SpectraSmart™ Manual - Meridian Technologies
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1. 1 Connector LFFT LU enabled C ACTIVITY Ethernet 1 GB 2 channels Temperature C 30 0 Channel 2 Optic SFP parameters FINISAR Temperature Ju DES pere current m Ta CARRIER Cable Singlerng T Output power dBm 4 2 CARRIER 2 Length 4 ki Input pee 4 Close Parameters FAW Version 3 03 Deactivate renew parameters click Refresh SFP parameters button If cursor moved in 5 Parameters table text appeared If RED the parameter is above threshold if BLUE the parameter is below threshold 39 Overview SpectraSmart monitors the total system on 3 levels Subrack Card Channel Any particular channel 15 identified initially by the subrack and then by the card slot it is occupying Any function that requires access to channel configuration parameters must therefore be preceded by identifying the subrack and card on which the specific channel 15 positioned 1 The subrack level 1 the first that should be accessed in order to identify particular channel Subrack parameters are always checked first since subrack alarms are generally of a more critical mature than individual card or channel alarms At this level the configuration of the subrack and the cards within the system can be examined Sub racks can be activated or inactivated 2 The card slot l2. Delete Selected Rows me emen _ Print Alarm History a TERRE Subracks Cards Channels Read EEPROM Write to EEPROM Other features __ Je 46 RJ45 Serial Port RS 232 for Diagnostic Pin Configuration FRONT VIEW LEFT SIDE PIN 1 NOT CONNECTED RX IN RECEIVE DATA FROM PC TX OUT TRANSMIT DATA TO 4 DTR N DATA TERMINAL READY SOLATEDGROUND 6 NOT CONNECTED NOT CONNECTED 8 NOTCONNECTED O lt Table 1 RJ11 Serial Port RS 485 for Diagnostic Pin Configuration FRONT VIEW LEFT SIDE PIN 1 Pino Description O 4 XMT OUT 6 ISOLATED GROUND Table 2 47 Connection between PC serial port RS 232 and master subrack communication card PC DB9 lt gt Communication card RJ45 1 1 ____ COMMUNICATION CARD RJ45 FRONT VIEW LEFT SIDE PIN 1 cable length 18 ft Cable 1 Connection between two subracks via RS 485 4 wires interface for SpectraSmart diagnostic Communication card RJ11 lt gt Communication card RJ11 COMMUNICATION CARD FRONT VIEW LEFT SIDE PIN 1 cable length 4 Cable 2 48 Connection between communication card and digital DXA 2K 2K RS 485 4 wires interface Ch1 for dia
3. Z TECHNOLOGIES SpectraSmart PC Software Version 6 xx User Manual Fiber Optic Network Management System Meridian Technologies Inc 700 Elmont Road Elmont NY 11003 Telephone 516 285 0570 Fax 516 285 6300 E mail sales meridian tech com Web www meridian tech com Document Version 9 1 06 24 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION see alien SPECTRA SMART PC NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SPECTRA SMART PC SYSTEM MASEERSUDRACR este SEAVES BRACKR een area SUBRACK WITH USB AND ETHERNET gt X PS CARD JUMPER LOCATION ua aa SX PS CARD PINOUT DIAGRAM NE TWOR E RINGS TRING one tabu SIART SPECTRASMART nee LOGGING ON 5 AUTODETECT SUBRACKS STARTING WITH THE RACKS SETUP See ee CONFIGURA HION ss 22252 Ra perd ect ETHERNET NETWORK INTERFACE IP CONNECTION HARDWARE ADDRESS ee DIRECT ETHERNET CONNECTION SUBRACK OPTIC DIAGNOSEIC INTERFACE nen ACARM HISTOR Y nennen SETUP CARDS CHANNELS
4. Transmit Data Green RX Receive Data Green Power 5v TX 2 Data ETHERNET STATUS ex 3 Data INDICATORS 4 Ground ETHERNET IN OUT RJ 45 Female 1 Transmit Data TX 2 Transmit Data 3 Receive Data RX 4 Receive Data 10 100 Link LED Amber Half Duplex Green Full Duplex Network 11 The extension port RJ 11 RS 485 on the bottom of the front panel of the SR 2000 52 Master subrack enables up to 10 other Master subracks to be daisy chained to the PC In this way all system cards within a large Network can be monitored from the PC Master communication board and Diagnostic card can be used as Slave Ring String Multidrop modem can be set on three modes Master Primary Master secondary and Slave Master has diagnostic drivers RS 232 for connection to socket RJ 45 and RS 485 for extension socket RJ11 In Slaves mode modem does not use diagnostic drivers Master makes diagnostic communication with slaves through special channel of optic link If master does not have handshake from Spectrasmart PC program modem self diagnostic begin to work Master microcontroller communicates with Slaves by optic link and shows on the own display information about parameters and status of optic link condition SpectraSmart PC requires about 20 Mb of memory on your hard drive Other hardware requirements are PIII PENTIUM 700 Mhz or bet
5. 11 4 30 Carrier Errors Runtime hime 5 0 50 54 Current 1 98 11 Limit 1 E 09 Exit 37 SEP Monitoring If card has Small Form Pluggable SFP optical transceiver modules with digital diagnostic monitoring interface Status shows picture zz Card Status Slot 14 Subrack 0 File More Info SA 2HE SPF D LEDs Ethernet 1 GB 2 channels Power a Diagnostics e c Channel 1 Optic amp Link MERIDIAN 5 1 313620 Rev 1 0 Bit rate 1 3Gbps Laser 1310nm Tx CARRIER Cable Singlemode Status 1000 e Length 20 km Speed Mbps LARRIER 1 Temperature C 27 0 Connector LFPT LC enabled C ACTIVITY Channel 2 Optic amp Link COPPER FINISAR CORP FTLF1324P2BTL Res A Bit rate 4 Gbps Laser 1310nm CARRIER Cable Singlemade Status 1000 Ax CARRIER Length 4 km Speed Mbps pee LC SFP Parameters Version 3 03 This sample channel 2 has digital diagnostic for SFP but channel does not If you click button SFP Parameters picture is appeared 38 zz Card Status Slot 14 Subrack 0 File More Info SA 2HE SPF D LEDs Power a Channel 1 amp Link ACTIVITY E MERIDIAN 513136320 Rev 1 U COPPER Bit rate 1 bps Laser 1310nm Cable Singlemade Status 100 CARRIER e Length 20 km Speed Mbps Rx LARRIER
6. Ethernet connection Master subrack connected to Ethernet but slaves used driver RS485 for connecting to Master subrack and to the other slaves Input Output termination resistors are usually necessary for RS 485 applications Without proper termination the error rate of data transmission may be high due to an echo effect on the electrical connection With the addition of a termination resistor at the beginning or at the end of the electrical bus this echo effect 1s greatly reduced The termination resistors are 120 ohm resistors are located 1nside the card connector with two jumpers position 2 3 amp 4 5 8 Communication board has J2 connector with four jumpers or one jumper with red arrow old reference if install in left position direction of arrow to front panel old reference there 15 used Ethernet connection opposite direction USB RS 232 or RS 485 Three parallel connector RJ 11 6 pins are for drivers RS 485 4 wires Pinout of RJ 11 Serial Port 1 shown on the table 1 The connector 45 8 pins 1s for driver RS 232 Pinout of 45 Serial Port is shown on table 2 RS 232 lines are limited to 15m 50 ft in length at 9600 baund and to 2m 6 ft at 115 2K bound although they will generally work at longer lengths cable 1 RS 485 lines are limited to 2000 ft System SpectraSmart 15 included in Diagnostic card SX PC subracks SR 1002 1350 1450 1460 1600 1850 PC look at the pictures below
7. Login window appears Enter your Login name and password If you are new user there will be prompt to enter your password for confirmation 66 3 If the Password is wrong a window appears with the message Try again 4 Click OK and enter your Password again 5 You can remove any login name from the list For security reason you can remove admin after adding at least one Login Name with sa or manager level look table Security levels But if this person forgets his her password you should uninstall the program and install t again AutoDetect Subracks on network SpectraSmart PC for Windows automatically detects Subrack s and Rings strings on the network The detection process starts after entering your password When Subracks or Ring are detected SPECTRASMART PC adds them to the database message System detected N subracks OK and three buttons Yes No and Cancel appear If SPECTRASMART PC has not detected any subracks message appears System doesn t detect any subracks OK 7 14 SpectraSmart 1 Click Yes if you agree with SPECTRASMART PC and the next window appears 2 Click No if you disagree with SPECTRASMART and system repeats checking network 3 Click Cancel you want to leave SPECTRASMART SpectraSmart PC has two start options for multidrop network Automatic or Manual H SpectraSmart PC Startup Gg
8. ni x E TEE ae Aino Sting 0 Automatic Enter the number of slaves Manual In Automatic mode system automatically detects slaves quantity on the network In manual mode need to type the number of slaves and click OK This mode is very important f system start on the broken LAN fiber line or modem and system can not calculate slave quantity Starting with the Racks or Rings If SPECTRASMART PC accepts your Password and you acknowledge the quantity of subracks on the net ascreen with SPECTRASMART PC NET with Rack Subracks or Rings appears At the top right hand corner of the screen three color boxes appear green activate blue inactivate and red alarm status of the transmission components subrack card channel or modem Box Active Polling flashes when the system 15 polling 15 Spectrasmart E Setup Configuration Stateof Alarm History Login Window m wu E io ia AIT Hes j 4 IIS r1 Ys 3 SR 2001ES EE 5199 BIEN SR 2001ER December 31 2001 8 32 08 AM Menu of the window SPECTRASMART PC NET Setup Subracks Click the Setup menu of the SPECTRASMART PC NET window Submenu Activate and Inactivate appears 1 Click Activate and then click the mark color box near each subrack you wantto activate 2 Click Inactivate and then click the mark color box near each subrack you
9. aueh DATABASE OFC A RIDS anne ee VIEW FINOU FOF THE CARD are CURRENRPARAMETER es CARD MEMORY nasse el DONNE REN ee ae Ber are OVERVIEW see een SUBRAC Reese er rege HISTORY see reiner ALARM WINDOW ae a dd ASCII EXPORT Of SpectraSmart ALARM CONDITIONS COPYRIGHT INFORMATION nette tree SETTING UPSPECTRASMART 22a SECURITY enter a ae RJ45 AND Dod ea QN 10 11 12 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 22 25 27 29 30 95 33 34 35 36 38 40 41 42 42 43 44 44 45 45 46 47 INTRODUCTION to SPECTRASMART VERSIONS 6 xx MERIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES INC IS PROUD TO INTRODUCE THE WINDOWS 2000 XP Vista 7 8A SPECTRASMART PC VERSIONS TO USERS WHO HAVE OPTED FOR THIS TECHNICALLY ADVANCED LINK STATUS MONITORING DIAGNOSTICS AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT FEATURE AS WITH ANY NEW SOFTWARE BASED SYSTEM THERE WILL BE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN LEARNING HOW TO CONFIGURE AND SET UP THE SYSTEM THE FACTORY IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL FOR ALL TECHNICAL SUPPORT QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL 516 285 0570 REMEMBER THAT A COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE ARE CONTROLLED BY THE USER SHOULD THE USER FIND THE SYSTEM IS NOT RESPONDING PROPERLY THE BEST PROCEDURE IS RESTART THE PROGRAM FROM THE BEGINNING WE APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK AND OR
10. cards File Card Name Card Description m 4440 4 Video Receivers Data Receiver Audio Receiver 4440 4 Video Transmitters Data Transmitter Audio Transmitter 4400 FM 4 Video Receivers 4 Audio Receiver deo ransmitbers 4 Audio 4400 FH 4 Video T 4 Audio T PR 130R IM43 Video Receiver Microcontroller 2 Data Transmitters 2 Data Receivers 10002 FM Data Transmitter Data Recerver __ 2000 Video Receivers 1 Fiber PT 000 Fri 8 Video Transmitters 1 Fiber PR 4600 2 Data Transmitter 2 Data Receiver 4 Video Receivers 1 Fiber Wil PT 4600 FM 2 Data Transmitter 2 Data Receiver 4 Video Transmitters 1 Fiber Bi 4300 Data Transmitter 2 AudioT ransmitters 4 Video Receivers 1 Fiber PT 4300 PR 4350 Video Transmitter Data Transmitter 2 Audio Transmitters 4 Video Receivers T Fiber PT 4350 4500 FM Data Transmitter Data 4 Video Recervers PR 2100iR 1 2 Wideo Data Transmitter 1 Fiber 1300 FM 2 Data Receivers 2 Data Transmitters Power Supply 5 200 200 Bil PS 150 Power Supply P5 150 80w T1 Iranscerer Multidrap Module Record 1 32 View pinout of the card Click the View menu of the SpectraSmart PC Subrack XX window and click Pinout Enter slot and click OK Pi
11. limit the reporting of constant alarms such as a camera disconnected for maintenance SpectraSmart will only check those system components that have been activated 1 e those that have been designated as operational For a particular channel to be monitored it 1s necessary that the particular subrack within which the card is resident must be activated Also the card on which the channel is resident must also be activated as well as the channel itself Subracks individual cards or individual channels can be turned off f required in order to reduce the number of false alarms generated Once an alarm occurs it is necessary to rectify the fault that caused the alarm and reactivate the particular card and channel affected before the system is able to continue monitoring If the alarm persists when the channel is reactivated the original fault is still present or a new fault has been detected The fault must be rectified before the channel can be returned to full operation SpectraSmart PC version 4 01 and higher can monitor and diagnose not only subracks SR 2000 2001 and SR 1002 SR 1350 SR 1450 SR 1460 SR 1600 SR 1850 but self healing Ring String with multidrop modems The PC scans Master Primary Secondary and all Slaves in sequential order and analyze optic link condition shows data tracing from Master to selected Slave IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT PURELY MONITORS SYSTEM CARDS AS LONG AS THERE IS
12. should be set before they are connected to the system and should deally be numbered consecutively with the Expansion connected directly to the Master being addresses as 01 A suitable r bbon cable to inter connect expansions 1 provided with each 5 2001 Expansions should be connected to the Master in order the nearest Expansion being connected first etc Masters are always designated as 00 10 20 etc The SPECTRASMART PC NET window gives an indication of all the subracks detected in the system and their state of activation SpectraSmart PC automatically recognizes the presence of any subrack connected to the Master v a r bbon cable through the expansion ports on each subrack If a particular subrack 15 not present the entry will be not exist If a subrack is present it will be shown as either active or inactive It s always recommended that subracks be installed with 10 air gap between them and that forced air cooling be used within the rack cabinet Excessive temperature 15 not an immediate concern but the system has been designed to monitor these parameters and warn of potential long term problems occurring due to excessive component temperature The SPECTRASMART PC Subrack xx window gives a useful indication of the configuration and activation state of all cards within a particular subrack This screen identifies the subrack and gives a pictorial representation of the slots with cards
13. want to inactivate Click Yes on the warning box if you confirm that you wish to inactivate subrack 3 Click OK on the prompt box to finish setup OR 1 Click right button on the mark color box near the subrack you want to in activate 2 Popup menu appears click the desire setting 16 Configuration Click the Configuration menu of the SPECTRASMART PC NET windows submenus Change port Change the highest address number and Source address appear If you have security level SA or MANAGER there will be submenu Logins 1 Click Change port and select Serial Port PC COMI or COM or COMO Click OK If you don t want any changes close the window by clicking on the box X the upper right corner of this window You can open windows Change port clicking P on the copyright screen SPECTRASMART PC For change baud rate click Ctrl S choose rate and restart system Firmware of interface and communication cards for baud rate 9 6 Kb has version 4 10 2 Choose Port Enter a port 1 COM 3 COM 2 COM 4 Other Baud Hate change Baud Rate for 2000 P 2303 304010 click Chrl S 9600 For 5 2000 only 2 If you are going to connect the diagnostic computer to the SR 2000 USB port SS PC version 4 16 10 or higher please following these instructions for proper installatio
14. IP address and click Next Enter the IP address The Subnet mask displays automatically based on the IP address 1f desired you may change it On a local network you can leave the Default gateway blank all zeros Click Next Click the Assign button and wait several seconds until a confirmation message displays Click Finish 19 Select XPort from the main window list and click Tools gt Ping The results display in the Status area Click the Clear Status button to clear the window 80 you can ping the device again Device Identification Enter the hardware address of the device This is typically printed an the back panel of the device in the Farm 12 34 56 78 9A BC 00 20 4a 41 13 D9 IP Settings Please Fill in the IP address subnet and gateway to assign the device The subnet will be Filled in automatically as you type but please verify it for accuracy Incorrect values in any of the below Fields can make it impossible For your device Ea communicate and can cause network disruption IP address 0 0 00 Subnet mask 0 0 00 Default gateway 0000 IF Address 17219280 Status Reply fram 172 1 3 238 20 0 butes 60 timez ms T T LEE Reply from 172 19 238 20 0 bytes 60 time Ome TT LEE Reply from 214 238 2000 bytes 60 TTL 6 Reply fram 172 139 239 20 0 bytes bU time Ume TT L b4 Close Note If you do not receive Reply messages make sure the unit is properl
15. P go to Start Control Panel Network Connection Properties for Windows 7 go to Start Control Panel Network View network status and tasks 255 e Metwork Connections lt Name Type Status etwork Tasks 1 Create a new ak 1394 Connection LAN or High Speed Inter Disabled connection Bi Change Windows L Firewall settings BE Disable this network Local Area Connection or High Speed Inter Limited no connectivity device Disable A Repair this connection Status Rename this connection Repair D View status of this Bridge Connections connection Uh Change settings of this Create Shortcut connection Delete ther Places um 22 For Wndows 7 Conso b Merenrt nnd rerai amp Meceerk xd Tranng Comet Corel Fasc Charge Hier tie Ir are mun mj Van lau ch Ina ad el ug carat eee Le MONT LE TS tr Ernie c px mus eater eed ret eva bee HOHE Panic Looe gt per ___ OE CARE PRET te CIR IT Or LE PER up ac VER BASE LOFT Cher RJTRETGSS FED PRE 2250 Jerem Ele au lacaepd a0 other wort ergebe cr chang s
16. POWER TO THE SUBRACKS ALL TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONS CONTROLLED BY THE SYSTEM CARDS OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE CONDITION OF SPECTRASMART PC SpectraSmart PC System Hardware The primary component of the SpectraSmart Diagnostic System is the subrack SR Subracks SR 2000 2001 The subrack 15 based upon industry standard 19 Subracks P S U System Euro rack components but has been modified in some instances to suit operational requirements The subrack occupies 3U of rack space and is 277mm 10 9 deep and has handles which protrude forward 40mm 1 6 from the mounting point SR 1002 1350 1450 1460 1600 1850 have a 2 3 4 4 6 8 Slots accordingly chassises have many racking and mounting options providing a range of flexible solutions All Meridian s transmission units are compatible with these racks and are manufactured with ease of installation and can be Wall Mounted Shelf Mounted or Desk Mounted The power supply units are installed into the rear of the subracks SR 2000 2001 at the left hand side looking from the rear The unit is off when the main power switch is pointing down It 1 either 100 W switched mode power supply PS unit that is able to accept mains input voltages over either 110VAC or 220 240V at 50 60 Hz without adjustments The units are able to provide sufficient power for any combination of 18 cards or up to 14 cards with PS redundancy The subracks SR 1xxx S are powered by a
17. SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS AND ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH MERIDIAN TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE SPECTRASMART PC THE MOST USEFUL AND PROFITABLE TOOL FOR INSTALLING FIBER OPTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS SOFTWARE UPGRADES WILL BE SHIPPED TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS FREE OF CHARGE SPECTRASMART NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SpectraSmart is a Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 8A based Link Status Monitoring and Diagnostic System for Meridian Technologies Fiber Optic Transmission Equipment The hardware and firmware reside in the SR 2000 S2 PC Master SR 2001 ES2 PC Expansion 19 subracks and Universal Subrack Frames 2 3 4 6 8 Slots The Master connects to a host PC via RS 232 serial port USB or Ethernet connects vertically to nine 9 Expansion racks and horizontally to 10 Masters in other racks by daisy chaining via RS 485 using expansion ports on the front of the units Hardware includes controllers that are used to monitor certain critical parameters within system cards which are plugged into the subracks The PC scans card and channel parameters in sequential order checking for levels against factory set threshold values If an error condition 15 detected the PC will continue to scan through system components until the error condition has been detected 3 times An alarm will then be generated the nature of which will depend on the severity of the error condition In order to reduce the processing time required for partially populated subracks and
18. Source address Dropdown Menu appears To enter Subrack Modem Location select Subrack Modem then Edit To enter Source Address for the channels select Channel then Edit and in the appeared window select Subrack Slot ZCard name No Channel and write on frame Name of object and location Example Camera 11 Main Hall Monitor 7 Maximum quantity of characters 60 Click Apply for storing that message into the memory 5 Click Logins and a window with list of LOGIN NAMES appears You can add or delete login names or erase the passwords Ethernet Network Interface IP connection SpectraSmart PC can work with subracks through the Ethernet by using SpectraSmart version 4 17 7 and higher Communication board and Diagnostic card have packed into an RJ 45 connector device server XPort Subrack should be assigned its own public IP address and its serial port settings should be set for 38400 baud rate 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity Pack Control Enable Packing and Idle Gap Time 52 msec It is possible to access SpectraSmart outside of the company s LAN or the Internet In that case the Network Administrator of the company where Subrack 18 physically located should be asked to open up 10001 port for the inbound traffic on the LAN s firewall if there 1s a firewall Hardware Address You need to know the unit s hardware address also known as a MAC address It 1s on the product l
19. abel in the format 00 20 4a XX XX XX where the XXs are unique numbers assigned to the product label on the cover of RJ 45 connector of the communication board IP Address Each Master Subrack must have a unique Public IP address on your network and number on the front panel 00 10 20 Slaves are always designated as 01 02 11 12 21 22 and connected to Master by RS 485 The systems administrator generally provides the IP address static subnet mask and gateway The IP address must be within a valid range unique to your network and the same subnet as your PC For assigning an IP address to your unit that you connect to the network use Devicelnstaller software Install program Devicelnstaller click Setup Exe in folder XPORT Devicelnstaller on the CD Respond to the installation wizard prompts Then open Devicelnstaller click Start Programs Lantronix Devicelnstaller For additional information look in CD folder XPort The unit s IP address is normally set to 67 93 140 xxx at the factory Note If the unit already has an IP address e g DHCP has assigned an IP address click the Search icon and select the unit from the list of Lantronix device servers on the local network Click the Assign IP icon If prompted enter the hardware address on the product label in the format 00 20 4a XX XX where the XXs are unique numbers assigned to the product Click XX Next Select Assign a specific
20. aller 24 Optic Diagnostic Interface SpectraSmart PC can work with remote subracks through the optic links using digital card with RS 485 drivers 4 wires such as DXA B 2K 2K channel 1 This 15 typical configuration of diagnostic system with remote subracks 5 different locations Pe LL 357 2008 Au tte Cobek Lr fux 482 H Hs BE 1 UIT S gi 1 Diagnostic Net Topology Use cards DXB 2K 2K central office u 5 s Cable 1 232 DXE EK EK DXB ch ck 3 Dptic link 1 5405 Optic lrk 2 ERHI f a 5 7 3 DXB 2k 2k Optic link Ink 4 25 2 GE ae p 3 5 2 EK Dp d Fj ih Er 3 E fein x lr 1 3 THE DXA CK EK E a F Cable 3 BE EST in remote subracks There is a typical configuration of diagnostic system with remote subracks n 2 3 or more different locations using cards as DR 1W2A2G 2A2G 53 51CD and DT 1W2A2G 2A26G 51 53CD or DR 2W6C1G 6C1G 49 47CD and DT 2W6C1G 6C1G 47 49CD with RS 485 4 wires PC side Remote side Fiber PG Cable 4A gs Cabledb X EA meii E f Cabl stz Cable
21. arms from being reported As soon as the fault is acknowledged and repaired or the work on the system 1s completed all cards should be reactivated Note that SpectraSmart PC automatically inactivates each card on which a fault occurs Channel A channel is generally associated with an individual signal transmission path so for instance 3 channel video receiver is considered a 3 channel card video and simplex data for PTZ card which transmits on either 1 or 2 fibers will feature 2 channels on the SpectraSmart PC screen A video and duplex data will feature 3 channels on the screen Each channel 15 individually monitored for parameters appropriate to the channel s particular function This information does not have to be programmed into the system since each card has a unique P N identifier 42 If SpectraSmart 15 to monitor all functions of a card individual channels should be activated If they are not the scanning process bypasses the particular channel and if faults occur no alarms are generated This can cause problems if the operator 1s expecting fault conditions to be reported Equally a card that 1s not active could have a major fault that will not be apparent Only for specific reasons when a fault cannot be repaired or when the system 15 in the process of being commissioned or maintained should a channel be inactivated to prevent alarms from being continuously reported As soon as the fault 1s repaired or the work o
22. e SpectraSmart PC Subrack XX window and click the Current Parameters menu then enter slot which card parameters do you want to see After click OK current parameters table appears on the screen Or click right mouse on the front panel image of the card and choose Parameters from the dropdown menu ES Curent parameters Clear Values Close Ssubrack Slot 9 PR 180R 0 s A EE 512 CEE MEET NES ise ____ 234 Optio signal 30aB ll Sf of Ee T5 Ohm boad absent present _ By video caries O absent _ Optie budget 30B 2 aB af Rv Sync d absent 100 Rv Video level Ox black 100 white _ he 245 73 Data carrier 304B lt 36 72 Data carrier SP D _______________ esa Rs Audio carrier 304B 5 34 If the card has memory you can read the memory click right button on the image of the card or colored box under the image and choose memory The window Memory appears It shows text boxes Part Number Serial number Date of Manufacture Working days Temperature of the card H Card Memory Emana Information SRH 1 8 Card 1100 Number PxB 700iR 333 333 0D S
23. e what you want to find and click Find Next Click Find Next until the message appears Not found Found records will be highlighted 28 Login From this menu you can logout and logon with another login name Subrack configuration window SPECTRASMART Subrack If you click on the box with inside SR type written into the Rack frame Subrack screen appears HA S pectraS mart PC Subrack 1 SetUp View Window n Ei 1 eo el TEE TINTE e Sm aa nee 4 RE er es E 9 vu E g E Dem gt DRF P BIER D suggestion Source Address Close Alarm Close Click an the tab to select Subrack alarms Click on the raw to select alarm Total Alarms 17 2 Front panel of the cards shows image and position slot number of the cards installed into the subrack Color box with slot number shows status of the cards green active blue inactive red alarm Color boxes below subrack indicate type and status channels of the cards 29 Zi pecirasmart FL 0 mja eis 5 5 1460 Setup cards channels Click the Setup menu of the SPECTRASMART PC Subrack XX window submenu Cards and Channels appears 1 Click Cards and click color box with card number below each you wan
24. erial Number 37323 Date of Manufacture 07 31 99 Running time of Card days Card temperature Duration of Card temperature in days Sales Order 08 23 99 Calibration Code of Technician 23A Clear Final Service date of What repairs 35 Card Status Some cards such as T1 shown below have extra features can be monitored in window Card Status fa Card Status Slot 8 Subrack 1 Print Settings 1 M LENO 21 Bl LENI Application D CABLE LEN T amp T BOOB ATAT des S Option selected 33 FEET E Transmit Encoder 6925 BEN LOOP hecelver Decoder 6925 JM Reserve Automatic Loopback No Loop BYPASS Bypass On On Off Status LEDs STMU Activated by LOS Automatic ALARM UperatorLocal Operator Remote PC Inactyate For digital video audio data card status picture looks like this 36 HH Status Slot 11 Subrack 0 File More Info DR 4 30 4 Video Receivers Fa Wer 4 01 Optic mode Singlemode 1300nm 1Fiber 00 MBit s par 3m LEDs _ 21 e e e O32 653 orien Biti Power Diagnostics Tx Carrier Signal Fix Carrier FORT Click More Info then Data Error and you will see the picture shown below i Received Data Error 0 Slot
25. evel 15 the second level that needs to be accessed in order to identify particular channel Although less critical than subrack alarms card slot alarms are considered more critical than individual channel alarms This level allows the card slot configuration to be viewed and also allows card parameters to be moved in conjunction with the physical relocation of the cards Card may also be activated or inactivated and a particular card within a particular subrack can be identified gt The channel level 15 obviously the final level by which to identify a particular channel The address of the individual channel selected 15 displayed and it s poss ble to view the status of each channel on a particular card Channel address can be edited and individual channels activated or inactivated It s also possible to select a particular channel on particular card within any of the subracks from this menu 40 Subrack Up to 10 Master subracks can be installed on the system under the control of SpectraSmart PC The Master subrack SR 2000 features microcontrollers with RS 232 and RS 485 ports All other subracks 5 2001 designated as Expansions and features one microcontroller with RS 485 ports SpectraSmart Network connection 1s via daisy chaining expansion ports with the Master subrack Addresses are determined by an LED indicator which 1 set by rotary witch on the front panel of the subrack The addresses for the subrack
26. for example Tera Grand Premium High Speed USB 2 0 to Serial RS 232 DB 9 Converter When USB to RS 232 converter 16 used virtual COM Port s created and PC when SpectraSmart 15 gomg be running should be connected by standard SF cable DB9 M F Serial Extension Cable RS232 male to PC and female to converter A maximum length of this cable is 50 To activate this feature make the connection of PCs and run SpectraSmart program gt NET window gt Configuration gt Alarm Stream ASCII gt Settings Set Port Baud Rate 9600bpc Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 then check box Stream Enable to mark it select Header SpS PC then click Apply RS 232 create Port in Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager gt Port gt Port On the basic PC if OS 15 Windows XP open Hyper Terminal go to Start gt All programs gt Accessories gt Communications Hyper Terminal gt appears windows New Connection Hyper 44 terminal and Connection Description Enter a name choose an icon and click Next windows Connect to gt select connect using Com 1 if PC has real RS 232 or if converter USB RS232 is used find virtual COM Port number in Control Panel gt gt Hardware gt Device manager gt Ports COM amp LPT and choose this number in Hyperterminal and click Windows appears Proper
27. gnostic of remote subrack through the optic link 2K 2K 089 lt gt Communication RJ11 Port 4 Cross table RJ11 Pin _2 m uM 2 Ce fd 2 6 Chtinpute NK NN 5 XMT _ 6 Ground 8 Ch2input NEN 9 Ch2input COMMUNICATION CARD FRONT VIEW LEFT SIDE PIN 1 cable lenght 4 feet DXB has opposite signal pinl Chl input etc Cable 3 49 Connection between communication card and digital card DT DR 2W6C1G 6C1G xD RS 485 4 wires interface Port 4 Ch1 for diagnostics of remote subracks through the optic link DT R 2W6C1G DB9M lt gt Communication card RJ11M 2 cables Port 4 Cross tables RS 485 4W Cable 4A CH1 IN NE UM GND L2 1 6 CH1 OUT _ 9 CHi OUT Notice Need to have 2 cables in PC side cable AA in Remote side cable 4B see cross tables above and picture on the page 22 Pin 1 of the sockets RJ11 on communication card is on the left front view Cables 4A 4B 50 v v Notes Meridian Technologies Inc 700 Elmont Road Elmont NY 11003 USA Tel 516 285 0570 Fax 516 285 6300 E mail support meridian tech com www meridian tech com Document Version 9 1 07 24 2015 52
28. haring tn 2 Thabo L ahy wat hh _ der 7 Scroll down to the Internet Protocol TCP IP and press Properties General IPv4 Connectivity Connectivity Media State Duration 1 Local Area Connection 2 Properties No Internet access No network access Enabled 01 25 15 100 0 Mbps 23 Intemet Protocol TCP IP wide area network protocol that prov across diverse interconnected eb M Show icon in notification area when connected Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity Configure the IP Address and Subnet Mask according to picture below then press OK 1 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General You can get settings assigned automatically f your network supports this capability Otherwise you need ta ask your network administrator for the appropriate settings Obtain an IP address automatically Use the following IP address IP address Subnet mask Default gateway C ONS server address automatically Use the following DNS server addresses Prefered DNS server Altemate DNS server PC is ready to communicate with SR2000 over the Ethernet cable The SR2000 s IP address is set to 67 93 140 105 at the factory so you don t have to configure it Note if PC running firewall deactivate it during the setup for the proper work of Lantronix Devicelnst
29. installed as if viewed from the rear of the rack This information does not have to be programmed into the system since SPECTRASMART 15 able to recognize the presence of a card and its type In order for SpectraSmart PC to monitor each card in a subrack the subrack itself should be activated A subrack should only be inactivated during commissioning or if a subrack fault 1s continuously causing alarm 4 The SPECTRASMART Subrack XX window shows 1 An overall view of the selected subrack from the rear showing which slots are occupied the type of cards within those slots and their state of activation 2 Activate Card Enables the activation of a particular card 3 Inactivate Card Enables the inactivation of a particular card 4 Activate Channel Enables the activation of the channel of the particular card 5 Inactivate Channel Enables the inactivation of the channel of the particular card Card If SpectraSmart 15 to monitor the functions of a particular card the card should be activated Once activated all parameters associated with card function will cause alarm conditions if they fall outside pre set tolerances Note that in order for channel alarms to be produced the individual channels on the card as well as the card itself need to be activated Only in specific circumstances when a fault cannot be repaired or when the system is being commissioned or maintained should a card be inactivated to stop al
30. ituations when a fault cannot be immediately rectified f a channel is likely to be continually producing faults during maintenance or commissioning 43 Alarm window The typical alarm window gives a great deal of information on the nature and location of a particular alarm It indicates whether the alarm 15 specific to a subrack card slot or channel and display the following details Source Address if the alarm is a channel alarm and that channel has been assigned an address it 15 displayed here Subrack the subrack containing the fault is identified here Slot the card on which the fault has occurred 1s shown here Channel if the alarm 15 a channel alarm the individual channel on the card 15 identified here Problem the cause of the alarm is shown here Suggestion simple troubleshooting hints are displayed to enable the operator to identify the cause or location of the fault and to take appropriate action to rectify the problem ASCII export of SpectraSmart alarm conditions This feature allows to export data of alarm conditions in ASCII format to an RS 232 COM Port of SpectraSmart PC This ASCIT information can then be shown in another basic PC for display and analysis Alarm message 1s sent to the specified COM Port when the alarm occurred SpectraSmart PC It s supported by SpectraSmart software version 6 06 9 and higner If one or both PC s don t have RS 232 ports use USB2 to RS 232 Converter
31. n of the USB drivers FTDI Virtual Port VCP Turn power on the Subrack and Plug the USB cable This should bring up Found New Hardware Wizard Insert SpectraSmart installation CD and click Next Click Search a suitable driver for my device recommended select Next Click CD ROM drive select Next e If the Wizard found the driver click Next then Finish 17 f the Wizard did not find the driver click Back then click Specify a location then Browse and find folder Drivers on CD ROM drive usually D or E select Next If the Wizard found the driver click Next then Finish If SpectraSmart had been in use previously with the RS 232 port amp driver it will be necessary to change the Port in PC Registry DO NOT TURN OFF THE SUBRACK In the computer click Start gt Settings gt Control Panel gt System gt Hardware gt Device Manager Click near Ports In the list under Ports find USB COM X where X is number of virtual COM Port Usually it is COMG or COMA Start SpectraSmart PC program When the Copyright screen appears click Ctrl P A Choose Port window will come up Select the X COM Port captured by USB that was previously identified and click 3 Click Change the highest address number and enter highest address number of Subrack or String Ring on network It may be a number from 0 to 29 depend on version 4 Click
32. n single external switching power supply 9V 8 33 Meridian model PS 60 while the SR Ixxx R chassises incorporate redundant power supplies SpectraSmart hardware 1s included interface and communication Cards cards for subracks SR 2000 2001 diagnostic card for subracks SR 1002 1350 1450 1460 1600 1850 The guide rail ensures that cards can only be installed the right way up Diagnostic card must be install on the last Slot of the Subrack See instruction and operation manuals for further information on system cards MASTER _SUBRACK SR 2000 2001 INTERFACE COMMUNICATION MASTER selfdiagnostics LED selfdiagnostics LED LEDs Data receive Data transmit LCD Subrack Rotary switches oubrack SLAVE 5 _SR 2000 2001 INTERFACE COMMUNICATION SLAVE selfdiagnostics selfdiagnostics LED LED LEDs Data receive Data transmit LCD Subrack Rotary switches oubrack LEDs Data receive Data transmit SR 2000 2001 WITH USB AND ETHERNET CONNECTION INTERFACE selfdiagnostics LED COMM BOARD com out MASTER ee Wr Interface board Communication board master slave Interface Master and Slave Front Panel Layout Diagram SpectraSmart PC can work with subracks through the Ethernet or USB by using SpectraSmart version 4 16 11 and higher Communication board has packed into an RJ 45 connector device server XPort comes with a IOBASE T IOORASE TX
33. n the system 1s completed all channels should be reactivated Note that SpectraSmart PC automatically inactivates each channel on which a fault occurs The SPECTRASMART PC system allows the user to enter the unique address location to be assigned to each individual channel Alarm history The Alarm History screen 15 an historic record of all alarms that have occurred on the system since initialization SpectraSmart PC checks parameters on cards in sequence checking for variations against factory set values Only after the card has produced values that are out of tolerance on 3 consecutive scans is an alarm produced An Alarm Grid is dedicated to each alarm condition and these are numbered consecutively in chronological order older alarms having lower The data and time at which the alarm occurred acknowledged and reinstalled 15 also shown the Grid Remove Reactivate can erase this alarm and reactivate the card channel Note that 1f the fault condition that caused the alarm still exists the buzzer will sound and a new alarm will be displayed Since an alarm causes the offending channel to be inactivated automatically t should always be reactivated to ensure that the particular channel continues to be monitored Remove w o React this allows the Master Password holder to remove the alarm from the system and ensure that the offending card channel remains inactive The system asks for confirmation that it is acceptable This is useful in s
34. nout of the card appears on the screen HA SpectraSmart Subrack 1 IDE x View oom Window PI 180H FM Video Transmitter 2 Data Transmitters Audio Transmitter fre Alarm Print Cancel PT 160 170 180R X PINOUT DIAGRAM POWER ON INDILATOR WIDEO INPUT 78 hn 1 Pr p OPTICAL FORT 5 FC or amp T ue FAUDIO INPUT LEVEL CH b6dBn to rdin FSUDIO INPUT LEVEL CHE bdEm to dEmi IRSC Maa AUDIO LE FOR 312115 LED Dh AUDIO DATA INPUT e FEMALE 7 or I NS AUDICH BEL cn hc 470 CHI GROUND cc DAU FOLAF x Ls Ec La 7 LN E CR CE 1 rato DE 3e Y wp C en T 1 m IT CHAI AipE o STATUS INDICATOR HAAA ATI UIPOLAE IC rpg COUR op Del en APT DHT Ter LH T D amp TA O PEL SE 175 CHI GOURD LHIFCLAR 1 zim cx COLLLLIOR 240 o OPCH COLLECIOP BAD oc COLLI LIOF a 0412 a CELLEETTP Hi el Hip er CI T You can drag this picture with the mouse Click Zoom and then choose the desired size of the card pinout Note double click on the image of the card with right mouse can access pinout of the card also 33 Current Parameters Click the View menu of th
35. s Slave 01 11 ER d Ww Cable 7 Cb 0 0 0 Fiber link D Slave to remote 12 Master T xj Communication 7 card Notice Need to have 2 cables in PC side cable 4A in Remote side cable 4B see cross tables on the page 41 26 Alarm History Click the Alarm History menu of the SPECTRASMART PC NET windows Submenu View Clear appears Spectra mart PC Alarm History Delete Print Records E amp a Time reinstated 1 b Records 104 1 Click View and check the table by scrolling 2 To select rows for deleting or printing set cursor on the left most column gray one of the table and click on it To select multiple rows do the same holding down button Ctrl 3 To delete or print all or selected rows click menu or toolbar Delete or Print Dropdown menu appears Choose desired menu 4 There 1s the possibility to filter the Alarm History table by columns Source Address Subrack Slot Card Name Channel Date or Problem Click Menu Records then Select Choose the filter then click 27 ge Selecting 5 To sort records of Alarm History click Records then Sort and choose up to three columns in any order you want to sort 3 Sorting LEE Fe Source Address l a de 6 To find record s click Records then Find choos
36. t to activate inactivate 2 Click Channels and click color boxes with channel name below each card you want to activate inactivate 3 Click OK to finish setup 30 OR 1 Click the colored box of the card or channel by right mouse Popup menu appears 2 Choose desired submenu Activate to activate the card channel Inactivate to inactivate the card channel Pinout to see the card pinout for cards only Parameters to see the current parameters of the card for cards only Card memory to read data from flash memory of the card for cards that have EEPROM memory Card status to see the current status of the card only for special cards Source address to enter or change the source address from whence comes the video audio etc to the channel for channels only 3 You can enter or change Source Address for the channel clicking menu Source Address of popup menu Click on box of channel to see the Source Address Be List of Source Addresses __ Address Ball Room Merc Hotel ain Entrance EE 5 PR 210R Td Room 1000 FR 210R CHANNEL 15 CLOSED 13 PF 4000F Ave 44 4 Record 4 Delete Refresh 31 Database of cards Click the View menu of the SpectraSmart PC Subrack XX window and click the Database of cards menu of the dropdown menu of the window and check the table by scrolling 9 Database of
37. ter Windows 2000 XP Vista 7 8A 128 Mb SDRAM 024 x 768 screen resolution 2MB Video Card or better Start SpectraSmart PC Click the Start button on Windows taskbar and then point to Programs SPECTRASMART PC appears on the Program menu Click on SpectraSmart PC The system always displays the copyright screen with two buttons Exit Start 12 zm Spectrasmart Help M 4 4 7 A pen 5 2 RTS i B mM Mr t za Ais 4t A Ta E k B Uu EN SEO 08 BM g F 1 B gt E amp d FIBER OPTIC NETWORK MANAGEMENI SYSIEM Version 2 16 10 Copyright 2007 2004 Meridian Technologies Inc Logging on to SpectraSmart l Click the Start button and a window appears with Logon and password prompts Login Mare Password ees 2 If you login for the first time you should enter admin into Login name box click OK or press Enter 13 H 5 pectraS mart PC Login Name List Miel XI User Login security Level manager technician The window Login Name List appears Click menu User and choose New or 4from toolbar choose Enter New User Enter your login name and choose the security level into particular boxes Click Apply and close the window or click Click Start again
38. they are installed in last slot position SpectraSmart PC can work with this Diagnostic cards from version 6 04 xx and higher RE 5 10 MES BE f cop a al ED pi o e ges m6 E reell zs ee roe eee eR 0 HERO Il ow fe fe Se te Be ee ge eg MONT En Ti B osi pini dard T uf ot 5 a P SX PC M Master Card gt Jumper Location The SX PC M Master Dignostic card has connector J2 located near Ethernet socket and has one jumper for two positions Ethernet up and USB down Slave Diagnostic card doesn t have USB and Ethernet connectors Connector J1 with Jumpers located near RS 485 connector and connected to termination resistors 120 ohm resistors are for reduce echo effect 10 SX PC M Master Front Panel Layout Diagram STATUS INDICATORS 12 PWR Power Green bah ROTARY SWITCHES DIAG Card Diagnostic Power eic Subrack and Temperature lens Normal Green Ones Out of Rred ge Rred RS 485 IN OUT RJ 11 Female Port 1 2 1 Ground 2 Transmit Data XMT 3 Receive Data RCV 4 4 Receive Data RCV 5 B 1 485 STATUS INDICATORS TX Transmit Data Green Receive Data Green USB STATUS INDICATORS Transmit Data XMT USB INPUT Type B TX
39. ties Port settings set Bits per second 9600 Data bits 8 Parity None Stop bits 1 Flow control None and click PCs with Windows 7 and higher don t have Hyper Terminal You can usually find version of Hyper Terminal on the Internet from PC with Windows one file hypertrm exe in C Program File Windows NT and second file hypertrm dll in CAWindows System32 or from CD Spectra Smart PC v x xx x in folder Hyperterminal Copy the folder from CD to basic PC or files from PC with Windows XP into new folder Hyperterminal and create shortcut to file hypertrm exe Copyright information The Copyright information window 1 the first that appears after power up It shows the current date and time and also gives an indication of the version of the system that 1s loaded setting up SpectraSmart PC Insert Setup CD ROM in a CD ROM drive In File Manager or Program Manager click File and then click Run or on the taskbar click the start button and then click Run 3 Type the drive letter followed by and backslash 1 and the word setup For example d setup 4 Follow the instructions on your screen Click Next to continue through the Setup process If you have previous version of the SpectraSmart you should uninstall it before installing the new one 45 Security levels Add Change Logins Change Port o de Cid T S Clear Alarm History
40. y attached to the network and that the IP address assigned is valid for the particular network segment you are working with Use the Menu buttons on the left to navigate to sub pages where you can configure the XPort When you are finished click the Update Settings button 20 to save your settings Note For more information about Devicelnstaller see the XPort User Guide the Devicelnstaller User Guide on the product CD and the Devicelnstaller help file Click on Configuration menu of the SPECTRASMART PC NET windows Submenus appear Choose Change port Window Change port appears If there 15 no option Ethernet in the window then click Ctrl E Choose Ethernet and start program again Protocol TCP IP w ndow appears 585 Protocol TCP IP Ethernet Protocol RS IP Address 6793140116 Add Or Mame Cancel Add the IP address that you assigned to communication board Enter Path to the local computer directory or the shared folder with Read amp Write rights if the computer 15 the client on the LAN where you want shared information files to be stored Spectrasmart The Path to Server is x Click Yes and auto discovery begins 21 Spectrasmart System detected 1 subrack with Ehe number O Cancel Direct Ethernet connection PC to Subrack without Network Connect Master subrack 00 to PC by Ethernet straight cable On PC Windows X
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