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Products: Automation Server, Enterprise Server
Functionalities: Xenta
Product version: 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 2022, 2023, 2024, 7.0, 7.1
8/20/2026

Adding a Xenta OP as a TAC Portable Device

​In WorkStation, you add one or more Xenta OP operator panels to the Building Operation network.

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Xenta OP is an operator panel that can be used with Xenta 280/300/401 LonWorks devices that are part of an EcoStruxure BMS. Xenta OP can be used in two ways:

  • As a LonWorks unit inspector of other LonWorks units and the SNVTs they use.

  • To monitor Xenta 280/300/401 LonWorks devices with a user defined OP tree, and group hierarchy display.

In the latter case, Xenta OP can be set up to operate in one of three different modes:

  • INST: Xenta OP is permanently connected, electrically, to the LonWorks network and is not portable. It gets its address from the network management tool. It can see and inspect all LonWorks devices on the network and there is no risk of address conflicts. This is the recommended mode for Xenta OP.

  • MAN: Xenta OP is partly portable, and can be moved anywhere in the network. It sets its own address but requires manual input of the current Domain ID. It can see all LonWorks devices but can only inspect those devices that are under the same router as the OP.

  • TAC: Xenta OP is fully portable, and can be easily moved anywhere in the network. It gets its address from the Xenta 280/300/401 LonWorks base unit. It can see and inspect all LonWorks devices on the network. However, the OP has a more complex underlying configuration structure. Although this mode is useful, it should be used sparingly because there is a risk for address conflicts.

The standard menus and the operation of the operator panel are described in the TAC Xenta OP Operating Manual (04-00065).

To add a Xenta OP as a TAC portable device

  1. Connect the operator panel to a Xenta 280/300/400 device.

  2. Press Home + Return.

  3. Select menu 10. OP mode.

     
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  4. Press Enter to reach the Mode line.

     
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  5. Use the + and – keys to toggle to the TAC mode.

     
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  6. Press Enter and then Home.

  7. The operator panel is now installed as a TAC portable device.

Using the operator panel, it is now possible to see all Xenta groups in the network, and to browse all Xenta group members under the same router.

See Also

  • Xenta OP