Iconics Genesis V11 - FREQROL connection + Asset Builder - gathering data from an inverter

Iconics Genesis V11 - FREQROL connection + Asset Builder - gathering data from an inverter

Info
This article shows how to directly connect Genesis V11 with FREQROL frequency inverters. It also describes how to automatically generate assets and displays with inverter data using the Asset Builder.
Notes
Supported inverters:
  1. FR-A800-E
  2. FR-E800-E
  3. FR-F800-E
The example in this article is using the E800 model.

Inverter configuration

The FREQROL communication function in Genesis V11 connects to inverters via the SLMP protocol. The following manuals (attached to this article as PDF files) can provide details about SLMP communication and necessary parameter settings:
  1. A800-E / F800-E ETHERNET FUNCTION MANUAL
  2. FR-E800 Instruction Manual (Communication)
In this example we set parameter 1430 to 5012 to enable SLMP communication on port 5012:


FREQROL connection configuration

To add a connection to your inverter, right-click on Mitsubishi Electric FA in the Data Connectivity section of your project in Workbench and select Add FREQROL:



Set the name to easily identify the device, select your inverter type and put in its IP address and SLMP port number. If your settings are correct and your inverter is available on the network, you should receive a success message after clicking on Click to test the communication:



After saving your settings right-click on your inverter and select Activate Device to start the cyclic communication:



You now have acccess to inverter data in your Genesis application. A predefined set of variables should be visible in the project tree under your inverter organized in a few categories.

Asset Builder


Generating assets and displays

Right-click on your inverter under Data Connectivity in Workbench, then select Asset Builder:



In the popup window select the location of your inverter asset and directory where your display files will be created. You can also choose to overwrite existing assets and displays if necessary:


After clicking Create Instances, the Asset Builder will work in background to generate assets and displays in the locations you configured. You can check the status of this task in the Recent Tasks tab:


Wait until the task is successfully completed. Right-click on the task to view its log in case of an error.

After the Asset Builder task is finished, you should see an asset in your configured location with all of your inverter data. The GraphWorX displays generated in the configured directory are prepared to present it.



Using the template displays

After opening the template displays in GraphWorX or a web browser, navigate the asset tree to see the list of all inverters in selected locations:


Clicking on an inverter will open a detailed view with more information:



Notes
If all the values in Signal Monitor section remain at 0 even though your inverter is running, make sure your inverter firmware version is up to date:



Switch between tabs to see different sets of data:





Template customization


The template displays use global colors with MelcoDSB prefix that are added to your project after running the Asset Builder (Platform Services -> Global Aliasing -> Global Colors in Workbench). In case your displays are missing some colors from the screenshots above, make sure your visualization uses a theme which has those colors configured. You can also modify them to adjust the color scheme.



The displays and assets are fully open for customization. You can also adjust the Equipment Class templates in Workbench before running the Asset Builder so that all your generated inverter assets are already adjusted to your needs. For example, some graph settings can be changed in the User configurable items section of the Equipment Class.

The Icon Path property defines what images are shown next to your inverters. The files are stored in the same directory as your displays. If you modify the expression, you can add more inverter models to the visualization or generate individual images for each inverter based on the Display Name instead of the inverter type if desired.





Notes
More information about Asset Builder templates can be found in the official GENESIS documentation:
https://documentation.iconics.com/v11/Content/Asset-Builder/about-asset-builder.htm