by object basis by writing to the following
proprietary properties for the object:
Table 7.c – Alarm Messages Customization
Property name

EnumeratedProperty value

Datatype

Value

PROP_ALARMCUSTOM

3000

Boolean

PROP_ALARMPROPERTY
PROP_ALARMCOS

3001
3002

Character string
Character string

True=Alarms are customized for this object
False=Use the default Message Text format
Object_Name or Description
String (up to 32 characters) to replace Event_Type ChangeofState text

PROP_ALARMOOR

3003

Character string

String (up to 32 characters) to replace Event_Type OutofRange text

PROP_ALARMNORMAL

3004

Character string

String (up to 32 characters) to replace to-state Normal text

PROP_ALARMFAULTPROP_ALARMOFFNORMAL

3005
3006

Character string
Character string

String (up to 32 characters) to replace to-state Fault text
String (up to 32 characters) to replace to-state Offnormal text

PROP_ALARMHILIM

3007

Character string

String (up to 32 characters) to replace to-state High Limit text

PROP_ALARMLOWLIM

3008

Character string

String (up to 32 characters) to replace to-state Low Limit text

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The DS-COV-B and/or DS-COVP-B BIBB support a maximum 250 simultaneous subscriptions. The following properties are eligible for COV reporting using the
SubscribeCOVProperty Service:• Present_Value• Status_Flags• Reliability• Event_State• Out_of_Service

7.3.3 Commandability
BACnet commandability is supported for the Analogue Values, Binary Values and Multi-state Values on an individual object basis. In addition to being optionally selected
as commandable, each of these individual objects may be programmed as read-only or writable but not commandable. This condition is controlled by writing to the
proprietary property 1014 for the appropriate object. For the proprietary property 1014, a value of 0 indicates read-only, 1 indicates writable but not commandable and 2
indicates commandable. The Priority_Array and Relinquish_Default properties are present only if the proprietary property 1014 is 2 for an individual object. By default,
the proprietary property 1014 has a value of 1 (writable but not commandable) for backward compatibility with older versions of the pCOWeb when delivered from thefactory.

7.3.4 Schedules
BACnet schedules are supported and made visible through the 16 Schedule and 16 Calendar objects. For each Calendar object, there can be from 0 to 16 dates in the
Date_List. For each Schedule, both the Weekly_Schedule and Exception_Schedule properties are supported. Each object's Exception_Schedule list can have from 0 to 4
entries. Each Weekly_Schedule and each Exception_Schedule can have from 0 to 6 Time_Values. Each object's List_Of_Object_Property_References property can havefrom 0 to 64 entries. External objects are not supported. Following a restart, schedules are not executed until the pCOWeb clock has been set using a
TimeSynchronization or UTCTimeSynchronization. Schedules are checked approximately every 10 seconds for a minute rollover, so scheduled values may not change
until 10 to 15 seconds after the minute turns over.
Carel

7.3.5 Default Factory Settings
Default values for the pCOWeb are as follows:
Table 7.d – Factory Settings
Property
Device Instance
LAN type
BACnet/IP UDP
Alarming Enabled
Number of Analogue Variables Mapped
Number of Integers Variables Mapped
Number of Digitals Variables Mapped
IP Address for BBMD
Foreign Device Time-To-Live

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Default Value
77000
1=BACnet/IP
BAC0 (hexadecimal) or 47808 (decimal)
False
207
207
207
None
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8 MODBUS OVER TCP/IP
8.1 OVERVIEW
MODBus is a communication protocol developed by Modicon systems. In simple terms, it is a way of sending information between electronic devices. The device
requesting the information is called the MODBus Master and the devices supplying information are MODBus Slaves. In a standard Modbus network, there is one Masterand up to 247 Slaves, each with a unique Slave Address from 1 to 247. The Master can also write information to the Slaves.

8.2 BASIC DESCRIPTION
To get your modbus device working, these are the basic things you need to know:








Port 502 TCP (default by protocol, cannot be changed)
Address format: Decimal (digital number 1 = coil 1)
Variable bindings (version <=1.3.5)
Digitals: Coils 1-207
Analogues: Registers 1-207
Integers: Registers 5001-5207
The ranges of variables for version 1.4.2 (when pCO communicatesusing Modbus extended protocol) have been extended as explained
here below:
Digital variables: coils from 1 up to 2048
Analogue variables: registers from 1 up to 5000
Integer variables: registers from 5001 to 10000
Variable types: Signed Integers (mandatory in some software tocorrectly read/write the variables)

Figure 8.a – Remote connection example

8.3 COMMANDS SUPPORTED
These are the only commands supported by the pCOWeb in modbus TCP/IP







Figure 9.a – Protocol settings

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01: Read coils
03: Read holding registers
05: Write single coil
06: Write single registry
15: Write multiple coils
16: Write multiple registers

9 BASIC CONFIGURATION AND AUXILIARY FUNCTIONSpCOWeb features a number of HTML pages for setting the functions. These pages are accessible from a PC.
Some settings will be active as soon as they are confirmed, while others, where indicated, require the pCOWeb to be rebooted.

9.1 BACKING UP THE CONFIGURATION OF THE pCOWeb
All the settings are saved in special text or binary file in the /usr/local/root/flash/etc/sysconfig directory; to run a backup, simply connect to pCOWeb via FTP (see 4.2 on
page 17) and copy all the files to a PC.
IMPORTANTThis directory only contains the parameter settings. To completely backup all the pCOWeb custom settings, the custom HTML pages, the contents of
the Plugin directories, the log file directory and in general the entire contents of the /usr/local/root/flash/http/ directory and any other directories
created manually must be copied.
NOTE1: To completely back up the pCOWeb configuration after copying the files to the new pCOWeb a reboot is required
NOTE2: To copy a back up from a pCOWeb to an other one is necessary that both pCOWeb have the same firmware version
In addition, a function is available that deletes all the changes made by the user (settings or files added) and returns pCOWeb to its default status (see 9.3 on page 43).

9.2 ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION PAGE
To access the configuration pages:
1. connect to pCOWeb using a PC (chapter 3 on page 10);
2. start Internet Explorer, opening the main page (Figure 3.i on page 13);the main page may have been customised and consequently will be different from Figure 3.i.
3. If the page appears as shown in Figure 3.i, click the “Go to Administrator area” link. An authentication dialogue box similar to the one shown in Figure 9.a
below will be opened. Continue as described in paragraph 9.2.1 on page 41.
NOTE
The authentication dialogue box is enabled by default, however it may be been disabled by the user (for the disabling procedure see paragraph9.2.1 on page 41); in this case the dialogue box will not open; continue as described in paragraph 9.2.2 on page 41.
4. If, on the other hand, the main page is different because it has been customised, the “Go to Administrator area” link may not be available.
In this case, open the copy of the main page available in the read-only memory, typing the following address in Internet Explorer:

http://<pCOWeb IP address>/defindex.html
The IP address entered refers to the pCOWeb being configured: when using the button at pCOWeb starting (procedure described in paragraph 3.1 on page10), the IP address will be 172.16.0.1.
In the more general situation of connection via the network, there may be more than one pCOWeb connected; consequently, the IP address of the pCOWeb
in question needs to be known; if necessary, contact the network administrator. If the connection fails, see paragraph 3.2 on page 14.
If there are no problems, an authentication dialogue box similar to the one shown in Figure 9.a below will be opened. Continue as described in paragraph9.2.1 on page 41.

Figure 9.a – Authentication dialogue box for accessing the Administrator area
NOTE

The authentication dialogue box is enabled by default, however it may be been disabled by the user (for the disabling procedure see 9.2.1 on
page 41); in this case the dialogue box will not open; continue as described in paragraph 9.2.2 on page 41.

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9.2.1 Authentication dialogue box for accessing the Administrator area
Following the previous points, an authentication dialogue box is displayed on the PC screen (Figure 9.a on page 40); complete the fields with the access information,then select OK.
The default settings are:Username: admin
Password: fadmin
IMPORTANTThese settings are case sensitive!
The login data can be customised by the user (see 9.7.1 on page 49); the data to be entered then are always the custom settings, regardless of whether
pCOWeb is started while pressing the button.

The authentication dialogue box can be disabled or the default restored; proceed as follows:
1. access the user memory via FTP (see 4.2 on page 17);
2. (to disable the dialogue box) delete the file:/usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/.htpasswd
3.

(or alternatively, to restore the default data, “admin/fadmin”) copy the file:/usr/local/root/defadmin/.htpasswd
to the following directory:/usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/

overwriting the current .htpasswd file;for further information see 9.7.1 on page 49.
Internet Explorer (as well as other applications) temporarily saves the information used to access a site (this data is normally deleted when closing Internet
Explorer). In this way, when next attempting to access the configuration page without have closed Internet Explorer, the data may not need to be enteredagain: Internet Explorer will automatically send the previously acquired data.

NOTE 1

Unlike index.html and the other pCOWeb pages that the user can customise or load to adapt pCOWeb to the specific application, all the configuration pages
described below CANNOT BE DELETED OR CUSTOMISED by the user; in fact, they are contained in the pCOWeb firmware and can only be modified
following firmware updates published by CAREL and downloaded to the product. Nonetheless, a copy of the pages can be made and edited as desired. The
directory that contains these files is /usr/local/root/config/.

NOTE 2As already mentioned at the beginning of the manual, the following description refers to the configuration page relating to pCOWeb firmware version A1.4.2- B1.2.1. To check the pCOWeb firmware version, see paragraph 9.2.2 below.

9.2.2 Configuration - Starting page: Information (pCOWeb Summary page)
If the login data entered arecorrect the following page will be
displayed, as shown in Figure 9.b.
The section in the middle (Body)
is the “information page” and canbe refreshed by clicking
Information (the “Menu” section
is not refreshed).
pCOWeb information page
The ”information page” shows atable that represents a “snapshot”
of the values of all the pCO
variables. The table is divided into
three parts: digital, analogue,
integer variables. The indices ofthe variables are shown on theleft.
The values displayed on thescreen are NOT updated
automatically, but only whenever
the page is refreshed or opened
again (see Figure 9.c on page
42).
The letter “U” (Undefined) shownfor some variables means that thevalue could not be acquired forthat variable from the pCO.

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Figure 9.b – Configuration – starting page: Summary

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NOTE 1NOTE 2NOTE 3

NOTE 4The older versions of the pCO operating systems (BIOS) do not manage the entire range of variables. In this case “U”
is shown in the corresponding locations.
If all the variables are shown with a “U” there is a problem in communication with the pCO. In this case, check thepCO-pCOWeb communication settings (see 9.5 on page 44)
If some variables show a “U” among other valid values, check that the application on the pCO uses the supervisionatoms correctly; the most frequent causes are: variables written too frequently, or two different variables that use thesame supervisor index; see the technical documents on the pCO application development environment.
It is possible to set a variable directly from the Summary page, just double clicking on the interested variable a pop-up
window (see Figure 9.aa ) will be displayed as described in 9.8 on page 51 where the reading/writing function is
described

Figure 9.c – Click to refreshthe Body section shown in Figure 9.b

For further information on exchanging the values of the variables between the pCO and pCOWeb see APPENDIX C on page 65.
MENU AREA
The “Menu” area is always the same for all the main configuration pages.
It contains:A - buttons for opening the main configuration page.

B - “Reboot” button; when selecting this, pCOWeb will be rebooted without requesting
confirmation. This is required in some phases of the configuration.
C – System is using (see 3.1.2 on page 12):
Factory Parameters: pCOWeb is using the Bootswitch parameters (Figure 3.g on
page 12).
User Parameters: pCOWeb is using the parameters set by the user.
D – displays the pCOWeb firmware version:
A: Applications
B: Bios.
IMPORTANT: do not confuse this with the firmware version (“BIOS”) of the pCO!

E – displays the pCOWeb MAC address (see 2.2 on page 9).
F – displays the pCOWeb date and time at the moment of the last update requested for thepage displayed from the PC (for example with F5).
G – symbol that the HTML page conforms to the HTML 4.01 standard.

Figure 9.d - Menu area

9.2.3 Displaying the main page
When a configuration page is displayed, the main page can be recalled by clicking “Customer Site”; a new window will be opened with themain page, index.html where featured, customised via FTP by the user when creating the site in relation to the pCO application program
used; if not, the page displayed will be the default (see Figure 3.i on page 13).

9.2.4 Useful contacts
Clicking “Info & Contact” displays the following page with useful contacts at CAREL.
Figure 9.e - Displaying themain page

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9.3 GENERAL INFO AND RESTORING THE DEFAULT SITUATION
The page shown in Figure 9.g can be opened to display basic information on the pCOWeb and restore
the pCOWeb default situation.

View used/free disk space: shows a summary of the space occupied in the user memory(Figure 9.h below); Size / Used / Avail / Use%: overall size / used / available / % of the user memory
space.
NOTE









The space in non-volatile memory reserved for the user is managed in compressed
format; the information saved in this space (configurations, custom HTML pages,
log files, …) will take up less space than the native size of the file; the values
shown in Figure 9.h refer physical space occupied by the already compressed
information.

View factory bootswitch parameters: shows a summary of the factory settings that pCOWeb
will use if rebooted with the button pressed (see 3.1.2 on page 12);
 DEFIP / DEFNETM: IP address / subnet mask;
 PROOT / PHTTP / PCAREL / PGUEST: password respectively for the “root” /“httpadmin” / “carel” / “guest” Usernames in the operating system running on
pCOWeb (see 9.7.2 on page 50).
View network configuration: shows a summary of the network settings that pCOWeb is using,divided between ETH0 / ETH0:1 / ETH0:2 / ETH0:3 (these can only be displayed if thecorresponding logical interface is being used, see 9.4 below) / DNS SERVERS / GATEWAY;
especially useful when operating with DHCP: shows the effective information acquired from theserver and currently used.
Fix HTML pages and CGIs rights: in the previous firmware versions, once an HTML page or CGI
executable was loaded via FTP, this process needed to be run to automatically attribute thetransferred file the rights needed to be recognised by the pCOWeb operating system; currently
this is only necessary for executable CGI files.
Delete all user files and settings: deletes all the settings and files added by the user, andrestores the default situation from a copy located in the read-only area of the non-volatilememory.
The following options are available (Figure 9.i): Yes, but keep network configuration: do not reset the default network
configuration; useful for continuing to connect to pCOWeb using thesame IP address, recommended if pCOWeb cannot be rebooted
while holding the button;
 Yes, delete all: also reset the default network configuration (“DHCP”);
in this case, if this setting was not previously used, to contact
pCOWeb the button will need to be held when rebooting to activate
the default IP address: 172.16.0.1 (see 3.1.1 on page 10 and 3.1.2 on
page 12).
 Regardless of the above choice, after confirming with the Submit
button, a report is shown with a request to reboot the pCOWeb; thereboot is required: some settings will only be reset after reboot; untilthat time, the HTML pages will show the incorrect setting of someparameters (Example: baud rate = 300, see 9.5 on page 44), andthese will only be correct after the reboot.
IMPORTANT

Figure 9.g - General info and restore default situation

Figure 9.h - Summary of the space available in the user
memoryFigure 9.i – Restoring pCOWeb to the default situation

If the authentication data to access the configuration page set by the user is different from the default values (admin / fadmin), pCOWeb
will request authentication (admin / fadmin) for the configuration page immediately, starting from the page in response to the deletion of
the user files.

9.4 SETTING THE NETWORK COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS
For pCOWeb to communicate with the data network it is installed in, a number of network communication parameters need to be correctly set.
The assistance of the network administrator is required to establish if pCOWeb can be connected, and to understand the essential data relating to the installation.
To better understand the meaning of the procedure for setting these parameters, see APPENDIX A on page 61 and APPENDIX B on page 62. The following operations are
in any case possible even without having read the appendices.
First of all, it must be established whether or not the network uses automatic address setting (DHCP); ask the network administrator.

network with DHCP: in this case pCOWeb is already ready in the factory configuration and no operation is required. The network administrator will require
documents that show the physical positions of the various pCOWeb devices and the corresponding MAC addresses (see 2.2 on page 9).
To check the setting of DHCP mode on the pCOWeb, follow the same procedure as described below for the “network without DHCP”.

network without DHCP: in this case, before connecting pCOWeb to the network, the DHCP system, active by default, must be disabled, and a different
specific address entered for each pCOWeb. These procedures are described below.

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9.4.1 Network configuration
This is the most important configuration. Without this, in fact, pCOWeb will not be able tocommunicate correctly with the Ethernet network.
Starting by the main configuration page – Information (Figure 9.b on page 41), click “Configuration”,
then click the “Network” tab (Figure 9.j).
The page shown in Figure 9.k below is displayed.
This page is used to set the following fundamental user network parameters:
IP address
NetMask

Figure 9.j – Opening the network configuration page

NOTE 1 The values set will be saved to non-volatile memory only when selecting
the “Submit” button.
IMPORTANTNOTE 2The values set will only be used when pCOWeb is next rebooted.

If pCOWeb is started when the button is pressed (paragraph 3.1.2 on
page 12), the “Bootswitch” settings will be used instead of these values(see Figure 3.g on page 12).

SETTINGS AVAILABLE: Eth0 (required)
For networks with automatic address setting (DHCP server),write DHCP or dhcp or alternatively leave empty. The NetMask,
if set, will not be used.
For networks that do not use automatic address setting(DHCP), enter the IP address and the NetMask established forthis pCOWeb by the network administrator.
Make sure to use the correct format; examples:
10.0.3.114
255.255.0.0
without spaces.
Figure 9.k - Configuration - Network
APPENDIX A on page 61 and APPENDIX B on page 62 provide further
information on the meaning of the parameters.
 Eth0:1 – Eth0:2 – Eth0:3 (optional): irrespective of whether the DHCP method is used, up to a maximum of 3 other IP addresses can be set that pCOWeb
will respond to; entering “DHCP” in these fields will produce no result: Eth0 is the only parameter enabled for the activation of DHCP.
IMPORTANT
If Eth0 = DHCP, the addresses Eth0:1-Eth0:2-Eth0:3 will only be operational when the server has assigned a dynamic IP and only during its
period of validity (called “lease”).
 Gateway Address (not used with DHCP operation): used in cases where notifications are to be sent in response to events (see 4.3 on page 20).
Set the IP address for the Gateway in the subnetwork that the pCOWeb Eth0 IP address is part of.
NOTE
The gateway configuration is not required if the address of pCOWeb and the receiving network devices belong to the same subnetwork. For
further information see APPENDIX B on page 62.
 Name resolution (DNS): required only if the recipients of the notifications (e-mail / TRAP / FTP PUSH) will be specified not using IP addresses but rather
names (for example: “working_pc.net”).
Set the IP address of at least one server with Domain Name Server functions.
For further information see APPENDIX B on page 62.

9.5 SETTINGS RELATING TO pCOWeb - pCO COMMUNICATIONINFORMATION
pCOWeb-pCO communication occurs by default using the CAREL supervisor protocol; starting from version A142, pCOWeb is able to communicate with pCO*
controller using protocol Modbus Extended (BMS_PROTOCOL = 30 on 1tool and SERIAL1_PROTOCOL = 30 on Easytool, BIOS > 4.00). Simple Modbus(BMS_PROTOCOL = 3) is not supported.
This enables pCOWeb to exchange up to 12048 variables (5000 analogue, 5000 integer and 2048 digital variables) with the pCO application, which has to be specificallydesigned to use the new extended range of variables to the monitoring system.
To enable the modbus extended protocol pCOWeb has to be told:•
The address used by the pCO in the serial port BMS, this is identified by the system variable BMS_ADDRESS in the pCO controller and in the pCO
application, default is 1;•
The highest index for each type of variable, default is 2048 for digital variables, 5000 for analogue and integer variables; it is strongly advised to limit the
number of variables read by pCOWeb to those which are actually managed by the software to improve drastically the performances of the card. All the configuration
web pages of pCOWeb will automatically adapt to the new limits
IMPORTANT: The number of variables read by pCOWeb must be equal or superior to the number of variables mapped in the BACnet configuration (see Figure 7.a) on
page 36
IMPORTANT: if the “CAREL supervisor” protocol or “ModBus Extended” protocol has not been selected on the pCO, communication will not be possible.

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NOTE

pCOWeb, unlike other devices that communicate using the CAREL supervisor protocol, does not require the setting of the supervisor serial address (IDENT)
while using ModBus Extended it is required.
The fixed settings for the pCOWeb serial port are:
 Frame: 8 bits;
 Parity bit: none; Stop bits: 2.

The speed can be set between 300-600-1200-2400-4800-9600-19200(default)-38400-57600-115200 bit/s and must coincide with the baud rate of the pCO supervisor
port, selected on a special screen on the application interface, the protocol can be set between Carel and Modbus Extended as we can see in Figure below. The default
values for pCOWeb are 19200 baud and Carel protocol, and can be changed as required.
IMPORTANTThe set value will only be used when pCOWeb is next rebooted.

If the speed set for pCOWeb is different from the value set for the pCO, communication will not be possible.

Figure 9.l – Setting the pCOWeb-pCO communication speed

9.5.1 Extended range ad functionalities
All the protocols and some of the functionalities of pCOWeb have been extended to cover the entire range of variables made available by modbus extended. pCOWeb
returns “Undefined” if requesting a variable which is not available on the database of modbus extended (pCO application doesn’t support the specific index) and “Error”
if requesting a variables which is out of the boundaries defined in the configuration page “pCO Com”.
 Web Pages
All the web pages designed for pCOWeb <= A135 are fully compatible with version A142 and modbus extended. The ranges of variables have been extended as
explained here below:•Read/write digital variables-<%var(0,1,1,0,1)%> up to <%var(0,1,2048,0,1)%>•Read/write analogue variables-<%var(0,2,1,-3276.8,3276.7)%> up to <%var(0,2,5000,-3276.8,3276.7)%>•Read/write integer variables-<%var(0,3,1,-32768,32767)%> up to <%var(0,3,5000,-32768,32767)%>
 SNMP
Fully compatible with version <=A135; Trap event notifications are available only for the first 207 variables (range has not been extended from A135). The ranges ofvariables have been extended as explained here below:•Digital variables: OID from 1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.1.1.0 up to 1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.1.2048.0•Analogue variables: OID from 1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.2.1.0 up to 1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.2.5000.0•Integer variables: OID from 1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.3.1.0 up to 1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.3.5000.0
 Modbus TCP/IP
Fully compatible with version <=A135. The ranges of variables have been extended as explained here below:•Digital variables: coils from 1 up to 2048
•Analogue variables: registers from 1 up to 5000
•Integer variables: registers from 5001 to 10000
 BACnet
Fully compatible with version <=A135 if using Carel protocol, with modbus extended the mapping of the variables into BACnet objects changes completely to allow alarger number of variables.
•Digital variables: Binary value objects from 1 up to 207 (Carel Protocol), 100001 up to 102048 (Modbus extended protocol)•Analogue variables: Analogue value objects from 1 up to 207 (Carel Protocol), 100001 up to 102048 (Modbus extended protocol)•Integer variables: Analogue/Multistate value objects from 1001 up to 1207 (Carel Protocol), 200001 up to 202048 (Modbus extended protocol)
 Clock Synchronization
Variables used to synchronize the clock have been extended to cover the entire range of integer variables.
 LoggerWith the new version of firmware, logger has been deeply improved; anyway only variables with index from 1 to 207 can be logged and graphed by pCOWeb.
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There are two types of Plugins:
distributed by CAREL, available at http://ksa.carel.com.
custom, created for a specific application.
To be able to create a Plugin, good knowledge is required of the GNU/Linux operating system and bash scripting and, to create compiled binary files, these need toadhere to certain requirements. The rules for creating Plugins are summarised in APPENDIX I on page 84.

9.6.1 Installing a Plugin
Access the pCOWeb main configuration page (see 9.2 on page 40),then open the Plugin page (Figure 9.m).


Plugins found: lists the Plugins currently installed thathave at least one HTML configuration page. In theexample shown in Figure 9.m there are no Plugins
installed.
Figure 9.m - Installing / uninstalling the Plugins

PROCEDURE FOR INSTALLING THE CAREL “NTP” PLUGIN

The “NTP” Plugin (Network Time Protocol) is used to synchronise the time on pCOWeb with an Internet time server.
1.

Download the “NTP” Plugin from http://ksa.carel.com; if the Plugin to be installed is contained in a zip file, first unzip it using any zip file decompression
program (for example, “Filzip” freeware, http://www.filzip.com), so as to create a directory called “install-plug-xxx” (xxx is ignored by pCOWeb, and is onlyused to identify the function of the Plugin).

2.

Access the pCOWeb user memory (see 4.2 on page 17)
with the “httpadmin” Username, and display thecontents of the “/usr/local/root/flash/http/” directory.

3.

Copy the “install-plug-xxx” directory and all its contents
to the “/usr/local/root/flash/http/” directory on
pCOWeb; then press F5 to refresh the page shown in
Figure 9.m above, which will then appear as shown in
Figure 9.n.
The page includes the new section called“Install/uninstall plugins” that is used to choose which
Plugins to install from those that have already been
copied, or which to uninstall from those alreadyinstalled. This section is only displayed if at least one
Plugin is installed or if at least one Plugin to be installed
has been copied.

4.

Click “Install/uninstall plugins”; a page as shown in
Figure 9.o will be displayed.
The “Install plugins” section will show ‘Install plugin“Network_Time_Protocol”’, the text displayed is takenfrom the pluginname file in the Plugin installation
directory copied from the computer to pCOWeb.
If the “/usr/local/root/flash/http/” directory contains
more than one installation directory, link will be
displayed for each Plugin.

5.

To start the installation procedure, click ‘Install plugin“Network_Time_Protocol” ‘.
IMPORTANT
Confirmation is not requested before
starting the procedure, and theinstallation, if succeeded, will delete the“install-plug-xxx” directory on pCOWeb
copied from the computer.

Figure 9.n – Plugin page: pCOWeb has found one or more Plugins to be installed

Figure 9.o – Install/Uninstall Plugin page: list of Plugins ready to be installed

Figure 9.p – “NTP” Plugin installation report

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At the end of the installation procedure (which may last some tens of seconds), a report is displayed describing the outcome of the installation of each file; if
the installation was not successful, the Plugin installed will need to be manually removed.
The report is as shown in Figure 9.p.
In this case all the files making up the Plugin were installed correctly. If the installation procedure attempts to overwrite a file that already exists (for example,
re-installing the same Plugin, or two Plugins that use
two files with the same name), the result will be as
shown in Figure 9.q.
The following messages are displayed in the
installation report:[ ok ]
file installed correctly[ Yet present ] file already present[!!!]
file not installed correctly
NOTE

If two Plugins include two files with thesame name and the same path, during
Figure 9.q – “NTP” Plugin installation report if the Plugin is already installed
installation the old file will never be
overwritten with the new one, and as aconsequence uninstalling the second Plugin will not delete the file in the first.

Once having completed the installation of the Plugin,
the Plugin page will be as shown in Figure 9.r.
The “Plugins found” section shows the list of Plugins
installed: The previous text “No plugins found” inFigure 9.r above has been replaced by the link to the“Network time Protocol”, which opens the HTML pageforsettingthePluginspresent
in“/usr/local/root/flash/http/plugins/”;thelink(“Network time Protocol”) is defined on the same
HTML page.
6.

7.

Set the parameters for the Plugin installed, clicking the“Network Time Protocol” link (for the “NTP” Plugin,
the configuration page is shown in Figure 9.s).

Figure 9.r – Plugin page after having installed “NTP”

Select the “Install/uninstall plugins” link shown in
Figure 9.r above again to return to the “Install plugins”
section; the page will be as shown in Figure 9.t.
It can be noted that the link for the installation of the
Plugin is no longer present, and in its place, if there
are no other Plugins available for installation, the text
“No install scripts found” is shown, and below, in the“Uninstall plugins” section, is the link to uninstall the
Plugin already installed.

Figure 9.s – Page for setting the “NTP” Plugin parameters

IMPORTANT

If you make some changes via FTP to the Plugin files installed, at the end you must fix their access rights by clicking the “Fix HTML pages and CGIs
rights” link (see 9.3 on page 43).

To install other Plugins, repeat all the above operations.
For firmware version before A.1.4.2, to make the Plugin installed operational, the pCOWeb must be rebooted.

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To uninstall, for example, the NTP Plugin installed in the previous pages, with reference to Figure 9.r on page 47:
1.

click “Install/uninstall plugins”, obtaining a page similar the one shown in Figure 9.t; the “Uninstall plugins” section shows the list of all the Plugins currently
installed;2.

to start the uninstallation procedure, click the link for the Plugin to be removed.
IMPORTANT: Confirmation is not requested before starting the procedure.

Figure 9.t – Install/Uninstall Plugin page after having installed “NTP”

At the end of the uninstallation procedure, a report is displayed, similar to the one created during the installation procedure (see Figure 9.u).
The following messages are displayed by the uninstallation report:[ ok ]file removed correctly[!!!]
file not removed correctly
If a file has not been removed correctly (it may have been removed previously or the permission has been changed manually), manual access via FTP is required forcomplete removal.
IMPORTANT: for firmware version before A.1.4.2, pCOWeb must be rebooted to make the changes effective.

Figure 9.u – “NTP” Plugin uninstallation report

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9.7 PROTECTION AND ACCESS CONTROL
9.7.1 Access rights to the custom HTML pages
Access restrictions can be defined to the custom HTML pages: to access these from a web browser (for example Internet Explorer) Username/Password authentication
will be required.
pCOWeb requires authentication if and only if the directory that contains the html page also contains the special file called:.htpasswd(note the dot before the letter h)Once the authentication data has been entered in the browser, these are compared against the data saved in .htpasswd; if the data does not match, access from thebrowser will be denied.
The access restrictions to the HTML pages MUST NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THE AUTHORISATION FOR USERS OF THE OPERATING SYSTEM described further on; forexample, the password specified to access a page is still valid even pCOWeb is started with the button; if forgetting the password, to access the HTML pages the access
restrictions must be deleted (see this paragraph below).
SETTING OR EDITING THE HTML ACCESS RESTRICTIONSClick the points shown in Figure 9.v below:

Figure 9.v – Protection and access control
thus obtaining:

Figure 9.w – Directory list for setting access restrictions to the HTML pages
IMPORTANT
For this information pCOWeb is case sensitive!

The changes will be active as soon as they are confirmed; pCOWeb does not need to be rebooted.
Using the button when rebooting pCOWeb (see 3.1.2 on page 12) causes no variations in the restrictions: those already set are still valid.
The Username and Password fields of an already created restriction will be ever displayed as empty.

Selecting Submit creates the restriction even if the fields are empty; during authentication, the corresponding fields should be left empty.
To skip the creation of the access restriction, close the dialogue box without pressing “Submit”.
Directories list (Figure 9.w above) pCOWeb Main:log / admin / plugins / …:

used to set the Username/Password for the HTML pages contained in the /usr/local/root/flash/http directory (no affect on
the subdirectories).
list of the directories and related subdirectories contained in /usr/local/root/flash/http (the index_img directory will not be
displayed); the list shows both the directories with active restrictions that those without restrictions.
The Username/Password for the selected directory can be set and/or changed.

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The “admin” directory contains the .htpasswd file that is used for authentication to the pCOWeb configuration page contained in/usr/local/root/config/ (see 9.2 on page 40). That directory (read-only) in fact includes a permanent link (name: .htpasswd) to the/usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/.htpasswd file.
To cancel the restriction, access the memory via FTP and delete the following file:/usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/.htpasswd
To restore the default restriction, access the user memory via FTP and copy the file:/usr/local/root/defadmin/.htpasswd
to the directory:/usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/

TIP
The links, as described in the IMPORTANT NOTE above, can be used to attribute the same authentication to multiple directories: after having generated, for a directory,
the .htpasswd file as shown in Figure 9.w on page 49, simply add a link in each directory (symbolic link, typical of Unix-like systems) to the .htpasswd file generated.
For example, to share the .htpasswd file located in /usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/ for the /usr/local/root/flash/http/ directory, proceed as follows:
1. from a Windows terminal access pCOWeb by selecting Accessories / Prompt and then entering:telnet 10.0.3.114 (IP address or name of the pCOWeb);2.

at the login request, type:3.

and the password (see 9.7.2 below);type:

httpadmin
cd /usr/local/root/flash/http/4.

(new directory for sharing the same Username and Password as /usr/local/root/flash/http/admin);type:

ln -s /usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/.htpasswd .htpasswd(this creates a link called “.htpasswd” that points to the /usr/local/root/flash/http/admin/.htpasswd file generated previously).
REMOVING AN HTML ACCESS RESTRICTION
The only way to remove access restrictions that have already been set for the HTML pages contained in a directory is to access the pCOWeb memory via FTP (see 4.2 on
page 17) and manually delete the .htpasswd file in the directory in question.

9.7.2 Users of the operating system
The functions of the GNU/Linux operating system that pCOWeb is based on can be accessed by logging in with one of the following four default, non-modifiable
usernames:
Table 9.a - Operating system Usernames and Passwords
Usernameroot
httpadmin
carel
guest

Password when starting without pressing the button: default value(modifiable)
froot
fhttpadminfcarelfguestPassword when starting with the button (see 3.1.2 on page 12)(non-modifiable)
froot
fhttpadminfcarelfguestA modifiable Password is provided as default for each of the four users. The modification does not affect the password that is used to access pCOWeb when started withthe button pressed (see 3.1.2 on page 12), which is non-modifiable.
The Password can be modified to allow only authorised personnel to access pCOWeb.
IMPORTANT
For this information pCOWeb is case sensitive!

The changes will be active as soon as they are confirmed; starting from version A.1.4.2 pCOWeb does not need to be rebooted.

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Figure 9.x – Changing the password for the operating system access Usernames“root” USERNAME
Access with the “root” identifier is used internally to run critical applications for which the operating system requires special permission; logging in with this Usernamemeans there are no restrictions; therefore, it is important to set a Password other than the default “froot” to prevent potentially dangerous outside access.
“httpadmin” USERNAMEThis is the only Username of interest to the user of the pCOWeb and must be used to access the user memory via FTP.
This type of identification only allows functions relating to the memory, as established by CAREL. Setting a new Password for this User prevents unwanted access to thememory.
“carel” AND “guest” USERNAMES
These are used internally to run applications. They have no interest for the user of the pCOWeb, except to change the default Password so as to increase security.
IMPORTANT

If the password is forgotten, the only way to access the operating system functions protected by the Username/Password is to start pCOWeb with thefactory Passwords pressing the button, as described in 3.1.2 on page 12.

9.8 VARIOUS TESTS: PING - pCO VARIABLES – NOTIFICATIONS - VERBOSITY
The “Tests” page features the following tests:
Ping a remote Host: pCOWeb can be used to send a“ping” command to a computer. This is useful forchecking whether or not communication is possible
between pCOWeb and a computer (cable problems, IP
address or subnet mask settings).
IMPORTANT: the Gateway normally needs to be set, see
9.4.1 on page 44.
Specify the name (a DNS must be set – see 9.4.1 on page44) or the IP address, then select the “Ping” button; thecommand asks the recipient to respond to acknowledge
reception; after sending the command, pCOWeb will
display the outcome on the confirmation page; see Figure
9.z below.
Figure 9.y – Protection and access control

Figure 9.z - Results of the “Ping” command

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Read/Write by pCOx: is used to read or write the contents of a pCO variable
using the page shown in Figure 9.aa below;
 Choose the variable: choose the variable to be read or written;
IMPORTANTThe selection is also common to the write function
and only becomes effective after selecting the“Read” button; the “Write” button does not confirm
the selection made in the “Choose the variable”
section, but rather writes the values shown on linewith the “Write” button and highlighted in Figure
9.aa; Current value: value read; this may be numeric or “U” (for themeaning of “U” see 9.2.2 on page 41);
 Variable <Type> <index> new value: enter the new value for thevariable and select Write, then wait for the outcome page and check
whether the value has been accepted (= the pCO application canwrite the variable) or has remained unvaried (= the pCO application
manages the variable as read-only);
Figure 9.aa - pCO variables test Operation result legend (Undefined / Ok / Timeout): describes theoutcome of the last read or write operation:o Ok: after a write operation, pCOWeb has received acknowledgement from pCO with the current value of the variable;o Timeout: if 10 seconds elapse from the write operation without the pCO sending the acknowledgement message containing thecurrent value of the variable; possible situations:– the value sent to the pCO is the same as the existing value;– the index of the variable is outside of the limits managed by the BIOS version of the pCO used;– communication between pCO and pCOWeb is interrupted; for further information see APPENDIX C on page 65.
o Undefined: returned for all read operations, and for the write operations that do not send any request to the pCO, that is, when anumeric value has been entered that is not allowed:[Digital: 0/1], [Analogue: -3276.8 to 3276.7], [Integer: -32768 to 32767].



Test notifications: send all the notification messages set, regardless of whether the corresponding events occur or time interval has expired. For details of thenotifications see 4.3 on page 20. The message displayed once you executed the test is:

Figure 9.bb - pCO variables test
NOTE 1NOTE 2•The notifications may take a lot of time to be sent, depending on the number of messages set; during this activity the Status LED could stop
flashing; the completion of the notifications will be signalled by the confirmation page.
Running this test does not ensure that all the messages have effectively been delivered: check that all the conditions described in 4.3 on page 20
are Ok so that pCOWeb can deliver the messages.

Verbosity: this function allows verifying the sending email logs. Switching in the debug mode (Figure 9.cc) it will open a specific window (see Figure 9.dd )where it will be possible to analyse the mail traffic.

Figure 9.cc – enable Verbose

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On the right is possible to see an
example of communication between
pCOweb and the e-mail server

NOTE: pCOweb must be restarted
when finished monitoring traffic toserver.

Figure 9.dd – Mail logs

9.9 RESTARTING pCOWeb
Some settings require the pCOWeb to be rebooted.
The reboot can be performed in the following ways:

Disconnect the power supply for a few seconds (the LEDs must go off), then reconnect (if the operation is to be performed after setting the value of aparameter, wait until the setting has been confirmed, to allow time for the confirmation to be sent via the browser to pCOWeb);or alternatively: select the “Reboot” button available on the configuration web pages (Figure 9.d on page 42);or alternatively: use the button shown in Figure 1.b on page 8 with the procedure described in 9.9.1 below.

9.9.1 Restarting pCOWeb using the button
PROCEDURE
1. Check that the Status LED is flashing continuously green or red, or is on steady red (“Rescue mode”, see 9.10.3 on page 55); in any other situations, theprocedure cannot be started.
2. Select and hold the button for at least 5 seconds, then release it.
IMPORTANT: pCOWeb ignores the button when pressed for more than 10 seconds, interpreting this as accidental.
After a few seconds, the Status LED stops flashing, it may change colour and switch off, then it will flash very quickly red-green-red-green for a few seconds, confirming
the reboot; after 1-2 minutes, the completion of the reboot phase will be signalled by the regular flashing of the Status LED, or the steady red colour (“Rescue mode”,
see 9.10.3 on page 55).

9.10 FIRMWARE UPDATEThe pCOWeb firmware can be updated by uploading it from a computer via the Ethernet connection, using the configuration page.
The firmware is divided into two separate blocks, each with its own version. The current blocks and versions are:A1.4.2 (block containing most of the application programs)
B1.2.1 (block containing the BIOS, that is, the GNU/Linux operating system and the basic applications).
To check the firmware version on the pCOWeb see Figure 9.d on page 42.

INFORMATIONEvery update operation loads only a block per time.
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




pCOWeb does not check for coherence between the two blocks.
There is no need to update both blocks if one of these is already up-to-date.
The order of updates (A then B, or B then A) is indifferent.
An earlier block than the current one can also be loaded.
Currently there is no incompatibility between the versions of the two blocks; for outdated versions check the documents supplied.
Updating the firmware does not affect the user settings, as the non-volatile memory is divided into areas. Nonetheless, as the information on the sub-divisionof the areas is contained in block B, in the future CAREL may need to move the sub-division information following the addition of new functions. In that case,the change will be described in the documents, and the data will need to be backed up (see 9.1 on page 40).

IMPORTANT

If when updating block A the procedure is interrupted due to a power failure, the block A transferred is not valid and upon next reboot pCOWeb willenter Rescue Mode (see 9.10.3 on page 55); the normal functions will no longer work, but pCOWeb, due to presence of a valid block B, will continue
to operate to allow block A to be loaded again, although with a slightly different procedure.

IMPORTANT

If when updating block B the procedure is interrupted, the product will be need to be sent to CAREL for reprogramming in the factory.

NOTE

Rescue Mode is also activated by updating outdated firmware on pCOWeb (for example if starting from version A1.2.7 - B1.1.5 and updating to A1.3.1 B1.2.1); in fact, the last versions have different limits in the allocation of the non-volatile memory that cause the corruption of the existing block A.

9.10.1 Procedure for updating the firmware from web pages
The firmware updates are distributed by CAREL divided into two separate files included in the same compressed file. For example, the update relating to the version that
this manual refers to is:

UPDATE FILE NAME on http://ksa.carel.com: pCOWeb_A142-B121.zip
Block name
Block type
Update file name
Date
A.1.4.2
Applications
flash_apps_A1.4.2.bin
2010.10.30
B.1.2.1
Bios
flash_sys_B1.2.1.bin
2006.08.02
INFORMATION
pCOWeb recognises the type of block not by name, but rather by some information it contains.
TIP: if updating block A only on a series of pCOWeb devices, use the procedure shown in paragraph 9.10.2 on page 55.
PROCEDURE
1. Download the update to a directory on the computer and decompress it using
any ZIP decompression utility (for example, “Filzip” freeware,
http://www.filzip.com).
2. Open the pCOWeb firmware update page (Figure 9.ee).
3. Use the “Browse” button to choose the file corresponding to the block being
updated.
4. Select the “Submit” button: the block will start being transferred to the
VOLATILE memory on pCOWeb (the non-volatile memory is not modified inthis phase, however if at this point the procedure needs to be stopped,
pCOWeb will have to be rebooted).
Wait for the confirmation page to be displayed (see Figure 9.ff), then close thewindow and wait until the page shown in Figure 9.ee above turns into thatshown in Figure 9.gg on page 55, describing the outcome of the test on thetransferred block.
5.

Figure 9.ee – Firmware update page

Check that the type of block recognised is as expected (“FLASH APPS” string
highlighted in Figure 9.gg on page 55).

Figure 9.ff – Confirmation of block transferred

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To start to write the block to NON-VOLATILE memory select “Proceed andReboot” (no confirmation is requested).
For block A, the effective writing to memory corresponds to the phases inwhich the Status LED is on steady red; for block B, on the other hand, thiscorresponds to the phase in which the Status LED alternates red-green,
starting some tens of seconds after pressing the button.

At the end pCOWeb will be rebooted automatically. After around 2 minutes, theupdated main configuration page can be opened to check that the firmware version
has been changed (see Figure 9.d on page 42).

Figure 9.gg – Block transferred analysis report – Start update or cancel

9.10.2 Procedure for updating the firmware via FTP (block A only)
INFORMATIONThe firmware (only block A) can also be updated via FTP.

An already updated pCOWeb that the firmware can be downloaded from is required.
The “flash_sys_Bx.x.x.bin” file used in paragraph 9.10.1 on page 54 cannot be used for this procedure.
PROCEDURE
1. Access an already updated pCOWeb via FTP (see 4.2 on page 17), going to the directory:/usr/local/root/flash/dev/
2.

Take the following two files:

romapps.img
romapps.img.chk
3.
4.
5.
6.

and copy them to a temporary directory on the computer.
Access the same directory on the pCOWeb being updated via FTP.
Delete the romapps.img and romapps.img.chk files contained in the directory.
Copy the files from the computer to pCOWeb.
pCOWeb must be rebooted to complete the update.

IMPORTANT: if one or both files listed above are missing or are not valid, when rebooted pCOWeb will go into Rescue Mode (see 9.10.3 below).

9.10.3 Rescue mode
INFORMATIONWhen pCOWeb is rebooted it first runs the block B firmware, then checks the presence and validity of block A, starting up as normal if everything is Ok.

If block A is not valid, pCOWeb enters Rescue Mode to allow block A to be reloaded.
The Status LED is on steady red.
o In this mode, the normal functions are not available and access to the standard configuration page is not possible, as those pages are contained inblock A.
HOW TO RELOAD THE BLOCK “A” FIRMWARE
1. Access pCOWeb by entering the IP address (during the Rescue Mode, the pages need to be refreshed by pressing Ctrl-F5, otherwise unexpected results may
occur due to the use of the browser’s cache memory); the page shown in Figure 9.hh on page 56 will be displayed.
2. Click “Provide firmware image”; (see Figure 9.ii on page 56), the page used to choose the block A file will be displayed; select “Upload” to transfer the blockto the VOLATILE memory (during this phase the block will only be copied to the VOLATILE memory and checked).

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4.

When the page showing “Upload result: Ok” is displayed, select “Press here to start
immediately”: the file will be written to NON-VOLATILE memory.
The end of the procedure will be signalled by the page shown in Figure 9.jj below;
then reboot pCOWeb.

5.

Wait at least 2 minutes, then load the main page by entering the name of thepCOWeb or the IP address in the address field and pressing Enter.

NOTE

After rebooting the Rescue Mode page may be displayed again. Usually this issimply a problem with the browser.
To make sure that pCOWeb is no longer in Rescue Mode, check the Status LED; ifflashing green, the Rescue Mode page displayed is one saved in by the browser;
refresh the page by pressing Ctrl-F5; if this doesn’t work, try deleting the browser’s
cache memory, and if this still doesn’t work, close and open the browser again (allthe instances running).

Figure 9.hh – The “Rescue Mode” page

Figure 9.ii – Reloading block A

If, on the other hand, Rescue Mode is still active even after rebooting pCOWeb, there may be errors in the formatting of the non-volatile memory.
Proceed as follows:
1.
2.

3.

Click the “Completely format flashdisk” link shown in Figure 9.kk below to regenerate the data structure of the non-volatile memory.
Choose: “Yes, please, erase all the flashdisk, all the user configurations and pages will be lost”: all the HTML pages entered by the user and all theconfigurations will be lost, including the network settings. When next rebooting the button will need to be pressed (see 3.1 on page 10), using thedefault address 172.16.0.1 to open the Rescue Mode pages; make sure that the computer is configured correctly as described in 3.1 on page 10
to access the address 172.16.0.1.
Then repeat the procedure for loading block A described above.

Figure 9.jj – When loaded, reboot pCOWeb

Figure 9.kk – Formatting the non-volatile memory

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9.11 pCO APPLICATION UPDATEpCOWeb is able to update the pCO application of every type of pCO controller, except for pCO2 (only because pCO2 doesn't automatically restart when the upload
has been completed).
To update the pCO application, when Carel protocol is running ,you need either:•A bios version >=4.10 installed, as starting from this specific versions of bios the pCO switches automatically from Carel protocol to Winload protocol(SERIAL1_PROTOCOL=4 or BMS_PROTOCOL = 4) as soon as the pCOWeb sends a specific command.
• An application which is able to switch to Winload protocol (SERIAL1_PROTOCOL=4 or BMS_PROTOCOL = 4) on the serial port 1 (BMS) when a dedicateddigital variable changes from “0” to “1”; this doesn’t depend on the protocol used between pCO and pCOWeb.

Figure 9.ll Digital variable necessary for BIOS < 4.10 in Carel protocol
This required auto switch protocol is not supported with modbus extended, and it is not possible to reserve a digital variable during the update procedure, as
described below.
To update the pCO application, when Modbus Extended is running:•An application which is able to switch to Carel protocol (SERIAL1_PROTOCOL=1 or BMS_PROTOCOL = 1) on the serial port 1 (BMS) when a dedicateddigital variable changes from “0” to “1”.
In this case, the procedure is quite different from the one described for Carel protocol with BIOS < 4.10, in fact the switching of the variable to change
protocol has to be performed before pressing: “Update pCO Application”:

Figure 9.mm Manual switch to change protocol

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After switching the above-described variable from “0” to “1”, a double reboot for pCOWeb is necessary: first to go from Modbus Extended to Carel (in the
pCO Com, see picture 9.l ), after this first reboot the pCO Application Upload can be run:

Figure 9.nn pCO Application Upload
Then, once that the Upload procedure has been completed it is necessary to perform the second reboot of pCOWeb to go back from Carel to Modbus
extended (always in the pCO Com). This is mandatory if using modbus extended protocol.

pCOWeb supports:•BLB, BIN, BLX (Strategy)•IUP (User interface)•GRP (graphic resources, available only with 1Tool)•DEV (default parameters)•PVT, LCT (bios logger configuration)
pCOWeb doesn’t support:
•GRT
•BIOS
•BOOT
VERY IMPORTANT
It is standard in custom pCO application and in each Carel standard application that, in order to avoid memory mismatching, to re-initialize the unit to the default
configuration when the application updates, so that is strongly advised to upload, together with the applications' files, a consistent DEV file for the specific application (i.e.
downloading it from another controller with similar configuration and the new software).
Updating the pCO application is a very critical procedure for the unit, it implies to switch it off before taking any action, pCO will de-energize every digital and analogue
output during the firmware upgrade without taking in consideration any safety timing or specific procedure defined in the software.
Please, go to http://ksa.carel.com/ and download the step by step guide “Updating pCO Application via pCOWeb.pdf”

Figure 9.oo – pCO Application Upload correctly executed

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10 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSCPU:

ARM7 TDMI@74MHz clock

Memory:16MB RAM, 8 MB FLASH (around 3MB available for web pages and user data).

Operating system:

GNU/LINUX 2.4.21 – file system for the non-volatile user memory: JFFS2

FirmwareA1.4.2 – B 1.2.1

Ethernet interface:

RJ45 connector for 10BaseT Ethernet;
use a class 5 shielded cable, max 100 m.

Protocols managed:

HTTP (web server: thttpd 1.1)
SMTP
DHCP
FTP
DNS
SNMP v1 (Net-SNMP 5.0.9)
SNMP v2c (Net-SNMP 5.0.9)
BACnet Ethernet ISO8802-2/8802-3
BACnet/IP (Addendum A/Annex J)
MODBus TCP/IP

Operating conditions:

0T55 °C, 20/80% RH non-condensing

Storage conditions:-20T70 °C, 20/80 % RH non-condensing

Environnemental pollution:

NormalCAREL order code:

PCO1ØØØWBØ

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APPENDIX A

MAC ADDRESS - STATIC OR AUTOMATIC IP ADDRESS (DHCP).

Each pCOWeb has a MAC address (“Medium Access Control”) that is unique at a worldwide level from all other network devices. In addition, each pCOWeb connectedin the data network must be set with a unique IP address. If the network that the pCOWeb is connected to uses the automatic “DHCP” system for assigning the address,a manual setting of the addresses will not be needed. Vice-versa, each individual pCOWeb will need to be set one-by-one the IP address.
MAC address
Each network device is distinguished from any other device connected on the network by the MAC address.
The MAC address is a unique number at a worldwide level. It is attributed to the device in the factory and subsequently cannot be modified.
It is made up of 16 alphanumeric characters, in the following range: 0, …, 9, A, …, F. For easier interpretation, this number is often represented in groups of two
characters; an example of MAC address is:

00.0A.5C.10.00.81
The data network is a connection that carries messages from one network device simultaneously to all the other devices connected. Therefore, normally a network device
also receives messages sent to other devices.
Each network device only considers a message if the destination MAC address matches its own. All the other messages are ignored, except for the messages sent to a
special MAC address called “broadcast”: FF.FF.FF.FF.FF.FF, which are considered by all the devices, even if the destination address does not correspond to their own. The
broadcast address is used to send “messages for all”. For this reason, no network device can have the broadcast address as its own address.
IP address
In the data networks, the devices are also uniquely identified using another address, called the “IP address”.
IP stands for Internet Protocol.
Each device is therefore set with its own IP address.
Within a network, each IP address must be unique.
The correct setting of this address is fundamental for the exchange of data between the various devices.
The IP address is made up of four numbers separate by dots. Each of the four numbers is between 0 and 255. An example of an IP address is:

10.0.0.204
Static IP
The attribution of an IP address to a network device, for example pCOWeb, is subject to a number of rules; therefore, when pCOWeb is installed in a data network, thenetwork administrator must be contacted for a valid IP address.
Only the network administrator who has the overall view of the entire configuration of the installation can in fact choose a valid address for the pCOWeb. In systems that
do not use the automatic DHCP system, each individual pCOWeb will need to be set with the IP address provided by the administrator (see 9.4.1 on page 44).
Dynamic IP (DHCP) (default method for pCOWeb)
In some networks, the IP address is automatically assigned to a network device by the central server via the data network itself (this is called the DHCP server).
The operation that uses an IP address provided by a central server is described as the “dynamic” IP address.
This setting avoids, for systems that use DHCP, having to set the correct address on the pCOWeb and (computers) one-by-one, allowing significant time savings.
In this case, the network administrator will have configured the DHCP server with a table of MAC addresses ↔ IP addresses, and will be able to distinguish the various
devices by the MAC address and a table that describes, for each MAC address, the physical position of the device in the installation (see 2.2 on page 9). In this case, thedevices that are connected must be first have been configured to use this method for exchanging the IP address.
pCOWeb has DHCP active by default.
In these networks, therefore, the IP address is decided by the network administrator who configures the DHCP server, and who must be contacted to ask
which address has been attributed.
If DHCP is active, up to three additional static IP address can be assigned – see 9.4.1 on page 44).

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IP ADDRESSES, PROXY SERVER, SUBNET MASK, DNS, GATEWAY

IP ADDRESSESRECEPTION
A message that reaches a device is accepted if the destination IP address contained in the message coincides with the receiver’s address.
TRANSMISSION
A PC can send data only to a limited range of IP addresses, called the subnetwork. The definition of the subnet for a given PC depends on the combination [IP address –Subnet mask].
A practical test to establish whether two IP addresses belong to the same subnetwork, is as follows:
NETMASK – PRACTICAL TEST
If the Subnet mask of the two devices are identical and the IP addresses corresponding to the “255” positions of the Subnet mask are identical, the two IPs
belong to the same subnetwork.
Example 1: same subnetwork

SUBNET MASK
IP1
IP2

255.
10.
10.

255.
0.
0.

0.
1.
2.

0
34
245

The device with IP address 1 communicates directly with the device with IP address 2.
Example 2: different subnetworks

SUBNET MASK
IP1
IP2

255.
10.
10.

255.
1.
0.

0.
1.
2.

0
34
245

The device with IP address 1 CANNOT DIRECTLY communicate with the device with IP address 2 (a Gateway device will be needed).
PROXY SERVER
For some types of message, the PC can also be configured so that the path travelled by the message includes (if featured in the local network) a special device called aproxy server, which performs some additional tasks.
An example of such tasks is the one that is normally performed when requesting access to Internet sites from a PC on a local network; in this case, each PC accesses theInternet via a central server on the network, which has the task of managing the traffic to the outside.
Normally, the server features a proxy so as to store the last pages accessed in its memory, and, if on the websites these have not been changed (date / file size), rather
than download them from the sites it provides its own copy, thus avoiding useless data traffic; in general, a proxy returns a result that depends on the rules set on theproxy.
If pCOWeb is installed in a network with a proxy server, the browser on the PCs in the network are normally already set to send their HTML page requests to the proxy.
In this case, if the network server has not yet been set to locate the pCOWeb in the network, a personal computer will not be able to access the pCOWeb HTML pages
via the proxy. Consequently, the easiest solution is to disable the proxy on the PC used to contact the pCOWeb. This means however that the PC will not be able toaccess the Internet via the intranet.
FURTHER INFORMATION

The mechanism for the transmission of a data packet is illustrated below.
NOTE

A network device can contact another device only if its MAC address is known (or the MAC address of the corresponding gateway that it connects through)and this is included in the transmission packet; in fact, the first filter for reception on each network device is a network board that rejects all the messages thatare not sent to its own MAC address.

The transmission mechanism can be analysed as follows.
A – request from a program running on a PC to contact a site; role of the communications manager.
It is assumed that a program running on a PC requests the PC operating system to send a certain message to a server, for example www.myserver.com; theprogram sends the request to the communications manager on the PC; the communications manager is a program that is part of the operating system and thatcan be considered a “switchboard operator” for the PC: it receives transmission requests from the programs running on the PC, and receives messages from theoutside, forwarding them to the programs running.
B – search for the IP address relating to the site’s server.
Once the request has been received, the communications manager on the PC looks up its “table of names-IP addresses” to find the association between therequested name (URL: www.myserver.com) and the IP address of the server; if the association is not found, it connects to a special network service called “DNS Domain Name Server”, whose role is to supply the IP addresses corresponding to the names, in the same way as a telephone directory; the IP address of the DNS
is known to the communications manager, being specified by the user in the configuration of the PC.

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In the following examples, to simplify the explanations, it is assumed that the DNS server is located within the network; it must also be rememberedthat there are no limits to fact whether the DNS server is located within or outside of the network.
B1 – search for the MAC address of the DNS server
In reality, as described, to call the DNS server the communications manager must first acquire the MAC address; to do this, first of all it looks up its “table of
IP addresses-MAC addresses” (ARP table); if it can’t find the address, it sends a message using ARP protocol (Address Resolution Protocol); the message issent to the “broadcast” address (see APPENDIX A on page 61) and consequently is received by all the devices. The message asks for a response from the
network device whose IP address matches the address of the DNS server; as soon as the DNS responds, the PC saves the MAC address in the ARP table sothat this can be used again in the future, without having to send the request each time; the table is not static but is constantly updated.
B2 – the DNS provides the IP address of the site.
Once the communications manager has the MAC address of the DNS server, it will send the name www.myserver.com, and the DNS will respond with thecorresponding IP; if the table does not contain the address, the PC will not be able to access www.myserver.com and a warning message will be displayed.
On a PC, the same behaviour can be simulated using the “nslookup” function in Microsoft Windows™:

C:\>nslookup www.google.com
Server: ns4.myserver.dns
Address: 10.0.0.14
Response from an untrusted server:Name:www.l.google.com
Address: 216.239.59.147
Aliases: www.google.com
C – the IP address acquired may not be suitable to contact the server directly: function of the subnet mask.
At this stage, the communications manager checks whether or not it can contact the server’s IP address directly; if not enabled, it will send the request to contact a
network “helper” called the “gateway”, which will forward the message to the recipient (and will do the same for the response); the gateway can be contacted by
the PC as the user will have specified the IP address provided by the network administrator; this IP must be directly contactable.
Direct contact depends on the combination of the following numbers:IP address of the destinationIP address of the personal computersubnet mask of the personal computer
The communications manager, using these three numbers, establishes whether the recipient’s IP address belongs to the range (called the “subnet”) of IP addresses
it is enabled to communicate with, without having to go through the gateway.
The destination IP addresses it can communicate directly with satisfy the following criterion:
the bits of the destination IP address corresponding to those that in the Subnet mask are equal to 1,
must have the same value as the bits of the source IP address
NOTE

The subnet mask cannot have just any value; it must follow a number of rules, including:from the left, at least the first bit must be 1
continuing to the right, the first 0 bit will only be followed by 0 bits

ExamplesSubnet mask

255.
255.
224.
0
11111111 11111111 11100000 00000000

Source IP

10.
0.
66.
64
00001010 00000000 01000010 01000000

Dest IP 1 (direct)

10.
0.
69.
240
00001010 00000000 01000101 11110000

Dest IP 2 (by gateway)
10.
12.
66.
64
00001010 00001100 01000010 01000000
Dest IP 3 (by gateway)
10.
0.
130.
64
00001010 00000000 11000010 01000000

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ALL DIRECT IP’s RANGE:
Dest IP #1
255.
255.
64.
0
00001010 00000000 01000000 00000000
Dest IP #2

255.
255.
64.
1
00001010 00000000 01000000 00000001

Dest IP #3

255.
255.
64.
2
00001010 00000000 01000000 00000010. . . . . . . . .

. . . . . .
Dest IP (#8192)

255.
255.
95.
255
00001010 00000000 01011111 11111111

D - (destination IP address contained in the subnet)
D1 – search for the MAC address of the site’s server.
Similarly to step B1, to send the message the communications manager must first acquire the MAC address corresponding to the IP; first of all, it looks up its“table of IP addresses - MAC addresses”; if this is not found, it searches the network by sending an ARP message and waiting for the response from the server
whose IP address is equal to the destination; as soon as the server responds, the PC saves the MAC address in the table so that this can be used again in the
future, without having to send the request each time.
D2 – effectively send the message
Finally, the personal computer sends the message to the server with the MAC address acquired.
E - (destination IP address outside of the subnet: send to the gateway)
In this case, the personal computer will send the message to a special network device called a gateway, whose IP address will have been specified in theconfiguration of the PC. The IP address of this device must belong to the same subnet as the personal computer.
The message will be sent to the gateway after the personal computer has acquired the corresponding MAC address, as described in step B1 or D1.
The gateway, if configured by the network administrator to allow communication between the two subnets in question, will forward the message to the IP
destination address; once the response is received, this too will be forwarded to the original sender (the personal computer).
Overall, then, the gateway allows the personal computer to access all other IP addresses outside of its own subnetwork.

Figure B.a - Communication in a network

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Figure C.a below describes a write request generated by a high level pCOWeb application.

Figure C.a - Communication between pCOWeb - pCO atoms
REQUEST TO WRITE A VARIABLE FROM pCOWeb TO pCO
1. The variation request (WRITING REQUEST) is not transcribed to the pCOWeb table (comm buffer: var value) but rather is sent directly to the pCO.
2. At the same time, on the pCOWeb the variation sent flag is raised (comm buffer: delta flag “set”); this flag is ONLY used by the HTML pages when reading toestablish whether the variations sent by the page with the “Submit” button have been confirmed by the reception of the new values on the pCO: while there
are still some variations that have not yet been confirmed by the pCO, pCOWeb does not generate the confirmation html page on the browser; a 10
seconds Timeout is reset whenever each new confirmation is received; the html confirmation page will be generated and sent back when all confirmation
have been received OR when the Timeout expires.
3. The value is received by the pCO and saved in the corresponding communication buffer (comm buffer: var value), together with a variation received flag(comm buffer: delta flag “set”); the flag is only raised if the value received is different from the existing value.
4. If the application running on the pCO contains the atom for receiving the variable (RX_ATOM), when the atom is run it detects the raised flag, resets the flag(comm buffer: delta flag “reset”) and transfers the new value to the variable (example: AN12) for use within the application; at the same time it “books” there-transmission of the variation by raising the flag in the communication buffer on the pCO (comm buffer: tx flag “set”).
5. If the application running on the pCO contains the atom for sending the variable, whenever this is run it checks whether the value of the communicationbuffer (comm buffer: var value) is different from the value of the variable in the application (AN12); if it is different, it transfers the value of the variable in theapplication to the communication buffer and “books” the re-transmission of the variation by raising the flag in the communication buffer (comm buffer: tx
flag “set”).
6. With the following update request from pCOWeb to the pCO, the latter will send the value and lower the delta flag (comm buffer: delta flag “reset”).
7. pCOWeb will receive and save the value and the reception in its buffer (comm buffer: var value, delta flag “reset”).
CONCLUSIONS
A. In a pCO application, a read-only variable does not perform the reception atom and is only varied from the application. Each value sent by pCOWeb will not
produce any variation in the value of the application, but if the two values are different, the send atom will also book an echo containing the value of thevariable contained in the pCO application.
B. On power-up, the pCOWeb communication buffer is loaded with a series of “U”-s (Undefined); each value received from the pCO replaces thecorresponding “U” loaded at power-up.
C. If communication with the pCO is interrupted, after a Timeout of a few seconds, the entire pCOWeb communication buffer is initialised again with the “U”-s(the “Status” LED starts flashing red).
D. On power-up, or when communication is restored, pCOWeb sends pCO a command to read all the variables, regardless of the variations; pCO then sends
all the values of all the variables managed by the communication buffer, irrespective of whether the atoms are present or not.
E. The pCO BIOS versions prior to 4.02 do not manage all 207 variables for all three indices, that is, have communication buffers that do not extend across therange 1-207. This means that there may be some “U”-s for the last variables.
F. The pCO BIOS versions superior to 2.31 supports Carel protocol version 3.0, pCOWeb requires this protocol version or superior.

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APPENDIX D

ArGoSoft: A FREEWARE MAIL SERVER

Various SMTP servers are available on the Internet.
Below is a description of the ArGoSoft Mail Server freeware (version 1.8.8.9), downloadable at the link:
www.argosoft.com.
After installation, when first started the screen shown in Figure D.a below isdisplayed.
The “Listening on port …” messages confirm that:
SMTP Server started: the server that pCOWeb will send the messages tobe running.
IMPORTANT: if another SMTP manager is already active, port 25 will bebusy and the service will not be started. Close the other manager.

POP3 Server started: the server that the e-mail client will download themessages from is running.
IMPORTANT: if another POP3 manager is already active, port 110 will bebusy and the service will not be started. Close the other manager.

Finger Server started: optional service not used by pCOWeb; ignore.
Web Server started: the server to access the MAILBOX from an Internet
Browser is running.
IMPORTANT: if port 80 is busy, the web server will not be started; theSkype application, for example, uses port 80; another port can beselected in the configuration (for access via browser the port will need to
be specified), or alternatively close Skype or any other applications thatoccupy port 80.
Figure D.a - ArGoSoft Mail Server: opening screen

CONFIGURING THE SERVER
1.

SET THE DOMAINSINFORMATIONThe part of an e-mail address to the right of the “@”is called the domain (name@domain).
More than one domain can be added to ArGoSoft.

The server will only receive the messages whose domain corresponds to one domain specified on the settings.

Figure D.b - ArGoSoft Mail Server: setting the domains
PROCEDURE
Click point 1 in Figure D.a above; with reference to the example settings illustrated for pCOWeb in Figure 4.p on page 24, enter the two domains (see Figure
D.b above):provider1.com
provider2.com
2.

CREATE THE MAILBOXClick point 2 in Figure D.a above. Create two MAILBOXES, entering the User Name and Password (in Figure D.c on page 67 “pcoweb_heater_pCO” /“password” and “supervisor” / ”password” have been used). This information will only be used by the client (for example Microsoft Outlook) to receive themessages.

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Figure D.c - ArGoSoft Mail Server: creating a MAILBOXIMPORTANTNOTE

When, in Figure 4.p on page 24, the properties are set for sending the e-mail notifications from pCOWeb, if ArGoSoft is used, it ismandatory not to specify the login Username / Password (leave the corresponding fields empty).

Even if the pcoweb_heater_pCO@provider1.com MAILBOX is not created, pCOWeb still sends the messages to supervisor@provider2.com; thefirst MAILBOX has simply been proposed as an example for any messages sent to pCOWeb. These messages are not managed by pCOWeb but
must be displayed by browser or downloaded by a client.

ACCESSING THE SERVER VIA WEB
The ArGoSoft server features access to MAILBOXES via web pages.
To do this, simply open an Internet browser that can access the computer where ArGoSoft is running, and type the name or the IP address of the computer; if the same
computer is running the browser and ArGoSoft, simply enter the address 127.0.0.1.
Once the access page has been displayed, select the “Login” button and enter the Username (“pcoweb_heater_pCO”) and Password (“password”) set for the MAILBOX.
NOTE

If when installing ArGoSoft, port 80 was occupied and a different port is used (for example 81), the port must be specified as follows:
Example: 127.0.0.1:81<name or IP address>:81

STOPPING THE ArGoSoft SERVER
After ArGoSoft has been started and the server has been configured, the program can be closed.
The server will remain operating.
To also stop the server, open ArGoSoft again and proceed as shown in Figure D.d.
CONFIGURING THE Microsoft Outlook CLIENT
To be able to use an e-mail client (for example Microsoft Outlook) to get the messages delivered,for instance, to the supervisor@provider2.com MAILBOX on the server, the client needs to be
configured.
PROCEDURE

From the Microsoft Outlook menu bar, choose:- “Tools”- “Accounts…”- “Add an e-mail account”

Choose the type of server: POP3
Figure D.d - Stopping the ArGoSoft Mail Server

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1 - Name: Supervisor people
2 – E-mail address: supervisor@provider2.com
3 and 4 – Incoming mail server (POP3) and Outgoing mail server (SMTP): name or IP address of the computer where the ArGoSoft server has been
installed.
NOTE
If the computer is different from the one running Outlook, the two computers must be able to exchange data. It is recommended
to use the same computer. In this case, enter 127.0.0.1 (internal address of the computer visible to all the internal applications).
5 – User name: as set for the ArGoSoft MAILBOX: “supervisor”.
6 – Password: password set when creating the MAILBOX: “password”.
7 – Test account settings...: select this button to test the Microsoft Outlook settings: a test message will be sent and then received by the MAILBOX.
At this stage, the ArGoSoft server is ready to receive e-mails from pCOWeb and deliver them to Outlook.

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APPENDIX E

FileZilla Server: A FREEWARE FTP SERVER

Various FTP servers are available on the Internet.
Below is a description of the FileZilla Server freeware (version 0.9.23beta) downloadable at the link:
http://filezilla-project.org/.
When installation has been completed, run FileZilla Server and the FileZilla
Server Interface application for making the settings: the authentication
dialogue box for connection to the server is displayed: select Ok.
CONFIGURING THE USERSINFORMATION
When pCOWeb, using the FTP PUSH function on page 24, connects to a
FTP server to send a file, authentication is performed by sending theUsername and Password; the user must already be configured in theserver, otherwise the connection will fail. The example below shows how
to set a user on FileZilla Server; the procedure is the same for setting otherusers.

Figure E.a - FileZilla Server Interface: authentication dialogue box and opening screen

Figure E.b - FileZilla Server Interface: creating the “ftpaccount” user
1.
2.

3.

4.

Open the user configuration page (see Figure E.a above, click the Usersicon);
With reference to Figure E.b above (points 1, 2, 3), type the Username of
the new user (for the FTP PUSH example illustrated on page 24, enter“ftpaccount”);
Again with reference to Figure E.b above (points 4, 5, 6), set the access
Password for the “ftpaccount” user created above (for example“password”).
With reference to Figure E.c (points 7, 8, 9, 10), set the shared directory for“ftpaccount” that pCOWeb will be able to copy the files into.

The settings are now complete. The FileZilla Server Interface can now be closed;
FileZilla Server will keep running.

Figure E.c - FileZilla Server Interface: choosing the shared directory for“ftpaccount”

STOPPING / RESTARTING FileZilla Server
If needing to stop or restart the server, from the Windows Programs menu, procedures as shown in Figure E.d.

Figure E.d - FileZilla Server: stopping / rebooting

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Trap Receiver: A SIMPLE TRAP / INFORM RECEIVER

Various TRAP receivers are available on the Internet.
Below is a description of the Trap Receiver freeware (version 5.00) downloadable at the link:
http://www.ncomtech.com/trapreceiver.html.
After installation, when starting Trap Receiver requires confirmation to start the TrapRcvr service (Figure F.a).
When started no configuration is required. Figure F.b shows the Trap Receiver window highlighting a Trap message
that has been received; double click to see the details of the TRAP (INFORM).
STOPPING / RESTARTING Trap Receiver
The TrapRcvr service can be stopped from Windows: Start / Settings / Control Panel / Administrative Tools /Services: search for the “TrapRcvr” service and click the right mouse button on the row corresponding to the service
and choose “Stop”.
The service will be automatically restarted when Trap Receiver is next run.

Figure F.a - Trap Receiver: confirming the start ofthe service

Figure F.b - Trap Receiver: confirming the start of the service – details of the TRAP messages

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APPENDIX GCAREL TAGS FOR pCOWeb HTML PAGES -THE PW_DEMO.HTML
PAGE

Each CAREL tag entered on an html page is used to read or modify the pCO controller data or the pCOWeb settings. This makes the html page dynamic, that is, it
contains the values of variables.
The tags are managed by an internal program on pCOWeb with tag parser functions, called “pcotagfilt”. In fact, the web server on pCOWeb has been programmed torecognise the following row in an html page (the row position is irrelevant):<!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"-->following which the web server searches for the “pcotagfilt” program in the default root position for the web server (“/usr/local/root”), and then starts it, sending all thecontents of the html page.
The “pcotagfilt” program recognises the CAREL tags, replaces them with the results, and returns the resulting html page.
IMPORTANT

If the row<!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"-->is not included in the html page, the CAREL tags will not work, and will be shown on the PC as they are written.
NOTE

Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and others create a copy of the pages visited in their cache, and when the page is next called the contents
may be loaded from the cache, rather than requesting an update from pCOWeb. This means that at times the desired result is not displayed, above all withdynamic pages such as those used on pCOWeb.
The browsers, nonetheless, feature of a specific command to force them to update the pages from the web server; for example, by using F5 both Internet
Explorer and Mozilla Firefox update the page, but by using Ctrl+F5 they do it without using the cache contents.
Ctrl+F5 should be used whenever there is doubt that the result may haven been loaded from the cache on the PC.

CAREL TAGS FOR HANDLING THE pCO VARIABLES“var”: read / write a variable
Used to read or write the value of a pCO controller supervisor variable.
SYNTAX<%var(0, VariableType, VariableIndex, [MinValue], [MaxValue])%>where:

0 (zero): required; reserved for future extensions;
VariableType: 1: Digital, 2: Analogue, 3: Integer;
VariableIndex (1 to 207 for Carel protocol/5000 for ModBus Extended protocol): choose the variable;[MinValue] (Int.: -32768 to 32767 step 1, An.: -3276.8 to 3276.7 step 0.1), optional when writing, no affect when reading: pCOWeb will not send the pCO avalue less than MinValue;[MaxValue] (Int.: -32768 to 32767 step 1, An.: -3276.8 to 3276.7 step 0.1), no affect when reading, optional when writing: pCOWeb will not send the pCO avalue greater than MaxValue.

READING
Returns the value of the variable saved in a table on pCOWeb. The table is updated based on the variations that pCO sends to pCOWeb around 3 times a second, as
displayed by the green flashes of the Status LED.
The result of the read operation may be:value of the variable;or: “U” (Undefined): indicates that the value of the variable contained in the table on the pCOWeb is not valid.
Possible causes of the value “U”:
o pCOWeb has not yet received a value for the variable from the pCO; wait around one minute and retry;o alternatively: communication between the pCOWeb and the pCO is interrupted (the Status LED on the pCOWeb flashes red, all the variables areequal to “U” on the page shown in Figure 9.b on page 41): check the correspondence of the communication parameters between pCOWeb and thepCO application (see 9.5 on page 44);o alternatively: the address of the variable is outside of the range managed by the pCO BIOS firmware (not a recent version); In the example shown in
Figure 9.b on page 41, the pCO only manages the first 199 digital variables, the first 127 analogue variables and the first 127 integer variables.
Example (Figure G.a on page 72)
Reading the value of digital variable 5:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type">
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<title>pCOWeb Configuration</title></head><body><div style="color: red">Variable Digital 5 value is: <%var(0,1,5)%></div></body></html>Figure G.a – The “var” TAG used for reading
WRITINGTo enter a variable write operation on an html page, use the <form> statement (for the syntax of <form>, see the documents on the HTML language at
http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/block/form.html). Inside the form section, the var tag is used together withthe “script” statement.
Example (Figure G.b below and Figure G.c on page 73)
Writing a new value for the integer variable with index 9 (note: to try this example on pCOWeb, replace index 9 with the index of a read/write variable for the application
loaded on the pCO).

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>pCOWeb Demo Page</title></head><body bgcolor='#ffffff'><h1 style="text-align: center">pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br><form method="GET" action="example.html"><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,3,9,-32768,32767)" value="<%var(0,3,9)%>"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></form></body></html>The ?script:var(0,3,9,-32768,32767) section places a text box on the page for entering the value using the keyboard.
The <%var(0,3,9)%> section fills the text box with the value of the variable; if omitted, the value will not be indicated.

Figure G.b – The “var” TAG used for writing

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After having entered a new value, selecting the Submit button sends pCOWeb the value entered for the variable and a new request for the page specified in the “form”
statement (“example.html”).
pCOWeb will perform the following operations:
1. send the value entered to the pCO (for multiple variables, it will send all the values entered);
2. wait to receive the echo of the value sent by the pCO (for multiple variables, it will wait for the echo of all the values);
3. when the echo is received, the value will be written to the table on the pCOWeb and the page will be returned to the PC (for multiple values, it will wait for
the last echo to be received); the fields will contain the values received as echoes from the pCO.

Figure G.c – The “var” TAG used for writing: write completed
NOTE

The pCO does NOT send an echo in the following cases:the pCO is sent the same value as already saved for the variable;
one of the situations in which “var” returns “U” (see above, description of “var” for reading).

If waiting for some echo, pCOWeb will return the page to the PC after a Timeout of 10 seconds from the reception of the last echo; the fields relating to the variables forwhich no echo has been received will contain the values saved prior to the variations being sent. For further details see APPENDIX C on page 65.

“setres”: outcome of a write page
Returns a value that depends on the result of the last access request to the pCO supervisor variables in which var commands are used (see above).
SYNTAX<%setres('UndefinedText', 'OkText', 'TimeOutText')%>
The three customisable fields are returned in the following cases:UndefinedText: the pCO has not been sent a request for the variation of the variables;
OkText: pCOWeb has received all the echoes for the variations sent to the pCO;
TimeOutText: pCOWeb not has received all the expected echoes.
IMPORTANTThe result of setres does NOT represent the correct writing or reading of a pCO supervisor variable; in fact, the following special cases exist:

for the write request, the pCO returns an echo even when the variable is in read-only and the value sent to the pCO is different from the one
in the application; the echo returned sends the unchanged value contained in the pCO application;

if the pCO receives the write request for a variable with a value that is the same as the current one, no echo will be generated for that variable.
For these reasons, this tag should only be used to check the operation of the HTML pages during their construction.
For further information on communication with the pCO, see APPENDIX C on page 65.

Example (Figure G.d on page 74)
Displaying the result of the write operation:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>pCOWeb Demo Page</title></head><body bgcolor='#ffffff'><h1 style="text-align: center">pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br><form method="POST" action="example.html"><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,3,9,-32768,32767)" value="<%var(0,3,9)%>"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></form>Operation result: <%setres('Undefined','Ok','Timeout')%></body></html>pCOWeb +030220471 – rel. 2.0 – 28.02.201173

Figure G.d – The “setres” TAG: example

CAREL TAGS FOR HANDLING THE pCOWeb CONFIGURATION FILES
pCOWeb saves the user settings in a number of files (paragraph 9.1 on page 40), in the following format:<parameter>=<value>
An example of these files (SNMP TRAP configuration, ‘snmptrap’ file) is as follows:

r1_enabled=1
r1_trigger=0
r1_dest1=1
r1_dest2=0
r1_dest3=0
r1_dest4=0
r1_trapoid=1.3.6.1.4.1.9839.2.1.1.0
r1_ack=0r1_time=1
host1=10.0.0.131
community1=carelenabled1=1
enabled2=0
enabled3=0
enabled4=0
pcoprotfail_enab=0
pcoprotfail_ack=0
pcoprotfail_time=1
r1_valoid1=1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0
The following tags are available for handling the configuration files:“getdb”: read a parameter from file;“setdb”: write a parameter to file;“checkdbsel”: search for a parameter in a file and check the value (useful for html “select” tools);
“checkdbradio”: search for a parameter in a file and check the value (useful for html “radiobutton” tools).

“getdb”: read a pCOWeb parameter from a file
Returns the value of a pCOWeb parameter read from a specified file.
SYNTAX<%getdb('Filename', 'ParameterName')%>IMPORTANT: the names of the pCOWeb files are case sensitive.
The file is searched by default in /usr/local/root/flash/etc/sysconfig/, which contains the pCOWeb configuration files. To use a new fileof parameters for new applications, a path other than the default can be specified, always starting from root (“/”); nonetheless, it is recommended to save the files in thedefault path so as to group all the pCOWeb parameter settings in the same location.
Example (Figure G.e en page 75)
The ‘commcfg’ file contains the pCOWeb and pCO communication configurations. The row that defines the baud rate is:

speed=19200
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The following html page:<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>pCOWeb Demo Page</title></head><body bgcolor='#ffffff'><h1 style="text-align: center">pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br>
BAUD RATE = <%getdb('commcfg','speed')%><br></body></html>will generate the result shown in Figure G.e below.

Figure G.e – The “getdb” TAG: example“setdb”: write a pCOWeb parameter to a file
Writes or modifies the value of a pCOWeb parameter to a specified file.
SYNTAX?script:setdb('Filename', 'ParameterName’)The same observations as made for the getdb tag also apply here.
Example (Figure G.f on page 76)
Refer to the same ‘commcfg’ file as used for the getdb tag.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>pCOWeb Demo Page</title></head><body bgcolor='#ffffff'><h1 style="text-align: center">pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br><form method="POST" action="example.html"><input type="text" name="?script:setdb('commcfg','speed')"value="<%getdb('commcfg','speed')%>"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></form></body></html>pCOWeb +030220471 – rel. 2.0 – 28.02.201175

Figure G.f – The “setdb” TAG: example“checkdbsel”: check whether the value of a parameter in a file is “selected”
Returns the “selected” string if the value of the parameter contained in the file indicated by the tag is the same as indicated in the tag itself, otherwise it returns an empty
string.
SYNTAX<%checkdbsel('Filename', 'ParameterName', 'Value')%>Used in the construction of drop-down menu with the html “select” command, selects the current value of the parameter.
Example (Figure G.g below)
With reference to the ‘commcfg’ configuration file already seen for the previous tags; a drop-down menu is created similar to the one used on the configuration pageshown inFigure 9.l on page 453, so as to allow the selection between the values 9600, 19200 and 38400; if the parameter in the file is equal to 19200, the menu will show thatvalue as already being selected.

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Figure G.g – The “checkdbsel” TAG: example
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“checkdbradio”: check whether the value of a parameter in a file is “checked”
This works in exactly the same way as <%checkdbsel%>, but returns "checked=”checked”" instead of “selected” and is used for "radio"
buttons, that is, those buttons in which one selection excludes the others.
Example (Figure G.h below)<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>pCOWeb Demo Page</title></head><body bgcolor='#ffffff'><h1 style="text-align: center">pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br><form method="POST" action="example.html"><input type="radio" name="?script:setdb('clockcfg','clock_sync_enabled')" value="0"
id='en_clock_a' onclick="Check_EnVar('1')"<%checkdbradio('clockcfg','clock_sync_enabled','0')%>>Disabled<input type="radio" name="?script:setdb('clockcfg','clock_sync_enabled')" value="1"
id='en_clock_b'
onclick="Check_EnVar('1')"<%checkdbradio('clockcfg','clock_sync_enabled','1')%>>Enabled<input type="submit" value="Submit"></form></body></html>Figure G.h – The “checkdbradio” TAG: example

INFORMATION TAGS: macaddress, fw_release, bootvalues, ipaddr_eth0, date
These return information relating to pCOWeb.
SYNTAX AND MEANINGS<%macaddress%><%fw_release%><%bootvalues%><%ipaddr,eth0%><%date%>

MAC address
pCOWeb firmware version
Type of parameters used when starting: User/Bootswitch, see 3.1.2 on page 12
IP address of the eth0 interface; use eth0:1, eth0:2, eth0:3 for the others
Current time on the pCOWeb in the format 1970-01-03 20:27

Example (Figure G.i en page 78)<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>pCOWeb Configuration</title></head><body><div>The ethernet Mac Address is: <%macaddress%></div><div>The pCOWeb firmware release is: <%fw_release%></div>
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<div>The pCOWeb started using: <%bootvalues%></div><div>pCOWeb IP address (Eth0): <%ipaddr,eth0%></div><div>pCOWeb date/time: <%date%></div></body></html>Figure G.i – The information TAGS: example

SPECIAL TAGS
These are used in the configuration web pages; their use is closely related to the operating system, and incorrect usage may cause instability on the pCOWeb.
“factdefcfg”: extracts from non-volatile read-only memory the factory values of the parameters used by pressing the button when starting thepCOWeb (paragraph 3.1.2 on page 12).
Used in the link to “View factory bootswitch parameters” (see Figure 9.g on page 43).
“rcresult”: directly returns the result of certain operations from the operating system. This is particularly delicate, as if not used correctly may require
the pCOWeb to be rebooted.
“env”: returns all the information available from the pCOWeb.
This takes a long time to run; if when running (that is, until the web page is returned) other web pages are requested, pCOWeb will need to be rebooted. To
use this, type the following command directly into the address field in Internet Explorer:

http://172.16.0.1/config/result.html?%3fscript%3arccmd%28%27do_log%27%29


replacing the address 172.16.0.1 with the IP address of pCOWeb in question.
“do_flashroom”: returns the size of the remaining free space in the area of non-volatile memory reserved for the web pages.
One example of this is “View used / free disk space” on the configuration page (see Figure 9.h on page 43);
“do_ifconfig”: returns the current configuration of the Ethernet network, including the IP address obtained from the server in DHCP mode; one
example is “View network configuration” on the configuration page (see Figure 9.g on page 43).

TYPICAL ERRORS INVOLVING THE TAGS
These are some typical errors that may be committed when using the tags inside the web pages.

The tag is not replaced by the corresponding value.
Solution:o check that the following row is included in the html page:<!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"-->ocheck that the editor used to create the page does not replace the special characters used in the tags with the corresponding html code; forexample, the “<” and “>” characters may have been replaced with “&lt” and “&gt” respectively.
The web pages containing tags are not displayed.
Causes: the syntax of the tag has not been observed.
Solution: make sure the “%” characters have been entered correctly inside the tags; the last tag on the page is often forgotten.
The value displayed on the web pages does not change when the variable changes.
Causes: the web page has been made by copying the source of another page (for example, displaying “Source code” in the browser); it does not work
because the page obtained does not contain the tags, but rather the values that pcotagfilt has already replaced them with.

EXAMPLE: THE PW_DEMO.HTML PAGE
Below is a description of the ‘pw_demo.html’ page, available by accessing pCOWeb via FTP at the path /usr/local/root/config.
For further information on the creation of the HTML pages, go to http://ksa.carel.com/, under the section pCOWeb.

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The following row is useful for having the page validated by automatic software, so as to check the correct usage of the language: it declares the type of document, andthe corresponding standard and version.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">The following row opens the section that will contain the HTML statements. This is closed by </html>.

<html>
The following rows in standard html language simply represent comments.
The last of the three rows is nonetheless essential for the pCOWeb pages and MUST be included in the page (see the start of APPENDIX G on page 71).
This tells pCOWeb which translator must be used for the proprietary tags. pCOWeb currently features just one tag translator for CAREL tags, so the row is always:<!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"-->If this row is not entered, no CAREL proprietary tags will work.

<!-- The tag filter must be specified in the first 10 lines,
after the '<html>' statement, with the syntax: --><!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"-->NOTE

Unlike the comment, the position of the row in the page is irrelevant.

The following row opens the HEAD section, which will contain some special html functions that have no effect on the display of the page.

<head>The <meta... row tells the browser to use a certain set of characters and other properties.
The <link... row loads the style sheets that will be used for formatting the page.
The <title>title... </title> row attributes the title to the html page window opened by the browser.

<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"><title>pCOWeb Demo Page</title>
The following row closes the HEAD section.

</head>The following row selects the colour used for the background of the page.

<body bgcolor='#ffffff'>
The following row writes the text pCOWeb Demo Page, in h1 font size, with centred horizontal alignment.
This is followed by the line break, <br>.

<h1 style="text-align: center">pCOWeb Demo Page</h1><br>The following row tells the browser that it must draw an area for acquiring data entered by the user, and, when confirmed, send the data to the “pw_demo.html” page.
The list of controls for this area ends with the </form> command.
The <center> command defines the start of an area with centred horizontal alignment, the <table> command places the subsequent objects in a table, the <tr>command defines a new row in a table, the <td> command defines a new cell in a table.
Note that the page has the structure as a general table, in turn containing three tables, each of which contains 10 pCO variables.
For each variable, the html “input” command is used together with the CAREL “var” tag.

<form method="GET" action="pw_demo.html"><center><table> general table containing the following three tables<tr><td> first cell in the general table: table of digital variables<table style="font-size: 12px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-right: 30px; border-right: 1px solid #cccccc" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bolder; height: 40px; text-align: center" colspan="2">Digital Variables</td>
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<td style="width: 90px">Var 1:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,1,1,0,1)" value="<%var(0,1,1)%>"></td></tr>

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<td>Var 2:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,1,2,0,1)" value="<%var(0,1,2)%>"></td>
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<td>Var 10:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,1,10,0,1)" value="<%var(0,1,10)%>"></td></tr></table></td><td> second cell in the general table: table of analogue variables<table style="font-size: 12px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 30px; border-right: 1px solid #cccccc"
cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bolder; height: 40px; text-align: center" colspan="2">Analog Variables</td>
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<td style="width: 90px">Var 1:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,2,1,-3276.8,3276.7)" value="<%var(0,2,1)%>"></td>
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<td>Var 10:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,2,10,-3276.8,3276.7)" value="<%var(0,2,10)%>"></td></tr></table></td><td> third cell in the general table: table of integer variables<table style="font-size: 12px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 30px" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bolder; height: 40px; text-align: center" colspan="2">Integer Variables</td>
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<td style="width: 90px">Var 1:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,3,1,-32768,32767)" value="<%var(0,3,1)%>"></td>
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<td>Var 10:</td><td><input type="text" name="?script:var(0,3,10,-32768,32767)" value="<%var(0,3,10)%>"></td></tr></table>
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The following rows are comments and consequently are not active<!--pCO set result:&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="/config/img/<%setres('undefined','green','red')%>.gif" alt="<%setres('undefined','correct','error
timeout')%>" align="bottom"><br><br>-->

The following row is an example of the “setres” tag used to colour the texts
pCO set result: <div style="display: inline; font-weight: bold; color: <%setres('gray">Undefined','green">Communication ok','red">Timeout
Error')%></div><br>

Addition of the “Submit” button<input style="width: 100px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 10px" type="submit" value="Submit"></form>End of the page
<div id="back-bottom">(C) Copyright 2003-2010 by Carel Industries S.r.l.., Brugine (PD) - Italy. All rights reserved. Contact: <ahref="mailto:pcoweb@carel.com">pcoweb@carel.com</a><br>Linux porting and software implemented by DVE Progettazione Elettronica, Varese (Italy). <ahref="mailto:info@dveprojects.com">info@dveprojects.com</a><br></div></body></html>pCOWeb +030220471 – rel. 2.0 – 28.02.2011

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Library “pw_ajax.js” and CGI “xml.cgi”

Overview
To cope with the increasing requests to integrate pCOWeb in enterprises system, it had became mandatory for the pCOWeb to integrate a standard way ofcommunicate using the HTTP protocol, that is why the pCOWeb now is able to send information using XML over HTTP (which is the standard way to use the XML).
Minimum Requirements
This application note is addressed to people with the following knowledge:Discrete knowledge of HTML
Discrete knowledge of JAVASCRIPT
How to read variables
Starting from version A135 (and with major improvements in version A142) pCOWeb implements a library called “pw_ajax.js” that allows users to read the values of thevariables without using the standard pCOWeb HTML tags.
Example (need to copy the file “pw_ajax.js” from the config folder to the same folder of the html file):<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-15" http-equiv="content-type"><title>Happy Island</title><script src="pw_ajax.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script type="text/javascript">// arrays used by the javascript library, DO NOT USE OTHER NAMES!
digitals = new Array;
integers = new Array;
analogs = new Array;var timestamp;function getVariables() {// N.B. The function getParams is defined in the file pw_ajax.js// This reads variables Digitals 1 and 2, Integers 11 and 12 and// analogues 101 and 102// and then copy them into the arrays declared here above to the// cells with the index equal to their supervisry index// e.g. analogue 101 is copied into the array called "analogs" to the index 101// The string is composed by: TYPE|START_INDEX|END_INDEX|TYPE2|START_INDEX2...
// It can contain up to 5 different ranges of variables
getParams('/config/xml.cgi','D|1|2|I|11|12|A|101|102');
function parseResults() {// The following instructions assign the values of the variables// in the arrays to an element of the HTML page to be visualized
document.getElementById("digital1").innerHTML=digitals[1];document.getElementById("digital2").innerHTML=digitals[2];document.getElementById("integer11").innerHTML=integers[11];document.getElementById("integer12").innerHTML=integers[12];document.getElementById("analog101").innerHTML=analogs[101];
document.getElementById("analog102").innerHTML=analogs[102];
document.getElementById("currentTime").innerHTML=timestamp;// Refresh the variables every 5 seconds (the time is ms)
timer=setTimeout('getVariables()',5000);}</script></head><body onLoad="getVariables();"><!—- The onLoad is necessary to load the variables as soon as the page loads -->Current time is: <span id="currentTime"></span><br><table><tr><td>Digital 1 is:</td><td><span id="digital1"></span></td></tr><td>Digital 2 is:</td><td><span id="digital2"></span></td></tr><td>Integer 11 is:</td><td><span id="integer11"></span></td></tr><td>Integer 12 is:</td><td><span id="integer12"></span></td></tr><td>Analogue 101 is:</td><td><span id="analog101"></span></td></tr><td>Analogue 102 is:</td><td><span id="analog102"></span></td></tr></table></body></html>As you can see from the example here above, the line <!--tagparser="/pcotagfilt"--> doesn’t need to be included in the code because the pCOWeb doesn’t have toparse the page as values are coming from the xml, reducing the workload of the card, the values will be loaded on the arrays by the function getVariables().
API
The library “pw_ajax.js” needs the following functions, which have to be used in the javascript section of the html page:
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getParams (defined in “pw_ajax.js”, therefore it has to be only executed in the html page)parseResults (from A142 – it is only executed by the pw_ajax.js library, therefore it has to be declared in the html page).

It needs the following arrays to be declared in the html page:-

digitals
integers
analogs

And one variable (optional):-

timestamp (A142)

getParams
The function getParams, using the (very common) browser function “XMLHttpRequest” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMLHttpRequest), retrieves values from pCOWeb
executing “xml.cgi”.
“xml.cgi” is an application custom made for pCOWeb to generate an xml file containing the values requested by the arguments of the function getParams, the URL thatthe browser will request to the pCOWeb, following the example, is:
http://<ip_address_pCOWeb>/config/xml.cgi?D|1|2|I|11|12|A|101|102
The syntax of the query is “xml.cgi? + VAR_TYPE|START_INDEX|END_INDEX|”, the string allows to request many ranges of variables, up to the maximum length allowedby the browser.
Starting from version A142, “xml.cgi” is able to recognize the argument “N” positioned at the beginning of the request, so that the xml file returned by pCOWeb will use
the new and more performing format; the request now will look like:
http://<ip_address_pCOWeb>/config/xml.cgi?N|D|1|2|I|11|12|A|101|102
The library “pw_ajax.js” in “/config” of the firmware >=A142 is automatically using the new format for the xml file; therefore, for the applications designed for firmware
A135 in order to use the new format, they have to: if the web pages are importing the library using the path “/config/pw_ajax.js”, nothing has to be done to update them if the web pages are using a local copy of the library, the new library will have to be copied in the folder to update it, the new library is fully compatible withthe old one.
For custom made pages which are not using the standard “pw_ajax.js” library to use the new format for the xml file, it is necessary to adjust the string sent by thebrowser and to adapt the parser of the xml to the new format; keeping the string as for version A135 will use the “old” xml format.
Copy and pasting the same URL to the browser, it will return the following XML (values contained depend on the application running on the pCO controller):
New format<PCOWEB t="2010-03-22 11:48 "><PCO><DIGITAL><O I="1" V="1"/><O I="2" V="0"/></DIGITAL><INTEGER><O I="11" V="0"/><O I="12" V="0"/></INTEGER><ANALOG><O I="101" V="0.0"/><O I="102" V="0.0"/></ANALOG></PCO></PCOWEB>
Old format<PCOWEB><PCO><DIGITAL><VARIABLE><INDEX>1</INDEX><VALUE>1</VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>2</INDEX><VALUE>0</VALUE></VARIABLE></DIGITAL><INTEGER><VARIABLE><INDEX>11</INDEX><VALUE>0</VALUE></VARIABLE><VARIABLE><INDEX>12</INDEX><VALUE>0</VALUE></VARIABLE></INTEGER><ANALOG><VARIABLE><INDEX>101</INDEX>pCOWeb +030220471 – rel. 2.0 – 28.02.201182

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After receiving the XML, the library parses it and loads the information to the three arrays declared on the top of the javascript code of the HTML page, it is very
important that the name of the arrays have to be kept to “analogs”, “digitals” and “integers”.
The current time of the pCOWeb received will be loaded into the variable “timestamp”.
parseResults (only from version A142)
Starting from Version A142, the “pw_ajax.js” library is using a new function called “parseResults” which is executed as soon as the browser receives the xml from
pCOWeb, so that the values shown in the html can be updated without waiting for the next run of the javascript code.
Up to version A135 the function responsible to read from the javascript arrays (digitals, integers and analogs) was executed just after having sent the request for the xml
file to the pCOWeb before having the new values loaded into the arrays, therefore it was necessary to wait for the next time the function is executed to have the values
shown on the web page, the web pages were always showing the values received on the previous request.
This reduces the time-to-values when the web page is loaded for the first time and the responsively of the web page when values change in the pCO.
This function is not defined in “pw_ajax.js” which is, instead, only using it, the function has to be declared in the html page, as shown in the example.
To be compatible with web pages developed with firmware < A142, this function is optional and is executed only if defined in the html file.
Tips
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Because of the not synchronicity of the function XMLHttpRequest, the very first time the web page loads, the values will be “undefined”, this can be resolved in
two ways:
1. Preloading the arrays with the values obtained by the pCOWeb using the HTML tags:
digitals[1]=“<%var(0,1,1)%>”;
2. Handling the exceptions on the javascript code
if (!digitals[1]) digitals[1]=“-”
This will show “-” when the element 1 of the array digitals is undefined
Web pages developed for version A135 of pCOWeb will be working for version A142 with no problems at all.

Advantages
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Web pages can reside in a Apache or IIS web server, they will have to connect to the pCOWeb only to download data, which is extremely useful for
integration or to overtake the limitations of the embedded web server of the pCOWeb (for example php or asp or .net could be used to generate dynamic
web pages)
Any web developer is able to develop the page without knowing the pCOWeb tags
The values can be automatically updated without the horrible refresh of the entire page
Adding or removing variables to the page takes seconds
Integration with Google gadgets, MacOSx widgets or flash animations using a standard interface

Disadvantages
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Values are retrieved seconds after the page is loaded, tricks can be used to preload the values on the web page using the standard tags of pCOWeb, if the
web pages lies in the card.
Up to firmware A135 the requests keep the pCOWeb busier than the standard pCOWeb tags, and the more people are connected to the pCOWeb theworse are the performance. This is not true anymore with firmware >= A142 as the cgi has been drastically improved.

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APPENDIX ISTRUCTURE OF A pCOWeb PLUGIN

For the description and the installation of the Plugins, see 9.6 on page 46.
A Plugin is made up of six elements (Figure I.a):
Configuration files (“conf_users” directory)HTML configuration page (“plugins” directory)
Executable files (“bin_users” directory)Start-up scripts (directory “rc_users” directory)
Plugin name (contained in the “pluginname” file)Installation directory (“install-plug-xxx”)
IMPORTANTThe position of the files in the Plugin is essential for the correct installation
and uninstallation of the Plugin.
In the following descriptions the examples refer to the NTP Plugin (Network Time Protocol)
for the automatic synchronisation of the pCOWeb clock with a time server, using the NTP
protocol; the Plugin is available at http://ksa.carel.com.

Figure I.a – Elements making up a Plugin

CONFIGURATION FILES
These are ALL the files in the “conf_users” directory of the Plugin being installed.
They contain all the settings defined by the user to customise the functions of the Plugin.
During installation these files are copied to the “/usr/local/root/flash/conf_users/” directory, which corresponds to the $CONF_USERS system variable.
To create or edit a configuration file, use the Plugin web pages or edit it manually using a text editor, accessing the user memory via FTP.
The NTP Plugin only contains the file called “ntp_client.conf”, which includes the following line:

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that defines the IP address of the NTP server used for communication and the offset from the UTC (i.e. Greenwich Meridian Time).

HTML CONFIGURATION PAGES
These are ALL the files in the “plugins” directory of the Plugin being installed.
They are the HTML pages used to create the configuration files required for the correct use of the Plugin, and are installed in the “/usr/local/root/flash/http/plugins/”
directory.
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The presence of .html or .htm files inside the Plugins directory will ensure that the “Configuration / Plugins” section (see Figure 9.r on page 47) contains thelink to the configuration page (“Network time Protocol”), and the text “No plugins installed” is no longer displayed; for this reason, when developing a Plugin,at least one HTML page for configuration should be provided, containing at least the name of the Plugin.

Structure of the ntp_client.html page for configuring the NTP Plugin
Below are the contents of the ‘ntp_client.html’ file; the sections of interest are highlighted in bold and commented on individually; the rest is the HTML code required tocorrectly generate the page.

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39<a href="/config/scanplugins.cgi">Back to plugins page</a>40</html>DESCRIPTION OF THE LINES(also see APPENDIX G on page 71)
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IMPORTANTThis should not be confused with the pluginname file, located in the Plugin installation directory, which is only used during the installation
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ntp_client.conf file located in “/usr/local/root/flash/etc/sysconfig/conf_users/”; the full path does not need to be specified if the file is located in a
subdirectory of “/usr/local/root/flash/etc/sysconfig /”; another directory can be specified by correctly indicating the full path, starting from the root (“/”),nonetheless it is recommended to use the suggested directory so as to maintain coherence in the structure of all the Plugins developed.
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selected on the form.
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Link that, selecting the “Submit” button, refreshes the display of the pCOWeb Plugin
configuration page; Administrator authentication (see 9.2.1 on page 41) is required todisplay the page.
Figure I.b – Field used to set the address of the NTP server
The field displayed to change the value of the NTP_URL parameter is as shown in Figure I.b.

EXECUTABLE FILES
These are ALL the files in the Plugin “bin_users” directory of the Plugin being installed.
They represent the executable files (binary files or bash scripts) that manage the functions of the Plugin.
During installation the executable files are installed in the “/usr/local/root/flash/bin_users/” directory,
which corresponds to the $BIN_USERS system variable; the path is included in the $PATH systemvariable.
During installation, each of these files are attributed the permission to be executed as envisaged by theLinux operating system, shown in Figure I.c.
The following executable files are included in the NTP Plugin:
“ntpdate” (this handles communication with the NTP server and writes the time to thesystem clock);
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Figure I.c – Linux permission for executing the “ntpdate” files

The ntp.sh script file
This runs the “ntpdate” binary file, deletes any temporary files created by “ntpdate” and, if this is involved in the periodical updating of the time, manages the cycle of
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Specifies the command executor; currently the only one featured on the pCOWeb is the bash shell (“Bourne Again SHell”), therefore “/bin/bash”.
Read the “/etc/profile” file that contains the definition of the $CONF_USERS, $RC_USERS, $BIN_USERS variables, to simplify the management of the paths
inside the Plugin.
Read the Plugin configuration file “ntp_client.conf” in the $CONF_USERS directory, so as to be able to use the variables set in the configuration (for example,
from the html page) in the script.
Infinite cycle to allow the script to continuously run the statements.
Update the time using “ntpdate”, requesting the data from the server defined in $NTP_URL, and redirect the standard output to “/dev/null” to eliminate any
unnecessary messages.
Display the time obtained above.
Delete a temporary file created by “ntpdate”, otherwise “ntpdate” cannot be run again.
Wait 3600 seconds before running the next statement (synchronisation); alternatively this could have been defined as a parameter in “ntp_client.conf” andthen easily recalled, for example, by the $SLEEP_TIME variable.

START-UP SCRIPTS
These are ALL the files in the Plugin “rc_users” directory on the Plugin being installed.
They are used to be able to run the Plugin functions automatically when the system is started.
During the installation the scripts are installed in the “/usr/local/root/flash/rc_users/” directory, the path string is also returned by the $RC_USERS system variable.
During installation, each of these files are attributed all the permissions required by the Linux operating system, in the same way as for the executable files seen above(Figure I.c on page 85).
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The execution permissions are also used by the system to decide which scripts to run automatically; to prevent a Plugin from being run at start-up, reset theexecution bits (“Execute”) relating to the script.

Structure of the start-up scripts
For the start-up script to run correctly, it must have the following structure (the example refers to the NTP Plugin):

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showMsg "Stopping Ntp Script..."id=$(pidof -x ntp.sh)kill $id
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Specifies the command executor, currently the only one featured on the pCOWeb is the bash shell (“Bourne Again SHell”), therefore “/bin/bash”.
Add the colouring function for the log messages (see the “highlight” script).
When the script is run, parameter “$1” is equal to “start”.
showMsg (see lines 13-18 of the “highlight” script) displays the text “Starting Ntp script…” in the system log.
This line runs the “ntp.sh” script (see the previous section); note that the standard output is redirected to “/dev/null” to avoid unnecessary messages.
showStatus displays the result with the related colouring (see lines 20-37 of the “highlight” script); note the variable “$?”, with the value returned by
the previously run statement.
As for the start section, the stop section is made up of the same parts, and is called when the pCOWeb is shutdown or when accessed by the user.
Runs the script again, first the stop section and then the start section, used to have the Plugin reread the new configuration files; it cannot be run from theweb page but only from a remote console.
This is the section of the script that is run in the event where “$1” is not equal to start, stop or restart; a message is displayed to indicate thatthe script has been run with an incorrect value of “$1”.

“Highlight” script
This script is used to define the standard display used in the various scripts on the pCOWeb.

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export escRed=`echo -e "\033[1m\033[31m"`
export escYell=`echo -e "\033[1m\033[33m"`
export escNorm=`echo -e "\033[m"`export msgOk=`echo -e "[\033[1m\033[32mOK\033[m]"`export msgDone=`echo -e "[\033[1m\033[32mDone\033[m]"`export msgYes=`echo -e "[\033[1m\033[32mYes\033[m]"`export msgNo=`echo -e "[\033[1m\033[32mNo\033[m]"`export msgError=`echo -e "[\033[31mError\033[m]"`export msgFail=`echo -e "[\033[31mFailed\033[m]"`export msgBad=`echo -e "[\033[31mBad\033[m]"`## Echo script message#
function showMsg(){
printf "%-70s" "$1"}#
# Show status message#
function showStatus(){case "$1" in0)echo "$msgOk";;1)echo "$msgFail";;ok)echo "$msgOk";;error)
echo "$msgError";;bad) echo "$msgBad";;yes) echo "$msgYes";;no)echo "$msgNo";;done) echo "$msgDone";;failed)echo "msgFail";kill*)
test "$1" = "kill" && echo '[Not runn]' || echo $msgOk;;*)
echo "$1";;
esac}

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The colour of the characters written afterwards becomes green.
The colour of the characters written afterwards becomes red.
The colour of the characters written afterwards becomes yellow.
The colour of the characters written afterwards returns to the default.
Displays the text [Ok]Displays the text [Done]
Displays the text [Yes]Displays the text [No]Displays the text [Error]
Displays the text [Failed]
Displays the text [Bad]Display the value of the variable “$1” and write the next character after 70 characters from the start of the line displayed; if the output of “$1” is “Testvariable”, the following is displayed:$ Test variable·····················································
where $ represents the shell prompt.
Displays different signals in the log based on the value of “$1” sent to the function.

$

PLUGIN NAME
This the file located in the Plugin directory with the name “pluginname”.
It contains the Plugin name that will be displayed for the link during the installation and uninstallation of the Plugin.
IMPORTANT: the contents of “pluginname” must not contain spaces.
In the case of the NTP Plugin, the file contains the string “Network_Time_Protocol”, and the following link is displayed: ‘Install plugin“Network_Time_Protocol” ‘ (Figure 9.o on page 46).

PLUGIN DIRECTORY
For a Plugin to be automatically recognised as able to be installed by the pCOWeb, the directory that will be copied via FTP (see 9.6.1 on page 46) and that contains all
the files and all the directories must be called “Install-plug-xxx”, where xxx is any name used to identify the contents of the Plugin, yet has no special meaning for thepCOWeb.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE pCOWeb GNU/Linux OPERATING SYSTEM
Currently the pCOWeb can run two types of executable files:Bash scriptCompiled executables“bash” is an interpreted language used to perform simple tasks or cyclical binary executions; it is a standard language and is widely described on the Internet.
For a compiled executable to be able to run on the pCOWeb, it must have the following characteristics:
Architecture:
ARM
Recommended compiler:
gcc 2.95.3
Linux Kernel:
2.4.21Glibc:
2.2.3
Textutils:
2.1

Fileutils:
4.0
Sh-utils:
2.0
Inetutils:
1.3.2

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factory; 8; 10; 12; 13; 43; 51; 54; 61; 78
Factory; 42
Firewall; 17
flag; 65
FTP; 8; 13; 16; 17; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 32; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 47; 48;
50; 51; 55; 59; 69; 78; 84; 88
gateway; 7; 14; 23; 44; 62; 63; 64
Gateway; 10; 23; 44; 51; 62
GATEWAY; 43; 62
Glibc; 88
GNU; 46; 50; 53; 59; 88
guest; 43; 50; 51
hour; 31httpadmin; 17; 19; 32; 43; 46; 50; 51
index.html; 13; 14; 41; 42
INFORM; 8; 20; 25; 26; 33; 34; 70
log; 17; 31; 40; 43; 49; 78; 87; 88
MAC; 8; 9; 16; 22; 42; 43; 61; 62; 63; 64; 77
MAILBOX; 24; 66; 67; 68
MIB; 26; 34; 35
NMS; 33; 34; 35
nslookup; 63
NTP; 46; 47; 48; 84; 85; 86; 88
offline; 34
pcotagfilt; 16; 26; 71; 72; 73; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 84
permission; 48; 51; 85
PICS; 36
Ping; 51
pluginname; 46; 84; 85; 88
POP3; 66; 67; 68
power; 7; 8; 9; 12; 13; 29; 31; 53; 54; 65
protection; 7
proxy; 11; 14; 15; 62
pw_demo.html; 78; 79
rc_users; 84; 86
rcresult; 78
Reboot; 42; 53; 55
Reply to; 24
Rescue; 8; 13; 53; 54; 55; 56
romapps.img; 55
root; 13; 16; 17; 18; 20; 22; 24; 26; 31; 32; 33; 36; 40; 41; 43; 46; 47; 49; 50;
51; 55; 71; 74; 78; 84; 85; 86
script; 8; 16; 72; 73; 75; 76; 77; 79; 80; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88
SMTP; 20; 24; 59; 66; 68
SNMP; 8; 20; 21; 24; 25; 26; 28; 33; 34; 35; 59; 74
Subnet mask; 10; 11; 12; 62; 63
template; 22; 23; 24
Timeout; 26; 28; 35; 52; 65; 73; 80
TRAP; 8; 20; 21; 23; 24; 25; 26; 28; 33; 34; 35; 44; 70; 74
Trigger; 26; 27
Undefined; 41; 52; 65; 71; 73; 80
XML; 7; 8; 20; 22; 23; 24$BIN_USERS; 85; 86$CONF_USERS; 84; 86$PATH; 85$RC_USERS; 86%bootvalues; 77; 78%checkdbradio; 77%checkdbsel; 76; 77%date; 77; 78%fw_release; 77%getdb; 74; 75; 85%ipaddr; 77; 78%macaddress; 16; 77%setres; 73; 80%var; 71; 72; 73; 79; 80&gt; 78&lt; 78.gz; 30.htpasswd; 41; 49; 50/dev/null; 86; 87
admin; 41; 43; 49; 50
Alarm fired; 25; 28
Alarm reentered; 25
ARM; 88
ARP; 63; 64
atom; 65
backup; 40
BACnet; 8; 29; 36; 59
bash; 16; 46; 85; 86; 87; 88
baud; 43; 45; 74
bin_users; 84; 85
BIOS; 34; 42; 52; 53; 65; 71
button; 8; 10; 11; 12; 13; 17; 23; 26; 28; 31; 32; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 49; 50; 51;
52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 65; 67; 68; 70; 73; 78; 80; 85
cache; 17; 31; 32; 56; 71
CGI; 7; 16; 43
clock; 29; 30; 36; 59; 77; 84; 85
Clock; 30
Community; 24; 34; 35
compiler; 88
conf_users; 84; 85
CPU; 59
cvs; 30; 31; 32
date; 22; 24; 26; 29; 30; 31; 42; 54; 62; 77; 78; 86
defindex.html; 13; 40
deftemplate.xml; 22
DHCP; 8; 10; 12; 43; 44; 59; 61; 78
DNS; 24; 43; 44; 51; 59; 62; 63
do_flashroom; 78
do_ifconfig; 78
echo; 65; 73; 87e-mail; 7; 8; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 28; 35; 44; 66; 67; 68
env; 78
factdefcfg; 78

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