Before you enroll the Mercury controller on the Synergis™ unit, you must assign a static IP address to the
controller.
Before you begin
Make sure you have the following:
- EP or LP Series Setup and Configuration Guide
- Instruction manual for connecting to the web portal of your Mercury controller and
setting up its IP address (and other configurations).
- Static IP address
- Static IP address assigned to the controller by your IT department.
- Physical addresses
- Each interface panel attached to the same RS-485 port of the same Mercury controller
must have a unique physical address (configured on a DIP switch).
Best Practice: If you have many Mercury controllers to enroll on the same Synergis unit, it is best to enroll them all at the same
time. Each controller you add or remove from the Synergis unit causes the unit to restart. While the unit
restarts, it is offline for about 30 seconds.
What you should know
Mercury controllers enrolled on the same Synergis unit cannot be assigned different partitions in
Security Center. If you need to assign the
controllers to different partitions, enroll them on different Synergis units, and then assign the Synergis units to different partitions.
NOTE:
The steps and instructions tagged with Hardening are
optional, but will protect your system against cyberattacks.
Procedure
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On the Mercury controller board, set the DIP switch S1-1 to
ON.
This gives you a 5 minute window to log on using factory default settings.
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Log on to the Mercury controller through its Configuration Manager
web page. Use the default IP address (
192.168.0.251
) and credentials
(admin/password
). For more information, see the manufacturer’s
documentation.
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Select Network from the menu, configure the Mercury controller’s
IP address, and click Accept.
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Select Host Comm from the menu.
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In the Host Communication page, configure the following settings,
and click Accept.
- Communication Address
- Set to 0.
IMPORTANT: Not to be confused with the
Channel that must be unique when you enroll the Mercury
controller on the Synergis
unit.
- Port Number
- Port number used by the Synergis unit to
communicate with the Mercury controller (default=3001).
- Authorized IP Address Required
- (Hardening) Select this option, and set Authorized IP
address to the IP address of the Synergis unit.
- Data Security
- Set to TLS Required.
IMPORTANT: If TLS is not
selected, the Mercury controller stays offline.
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Select Users from the menu, and click New
User.
Creating a user account on the Mercury controller saves you the trouble of having to
physically access the unit and to set the DIP switch S1-1 to
ON the
next time you modify the controller configuration.
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(Hardening) On the User Account page, enter the
Username and a strong Password, confirm
the password, and then click Save.
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On the Users page, disable Time
Server.
The Time Server is not required. Synergis™ Softwire monitors
and automatically sets the time on the Mercury units.
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(Hardening) On the Users page, disable SNMP
Options, and click Submit.
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Select Apply Settings and click Apply Settings,
Reboot.
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On the Mercury controller board, set the DIP switch S1-1 to OFF
for normal operation.
This prevents the factory default settings from being used to log on to the
controller.
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When prompted to proceed, select I understand and wish to
proceed, and then click Yes.