Protec to OPC UA QuickServer Gateway

The QuickServer is a high performance, fully configurable, cost effective Building and Industrial Automation gateway for integrators to easily interface devices to networks in commercial buildings and industrial plants.

System integrators world-wide have benefitted from the value of the powerful line of interoperability gateways offered by FieldServer. Now, QuickServer adds to that value by running the same robust FieldServer protocol conversion software on a highly cost effective platform backed by the experience, engineering expertise and proven technical support that integrators have come to expect from FieldServer.

QuickServer (Serial-Ethernet) is available in two series:

The QuickServer FS-QS-2X10 series is available at four different point capacities. Each QuickServer is preloaded with two drivers (serial and/or Ethernet) from a customer’s choice of 140 different drivers, E.G. Modbus, BACnet, SNMP, EtherNet/IP and many more.

The FS-QS-2010 with 2 RS485 and 1 ethernet port can support up to 250 points. The FS-QS-2210 can support up to 500 points. The FS-QS-2310 can support up to 3,000 points. The FS-QS-2410 can support up to 5,000 points.

Equivalently the FS-QS-2020 with 1 RS485, 1 RS232 and 1 ethernet port can support up to 250 points. The FS-QS-2220 can support up to 500 points. The FS-QS-2320 can support up to 3,000 points. The FS-QS-2420 can support up to 5,000 points.

Every QuickServer includes browser-based tools to make it easy to set-up QuickServer and perform diagnostics including determination of status, network settings, node information, map descriptors and more. The USB flash drive also includes the Discovery utility to determine what FieldServers are on a network.

BTL Mark is registered to the MSA BACnet Driver for MSA QuickServer line of products

The Dual port QuickServer takes the QuickServers to the next level with Security and Power. With two Ethernet ports, the Dual port QuickServer allows data to move seamlessly across disparate subnets, using a dedicated port for Cloud connectivity. This port isolation allows for enhanced LAN security from the BMS/WAN/Cloud. An embedded OpenVPN Server enables secure remote access to Ethernet devices in the field.

The QuickServer FS-QS-3X10-F series is available at four different point capacities. Each QuickServer is preloaded with 140 different drivers, such as Modbus, BACnet, SNMP, EtherNet/IP and many more. See page 3 for the complete list. The FS-QS-3010-F can support up to 250 points. The FS-QS-3110-F can support up to 500 points. The FS-QS-3210-F can support up to 1,000 points. The FS-QS-3310-F can support up to 3,000 points. The FS-QS-3410-F can support up to 5,000 points. The FS-QS-3510-Fire can support up to 10,000 points.

Chipkin’s FS-8705-57 Protec driver enables a FieldServer / QuickServer gateway to communicate with Protec Cirrus Hybrid and ProPoint Plus panels over RS-485. The gateway can auto-discover panels, poll operational/status data, and receive unsolicited fire and fault events in real time, then cache and expose that data to downstream systems via BACnet, Modbus, OPC, MQTT, SNMP, DNP3, and other supported protocols. A single gateway can monitor multiple Protec panels on a multidrop trunk (up to 98 panels, unique Node IDs), and each gateway provides two RS-485 ports for two separate trunks.

The OPC UA Driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from devices over Ethernet using the OPC UA protocol. The OPC UA Driver uses TCP, either connecting to an OPC UA server using regular opc.tcp or securely using https. If using https, users can upload their client certificate and private key. The default port is 26543 and is configurable.

The driver was developed for the OPC Unified Architecture protocol specification from the OPC Foundation. The specification can be found by clicking here.

The FieldServer can emulate both a Client and a Server. When configured as a Client, the OPC UA driver will connect to the configured OPC UA Servers and attempt to read the requested data points. This data is stored on the FieldServer to be mapped to other protocols or simply to be viewed. When configured as a Server, the OPC UA driver creates an endpoint that other OPC UA Clients can connect to, and creates the OPC objects and attributes based on the configuration to make data from other protocols available to OPC UA Clients.