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MAN0151 Rev 5
NEXUS-3 Series

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  • Page 1 — USER GUIDE MAN0151 Rev 5 NEXUS-3 Series...
  • Page 2 Active Energy PC Keyboard keys: Text representing an instruction to press a particular key on the keyboard is enclosed in square brackets and in bold font. For example: [Ctrl] ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Serial Ports ......................... 8 LEDs ..........................8 Ethernet Ports ......................9 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION Powering on the NEXUS-3 Series device ............10 Mounting Instructions ................... 12 DIN Rail Mounting ............................. 12 Wall (Shock and Vibration) Mounting ......................12 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Introduction ......................
  • Page 4 Web Server Configuration ..........................28 Image Proxy Configuration ........................... 28 System Logs ......................29 Diagnostic Buffer ............................. 29 Remote Logging ............................... 29 System Log ................................ 30 Update Log ................................ 30 ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 5: Overview

    Overview NEXUS-3 Series | Overview This chapter provides an overview of the NEXUS-3 Series device system. NEXUS-3 DIMENSIONS Front Side Bottom ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 6: Front I/O

    Overview NEXUS-3 Series | FRONT I/O USB 3.0 TOP I/O Grounding Nut BOTTOM I/O Display Port ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 7: Motherboard Features

    3-pin power input (9 ~ 36 VDC) 2 x Serial RS-232/422/485 ports Full-size mPCIe M.2 2280 M-key for NVMe or SATA storage M.2 2230 E-key for Wi-Fi or WAN card ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 8: Serial Ports

    Device is asleep Internal MCU is not Internal MCU is not Firmware Internal MCU is functioning functioning bootloader is functioning Watchdog normally normally active normally Currently selected user mode LEDs 1-4 ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 9: Ethernet Ports

    LAN link is Link established Green Blinking LAN activity occurring 10 Mb/s data rate Link LED Speed LED (Green) (Green/Yellow) Green 100 Mb/s data rate Speed Yellow 1000 Mb/s data rate ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 10: Installation And Configuration

    RF and regulatory-related knowledge. POWERING ON THE NEXUS-3 SERIES DEVICE Install the NEXUS-3 Series device on the wall mount using a wall mounting kit, or Install the NEXUS-3 Series device on the rack infrastructure using DIN-rail mounting brackets.
  • Page 11 Cylon BACnet devices (FBXi, CBXi and CBX controllers). The “–“ pin is labelled “A” and the “+” pin is labelled “B”. On Cylon BACnet devices The “–“ pin is labelled “B” and the “+” pin is labelled “A”. Connect and configure devices using the RS485 ports. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 12: Mounting Instructions

    WALL (SHOCK AND VIBRATION) MOUNTING Step 1: Attach wall mounting brackets to the chassis Step 2: Mark and prep holes in surface for mounting Step 3: Fasten system to surface ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 13: Software Configuration

    Standard web-browser such as Windows Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or other. • NEXUS-3 Series License file pre-installed CONNECTING TO A NEXUS-3 SERIES DEVICE NEXUS-3 Series device is shipped with a default IP address ( ) and subnet mask 192.168.1.251 ) on the primary Ethernet Port.
  • Page 14: Log-In

    With your PC’s network card configured, open any standard web browser. Browse to the IP address of your NEXUS-3 Series device as defined during installation. If your connection is successful, the main login page of ASPECT will be displayed: Enter the case-sensitive default username and password into the fields provided.
  • Page 15: Project Instances

    Once located, click the Upload button. • To delete a previously published calendar, place a check mark next to the corresponding file and select the Delete button. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 16: Users And Groups

    NEXUS-3 Series | Calendar User Calendar User provides the ability to change the default username and password credentials that are required to allow iCalendar-based tools to publish data to the NEXUS-3 Series device. By default, the calendar user username ( ) and password ( ) can be changed to any desired credential set.
  • Page 17: Instance Services

    Persisted Elements that may be present in an Aspect project, as well as data persisted by vSTAT elements when such functionality is implemented in a delivered solution. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice...
  • Page 18: Project Source

    The Aspect Control Engine log provides administrators and technicians the ability to view project status and debugging information relating to the health of the deployed Aspect project. Up to 10 pages of Aspect logs are contained and individual logs can be downloaded. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 19: License Item Status

    By default, the all Tabs will update information every 15 seconds. You may adjust this update timer by choosing the Settings tab, and changing the Global Settings Update time. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 20: Database Management

    • Password - Note: MySQL administration in ASPECT and later uses Adminer. However, on devices running 3.03.02 3.03.01 or earlier the UI for MySQL administration is based on phpMyAdmin: ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 21: Sqlite Maintenance

    If a license file is uploaded, Cylon Controls recommends rebooting the NEXUS-3 Series device to ensure the license file is successfully applied. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 22: Communication Setup

    Out Of Service Manager (OSS) devices out of service using the Manual OOS check boxes. BACNET SETTINGS area allows configuration of read/write retries, port configuration, and router BACnet Configuration settings for BACnet/IP. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 23: Bbmd Settings

    Modbus communications. Modbus Network Properties TIME SYNC SETTINGS area provides the ability to configure BACnet network time synchronizations. Time Sync Settings ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 24: System Administration

    SYSTEM STATUS The System Status page provides details on the current health of the system including Uptime, memory (RAM) utilization, disk space and all information pertaining to revision levels. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 25: Process Status

    ASPECT device. These firmware System Updates updates can be obtained from the ABB Cylon Toolbox / Support Site. Clicking on the button opens the upload page: Continue ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 26: Os Auto Update

    To configure the device to use a static IP address, select the radio button, Use the following IP Address then enter your , and information into the boxes provided below. IP address Subnet Mask Gateway ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 27: Network Diagnostics

    Time Server Synchronization - Specifies an NTP time server on the Internet with which to sync the system time to. Refer to pool.ntp.org for information relative to other available NTP servers available. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice...
  • Page 28: Web Server Configuration

    Simple Mobile Web - defaults to port 8080 IMAGE PROXY CONFIGURATION The Image Proxy Configuration page permits users to enable to disable image proxy, allowing Aspect to access external sites retrieve graphics. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 29: System Logs

    The Remote Logging page is used to allow or disallow centralized syslog messaging. All Aspect targets support the ability to send their log information to a centralized Aspect target or IT-supported syslog server. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 30: System Log

    UPDATE LOG The update log shows all recent updates to the operating system. ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
  • Page 31 Software Configuration NEXUS-3 Series | This page is intentionally blank ©ABB 2021 All Rights Reserved. Subject to change without notice WWW.CYLON.COM...
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