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satellar digital system part ii: central unit user guide version 1.3

1. 5 4 LED indicators 5 nterfaces The CU provides four LED indicators that are located on one of the narrow sides of the unit They are listed and described in the table below LED Label Status Description USB OFF ON Blinking 0 25 s interval Blinking 0 50 s interval Blinking 1 0 s interval USB host disabled USB host enabled USB device detected USB host enabled no USB device detected USB device setting override using function button see chapter 5 5 USB is a mass memory device ETH OFF ON Blinking 0 25 s interval o amp db Blinking 0 50 s interval Ethernet port disabled Ethernet port enabled and connected Ethernet port enabled but not connected or operational Ethernet port setting override using function button see chapter 5 5 SA00008 STAT ON Normal operation mode Blinking 0 25 s interval Device is starting up PWR OFF Device is powered off ON Device is powered on Table 5 1 LED indicators NOTE In normal operation the USB LED indicates the status of the USB host interface When operat ing with the function button chapter 5 5 the USB LED refers to the state changes in the USB device interface 24 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 nterfaces 5 5 Function button The function button is located below the LED indicators It is used to control the operation of the USB device and Eth
2. 7 3 2 IP This category contains the Internet Protocol settings 7 Settings Setting Explanation Sub unit NMSID IP Address One of these is the TunO address This cannot be directly modified The 1 3208 and 1 EthO address can be modified QoS set The functionality controlled by this setting is not finished in the current 1 3227 firmware version Please ignore it for the time being DHCP State OFF Client or Server Default is OFF See chapter 6 2 for details 1 3229 Ethernet Speed Auto 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Some Ethernet devices will not work 1 3255 correctly if speed is set to Auto In this case select the correct speed using this setting Automatic OFF or ON Default is OFF If set to ON the ethO address is set to 1 3263 IP State 172 20 X 1 14 where X equals the RMAC address In this case the ethO IP address cannot be modified until Automatic IP State is set to OFF Ethernet Current Show the current ethO address If the address has been overridden by the 1 3270 IP Address function button as detailed in chapter 5 5 this value is 192 168 1 1 even if the setting on this same page has been set to another value Ethernet Current As above shows the actual netmask in use at this time 1 3271 Ethernet mask Ethernet Duplex Settable to FULL or HALF Some Ethernet devices require this to be set 1 1 3276 to Half IP Queue Max The IP router of the CU buffers the IP packets going to the radio 1 1 3280 Time Length interface
3. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 20 21 27 23 M 26 27 28 B CPU load Variable Variable 0 20 40 60 80 5 100 120 gt gt 140 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 NMS Timeouts RSSI Timeouts min Variable Variable gt 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 B 14 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 B Temperature Bl Voltage Variable Variable Figure 8 1 Diagnostics by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 7 8 Applications 8 2 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP An Internet standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor network attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention SNMP is simply a protocol for collecting and organizing information SNMP itself does not define which information which variables a managed system should offer Rather SNMP uses an extensible design where the available information is defined by management information bases In typical SNMP uses one or more administrative computers called managers have the task of moni toring or managing devices on a network Each managed system executes at all times a software component called an agent which reports information via SNMP to the manager Essentially SNMP agents expose management data on the managed systems as variable
4. Bytes From Radio How much data including NMS messages has 0 1 38 been received by the RU from radio Bytes to Radio How much data including NMS messages has 0 1 39 been transmitted by the RU to radio Watchdog Error Count RU Number of resets the RU s Watchdog has 0 1 45 performed Watchdog Error Count CU Number of reboots the CU s Watchdog has 1 45 performed Last RSSI Signal strength of the last received radio message 1 111 Alive Timer Time in seconds the RU has been running since the 0 1113 last reset Transmitted Packet Count Number of Packet Routing packets transmitted by 0 1 120 Radio Unit to the radio since last reset of the RU Received Packet Count Number of Packet Routing packets received by 0 1 121 Radio Unit from the radio since last reset of the RU Detector Signal To Noise Ratio Signal to Noise Ratio SNR measured by the RU 0 1122 from last received data packet in decibels dB Ethernet Status As a result of settings or auto MDI X negotiation 1 3257 the Ethernet status may change This item shows the current status Connected Not connected 10 or 100Mb s Full or Half duplex Last Boot Reason RU Reason for the last restart User command 0 9 795 Watchdog error Power up etc Last Boot Reason CU Reason for the last restart User command 9 795 Watchdog error Power up etc Table 7 6 Modem info Status SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 47 Settings L
5. I 1 Temperature oc Alive Timer 81978 5 Transmitted Packet Count 0 l Last Boot Reason Central Unit POWER UP BOOT Back Figure 7 7 Modem info Status by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 7 2 2 Radio Unit This page shows information about the RU See the Radio Unit User Guide for details Radio Unit Figure 7 8 Modem info Radio unit by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 48 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 2 3 Central Unit This page shows information about the CU Item Explanation Sub unit NMSID FPGA Watchdog Restarts Count of restarts the hardware watchdog has 1 1 123 performed FPGA Total Restarts Total count of restarts the hardware has performed 1 124 Firmware version The version of the file system of the CU This information 1 1 650 is needed when updating the firmware using Firmware Updater see chapter 8 3 Model Product model name Normally this is Satellar CU 1 1 772 Ethernet MAC Address The Media Access Control MAC address of the built in 1 3210 Ethernet interface Kernel version The version of the Linux kernel of the CU This 1 3215 information is needed when updating the firmware using Firmware Updater see chapter 8 3 This is the version of SATELLAR kernel build not the Linux kernel version it is based on Serial Nbr RW The serial number of the CU equal to the one printed 1 9 652 on the stick
6. be changed NMSGathererd Time in milliseconds to wait for NMS messages sent to the RU before 1 3237 timeout giving up It is usually not necessary to modify this value NMSLoggerd How often the Diagnostic values are updated in milliseconds 1 1 3238 Interval NMSLoggerd Time in milliseconds to wait for diagnostic NMS messages before 1 1 3239 Timeout giving up In case a CU is set up to monitor other devices in the network using the Modem Settings Remote Devices settings category it may become necessary to increase this value if the network is very large NMSLoggerd Number of times to retry lost diagnostic NMS messages This value 1 3240 Retries should be kept low to avoid congestion in heavy traffic situations RU Commslogd Set logging of NMS messages between the CU and the RU ON 1 3262 State or OFF The log can be viewed in the Logs page of the WWW interface USB Host Control Set the power control features of the USB host port on or off 1 1 3269 UI Power Control When UI Power Control is ON the GUI LCD Screen is turned off 1 3274 after the defined timeout See Modem Settings General Table 7 2 Modem settings Services 42 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings ssHD state Jon Services 3000 ms l i li NMSLoggerd Interval 5 elect Change Change 1 RU Commslogd State l UI Power Control ON Change Change Figure 7 3 Modem Settings Servic
7. source and destination MAC addresses Internet layer 4 IPv6 addresses and related header Transport Layer TCP UDP or similar protocol data ports etc and related header Application Layer Actual user data Following tables present the structure of data Data link layer data comes first and in the end there is frame footer Between the frame data and footer is IP packet data In IP packet internet layer data is first then the transport layer i e protocol related data and finally actual user data Data Link layer Frame header 8 bytes Frame data 14 bytes UDP packet below Frame footer i e CRC 4 bytes IP Packet bits 0 3 4 7 8 13 14 15 16 18 19 31 0 Version Internet Header Differentiated Explicit Total Length Length Services Code Congestion Point Notification 32 Identification Flags Fragment Offset 64 Time To Live Protocol Header Checksum 96 Source Address 128 Destination Address 160 Data UDP Packet UDP Packet bits 0 7 8 15 16 23 24 31 0 Source Port Destination Port 32 Length Checksum 64 Data actual user data SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PARTII CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 67 Settings Thus IP UDP Packet headers are altogether 28 bytes TCP packet is alike the UDP with some more information in TCP section such as sequence number TCP header is thus larger 20 bytes than UDP 8 bytes The difference between the protocols is the administration of pac
8. 11 Hawaiian Standard Time GMT 10 Marquesas Island Time GMT 9 30 Alaska Standard Time GMT 9 Pacific Standard Time GMT 8 Mountain Standard Time GMT 7 Central Standard Time GMT 6 Eastern Standard Time GMT 5 Venezuela Standard Time GMT 4 30 Atlantic Standard Time GMT 4 Atlantic Daylight Time GMT 3 Newfoundland Standard Time GMT 3 30 Newfoundland Daylight Time GMT 2 30 Brazilian Standard Time GMT 3 Brazilian Eastern Standard Time GMT 2 12 2 Routing Menu Submenu Value default Packet see chapter 7 3 1 Routing Tables IP IP Address ethO 192 168 2 1 24 QoS Set ignored DHCP State OFF ON Ethernet Speed Auto 10 Mbps 100 Mbps Automatic IP State ON Ethernet Duplex Full Half IP Queue Max Time Length 15000 ms 1 65535 ms IP Queue Max Packets 30 1 65535 IP MTU Size 1500 Bytes Proxy ARP OFF ON IP Header Compression ON 7 OFF IP Routes see chapter 7 3 3 100 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 12 Settings selection guide 12 3 Administration Menu Submenu Value default General ADMIN PIN Code 0000 0000 9999 Web GUI Admin Password Satel456 8 characters IP TUN Base Address 10 10 32 0 19 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 101 WIRELESS WORLD LOCAL SOLUTION SATEL Oy Meriniitynkatu 17 142 FI 24101 Salo Finlan
9. 2 V RSSE 128 dam Serial IP RS 737 Tima 2012 07 10 15 13 41 serial iP USB A LISS serial dongle connecded Refresh values eT Serial IP Mode OFF Port Rate 115200 bps If not connected then note about interface being not available is shown Serial IP RS 232 Time 2012 07 10 15 13 41 Serial IP USB A No USO Serial adapter is connected This means thar configurations rafresh MMS values 3 Metresn on this page will nor be taken into actual use Iris net recommened nor advisable ro change these semings in this situation Serial IP Mode OFF Port Rate Ti5200bps Please make sure that Serial IP Mode is OFF when USB serial dongle is not connected 68 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 4 4 2 RS 232 port availability In some occasions RS 232 is reserved and cannot be used for Serial IP functionality Following text is displayed in such occasions VUldge I2 2 V RSJ TZ8 UBITI Serial IP RS 232 Time 2012 07 10 15 13 41 Serial USB A NMS traffic is reserving serial bus that is needed for this mixed mode functionality These options cannot be used in this situation Refresh NMS values Please check that Radio Unit version is newer than 5 4 0 3 Serial IP Mode OFF Port Rate 115200 bps Port Data Bits 8bi s 7 4 4 3 Disconnecting USB Serial dongle When disconnecting the USB
10. Diagnostics See chapter 8 1 Admin Tools See chapter 8 8 Remote settings See chapter 8 4 Firmware updater See chapter 8 3 To start an application use the cursor keys to select the icon and press the round button or OK button 5 6 4 Status screen m If Lock Screen command is given main menu or the defined time passes without keyboard input the screen goes to the status lock screen mode In this screen some basic status values are displayed RX Frequency Frequency RF Output Power TunO IP Address EthO IP Address A Forward Error Correction FEC mode SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 29 5 nterfaces No input is allowed in this screen except to unlock the screen To do this follow the instruction on screen If PIN code has been enabled the correct code must be entered to unlock 5 6 5 Screen save mode After a timeout set in Modem Settings General category see chapter 7 1 2 the display is turned off When any button is pressed the Status screen is displayed and the UI can be unlocked as normal 5 7 WWW User interface This interface can be used with a web browser application such as Mozilla Firefox The url to access the WWW page is http lt modem s IP address gt By default this is http 192 168 1 1 If the current IP address is unknown it can be forced to 192 168 1 1 by using the functi
11. Modem Info CU category The CU firmware update file consists of two different files the kernel image and the filesystem Due to the relatively large size of the full filesystem image typically 11 MB the update includes only the changed parts of the image so the update file size is kept to a minimum This is called an incremental or patch update The following table illustrates the different possibilities Update file Example of Images contained Typical size Update method update file name in the update file approximately RU update file satellar rmu RU firmware 300 kB Firmware Updater 5 3 0 2 update image CU update satellar 27752863 update CU kernel image 2 4 MB Firmware Updater file typical total size 4 3 MB CU file system 19 MB incremental upgrade patch Table 8 4 Choosing the update file SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 77 8 Applications 8 3 1 2Uploading the update file When you have the correct update file on your computer open SATELLAR WWW GUI and go to the Firmware Updater application Then click on the Browse button and then locate the file using the window that opens Then click on Send to transfer the file to SATELLAR CU Update file upload Browse Send Note that this step is NOT yet the actual update it is just a file transfer Alternatively the update file can be placed on an USB memory stick In the latter case the file will become
12. SATELLAR acts as a Removable Disc in the PC The removable disk contains copies of system log tiles which can be copied to the PC Update files can be copied to the removable disk and be used in the Firmware Updater see chapter 8 3 Any other tiles copied to the removable disk are removed when the cable is disconnected In Virtual serial port mode the USB port acts as a serial port When the USB port is connected to a PC the virtual serial port device is created in the PC This virtual port appears to windows as a normal serial port the only difference is that an actual 09 connector is not used This allows programs to connect to serial ports in order to access the CU via the USB connection Windows PC requires a special driver available from SATEL The Virtual Serial port acts as a SATEL NMS port allowing a program such as SATEL NMS PC to be used to change the settings of SATELLAR 5 3 Diagnostics monitoring changing settings Display o by S5 D bu Keypad o SA00008 Figure 5 2 Display and keypad CU equipped with a display and keypad offers an easy way to check or change device settings and see diagnostics information The same is possible using the Web interface of the CU or SATEL NMS PC SW Graphical user interface is explained more in chapter 5 6 and the PC SW is described in its own user manual SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 23
13. This means that if there is no data received in defined time connection is closed New connection can be established at any time again Remote Control Port Mode Defines whether the RFC 2217 configuration possibility set 3299 on or off default being off Remote Control Port Rate Port rate of remote control connection Default is 115200 1 3300 Remote Control Port IP port of configuration 1 3301 Parameter is effective when message listening is on Server Client Receive Only Parameter is effective when message sending is on Server Client Send Only un Parameter is effective when message sending is on Server Client Send Only with TCP protocol Parameter is effective when message listening is on Server Client Receive Only with UDP protocol Table 7 14 The configurations related to both RS 232 and USB A interface connection serial IP functionality NOTE The connection will be established only by the Client and only to the device acting in Server mode Once the connection has been established the data traffic can be both ways The connection will be kept open as long as the SATELLAR central units are running The connection is closed by the Client or the connection is opened to another destination by the Client SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 59 Modem Satangs Modem info Packet Kouting Tables p P Routes Serial IP RS 232 Serial IP USB A HMef
14. address 6 1 4 Setting IP routes 6 2 Proxy ARP 6 3 DHCP Settings 7 1 Modem Settings 7 1 1 Radio Unit Settings categories 7 1 2 General 3 Services 1 4 Commands 7 1 5 Remote Devices 7 1 6 Time Control 7 2 Modem Info 7 2 1 Status 2 2 Radio Unit 72 3 Central Unit 7 3 Routing 7 3 1 Packet Routing Tables IP 30 30 30 3l 3l 32 32 33 33 34 34 34 36 36 3 38 39 40 40 40 40 42 43 45 46 46 4 48 49 50 5 92 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 3 3 P Routes 54 7 4 Serial IP 7 4 1 Serial IP RS 232 USB A 7 4 2 Examples 7 4 3 UDP and TCP protocols 7 4 4 Notes Applications 70 8 1 Diagnostics 70 8 2 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP 72 8 2 1 SNMP category 74 8 22 MIB 75 8 3 Firmware updating 76 8 3 1 Firmware updater application 76 8 3 2 USB Stick during boot CU update method 80 8 3 3 Firmware update over the air 80 8 4 Remote settings 86 8 5 NMS Import 86 8 5 Exporting settings from modem 86 8 5 2 NMS Export advanced features 87 8 5 3 The export import file contents 87 8 5 4 Managing export files 88 8 5 5 Importing settings to a modem 89 8 6 Encryption 90 8 7 Logs 91 8 8 Administration 91 8 8 1 General 22 9 922 P 92 9 Type designation 93 10 Troubleshooting 94 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 10 1 Error codes 94 SATEL open sou
15. and keypad The CU is available with or without a display and keypad The size of the display is 2 4 resolution is 320 x 240 pixels and the amount of colors is 65k The keypad has seven buttons left right up and down arrows OK button and two software defined buttons size 2 4 Resolution 320x240 pixels Amount of colors 65 k Software define buttons 8806008888 o Left right up and down arrows OK button SA00002 Figure 1 2 Display and keypad SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 11 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family Diagnostics and configuration Radio modems are often used in applications where reliability and independence are key properties To support this demand SATELLAR has built in diagnostic and remote configuration features Local use The status of the CU can be seen from the LED indicators which are located on the other narrow side of the unit More detailed information is available using the graphical user interface with a QVGA display and 7 pushbuttons o S5 D b SA00004 Figure 1 3 The status of the CU can be seen from the LED indicators Remote use Once deployed status monitoring and configuration can be performed using one of the following methods l The SATELLAR CU provides WWW pages for configuration and diagnostic accessible using IP connectivity the Ethernet interface
16. conditions to meet the requirements of vehicular and process industry applications SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 T3 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family 11 Mounting SATELLAR can be mounted directly on a flat surface or to a DIN rail When mounting on the flat surface two piece mounting clips can be used The mounting clips are delivered in the basic sales package DIN rail mounting is possible either on the backside of the stack of different SATELLAR Units or on the other narrow side of each unit the latter case so that the LED indicators remain visible for the user The DIN rail mounting clips have to be ordered separately NOTE l The equipment must be installed in restricted access location due to high touch temperatures of metal enclosure 2 The screen of coaxial antenna cable must be grounded to protect from over voltages from outdoor antenna 1 M3x4 Gog M3 x4 WPO0010 C2 2 Ax Qe OP 88088888 o 88088888 o SA00006 fs Figure 1 4 SATELLAR 2DS mounting on flat surface with mounting clips includes the delivery 14 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 SACO 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family WPO0013 arapers o t 6s L7 c Figure 1 5 SATELLAR 20
17. details 29 Dor SATELLAR s linux command line can be accessed using the SSH protocol To do this you need a SSH client such as putty exe The user name is satellar and the password is Satel123 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 do 6 Data transmission 6 Data transmission The CU is used to transfer data over the IP protocol Multiple IP protocols are supported such as TCP IP UDP and ICMP A prerequisite for wireless IP transmission is that the RU is configured to packet routing protocol mode as explained in the RU user manual 6 1 Internet protocol Each CU has an IP address belonging to the Local Area Network LAN to which they are connected via their Ethernet interface Each CU also has another IP address belonging to a second LAN the SATELLAR RU LAN This LAN is formed by the radio protocol These two interfaces are called ethO and tunO according to standard Linux naming conventions The CU acts as an IP router device routing IP packets between its Ethernet interface ethO and the radio network provided by SATELLAR RUs tunO 6 1 1 Example In the Figure 6 1 shown on the next page is presented a network which has three 3 data terminal equipment devices DTEs connected to CU through Ethernet Each CU is connected to a RU together forming a SATELLAR 2DSd Radio Station in this case RU type is 1 W with display and keypad In addition there are two standalone RUs acting as re
18. is available in the WWW interface and the LCD GUI but the operation is slightly different When updating the firmware using Firmware Updater previous settings are NOT lost unless the release notes for the new firmware specify differently HOME rrmu 5 4 0 3 nol checked HOME rmu 5 4 0 3 not checked Refresh Hie rai Name satellar rmu 5 4 0 3 update Figure 8 4 Firmware updater by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 76 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications 8 3 1 1 Choosing the right update file First you must determine which firmware you are updating It is possible to update either the RU or the CU firmware The RU firmware update file is named satellar ru x y z w update where x y z w is the version number of the new firmware Simply choose the update file which has the version number you wish to update TO The CU firmware update file is named satellar xxxxyyyy update where xxxx is the old firmware version number and yyyy is the new firmware version number When updating the CU firmware using Firmware Updater it is necessary to know the current filesystem version number so that the correct update file can be chosen For example if you need to install a new firmware version satel 2863 and your current filesystem version number is satel 2775 you need an update file named satel lar 27752863 update The current firmware version can be seen in
19. one second Thereafter all the LEDs are switched off for one second and then an error code is shown for three seconds This sequence is repeated for approxi mately one minute or until the MCU is restarted In some cases the error causes the unit to restart automatically Error state indication 15 15 e 3s error code o Kk ku b SA00009 Figure 10 1 Error state and error code indicated by LEDs 94 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 10 Troubleshooting For displaying the error codes the four LEDs indicates a binary number USB LED is the first MSB and PWR LED the last LSB LED switched on means bit 1 The error codes are the following Binary Error code Description 0001 USB over current 0010 2 USB under voltage 0011 3 Ethernet interface problem 0100 1111 4 15 Reserved for future needs 0000 0 Not used Table 10 1 Error codes SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 95 11 SATEL open source statements 11 SATEL open source statements E 11 1 LGPL and GPL software This SATEL product contains open source software OSS licensed under LGPLv2 GPLv2 GPLv3 and other licenses License details for LGPLv2 1 are available from http www gnu org licenses lIgpl 2 1 html License details for GPLv2 are available from http www gnu org licenses old licenses gpl 2 0 html Lice
20. point to point b kJ E 68000006 LJ 5400060 User device SATELLAR A SATELLAR B User device DTEA RU 4 CU RU 4 CU DTE B TunO IP 10 10 32 1 IP 10 10 32 2 Figure 7 21 Send or receive only example SATELLAR A is having TunO IP 10 10 32 1 and SATELLAR B TunO IP 10 10 32 2 SATELLAR A is config ured to send to SATELLAR B and SATELLAR B is configured to listening defined port Parameter SATELLAR A SATELLAR B Mode Send only Receive only Protocol UDP UDP Listening Port Irrelevant in this mode 2006 Sending Port 2006 Irrelevant in this mode Sender Target Address 10 10 32 2 Irrelevant in this mode Table 7 21 The conficuration of SATELLAR A and SATELLAR B The User device DTE A can only send and the User device DTE B can only listen the messages 66 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 4 3 UDP and TCP protocols Transmission Control Protocol TCP and User Datagram Protocol UDP are both based on Internet Protocol IP suite They are used for relaying datagrams also known as network packets from the source host to the destination host solely based on the addresses Packets are structured by Open Systems Interconnection OSI model layer principles OSI model structures packets to different layers and TCP and UDP packets can quite simply be presented with these layers Data link layer Physical addresses i e
21. port in this case to port 2006 at 192 168 2 10 Parameter SATELLAR B Mode Server Protocol TCP Listening Port 2006 Table 7 16 Serial port conficuration of SATELLAR B Sending of parameters is not necessary since TCP is capable of sending replies back when connection has been opened 7 4 2 3TCP Client In TCP client case whenever data comes from the serial port the data is buffered and sent to target address This can be e g some on demand service sending some e g log data whenever there is something to send Setup is similar to server case 9 EJ i kJ Q 86868 lt N User device SATELLAR A SATELLAR B User device DTE A RU CU RU CU DTE B Figure 7 19 TCP Client DTE A IP address 192 168 1 1 SATELLAR A IP address 192 168 1 2 SATELLAR B IP address 192 168 2 10 User Device DTE A has IP address 192 168 1 1 SATELLAR A 192 168 1 2 and SATELLAR B 192 168 2 10 SATELLARs are configured to have the radio connection and IP routes are configured so that devices are able to communicate with each other i e route from User device DTE A to SATELLAR B via SATELLAR A and from SATELLAR B to User device DTE A via SATELLAR A SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 63 Settings User device DTE A must now have an application that opens port listening to messages coming from SATELLAR B SATELLAR A does not h
22. select first the correct application and category then change the desired settings found on the category page Finally click the Apply Changes button Channel Spacing 25 00kHz Air Speed 19200bps Apply Changes No uncommitted changes Some settings are text or numbers which can be changed by typing while others are drop down lists allowing you to select from a few choices Any changes you make are lost if you change the category or application without clicking the Apply Changes button Uncommitted changes Signal Threshold 113 Commit Changes Cancel applied changes When the Apply Changes button is clicked all changes on the current page are added to the list of uncommitted changes You can then navigate to another page and Apply more changes which are also added to the list When you have finished making changes store and take the new settings into use by clicking the Commit Changes button You can also discard all applied changes by clicking the Cancel applied changes button In this case all settings are removed from the list of uncommitted changes and all settings of all units remain as they were 32 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 nterfaces When Commit Changes is clicked the CU will store settings into the settings database and the Radio Unit and restart all necessary Linux processes Therefore the committing process may take a relatively long fime sometimes u
23. upgrade the firmware Step 5 Gather the needed update files See CU User Manual chapter 8 2 1 for help identifying the correct files Make a note which files go into which modems if your network has different versions currently installed Step 6 Stop all other data traffic To speed up the file transfer and reduce the risk of transfer errors it is recommended to stop all other traffic from your radio network while updating 8 3 3 2 Transferring the files Actual transfer of the update file is done exactly as detailed in the chapter 8 2 2 Note that while the file is uploaded there is no progress indication other than what is provided by your web browser Typically uploads are not tracked by web browsers while downloads have very good progress indica tors SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 83 8 Applications When one upload is complete this screen appears Modem Settings Modeminfo Routing Disgnostics Firmware Updater NMS import Encryption Logs Logout SATELLAR Status Voltage 11 6 V RSSI 128 d8m Time 1980 11 06 15 05 18 Update file upload Browse Send Available update files x Location File component from version to version HOME 29142953 update 2914 2953 Select for update Delete Selected Figure 8 5 Update file transfer complete Now you can start the update process as indicated in next chapter and then start file upload for the next m
24. 3 General Name SATELLAR 1 30 characters PIN Code 0000 4 numbers 0000 9999 Temperature Unit Celsius Fahrenheit Kelvin UI Voltage Critical Level 9V 9 30V UI RSSI Critical Level 110 dBm 100 118 dBm UI Voltage Display Mode Numeric Bar UI Voltage Bar Min 9 9 30 V UI Voltage Bar Max 30 9 30 V PIN Code Required No Yes USB Device Mode Serial Port Mass Memory Display Brightness 255 0 255 Web GUI Password Satell23 8 characters GUI Color Profile Blue Black LCD Timeout 2560 s 1 65535 s Services SSHD State OFF ON HTTPD State OFF ON NMSBluetoothd State OFF ON NMSTcpsocketd State OFF ON NMSLoggerd State OFF ON Linklayer State OFF ON NMSGathererd Timeout 5000 ms 1000 65535 ms NMSLoggerd Interval 3000 ms 1000 65535 ms NMSLoggerd Timeout 5000 ms 1000 65535 ms NMSLoggerd Retries 2 0 10 RU Commslogd State OFF ON SNMPD State OFF ON USB Host Control OFF ON UI Power Control OFF ON 98 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 12 Settings selection guide Menu Submenu Value default Commands Restore Default Factory Settings Do not reset Reset Radio Unit Restore Default Factory Settings Do not reset Reset Central Unit Reset Radio Unit Do not reset Reset Reset Central Unit Do not reset Reset Reboot Central Unit Do not reboot Reboot Statistical Counters Clear Do not clear Clear
25. 30 VDC RS 485 RS 232 88080888 o o SA00007 Figure 3 1 Transferring IP data through the CU cabling SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 19 20 4 Mechanical assembly modular construction 4 Mechanical assembly modular construc tion The expansion unit XU is attached between RU and CU as described in the Figure 4 1 First remove the CU and RU from each other see the figure Take the rubber cover from the unit to unit connector of the XU Modular constraction allows you to connect the expansion unit XU between RU and CU units Align the tabs of the CU with the mounting holes of the XU and press the units together and do the same between RU unit and XU CU units Finally tighten the connections with the screws Now the combination can be mounted either by DIN rail adapters or by a two piece mounting clip SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 4 Mechanical assembly modular construction 69600066 8809888868 expansion unit XU D 69600066 D M P gy c D D SA00024 Figure 4 1 Modular construction mounting of the expansion unit XU SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PARTII CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 21 5 Interfaces 5 nterfaces The CU offers three data interfaces Ethernet USB host and USB d
26. 68 4 1 Station address 4 i 66000008 a a Station C DTE C RU CU IP 192 168 5 100 EthO 192 168 5 1 24 Default gateway TunDs 10 10 32 5 19 192 168 5 1 Station address 5 SA00020 Figure 6 1 Routing example SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 35 6 Data transmission 6 1 2 Forming the tunO IP address Whenever the station address RMAC of a SATELLAR is changed the IP address for the tunO interface is automatically determined If the station address is X the tunO IP address is set to 10 10 32 X net mask 19 In case the station address X is larger than 254 the tunO address is of the form 10 10 A B where A 32 X 254 rounded down and B 1 X96 254 96 being the modulus operator For exam ple RMAC 500 translates to tunO address 10 10 33 247 In case a subnet with network address 10 10 32 0 19 is already in use in a system a SATELLAR radio network can be configured to use another tunO network Base Address To do this use the Admin Settings application see chapter 8 8 2 All modems MUST use the same tunO Base Address 6 1 3 Choosing the ethO IP address EthO IP addresses must be selected according to two rules Each CU s ethO interface must belong to a different subnet The CU and the corresponding DTE must belong to the same subnet Additionally tis a good practice to set the CU IP address as 192 168 X 1 where X is the station addre
27. 7 1 3 Services This category can be used to disable unused features of the CU and fine tune some operational Settings parameters Usually these settings should not be modified as some of the settings disable essential services of the device Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID SSHD State Turn the SSH server ON or OFF 1 3230 HTTPD State Turn the Web server ON or OFF WARNING If this is turned off 12 52 31 the WWW interface becomes unavailable It can be turned back on using the GUI LCD if present or SATEL NMS protocol NMSBluetoothd Turn ON or OFF the possibility of giving SATEL NMS commands to 1 3232 State the device using a wireless Bluetooth serial connection A supported USB Bluetooth dongle must be connected to the CU List of supported devices available separately NMSTcpsocketd Turn ON or OFF the possibility of using SATEL NMS commands over 1 3233 State a TCP IP connection to the device The default TCP port is 55555 NMSLoggerd This service is required by the diagnostics features It monitors 1 3234 State diagnostic values and stores them in a database where they can be viewed using the Diagnostics application If this service is disabled the status bar RSSI and Voltage readings are also disabled Linklayer State This feature is required by IP data transfer WARNING IF THIS IS 1 1 2235 DISABLED NO IP DATA CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO THE RADIO NETWORK Diagnostics can still be gathered and settings can still
28. AR A SATELLAR B User device DTE A RU CU RU CU DTE B Figure 7 18 TCP Server conversion from IP to serial port DTEA Ethernet IP Address 192 168 1 1 IP Route 192 168 2 0 24 via 192 168 1 2 Application able to send messages to dedicated address and port configured to send to 192 168 2 10 port 2006 SATELLAR A Ethernet IP Address 192 168 1 2 RMAC 1 i e TunO 10 10 32 1 Packet Route to 2 IP Route 192 168 2 0 24 via 10 10 32 2 SATELLAR B Ethernet IP Address 192 168 2 10 RMAC 2 i e TunO 10 10 32 2 Packet Route to 1 IP Route 192 168 1 0 24 via 10 10 32 1 Serial IP configuration as above Serial port configuration in line with User device DTE B DTE B Serial port configuration in line with SATELLAR B 62 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings User Device DTE A has an Ethernet IP address 192 168 1 1 SATELLAR B has two IP addresses TunO 10 10 32 2 and EthO 192 168 2 10 which both can be used depending on the routing configuration in User device DTE A Ethernet address is used in this example SATELLAR A does not have any Serial IP connection and it is configured to have radio connection with SATELLAR B User device DTE A must be set to route messages to SATELLAR B via SATELLAR A In this case SATELLAR A has an IP 192 168 1 2 User device DTE A must have a route 192 168 2 0 24 via 192 168 1 2 and must also have an application able to send messages to dedicated address and
29. Administration This application contains settings which are not usually needed and have a high possibility of render ing the modem inoperable if they are set into incorrect values To access the Administration application in the LCD GUI select the Admin Tools icon and press Start This application requires a PIN code General Lock device Cancel Figure 8 7 Admin tools Access to Administration applications by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD LCD GUI default pin code 0000 To access Administration application in the WWW User Interface you need to log out and log in using the admin password WWW username admin WWW default password Satel456 After login the WWW interface has an additional Administration tab Import Logs Administration Logout SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 9 8 Applications The following setting categories are available in the Administration application 8 8 1 General Item Explanation Sub unit NMSID Boot Counter RU This value indicates the number of reboots for the RU 0 1119 Error Report RU The currently active error codes If an internal error 0 1 797 Error Repot caused the unit s to reboot these values will show what 1 1797 caused the error In case of problems please send a screen capture of this page to SATEL technical support ADMIN PIN Code Allows changing the admin pin code 1 3245 Web GUI Admin Password
30. Allows changing the WWW interface admin password 13260 Table 8 8 Admin tools General Boot Counter Radio Unit 8 General Web GUI Admin Password Change Figure 8 8 Admin tools General by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 8 8 2 IP Item Explanation Sub unit NMSID TUN Base Address This can be used to change the IP Network address of the 1 3212 radio network It must be the same in all modems of a network Only change this if your system already uses the 10 10 32 0 19 network The default is 10 10 32 0 19 For more information see chapter 6 1 2 Table 8 9 Admin tools IP UN Base Address 0 10 32 0 19 tunO Figure 8 9 Admin tools IP by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 92 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 9 Type designation 9 Type designation The label of the CU is located on the back of the CU SATEL TAI4 Model SATELLAR CU Made by SATEL OY Made in Finland 8800808888 eo by gS D D SA00025 Figure 9 1 Location of the labels in CU SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 93 10 Troubleshooting 10 Troubleshooting 10 1 Error codes If the MCU detects an error in operation it indicates the error state by LEDs in the following way At first all the LEDs are switched on for
31. DS mounting on flat surface with mounting clips included in the delivery SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family WPO0012 0202202020 2 000029002 o 35 50022 Remove 1 e Ld a Figure 1 6 SATELLAR 2DS mounting on the DIN rail with mounting clips to be ordered separately 16 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family WP0015 WP0013 1 Included in delivery M3x4 M2 5x 6 Ow N 1 d 2x amp 2x 4x OF M2 5x6 2 M2 5x6 2x P 35 mm 2 50022 e M3 x4 amp 5 Thread M3 Remove 5 80000000 o D In b d 2 9 Figure 1 7 SATELLAR 20DS mounting on the DIN rail with mounting clips to be ordered separately SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 17 2 Technical specifications 2 Technical specifications Electrical ARM 9 approx 200 MHz RAM 64 MB ROM 128 MB Display 2 4 320 x 240 pixel resolution 65 k colours Keypad up down left right OK select and two SW defined keys Power consumption no USB device connected USB interfaces Ethernet interface Start time from power on 2 0 W with the display 1 4 W wit
32. IP routes After all the addresses have been set it is still required to define IP routes for each of the CU Routing data must include the address and net mask of each of the destination subnets LANs that need to be reached and the gateway it can be reached through The gateway address is the tunO address of the target CU For the network in the Figure 6 1 the IP routing tables of each CU equipped station are Station Destination net mask Gateway A 192 168 4 0 24 10 10 32 4 192 168 5 0 24 10 10 32 5 192 168 1 0 24 10 10 32 1 192 168 5 0 24 10 10 32 5 192 168 1 0 24 10 10 32 1 192 168 4 0 24 10 10 32 4 Table 6 2 IP routing tables for each CU in Figure 6 1 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 37 6 Data transmission The usage of different addresses and routing tables can be clarified by an example where DTE A wants to send a message to DTE B l The destination IP address 192 168 4 100 belongs to a subnet different from the source address 192 168 1 100 The message is therefore routed to the default gateway of DTE A i e to CU of station A CU of station A recognizes that the destination address belongs to sub net work 192 168 4 0 which is reachable through gateway 10 10 32 4 The mes sage is therefore forwarded to tunO interface which translates the gateway address to the RMAC address 4 in this case At this point the packet routing protocol of the RU enters t
33. LLARNMSCancelCommit These follow the idea of GUIs so that NMSInfo includes same parameters as Modem Info category NMSSettings include same parameters as Modem Settings and NMSRouting same parameters as Routing category CancelCommit is an individual parameter and is used for making the saving functional analog to GUls When setting some parameter user stores them into temporary storage in Satellar same way as they are applied in web GUI To store the values permanently and make them effective CancelCommit is set to value 1 To cancel settings that are not yet stored and to clear the temporary storage CancelCommit is set to O 8 2 2 1 Applications examples NET SNMP Console based application for various SNMP usages Dude a simple Windows GUI application Spiceworks a browser based application SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 75 8 Applications 8 3 Firmware updating The currently installed firmware version numbers are available in the Modem Info Application RU and CU categories There are three different ways to do the firmware updating to use the firmware updater application in CU by the LCD GUI or in the WWW interface to use the USB Stick during boot CU update method to use the firmware update over the air 8 3 1 Firmware updater application The Firmware updater application can be used to update the firmware of the RU or the CU This application
34. Ns 2 3 and 4 do not need to have access to each other because our cen tral station is in LAN 1 and it will receive status messages from sensors connected to the other LANs The sensors do not need to communicate with each other LAN 1 must however have access to the internet so it can be reached from off site for remote monitoring Router Default gateway Other routes Note that interface routes are omitted for aes WAN internet LAN 2 via RI simplicity as they are automatically added LAN via LAN 4 via RI router LAN 2 via R2 LAN 3 via R3 LAN 4 via R4 R2 RI none R3 RI none R4 RI none Table 7 10 Interface routes see Figure 7 15 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 55 Settings The next step is to decide the actual IP address and netmask for each LAN You also decide which device will be the default gateway of each LAN LAN name network IP address Netmask Default gateway LAN 1 192 168 1 0 24 router LAN 2 192 168 2 0 24 R2 LAN 3 192 168 3 0 24 R3 LAN 4 192 168 4 0 24 R4 Radio LAN Automatic 10 10 32 0 19 RI Table 7 11 IP address and net mask see Figure 7 15 Please remember that the Radio LAN tunO addresses of each modem are automatically set based on the RMAC addresses see chapter 6 1 2 If we assume that each RMAC of radios R1 R4 is the same as their number we get the following IP addresses for the modems Device RMAC address tunO IP addres
35. R LEDs are blinking simultaneously at a rate of faster half second and slower one second blinks until the verification is over ETH STAY PWR SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PARTII CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 85 8 Applications O 4 Remote settings This application is only available in the LCD GUI It is used to change settings of a remote SATELLAR over the air The same functionality can be achieved in the WWW intertace by contacting the WWW server in the target SATELLAR directly by using its IP number Remember that both tunO and ethO IP numbers can be used Radio Unit 1 Radio Unit 1 Select Select Figure 8 6 Remote settings by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 8 5 NMS Import This application is available in the WWW interface only It allows to export and import settings as text tiles For example you can export all modem settings into a file and save it to your computer as a backup You can also edit this file and send it back to the modem or to another modem The moditied file could contain only one or a few settings not all settings originally found in the file are needed This can be used to change the same few settings to multiple modems relatively quickly By creating a file with just the settings to be changed and importing it to all the modems 8 5 1 Exporting settings from modem When exporting settings SATELLAR CU creates a file which contains the settings The file can then be sa
36. Remote Devices Pre Cache All ON Settings of Device SNMP SNMP RO Community public SNMP RW Community private SNMP RW Community IP 0 0 0 0 SNMP Notification IP 192 168 1 2 Time Control Time Operation Mode No time operation Manual time operation NTP time NTP Server Address 192 168 1 1 NTP Interval 100 s Time 1980 02 01 00 00 00 format YYYY MM DD hh mm ss Time Zone Greenwhich Mean Time Central European Time GMT 1 East European Time GMT 2 Moscow Time GMT 3 Iran Standard Time GMT 3 30 Iran Daylight Saving Time GMT 4 30 Mauritius Time GMT 4 Afganistan Time GMT 4 30 Pakistan Time GMT 5 Indian Standard Time GMT 5 30 Nepal Time GMT 5 45 Bhutan Time GMT 6 Myanmar Time GMT 6 30 Bangladesh Standard Time GMT 7 China Standard Time GMT 8 Apo Island Time GMT 8 15 Australian Central Western Standard Time GMT 8 45 Japan Standard Time GMT 9 Australian Central Standard Time GMT 9 30 Australian Eastern Standard Time GMT 10 Australian Central Daylight Time GMT 10 30 Vanuatu Time GMT 11 New Zealand Standard Time GMT 12 New Zealand Daylight Time GMT 13 Chatham Island Standard Time GMT 12 45 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 99 Menu Submenu 12 Settings selection guide Value default Chatham Island Daylight Time GMT 13 45 Line Island Time GMT 14 Baker Island Time GMT 12 Samoa Standard Time GMT
37. SATELLAR DIGITAL SYSTEM PART Il CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE VERSION 1 3 USER GUIDE WIRELESS WORLD LOCAL SOLUTION amp SATEL Copyright 2013 SATEL Oy e No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted or stored in a retrieval system in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of SATEL Oy This document is provided in confidence and must not be distributed to third parties without the express permission of SATEL Oy Contents Important notice Product conformity Warranty and safety instructions 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family 1 1 Mounting Technical specitications Typical setup Mechanical assembly modular construction Interfaces 5 1 Ethernet 5 2 USB 5 3 Diagnostics monitoring changing settings 5 4 LED indicators 5 5 Function button 5 6 Graphical user interface 5 6 1 Booting screen 5 6 2 LCD display information and button menu areas 5 6 3 Main menu 5 6 4 Status screen 5 6 5 Screen save mode SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 10 14 18 20 22 23 23 23 24 25 27 2 28 2 29 30 5 7 5 7 1 5 7 2 9 9 5 7 4 S9 5 7 6 5 8 9 9 WWW User interface Login Main menu Status area Categories list Category page Changing settings SATEL NMS SSH Data transmission 6 1 Internet protocol 6 1 1 Example 6 1 2 Forming the tunO IP address 6 1 3 Choosing the ethO IP
38. Serial dongle the Serial IP Mode must to be set OFF Detaching the dongle when the mode is not OFF sets the device in to a fault state and may even reboot the device If the Serial IP Mode is ON but the dongle is not connected following warning text is displayed at web Ul USB serial IP mode is on but dongle is not connected Pelase set the mode off 7 4 4 4 Incompatible parameter combinations There are some parameter combination cases that can make the connection ends incompatible Different protocols It must be verified that both connection ends have the same protocol When one connection end uses TCP and other UDP connection cannot work Compatible modes If both ends have either send only or receive only mode on connection does not work as assumed On the other hand when using send only on one end and receive only on other end it must be verified that send only is in the end intended to send data Ports and addresses Ports and addresses must match in the setup l e the sending target address and port must match with IP address of listener and the port that is opened for listening SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 69 8 Applications 8 Applications This chapter explains the additional applications available in the CU 8 1 Diagnostics This application is used to view graphs of measured diagnostics Calgary SATELLAR CUCPULesd Status Tieme scale Vollag
39. TE See the settings selection quide at the end of the manual Modem Settings 19 Network Protocol Mode Encryption Select Figure 7 Modem Settings by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD Select 7 1 1 Radio Unit Settings categories For explanation of categories Network Protocol Mode Radio Serial Connector Configuration Data Port Settings Serial Data Flow Control and Packet Mode Radio Access Control see the RU user manual chapter 7 subchapters 7 1 through 7 3 respectively 7 1 2 General These are general and miscellaneous settings of the radio station and CU Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID Name Name of the radio station This is freely selectable by the user 0 1 769 up to a maximum length of 32 characters The name can be used to identify the radio station It is shown in the WWW interface and GUI LCD screen for example 40 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID PIN Code Code to unlock the GUI LCD Screen of the CU if present 1 3200 Temperature unit Fahrenheit Kelvin or Celsius Used by the Diagnostics graph 1 1 3201 for modem temperature UI Voltage Critical Level When the Voltage reading drops to this level it is displayed in 1 1 3202 red in the GUI LCD and WWW interfaces UI RSSI Critical Level When RSSI drops to this level it is displayed in red 1 3203 UI Voltage Display mode Se
40. This setting controls how long individual packets are kept in the buffer before being deleted See below for more information IP Queue Max This setting controls the maximum number of packets in the outgoing IP 1 3281 Packets packet buffer IP MTU Size MTU Maximum Transmission Unit MTU of a communications protocol koty of a layer is the size in bytes of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards The largest number is 1500 byte packet A larger MTU brings greater efficiency Large packets increase lag and minimum latency Corruption of a single bit in a packet requires that the entire packet is retransmitted Retransmissions of larger packets take longer Proxy ARP Proxy ARP option enables SATELLAR to act as a Pseudo bridge or a hidden router When this option is enabled SATELLAR responses with its own MAC address to all ARP requests Address Resolution Protocol addressed to a remote network This causes the other hosts in the same local network to send their packets to the SATELLAR which then routes those packets according to its configured IP Route This behavior makes it look like the host on each side of the bridge belong to the same physical network segment Default OFF 52 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings Setting Explanation Sub unit NMSID IP Header To save bandwidth and improve performance by reducing unnecessary 1 3324 Compression protocol
41. are changed LED ETH is Thereafter the IP address is 192 168 1 1 the switched off net mask is 255 255 255 0 and DHCP is switched to off mode The ETH LED blinks until the setting is reset to the original value Blinking interval is 0 5 seconds 610 8 The next lower No specific operation defined LED STAT is switched off 8 to 10 The fourth LED All the LEDs start to blink rapidly until the PWR is switched MCU restarts SATELLAR CU then reboots off gt 10 All LEDs ON gt 20 All LEDs turn ON The selection process starts from the When button is released the FPGA will reboot the whole CU This is nearly equivalent to a Power off reboot Table 5 2 Function button operation 26 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 nterfaces 5 6 Graphical user interface In SATELLAR device equipped with LCD display and keypad GUI can be used to change settings and access the various applications 8806888808 o o SA00008 Figure 5 5 Central Unit equipped with LCD display and keypad 5 6 1 Booting screen This screen is visible while the CU is starting up SATELLAR BOOTING Configuring amp Starting apps SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 27 5 nterfaces 5 6 2 LCD display information and button menu areas Information area Button menu area Figure 5 7 Red font indicating a value lower than t
42. ase the update is interrupted by a power failure etc the process can be resumed The process can also be cancelled at any time First the devices to be updated must be selected Normally choose only device O local device Target devices 7 0 r 2 Starttransfer Click the Start transfer button and you will get this message Transfer is starting please wait The progress of update is indicated by a progress bar which is automatically refreshed with 5 second intervals The transfer may be cancelled at any time by clicking on Cancel transfer and no harm will be done to the target unit When transfer has finished the RU is restarted and is ready to use 0 3 of 1505 blocks sent Canceltransfer Refresh When updating a CU it will also be automatically restarted The restart will take longer than usual because part of the update process takes place during the booting process The progress of the update can be seen on the LCD screen In case no screen is available the STAT LED blinks while boot ing and updating is in progress The CU firmware update can last up to 10 minutes Do NOT turn off restart or reboot the CU dur ing this time IF the CU is restarted or turned off the firmware update process fails and the previous firmware version remains in use Atter restart has completed please check the Firmware versions from Modem Info RU and CU categories see chapters 8 5 and 8 4 to see that the Firmware versions ha
43. ategory Packet Mode Radio Access Control General SNMP RO Community public Services Commands SNMP RW Community private Remote Devices SNMP RW Community IP 0 0 0 0 SNMP Notification IP 192 168 1 2 Time Control Apply Changes No uncommitted changes Refresh NMS values Figure 8 3 SNMP settings view 4 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications 8 2 2 MIB MIB i e Management Information Base is a file that is used along the SNMP to define the set of parameters that are available with SNMP MIBs include hierarchical name space including individual parameters that called as OIDs Object Identifiers SATELLAR has its own MIB but it needs two SATEL generic MIBs to be able to work with typical SNMP application hierarchy mechanisms These MIBs are available at www SATEL com downloads Available parameters are basically the same as in GUls and also defined similar way also read write or read only Parameters can be seen by browsing them with graphical SNMP applications after importing MIBs or e g with snmptranslate tool with following command snmptranslate Tp IR satel Basic structure of MIB is following satelSATELLARNMS satelSATELLARNMSInfo satelSATELLARNMSInfo RU satelSATELLARNMSInfoCU satelSATELLARNMSSettings satelSATELLARNMSSettingsRU satelSATELLARNMSSettingsCU satelSATELLARNMSRouting satelSATE
44. ave any Serial IP configuration SATELLAR B has following serial port configuration where it is assumed that User Device DTE A has port 2005 open Parameter SATELLAR B Mode Client Protocol TCP Sending Port 2005 Sender Target Address 192 168 1 1 Table 7 17 Serial port conficuration of SATELLAR B 7 4 2 4Multipoint to point Multipoint to point case can be presented as an extended case of TCP Client i gy SATELLAR User device TCP Port 2005 DTE B 68000000 User device SATELLAR A DTE A IP address 19 21 68 10 68000006 SATELLAR D User device Port 2010 DTE C SA00062 Figure 7 20 Multipoint to point example In this example the User device DTE A is capable of simultaneously listening to several ports Both SATELLAR B and SATELLAR C are configured to send messages to User device DTE A but to different ports Following configuration is set to SATELLAR B and SATELLAR D when User device DTE A has IP address 192 168 1 1 64 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings Parameter SATELLAR B SATELLAR C Mode Client Client Protocol TCP TCP Sending Port 2005 2010 2 Sender Target Address 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 Table 7 18 The configuration of SATELLAR B and SATELLAR C One option for this kind of tasking is serial port virtualizing that can be done e g with HW VSP appli cation http www hw group com produ
45. cter The zero indicates the sub unit is the RU 1 would be CU Next number is the NMSID which is 1 398 After the equal sign is the value which is 1 The address of the RU is therefore set to 1 Example 2 Protocol Mode 0 Basic RX Priority 1 Basic TX Priority 2 Basic Repeater 6 Packet Routing 0 1 409 6 The two comment rows tell that this is the Protocol Mode setting and valid choices are O 1 2 or 6 The comment explains what each number means The actual NMSID row again shows that sub unit is RU the NMSID is 1 409 and the current value is 6 8 5 4 Managing export files You can use export files as backup to store the settings of devices in your network so in case you need to replace the hardware you can just import the saved settings to the new hardware In this case it is useful to name the export files to the name of the radio station for example Remember that the file extension must remain as nmst otherwise you are free to rename the file Avoid using special characters in the name Another way to use export import files is to create a file containing all the settings which are common to all modems in your network Some such settings are RX and TX frequencies 0 1 256 and 0 1 257 bandwidth airspeed encryption keys network ID TUN Base Address 1 1 3212 etc These settings must be the same in each modem for the network to work If you put all these settings in a single
46. cts hw vsp index en html The application creates virtual serial ports which are actually IP addresses and ports i e user defines IP address and port combination which then creates a virtual serial port to system By this way differ ent applications can use these connections as serial ports although they are actually IP connections 7 4 2 5UDP UDP mode can be used similar to TCP modes with some extension In point to point case the mode of the device can be either client or server Due to nature of protocol both devices need to be able to send and receive independent of other device See chapter 7 4 3 UDP and TCP protocols for more detailed protocol explanation Parameter SATELLAR A SATELLAR B Mode Server Server Protocol Listening Port 2005 2006 Sending Port 2006 2005 Sender Target Address 10 10 32 2 10 10 32 1 Table 7 19 Example of point to point case When using UDP in Server mode in generally and some replies are needed to be sent also the target address needs to be set This concerns also the Client mode and listening of replies Parameter SATELLAR B Mode Server Protocol UDP Listening Port 2006 Sending Port 2005 Sender Target Address 192 168 1 1 Table 7 20 The conficuration of SATELLAR B SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PARTII CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 65 Settings 7 4 2 6Send or receive only These features are limited versions of presented features The example is similar to
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48. d typically in cases where most of data transfer is initiated by this device Client sends the request to the Server for the connection to be opened Send Only In this mode device is able only to send data to from serial port to defined IP address and port i e not able to receive any sending Receive Only In this mode device is able to only receive data to defined IP listening port and forward it to serial port 58 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID Port Rate Rate of serial port from 1200 to 460800 bps 1 3288 Default is 19200 Port Data Bits Serial Port Data Bits 7 or 8 2289 Port Parity Serial Port Parity No Parity Odd Even 3290 Port Stop Bits Serial Port Stop Bits 1 bit or 2 bits 329 UDP Telnet or Bulk Mode 3292 Must be coherent in network Listening Port IP Port for listening incoming messages 3293 Sending Port IP Port for sending outgoing messages 3294 Sender Target Address IP address for sending outgoing messages 3295 Sender Retry Count Count for how many times messages are attempted to resent 3296 in TCP protocol if send does not succeed Sender Retry Interval The gap time between resending attempts in TCP mode in 3297 milliseconds UDP Listener Port Timeout Timeout for releasing the listener of one connection in 3298 UDP mode in seconds
49. e 145V RESI 128 dem how 100 10 2 28 6 4 LII e 43 HW 43 5n HI 59 el el a B cru load The following Diagnostics graphs are available Diagnostic Explanation CU RAM Usage Memory used by all running processes and kernel in the CU CU CPU Load Shows the percentage of CU CPU MCU processing power used NMS Timeouts Local RU NMS message timeouts Values higher than O indicate the RU is busy with data traffic and unable to answer all settings or diagnostics NMS messages sent by the CU RSSI Signal strength of all received radio messages Temperature As measured at the RU RF Power Amplifier See RU User Manual for accuracy and other information Voltage As measured at the RU power in connector See RU User Manual for accuracy and other information Table 8 1 Diagnostics 70 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications Left soft key shows the menu of selectable variables Variables can be selected with updown arrows and OK Right and left arrows can be used to adjust the time scale of graphs right shorter left longer time Scales are Previous 10 minutes scale minutes Previous 1 hour scale five minutes Previous 5 hours scale hours A Previous day Le 24 hours scale 6 hours 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Previous week scale days Voltage Lack device Variance Variable RAM Usage CPU Load amp 0
50. e device The diagnostics become available in the Diagnostics page This will cause additional radio traffic which may be significant depending on the size of the network defined time intervals timeouts and retries see chapter 7 1 3 and the number of devices monitored This setting is not shown unless at least one Packet Route is defined see chapter 7 3 1 Table 7 4 Modem settings Remote devices Pre Cache All Settings of Device 0 i s hange Figure 7 5 Modem Settings Remote devices by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 45 Settings 7 1 6 Time Control Control current date and time time zone and Network Time Protocol NTP settings Note that SATELLAR does not have battery backed real time clock hardware therefore time is not accurately preserved during power off and reboot Using an external NTP server can help mitigate this Time is used mainly for logging purposes and accurate real time is not essential for the operation of SATELLAR Setting Explanation Sub unit NMSID Time No time operation default Other time settings have no effect 1 1 3282 Operation Manual time operation Time and time zone settings are used NTP settings Mode are not used NTP Time Time setting is not used instead the NTP protocol is used NTP Server Current time is fetched from the defined NTP Server Address Only work
51. e used only according to the instructions described in this manual Faultless and safe operation of the devices can be guaranteed only if the transport storage operation and handling of the device is appropriate This also applies to the maintenance of the products To prevent damage the Central Unit referred to in this user guide as CU must always be switched OFF before connecting or disconnecting the serial connection cable It should be ascertained that different devices used have the same ground potential Before connecting any power cables the output voltage of the power supply should be checked SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 9 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family l Introduction to the SATELLAR product family E SATELLAR is a new generation narrow band radio modem that consists of separate units Central unit CU Radio units IW and 1OW RU Expansion units XU 8800800868 60000006 880800868 500009000 9 27 E KJ D 68000008 69000000 5400057 Figure 1 1 SATELLAR product family 1 SATELLAR 2DSd Central unit CU with display and keypad radio unit RU 1 W 2 SATELLAR 2DS Central unit CU without display and keypad radio unit RU 1 W 2 SATELLAR 1DS Radio unit RU 1 W 4 Expansion unit XU to be added between CU and RU IW 10W when needed ay SATELLAR 20DS with display C
52. egory SATELLAR B is a client which is the side that initiates the connection It has been configured to listen messages from serial port to send them to target address and port SATELLAR A is a server side that has been configured to listen dedicated IP port and to forward messages to serial port Transmission is always started from client side it creates the connec tion between the SATELLARs There are some differences for this when using UDP see chapter 7 4 2 5 UDP First the serial port in both SATELLARs must be configured to match the User device configuration After that the SATELLAR devices are able to communicate with each others Parameter SATELLAR A SATELLAR B Mode Server Server Protocol TCP Listening Port 2005 Irrelevant in this mode Sending Port Irrelevant in this mode 2005 Sender Target Address 10 10 32 2 10 10 32 1 Table 7 15 Configuration of SATELLAR a and B devices in Point to point example The basic idea is to cross configure SATELLAR devices to communicate with each other Protocol can be also UDP as long as it is same in both ends SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 61 Settings 7 4 2 2TCP Server SATELLAR is configured to listen to defined IP Port number and forward data from the port to the serial port IP to Serial conversion 600666868 LJ amp 9 lt N User device SATELL
53. entral unit CU with display and keypad radio unit RU 10 W SATELLAR 20DS without display Central unit CU without display and keypad radio unit RU W 7 SATELLAR 10DS Radio unit RU 10 W Using SATELLAR the customer builds an own independent radio data communication network This document presents the specifications and usage of the CU The properties of other units are described in the extent which is necessary to read in order to understand the operation of the CU 10 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family Data communication SATELLAR operates either as a transparent radio link essentially replacing a wire for classic RS 232 RS 485 or RS 422 based protocols or as a wireless router in an IP based network Using SATELLAR many network topologies are possible everything from a point to point connection to a nationwide chain with multiple branches Range With SATELLAR the communication range of a point to point link is typically longer than 10 km in urban conditions some obstacles in the line of sight and longer than 20 km in ideal line of sight conditions The range can be further extended using high gain antennas booster modules and radio repeaters Security Data security is often a concern when using radio communication In SATELLAR a 128 bit encryption on the air interface ensures privacy in the radio network Display
54. er device Board 1 Hardware information about the PCB various Interface board Hardware information about the interface board various Ethernet and USB connectors Exact numbers and names of these items depend on the current HW configuration of the device Table 7 7 Modem info Central unit SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 49 SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm a Central Unit i Modem Info Status FPGA Watchdog Restarts Radio Unit 1 Central Unit FPGA Total Restarts 1 Firmware satel 1 28 Model S T AY ETE cit Select SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm Central Unit Board 1 FPGA Version 0 Board 1 FPGA Revision Board 1 FPGA Interface ID 0 SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm Central Unit Board 1 PSN 00219F0000BE Interface NGIF2 Interface Board Version Interface Board Version Oi Figure 7 9 Modem info Central unit by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 7 Settings SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm Central Unit miouel Satellar CU Serial Nbr RW 1234567 SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm g Central Unit 1 FWD NGCU1 Board 1 PWB Version E Board 1 PWB Product Variant 1 Board 1 BOM Version 4 SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm i Central Unit NGIF2 Interface Board Version d Interface Board BOM Version 01 Interface Board Assembly Variant 00 Back E The ro
55. ernet interfaces as described below The CU must be allowed to boot up completely before the button will work o Q Function button SA00015 Figure 5 3 Location of the Function button When the button is pressed for more than a second all the LEDs turn on indicating the start of the process The effect depends on how long the button is kept depressed and is indicated by turning the LEDs off one by one When the LEDs indicate the desired function release the button USE RET SU BAL Figure 5 4 LED indications see the Table 5 2 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 25 Length of press 5 nterfaces and remain on even if the button is kept down beginning 11 to 12 seconds counts as to 2 seconds etc Action seconds LED indication Effect 1 192 All LEDs ON The USB device and Ethernet interface settings are reset to states defined by user settings 2104 The uppermost The USB device setting is changed so that if LED USB is the user setting is Mass memory device the switched off setting changes to Virtual serial port and vice versa Thereafter the USB LED starts to blink until the setting is reset to the original value Blinking interval is 0 5 seconds if the new device setting is Virtual serial port and 1 0 seconds if the setting is Mass memory device 4 to The next lower The CU IP address settings
56. es by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 7 1 4 Commands This chapter has commands to reset the unit s or restore settings to various states for example to initialize a device to its original status or reboot device Use only one command at the time and do not to save any other settings at the same time Also refresh NMS values after Radio Unit value restore To issue a command select Reset or Reboot for example The command is sent when settings are committed as detailed in chapter 5 7 6 Command Explanation Sub unit NMSID Restore Default Factory Settings Radio Unit The RU s settings including Frequency 0 1 3085 Packet routing tables RMAC etc are restored to the state they were in when the unit left the factory Restore Default Factory Settings Central Unit The CU s settings including IP routing 1 3065 etc are restored to the state they were in when the unit left the factory Reset Radio Unit Resets the Radio Unit This command is 0 1 3090 mostly used by NMS Protocol to discard unsaved changes It is not usually necessary to use this command when configuring the modem using the WWW or LCD user interfaces SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 43 Settings Command Explanation Sub unit NMSID Reset Central Unit Resets the Central Unit This command 1 3090 is mostly used by NMS Protocol to discard unsaved changes It is not usually necessary to u
57. evice LED indicator shows the status of the unit and graphical user interface can be used to check and change device settings and to see the diagnostics data Ethernet interface 10 100 Mb s IOOBASE TX Auto MDIX full duplex capbility USB interfaces USB2 0 full speed 12 0 Mb s USB Host A type connector The current drive capability is 500 mA USB Device Interface B type connector Mass memory device Acts as a removable disc in the PC Virtual serial port Acts as as serial port SATEL NMS port Figure 5 1 Three data interfaces Ethernet USB host and USB device 22 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 nterfaces 5 Ethernet Ethernet interface is 10 100 Mb s 1OOBASE TX with Auto MDIX and full duplex capability 52 UB The USB interfaces support USB2 0 Full Speed 12 0 Mb s data rates Both USB host and device interfaces are available For USB host the A type connector is used and for USB device the connector is B type The current drive capability of the USB host interface is 500 mA The USB device interface has two modes Mass memory device and Virtual serial port The mode can be selected in Modem Settings General cat egory and in addition by the function button as described in chapter 5 5 In the Mass memory device mode a PC can be connected to the USB device interface and
58. file you can easily import it to all modems saving time and avoiding errors caused by inputting all the settings by hand Another use related to the above is to copy some settings from one modem to another In this case you should carefully edit the file after exporting removing any settings you do not wish to modify in the target device For example you might want to create a copy of a modem you have already config ured except for the Address and IP settings which should remain as they are In this case remove the relevant rows from the file before importing it to the target modem Always be careful of typing errors when editing the file If any errors appear in the file the whole import process fails see next paragraph NMS Commands such as Save User settings Restore User settings and Reset should NOT be used in an import file 88 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications 8 5 5 Importing settings to a modem To send an import file to the modem follow this procedure 1l Click the Browse button under the NMS Import file upload heading select your file in the window that opens and finally click the Send button NMS Import file upload Browse Send 2 The file will appear under the Available import files heading Click on the Use tile link to import the settings Available import files HOME my import nmst Use file HOME satellar exportnmst U
59. ge the marketing nome is ettar SATELLAR 2DS or SATELLAR ZD5d Notified Body Opinion e Annex V of Directive Document Mo 148347M Dated on 30 5 2010 by Memba No 1987 We the menyloctyrer of the above mentioned productis hereby declare that hase produzia confor gt the requirements of the European Unies dinectien FPSR S EC This Geckwotion of Condom i based on decurrens s of Product Test Sp 127741 SATELLAR RU EM 300 113 2 v1 4 1 MEMES Eigene B6 2007 1277514 SATELLAR RU EM 3DT 489 1 amp 531 3 1 Espoo 5 5 2007 1277610 SATELLAR RJ EM 0950 1 2005 Espoo 27 8 2009 SATELLAR CIJ EH 301489 1 5 SEC amp 1D00 4 7 amp 10CC 6 4 MEME 5 5 2008 1483478 SATELLAR EN 300113 2 1 4 1 2007 07 MEMEO 20 4 7000 Sala on the al July 2010 1 ALAN 7 Sac Prat pod MIS rahe yd SATEL CY CeO SATEL wiELESS ASL SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Warranty and safety instructions Read these safety instructions carefully before using the product The warranty will be void if the product is used in any way that is in contradiction with the instructions given in this manual or if the housing of the radio modem has been opened or tampered with The devices mentioned in this manual are to b
60. he defined threshold The top of the screen is the Information area The following information is available From left to right Modem name Default value is SATELLAR It can be changed in Modem Settings General category see chapter 7 1 2 Current date and time if enabled see chapter 7 1 6 RSSI value The signal level of the last received message If no message has been received in the last 5 seconds the value is set to 128 If the reading is lower than the defined minimum threshold value this value is shown with red font The threshold can be set in Modems Settings General category see chapter 7 1 2 Voltage reading A numeric value or a voltage bar depending on the setting in Modem Settings General category see chapter 7 1 2 On the bottom of the screen is the button menu area operated by software defined keypad buttons The left round button command is displayed on the left bottom corner of the screen and the right square button command on the bottom right corner of the screen Software defined buttons SA00003 Figure 5 8 Software defined buttons on keypad 28 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 nterfaces 5 6 3 Main menu Lock device Lock device This menu screen contains icons which can be used to start the different applications Modem Settings See chapter 7 1 Modem Info See chapter 7 2 Routing See chapter 7 3 A
61. he picture it reads the destination RMAC address and consults the packet routing table to find out that a message to address 4 must be sent to address 2 Address of sta tion D Station A s RU now reserves the radio path using the CSMA CA algorithm to send the data to station D Station D receives the data and recognizes that the final destination address is 4 Station D consults its packet routing table and sees that the message to address 4 must be sent to address 3 station E and then reserves the radio path to send the message Station E receives the message and then forwards it to station B as above which is the final destination station The packet routing protocol in station B recognizes that the received data is intended for this station and therefore forwards the data to the CU tunO interface The IP router software component of the CU of station B recognizes that the destination IP address differs from its own IP address but belongs to the same sub network Therefore it forwards the message to ethO interface and then the message finally reaches the destination i e DTE B 6 2 Proxy Arp Proxy ARP option enables SATELLAR to act as a Pseudo bridge or a hidden router When this option is enabled SATELLAR responses with its own MAC address to all ARP Address Resolution Protocol requests addressed to a remote network This causes the other hosts in the same local network to send their packets to the SATELLAR which then rou
62. hout the display USB host amp USB device USB2 0 high speed 10 100 Mbps Ethernet RJ 45 with Auto MDIX For CU RU combination 65 s until IP communication works locally and over the air 130 s until LCD GUI works Mechanical and environmental Mechanical dimensions Weight Temperature ranges Humidity Vibration Shock resistivity IP rating Mounting 130 x 21 7 x 76 5 mm 260g 25 55 deg C complies with the standards 30 75 deg C functional 40 85 deg C storage 95 96 25 deg C non condensing At least 10 500 Hz 5g without degradation in data transfer capability Dropping height 1 m all directions IP 52 DIN rail side or back two piece mounting clip or directly on flat surface Standards compliance Emissions Immunity ESD RoHS IEC 61600 6 4 IEC 61000 6 2 IEC 61000 4 2 level 4 for external connections EIC 61000 4 2 level 2 for internal unit to unit connector 2002 95 EC Table 2 1 SATELLAR Central Unit technical specifications SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 3 Typical setup 3 Typical setup The figure below shows a typical setup when transferring IP data through the CU When using the RU together with the CU the recommended minimum distance between the antenna and CU is 2 m in order to avoid degradation of the receiver sensitivity due to interference from the CU SATELLAR 20DS SATELLAR 2DS 9
63. ithout any other traffic in the radio network l e data transfer has been stopped Air speed Update file size Transfer time Total update time per device approximate 38 4 kbps 4 5 MBytes 28 minutes measured 50 minutes 38 4 kbps 3 5 MBytes 24 minutes 45 minutes approximate 19 2 kbps 4 5 MBytes 45 minutes 1 hour 10 minutes approximate 19 2 kbps 300 kB 5 minutes approximate 15 minutes Table 8 6 Update file transmit time examples Notes about the time needed Transmit time is the critical factor Total time includes data transfer delays such as using the WWW interface manually which can be speeded up with a little practice and the time taken by the CU to actually install the update a process which is done separately from file transfer Actually you can stag ger the process by starting the update process in one modem while the update file is being transferred to the next modem This staggering method can save time Alternatively transfer all files first one after the other then update all modems at once Do not start multiple uploads at the same time as this will cause slower transfer speeds and potentially cause some transfers to fail It could be worth trying for overnight transfers though SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 81 8 Applications Staggering SA00063 Transfer CU 1 Update CU 1 Transfer CU 2 Update CU 2 Transfer CU 3 Update CU 3 Time Al
64. kets and how the received packets are supposed to be handled UDP is a not connection based simple transmission model without implicit handshaking dialogues for providing reliability ordering or data integrity Thus datagrams may arrive out of order appear duplicated or go missing without notice UDP assumes that error checking and correction is either not necessary or performed in the application avoiding the over head of such processing at the network interface level TCP on the other hand is connection based protocol which provides error checking ordering and general reliability Time sensitive applications often use UDP because dropping packets is preferable to waiting for delayed packets Also as described above the size of headers i e packet overhead is smaller with UDP which may make difference when the size of actual data is always small Examples of applications using UDP are DHCP DNS and voice and video applications On the other hand if error correction facilities ordering and general reliability is needed an application may use the TCP Examples of using TCP are HTTP FTP SMTP and SSH 7 4 4 Notes There are some noticeable issues which are related to serial IP functionality 7 4 4 1 USB Serial dongle connection Availability of USB serial connection is informed with different notes When USB serial dongle is con nected the following text is shown in the screen USB serial dongle connected TEN Routes Vonage 15
65. kets are sent to the default gateway unless there is a specific route telling otherwise All IP routes consist of two pieces of information The target network address including netmask The target gateway address Together these two tell the router that an IP packet belonging to a certain network i e LAN or subnet must be sent to a certain gateway For example a route defined as 192 168 2 0 24 10 10 32 2 tells that all IP packets which have a destination address that falls under the 192 168 2 0 24 network address for example 192 168 2 7 must be sent to the gateway 10 10 32 2 Note that there must also be a return route defined in the other end router back to the original LAN Sometimes a default route is enough for this Typically SATELLARs at remote sites will act as the default gateway for the Ethernet LAN they are connected to Consider the network in the Figure 7 15 There are four Ethernet LANs 1 through 4 connected by SATELLAR radios R1 through RA The radios are connected by a fifth LAN the radio LAN LAN 1 is also connected to the internet via a gateway router ADSL etc 54 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings Figure 7 15 IP routing ii R 86080888 o o 66600008 a 66000000 o o 5400021 Before designing the IP routes we must define the desired connectivity To keep the amount of routes smaller we decide that LA
66. l old version reboot the updated device RU or CU ifstill old version retry the update select for update also double check the from version is correct ifstill old version confirm the original update file is valid and re transmit effectively doing the whole process again for the affected modem s When all modems are running the new firmware versions re start your data traffic Updates do not normally change any settings but if they do there should be a mention of this in the release notes 8 3 3 5 Verification of update integrity When the system has been booted up after the update a verification process ensures that it is work ing properly This will take appr 2 5 minutes If the process detects that something is not working correctly it reverts the system to previously used version The system shall not be rebooted during the verification process Rebooting reverts the system to old version too Web UI shows the verification state like this SATELLAR Status Voltage 15 1 V RSS 128 dam Time 1980 02 19 11 10 33 System verification after update is ongoing Do NOT shut down rhe system before verification is done When this message is nor shown anymone aner refreshing me page verification i done There is approximately 86 seconds system verification time left In GUI there is a do not reboot icon that indicates the same thing Green arrow points to this icon 058 In addition to these STAT PW
67. lect the way to display voltage in the GUI LCD either 1 3204 numeric or as a bar UI Voltage Bar Min If display mode is set to Bar this Voltage level corresponds to 1 3205 the minimum level of the voltage indicator i e no bars UI Voltage Bar Max If display mode is Bar this Voltage level corresponds to 1 3206 Maximum bars PIN Code Required If set to Yes user must enter PIN code to unlock the GUI LCD 1 3224 and keyboard USB Device Mode Choose how the CU will act when connected to a PC Mass 1 1 3225 memory or Serial port See also chapter 7 3 Display Brightness A value from to 255 this setting controls the brightness of the 1 3258 LCD screen s backlight Web GUI Password Set the password of user satellar This affects the WWW 1 1 3259 password and linux command line login password for this user The password is case sensitive Default password is Satel123 GUI Color profile Choose a color profile for the GUI LCD Default is Black 1 3261 LCD Timeout The time in seconds without keys pressed before the LCD if 1 1 3275 present of the CU is powered off Table 7 Modem settings General General 19 i Name SATELLAR ER Change Change USB Device Mode Serial Port Change Change Figure 7 2 Modem Settings General by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 UI Voltage Bar Min g GUI Color Profile Black
68. n the Password text field The web page will show an indicator about how strong the password is Then click the Generate and save keys button The same password will always generate the same keys Automatic generation of Encryption Keys Password eccccce Min 8 characters one number uppercase and lowercase letter Generate and save keys The other way to insert encryption keys is to manually insert them This option is for power users who wish to generate keys themselves Insert both or either of keys Main Key AUX Key Save key s You can insert either one or both keys at the same time The key that is left empty is not saved Note that as a security measure the encryption keys or passwords in the device cannot be read back but you can see a CRC checksum in Modem Info gt RU which can be used to verity if modems have the same keys inserted 8 Logs Logs are available on the WWW interface only These can be used to debug problems If you contact SATEL representative with a problem report it may be a good idea to include copies of the logs in your report or SATEL may request you to provide copies Kernel Messages Linux kernel messages System Messages Linux system messages Service Messages Messages of the SATELLAR Services RUNMS Log internal NMS traffic between the RU and the CU 90 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications 8 8
69. n the radio unit RU and USB Serial dongle attached to USB A port of the central unit CU Central Unit handles all the IP related data traffic and the air interface is IP based Central Unit is needed for stations using the serial IP CU router Central Unit is not required if the station is acting only as a repeater no terminal connection NOTE IP routing to the destination is not required if the IP data traffic is not entered to the SATELLAR radio modem via RJ45 connector and the sender target address is defined to be TUNO address radio address The IP ports are selectable from port 1 to 65535 There are several ports already in use for various applications NOTE Application layer e g http 80 https 443 SSH 21 and 22 Typically ports 1024 65535 are reserved for general purpose EXCEPTIONS Ports 54441 54442 and 55555 are reserved for SATELLAR use Due to the IP based data transfer the transmission delays variate The SCADA system shall be adjusted according to the SATELLAR Serial IP delays 7 4 1 Serial IP RS 232 USB A This section includes configurations related to both RS 232 and USB A interface connection serial IP functionality Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID Serial IP Mode Server Used in cases where the data transfer is initiated 3287 by some remote host Server cannot open a connection it can only answer to the request for opening the connection by Client Client Use
70. nse details for GPLv3 are available from http www gnu org licenses gpl 3 0 html ALL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE used in this software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANT Y and is subject to copyrights of one or more respective authors For more details see the GPL and LGPL license texts 11 2 Written offer for LGPL and GPL source code Where such specific license terms entitle you to the source code of such software SATEL will provide upon written request via email and or traditional paper mail the applicable LGPL and GPL source code files via CD ROM for a nominal fee to cover shipping and media charges as allowed under those respective licenses Contact SATEL Technical support for more details Please visit http www satel com 96 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 12 Settings selection guide 12 Settings selection guide 12 1 Modem Settings Menu Submenu Value default Network NetID Satel NG max 8 characters Protocol Mode Address RMAC 0001 1 4093 Protocol Mode Basic RX Priority Basic TX Priority Basic Repeater Packet Routing Radio TX Frequency 460 000000 MHz Depends on hardware configuration RX Frequency 460 000000 MHz Depends on hardware configuration RF Output Power 100 mW 200 mW 300 mW 400 mW 500 mW 600 mW 700 mW 800 mW 900 mW 1000 mW Signal Threshold 114 dBm Over the Air Encryption OFF ON Forward Error Correction OFF Half FEC Tw
71. o thirds FEC Channel Spacing 12 50 25 00 kHz Air Speed 9600 19200 28800 38400 bps with 25kHz Channel Spacing 4800 9600 14400 19200 bps with 12 50 kHz Channel Spacing Serial Radio Unit Port NONE Connector Assignment MCU UARTS TO SATBUS Configuration DATA UART TO RADIO D9 RD TD DATA UART TO RADIO D9 RD TD NMS TO D9 DTR DSR DATA UART TO RADIO D9 RD TD NMS TO D9 RTS CTS DATA UART TO RADIO D9 RD TD NMS TO SATBUS MCU UARTS TO SATBUS CAN DTE Port Physical Communication RS 232 with handshaking Mode RS 422 RS 485 FD RS485 without handshaking SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 97 12 Settings selection guide Menu Submenu Value default Data Port Rate 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 57600 bps Settings Data Bits 7 8 bits Parity No Parity Check Even Odd Stop Bits 1 bit 2 bits Serial Data TX Delay 0 0 65535 Flow Control CRC OFF ON Handshaking CTS Line Handshaking RTS Line Handshaking CD Line Pause Length Maximum Number of Accepted Errors Clear To Send TX buffer state RSSI Treshold Always ON Ignored Flow control Reception control RSSI treshold Data on channel Always ON 3 bytes 3 255 0 0 255 Packet Mode Network Topology Point to point Repeater Fast mode Radio Access Retransmissions OFF ON Control Training Sequency Length Full Half Back Off Counter 8 4 6
72. odem 8 3 3 3 Updating To start each firmware update just click on the Select for update link text see Figure 1 as explained in the user manual chapter 8 3 1 3 and follow instructions in chapter 8 3 1 4 Note especially Select only the target device 0 Update is done in two stages transfer and reboot Transfer is quick a minute at most Do not confuse this with file transfer Reboot which can take more than 10 minutes for the CU The actual update is done at this stage While the firmware is being updated about 10 minutes for CU firmware little or no data is being sent or received so this time can be used for transferring another update file to another modem 8 3 3 4 Confirming the update After 10 minutes or so the web interface should reload automatically You can also refresh the page 84 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications manually using your browser hit F5 Note that the modem is unresponsive while the reboot process in underway When the web interface is responding again go to Modem Info and confirm the version number from either the CU or RU category as appropriate You should do this step at once for all modems by going through the browser tabs in order as the last step of the update process If any modem does NOT display the new version number you should Refresh the web page press F5 ifstil
73. of the CU 2 Using the Windows based SATEL NMS PC software through the serial data interface of the RU the USB device port of the CU or TCP IP port 55555 of the CU Check SW availability from SATEL SATELLAR can also be accessed over the air by the methods described above 12 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 1 Introduction to the SATELLAR product family Flexible and expandable SATELLAR concept has been designed to be flexible and expandable both in terms of hardware and software functions Software In the RU the modulation method channel spacing i e air interface data rate and forward error correction can be selected by changing the modem settings by software Also the RF output power can be set Hardware Due to the modular mechanical structure of SATELLAR it is possible to add hardware expansion units The idea is that this could be done as an update after the initial deployment At the moment however the RU does not support the update Schedule for this will be informed later USB host and device connectors offer a possibility to connect commercially available USB devices like Bluetooth and WLAN modules to the modem or e g to show the modem as an external memory device to the PC Ruggedized SATELLAR is constructed of die cast aluminum to withstand the abuse typical to rough industrial envi ronments It operates over a wide temperature range and under severe vibration
74. on button as explained in chapter 5 5 or using the Graphical user interface if present The WWW interface can also be used across the radio link once routes have been set see chapter 6 In this case either of the IP addresses defined can be used both the ethO and tunO addresses work 5 7 1 Login Login Name satellar Password eeeeeeee The first screen of the WWW interface is the login screen The user name is satellar and the default password is Satel123 The password can be changed in settings see chapter 7 1 2 You can also log in using the name admin and default password is Satel456 In this case an additional application called Administration is available see chapter 8 8 5 7 2 Main menu The main menu lists all the applications available in the WWW interface An additional Administration tab is available when logged in with user name admin as explained in chapter 5 7 1 Modem Settings Modem Info Routing Diagnostics Firmware Updater NMS Import Encryption Logs Logout 30 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5 nterfaces 5 7 3 Status area The area immediately below the main menu shows the name of the radio station settable in the General Settings category see chapter 7 1 2 Current status information is also available Voltage Received signal strength RSSI Current system time More status information may be visible depending on the firmware versions ins
75. otocol require packets to be at most a few seconds old therefore buffering them for tens of seconds is not useful Table 7 8 Routing Internet protocol settings iP Address 0 10 10 32 2 19 E Ethernet Current IP Address 192 168 2 1 Change Change i IP Header Compression ON ge Queue Max Packets i 30 Change Change Figure 7 13 Routing IP by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 53 Settings 7 3 3 IP Routes This category allows adding modifying and removing IP routes For examples of typical routes see chapter 6 1 Route 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 32 1 i I M Figure 7 14 Routing IP Routes by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD A short introduction to IP routing The SATELLAR IP radio network consists of Local Area Networks LANs and routers the SATELLAR CUs One of the LANs is the radio network reached through the tunO interface of each SATELLAR This LAN is common to all SATELLARs The other LANs are the Ethernet LANs reached through the ethO interface A router s defined task is to route IP packets between LANs To do this the router needs routing tables which tell it how to reach any other network Therefore each router must have defined routes to all the LANs The task of defining routes is made easier by the concept of default route also known as default gate way All IP pac
76. overheads On relatively low bandwidth networks using header compression results in better response times due to smaller packet sizes A small packet also reduces the probability of packet loss due to bit errors on wireless links resulting in better utilization of the radio spectrum Both end points must agree if they support header compression and on the releated parameters to be negotiated The information carried in the header helps the applications to communicate over large distances connected by multiple links or hops in the network By observing the fields that remain constant or change in specific patterns it is possible either not to send them in each packet or to represent them in a smaller number of bits than would have been required originally This process is described as compression Header compression module is a part of the protocol stack on the devices IP Queue handling When the radio channel is experiencing heavy traffic IP packets cannot always be sent immediately They are placed in a queue waiting for the radio channel to become free See RU user manual for more information Note that the radio queue should not be set to too large val ues because the TCP IP protocol will resend IP packets if it has not received a response in time Too long IP queue will in this case just cause more duplicate packets to be sent to no useful effect Also some real time or near real time applications typically those using the UDP pr
77. p to a minute NOTE If the IP Address has been changed the browser will be automatically redirected to the new address but in case the network address part of the IP address has changed you ll need to modify your computer s IP settings so that it is again in the same LAN as the modem to be able to continue using the WWW interface 5 8 SATEL NMS SATEL NMS is a Network Management System Devices that support SATEL NMS can be configured and monitored using external software provided by SATEL One such program is SATEL NMS PC Contiguration and monitoring can be performed either locally using a cable or remotely via a radio link The SATELLAR Central Unit supports SATEL NMS and provides the following features Connection options Connect via TCP IP Port 55555 Connect via USB Device port when the USB port is in Virtual Serial port mode See chapters 5 2 and 7 1 2 for details Remote connection via radio network is available when the routing settings are correctly defined Most settings available via the User Interfaces of the CU are also accessible using SATEL NMS For this purpose the NMSID Network Management System IDentifier as well as Sub Unit number of each setting is listed in this manual see chapter 7 The NMSIDs are also used by the NMS Import applica tion see chapter 8 5 Note that the NMS Address of the CU is the same as the RMAC Address of the attached Radio Unit See the Radio Unit user manual for
78. peater stations Each of the stations has a unique station address RMAC which is a number freely selectable in the range of 1 4094 The station addresses are used at the radio protocol level when sending messages through the radio path The radio protocol is explained in the RU user manual Each DTE belongs to a LAN on the ethO interface of a SATELLAR To be able to communicate with each other IP routing must be correctly configured in each DTE and each SATELLAR How the station addresses are used for routing the data through the radio path is explained in the RU user manual This is called Packet Routing For the network topology seen on Figure 6 1 the Packet Routes routing table looks like the following Radio unit Next hop neighbor Addresses behind remotes A 2 3 4 5 3 1 2 5 3 1 2 4 D 1 4 5 E 2 4 5 Table 6 1 Packet Routes routing table for Figure 6 1 34 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 6 Data transmission DTEA 192 168 1 100 Default gateway 192 168 1 1 Station A RU 4 CU EthO 192 168 1 1 24 10 10 32 1719 Station address 1 o E amp 7 o Station D RU Station address 2 i 66000000 a Station E RU Station address 3 60000000 o i 860008888 o Station DTE RU 4 CU IP 192 168 4 100 EthO 192 168 4 1 24 Default gateway TunO 10 10 32 4 19 192 1
79. quency are not affected CU settings can be identified by the sub unit number 1 The advantage of this method is that the previous file system version number is not needed you can update any filesystem version over any other 8 3 3 Firmware update over the air This chapter explains how the firmware of devices in an installed running network consisting of SATELLAR 2DS and 20DS devices in Packet routing TCP IP mode can be remotely updated Both SATELLAR CU and RU firmware can be updated using this method The method has the following steps Preparation Transfer of files A Update process Confirmation 80 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications The time taken is dependent on the relatively slow compared to the size of the update packets trans fer speed over radio While comparatively slow the time may still be less than doing the updates by hand i e going to the site physically and doing an USB memory stick update This depends fully on the size and geography of the installed network 8 3 3 1 Preparation steps Before starting the firmware update make sure the following preconditions are fulfilled Step 1 Plan the time needed for the update process You should plan your update process so you know the downtime of the data system beforehand and can proceed with less uncertainty Table 1 lists the time needed for some examples All times are calculated w
80. rce statements 96 11 1 LGPL and GPL software 96 11 2 Written offer for LGPL and GPL source code 96 12 Settings selection guide 97 12 1 Modem Settings 97 12 2 Routing 100 12 3 Administration 101 6 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Important notice All rights to this manual are owned solely by SATEL OY referred to in this user guide as SATEL All rights reserved The copying of this manual without written permission from the owner by printing copying recording or by any other means or the full or partial translation of the manual to any other language including all programming languages using any electrical mechanical magnetic optical manual or other methods or devices is forbidden SATEL reserves the right to change the technical specifications or functions of its products or to discontinue the manufacture of any of its prod ucts or to discontinue the support of any of its products without any written announcement and urges its customers to ensure that the information at their disposal is valid SATEL software and programs are delivered as is The manufacturer does not grant any kind of warranty including guarantees on suitability and applicability to a certain application Under no circumstances is the manufacturer or the devel oper of a program responsible for any possible damages caused by the use of a program The names of the programs as well as all copyrigh
81. rd Timeout 5000 ms NMSLoggerd Interval 3000 ms Reboot CU NMSLoggerd Timeout 5000 ms Reboot NMSLoggerd Retries 2 RU Commslogd State ON SNMPD State OFF USB Host Control ON UI Power Control ON Apply Changes No uncommitted changes Figure 8 2 Services settings view SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 73 8 Applications 8 2 1 SNMP category SNMP category includes the settings related to SNMP usage Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID SNMP RO Community Read only community phrase i e word that for reading 324 values via SNMP In other words when reading something with SNMP this phrase must be used as a community word Maximum length is 255 characters Default RO Community phrase is public SNMP RW Community Read write community phrase i e word that for 3242 writing values via SNMP When writing something with SNMP this phrase must be used as a community word RW community word can be used for reading also Maximum length is 255 characters Default RW Community phrase is private SNMP RW Community IP Read write community IP defines the network space 3243 i e scope of IPs that can use read write options E g 192 168 1 0 means IPs from 192 168 1 0 to 192 168 1 1 255 Default is 0 0 0 0 i e all IPs are allowed SNMP Notification IP IP where the notifications are being sent when such are 3244 available Table 8 3 The settings of SNMP c
82. resh NMS values Reboot CU Routrg Daga bireware Updater NUN import Erncrypton Logs logat SATELLAR Status Voltage 12 1 V 551 120 dB Time 2012 07 10 15 13 41 Serial Mode Por Rate Port Data Sits Party Smp Bas Protwoot Listening Par Sending Pon Sender Target Address Sander Revy Count Sender Remy terval Ligtenar Por Timeout Remote Control Mode Remote Control Port Rate Remote Control Port Apply Changes NO uncommiand changes OFF 115200 bps No Parity Check 154 TCP 2005 2006 10 16 32 1 5 1000 ms H or i 115200 bps 2007 Figure 7 16 Configuration of Serial IP RS 232 via WWW interface 60 Settings SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 4 2 Examples 7 4 2 1 Point to point Example Point to point presents the basic feature and usage of configuration parameters Two user devices DTE A and B are connected to SATELLARs via serial port connection and the SATELLARs are configured to have a radio connection amp kJ a 8860808080 SA00060 User device SATELLAR A SATELLAR B User device DTEA RU CU RU CU DTE B IP 10 10 32 1 TunO IP 10 10 32 2 Figure 7 17 Point to point example SATELLAR A is having TunO IP 10 10 32 1 and SATELLAR B TunO IP 10 10 32 2 can be obtained from screen saver or from Routing IP cat
83. s The protocol also permits active management tasks such as modifying and applying a new configuration through remote modification of these variables An SNMP managed network consists of three key components Managed device Agent software which runs on managed devices Network management system NMS software which runs on the manager Typical radio modem or system monitoring can be RSSI values Voltage or Temperature Setting type configuration consists of IP or radio parameters 2 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications Status of SNMP application is set similarly to other CU applications i e in Services category Attribute Explanation Sub unit NMSID SNMPD State Status of SNMP application is named as SNMPD state 1 3266 Options ON and OFF OFF being the default Table 8 2 The settings of SNMP status Modem Settings Modeminfo Routing Diagnostics Firmware Updater Import Encryption Logs Logout Network Protocol Mode SATELLAR Radio Status Serial Connector Configuration Voltage 12 2 V RSSI 128 dBm Data Port Settings Time 2012 07 10 13 51 48 Serial Data Flow Control Packet Mode Radio Access Control General SSHD State ON Services Commands HTTPD State ON Remote Devices NMSBluetoothd State ON SNMP NMSTopsocketd State ON Time Control NMSLoggerd State ON Linklayer State ON Refresh NMS values NMSGathere
84. s ethO IP address suggestion router 192 168 1 1 RI 1 10 710 32 192 168 1 2 R2 2 10 10 32 2 192 168 2 1 R3 3 10 10 32 3 192 168 3 1 R4 4 10 10 32 4 192 168 4 1 Table 7 12 IP address see Figure 7 15 Now we can define the routing tables with actual addresses Device Target network gateway notes router 0 0 0 0 0 lt WAN IP address or interface gt Default route is to internet 192 168 2 0 24 192 168 1 2 LAN 2 via RI 192 168 3 0 24 192 168 1 2 LAN via RI 192 168 4 0 24 192 168 1 2 LAN 4 via RI RI 0 0 0 0 0 192 169 1 1 Default route is via the router to internet 192 168 2 0 24 10 10 32 2 LAN 2 192 168 3 0 24 10 10 32 3 LAN 3 192 168 4 0 24 10 10 32 4 LAN 4 R2 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 32 1 Default route is via the radio network to R1 R3 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 32 1 Default route is via the radio network to R1 R4 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 32 1 Default route is via the radio network to R1 other 0 0 0 0 0 default gateway of the LAN as We omit the details but in principle each devices in defined above device in LANs 2 3 and 4 will set the the LANs SATELLAR as their default gateway Devices in LAN 1 use router as their default gateway Table 7 13 Routing tables with actual address see Figure 7 15 56 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings To insert these routing tables to the SATELLAR CUs use the Routing Application IP Routes category Note that you also need to change the routing in your o
85. s if 1 3283 Address Time operation mode is set to NTP time NTP Interval Time is refreshed from the NTP server after the interval defined in this 1 3284 settings has passed Default is 100 seconds Please be aware this setting will consume some radio bandwidth if used in remote SATELLARs therefore very small values are not recommended Time Current time given in YYYY MM DD hh mm ss format This setting is only 1 2285 taken into use if Time operation mode is set to Manual time operation Time Zone Select time zone Used in both NTP time and Manual time modes 1 3286 Table 7 5 Modem settings Time control 7 2 Modem Info This application contains information about the radio station These values cannot be changed Figure 7 6 Modem Info by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 46 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 2 1 Status Information about the current general state of the radio station The values on this page may be refreshed by pressing the F5 Key or selecting Refresh from a menu when viewed via the WWW inter face on a standard web browser Item Explanation Sub unit NMSID Temperature Measured inside the RU radio module See RU 0 1 32 user manual for details Voltage Measured by the RU from the voltage input 0 1 33 terminals Precision of the reading is 0 1 Volts but actual measurement accuracy may vary see RU user manual for details
86. se file 3 The importing process result is shown in a text box File imported Importing values Clear state 0 Setting nms id 1 3225 item 1 for 1 0 Clear state 0 Setting nms id 1 769 item 1 for 0 0 Sending save settings for 0 0 Sending init for 0 0 Sending reset to 0 0 Sending save settings for 1 0 Sending init for 1 0 Sending reset to 1 0 DONE Refresh NMS values recommended Refresh Back to file list 4 case of any errors the process stops and an error message is displayed The error message will tell which NMS ID caused the error For example an error message such as this ERROR Value set of 1 769 1 for 0 0 failed means that the NMS ID with the problem was 1 769 and the subunit was O the first number in 0 0 or 1 0 is the subunit If an error happens NO values are saved Fix the error and try again After an import the Refresh button should be used to fully synchronize the actual settings and those displayed by the WWW GUI SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 89 8 Applications 8 6 Encryption The Encryption Application is used to set the encryption keys of the radio protocol of the RU See the RU User Manual for information about encryption You have two choices to input encryption keys The easiest way is to use a password and SATELLAR then automatically generates encryption keys from the password Type your password i
87. se this command when configuring the modem using the WWW or LCD user interfaces Note that despite being called the Reset command the CU is not actually reset Only unsaved settings are cleared Reboot Central Unit Reboot the CU by resetting the MCU 1 3093 The reboot lasts approximately one a minute see technical specification for accurate values Statistical Counters Clear Clears resets to zero all Radio Unit 1 3109 statistical counters Table 7 3 Modem settings Commands Restore Default Factory Settings Radio Do not reset a commands Statistical Counters Clear Do not clear CET a Select Change Figure 7 4 Modem Settings Commands by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD Change 44 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 1 5 Remote Devices This controls how the CU diagnostics service NMSLoggerd handles remote radio stations By default no online remote monitoring is done Setting Explanation Sub unit NMSID Pre cache All Settings of Device N Diagnostics Polling of Device N N equals the RMAC address of the radio 1 3264 station Enable this to have the CU remotely fetch all settings from the remote device This will cause significant radio traffic Not usually recommended N equals the RMAC address of the radio 1 3265 station Enable this to have the CU monitor the diagnostics values of the remot
88. ss RMAC if possible The default gateway for the DTE should be the corresponding CU unless there is another gateway present in the LAN In this case the routing tables of the gateway must be modified accordingly The rules can be clarified with the help of Figure 6 1 Routing example The station A has Station address RMAC 1 gt tunO address is 10 10 32 1 EthO address 192 168 1 1 24 i e subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 Therefore DTE A must have an address 192 168 1 X e g 192 168 1 100 and its default gateway must be 192 168 1 1 36 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 6 Data transmission The station B has Station address RMAC 4 gt tunO address is 10 10 32 4 EthO address must be chosen so that it belongs to a subnet different from station A e g 192 168 4 1 24 Therefore DTE B must have an address 192 168 4 X e g 192 168 4 100 and its default gateway must be 192 168 4 1 The station C has Station address RMAC 5 gt tunO address is 10 10 32 5 EthO address must be chosen so that it belongs to a subnet different from stations A and B e g 192 168 5 1 24 Therefore DTE C must have an address 192 168 5 X e g 192 168 5 100 and its default gateway must be 192 168 5 1 Stations D and E act only as repeaters without a CU and therefore no local Ethernet connection So they have no IP addresses just station addresses 6 1 4 Setting
89. t cmd exe using administrator privileges Then enter the following command e gt route add 10 10 32 0 mask 255 255 255 224 192 168 1 1 Now you can access all SATELLARs by using their radio IP address such as 10 10 32 2 10 10 32 3 2 etc A simpler way is to disconnect the PC from all other networks and set your local SATELLAR unit as the default gateway This way you don t need to use the ROUTE command Step 3 Organize your modems into browser tabs This is a very useful feature in modern web browsers If you put each SATELLAR unit s web interface into a separate web browser tab it is easy to go through the update process This is also helpful if using the staggering method to save time Step 4 Identify the current firmware versions It is possible that your modems have different firmware versions When the CU firmware is updated it is important to know what the current version number is Go to Modem info CU menu See chapter 7 2 3 in the WWW interface of each of the modems and look at file system version NMSID 1 650 For RU firmware the current version is not important If you have different CU firmware versions it can be helpful to record the version on a piece of paper or excel sheet for easy reference while updating or you could check the version every time using the WWW modem info page If you transfer the wrong file to the CU you have just lost 25 minutes or more time because the wrong update file cannot be used to
90. talled SATELLAR Status Voltage 12 0 V RSSI 128 dBm Time 1980 10 08 16 21 53 5 7 4 Categories list Once a Main menu application see chapter 5 7 2 is selected the categories related to that appli cation are listed in the dark grey area on the left The category labels can be clicked to open the category page which contain settings and information related to that category More details about categories can be found beginning from chapter 7 There are also two buttons in the category area M Modem info Routing Refresh NMS Values force reload of settings from the RU and CU settings databases into Mcr disci the WWW User Interface Reboot CU restart the CU Data Port Settings Serial Data Flow Control Packet Mode Radio Access Control General Services Commands Remote Devices SNMP Time Control Refresh NMS values Reboot CU SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 3 5 7 5 Category page 5 nterfaces This area to the right of Categories list shows the contents of the currently selected category It con tains settings or other information TX Frequency 460 0000 MHz RX Frequency 460 0000 MHz RF Output Power 1000mW Signal Threshold 114 dBm Over the Air Encryption OFF Forward Error Correction OFF Y Channel Spacing 25 00kHz Air Speed 19200bps 5 7 6 Changing settings When changing settings in the WWW interface
91. ternative Transfer CU 1 Update CU 1 Transfer CU 2 Update CU 2 Transfer CU 3 Update CU 3 Time Step 2 Make sure there is a connection to all SATELLAR 2DS and 20DS devices You need a working TCP IP connection to all modems This can be confirmed by opening the WWW setup interface of each remote SATELLAR device by writing the IP address of the device in the address bar of your web browser The update is done via the WWW interface of each modem The HTTP protocol used to control the update and transfer the files is running in the SATELLAR radio network For this reason the update can not be done if the Protocol Mode setting in your network is not set to Packet Routing or IP connec tions to all devices do not work for some other reason You can use either the radio IP addresses or the Ethernet IP addresses of the Central Units for ping tests and WWW interface access If you are using a PC which is connected to other LANs or the Internet at the same time as you are connected to the SATELLAR network you need to add a temporary IP route to your PC configuration for the purpose of connecting to the SATELLAR network Assuming your local SATELLAR unit con nected via Ethernet has IP 192 168 1 1 and your PC is 192 168 1 2 and this connection is working you can then use this command in windows to add the temporary route 82 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications First star
92. tes those packets according to its configured IP Routes This behavior makes it look like the hosts on each side of the bridge belong to the same physical network segment Default OFF 38 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 6 Data transmission 6 3 DHCP The CU supports the DHCP Dynamic Host Control Protocol in either Server or Client mode DHCP can also be set to off which is the default setting In client mode the CU attempts to contact a DHCP server in the Ethernet subnet to get the ethO IP address In server mode the CU provides IP addresses to other devices in the Ethernet subnet Typically SATELLAR networks are configured with DHCP OFF because static IP addresses are needed to access remote devices reliably SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 39 Settings Settings The CU has several settings which affect the operation of the IP routing and other things The CU can also be used to change the settings of the RU as well as any other units present There are several interfaces to use when viewing info and changing settings see chapter 5 6 The settings are grouped into categories used in the LCD and WWW GuUls Each setting is also listed with the sub unit number and NMSID for use with NMS Protocol and NMS Import features See chapter 5 8 for information about NMSIDs and chapter 8 5 for information about NMS Import NO
93. that were specified in the query file User level Level 1 is the normal level Sometimes SATEL technical support may request you to export level 5 or 9 settings in case the information is needed to solve a problem Level 5 or 9 settings cannot be changed Sub unit Choose All to export both RU and CU settings Sub unit O exports only RU settings and sub unit 1 exports only CU settings Table 8 7 NMS Export advanced features 8 5 3 The export import file contents The export file is a text file in UNIX format This means that the windows default text editor notepad exe does not correctly split the text into lines instead all text appears on one long line The file should not be edited with an editor which does not support Unix style text We recommend using a better text editor such as Notepad which is freely available on the net The file contains a list of NMSIDs followed by the character and the value assigned to that NMSID There are also comment rows which usually give the name of the following NMSID and pos sibly the list of valid values SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 87 8 Applications Example 1 Address RMAC 0 1 398 1 The first row is a comment identified by the character Everything on comment rows is ignored when importing This comment tells us that the next NMSID is the address The next row begins with a zero followed by a colon chara
94. ther routers to gain full connectivity In case of demonstrating and testing the router is usually your PC Adding routing tables to SATELLAR To add a new route insert the route in the text area and click on the Add New Route button Edit Routes IP Route 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 32 1 IP Route 1 192 168 2 0 24 10 10 32 2 Apply Changes Delete Selected For example to add a route to LAN 192 168 2 0 24 via the radio address 10 10 32 2 insert this Add New Route 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Add New Route To edit existing routes use the Edit routes area 192 168 2 0 24 10 10 32 2 Add New Route To delete a route mark the checkbox and click on the Delete Selected button To change a route change the text and click on the Apply Changes button If you have entered an invalid route SATELLAR will print a red error text and the invalid route is not added Finally remember to click on the Commit Changes button or Cancel applied changes if you made a mistake SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART Il CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 57 Settings 7 4 Serial IP Serial IP is a feature where data coming from serial port is converted to IP packets and set to des ignated IP address Correspondingly the received IP packets are converted and forwarded to serial interface Serial IP configuration handling is divided into two sections for two interfaces RS 232 connection i
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96. uting application allows changing the Packet routing tables IP settings and routes This is similar to Modem Settings SATELLAR RSSI 81 dBm Routing Packet Routing Tables IP IP Routes Serial IP RS 232 Serial IP USB A KSEI 8 citer Y Start Lock device E Select Figure 7 10 Routing by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD 50 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 Settings 7 3 1 Packet Routing Tables This category controls the packet routing tables of the RU The interface is a little different on the GUI LCD and WWW In both cases you can Add new packet routes Delete selected routes Delete remote stations View current routes Add remote stations to a route from a route See RU user manual for more information about Packet Routing Packet Routing Tables Figure 7 11 Packet routing tables by CU Graphical user interface GUI LCD Modor Seton rto harg Updater NMS import Loge Logout SATELLAR Status Voltage 123 V ASS 128 cm New Packet Rouws Neighbor Remotes e T 22 Osta Current roveng tabtes Neighbor Recots Oniy tafected ws ate affected Apo y Charges De ete No oncommitied changes Figure 7 12 Packet routing tables by CU WWW user interface SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 5
97. ve been updated to the new version SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 79 8 Applications 8 3 2 USB Stick during boot CU update method This method is completely different from the Firmware Updater application The files used are not update files instead they are RAW kernel and or file system images The files are placed on a USB Memory Stick and renamed according to the table below The USB stick is then inserted and then SATELLAR is rebooted The update is done automatically during the device boot The progress of the update process is displayed on the LCD screen In case the CU is not equipped with a LCD screen you can follow the process by the STAT LED While the STAT LED is blinking the update is underway Image updated Files needed File name example Rename file Approximate name to duration of update kernel kernel image satel 0 2757 ulmage ulmage 5 minutes signature file satel 0 2757 ulmage sig ulmage sig filesystem filesystem image satel 0 2757 rootfs jffs2 rootts jtts2 10 minutes or more signature file satel 0 2757 rootts jtfs2 rootts jtfs2 sig sig Table 8 5 Update process Note about kernel update using this method After the device has booted it must be restarted again to actually start using the new kernel 2 Note about filesystem update using this method This method removes all files AND settings includ ing IP settings stored in the CU RU settings such as Fre
98. ved on a computer and kept as a backup or edited using a text editor and sent back to the modem The following procedure can be used to export all user settings from a radio station both CU and RU l Go to the NMS Import Application of WWW GUI The page looks like this NMS Export Upload a new query file optional Browse Upload Options User level default 1 Levell Sub unit All Use query file 2 Ignore the query file User level and sub unit selections for now Just click on the Export button SATELLAR now generates the export file 86 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications 3 The new export file appears at the top of the page under Available import files Available import files HOME satellar export nmst Use file Delete Selected 4 Click on satellar export nmst to download the export file to your computer 8 5 2 NMS Export advanced features These optional features are available Option Effect Query file If you wish to export only some specific settings create a text file containing only the NMSIDs one per row and use it as the query file Click Browse to select the file and Upload to send it to the modem Example query file contents 1 398 1 33 1 80 Use query file Mark this checkbox to use the query file that was uploaded The resulting export file will only contain the values of the NMSIDs
99. visible in the list of Available update files when the memory stick is inserted into SATELLAR s USB port and the web page is reloaded Allow a few seconds after inserting the stick before reloading the page 8 3 1 3Starting the firmware update process After a file has been uploaded or a USB memory stick containing the file has been inserted it appears on the list of available update files The following image shows that three update files are available update file eg version 5 3 0 0 on the USB memory stick Another RU update file eg version 5 3 0 2 uploaded to the CU ACU update file containing a filesystem patch eg from version 2667 to 2757 and a kernel image uploaded to the CU Available update files X Location File component from version to version USB rmu 5 3 0 0 update rmu 5 3 0 0 Select for update HOME rmu 5 3 0 2 update rmu 5 3 0 2 Select for update filesystem satel 0 2667 satel 0 2757 HOME 26672757 update A m Select for update Delete Selected When the file is available click Select for update to start the update process using that file see chapter 8 3 1 4 Unneeded files can be deleted from the CU by checking the checkbox in the x column and clicking Delete Selected 78 SATEL OY SATELLAR MANUAL PART II CENTRAL UNIT USER GUIDE V 1 3 8 Applications 8 3 1 4The firmware update process The update process is time consuming but in c

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