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1. 54 Notes Warranty DPS Telecom warrants to the original purchaser only that its products a substantially conform to DPS published specifications and b are substantially free from defects in material and workmanship This warranty expires two years from the date of product delivery with respect to hardware and ninety days from the date of product delivery with respect to software If the purchaser discovers within these periods a failure of the product to substantially conform to the specifications or that the product is not substantially free from defects in material and workman ship the purchaser must promptly notify DPS Within reasonable time after notification DPS will endeavor to cor rect any substantial non conformance with the specifications or substantial defects in material and workmanship with new or used replacement parts All warranty service will be performed at the company s office in Fresno California at no charge to the purchaser other than the cost of shipping to and from DPS which shall be the responsibility of the purchaser If DPS
2. The name and location fields are also used for e mail paging functions as the from address in e mail messages in the format of name Q location For specific instructions on configuring the e mail paging function see section 3 6 1 Password NetGuardian SNMP v2 1B 0712 C onfig P roxy D ebug e X it E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram E Name Net Guardian 832A Location 4955 E Yale Fresno CA 93727 Contact DPS Telecom 1 800 622 3314 Features DOCB 53 0C5C Communities Get public Set public Trap public N ame L ocation C ontact F eatures A larms G et S et T rap R eboot E Fig 3 3 The system information describes the unit Tbl 3 3 System Submenu Fields DESCRIPTION User designated name for this Net Guardian 832A also used for portion of from address in e mail noti fication of alarms Physical location of Net Guardian 832A also used for portion of in address in e mail notification of Location alarms Contact Person responsible for this Net Guardian 832A Features Used for entering feature codes for future upgrade features Get Community name for SNMP requests Set Community name for SNMP SET requests T rap Community name for SNMP TRAP requests Software Provisioning Changing the L
3. n GRN VIO ALM 23B 23 aoo e or o VIO BRN ALM 24A 49 ee eee See BRN VIO ALM 24B 24 r _ dg 3 VIO GRY GROUND 50 a a a l GRY VIO GROUND 25 Fig 2 3 6 4a 66 Block D PR 966 10A 00 for Discretes 1 24 1 0 Hardware 66 Block or 1 LT 1 ae mm m B d m m ooo ae a oes ES p oo a a Em m oe E EHE 1 EHE 1 aS EE ND LX 3 oe nr oO 3 a OC m m o c 3 m an oS o o m Bi 1 co ok otka m m rb rb ok ok oc oF 2 3 6 4b 66 Block for Discretes 25 32 Relays 1 8 and Analogs 1 6 Wire color wire stripe WHT BLU BLU WHT WHT ORG ORG WHT WHT GRN GRN WHT WHT BRN BRN WHT WHT GRY GRY WHT RED BLU BLU RED RED ORG ORG RED RED GRN GRN RED RED BRN BRN RED RED GRY GRY RED BLK BLU BLU BLK BLK ORG ORG BLK BLK GRN GRN BLK BLK BRN BRN BLK BLK GRY GRY BLK YEL BLU BLU YEL YEL ORG ORG YEL YEL GRN GRN YEL YEL BRN BRN YEL YEL GRY GRY YEL VIO BLU BLU VIO VIO ORG ORG VIO VIO GRN GRN VIO VIO BRN BRN VIO VIO GRY GRY VIO Alarm ALM 25A ALM 25B ALM 26A ALM 26B ALM 27A ALM 27B ALM 28A ALM 28B ALM 29A ALM 29B ALM 30A ALM 30B ALM 31A ALM 31B ALM 32A ALM 32B RLY1A RLY 1B RLY 2A RLY 2B RLY 3A RLY 3B RLY 4A RLY 4B RLY 5A RLY 5B RLY 6A RLY 6B RLY 7A RLY 7B RLY 8A RLY
4. This shows 32 discrete input points where you set alarm activation conditions Non ID editable field Description Description of the 32 alarms Polarity Normal Contact closure is an alarm Polarity If Polarity is reversed the alarm is clear when closed Trap toggles the SNMP information Y Send Trap N Don t Sent Trap Allows you to designate if an SNMP trap is to be sent when an alarm condition exists Additional traps can be sent by using primary and secondary pagers Primary Pager and Secondary pager Allows you to designate pagers The Net Guardian 832A will issue one call to the primary pager device followed by one call to the secondary pager device Primary and Secondary Pagers Note The Pager device can be an ASCII terminal T MonXM element manager or IAM element manager E mail or multiple SNMP managers as well as an alpha or numeric pager Enter IDs 1 8 from pager list 28 Software Provisioning Configuring the Controls Relays 3 8 Configuring the Controls Relays The relays of the Net Guardian 832A can be identified and configured using the R elays submenu A description can be entered for each of the relays You can also designate whether or not to send an SNMP Trap when a relay is actuated 1 The ID field represents the ID number of the relay Enter a description for each relay being used 2 Choose whether or not to send an SNMP Trap Y for yes and N for no Th
5. STAT Status of the alarm Clear or Alarm Date the alarm occurred Time the alarm occurred Software Provisioning Configuring Base Discrete Alarms 27 3 7 Configuring Base Discrete Alarms Choosing A larm from the E dit menu takes you to the first page of the Alarm Configuration screen All 32 discrete alarm points can be configured using this menu Description of the alarm point Polarity nrm rev whether to use an SNMP Trap or not and the primary secondary pager used to report the alarm are configured in this submenu All of the discrete alarms can be configured in this section of the editor using the choices shown in Table 3 7 s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram 1 SNMP Pager Description Pol Trap Pri Sec FIRE_SMOKE ALARM Nrm Y DOOR ALARM Nrm EQUIPMENT ROOM TEMP Nrm UPS ROOM 1 TEME Nrm UPS ROOM 2 TEME Nrm BATTERY ROO Nrm HPA DUCT AI Nrm COMMERCIAL TILITY GE Nrm PS GENE TILITY PS GNRI TILITY PS GNRI EHYDRA EICER F H J Ww 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NO BNNNNODOOABAN A BB He BD ZAK 2K K BKK AK KKK Se IP P QU P P OO N P WW WW Ww Alarm ID ESC exit TAB next page Fig 3 7 This screen allows you to edit the first 16 alarms Tbl 3 7 Alarm point definition fields Description
6. p0001Set 10001 through p0064Set 10064 p0001Clr 20001 through p0064Clr 20064 Tbl B4 ControlGrid points ControlGrid 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 3 Port 1 ResyncReq 5 Must be set to 1 to perform the resync request Tbl B5 NVRamSection points NVRamSection 1 3 6 1 4 2682 1 2 4 1 Address 2 NVsNmbr 1 Display 3 NVsData 2 Point 4 Action 5 NVsStatus 3 Tbl B3 DisplayGrid points DisplayEntry 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 2 1 Port 1 Address 2 Display 3 DispDesc 4 PntMap 5 For specific Display and PntMap descriptions see table Al Tbl B6 AlarmEntry points AlarmEntry 1 3 6 4 1 2682 1 2 5 1 A Port 1 A Address 2 ADisplay 3 APoint 4 APntDesc 5 AState 6 For specific point descriptions see table B7 46 Appendices SNMP Manager Functions Description Address Tbl B7 Alarm Point Descriptions Display Points Description Address Display Points Display 1 No data Undefined 1 32 Display 2 No data No data Undefined 11 1 8 Undefined Power up Display 3 Analog 1 Undefined Undefined Lost Display 4 Analog 2 DCP pol inactive Undefined LAN not active Display 5 Analog 3 Undefined
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8. I I E 04 f Bo ommjo m Ga Go Goo uum c um Dee e G JO olf a E LAN Fig 2 3 7 The Net Guardian 832A supports concurrent proxy connections for multiple users to TELNET into different ports devices Hardware PCB Settings 13 2 3 8 PCB Settings Certain analog alarm configurations and relay operations require alternate jumper settings Refer to section 3 9 Setting the Analog Parameters and section 4 1 3 Monitoring and Operating Relays for specific jumper setting information To open the unit and expose the circuit board remove the screws from the sides of the Net Guardian and remove the amphenol hex screws from the rear panel then lift the case lid up as shown below Cc R e c1 co O K T 4 68 J69 J6 J63 J58 J53 Ji nce fs a T wr rt W J11 J70 J16 J20 Fig 2 3 8a Net Guardian 832A circuit board with jumpers labeled Current Control Point Detail Jumper installed for Current 1A 1B pp0000007 7 774 Jumpered closed a m position is a nalog i ape ME a ird 3 1 in i Transducer l Wises e NE Voltage Jumper removed for voltage aT N O Jumper S Analog BEN N t cL i E an Soe a ee Ml i Fig 2 3 8b Each analog alarm input can be switched to measure Fig 2 3 8c Each relay can be switched to normally closed by current instead of voltage by changing it s jumper position changing it
9. N for numeric paging under the Type heading 3 Enter the phone number of the numeric pager under the Phone Domain heading followed by 7 commas e g 555 1212 Placing a comma after the phone number initiates a 2 second pause per comma This allows enough time for the pager to answer and the message to be heard before the Net Guardian sends the alarm 3 6 3 Text paging setup Text pages can receive information including the point addresses of alarms the alarm description time of the alarm and state alarm or clear The text pages may be viewed using a terminal such as Hyper Terminal 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged Enter type T for text paging under the Type heading Enter the phone number of the text paging device under the Phone Domain heading Set the pager data rate 1 e 300 1 200 2 400 or 9 600 The default baud is 1 200 5 Selecta pager word format i e Data bits 7 or 8 Parity none N even E or odd O and Stop Bits 1 The default setting is 7 E 1 3 6 4 T MonXM paging setup T MonXM can receive alarm information from the Net Guardian via dial up and can display alarm information including the site number alarm description and threshold status Je pop 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of
10. Undefined Modem not Display 6 Analog 4 No dial tone Undefined SNMP trap not Display 7 Analog 5 Pager Que Undefined Notification Display 8 Display 9 Analog 6 Undefined Analog 7 Craft RCVQ full Undefined Modem RCVQ Data 1 8 RCVQ NGdXx 1 3 fail Display 10 Analog 8 GLD 1 3 fail Undefined CHAN timeout CRFT timeout No data indicates that the alarm point is defined but there is no description entered Undefined indicates that the alarm point is not used Appendices ASCII Conversion 47 ASCII Conversion Appendix C The information contained in Table C is a list of ASCII symbols and their meanings Refer to the bulleted list below to interpret the ASCII data transmitted or received through the data ports Port transmit and receive activity can be viewed from the Web Browser interface Printable ASCII characters will appear as ASCII Non printable ASCII characters will appear as labels surrounded by brackets e g NUL Non ASCII characters will appear as hexadecimal surrounded by brackets e g IF Areceived BREAK will appear as lt BRK gt Abbreviation Tbl C ASCII symbols Description Abbreviation Description NUL Null DLE Data Link Escape SOH Start of Heading DC Device Control STX Start of
11. When an alarm occurs that is marked for setting a trap it will then send that SNMP trap to the trap address Set to 255 255 255 255 if not using The SNMP port is the port set by the SNMP manager to receive Trap messages usually set to 162 Trap Address SNMP Port Defines the TCP ports used by data ports 1 8 RS 232 serial ports during proxy connec Proxy Base tions Data port 1 receives the port number entered here Data ports 2 8 receive the next 7 port numbers in ascending order i e TCP port 3000 through port 3007 Toggles the Dynamic Host Connection Protocol On or Off If web browser access is a desired DHCP interface DPS recommends that the DHCP option be turned OFF and a permanent IP address assigned to the Net Guardian to provide a consistent location for web browser access Base URL Destination address of the alarm point description hyperlinks See section 3 5 1 1 Software Provisioning Using the Base URL Field 21 3 5 1 1 Using the Base URL Field The Net Guardian 832A allows users to turn specific alarm point descriptions into hyperlinks Net Guardian Web Server required to view link See Web Server Operation Guide UM006 12200 When utilized the alarm description for each alarm point that appears in the monitor mode for Base Alarms Ping Targets or System Alarms can be turned into a link that directs technicians managers to specific web pages or to other files viewable via a Web Browser This
12. 8B FUSE FUSE GROUND Amphenol Pin 26 1 27 2 28 3 29 4 30 5 31 6 32 7 33 8 34 9 35 10 36 11 37 12 38 13 39 14 40 15 41 16 42 17 43 18 44 19 45 20 46 21 47 22 48 23 49 24 50 25 Hardware Net Guardian 832A Back Panel 1 1 2 3 6 5 Net Guardian 832A Back Panel Analogs 7 8 Eight ports reach through Optional 48 point discrete expansions Net Guardian Expansion 0889 o8 t ce c ANALOGS7 8 DATAPORTS 1 CC AN C EA MT A E K T e SiN E E zi ANALOGS 1 6 Ki 18 DISCRETES 25 32 124 GMT I Analogs 1 6 Relays 1 8 and Discretes 1 24 lAmp Discretes 25 32 GMT fuse Connect Power supply DPs DPS Telecom Support 1 800 622 3314 pstele com Made in USA POTS line LAN connector Fig 2 3 6 5a The Net Guardian back panel has eight DB9 DCE type serial ports two 50 pin Amphenol alarm control analog connectors one DB9 analog connector one RJ45 jack for LAN one RJ 11 jack for a telephone line and a power barrier strip Eight rear panel Serial ports and the Phone line front panel Craft port Female DB9 Connection RJ 11 4 3 Rin DSR 4 PIN Signal Description NK 2 Tp GND 1 NC Not connected 7 54321 2 TX Transmit data LAN V J 3 RX Receive data Connection RJ 45 co vo Female 4 DSR Data set ready 8 ra T 5 GND Ground 7 6 NC Notconnected 6 Receive In RI 9876 7 CTS Clear to send 5 RTS L CTS 8 RTS Request to send 4 9 NC
13. Makes reach through available at TCP ports Telnet Makes reach through available at UDP ports reserved for future use Creates logical bridge to odd even partner The odd even partners are pairs of 1 2 3 4 5 6 and 7 8 This allows the Net Guardian to view communication traffic in either direction when inserted in the serial communication path between two devices This is accomplished by going in to the Net Guardian with one device and out to the other device from the odd even partner port Data is passed directly from one port to its odd even partner without being altered in any way This ability greatly simplifies troubleshooting communication problems by isolating the non communicating device Refer to figure 4 1 6b for a connection diagram Causes the data port to have the same functionality as the front panel craft port Baud rates for the odd even pairs can be set to any available rate except for any combination of 19200 and 38400 between the two ports 24 Software Provisioning Setting Up Notification Methods from the Pagers Screen 3 6 Setting Up Notification Methods from the Pagers Screen Selecting pa G ers from the E dit menu displays the current parameters for the pagers The type of pager alpha numeric text T Mon e mail SNMP or TCP phone number PIN Rcpt Port baud rate and word format can all be viewed and selected from within this submenu The pagers menu is an important menu because it is whe
14. Relay contacts 8 each form C Max Voltage 60 VDC 120 VAC Max Current 1 Amp AC DC 32 User defined from 3 to 999 msec 32 8 79 9 to 79 9VDC or 4 to 20ma 0 60 C 32 to 140 F 0 to 95 non condensing 1 Amp GMT r Net Guardian 832A Net Guardian 832 AN o Audible Visual Shipping Box Dimensions Options ww i Speaker LCD descriptive text LEDs 22 X6 X 12 Net Guardian Expansion units General LCD Display GLD support LED bar support Bell box 66 split block Hardware Hardware Installation 5 2 3 Hardware Installation 2 3 1 Site Preparation Tools needed Phillips screwdriver Small standard No 2 screwdriver Laptop with terminal emulation software or a web browser See Web Server Operation Guide UM006 12200 for web browser information Wire strippers cutter Wire wrap gun if hinged wire wrap panel is used Punch down tool if 66 blocks are used 2 3 2 Installation Steps Overview Review shipping list Section 2 1 Mount the Net Guardian 832A in the rack Section 2 3 3 Connect power Section 2 3 4 Connect communication lines Section 2 3 5 Connect alarm leads Section 2 3 6 1 Connect control outputs Section 2 3 6 2 Connect analog leads Section 2 3 6 3 Connect data ports Section 2 3 7 Provision software Chapter 3 10 Review Net Guardian 832A s status LEDs and LCD Sections 4 5 and 4 6 11 In case of difficult
15. SNMP traps It is used when an IAM or T MonXM is the upper level master instead of an SNMP Manager In each of the software provisioning screens including the web browser the SNMP trap field has been eliminated However in the System menu of the DCPx firmware version a Unit ID field is included to identify the address of the Master unit that the Net Guardian is reporting to The firmware version loaded on your Net Guardian is indicated on the LCD Monitoring Monitoring the Net Guardian 832A 35 Monitoring Chapter 4 4 1 Monitoring the Net Guardian 832A Connect a PC running VT 100 terminal emulation software to the craft port or connect via LAN using a TELNET client with VT 100 emulation to port 2002 to reach the M onitor menu selection This section allows you to do full system monitoring for your Net Guardian 832A which includes all alarms ping information relays analogs and system status Password KKKKKKKKKK NetGuardian 832A v1 0A 0135 C onfig P roxy D ebug e X it M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem E A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem E Fig 4 1 The monitor menu allows status checking on all elements 4 1 1 Monitoring Base Alarms The A larm choice of the M onitor menu allows you to view the status of the device connected to the discrete input Under the Status heading the word Alarm will appear if an alarm has been activated and the word Clear will appear if an
16. STRIP 20 24 AWG 18 AWG maximum Q v RED WIRE TO 48 VDC ALWAYS A NEG PWR SUPPLY BLACK WIRE TO GND GROUNDS DEVICE TO MAKE NEUTRAL 3NVH Bec dN LIV8 Fig 2 3 4 Power Barrier Strip 2 3 5 Communication Lines 2 3 5 1 LAN Connection Connect a standard RJ45 Ethernet cable from the local network LAN to the 10BaseT jack on the back panel of the Net Guardian 832A see figure 2 3 5 below This is used for TELNET access or Web Browser access see Web Server Operation Guide UM006 12200 See section 3 1 4 for LAN connection information 2 3 5 2 Phone Line Connection Connect a standard telephone cable from a POTS line to the RJ11 TELCO jack on the back panel of the Net Guardian 832A This is used for dial up access and for paging capabilities see figure 2 3 5 below jv DPS Telecom Support 1 800 622 3314 www dpstele com Made in USA TELCO 10BaseT Fig 2 3 5 TELCO and 10BaseT ports 8 Hardware Alarm and Relay connections 2 3 6 Alarm and Relay connections Connect discrete alarms analog alarms and control points relays to the back panel of the Net Guardian via the two Amphenol connectors and the single male DB9 connector To simplify installation DPS offers optional Amphenol to open end cables Amphenol to 66 block or a hinged back panel with wire wrap terminals for all connections see section 2 4 for acces sory installation information 2 3 6 1 Discrete Alarms Discrete
17. Trap Set number for alarm 1 in Display 1 is 8000 Set for alarm 2 is 8001 Set for alarm 3 is 8002 etc The TRAP number descriptions for the Analog channels 1 8 are in the following order minor under minor over major under and major over For example for Analog channel 1 the Set number for minor under is 8128 minor over is 8129 major under is 8130 and major over is 8131 Tbl A2 Display 11 System alarms point descriptions SNMP Trap s Set 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 SNMP Trap s Set 8657 8658 8659 8660 8661 8662 8663 8664 8665 Points Description Points Description Clear 9657 9658 9659 9660 9661 9662 9663 9664 9665 Clear 9640 47 9641 48 9642 49 9643 50 9644 51 9645 52 9646 53 9647 54 9648 55 Modem RcvQ full Serial 1 RcvQ full Serial 2 RcvQ full Serial 3 RcvQ full Serial 4 RcvQ full Serial 5 RcvQ full Serial 6 RcvQ full Serial 7 RcvQ full Serial 8 RcvQ full Relays Relays Relays Relays Relays Relays Relays Relays Power up Lost Provisioning Net Guardian DX 1 fail DCP Poller Inactive Net Guardian DX 2 fail LAN not active Net Guardian DX 3 fail Modem not responding GLD 1 fail No Dial tone GLD 2 fail Pager Que Overflow GLD 3 fail Notification failed Channel port timeout Craft RcvQ full Craft port timeout Appendi
18. be triggered by a relay closure or opening e All managed data is accessible via LAN using any standard SNMP manager or TELNET client e PPP dial in network access version available for off network sites e Works seamlessly with DPS Masters T MonXM or IAM DCPx version Physical e One rack unit tall and mounts in 19 or 23 rack e Connectorized back panel hinged wire wrap back panel or easy connection to 66 blocks available e LCD for descriptive display of alarms e LED indications for alarm and communication status Access e Dial up access e TELNET over LAN e Local access with laptop through front panel craft port e Web browser access Monitor and provision Upgradeability e Firmware updates are easily downloaded without affecting provisioning information either locally or remotely using NG Loader software e Feature codes give access to specially ordered features e Download new firmware remotely using T MonXM 2 Overview Introduction 1 2 Introduction The Net Guardian 832A is a powerful compact LAN based alarm collector that provides network managers with remote visibility of their IP network elements With 32 ping alarms 32 discrete alarms 8 controls and 8 analogs this versatile unit is the ideal net work monitoring solution If an element fails to respond to successive pings or if something is amiss with the environmental controls the Net Guardian 832A notifies personnel with a complete status message using a variety of methods Not
19. of event notification such as door switches fuse alarms major and minor equipment alarms high temperature alarms and tower light monitors The unit provides 8 control relay out puts for operating standby equipment door locks or emergency lighting In addition there are 8 analog inputs with an input range of 79 9 to 79 9VDC or 4 20mA The following is an overview of the components of the Net Guardian 832A Craft port The craft port can be connected to the COM port of a computer to locally configure the Net Guardian 832A using any standard terminal emulation software e g HyperTerm Xtalk etc You can also connect via proxy to any of the data ports or the modem I0BaseT Port The 10BaseT port is used to connect to your Ethernet LAN This connection is used to ping up to 32 other devices to deter mine their operational status If a given device does not respond it is reported as off line This port can also be used to configure the Net Guardian 832A view alarms and access other devices connected to the reach through ports Modem port The modem port is a modem interface to a telephone line The modem operates at 1200 2400 9600 and Auto Baud options When the Net Guardian 832A has an event to report it can use this port to dial out to a paging terminal in addition to reporting via SNMP This port may also be used to configure the Net Guardian 832A 8 reach through ports The 8 reach through ports can be connected to any device with an R
20. point addresses 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged See figure 3 6 1 for pager description information Enter type A for Alpha numeric paging under the Type heading Enter the phone number of the Alpha numeric pager under the Phone Domain heading Enter a personal identification number under the PIN Rcpt Port heading Set the pager data rate i e 300 1 200 2 400 or 9 600 The default baud is 1 200 Select a pager word format i e Data bits 7 or 8 Parity none N even E or odd O and Stop Bits 1 The default setting is 7 E 1 De de Oe 1 Number of pages 2 Unit name 3 Port Address Display Applicable to T Mon and IAM only 4 Alarm point number 5 Alarm status 1 alarm O clear 6 Time Net Guardian sent page uc p 7 Alarm point description js odd 8 Alarm status 9 9 Time and date pager received page Determined by the Net Guardian internal clock which is set by the SNMP manager Fig 3 6 1 Alpha numeric pager description 3 6 2 Numeric pager setup The numeric pager can receive point addresses of alarms 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged 2 Enter type
21. range is 0 120 sec onds or 0 120 minutes Busy networks might necessitate a longer wait time here Period of time over which if a unit has not responded it is considered failed Set P eriod 0 to 120 and U nits Fat toggles between minutes and seconds Default 5 minutes Total range is 0 120 seconds or 0 120 minutes Sets how long the speaker sounds an alarm condition P eriod number of units from 0 to 120 U nits toggles units Sound i in sec or min Determines the period of time over which if there is no activity on any of the data ports designated as channel ports see Channel section 3 5 5 it is considered failed Set between 0 and 120 min or sec Alarm activity is indicated in Display 11 Point 62 See Appendix A Display Mapping Determines the period of time over which if the device connected through a port designated as a craft port doesn t reset the craft timer an alarm will be triggered The connected device should be configured to navigate through the text menus to reset the craft timer If the device fails to reset the craft timer an alarm condition will occur at display 11 point 63 Set between 0 and 120 min or sec Zero disengages the timer function Alarm activity is indicated in Display 11 Point 63 See Appendix A Display Mapping Debounce Determines the amount of time before discrete alarms are triggered between 3 and 1000 msec x 8 sec Note Default Cycle 1 min time
22. reboot This will load the saved configuration Now you can connect over LAN to complete the configuration or configure the unit using the current connection Note The LAN minimum configuration requires setting the Unit Address IP and the Subnet Mask Use of a WAN requires that the Default Gateway be set as well Password ACkckck ck kk kk NetGuardian SNMP v2 1B 0712 C onfig P roxy D ebug e X it E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram hernet M odem C raft D ata O ptions 1 it Address 126 010 220 199 SubNet Mask s 1255 255 255 000 Default Gateway 126 010 220 001 Trap Address 126 010 220 198 SNMP Port 162 Proxy Base 3000 DHCP NO Base URL www dpstele com amp pntID pdf MAC Address 00 10 81 00 03 59 U nit Address S ubnet Mask D efault Gateway T rap Address S N MP Port P roxy Base D H CP B ase URL ESC Fig 3 2 Configure the Ethernet port parameters to connect via LAN WAN Note See Table 3 5 1 for detailed field descriptions for the screen above 1 8 Software Provisioning Entering System Settings 3 3 Entering System Settings After configuring the Ethernet port go to s Y stem and set up the N ame L ocation and C ontact information TELNET sessions are established at port 2002 not the standard TELNET port as an added security measure
23. s jumper position 14 Hardware PCB Settings PCB Ref Tbl 2 3 8 Net Guardian 832A PCB settings Default Position Ji Open Factory Use J6 Open Factory Use J9 Open Factory Use Jil Closed Do not remove Craft port ground N O Relay 1 N O Relay 2 N O Relay 3 N O Relay 4 N O Relay 5 N O Relay 6 N O Relay 7 N O Relay 8 Voltage Open Analog alarm 2 Voltage Open Analog alarm 1 Voltage Open Analog alarm 3 Voltage Open Analog alarm 4 Voltage Open Analog alarm 6 Voltage Open Analog alarm 5 Voltage Open Analog alarm 8 Voltage Open Analog alarm 7 Description Closed Speaker is disconnected when open To change a relay to be normally closed N C place the corresponding circuit board jumper in the N C position See figure 2 3 8b To change the analog input to measure current range of 4 to 20 mA place the jumper in the closed position See figure 2 3 8b Hardware Net Guardian Accessory Installation 15 2 4 Net Guardian Accessory Installation There are various accessories available for the Net Guardian These include the hinged wire wrap back panel 66 Block Solid and Split LED bar bell box and General LCD Display GLD For more information on these products or
24. to place an order please call 1 800 622 3314 Note Not all accessories are available for all Net Guardians Some accessories have firmware and hardware prerequisites Check the specif ic accessory user manual for the Net Guardian minimum version requirements 2 4 1 Hinged wire wrap back panel 1 Mount the hinged wire wrap back panel on the Net Guardian rack See figure 2 4 1a 2 Close the hinged back panel and lock in place by turning the black plastic locking mechanism to the vertical position See fig ure 2 4 1a 3 Connect discrete alarms analog alarms and control points relays to the two pin blocks Refer to section 2 3 6 for alarm and relay connection information and figures 2 4 1a and 2 4 1b for wire wrap pinout information Turn the plastic swivel to the verti cal posi tion to lock in place Fig 2 4 1a Mount the hinged back panel on the mounting rack of the Net Guardian 2 4 1 1 Plexi glass wire wrap cover 1 Before connecting communication wires attach the mounting clips to the rear panel of the hinged back panel 2 After attaching communication wires mount the plexi glass cover by inserting the screws into the mounting clips Discretes 1 10 10 T Analogs 1 8 RET 20 Discretes 31 32 RET Return 31 32 Return 1 10 Discretes 11 20 Return 11 20 Discretes 21 30 30 N O Controls 1 8 Return 21 30 RET COM 0 2 4 6 8 Fig 2 4 1 1b Wire wrap p
25. 00 COMP T 79 231 INSIDE TE 1 81 136 OUTS MPE 93 126 BATTE TI 85 594 R 49 168 A 0 0000 ceo 10 01 CO Fo L2 A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem I Fig 4 1 4 This display allows you to monitor your eight analog inputs 4 1 5 Monitoring System Alarms System alarms are identified and displayed via the M onitor S ystem menu choice The following screen is a list of System alarms A complete table of System alarms appearing on display 11 is given in Appendix A Under the Status heading the word Alarm will appear if an alarm has been activated and the word Clear will appear if an alarm condition is not present A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem ESC S Description Status Power Up Alarm Lost Provisioning Clear LAN not active Alarm odem not responding Clear No Dial tone Clear SNMP trap not sent Alarm Pager Que Overflow Clear Notification failed Clear Craft RcvQ Full Clear odem RcvQ Full Clear Data 1 RevO Full Clear Data 2 RcvQ Full Clear Data 3 RcvQ Full Clear Data 4 RcvQ Full Clear 5 6 7 8 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 O1 O1 No FR Data RevQ Full Clear Data RcvO Full Clear Data RcvO Full Clear Data RevQ Full Clear O1 Ww O1 ws O1 Oo A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem I Fi
26. 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 IP Address 126 126 126 126 126 12 64 126 TAG 126 126 126 152 64 126 126 126 126 21 NNNNNNNNNNNNN DN DN CO 02 OS 09 162 CO CO OOO iS OOOO 037 038 2039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 Clear wn ct amp ct G n Que Q0 035 OO AO Over 32 50 lear lear lear 1 positions Fig 4 1 2 The PJing info submenu allows you to change ping targets 4 1 3 Monitoring and Operating Relays Controls Your Net Guardian 832A comes equipped with 8 relays which can be used to control external devices The M onitor R elays menu allows you to monitor the status of your relays The Net Guardian s 8 relays are set to N O as the factory default but each or all of them can be changed to N C by changing their respective jumper Refer to the PCB settings section 2 3 8 for jumper locations and 1 To operate a relay use the O pr command and then select the relay ID number you wish to operate To release an operated relay use the R ls command Then select the relay ID number you wish to release 2 Select the M om command to momentarily actuate a relay A larms H iw 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 Description P ing In TA TOE D RT UPS GENERA UPS GENERATO OR R TA RT UTILITY GNR TOE D
27. 220 1 Net Element 126 010 220 1 NOC primary 126 010 220 1 NOC secondary 126 010 220 1 OPS PC 1 126 010 220 1 OPS PC 2 126 010 220 1 25525992595 2592991299 255 255 2595 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 ESC exit TAB next page H iw Se 2a ase Sa Se OP WNFOWO ANDO 4 Q MN HE am i ae O e E e a ae E o E o E a AE o E o E e E T G Te E e E a E ONTT SE Tr O A O a T COCO Oo Fig 3 10 The p l ng Info submenu allows you to change ping targets Tbl 3 10 Ping target field descriptions Description ID Fixed number designating the line number in the list of devices to be pinged Description Description of the device to be pinged IP Address Address of the device to be pinged Trap toggles the SNMP information SNMP Trap Y Send N Don t Send Allows you to designate if an SNMP trap is to be sent when an alarm condition exists Pager Primary Pager ID for first pager to be called in case of an alarm condition Pager ID for second pager to be called in case of an alarm condition in case the pri Bape SECY mary pager does not acknowledge Repeatedly pings the device for status OK device responding NOK_ error code Ping device not responding Error codes are listed in Table K 32 Software Provisioning Setting System Timers 3 11 Setting System Timers The system timers allow you to control the rate o
28. 3 9b Enter the Reference 1 VDC and native unit settings 11 Select the t H resholds menu See figure 3 9c 12 Set the major and minor threshold figures i e 0 15 85 and 95 and press ESC after all thresholds are entered See figure 3 9c 13 Repeat steps 1 through 11 for each analog parameter being configured Major Minor Minor Major SNMP Pagers ID Description Unit Under Under Over Over Trap Pri Sec 1 ROOM TEMP VDC 79 0000 35 0000 35 0000 79 0000 Y 0 D escription U nits t H resholds T rap P ri Pgr S ec Pgr 1 Major under 0 0017 Minor under 14 9990 Minor over 89 9982 Major over 95 0000 A Major under B Minor under C Minor over D Major over Threshold value A Major under B Minor under C Minor over D Major over Threshold value 15 Fig 3 9c Enter the desired thresholds for each analog channel Software Provisioning Configuring Ping Targets 31 3 10 Configuring Ping Targets The Net Guardian can ping up to 32 network elements The 32 target ping table can be viewed and changed under the P I ng menu selection Each of the ping targets can be provisioned with a description an IP address a choice to use SNMP Traps and pri mary secondary pager numbers s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram ESC I SNMP Pager Description IP Address Pri Sec Switch 126 010 220 1 0 Router TX1 126 010 220 1 Server LAX49A 126 010
29. 32A allows you to measure either voltage or current on the analog channels Typical measurements might include battery voltage charging current or temperature Measurements can be made within the voltage range of 79 9 to 79 9 VDC and the current range of 4 20 mA The default setting is voltage however each channel can be strapped to include a 250 ohm shunt resistor to measure current The current through the shunt is analogous to the voltage across it see section 2 3 8 PCB Settings for jumper locations and positions Analog alarm inputs 1 6 are located in the Amphenol furthest to the left side of the back panel Analog alarm inputs 7 and 8 are located in the male DB9 connector also located on the back panel and labeled Analog 7 8 Pin numbers are given in table 2 3 6 Refer to section 3 9 for setting the analog parameters Tbl 2 3 6 50 pin Amphenol and analog DB9 pinouts y Discretes 25 32 Discretes 1 24 Relays 1 8 Analogs 1 6 DB9 Analogs 7 8 O e maf e Hardware 66 Block 9 2 3 6 4 Connecting alarms with a 66 block Each 50 pin Amphenol on the Net Guardian back panel can be connected to a 66 block 25 pair block Part number D PR 966 10A 00 See figure 2 3 6 4a for pinout and color code information for Discretes 1 24 and figure 2 3 6 4b for pinout and color code information for Discretes 25 32 Relays 1 8 and
30. 8 1 Also in your terminal emulation software set the Flow control to None When a connection is established sometimes accompanied by receipt of a hex byte type DPSCFG lt Enter gt to activate the configuration menu Note When configuring the Ethernet port information in the PPP version of the Net Guardian the Unit Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway are uneditable fields because point to point protocol is used Enter a username password and the phone number that the Net Guardian will use to dial into your network 1 Enter your password factory default is dpstelecom 2 Select C onfig 3 Select E dit 4 Select P orts 5 Select P PP 6 7 Selecting C ompression toggles the use of TCP header compression Y yes and N no ACkckck ck kc ck kc kk Password x NetGuardian v2 0A 0493 C onfig P roxy D ebug e X it E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC S Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram l E thernet M odem C raft D ata P PP O ptions ESC P Username Password Phone Compression Y U sername P assword p H one C ompression I Fig 3 14 The PPP version of the Net Guardian offers access to the LAN via a standard telephone line 3 15 DCPx Net Guardian The DCPx firmware version of the Net Guardian performs all of the functions of the SNMP Net Guardian with the exception of sending
31. Analogs 1 6 See section 2 3 6 for alarm and relay connection information Note Jf connecting to a 50 pair split block all connections should be made on the 2 pin columns closest to the right hand side of the block Wire color Amphenol wire stripe Alarm Pin WHT BLU ALM 1A 26 f a dE BLU WHT ALM 1B 1 Se es ye WHT ORG ALM 2A 27 es eo LES ORG WHT ALM 2B 2 ee ee X WHT GRN ALM 3A 28 cds GRN WHT ALM 3B 3 um ms 1 n dmm GRY AHT ALM 5B rH coo ES Em m ES Lijc 2 s E crores AM F SS cm accus RED GRN ALM 8A 33 a aca una dE GRN RED ALM 8B 8 mad cond c ee RED BRN ALM 9A 34 e ies an E BRN RED ALM 9B 9 sm eui r RED GRY ALM 10A 35 a me ee X GRY RED ALM 10B 10 cd cen cce r BLK BLU ALM 11A 36 m o m BLU BLK ALM 11B 11 A ame BLK ORG ALM 12A 37 u ac oca des ORG BLK ALM 12B 12 cn eA L BLK GRN ALM 13A 38 m uc an de GRN BLK ALM 13B 13 M cms BLK BRN ALM 14A 39 BRN BLK ALM 14B 14 ca 5 n dg BLK GRY ALM 15A 40 ncm cer GRY BLK ALM 15B 15 ea YEL BLU ALM 16A 41 ce rca Macar BLU YEL ALM 16B 16 ee E YEL ORG ALM 17A 42 m cor ORG YEL ALM 17B 17 YEL GRN ALM 18A 43 nM rM rcs GRN YEL ALM 18B 18 SO ee oe YEL BRN ALM 19A 44 ee ee BRN YEL ALM 19B 19 ME c omi YEL GRY ALM 20A 45 a a unn d GRY YEL ALM 20B 20 cm au ce E VIO BLU ALM 21A 46 BLU VIO ALM 21B 21 cc ac de VIO ORG ALM 22A 47 ORG VIO ALM 22B 22 o eee VIO GRN ALM 23A 48
32. Jur DPS Telecom Your Partners in Network Alarm Management Net Guardian 832A f TRA n1 Net Guardian 832A 7y 2x IBI x CO7 ee das or DPS Telecom amm e Visit our website at www dpstelecom com for the latest PDF manual and FAQs July 19 2001 UMOOC 30240 Firmware 2 1 2 5 Used in conjuction with UMOO6 12201 Revision History 3 1 01 UMOOC 30221 User Manual released Supports firmware version 2 0 7 18 01 UMOOC 30240 Split Web Server into separate user manual UM006 12201 Revised to support firmware versions 2 1 to 2 5 The material in this manual is for information purposes and is subject to change without notice DPS Telecom shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for inci dental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this document may be photocopied without prior written consent of DPS Telecom Copyright 2001 DPS Telecom Table of Contents iii Table of Contents Visit our website at www dpstelecom com for the latest PDF manual and Net Guardian FAQs Overview Chapter T 2o uev ane E he ree aa LIA a RS acai P RC dq 1 1 1 Summary of Features esas uer EID or e RET ee Reg 1 1 2 Introduction 2 uec dx ee ORE RE a OC EEUU rper ES os Hes 2 Hardware Chapter 2 ssir sorre eene Ena he WIR eene ona ae er
33. K UTILITY GNRT COMP RM DOO UNLOCK COMP RM D GE2 D GE2 DE ICING OFF S tatus O pr R is TR R R OOR E ICING TO AUT E dit M onitor P ing R eset modem Status Soy OS Cie Ca o 0 0 0 0000 ESC M fo Relays a N alog S ystem 1 Fig 4 1 3 The eight relays can be operated from this screen Monitoring Monitoring Analogs 37 4 1 4 Monitoring Analogs This screen will show you the descriptions that you have previously entered for your 8 analogs the current reading and the alarm status The value shown is a snapshot of the channels measurement not a real time reading Therefore each adjustment should be followed by the a N alog menu choice to refresh the readings Alarm status indicates that a preset threshold has been crossed designated by an x The eight analog measuring inputs as mentioned previously are set to measure voltage as the factory default If your sensors out put is current you will need to change the appropriate analog jumpers as described in the PCB settings section to the current measuring position The scaling worksheet in the provisioning section converts all readings shown here into native units such as degrees Celsius or percent relative humidity E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem E A larms P ing info R elays a N alog S ystem 1 Chr Description Reading MjU MnU BATTERY A 0 0000 BATTERY B 0 00
34. Not connected 3 Receive In RI 2 Transmit Out TO 1 Transmit Out TO Fig 2 3 6 5b Serial phone and LAN communication ports are located on the rear of the Net Guardian 832A Dry Contact Contact to Ground AL 1A AL 1A E AL 1B AL 1B FEES Bossa YZ m EE ET d ES L eek l OW Batt O NNN Batt Fig 2 3 6 5c Discrete alarm points can connect as a dry contact or a contact to ground 12 Hardware Data Ports reach through 2 3 7 Data Ports reach through Connect up to eight devices with an RS232 serial interface to the DB9 RS232 DCE data ports on the back panel If connecting a Net Guardian Expansion unit use port 7 If connecting a General LCD Display GLD unit use port 8 The data ports also serve as proxy connections for other devices Additionally each port can also function as a craft port a channel port TCP reach through port or UDP reach through port See section 3 5 5 for data port configuration information and a description of each functionality option Multiple users may establish proxy connections reach through the Net Guardian simultaneously via Telnet sessions over LAN to a group of 8 proxy ports defined later in the software provisioning section See figure 2 3 6 5b for DB9 pinout informa tion PROXY CONNECTIONS 1 10 17 171 I l Ig g gd og 1 I3 d 3
35. S232 interface The Net Guardian 832A provides a reach through proxy to any one of these ports This proxy function is available via all methods of connecting to the Net Guardian 832A including modem and TELNET connections Devices with only a serial communication port can be transferred to the LAN utiliz ing it s benefits and flexibility using the reach through ports Data sent to the RS232 serial ports is transferred to a proxy port at the Net Guardian s IP address If the Net Guardian is reporting to T MonXM or an IAM the data ports can act as essentially 8 addi tional ports for polling DCP devices or ASCII devices 44 Appendices Display Mapping Display Mapping Appendix A Tbl A1 Display descriptions and SNMP Trap numbers for the Net Guardian SNMP Trap Zs Set Clear 8000 8031 9000 9031 8064 8095 9064 9095 8128 8131 9128 9131 8192 8195 9192 9195 8256 8259 9256 9259 8320 8323 9320 9323 8384 8387 9384 9387 8448 8451 9448 9451 8512 8515 9512 9515 8576 8579 9576 9579 8640 8673 9640 9673 Address Display Description Discrete Alarms 1 32 Ping Table Analog Channel 1 Analog Channel 2 Analog Channel 3 Analog Channel 4 Analog Channel 5 Analog Channel 6 Analog Channel 7 Analog Channel 8 Relays System alarms See table below The TRAP number ranges shown correspond to the point range of each display For example the SNMP
36. Text Negative Acknowledge ETX End of Text Synchronous Idle EOT End of Transmission End of Transmission Block ENQ Enquiry Cancel ACK Acknowledge End of Medium BEL Bell Substitute BS Backspace Escape HT Horizontal Tabulation File Separator LF Line Feed Group Separator VT Vertical Tabulation Record Separator FF Form Feed Unit Separator CR Carriage Return Space blank SO Shift Out Delete SI Shift In Break Received 48 Appendices Customer Support Customer Support Appendix D Can t solve that problem Try visiting our website at www dpstelecom com for the latest PDF manual FAQs and product discussion forums The discussion forums are a great place to interact with other users who might have a similar problem Frequently Asked Questions DPS Telecom products are backed by Technical Support representatives who offer you timely courteous service If you ve tried to work out your problem and need a friendly voice to help you follow these steps Q How do I TELNET to DPS devices A To TELNET into the Net Guardian connect to Port 2002 NOT Telnet or any other port options Q How can I backup what is currently configured and downloaded in my Net Guardian A Currently the Net Guardian does not support software downloading or configuring Downloading and configuring are strictl
37. VDC d Ref 2 Units ESC U Fig 3 9a The analog alarm inputs support a range of 79 9 to 79 9 VDC or 4 20mA 30 Software Provisioning Setting the Analog Parameters 6 Selecta Ref 1 VDC andenter the minimum output in volts DC of the analog device being configured and press Enter See figure 3 9b 7 Select b Ref 1 Units and enter the native units that correspond to the minimum output entered in the previous step and press Enter 8 Select c Ref2 VDC and enter the maximum output in volts DC of the analog device being configured and press Enter See figure 3 9b 9 Select d Ref 2 Units and enter the native units that correspond to the minimum output entered in the previous step and press Enter 10 Once the Reference units are set press escape to return to the previous menu where the t H reshold settings can be configured The Net Guardian performs the scaling calculations automatically Anumber different than your native unit amount may appear Change these figures in the t H reshold menu U nits a Ref 1 VDC b Ref 1 Units c Ref 2 VDC d Ref 2 Units I Reference 1 VDC 1 Reference 1 Reference 2 ID VDC F VDC F 1 0000 0 0000 5 0000 95 0000 U nits a Ref 1 VDC b Ref 1 Units c Ref 2 VDC d Ref 2 Units E Reference 1 Units Reference 1 Reference 2 ID VDC EF VDC F 1 0000 0 0000 5 0000 95 0000 U nits a Ref 1 VDC b Ref 1 Units c Ref 2 VDC d Ref 2 Units I Fig
38. a eile ce ei De vetere 3 21 Shipping List i sess eies en Che ees at Wa ee UEM ee a ee ee oe 3 2 2 Specifications ertet Ga ue et iet erp Ba EH dI n 4 2 3 Hardware Installation eee tenet ene eee 5 2 3 Site Preparation ise eX ERR ERE E ene ERR 5 2 3 2 Installation Steps Overview sees 5 2 3 3 Mounting Instructions 00 eee ee 6 2 3 4 Power ConDnDectlon i eve er Gears MER WATS Coens MATS ERARE 7 2 3 5 Communication Lines 7 2 35 LEAN Connection ire e pene pepe xar eu UR ea 7 2 3 5 2 Phone Line Connection 0 0 cece rn 7 2 3 6 Alarm and Relay connections 0 cece eee eee 8 2 3 6 1 Discrete Alaris oon Pub egg n ete REIR den 8 2 3 6 2 Control Points Relays 4 sepes RR rm RR RR NR an ems 8 2 3 6 3 Analog Alarm Channels arceco binneste eee eh 8 2 3 6406 Block zieliessexe mee fend Miandad USER A RU RE CHAIR Rn 9 2 3 6 5 Net Guardian 832A Back Panel 2 0 0c cece eee eese 11 2 3 7 Proxy Connections Reach through Ports 0 ce eee ee eee eee 12 2 3 8 PEB Seltlg Terrina Reb a Rp dire cba ea Raa Seded 13 2 4 Net Guardian Accessory Installation 0 00 eee ee eee 15 2 4 1 Hinged wire wrap back panel 0 0 0 cee cece esee 15 2 4 1 1 Plexi glass wire wrap cover eelee I 15 Software Provisioning Chapter 3 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hh nn 16 3 1 Connecting to the Net Guardian 0 0 ee eee 16 3 1 Web Ser
39. age in raw text to report to computers over a terminal or generic monitoring application M T MonXM Uses the same DialUp protocol as AlphaMax DPM and KDA TRIP E E mail alarm notification via e mail S SNMP multiple SNMP managers can be defined to be notified for different alarms Phone Domain Pager Phone number used for Alpha Numeric Text and TMon pager types Domain used for e mail pager types The domain name is the portion of an email address that follows the symbol in user domain com The domain field is not used for SNMP pager types It may be used as a description field in that case however Pin Rcpt Port PIN used for entering personal identification number for alpha and TMon pager types Rept enter the recipients name for e mail pager types here This is the portion of an e mail address before the symbol Port set the SNMP port in this field Pager Data Rate 300 1200 2400 9600 The default baud is 1200 Pager Word Format The default designation is 7 E 1 Data Bits Seven or Eight Parity None Even or Odd Stop Bits One Enter the IPA address of the mail server for e mail pager types for SNMP pager types enter the IP address of the computer to receive the Traps Software Provisioning Setting Up Notification Methods from the Pagers Screen 25 3 6 1 Alpha numeric pager setup The alpha numeric pager can receive text messages including alarm descriptions time of occurrence and
40. aging setup The Net Guardian offers alarm status notification via multiple TCP ports When an alarm condition occurs standard formatted alarm data will be sent to the specified TCP points for use by a higher level master 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged Select type TCP for text paging under the TCP heading 3 Set the Pin Rcpt Port field to the TCP port number where alarm messages will be sent from 1 to 65 536 Multiple ports can be defined by defining multiple pager IDs as TCP pagers and then entering the desired ports 4 The TCP message can be viewed via a Telnet session See figure 3 6 7 for an example message and table 3 6 7 for TCP mes sage format information lt MSG BEG 00001 gt VID DPS Telecom FID NetGuardian SNMP v2 0C 0075 SITE Yale Office PNT 99 01 01 01 DESC RECTIFIER 1 STAT CLEAR DATE 01 01 2001 TIME 12 17 02 lt MSG_END 00001 gt Fig 3 6 7 Example TCP message Tbl 3 6 7 TCP alarm message field descriptions Heading Description MSG_BEG MSG_END VID Vendor ID FID Net Guardian Firmware ID SITE Net Guardian system name PNT Point ID port address display point See Appendix A Sequential message number e g 00001 00002 etc DESC Description set forth in the Alarm parameters
41. alarm condi tion is not present 16 DEICER FUEL OVERFLOW Clear ESC to exit Any key to continue ID Description Status 17 GNRTR FUEL OVERFLOW Clear 18 UPS SUMMARY ALARM Clear 19 AIR COND SUMMARY Clear 20 ICY CONDITION Clear 21 C5 DE ICING SYS ON Alarm 22 C5 ANTENNA UP TO TE Clear 23 E2 DE ICING SYS A Clear 24 E2 E ICING SYS M Clear 25 E2 E ICING SYS O Clear 26 E2 E ICE ON Alarm 27 E2 E ICE ON Alarm 28 E ICE ON Alarm 29 E ICE ON Alarm 30 Clear 31 Clear 32 Clear ESC to exit Any key to continue A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem 1 Fig 4 1 1 This example shows page two of the discrete alarms 36 Monitoring Monitoring your Ping Targets 4 1 2 Monitoring Ping Targets The Ping Info choice of the M onitor section displays the status of all your ping targets Under the Status heading the word Alarm will appear if an alarm has been activated and the word Clear will appear if an alarm condition is not present 16 ID 17 18 19 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem ESC to exit OPS OPS 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 Description Switch Router TX1 Server LAX49A Net NOC NOC Element primary secondary RC 1 PC 2 255 255 255 255 Any key to continue 010 010 010
42. alarm points connected to the Net Guardian 832A are essentially single lead signals referenced to ground The B side of each alarm point is internally wired to ground so either a single wire bringing a contact to ground or a dry closure with the second lead connected to the B side will be sensed as an alarm signal see figure 2 3 6 5c for an alarm connection diagram Typical usage of discrete alarms might include monitoring things such as door alarms power outages equipment functional ity etc Discrete alarms are connected to the two female 50 pin Amphenol connectors located on the back panel Refer to table 2 3 6 for discrete alarm Amphenol connector pinouts and section 3 7 for discrete alarm software configuration 2 3 6 2 Control Points Relays The Net Guardian 832A has the ability to control up to eight external devices using relays Typical functionality of the relays might include starting or stopping equipment unlocking doors or other functions The relay connections are located in the back panel Amphenol connector labeled Discretes 25 32 Relays 1 8 Analogs 1 6 Pin numbers for each relay are given in table 2 3 6 Refer to section 3 8 for setting the relay parameters and section 4 1 3 for monitoring and operating relays The relays are set to normally open N O as the default however each can be easily changed via PC board jumpers to normally closed N C see section 2 3 8 PCB Settings 2 3 6 3 Analog Alarm Channels The Net Guardian 8
43. allows users to create easily accessible informational databases on how to handle specific alarm conditions or other instructions The hyperlinked page or file will be displayed in the main window frame of the Net Guardian Web Browser Follow the directions below to create hyperlinks for alarm point descriptions 1 Enter your base URL e g http www dpstele com The Net Guardian creates the links from the alarm point descriptions based on the URL Once the base URL is entered the Net Guardian automatically attaches a unique suffix to each alarm point For example if the base URL is http www dpstele com the link for the Base Alarm at point 1 would be http www dpstele com base1 html Base Alarm point 2 would be http www dpstele com base2 html etc 2 To add a suffix other than html to the hyperlinks insert the text amp pntID into the base URL This allows the user to spec ify the extension For example if the base URL is http www dpstele com amp pntID pdf the link for the Base Alarm at point 1 would be http www dpstele com basel pdf Any file type that is viewable in your Web Browser e g word document PDF txt etc is a linkable file 3 Thesame link structure applies to the Ping Alarms and System Alarms fields 3 5 2 MIB Installation To enable your SNMP manager to receive and interpret the TRAPs sent by the Net Guardian 832A the MIB Management Information Base file provided on a
44. anagers using the notification device pager table All managers are designated by their IP addresses Q Does the Net Guardian support MIB 2 and or any other standard MIBs A The Net Guardian supports the bulk of MIB 2 Q Does every SNMP agent running on a Net Guardian box support both the TMon XM and RTU variables or will the agent support the TMon XM variables only with a T Mon supporting NetGuardian box A The Net Guardian SNMP agent manages an embedded MIB that supports only the RTU variables The TMon XM variables are included in the distributed MIB only to provide a single manager level MIB for all DPS products Q The Net Guardian manual talks about 8 relay outputs How does one control these output ports A The output relays are controlled by issuing the appropriate set commands against the DPS MIB command grid The numeric ref erences to the port address display and point number associated with the target relay are defined by the RTU and generalized to support multiple product implementation The remaining leaf represents the action to be performed and is enumerated to reflect the currently allowed actions mon mom Q What do the terms alarm point display display number port address and point map mean within the context of Net Appendices Customer Support 49 Guardian operation An alarm point is the logical term for a single sensed lead the activation of which represents an event that is generally thou
45. ay Ping Alarms The Ping Alarms section is designed for any targets the user has entered that have become unreachable within the timing dynamic that has been provisioned or is currently active A section of the scrolling text will state Ping Alarms which will be followed by the alphanumeric description the user has entered for the unreachable ping target Analog Channels This section of the scrolling messages will begin with Analogs and followed by an entry for each channel An active analog chan nel is a channel with a threshold condition The channel entry contains an alphanumeric description of the channel as entered by the user and the voltage readout of the channel last read Finally a single character will represent the highest standing alarm derived from the reading A lowercase o represents a minor over an uppercase O represents a major over a lowercase uw fora minor under and an uppercase U for a major under Fig 4 5 Start of 2 line scrolling LCD sequence 4 5 1 Sounds from the Net Guardian 832A The LCD menu option Sound off will suppress all sounds for a 10 20 or 30 minute period Select 0 to cancel the sup pression The alarm will sound for the configured number of seconds config edit timers sound menu See section 3 10 The Net Guardian 832A will emit a sound when there is an Ethernet link failure caused by unplugging the LAN cable and when an alarm is active An Ethernet failure wil
46. ces SNMP Manager Functions 45 SNMP Manager Functions Appendix B The SNMP Manager allows the user to view alarm status set date time issue controls and perform a resync The display and tables below outline the MIB object identifiers Figure 1 begins with dpsRTU however the MIB object identifier tree has several levels above it The full English name is as follows root iso org dod internet privat nterprises dps Inc dpsAlarmControl dpsRTU Therefore dpsRTU s full object identifieris 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 Eachlevel beyond dpsRTU adds another object identifying number For example the object identifier of the Display portion of the ControlGrid is 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 3 3 because the object identifier of dpsRTU is 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 the ControlGrid 3 OV vTraps Ident 0 1 See Table B1 See Table B2 Tbl B1 OV viTraps points _OV_vTraps 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 0 the Display 3 dpsRTU 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 DisplayGrid ControlGrid NVRamdGrid AlarmGrid 2 3 4 5 DisplayEntry 1 NVRamSection 1 AlarmEntry 1 See Table B3 See Table B4 See Table B5 See Table B6 Tbl B2 Identity points Ident 1 3 6 1 4 1 2682 1 2 1 PointSet 20 Manufacturer 1 PointClr 21 Model 2 sumPSet 101 Firmware Version 3 sumPClr 102 DateTime 4 comFailed 103 comRestored 104
47. de UM006 12200 Note For networks utilizing a DHCP server a fixed IP address is recommended for the Net Guardian to provide a consistent location for web browser access NetGuardian832A GAN 9 SQ ildiligisi ss vw we 5505 jr DPS Telecom E Fig 3 Connect to the craft port to configure the Net Guardian 832A Software Provisioning LAN WAN setup 17 3 2 LAN WAN setup Initially the Net Guardian 832A must be provisioned with an appropriate IP address before you will be able to connect via LAN WAN using a TELNET client or a web browser This must be done using the front panel craft port 1 SO 0e Oy UG Te Do R2 S 11 12 13 Ensure your Terminal Emulation software connection settings match the Net Guardian 832A s 9600 N 8 1 also set Flow Control to None not Hardware and connect to the DB9 connector of the front craft port Type DPSCFG enter The Net Guardian 832A s will respond with Password Type dpstelecom enter Factory default The Net Guardian 832A s main menu will appear Type C for configure Type E for edit Type P for port Type E for ethernet port Enter the unit address subnet mask default gateway trap address SNMP port number proxy base port and DCHP option Press ESC twice to back up two menus Go to n V ram and W rite the configuration to memory then enter ESC Go to the s Y stem menu and R eboot Type y to
48. dit menu to the P ort menu to the E thernet selection displays the screen below Each of the parameters U nit Address S ubnet Mask D efault Gateway T rap Address S N MP Port P roxy Base and B ase URL can be changed to the values provided by your network administrator The fields are explained in table 3 5 1 s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram I E thernet M odem C raft D ata O ptions ESC it Address 126 010 220 199 SubNet Mask s 295 255 255 000 Default Gateway 126 010 220 001 Trap Address 126 010 220 198 SNMP Port s 1 62 Proxy Base 3000 DHCP NO Base URI www dpstele com amp pntID pdf AC Address 00 10 81 00 03 59 U nit Address S ubnet Mask D efault Gateway T rap Address S N MP Port P roxy Base D H CP B ase URL ESC Fig 3 5 1 Configure the Ethernet Port for LAN WAN use Tbl 3 5 1 Field descriptions for the Ethernet Ports submenu FIELD DESCRIPTION Unit Address IP address of the Net Guardian 832A A road sign to the Net Guardian 832A telling it whether your packets should stay on your local network or be forwarded somewhere else on a wide area network Subnet Mask An important parameter if you are on a network that is connected to a wide area network Default Gateway It tells Net Guardian 832A which machine is the gateway out of your local network Set to 255 255 255 255 if not using
49. draw 4 Customer Support 48 D Data Ports 12 23 38 Date and Time 33 DCPx Net Guardian 34 Default Gateway 20 DHCP 20 Dimensions 4 Discrete Alarms 8 27 35 Display Mapping 44 Download Cable 3 E E mail paging 24 25 Echoing 28 Ethernet 17 18 Ethernet Ports 20 F Factory Defaults 33 Frequently Asked Questions 48 Functional Diagram 2 Fuse 4 7 G General LCD Display GLD 15 H J Interfaces 4 LAN 11 12 16 17 LAN Connection 7 LAN WAN setup 17 Latched Controls 41 LCD Menu 41 LED Operation 42 LED bar 15 Local Connection 16 Logon Password 19 M MIB 21 45 MIB Installation 21 Index 51 Modem 4 21 43 Modem Port Values 21 Monitoring Analogs 37 Base Alarms 35 Data Port Activity 38 Ping Targets 36 Proxy Menu 39 Relays Controls 36 System Alarms 37 System Statistics 39 Mounting 4 Mounting Instructions 6 N Numeric pager 25 O Operating Temperature 4 Operating Humidity 4 Operating Relays 36 P Pagers setup Alpha numeric 25 E mail 25 Numeric 25 SNMP 26 TCP 26 Text 25 T MonXM 25 Password 19 PCB Settings 13 14 Phone Line Connection 7 11 Ping Alarms 41 Ping Targets 31 36 Port Parameters 20 POTS line 7 Power Connection 7 Power Input 4 PPP Net Guardian 34 Protocols 4 Proxy 12 40 Proxy Base 20 Q R Rack ears 6 Reach through 12 43 Reboot 41 Relays 8 28 Remote Connecti
50. dress of the mail server for SMTP e mail pager types 6 Exit the pa G ers menu and select the E dit s Y stem menu See figure 3 2 Here you will set up the from address sent in e mail messages sent from the Net Guardian The from address is formatted using the name and location fields from the s Y stem menu as follows name location Most e mail programs can be set to perform a certain action if a message is received from a specified address such as moving the message to a special alarms folder Use the address entered here for such purposes 7 Under the Name heading enter a descriptive name to identify the Net Guardian in e mail messages There cannot be any spaces in the designated name Under the Location heading enter the domain of the Net Guardian There cannot be any spaces in the location name 3 6 6 SNMP paging setup The SNMP paging feature allows you to view alarm status from multiple SNMP Managers in addition to the main one which is setup from the Ethernet Ports menu that all alarms are reported to 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged 2 Enter type S for SNMP paging under the Type heading Set the SNMP port under the PIN Rcpt Port heading Enter the IP address of the computer to receive the SNMP traps 3 6 7 TCP p
51. ee cee e 28 3 8 1 Echoing alarm points to relays 2 0 0 eee eee 28 3 9 Setting the Analog Parameters 0 0 cece cee eee 29 3 10 Configuring Ping Targets 0 0 0 eee cee ene 31 ZA Setting Systeme Timers vedete ie Rae a A GEREN QU ee ee eRe ae 32 3 12 Setting the System Date and Time 0 00 eee eee 33 3 13 Saving Changes or Resetting Factory Defaults 0 0 0 0 e eee eee 33 3 14 PPP Net Guardian vu eb ve hie eee dea Ae ew ee 34 3 15 DCPx Net Guardian us pnd eae aM eed OER SE ie eae Vere Phe wee Suey 34 Monitoring Chapter 4 25 su opere Rhe Beeb SIR eae tare RU ee iere die Bee 35 4 1 Monitoring the Net Guardian 832A 1 0 0 0 0 eee 35 4 1 1 Monitoring Base Alarms 1 1 cee eee 35 4 1 2 Monitoring Ping Targets llle 36 4 1 3 Monitoring and Operating Relays Controls 00 000 36 4 1 4 Monitoring Analogs lsleeleee II 37 4 1 5 Monitoring System Alarms 0 0 0 eee eee een 37 4 1 6 Monitoring Data Port Activity 2 0 0 0 eee eee 38 4 2 Viewing Live Target Pings llleeeeeeeeee e 39 4 3 Viewing your System Statistics 2 ee eee eee 39 44 Proxy menu rette eS de ee aie ERREUR AL een PER ve ass 40 ZT 5 EbCD Menu tte e erede eek A Ball s Bi ER 41 4 5 1 Sounds from the Net Guardian 832A cece eee eee 41 4 5 2 Reboot and Forced Configuration 0 0 0c eee eee eee eee 41 4 6 Front panel LED operation lsl
52. eeeeee II 42 4 7 Component REVIEW s veeesiebRUMRIDE GA t e Ex TE E ELE beh E EY 43 Appendices Display Mapping Appendix A leeeeeeeeeee II 44 SNMP Manager Functions Appendix B 2 0 eee 45 ASCII Conversion Appendix Cers eee eee 47 Customer Support Appendix D 1 ec eee 48 IndeX zz ceu Bree RR PIN EPA EE Oe eA RMERRIPESS eT PIRE 50 Notes ibis BERE hah PE RE rA Te Sek E So NONE URP TOM E 52 Warranty wutescsieunt ue uu UT hae Sian NUERE EN UE MUSESS LU 55 Overview Summary of Features 1 Overview Chapter 1 SPKR z e memes eel Net Guardian 832A dm HetGuardisn SAMF Ire zm al Neud e ooe CRAFT for Fron t Pane F o men ke e FUSE ALN MODEM 3 nr DPS Telecom Fig 1 1 Net Guardian 832A monitors alarms pings network elements and reports via SNMP pager or e mail 1 1 Summary of Features Event Notification e SNMP TRAPS to multiple SNMP managers e Numeric and Alpha paging Email e Local audible and visual e Support for multiple auxiliary displays GLDs Mediation e Eight RS232 ports transferred to LAN e 32 discrete inputs for environmental alarms equipment alarms intrusion alarms etc e 32 PING alarms a low level device check for IP aware equipment e Eight analog alarms with four user defined thresholds set for each input e Eight relay operated controls for remotely activating standby equipment locking doors or any other event that can
53. erts a 250 ohm shunt resistor across the input to convert the sen sors current output to volts Use Ohms law to find the voltage drop across the 250 ohm shunt resistor multiply the current by the resistance 250 ohms Please refer to the operation manual for your sensor to determine any other conversion factors This will allow you to correctly set the thresholds for over and under conditions Setting the A nalog parameters From the E dit menu select a N alogs Select the Analog Channel ID you wish to configure and press lt Enter gt See figure 3 9a Select U nits Select U nits again and enter a units reference corresponding to your native units i e F for Fahrenheit RH for Relative Humidity etc and press lt Enter gt 1 2 3 Select D escription and enter a description i e Room Temperature Relative Humidity etc and press Enter See figure 3 9a 4 5 Analog Channel ID Major Minor Minor Major SNMP Pagers ID Description Unit Under Under Over Over Trap Pri Sec 1 VDC 79 0000 35 0000 35 0000 79 0000 0 D escription U nits t H resholds T rap P ri Pgr S ec Pgr Description ROOM TEMP Major Minor Minor Major Pagers ID Description Unit Under Under Over Over 1 Pri Sec 1 ROOM TEMP VDC 79 0000 35 0000 35 0000 79 0000 0 D escription U nits t H resholds T rap P ri Pgr S ec Pgr Reference 1 Reference 2 VDC VDC VDC VDC 35 0000 35 0000 35 0000 35 0000 U nits a Ref 1 VDC b Ref 1 Units cC Ref 2
54. f your pinging activity Ping timer settings allow you to balance network traffic against alarm response times Though you can change the values from their default settings it is recommended that you use either the default settings or plan your settings so that there is no conflict among the timers Specifically the FAIL time should be set to several times the CYCLE time to allow multiple PINGs before a FAIL is declared Likewise the CYCLE time should be set to sev eral times the TRY time Note The smaller the CYCLE number the sooner you will find out about failures but you will also increase traffic on your LAN s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram 1 Cycle sec Wait sec Fail sec Sound E sec Channel min Craft 10 min Debounce 600 msec C ycle W ait F ail S ound c H annel d E bounce I Fig 3 11a The T imers submenu gives access to the system timers Tbl 3 11 Timer Settings Field Description How often the Net Guardian will go through its list of ping targets and attempts to reach them with an ICMP ping Set ae P eriod 0 to 120 and U nits toggles between minutes and seconds Default 60 seconds Total range is 0 120 minutes The Net Guardian waits after sending a ping request before it determines that the target is unreachable Set Try P eriod 0 120 and U nits toggles between minutes and seconds Default 8 seconds Total
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56. floppy disk with the Net Guardian 832A must be compiled into the SNMP manager s MIB The MIB file includes fields for SNMP Trap points Identity Displays Controls NVRam and Alarms MIB objects include setting controls setting time viewing alarms etc See Appendix B SNMP Manager Functions for a complete list of MIB objects and for specific MIB object identifiers Refer to your SNMP manager s operating manual or your SNMP support group for instructions regarding this procedure Note The SNMP manager requires correct input of its IP address into the Net Guardian for traps to be deliverable 3 5 3 Setting Modem Port Values The modem port ring count parameter can be changed by selecting the M odem option from the ports menu This parameter defines the number of rings before answering Default 1 The Dial Init and the Answer Init fields can be used if any other modem initialization settings need to be set For example the modem can be set to ignore the dial tone by entering a character code refer to a standard modem command Hayes reference book for standard commands in either the Answer Init in to the Net Guardian or the Dial Init out from the Net Guardian The default setting for these fields is blank N A The R eset modem selection can be used to reset the modem e g if a call was dropped by the remote party the modem isn t responding etc E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC E s Y stem L ogin P
57. g 4 1 5 System alarms can be viewed from the M onitor S ystem submenu 38 Monitoring Data Port Activity 4 1 6 Monitoring Data Port Activity This selection provides the status of the eight data ports by providing an ASCII description under Port Transmit and Port Receive refer to section 3 4 5 for data port settings See Appendix C ASCII Conversion for specific ASCII symbol con version A larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem p O rts 1 Data Port ID 1 8 1 a Transmit b Receive Port 1 Transmit ESC a Transmit b Receive Port 1 Receive ESC Transmit b Receive ESC larms P ing Info R elays a N alog S ystem p O rts I Fig 4 1 6a Data port activity can be viewed from the M onitor p O rts submenu Net Guardian Port 1 Rev Buffer Connected Equipment Xmt Buffer lt If Data Port CHAN Net Guardian Port 2 Rcv Buffer Connected Equipment Xmt Buffer Fig 4 1 6b To view the data transmitting from the connected equipment select the receive queue from the Net Guardian To view the data being received by the connected equipment select the transmit queue from the Net Guardian Monitoring Viewing your System Statistics 39 4 2 Viewing Live Target Pings Any of the 32 pre defined IP addresses can be pinged using this menu choice Inputting the IP address ID number 1 32 See sec tion 3 9 causes the Net Guardian
58. ght to be an alarm condition There might be a sense lead connected to a low oil probe in a generator or a monitored entry door A dis play is a logical group of 64 alarm points and each display has an associated numeric identifier typically called the display number A port traditionally refers to the physical port over which alarm information is collected using a process generally referred to as polling In many polling protocols each polled unit is assigned a unique address For consistency in information formatting the port and address concept is often extended to accommodate logical ports and addresses The Net Guardian reports its internal alarms with a port of 99 and an address of 1 A point map is a single MIB leaf that presents the current status of a 64 alarm point display in an ASCII readable form where a represents an alarm point with an inactive sense lead and an x represents a point with an active sense lead How can we associate descriptive information with a point for the RTU granular traps The Net Guardian alarm point descriptions are individually defined using the WEB server interface or the TELNET configuration interface What characteristics of an alarm point can be configured through software For instance can point 4 be used to sense an active low signal or point 5 to sense a level or edge The Net Guardian alarm points are level sensed and can be software configured to generate an alarm condition on either a high o
59. ification types include alphanumeric pager numeric pager text message TCP text T MonXM and E mail In addition to network and environ mental alarms and controls the Net Guardian also acts as a terminal server for 8 serial ports thereby eliminating the need for dedicated circuits and the recurring monthly costs associated with such transports The Net Guardian 832A will also report discrete alarms relay status analog alarms and network equipment failures over the LAN WAN to an SNMP manager using SNMP traps SNMP firmware version Use the SNMP manager software of your choice to monitor all of the data managed by the Net Guardian Multiple SNMP managers at multiple IP addresses are also supported The DCPx firmware version will report to DPS Masters IAM or T MonXM over LAN The Net Guardian 832A is easily provisioned using any web browser or generic TTY terminal The user friendly web browser interface or the text based menus enable the user to quickly set up point descriptions pager numbers and e mail addresses of main tenance staff as well as additional options Provisioning can be done on site using the front panel craft port or remotely via LAN or dial up modem The entire configuration is saved on the Net Guardian 832A where it remains secure through power outages in non volatile RAM Local visibility of the Net Guardian s status is also accomplished through front panel diagnostic LEDs for alarms and communi cations a scrolling LCD me
60. inouts for discrete alarm 1 30 Fig 2 4 1 1c Wire wrap pinouts for discrete alarms 31 32 analogs 1 8 and controls 1 8 16 Software Provisioning Connecting to the Net Guardian Software Provisioning Chapter 3 3 14 Connecting to the Net Guardian The Net Guardian 832A must be provisioned for port configurations alarm and relay definitions and network address infor mation before operation can begin This is accomplished by navigating through text based menus over a terminal attached to the craft port through a remote dial up connection or through a telnet session via LAN Alternatively a Web Browser may also be used However initial setup of the Ethernet port must be done through the front panel craft port before Telnet sessions and the web interface can be used For information regarding provisioning steps and operation through the Web Browser inter face of the Net Guardian 832A see the Web Server Operation Guide UM006 12200 3 1 1 Web Server For Web Server configuration and operation see the Net Guardian Web Server operation guide UM006 12200 3 1 2 Local Connection Connect a PC running terminal emulation software to the craft port on the front of the Net Guardian 832A using a DB9 down load cable provided See figure 3 Set your serial port to match the data rate and word format currently defined for the Net Guardian 832A factory default is 9600 N 8 1 Also in your terminal emulation software set the Flow contro
61. is allows you to designate if an SNMP trap is to be sent when a control point operates E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC S Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram I p Og Description START UPS GENERATOR STOP UPS GENERATOR START UTILITY GNRTR STOP UTILITY GNRTR LOCK COMP RM DOOR UNLOCK COMP RM DOOR GE2 DE ICING TO AUT 01 08 Power Out Ho C4 F4 H oH KKK 1 2 3 4 3 6 4 8 Relay ID _ Fig 3 8 The R elays screen allows viewing and changing the relay parameter 3 8 1 Echoing alarm points to relays The Net Guardian allows the user to echo an alarm point state to activate a relay Any of the Net Guardian s discrete alarms system alarms ping alarms or analog alarms may be echoed to activate a relay in the event an alarm is triggered Follow the directions below to enable the echoing functionality 1 Inthe R elay description field enter the display alarm point and description of the alarm you wish to echo For example if echoing discrete alarm 8 enter 01 08 your alarm description the display and alarm point are formatted as DD PP where DD the display number and PP the point number See Appendix A for a complete list of display and point numbers Note With the echo mode activated the relay will only activate if the designated alarm is triggered It can not be activated manua
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63. l emit a hi lo or warbling tone and a reportable alarm will emit an intermittent beep An alarm sound can be turned off by pressing any front panel button Any reporting alarm sound will continue to its normal end even when a subsequent alarm is detected Stopping the sound by pressing a front panel button allows the next alarm if any to sound 4 5 2 Reboot and Forced Configuration The LCD menu gives two other options Reboot The same as selecting the reset option in the configuration menu Run Config Forces the configurator to run on the craft port at 9600 N 8 1 42 Monitoring Front panel LED Operation 4 6 Front Panel LED Operation fo ae TRAFFIC Aw Ld C M L F N A R D DATA PORT quc M G K N F M 4 2 35 4 5 B EET XSEH 60 090 99 909000000 Fig 4 6 Net Guardian 832A s LEDs give at a glance status indication Tbl 4 6 LED Indications STATUS DESCRIPTION Flashing Red New alarm status Solid Red New alarm acknowledged condition still present Flashing Red ur configuration information not verified re configuration Flashing Green Net Guardian configuration information verified system operational Ethernet link OK Ethernet link failure LAN CRF MDM Flashing Green Data transmit DATA 1 8 Flashing Red Data receive Monitoring Component Review 43 4 7 Component Review Net Guardian 832A s alarm inputs accept any contact closure or opening type
64. l to None When a connection is established sometimes accompanied by receipt of a hex byte type DPSCFG Enter to activate the configuration menu Note Menu selection Hot Keys The letters before a parentheses or enclosed in parentheses are hot keys Press the hot key to access that submenu Pressing the Esc key will always bring you back to the previous level Entries are not case sensitive 3 1 3 Remote Connection Dial Up Set up a PC running TTY terminal emulation Telnet software to dial the Net Guardian 832A s modem When a connection is established sometimes accompanied by receipt of a hex byte type DPSCFG Enter to activate the configuration menu Note f the system has been previously configured it might be set for quiet login which is part of the security system Enter your login data without prompting until you are logged on 3 1 4 LAN Connection You can connect to the Net Guardian 832A using any standard TELNET client or web browser but the Ethernet port must first be configured Refer to section 3 1 for initial LAN WAN setup steps For TELNET connect to the Net Guardian s IP address at port 2002 to access the configurator menus after initial LAN WAN setup TELNET sessions are established at port 2002 not the standard TELNET port as an added security measure For web browser connections enter the IP address of the Net Guardian into the web browser s address bar and refer to the Web Server Operation Gui
65. lly Software Provisioning Setting the Analog Parameters 29 3 9 Setting the Analog Parameters Each of the Net Guardian 832A s analog channels must be individually configured to monitor external analog data The ADCs ana log to digital converters support a range of 79 9 to 79 9 VDC There are four alarm trip points thresholds in ascending order major under minor under minor over and major over You can choose the values for each of the thresholds on all channels As with the other alarms you can designate whether or not to send an SNMP Trap when a threshold is crossed The primary secondary pager used to report the alarm is also set here The thresholds must be set from Under to Over in either ascending or descending potential or current order Thus the settings of 10 5 5 and 10 corresponding respectively to major under minor under minor over and major over is valid The analog alarms are set to measure voltage by default and the thresholds are reported as native units For example Channel 1 below is measuring room temperature The voltage for that channel varies between 1 and 5 VDC to be reported as degrees Fahrenheit native units where 1 volt represents 0 degrees Fahrenheit and 5 volts represents 95 degrees Fahrenheit To change any one analog alarm to measure current instead a jumper setting must be changed Refer to the PCB settings section 2 3 8 for details on jumper locations and positions The jumper ins
66. means that the write was successful e Press the R key to reload factory defaults into NVRAM DO NOT SELECT THIS OPTION UNLESS YOU WANT TO REENTER ALL OF YOUR CONFIGURATION INFORMATION AGAIN E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC E s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram 1 V erify W rite R eload ESC complete Fig 3 13 Write to the n V ram to save changes made to the Net Guardian 832A 34 Software Provisioning PPP Net Guardian 3 14 PPP Net Guardian The PPP point to point protocol version of the Net Guardian allows the Net Guardian to dial into the LAN via a POTS line instead of through the ethernet port This version is intended for remote sites that are off network sites where there is only a standard POTS line but no ethernet connection available The Net Guardian can gain access to the LAN by dialing into the network in the same way that a workstation dials into an ISP Because the modem is used to establish a constant network con nection however features such as alpha and numeric paging are not available with the PPP version Connect a PC running terminal emulation software to the craft port on the front of the Net Guardian 832A using a DB9 download cable provided See figure 3 on page 18 Set your serial port to match the data rate and word format currently defined for the Net Guardian 832A factory default is 9600 N
67. nu supplying more detailed information and audible notification of events The Net Guardian 832A is easy to install with connectors for all serial and LAN ports alarm analog and control wiring Familiar 66 block connections or a hinged back panel with all wire wrap connections are also available for other installation options It mounts quickly in either 19 or 23 equipment racks while occupying only one rack unit of space Should the need arise to upgrade the Net Guardian s firmware simply download the file remotely via LAN using the NGLoader software The Net Guardian is also easily expandable with capacity for up to three Net Guardian Expansion units providing an additional 48 discrete points per unit for a total of 176 discrete points The versatility capacity and reliability of the Net Guardian 832A are the reasons why it is the standard solution for network alarm monitoring needs Net Guardian 832A Functional Diagram nternet Explorer E 3 amp Netscape Navigator 3 E mail Notification SNMP Traps to re T MonXM and IAM Multiple SNMP Ping 32 Text Messages Managers IP Addresses amp Telnet Reach Through C 32 Discrete Alarms ifhem 8 Analog Inputs gt emen l Bee wo 8 Controls lt _ a IDEEN LE LAN Visibility of 8 Serial Devices Dial up Access Fig 1 2 Net Guardian 832A m
68. ogon Password 19 3 4 Changing the Logon Password The password parameters can be changed using the L ogin menu selection Password length the actual password and quiet login can be configured 1 Enter your desired minimum password length The minimum password length is 1 character however for security reasons DPS recommends a minimum password length of at least 5 characters Enter your password 3 Enter YES or NO for Q uiet Login This determines whether or not the Password prompt appears when the user initially connects to the system This provides a degree of security when the value is set to yes An unauthorized user will have no way of knowing that the Net Guardian 832A is expecting a password input since no characters are displayed on the screen E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem E s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram E Minimum password length 2035 Password CkCckckckck ck ck ck k ck ck kk Quiet login YES M inimum password P assword Q uiet connect E Fig 3 4 Define a new password in the L ogin menu 20 Software Provisioning Configuring Port Parameters 3 5 Configuring Port Parameters Selecting E dit followed by P orts takes you to the ports configuration menu From here you can change values for the E ther net M odem C raft and D ata ports 3 5 1 Ethernet Ports Going from the E
69. on Dial up 16 S Saving Changes 33 Serial ports 11 SNMP 18 20 24 26 27 28 31 44 45 SNMP Manager Functions 45 SNMP paging 26 SNMP Traps 18 20 27 28 31 44 Software Provisioning 16 Sounds from the Net Guardian 832A 41 Specifications 4 Standing Alarms 41 Subnet Mask 20 System Alarms 44 System Settings 18 System Statistics 39 System Timers 32 T T MonXM paging 25 TCP 23 24 TCP paging 26 Technical Support 49 TELNET 7 12 16 Text paging 25 TRAPS 18 20 27 28 31 44 U UDP 23 Unit Address 20 V Viewing Live Target Pings 39 W Web Server 16 Web Server Operation Guide 3 16 Weight 4 Wire wrap 8 15 X Y EA 52 Notes Notes 53
70. onitors IP aware devices network presence as well as interfaces discrete alarm points and con trols at your network sites Hardware Shipping List 3 2 1 Shipping List WetGuardentS2A ay E c dme e DPS Telecom Net Guardian 832A MIB File Disk D SW 790 10A 00 O X8 khi j k j T T d r X8 XA 2 23 rack ears 2 19 rack 3 8in ear screws ears rack screws and washers Mounting Kit Hardware Chapter 2 Net Guardian 832A User Manual UM00A 30230 Web Server Operation Guide UM006 12200 Ethernet Cable 8 ft RJ45 to RJ45 D PR 517 10A 00 X2 1 AMP fuse Pads Zip ties 4 Hardware Specifications 2 2 Specifications Net Guardian 832A Dimensions Weight Mounting Power Input Current draw Interfaces Modem Protocols Ctrl Outputs Discrete Point Inputs Alarm Detection Speed IP Address Ping Targets Analog Alarms Input Range Operating Temperature Operating Humidity Fuse 17 W x 12 Lx 1 75 H 4 Ibs 3 oz 1 9 kg 19 or 23 rack ears vri DPS Telecom 48 VDC unit 40 to 70 VDC Wide Range unit 18 to 70 VDC 200mA 8 DB9 DCE RS232 ports 1 RJ45 Ethernet 10 baseT port 1 RJ11 POTS jack 2 amphenol connectors alarms controls and analogs 1 DB9 connector analogs 33 6K internal SNMP or DCP depending on firmware ordering options TAP Alpha paging Numeric paging
71. or computer when you call DPS Technical Support In that way we can more efficiently help you when you call Call during Customer Support hours Customer Support hours are Monday through Friday from 7 a m to 6 p m Pacific Standard Time During these hours Technical Support representatives are on duty in our fully equipped simulation lab They can simulate your problem and con nect to your equipment via modem Emergency Assistance Emergency assistance is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week For emergency assistance after hours allow the phone to ring until it is answered with a paging message You will be asked to enter your phone number An on call technician will return your call as soon as possible 50 Index Index Numbers 10BaseT 7 43 66 block 8 9 15 A Alarm and Relay connections 8 Alpha numeric pager 25 Amphenol connectors 8 10 Analog Channels 8 41 Analog Parameters 29 ASCII Conversion 47 B Back Panel Connections 11 Base Alarms 35 Base URL 20 21 Bell box 15 C Circuit board 13 Communication Lines 7 Component Review 43 Configuring Analogs 29 Controls Relays 28 Discrete Alarms 27 System Settings 18 Logon Password 19 Pagers 24 Ping Targets 31 Port Parameters Ethernet Ports 20 Modem Ports 21 Craft Ports 22 Data Ports 23 System Timers 33 Control Points Relays 8 Controls 28 36 Craft port 16 22 43 Craft Port Communication Settings 22 Current
72. orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram I E thernet M odem C raft D ata ESC M Ring Count 2 l Answer Init Dial Init R ing count A nswer Init D ial Init I Fig 3 5 3 Viewing and changing the Modem Port parameters 22 Software Provisioning Changing Craft Port Communication Settings 3 5 4 Changing Craft Port Communication Settings The craft port parameters baud and word format can be accessed by choosing C raft from the P ort menu Table 3 5 4 provides the possible choices for craft port data rate and word format Selecting lt ESC gt twice will return you to the E dit menu Note You must reboot the unit for the attribute changes to take effect E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC E s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram 1 E thernet M odem C raft D ata ESC C Baud 9600 WFmt 8 N 1 B aud W Fmt 1 Fig 3 5 4 Viewing and changing the craft port UART parameters Tbl 3 5 4 Craft Port Submenu Fields Baud Port Data Rate 300 1 200 2 400 4 800 9 600 The default baud is 9 600 Port Word Format The default is 8 N 1 Data Bits Seven or Eight ym Parity None Even or Odd Stop Bits One Software Provisioning Setting Data Port Values 23 3 5 5 Setting Data Port Values The D ata port menu allows you to view and change the
73. parameters for each of the eight data ports The ports can each be config ured for type Baud rate word format and to ignore or remove CR LF carriage return line feed characters in either the input or output data stream Enter a description for each port with a connected device Each data port may be configured to function as a craft port channel port TCP reach through port or a UDP reach through port If connecting a Net Guardian Expansion unit use port 7 if connecting a General LCD Display GLD use port 8 See figure 3 5 5 for type descriptions The baud rate for the bridged channel pairs See table 3 5 5 for description may be set in any combination except 19200 and 38400 s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram ESC P E thernet M odem C raft D ata O ptions E CR LF Mode Description Baud WFmt In Out ASCII Device 9600 1 ignore ignore DCP Device 9600 ignore ignore onitor RS232 9600 1 ignore ignore Monitor RS232 9600 1 ignore ignore DDM2000 9600 ignore ignore Router 1 9600 ignore ignore NG Expansion 9600 1 ignore ignore GLD 9600 1 ignore ignore H g 1 2 3 4 3 6 7 8 Port ID 1 CR LF Mode ID Description Baud WFmt In Out 1 Monitor RS232 9600 8 N 1 ignore ignore D escription B aud W Fmt I n O ut I Fig 3 5 5 Viewing and changing data port parameters Tbl 3 5 5 Data port type descriptions Description
74. r a low level How many traps are triggered when a single point is set cleared The MIB defines traps like major alarm set cleared RTU point set and a lot of granular traps which could imply that more than one trap being sent when a state change occurs on one point Generally a single state change generates a single trap One exception to this rule is the first alarm in an all clear condition which generates an additional summary point set trap The other exception to this rule is the last alarm that clears going into an all clear condition which generates an additional summary point clear trap Technical Support DPS Telecom products are backed by Technical Support representatives who offer you timely courteous service If you ve tried to work out your problem and need a friendly voice to help you follow these steps 1 Prepare Relevant Information In order to reduce the time it takes to answer your questions you should have the following information readily available If you do not have all of this information when you call our Technical Support representatives can assist you in gathering this information Please write the information down for easy access User Manual Product Version Number Hardware Serial Number back right side of unit Computer Information P information for the Net Guardian IP Address Subnet Gateway etc Have access to troubled equipment Please be at or near your equipment
75. re several alarm notification types are configured not just pagers E mail notification and multiple SNMP managers are defined here and then selected in alarm point provisioning screens as the primary or secondary pager notified in an alarm condition E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem 1 s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram E H 9 Type Phone Domain PIN Rcpt Port Baud WFm A 559 555 5555 516498 1200 7 1 559 555 5555 461894 1200 7 1 559 55525555 441629 12005 V 74 559 555 5555 956154 1200 7 1 domain com username 1200 7 1 L Lr prj Fl pm ct L 20925905299 3299 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 299 259 255 domain com username 1200 7 1 1200 7 1 12007 7 1 L AANA 01 CO Fo L2 Fh Fh Oo EH E Er BI L 1200 7 E 1 255 255 255 255 P hone Domain P I N Rcpt Port B aud W Fmt IP A I Fig 3 6 Viewing and changing the pager parameters Tbl 3 6 Pager field descriptions Description Identification Number of Pager The pager IDs are used in the alarm screen to designate who will be paged when an alarm condition is detected by Net Guardian 832A All information on the pager screen may be changed by typ ing the ID number Enter then use the submenu to change any screen item for that pager O Off Disabled A Alpha numeric Pager N Numeric T Text Send a mess
76. s shown C Fail 5 min Each device has 8 seconds to respond With the default settings a non responding device will be pinged five times before a failure is declared Fig 3 11b When a target fails to respond to a ping within the fail time period a fault is declared Software Provisioning Setting the System Date and Time 33 3 12 Setting the System Date and Time The date is entered in the mm dd yyyy format and the time is entered in the hh mm ss format The date and time can also be set from an SNMP manager Note The date and time will need resetting following a power failure unless your Net Guardian is equipped with the real time clock option E dit M onitor P ing S tats R eset modem ESC E s Y stem L ogin P orts pa G ers A larms R elays a N alogs p I ng info T imers D ate time n V ram Date 06 11 2001 Time 06 36 54 D ate T ime ESC Fig 3 12 Viewing and changing the date and time 3 13 Saving Changes or Resetting Factory Defaults Your Net Guardian 832A comes equipped with Non Volatile NV RAM which enables the retention of data in the event of power loss This section of the editor allows you to V erify W rite and R eload the n v ram e Pressing the V key causes the Net Guardian 832A to verify the NVRAM status Pressing the W key causes the current data in RAM to be written to NVRAM and then verified A result code of com plete
77. the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged Enter type M for T MonXM paging under the Type heading Enter the phone number of the T MonXM pager under the Phone Domain heading Set the pager data rate 1 e 300 1 200 2 400 or 9 600 The default baud is 1 200 5 Selecta pager word format i e Data bits 7 or 8 Parity none N even E or odd O and Stop Bits 1 The default setting is 7 E 1 3 6 5 E mail paging setup The e mail pager provides alarm notification via e mail with a description similar to that of the alpha numeric pager dope 1 From the pa G ers menu See figure 3 6 enter an ID number of the pager Pager IDs are used in the alarm provisioning screen to designate the primary and secondary person device being paged Enter type E for e mail paging under the Type heading 3 Enter the domain name of the e mail address under the Phone Domain heading This is the portion of an e mail address after 26 Software Provisioning Setting Up Notification Methods from the Pagers Screen the symbol in name 9 domain com There cannot be any spaces in the domain name 4 Enter the e mail recipient s user name under the PIN Rcpt Port heading This is the portion of an e mail address before the symbol in the name domain com There cannot be any spaces in the domain name 5 Enter the IPA ad
78. to ping that address in real time until you hit lt Esc gt Password Okckck ck kckck ck NetGuardian 832A v1 0A 0135 P roxy D ebug e X it C onfig Ping Address ID M onitor P ing S tats 1 32 R eset modem Pinging 126 10 220 198 press ESC to stop OK OK OK OK Fig 4 2 You can watch the Net Guardian continuously ping an IP address that has been defined in the Ping table 4 3 Viewing your System Statistics Various statistics about the system and its operation are available under the S tats menu The number of successful pages is one of the more important statistics available since it can be used to determine the effectiveness of the reporting method and pathway E dit M onitor Product Version Build Loader Booter Uptime NetGuardian v1 0A 0135 vi la v1 0D 8203 hours Statistics Acti SNMP Alph Nume TMon Text Emai on Traps a pages ric pages pages pages l pages P ing S tats 832A 50 minutes Attempts 624 254 109 824 0 413 R eset modem 55 seconds Failures 0 Retries 84 N A N A N A N A N A Fig 4 3 The Stats menu gives system information and statistics 40 Monitoring Proxy menu 4 4 Proxy menu Proxy connections can take place to reach through to the craft port modem port or any of the other 8 serial ports This can be done to allow you to monitor and or control additional devices via your connection
79. to the Net Guardian 832A Data presented and hand shaking will be as specified by the connected device To cancel the proxy connection wait a 1 2 second and then type the following within a 1 second time period 9 9 Enter NetGuardian 832A v1 0A 0135 C onfig P roxy D ebug e X it Proxy to L ist M odem 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 I Available Data Ports 1 ASCII Device DCP Device Monitor RS232 Monitor RS232 DDM2000 Router 1 NG Expansion GLD Proxy to L ist M odem 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 lt Proxy Established Fig 4 4 Access devices connected to the 7 DCE type data ports on the back panel through the P roxy menu selection Monitoring LCD Menu Operation 41 4 5 LCD Menu Operation Controlling Display Speed The scroll speed can be temporarily increased by pressing and holding the key while the message is active Standard Prompt At the beginning of the sequence the standard prompt Press MENU for front panel options will appear followed by a display of the firmware version Standing Alarms Discrete Alarms will appear on the scrolling text when there are standing alarms This will be followed by the alphanumeric description that the user has entered for each alarm that is standing Latched Controls If there are latched relays one section of the scrolling message will start with the message Relays and will be followed by an alphanumeric description entered by the user for each latched rel
80. vet 2e ree eK wu e y Rea dead d n 16 3 1 2 Local Connection nse rinane ti Hee a eee eee ERAS RE ea 16 3 1 3 Remote Connection Dial up 0 0 0 cece cence eee 16 3 1 4 LAN Connectioti osuere cee dab ed er ee eee ed ees 16 32 LAN WAN setup 2e ev ER Fete geben dd Wie eed wet tn Ah 17 3 3 Entering System Settings s oessoed ea eee eee 18 3 4 Changing the Logon Password 0 eee ee eee 19 3 5 Configuring Port Parameters 0 0 cee eens 20 3 5 1 Setting Ethernet Port Values 20 3 5 4 1 Using the Base URL field 5c ete EIS IRAE Sea ee 21 3 3 2 MIB Installation Sprie pia wt e EEG ERG quedo Vade e EUREN S 2 3 5 3 Setting Modem Port Values 0 0 eee eee eee 21 3 5 4 Setting Craft Port Values llle 22 3 5 5 Setting the Data Port Values 0 ee eee 23 3 6 Setting Up Notification Methods from the Pagers Screen 0 24 3 6 1 Alpha numeric pager setup 0 2 0 cee eee RII 25 3 6 2 Numeric paget Setup oe set poeseos D olvide dt 25 3 6 3 Text paging Setup s iniaa SR RO NE Sade e pre T des NS eed fee 25 3 6 4 T MonXM paging setup 02 cece eee ee eee eee ene ne 25 3 6 5 E mail paging stop raren s eee eee m 25 iv Table of Contents 3 6 6 SNMP paging setup 0 e id eee eee 26 3 0 7 TCP paging Setup eunte ERR ete rece PR Ree eH e SCR s 26 3 7 Configuring Base Discrete Alarms leeeeeeeee ree 27 3 8 Configuring the Controls Relays 1 0 0 0 c
81. y contact DPS Tech Support Appendix D Customer Support 9 OU RUM 6 Hardware Mounting Instructions 2 3 3 Mounting Instructions The Net Guardian 832A can be mounted in a 19 rack or a 23 rack by using different rack ears for each size provided Two rack ear locations are provided Attach the ears for your rack in the flush mount or rear mount locations as shown in the figure below Note Rack ears can be rotated 180 for other mounting options not shown Flush mount Rear mount IL g gt by LL 5 dues oye 5 EN Fig 2 3 3 The Net Guardian 832A can be flush or rear mounted as shown above Hardware Power Connection 7 2 3 4 Power Connection Remove the fuse from the back panel and turn off the power supply when connecting the power from the power lead Connect a 48VDC line to the BATT terminal and the ground to the GND terminal Turn on main power with the Net Guardian fuse still removed Connect the black common lead of a volt meter to ground and the red lead to BATT The meter should read the battery level 43 to 53VDC If not check your power supply 5 Do not re insert the Net Guardian s fuse powering up the unit until all other connections have been made PONE Note Observe polarity when connecting battery leads If using the 48VDC red black cables supplied with the unit connect black to GND and red to BATT Standard gauge is 20AWG but may vary between 18 24AWG POWER BARRIER
82. y done online to the unit which is done on a live terminal i e ProComm or HyperTerminal We will be coming out with an upgrade soon that will support software configuring Please be on the lookout for this future update Can I use my Net Guardian as a Proxy Server to activate a serial online menu to my Third Party equipment Po Yes You can use Data ports 1 8 located on the back of the Net Guardian as long as your equipment s serial port is RS 232 sup ported To enable this make sure you use the correct TCP port defined per each Proxy port of the Net Guardian Establish a Telnet session via the IP address of the Net Guardian and correct TCP port and proceed with connect Once connected proceed with your equipment s serial menu commands Refer the Net Guardian manual for more advanced information on setting up Proxy address ing and Proxy Data ports 1 8 Q Which version of SNMP is supported by the SNMP agent on the Net Guardian A SNMPv I Q How does one configure the Net Guardian to send traps to a manager Is there a separate SNMP MIB for it How many man agers can the agent send traps to Setting the IP address of the manager the SNMP community string to be used while sending traps A The Net Guardian begins sending traps as soon as the managers are defined The Net Guardian MIB is embedded The unit sup ports a global destination trap manager and global communities Additionally there are a maximum of eight assignable trap m

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