Closing an Output of the Router When Establishing a Connection

It is assumed that you have access to the router's user interface and that the router has Internet access. To do this, we recommend registering the router with the icom Connectivity Suite and commissioning it for use with the icom Connectivity Suite using the Startup Wizard.
It is also assumed that the router's output is correctly connected to the input of the controller.  

Please note the different digital outputs on our routers!

The various routers and plug-in cards (MRcards) from INSYS icom have different types of digital outputs that vary in wiring:

• Normally open contact (NO)

• Open collector outputs

• configurable digital inputs/outputs (open collector)

Depending on the output, a different wiring is required. The differences are detailed in the Differences in the Outputs section below.

You can find the exact specifications for the outputs in the installation manual for the respective router.

The following configuration example applies to a MIRO router with a configurable input/output (open collector).

1. Open the user interface of the router: https://insys.icom

2. The following configuration is only necessary if you are using a configurable input/output on your router:
   Click on the Ports → I/O page on in the line of the IO you want to use and configure it as Output.
   
   

3. Click on SUBMIT.

4. Click on the Events → Events page on and add a new event that closes the output when the OpenVPN connection is established:
   Description: enter a unique description for the event
   Event: Interface state has changed
   Interface: openvpn1
   State changed to: Online
   Action: Set digital output
   Digital output: select the used output and select close
   
   

5. Click on SUBMIT.

6. Click on the Events → Events page on and add a new event that opens the output when the OpenVPN connection is closed:
   Description: enter a unique description for the event
   Event: Interface state has changed
   Interface: openvpn1
   State changed to: Offline
   Action: Set digital output
   Digital output: select the used output and select open
   
   

7. Click on SUBMIT.

8. Activate the profile with a click on ACTIVATE PROFILE .

You have now configured your router so that it closes the output when the OpenVPN connection is established and opens the output again when the connection is closed.

Differences in the Outputs

Open collector outputs

The following routers and plug-in cards feature open collector outputs (the I/Os (inputs/outputs) must be configured as outputs):

• MIRO

• ECR

• SCR

• MOROS.neo (digital inputs/outputs IO1, IO2, DIO1 and DIO2)

• MRX.neo (basic card, digital inputs/outputs DIO1 and DIO2)

• MRcard MSI.5G (digital inputs/outputs IO1 and IO2)

• MRcard MSI.4G (digital inputs/outputs IO1 and IO2)

For open-collector outputs, the controller's input must be connected via a relay, as shown in the following diagram:

Normally open contact (NO)

The following plug-in cards feature normally open contacts (NO):

• MRcard SI (digital outputs O1.4 and O2.4)

• MRcard IO (digital outputs DO1 through DO4)

With normally open (NO) outputs, the controller's input can be controlled directly, as shown in the following diagram:

Result Testing

Restart the router and check the Status → Log View page to see if the connection is closed when the OpenVPN connection is established.

Troubleshooting