Configuring OZW

Scenario: You want to configure Desigo CC to operate on the OZW building management equipment.

Reference: For background information, see the reference section.

Workflow diagram:

Prerequisites:

• The OZW extension is installed and included in the active project. The following extension is also selected automatically:
• SORIS Driver
• The OZW adapter is running and connected to the OZW system. For instructions, see Installing, Setting, and Starting the OZW Adapter.

 

NOTICE

Licensing

This extension is covered by license. Check that the required license is available; otherwise, you may not be able to configure and work with this extension.

 

Steps:

1 – Create the SORIS Driver

1. Depending on where the driver will run, select one of the following:

• Project > Management System > Servers > Main Server > Drivers

• Project > Management System > FEPs > [FEP station] > [drivers folder]
  NOTE: If the drivers folder is not available, to create it select the FEP station and click New .

2. In the Object Configurator tab, click New and select New SORIS Driver.

3. In the New object dialog box, enter a description and click OK.

• The newly created SORIS driver is added to System Browser, but not started.

NOTE: In the SORIS tab, in the Polling threads field, you can specify the value for the polling volume. It is recommended to use the default value 75.

 

3 – Associate a Driver to the SORIS Network

1. Select Project > Field Networks > [SORIS network].

2. In the SORIS tab, open the Network Settings expander.

3. From the Monitored by driver drop-down list, select the driver.

4. Click Save .

 

5 – Create the OZW Adapter under the Network

You can configure multiple adapters under one SORIS network. Skip this step if you want to use an existing adapter.

1. Select Project > Field Networks > [SORIS network].

2. In the Object Configurator tab, click New and select New SORIS Adapter.

3. In the New Object dialog box, enter a name and description, and click OK.

• The newly created adapter is added to System Browser. The adapter starts automatically as a Windows service.

4. Select the newly created adapter and click the SORIS tab.

5. In the URL field, enter the IP address of the computer from which the network adapter is run using the following format: https://<IP address>:<port number>.
   NOTE: In the executable window, you can check the correctness of the IP address. The default port number is 8080.

• In the Operation tab, the Online property indicates Connected and the property URL displays the IP address configured.

 

6 – Import the OZW Configuration

1. Select Project > Field Networks > [SORIS network] > [OZW Device].

• In the Extended Operation tab, the Online property indicates Connected while the Discovery Status property indicates Idle.

2. Next to the URL property, click Discover.

• System Browser displays the OZW configuration in a hierarchical structure of objects.