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1. changes will ask user for confirmation 35 6 5 3 Edit menu Location Menu bar SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Menu Command Required selected object Description Other locations keyboard shortcuts Copy Text Copy the currently Ctrl c selected text Paste Text input field Paste text to input field Ctrl v Preferences None Open the Preferences dialog 6 5 4 Network menu Location Menu bar Network related commands Modem Connection New network Link Tools Help Ctrl N Change network name A Duplicate network Delete network Add modem using default settings Ctrl M Add modem using hardware Calculate routes Change a radio setting Diff Export Modem List rrr Figure 12 Network menu a he specify general connection settings for the current network Menu Command Required Description Other locations selected keyboard object shortcuts Connection Network Open the Connection dialog to Toolbar SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 New Network System Adds a network to the system Ctrl n Change network Network Rename the selected network Note Network name that Network name is different from Settings View NetworkID NetworkID is used as a password for communication between modems while Network name is used to identity the network for users
2. J Modem 4 A 4 TAs 4 Modem 5 A 5 TAs 5 ey rg Figure 21 Network design view Option Explanation Add modem using Add a new modem to the network copying default settings from default settings the default modem settings view 50 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Add modem using hardware Connect your modem hardware and load all settings trom the modem to the program You should use this to add the first modem to a new network because all the common settings in it are copied to default modem settings and thereafter used for the rest of the modems The To do list will use this same function to add the first modem Large icons small icons selection Select one of two icon sizes for the modems Background button Opens a file selection window which can be used to add a background picture to your network map After an image file has been selected it can be resized using the handle on its lower right corner Clear button Removes the background picture Keep aspect ratio checkbox Controls if the background picture should retain its shape while being resized Names Addresses Ter minal addresses All Select what is shown in the text labels underneath the icons The modem name is shown first A lt number gt means the modem address TAs lt numbers gt means all terminal addresses defined for the modem Show routing tables checkbox Shows or hide
3. Perform some tests by clicking on buttons in the Tests group box See 5 5 7 for explanation of the tests Perform Post deployment operations You can Change a radio setting of the whole network See 6 8 3 6 7 3 Network settings view This view can be reached by clicking on Settings in the tree view immediately below the network root node a SATEL NMS PC o x Routing mode NMS Source Routing Device Model SATELLINE 345 NMS Network ID level File Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help os a J a Open Save system Monitoring Connection Detect Calculate routes Unnamed eile Network name and Connection Monitoring i a se My network Name My network Change network name Settings Connection localhost 55555 COM1 9600 8N1 Connection 2t Design 4 fe 3 Modems NMS Message transfer mode ip a Master Station Onli NMS messages are sent immediately They can collide with DATA Modem 3 nee messages and cause packet loss Modem 4 F Modem 5 Common settings inl CommLog NetworkID SatelNet Change ID Frequency 460 025000 MHz Change frequency Select routing mode Select device model l Level 1 Modem Fw must be Y4 0 13 or later for all modems in network Terminal address length and maximum route count Protocol 32bit Max 100 routes M Protocol Terminal address entry fo
4. OAWNN W WH aABRWN Modem at index O will be changed first then index 1 and so forth until the Master modem is changed last The list is used to order all radio message operations during the process 67 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Broadly speaking the process consists of the following steps 1 Preparation step a Generate a list of all modems ordered from farthest to nearest in repeater steps b Stop DATA traftic Test radio connections to all modems d Determine the NMSIDs and values of all radio settings to be changed e Calculate automatic radio settings restore timeout value and send it to all modems 2 Transmit settings step a Send all new settings to all modems in order see step 1a 3 Activation step a Send InitRadio command to all modems in order see step 1a b Test new settings by sending GetVal to all modems in order see step 1a 4 Save settings step a Save new settings to all modems by sending SaveUserSettings command to all modems in order see step 1a 5 Finished 6 8 3 2 Error handling The algorithm has been carefully designed to minimize the risk of errors and the chance of modems dropping out of the network which would necessitate a visit to the site For example the process automatically stops and removes any changes made if any modem suddenly stops responding However there is always a risk of something going wrong Usually the rewards outweigh the
5. SATEL NMS Contains various data protocol definitions PC and definitions Packet Filter Editor SATELNMS Install directory NMSID All SATELNMS ID contains NMSID AD definitions definitions In some cases this file might need to be updated when modem FW version is updated The version information is available in the Help gt About menu of SATEL NMS PC Note t is recommended not to alter any files manually instead use SATEL NMS PC to load modity and save the files 4 3 Connecting the modems This user guide only addresses connections needed for the NMS system Mounting the modems physically connecting antennas and power supplies are explained in the modem user manual SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 4 3 1 Serial ports and functions There are two serial ports on each SATELLINE 3AS d NMS SATELLINE 3AS d Epic C NMS or SATELLINE 3AS d VHF modem Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 Each of these ports has three possible functions one of which can be active at a time o DATA used for user data transfer o NMS used for NMS protocol o OFF Note that only one of the ports can be a DATA port and one can be an NMS port at the same time so for example having both ports in NMS mode at the same time is not possible The NARS 1F cable allows access to serial port 1 However to access both port 1 and 2 at the same time a two port serial cable for example CRS NMS is needed This cable has one
6. SATELLINE NMS Network Name of the network as defined in NMS PC Setup Note that in a multi network system all network s messages appear in this view Destination modem 3 Address where the message was sent to address received from Destination modem Modem 3 Name of the modem where the message name was sent to received from NMS Message type VALUE Message type One of GETVAL SETVAL VALUE ERROR NMSID 1 111 NMS ID of the diagnostic parameter 1 80 requested received NMS Value 50 Value of the diagnostic parameter or 91 dBm From 2 Timeout if the modem could not be reached Note that this is a RAW value no conversions have been made So Voltage values are 10x larger here than actually Link RSSI values include the signal strength and originating modem address Example lines from a log file Note that tab characters have been replaced by dual spaces here for readability 6 6 2007 1AslTs26 local 6 6 2007 14 17 26 local 6 6 2007 14 17 28 local 6 6 2007 14 17 28 local 6 6 2007 14 17 31 local 6 6 2007 14 17 31 local 6 6 2007 14 17 33 local 6 6 2007 14 17 33 local 6 6 2007 14 17 34 local 6 6 2007 14 17 34 local 105 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 3 Modem 3 SETVAL 1 3086 1 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 3 Modem 3 VALUE 1 55 95 dBm From 1 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 1 Master Station GETVAL 1 80 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 1 Master Station VALUE 1 80 120 host
7. o Serial port opening and closing o NMS message requests and responses o NMS Errors 10 1 7 Comm Log SATEL NMS PC Setup has a log view for communication events and messages Lines from this log can be selected with the mouse and copied using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl C This can be useful if troubleshooting NMS communication issues with SATEL Technical support 107 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 This chapter contains some examples of configuring the settings 11 1 Custom Log File Example Trigger and Action definitions Programs used SATEL NMS PC Setup This example shows how to configure Monitoring settings of a system so that the following functionality is achieved e Diagnosed parameters are e Voltage of each modem e Temperature of each modem e RSSI of each link in both directions An entry will be written in a Custom Log tile when and ONLY when e The Voltage of a modem drops below 12 Volts e The Temperature of a modem rises above 40 degrees Celsius e The RSSI of a Link drops below 105 dBm e An NMS message timeouts The filename of the custom log will be C work NMS_SCADA alarms log 11 1 1 Polling settings These settings are defined in the Polling settings tab 6 9 1 All Diagnostic parameters are checked Other settings are left as they are 11 1 2 Actions One Action Write to Log will be detined This is done first so that the Action may be added straight away to the Trigger
8. 20 9 2012 15 15 28 Y 101 8 H Modem NMSID Value vii Master Station Voltage Floor 5 2V Master Station Temperature Ceiling 29C Master Staton RSSI 91dBm from Modem 2 Yf Master Station RSSI 127dBm from Modem 3 VE Modem 2 Last RSSI 50dBm YE Modem 2 Voltage Floor 12 4V VE Modem 2 Temperature Ceiling 33C YE Modem 2 RSSI 61dBm from Master Station Y Modem 3 Last RSSI NA vE Modem 3 Voltage Floor NA VIE Modem 3 Temperature Ceiling NA YE Modem 3 RSSI NA E Modem 3 RSSI NA YE Modem 4 Last RSSI NA VE Modem 4 Voltage Floor NA vE Modem 4 Temperature Ceiling NA VE Modem 4 RSSI NA 4 53 00 14 57 00 15 0 Figure 42 Trend Graphs view 89 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Options in this view Explanation lt feature not supported yet gt Use All in one Time scale Choose the time span to be shown The selection equals the length of the X axis on the graph Choose Fit All to show all available data Start date Select first visible date on the X axis of the graph Note that if Autoscroll is selected this and Start time are disabled greyed and the first visible data point depends on the Time scale and current date time Select first visible time on the X axis of the graph See comments regarding Start date above labels newest data points as they arrive with the comparison of graph values Graph Legend One row is d
9. See 8 3 4 for hardware compatibility settings if you are having problems 8 2 4 Command line use Serial server can be used directly by opening a terminal connection to its command port default 55555 We recommend using putty exe Configure the connection as a RAW connection no telnet control codes or SSH By writing help and pressing enter you can get a list of commands and instructions 8 3 Server views 8 3 1 Server Log This view Figure 45 Serial server log tab shows information about the server It shows incoming TCP IP commands from NMS Client SW NMS PC Setup and Monitoring NMS Messages sent to and received from the Serial ports and miscellaneous server messages 8 3 2 Serial port list This view shows the current status of all known serial ports in the PC i H SATEL Serial Server 2 0 17 eo eas Communication Settings Additional Settings IP Port Description Figure 49 Serial port list view 98 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Column Explanation Port Serial port name number Status Open A client has opened the port and is using it Open_x0 No client is using the port but Serial server is keeping it open because the KeepOpen feature is in use See 7 3 3 Open_x2 or more Several NMS PC client programs are sharing the port InUse The port is in use by a program or serial server itself if update has not been
10. above If Generate default return routes is selected a static return route is created and stored in the Substation modems therefore allowing responses to be sent to the master even after the substation has reset before a radio message from the master is received The tradeoff is that whenever network routes are adjusted substation modems need to be synchronized Normally only the Master needs to be synchronized when routes change Protocol Here you can select the protocol your system uses for data transfer Click Select Protocol to open a dialog which allows you to select the suitable protocol If your protocol does not appear in the list you can use the Packet Filter editor see chapter 9 to create one Click Launch Filter Editor to access the Packet Filter editor SW NOTE This is very advanced configuration Please contact SATEL if you have any questions Redundancy If this Primary Network Leave this setting as none unless you are defining a secondary is a secondary redundant network as explained in 6 2 4 network select the primary network Over the air data Click on Encryption to set encryption ON or OFF Click Keys to open the encryption encryption key window see 6 8 4 Settings common to See 6 7 3 1 below all modems in the network SATELLINE 3AS NMS modem family only SATELLAR RU only 6 7 3 1 Settings common to all modems in the network This group box controls settings which are common to all m
11. define your own packet filters to use with your program SATEL technical support also can help in defining filters for your needs 103 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 SATEL NMS PC programs will write some log files Some of the programs also contain logs which are not written to disk but can be viewed in the program window and copied to the clipboard The user can also cause SATEL NMS PC Monitoring to write custom log files during monitoring by defining certain triggers and actions see 6 9 3 1 Adding or editing an Action Whenever a program adds a new log line to the log file on disk the program will do so according to the following procedure 1 open the file 2 write into it 3 close it This makes it possible to import data into other programs in almost real time from the log file because the log file is not reserved for exclusive use by the program Any reading program must also take care to open the file for shared read only access so as not to prevent the writing 10 1 Log types SATEL NMS PC Monitoring will write a log file to the location defined in monitoring settings of SATEL NMS PC Setup The log file is a Tab separated file There is one log entry per line One log file per day will be generated The log files are named in the following format satelnmsyyyymmdd log where yyyy is the year mm is the month and dd is the current day Example satelnms20081229 log File name Location Form
12. fresh the value is i e how much time has passed since the value was last received Value The actual value including conversion 7 5 5 Alarms tab This is a list of new and old alarms When alarms happen they will be listed in the new alarms area When Move to Old Alarms is clicked the alarms are moved to old alarms and the alarm indicator will turn green This way you can acknowledge the alarms and still retain a list of alarms that have occurred earlier Click Clear to remove old alarms permanently from this view The alarm log file will not be affected 92 20 9 2012 15 52 41 20 9 2012 15 52 46 20 9 2012 14 52 11 20 9 2012 14 52 19 20 9 2012 14 52 27 20 9 2012 14 52 37 20 9 2012 14 52 45 20 9 2012 14 52 59 20 9 2012 14 53 13 20 9 2012 14 53 25 20 9 2012 14 53 39 20 9 2012 14 53 53 20 9 2012 14 54 09 SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network wWhHDDADAWUNWWW SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Figure 45 Alarms tab 7 5 6 Triggers This is a list of triggers that have been activated Click Clear to remove old trigger activation records permanently from this view The trigger log file will not be affected File Monitoring
13. is again received the trigger triggers again Similar to drops below but for values that are higher than the threshold drops below raises above link breaks If a modem does not respond this trigger triggers once and will not trigger again until the modem has responded once and then fails to respond again link ok If a modem did not respond to a message and then responds to another message this trigger triggers Threshold A number the received value is compared to determine if the Trigger matches NMSID The trigger is only compared to received values with the same NMSID as in the Trigger definition Click the Select button to select the NMSID NOTE A Trigger will never match if the same NMSID does not exist in the Poll List Because in that case the value is never received from the network Applies to Which modems the trigger applies to It is usual to select all modems in the system but in some cases it may be useful to match a trigger only to values received from a specific network or modem For example it may be permissible for some substations to reach temperatures of 40 degrees but important repeaters and master modems must remain at 35 degrees or below Note these are arbitrary numbers used as an example only In these cases specific triggers may be defined for each different case This trigger causes an alarm when triggered This setting causes an alarm in SATEL NMS
14. 15 pin connector connected to the modem and two 9 pin connectors which are labeled 1 and 2 corresponding to port 1 and port 2 of the modem By default the connector labeled 2 is used for NMS See the modem manual for information on how to change the function of the ports SATELLAR RU modems have one D9 connector There are two possible hardware variants with either RS 232 or RS 485 support The D9 can support two serial ports if the hardware is RS 232 The RS 485 variant cannot be used as a Master Modem if simultaneous DATA and NMS functionality is needed this is usually the case A two port serial cable for SATELLAR RU RS 232 D9 is available from SATEL SATELLAR RU can also be set to accept NMS commands on the normal D9 serial port by using the function button as explained in the SATELLAR user manual This is usetul for initial setup using SATEL NMS PC 4 3 2 Connections during network setup During initial network setup SATEL NMS PC needs a NMS PROTOCOL connection to all modems to synchronize their settings There are two useful ways to connect the modems during initial network setup 1 Full operation connection 2 Programming mode setup connection or SATELLAR RU function button mode 2 See Table 1 NMS Port Connection methods for details Connection Full operation Substation data Programming NMS demo NMS demo methods connection connection mode connection master substation connection connection Purp
15. 55555 COM5 Test Net 2 Modem 2 GETVAL 1 80 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 2 Modem 2 VALUE 1 80 121 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 3 Modem 3 GETVAL 1 80 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 3 Modem 3 VALUE 1 80 122 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 1 Master Station GETVAL 1 83 host 55555 COM5 Test Net 1 Master Station VALUE 1 83 29 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 10 1 2 Monitoring trigger log SATEL NMS PC Monitoring writes a line into this log whenever a trigger matches The log file is created when the first line of the day is written i e there will never be an emply log file The log file contains one event per line The line contains Timestamp example 6 6 2007 14 10 53 followed by Trigger name and Description The values are NOT tab separated Examples 29 10 2008 15 48 13 Trigger Modem 2 Voltage Floor 1 80 is less than 12 Causes Alarm 29 10 2008 15 48 55 link breaks Modem 2 15 4095 link breaks Causes Alarm 10 1 3 Monitoring alarm log SATEL NMS PC Monitoring writes a line into this log whenever an alarm is caused by a trigger The log file is created when the first line of the day is written i e there will never be an empty log file The log file contains one event per line The line contains the following columns e Timestamp example 6 6 2007 14 10 53 e Network Name example Test Net e Modem address example 3 e Modem name example Modem 3 e NMSID example 1 83 e NMSID Name example Voltage e Value examp
16. Columns may be selected from the View button menu Settings may be sorted by clicking the column headers Settings may be edited by clicking in the Value column Green settings may be edited yellow settings are read only If red settings appear you need to update your NMS PC software to a newer version When you edit values either a selection list opens or you may type in the new value In case of typing press the Enter key to finish editing otherwise the change is canceled Changed settings are shown in Bold Commands Reset modem button sends the reset command to the modem All unsaved changes are lost Restore factory settings will return the modem settings back to factory defaults Using this command may cause the modem to stop responding to radio messages until it is re added to the network and synchronized using the serial cable More Commands Select a command from the Command selection list then select argument usually Yes or True and finally click Send Command The Command selection list depends on the modem model but always contains at least the Save user settings command which can be used to save the settings previously sent to the modem using Send selected so that they are permanently stored in the modem s non volatile memory Flash or EEPROM depending on modem model 6 7 7 CommLog view This view shows NMS message trattic to and from the modems of this network Only SATEL NMS PC Setup
17. Each row defines the chain of modems through which a certain RTU may be reached The modems are identified by Modem Address The RTU is identified by a Terminal Address The modem address chain is sent along within the radio frame so each modem repeater along the way knows where to send it next When a response is sent by the RTU the chain is reversed and the process is repeated in inverse 20 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 This behaviour means that routing information is only stored in the master modem Therefore it easy to add modems to and change routes of a network even after deployment To generate routing tables the terminal addresses of RTUs must be given to SATEL NMS PC This is done by adding Terminal Addresses to each substation radio modem s settings one address per connected RTU SATEL NMS PC uses this information to generate routing tables which are stored in the master modem Note that routing tables are needed for NMS traffic to work too This means that even a demo network without any data traffic needs routing tables 5 2 1 2 Protocols Packet filters and Terminal addresses To successfully route a data packet to the correct substation the master modem must determine the Terminal Address of the packet This is accomplished using Packet Filters A Packet Filter is a firmware routine running in the Master modem which looks at the data packet and finds the address field in the data The P
18. Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network SATELLINE NMS Network See chapter 10 1 for more information about the log 91 He phHhHAHDHADALDA m NN HPWWWWWHWWHWHWWWNWHNWWNWWNwWwwo Timeout Timeout Timeout Timeout Timeout 1 3086 1 55 1 2 91dBm 62 dBm From 1 1 3086 1 55 1 Timeout 1 Timeout 1 Timeout i Timeout 2 Timeout 4 4 4 Timeout 4 Timeout 4 3 127 dBm SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 7 5 4 Status tab Show latest status of all NMS diagnostic values being polled from the modems Each row shows the status of one unique variable a SATELLINE NMS Network SATEL N File Monitoring on Offline mode Link Map Trend Graphs Log Status Alarms Triggers Actions Network Modem NMSID NMS Name Age Value SATELLINE N Master Statior 1 80 Voltage Floor 0 07 28 5 2V SATELLINE N Master Statior 1 83 Temperature Ceiling 0 05 30 29C SATELLINE N Master Statior 1 55 RSSI 0 03 32 91dBm from Modem 2 SATELLINE N Master Statior 1 55 RSSI 0 03 25 127dBm from Modem 3 SATELLINE N Modem 2 1 111 Last RSSI 0 00 47 62dBm Figure 44 Monitoring Status View Network Name of the network this diagnostic value and modem belong to Name of the modem NMSID S O NMSNoame O NMS ID NMSID of the diagnostic value NMS Name Name of the diagnostic value Age How
19. PC Monitoring when the Trigger matches The alarm is shown in the alarms view of Monitoring a red message is displayed in the window and an alarm log is written into the directory specified in 6 9 3 Additional Actions Select all Actions that should be executed when the Trigger matches NOTE This list is empty until some Actions have been defined in the Actions tab of Monitoring Settings OK button Save the changes and close window CANCEL button Discard changes and close window 6 9 3 Action Settings tab Actions allow NMS PC Monitoring to respond to events or changes detected by starting an external program or writing a custom log file useful to export monitoring events to other programs Similar to Triggers Actions may be Added Removed Edited and Duplicated in this view using the buttons 79 Action settings are defined in the Action settings tab Figure 37 Polling settings Trigger settings Action settings Actions When a trigger matches an action can be performed Define the possible actions below Action log file prefix Alarm log file prefix No con Alarm log WriteT oF ile actions alarms Action list Add Remove I Duplicate Edit Name Type Description SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Figure 37 Action settings view UI Element Purpose Action log file prefix This text is appended to the log file names Current date i
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21. Protocol by clicking Select Protocol v Ensure the NMS Message transfer mode in OFFLINE at first Change it to ONLINE once your data traffic is running d Click Choose settings for Master Station i Change name if you wish ii Select TX Power iii NO Terminal addresses are needed for the Master station iv Choose serial port settings e Click Add a new modem f Click Choose settings for Modem 2 i Change name if you wish ii Select TX Power iii Define one or more terminal addresses unless this is a Repeater with no connected terminals There must be at least one terminal at the end of each repeater chain Use dummy terminal addresses if you don t have any real ones if this is demo network for example iv Choose serial port settings g Click Add link to Master Station i Draw a link to the other modem h Click Calculate Routes 23 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 i Do not Synchronize yet i Click Name the System j Click Save the system k Click Synchronize Master Station i Wait while master station modem is synchronized Click Synchronize Modem 2 i Since the modem connected is the master station the program will display the Unknown modem address dialog ii Connect your second modem to the serial port observing the proper connection procedure in 4 3 2 1 and click OK iii The program will display the Serial number of the modem and asks if you wish to associate the modem Click Ye
22. SATEL NMS PC Setup Create a new network in SATEL NMS PC Setup KR WO N Follow the To do list in the lower left hand corner of the program window 29 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 a The To do list consists of task buttons which you click in order and the program then asks you to input certain data and settings related to each task to create your network b Finally the system file is saved to disk and the modem settings are synchronized one modem at a time 5 Test your network s radio connections in your lab 6 Deploy your network 6 2 2 Adding a radio modem substation or repeater to an existing network Software required SATEL NMS PC Setup Go to Design View and click New Modem Then follow the To do list to finalize settings Add necessary links to from the new modem Add a terminal address Select serial port settings Click Calculate Routes Synchronize the Master and the new modem Finally test the new modem before deploying 6 2 3 Replacing a deployed broken radio modem with a spare Software required SATEL NMS PC Setup You need to have access to the saxd file for the system which the broken modem is part of Load the saxd file Then connect the spare modem to your PC and go to the Modem View of the broken radio modem Click Replace Modem and follow the instructions Once the spare modem has been synchronized test it Finally go to your site to remove the broken modem and install the spare
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24. This way SATEL NMS PC can show the correct features in this and other screens for the desired model Network ID Level indicates the version of Network ID encoding Level O is the default In Modem SATELLINE 3AS NMS models FW 4 0 13 or later improved encoding level lis available Always use Level 1 if it is available on all modems of the network SATELLAR RU does not need this setting improved mode is automatically on in all versions This feature is supported on SATELLINE 3AS NMS family with new Hardware and FW V4 0 13 34 or later Up to 200 source routes and modems per network are supported but maximum terminal address length is limited to 2 bytes 16 bits To enable select 16bit Max 200 routes from the selection box 32bits is the default Only the Master modem needs to support this feature for it to work Other limitations may also apply Return routes is a new feature supported in SATELLINE 3AS NMS radio modem family with FW versions 4 0 13 32 or later A return route is normally automatically created in a Substation modem s RAM when it receives a data message from the SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Master modem Any responses from the serial port RTU are sent back to the Master using the return route If the radio modem resets before the response is sent it is lost as the return route is erased from RAM The default setting is Do not generate default return routes and it works as explained
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26. connections but uses the Custom connections if they have been defined otherwise uses the network s connection NMS Ping Network Send several NMS messages Network info view to a single modem to test Ctrl l the radio link quality Reports RSSI and elapsed time 40 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Launch Filter Starts the external program Network Settings View Editor SATEL Filter Editor exe See chapter 9 for more information 6 5 8 Help menu Menu Command Required Description Other locations selected keyboard shortcuts object About None Display program version and loaded SATELNMS ID file version information 6 6 Toolbar The toolbar contains some essential commands These commands also appear in the menus F g Open Save system Monitoring Connection Detect Calculate routes Figure 15 Toolbar Some commands appear grayed out inactive if they cannot be executed at the moment Refer to the table below for explanation Toolbar Active if Description Command Open Always Open an existing sax or saxd file Save System There are unsaved changes Save the system to the saxd file Monitoring A Network has been created Open the Monitoring settings view Connection A Network has been selected Open the Connection dialog to change the connection settings of the selected netwo
27. for the program It is also written into a file See chapter 8 Path to the log files is shown at the bottom of the window 20120920 15 46 21 928 20120920 15 46 24 928 20120920 15 46 35 525 20120920 15 46 38 525 20120920 15 46 49 120 20120920 15 46 52 120 20120920 15 47 02 715 20120920 15 47 05 716 20120920 15 47 16 311 20120920 15 47 19 311 20120920 15 47 19 633 From 2 20120920 15 47 22 633 20120920 15 47 23 313 20120920 15 47 26 314 20120920 15 47 26 636 From 3 20120920 15 47 29 636 20120920 15 47 35 240 20120920 15 47 38 240 20120920 15 47 43 843 20120920 15 47 46 844 20120920 15 47 52 446 20120920 15 47 55 447 20120920 15 48 01 049 20120920 15 48 04 049 20120920 15 48 09 653 20120920 15 48 12 653 20120920 15 48 18 257 20120920 15 48 21 257 20120920 15 48 26 860 20120920 15 48 29 860 20120920 15 48 35 472 20120920 15 48 38 472 20120920 15 48 44 074 20120920 15 48 47 075 20120920 15 48 52 677 Tiig 15 48 55 678 SATELLINE NMS Network SATEL NM localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1
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29. measured by ModemName Applicable only with the RSSI NMS Parameter otherwise this will be an empty string bd OK Cancel Alt 11
30. modem 6 2 4 Setting up a redundant master modem Software required SATEL NMS PC Setup Purpose Configure settings so that NMS Monitoring is able to cope with a radio modem network where the master station is redundant i e there are two master radio modems one of which is the primary device while the other is a backup Your own system e g SCADA is responsible for powering up the secondary modem in case the primary modem stops responding for some reason SATEL NMS PC Monitoring has a connection to both modems and will use whichever is currently powered up to monitor the radio modem network What to do First set up a network with one of the master modems Then when everything works duplicate your network using the Duplicate Network command found in the Network menu and use Replace Modem on the master modem in this new duplicate network replacing it with the backup hardware Also go to Network settings view and in the Primary Network selection box select the original network Also use different COM port for each Now Monitoring can use the backup master if the primary master stops responding and vice versa 30 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Note that all the substation radio modems appear in both networks If there are changes to the substation modems these changes need to be duplicated in both networks Strictly speaking this is not a problem unless modems are added removed or replaced Best course of acti
31. the terminal addresses defined in the Modem View If you change either of these click Calculate Routes again Routing tables are saved to the master modem when it is synchronized 27 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 5 3 6 Transmitting Settings to the Modems All changes to the network so far have only affected the settings within SATEL NMS PC Now the settings are to be transmitted to the modems To accomplish this each modem in turn is connected to the PC and their settings are then uploaded from the PC into the modem 2 Click Synchronize 3 If SATEL NMS PC has not connected to that modem before it shows the Unknown modem address dialog See 6 8 2 In this case connect your modem and click OK Go to the modem s Modem settings view 4 Wait while the modem is synchronized Repeat the above sequence for each modem If at any time you are not sure of which modem is connected to SATEL NMS click the Detect button 5 3 7 Testing the network First connect the Master modem to the PC and click Detect This ensures the Master modem is connected For further testing a Ping test is provided in the Tools menu Enter number of messages to send and target address SATEL NMS PC will send RSSI requests to the modem address and measure the time it takes the modem to answer There are also other tests in the Tools menu and SATEL NMS PC Monitoring may also be used to test the network 28 S
32. timeouts Setting this to a lower number can cause No Response problems in Monitoring 101 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Keep COM pors open Keeps serial ports open for some time instead of closing and hardware compatibility opening them in between of all NMS messages setting Some serial port hardware require this to be enabled others require it to be disabled Most work either way Default is Enabled Time to keep port open This value is in seconds Default is 15 IT is usually not needed to edit this value Maximum server log size How many lines of Server Log to keep in RAM If set too large updating the Server Log View takes significant CPU resources It is recommended to keep this below 5000 Apply and Save settings Save and start using the settings you have entered Settings are saved into the Windows registry HKEY CURRENT USER Software Satel SATELSerialServer 0 Please do not modify them manually there are no hidden settings 102 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 9 SATEL PACKET FILTER EDITOR This tool program is used to define packet filters settings used by Master Modems in NMS Routing mode networks to extract addresses from outgoing data packets for use in routing There are several protocols already supported as well as some general purpose and example packet filters included with SATEL NMS PC In case these are insufficient to your needs you may
33. traffic is shown here other programs have their own message logs The log text can be selected using Ctrl A and copied to the clipboard using Ctrl C In case you are contacting SATEL for help with communication problems the log text could be helpful 61 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 8 Windows and dialogs 6 8 1 Connection settings window This window is shown when SATEL NMS PC Setup requires you to define the communication settings to reach a Modem s NMS Protocol Port Connect using A serial port on this machine A serial port on another machine on the internet running SATEL Serial Server Direct connection to a TCP IP port IP Address IP Port localhost 55555 Default 55555 Serial Port Settings COMS3 9600 8N1 Change port settings Serial ports available in the system Serial Server default settings Use Serial Detect serial ports Server to modify these Click on a row to use the port settings in Setup Port Status Settings RAW IP Port Description COM13 unknown 8N1 COMS unknown 8N1 ICOM4 unknown 8N1 COME unknown 8N1 COM unknown 8N1 COM8 unknown 8N1 COM unknown 8N1 gm Detected modem serial number 075104892 Name Master Station Figure 26 The Connection settings window showing Port settings tab When this window is shown usually the best way to proceed is to click Detect available COM ports select a port form the list and click Test connect
34. 18 User Manual Version 2 5 usually not useful as such and need to be edited Edit button Edit the selected poll item Opens the Edit poll item window 6 9 1 5 Edit poll message window Poll message type GETVAL normal values SETVAL ex Link RSSI NMSID Voltage Floor Network e B Edit poll message Advanced dim SATELLINE NMS Network Modem Modem 3 Comm Port localhost 55555 COM9 9600 8N1 Timeout Figure 34 Edit poll message window This allows advanced configuration of each poll message UI Element Purpose Poll message type Choose SETVAL for RSSI GETVAL for the rest including Last RSSI Message value For RSSI this must be the address of a modem in the network which is linked to the destination modem NMSID Shows the name of the current NMSID Select button Opens a window to choose the NMSID to monitor Network Which network to monitor Modem Which modem to monitor Comm Port The connection to use Timeout Custom timeout for this message 76 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 9 2 Trigger Settings tab A Trigger specities a condition which if it exists in the network will cause an Action to be executed and or an alarm to be activated inside SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Every NMS message response received from the modem network will be compared against all the defined
35. 2 was without power which caused the No response entries in the log The Voltage was kept below 12 Volts for both modems which caused the Voltage Low entries The radio connection was poor No antennas amp low TX power which caused the RSSI Low entries in the log Voltage Low Master Station Voltage Floor 09 3 53 43 0197 20071030 No response Modem 2 Voltage Floor No response 3 53 55 0041 20071030 No response Modem 2 Temperature Ceiling No response 13 54 09 0432 20071030 RSSI Low Master Station RSSI 109 dBm From 2 13 54 19 0088 20071030 No response Modem 2 RSSI No Response 3 54 23 0822 20071030 Voltage Low Master Station Voltage Floor 10 3 54 29 0463 20071030 No response Modem 2 Voltage Floor No response 3 54 34 0197 20071030 No response Modem 2 Temperature Ceiling No response 13 54 48 0572 20071030 RSSI Low Master Station RSSI 109 dBm From 2 13 54 58 0213 20071030 No response Modem 2 RSSI No Response 3 55 02 0948 20071030 Voltage Low Master Station Voltage Floor 09 3 55 08 0604 20071030 No response Modem 2 Voltage Floor No response 325591320338 20071030 No response Modem 2 Temperature Ceiling No response 13 55 27 0713 20071030 RSSI Low Master Station RSSI 109 dBm From 2 13 55 37 0370 20071030 Voltage Low Master Station Voltage Floor 10 3 55 42 0698 20071030 Voltage Low Modem 2 Voltage Floor 107 3 55 47 0448 20071030 RSSI Low Master Station RSSI 109 dBm From 2 1335575320354 20071030 109 SATEL N
36. 4 43 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 54 55 No con trigger Modem 4is not responding Causes Alarm Figure 46 Triggers tab 93 7 5 7 Actions SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 This is a list of actions that have been pertormed by SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Click Clear to remove old action records permanently from this view The action log file will not be affected 7 6 Troubleshooting During monitoring the following problems might appear View Symptom Possible cause Solution Log One remote The modem address is Open the sax file in NMS PC Setup and try to modem always incorrect in monitoring ping the modem If the modem responds the responds with settings problem is in monitoring settings Go to the an ERROR No Monitoring settings view and click Update Response then save system and restart monitoring Received Modem settings are Try to ping modem as above If no response is incorrect received the modem s settings are incorrect Click Calculate routes and then synchronize the modem Try to ping the modem to see it works before starting monitoring No power or antenna Check the cables and power supply Log One or more Radio interference There might be radio interference on the remote modems frequency Try another frequency if legally sometimes possible Try increasing TX power and or respond ERROR enabling FEC No
37. ATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 SATEL NMS PC SETUP This chapter explains how to use SATEL NMS PC Setup At the beginning of the chapter you will find an overview of the program features and a list of common tasks Towards the end of the chapter all the commands views and windows of the program are explained 6 1 Overview SATEL NMS PC Setup is a network administrator s tool and it allows the user to o Set up a radio modem network initially o Draw the network using modem icons and link arrows o Automatically determine radio modem settings for each modem of the network o Upload settings to each radio modem individually o Runa series of tests on a radio modem network o Change radio modem settings remotely using the radio connection o Add radio modems into the network o Replace radio modem hardware o Configure monitoring settings for SATEL NMS PC Monitoring o Save and load radio modem system files o Export a device list 6 2 Common tasks This subchapter lists some common tasks and how to perform them Refer to later sub chapters for explanation of the different windows views commands etc of the program 6 2 1 Creating a new network Software required SATEL NMS PC Setup Setting up a network of SATEL NMS capable modems using SATEL NMS PC Setup is relatively easy Broadly speaking the process consists of the following steps 1 Acquire at least two radio modems and necessary cabling Install and start
38. Additional settings tab There are some additional settings in the Additional settings tab of the Connection settings window UI element Explanation This is the same setting that appears also on Network settings view If you are defining a custom connection this is a separate setting o Offline Send messages immediately o Online Wait for user data See 3 2 4 2for more information NMS Message sending mode Offline mode NMS Time in milliseconds after which a non responding connection is closed This applies both to SATEL Serial Server and Direct IP port connections message Timeout g If you get Timeout or No Response errors try increasing this value In online mode the time a message takes to travel to and return from a substation depending on the total user polling cycle duration The online Online mode NMS mode timeout should be set to at least the user polling cycle duration message Timeout plus time between polling cycles If you see many No response messages especially during monitoring try increasing this value See also 5 9 If the serial port server requires a password one may be configured here o Trigger is a text such as a password prompt which SATEL NMS PC programs expect from the connection before they send the password o Password is the password required to open a connection to the port This setting may only be used with the Direct connection to a TCP IP port connection method on th
39. Duplicate Network Network Creates a new network in the system and copies all settings modems and links from this network to it Useful as backup and when defining redundant networks Delete Network Network Removes the selected network from the system Add modem using Network Adds a new modem to the network Ctrl M default settings and copies settings from the Default Network design modem settings to it view Add modem using Network Ask the user to connect modem Network design hardware hardware and adds the connected view modem to the network Calculate routes Network with Check to see if network settings are Toolbar changed valid and generate routing tables for routing the master modem settings Change a radio Network Opens a window which can be used setting to change radio settings of a deployed network easily and safely See 6 8 3 for details Diff Network with Shows all differences between the modems modem settings of all the modems in the network Export Modem List Network with Generates a text listing of modem modems names addresses serial numbers and terminals addresses which can be copied to external programs such as Excel 37 6 5 5 Modem menu SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Location Menu bar Modem related commands Link Tools Help Add link Delete incoming links Duplicate Change name Set as master Copy to defaults Delete modem Replace modem Modem p
40. H ReqID DA56H D TTL 250 FType IMMEDIATE ID 1 La 20 9 2012 16 07 22 COM13 Got NMS Packet ACK OK SAddr 0001H DAddr 0001H RegID DA57H D TTL 251 FType IMMEDIATE Copy to dipboard Copy all to clipboard Clear Figure 48 Serial server log tab Note that usually serial server does not need to be configured or accessed in any way The NMS Client programs automatically start Serial Server in the same PC and communicate with it Only if you wish to define default serial port settings and or change the serial server preferences do you need to open serial server 8 2 2 Using serial ports of another computer If the serial ports and the NMS programs are located in different PC s the Serial Server must be installed into the PC having the ports and the programs in the other PC can communicate with it over TCP IP and use the serial ports In this case the serial server must be started manually or from the Startup folder of Windows for example See 8 3 3 for more information 97 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 8 2 3 Troubleshooting serial port problems Some problems with serial port hardware can cause the serial ports to get stuck unable to be opened or become unresponsive Some serial port hardware or drivers cannot tolerate the port being opened or closed quickly For this reason Serial Server by default keeps the ports open for 15 seconds rather than open and close them in quick succession
41. IDs Access level 1 e Maintenance Shows access level 5 NMSIDs e Factory Shows access level 9 NMSIDs Note that only level 1 settings may be changed Categories Sort settings into categories such as Radio settings and Port settings If this is disabled all settings appear as a single list Columns available e Name Name of the setting e ID NMSID of the setting e Value Current value If Bold it has been changed e Type Data type of the setting e Updated When was it last received from the modem e RW Is it readable and or writable Write only settings are commands e Previous value The value before it was changed Get selected button You may select a setting by clicking on its Name By holding down SHIFT or CTRL you may select multiple values Click this button to load all selected settings from the modem Send selected button Click this to send all selected settings to the modem They usually take effect immediately Some settings may require an Init Radio or Reset command before they take effect See modem manual for details Note that the settings must be Saved to modem non volatile memory to become permanent This can be achieved by using the Save user settings command If they have not been saved they are lost when the modem is reset Note that Synchronize saves settings automatically 60 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Settings grid The Grid shows the settings
42. Ko S E LOG TY LE A EE E A TET 104 OAL Monitorning ROMO 22242 roria Seth ces ai EaR UEI EE ER h aaa 105 1O k2 MOUMS MAG tigger IGG kc carancesotvecset arn aE EEE AN R RANE RR A aaa 106 10 1 3 Monitorng alarm logres teieni RE eC E RAEE EEA RAA ASE R er el Cee 106 HOSA Monitormgadion log osreneienin nai aan a E A A TER 106 lOS CagSpOn SEIS late ec tants ce ateal ni la tate ca A E ERR E E kes E ERR 107 OS TSG SSSI ES CPV OG eis tcc en n oat E etd aah Oeclee inde T Meat eet cds ede Saleh 107 Oe VAE EST a POG EE ae sene abet tuted nein set antes valbate tar wits dateadeate sf 107 11 EXAMPLES sicvcctescacsveivcsieedesuscuwsssiueesdesticavsdvuceausdsseteunssoucenodescacavsdeasuasseveacawss 108 11 1 Custom Log File Example Trigger and Action definitions 108 EAI SRI TASER Gl Sicre roerei cep n i EEEE A ORKE EALA AEA A i 108 Vil T2 AON Sa e a e E ER O E EEA A E ENE RERE Aa 108 Abeba Tigger setings a ai ainda a iaaii a dee 109 TENA fExamplelogifil e ensena ea aaa AE A ARE ON TEA R Sa 109 NESS NOTES aE a AENA NO AE AT A we cence E IAA EAE 110 11 2 Send email example Action DefinitionsS seosesosssssesssesssosscoseoseesseeoo 110 a S E E E AE 110 112 2 Action seting IO SSN email men iia lt eaten etl EEEE ERARE 110 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 1 INTRODUCTION SATEL NMS PC is a software package designed by SATEL Oy to assist in the configuration monitoring and diagnostics of radio modem networks consi
43. MS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 11 1 5 Notes The tab character should be used as a delimiter in the custom log file since the NMS values may contain other characters typically used as separators such as commas and semicolons The NumValue variable can contain numbers the minus sign and or the decimal point 47 11 2 Send email example Action Definitions This chapter shows example action settings which can be used to send email messages NOTE The email sending functionality is not included in SATEL NMS PC An external email sending application must be used In this example a program called sendemail exe is used SATEL is not affiliated with the maker of this program in any way and does not offer user support for the program beyond this document 11 2 1 Preparation Define the network and polling and trigger settings similarly to the previous chapter 11 2 2 Action setting to send email Install an email sending program such as the sendemail program http caspian dotconf net menu Softtware SendEmail or Blat http www blat net Test the program using the windows shell Start gt Run gt cmd exe first When you know which command line options are needed to send email in your environment you are ready to define the Action Go to Monitoring gt Action settings tab see 6 9 3 Click Add Select the Execute a command Tab and fill in the fields Command is the full name including path t
44. Monitoring on Offline mode Link Map Trend Graphs Log Status Alarms Triggers Actions SATELLINE NMS Network v Large Icons Modem 2 12 4V 33C 50dBm Figure 39 NMS PC Monitoring Main window 85 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 area Main menu Most commands appear in the menu See chapter Menu commands Some of the commands are also usable from the various views Alarm indicator If there are defined alarm conditions See chapter Alarms in the system and the Monitoring is ON the Alarm indicator will turn bright red color in case an alarm happens You can click on the Alarm indicator to show the alarms View area This area shows the currently selected For information about the views view see chapter Monitoring views 7 4 Menu commands Here are listed all the menu commands available in SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Monitoring off Open Load logs Exit Figure 40 Monitoring Menus 7 4 1 File Menu Location Menu bar Contains commands for manipulating files Menu Command Description Open Open a system sax or saxd file Load logs Load old logs Main log file type to display the diagnostic data contained in the log Use this to access older monitoring data which have been removed from the RAM memory of NMS PC Monitoring This menu is only available when monitoring is OFF Exit Stops monitoring and closes the program L
45. NK Protocol The SATEL I LINK protocol is an ASCII protocol i e it uses human readable characters in the protocol packets To use SATEL NMS with I LINK as the DATA protocol remember to select the I LINK protocol in the Main Network View The slave address is input in decimal format 26 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 ADDRESS 12 4 81632 ap 0 ie sia a Figure 6 Link address switches The address set using the dipswitches of the I LINK 100 I O Converter must be converted to a decimal number For example if dipswitches 64 16 and 1 are selected the address is 64 16 1 81 in decimal format See the I LINK manual for details about the address format Terminal address of modem Modem 3 Protocol l Link Input as Decimal Address length 2 bytes Value 1 Address in packet Addr4 ddr3 Addr2 Addr 0x30 0 0x31 1 Format ASCII hexadecimal Figure 7 Terminal address input window For example Address 1 will appear as Addr2 0x30 0 and Addrl 0x31 1 because character O equals 30H and character 1 equals 31H in the ASCII character coding system 5 3 5 Generating Routing Tables Click the Calculate Routes button in the toolbar or in the To do list A message box will appear to inform you what settings were automatically changed The Routing tables of the Master modem are generated based on the links drawn between modems and on
46. Network connection settings window Available COM ports list Cancel changes Lose all your changes in this view and load the last saved settings Apply and Save settings Save and start using the settings you have entered Settings are saved into the Windows registry HKEY CURRENT USER Software Satel SATELSerialServer 1 0 Please do not modity them manually there are no hidden settings 8 3 4 Additional Settings This view controls the settings of Serial Server JY SATEL Serial Server 2 0 1 So Server Log Serial port list Communication Settings Additional Settings F Detailed server logs v Automatic port status detection Timeout ms 10000 V Keep COM ports open hardware compatibility setting Time to keep port open seconds 15 Maximum Server Log size lines in memory 2000 Cancel changes Apply and Save settings Figure 51 Additional Settings view Explanation Shows more text in Server Log view Additional log items are mostly hexadecimal dumps of the NMS protocol Automatic port status Automatically tries to open serial ports to see if they are detection available Some serial ports and or drivers crash when this option is on If you are having problems disable it Timeout ms Timeout of NMS Messages in milliseconds Leave this as a very large number default 10000 or 10 seconds as the client programs handle
47. Response Received Message collisions If your own DATA system is running and you are sending NMS messages monitoring is on in the OFFLINE mode message will collide sometimes How often depends on the polling interval of your system and the monitoring Switch monitoring to use ONLINE mode to remove collisions OR make polling interval s longer to lessen the amount of collisions Log All modems in a ONLINE mode with no ONLINE mode depends on user data to reach network except the master modem always respond ERROR No Response Received user data traffic the modems Since the master is directly connected using a cable it responds Either start the user data trattic or go to NMS PC Setup Monitoring settings and switch to OFFLINE mode 94 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 contigured correctly Log All modems ina No connection to Check cables and or connection settings Use network always master modem the Local modem status test in NMS PC respond ERROR Setup to make sure your cable master No Response connection is working Then go to Monitoring Received settings click Update and save the system Then restart monitoring Serial server is not Serial server s IP port setting default 55555 must be the same that appears in the Log example localhost 55555 COM1 If bitrates and serial port settings other than 9600 8N1 are used they mus
48. S SATEL SATEL NMS PC USER MANUAL ae NMS PC Version 2 0 18 M Ver 2 5 ser Manual Version SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ces sscsinccccticcacesecccesendessiatcansduecansccsecaecueacsesssisbansansdantaussacswacsess 1 1 INTRODUCTION sseesseesseeseessesosesosessocssossecosesoseoseoosoossossesoseossessesssessesoseoo 5 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS eessoseesssssssesssosessssessssssosesssssesssssosesssssessossesssseo 6 3 NMS FUNDAMENTALS jiiiccisccs cicssseicesinsssawssndnisaciecsscndsesecdedenseosstbvietsncencsesedene 7 3 1 General NMS conceptS sscsesscosecsosscssoccesessessesseseessoscesesseosessessessossesssseo 7 3 1 1 Performance managemen esi miiiniecnisririei iian i EEA AA EA OEE i a 7 Slee Config ration ONCE SINE asime enera aaiae AE AEAEE NSS 7 Sale Favltmandgement maeri minii ona ar tec tec EAA EAT O E A E a 8 3 2 SATELNMS orcs siscsvesswncccsssticsesevnscaneesinesssieneededeseasuvsdpuecusensiheassivnscnndestacsenneucs 8 3 2 1 CH Of i i hacen tte Nast ns E A eE N E OTEA EE O EE AAS AE 8 FAA COmpOneni Sieen e A E ET A E E E Waddle 9 SPEE S 0e EEE A E EA E E S 9 IZA INMSPOTOCON i ehar A A A A E E AE E 10 4 GETTING STARTED wicssescdess ioncccccces densi cccesscensscessucccsescosseescundocseavenesscessconsesess 12 4 1 Quick SUCHEN sa soesiccsceceveascscmcesissiaescensa seevssincade sedsaesieslecsaacueuasaeesossasededsdsasseenwanaciaas 12 4 1 1 Next SIS
49. TY IF THEY ARE USED IN ANY OF THE APPLICATIONS MENTIONED Salo FINLAND 2013 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 3 NMS FUNDAMENTALS This chapter gives basic knowledge about NMS in general and SATEL NMS in particular 3 1 General NMS concepts NMS stands for Network Management System Network management is typically defined as follows Network management is the execution of the set of functions required for controlling planning allocating deploying coordinating and monitoring the resources of a network Network management can be further divided into five conceptual areas The ISO Network Management Model o Performance management o Configuration management o Accounting management o Fault management o Security management Of these areas Security and Accounting management are used to control user accounts of the managed devices which is irrelevant in the case of SATELLINE radio modems The other three areas however are relevant to radio modems and are discussed below 3 1 1 Performance management The goal of performance management is to measure network performance and make available settings and controls so that performance can be maintained at an acceptable level Performance management involves three main steps o Performance data is gathered o Data is analyzed to determine baseline normal operation levels o Appropriate performance thresholds are determined for each variable so that exceedi
50. Triggers If a Trigger matches the response the Action or Actions specified in the Trigger are executed and an optional Alarm is displayed The trigger settings tab shows defined triggers and allows adding removing and editing triggers Poling settings Trigger settings Action settings Triggers When a response to a poll message arrives from a modem it is compared to the trigger list If a trigger matches the response an action can be performed Trigger log file prefix triggers Trigger list Add Remove jl Duplicate Edit l Move Up Move Dowr Name NMSID Target Condition Threshold Actions Voltage Trigger Voltage Floor is less than 12 Modem 2 RSS low none Master Station in SatelNet is less than 105 Figure 35 Trigger settings view UI Element Purpose Trigger log file prefix This text is appended to the log file names Current date is also added to the file name A trigger log is automatically written into the log file directory Add Shows the Edit trigger window and if the user clicks OK the new trigger is added to the list Remove Removes the currently selected trigger from the list Duplicate Makes a copy of the currently selected trigger and adds it to the list Edit Opens the Edit trigger window allowing the user to change the currently selected trigger Move Up Move Down Change the order of the triggers in the list 77 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User M
51. Windows standard line feed will be added automatically The text may consist of any text and or any number of the variables defined below Command Available variables The executable file which will be called when the action is run Full path is recommended though depending on the setting of the environment variable PATH might not be needed These variable names may be used on the Line other fields see above The variable will be replaced by the appropriate value when the action is performed Variable Description Examples t Tab Character n Additional Newline windows style linefeed ModemName Name of the modem Master Station NetworkName Name of the network SCADA Demo Net NmsID ID of the NMS parameter 1 86 NmsName Name of the NMS parameter Voltage Temperature Ceiling NmsValue Value of the NMS parameter 28 NumValue Numeric value Including the minus sign if the value is negative and a decimal point and an appropriate number of decimals if applicable 12 10 2 105 LogTime Time part of the time when the action was run hh mm ss msec 82 13 55 59 0354 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Date part of the time yyyymmdd Name of the trigger which executed this action Human readable description of the trigger including most of the other parameters Act
52. a aa EA E AE OE EA AE N eels ast nad eh ed Sa 35 A e a A e a E A OET 36 Network meneen eirinen ETERA AAE AAE E A E E A 36 Mod m MENU enano a a a i E A a a 38 HNK MENUA Ses Be atte oot i 8 R O A EA RA E A E ENR 39 ToclsmeNUrse eag E A RE E AA ee 40 Rel ment eree a e r E A E E A A E E RT 4 Toolbar scicescctaisetss cccnesedsaudentesacenscnendacebencdneastansaestescausseetbacedss cdanesausandsnsenass 41 SETUP VIEWS eoccswasecteed sates dectnccvecactanenenuaediandtaseccdacdendsesazacsuesaanddcaadasewoacassevses 42 Empty System VIEW manaa tue ahead ne cate e dacs E earns Lads ATE eal 42 NeiWwork ino VIEW Act cis nae a a a a arena draws E ee ere 44 Network settings Wie Wa sstent te cent ct ath teal se ate clk toa tan scan se act cM neil 45 ETOP desidi Vie Wonnie drt arch an seer om n dna oarh a acai cih oh bede E E 50 Modemi MISH vie Wers nsr eein ii e a EE E E E shuttle inns titedetaelcae eda 52 Modemi setings Vie Wak esane ka ede o a a E a T eae a ae 54 COIN log VEW o a Ta a A T A A AE dene ta tein 6 Windows and diGlogsississsisisessiscsccesiccconscanssecsnuccasesecencsntheseeesvesswessestcetsocess 62 Connectionsetings WINKOW inca cGy osean cheeky E oat act O A LATE 62 Unknown modem address Ciclo Grscccnccstedonciecaeduceornwte don virahenciioatcce renal 65 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 8 3 Qver the air radio settings change Window is 2 2 2 nce idee ed atbiavddededtd oniteewevass 66 GGA Encryption keys WINdOW issnin
53. acket Filter routine has settings to support different data protocols Selecting a Protocol in SATEL NMS PC affects the Packet Filters settings of the master modem Repeater modems do not need to be configured with terminal addresses but may have them in case RTU s are used at the repeater stations 5 3 Essential network information checklist The following table lists information needed while designing a network General system How many networks will your system consists of Each Master or Base topology station you have will become the Master Station of one Network Each network has exactly one Master Modem Network ID A string of 8 characters Select a unique ID for each network in the system The modems only accept radio messages sent by modems that have a matching Network ID This prevents data from neighbouring networks operating on the same frequency from getting mixed up with each other s traffic Note that usually neighbouring networks should have different frequencies Network ID is an additional safety precaution Frequency You will usually need to apply for a private frequency from the local authorities Make a note of this frequency and input it into SATEL NMS PC 21 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Network data Which data protocol is your network using MODBUS IEC 60870 ANSI protocol or SATEL I Link for example SATEL NMS PC Setup needs to know the protocol so that correct Packet Filt
54. ame of the NMS parameter SNmsValue Value of the NMS parameter SNumValue Numeric value of a NMS Parameter SLogTime Time part of the time when the action was run hh mm ss nnn n msecs SLogDate Date part of the time eg 20080112 yyyymmdd SDashedDate Date with dashes eg 2008 01 12 yyyy mm dd TriggerName Name of the trigger TriggerDescription Human readable description of the trigger SActionName Name of the action ActionDescription Human readable description of the action SUnit V for Volts C fo rCelsius dBm etc as applicable OtherModem The modem which originated the transmission whose signal strength was measured by SModemNames Applicable only with the RSSI NMS Parameter otherwise this will be an empty string Figure 38 Action definition window 81 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 UI Element Action name This is a freely chosen string describing the Action Tabs Execute a Select the action type by selecting the appropriate tab command and Write to file Tab Description Execute a command A command executed line command is Write to file file A text string will be written into a The full name including path of the file where the log line is written The file will be opened written into and then closed immediately Line to insert into The text that will be written into the file A
55. anual Version 2 5 6 9 2 1 Editing a Trigger When Add or Edit button in the Trigger settings tab is clicked the Trigger editing window appears e ar E E Applies to All modems in the system All modems in the specified network C A specified modem Network SATELLINE NMS Network Modem Master Station Additional actions V This trigger causes an alarm when triggered F No con Alarm log Figure 36 Trigger editing window UI Element Purpose Name This is a freely chosen text which is used to name the trigger Trigger type This setting specities what kind of comparison is made when the trigger is compared to a value received from the network Setting Description not responding The Trigger matches if an NMS query sent to the network does not receive a response NMSID and Threshold are ignored in this case is less than The Trigger matches if a received NMS Parameter has the same NMSID as this trigger AND the NMS value is less than the specified threshold is greater than The Trigger matches if a received NMS Parameter 78 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 has the same NMSID as this trigger AND the NMS value is greater than the specified threshold Same as is less than but only triggers once not every time a value is received If a value higher than threshold is received and then a lower value
56. anual for details Network ID This is the same as Network ID Level above Level DSP FEC Forward Error Correction FEC can give better sensitivity with Mode a little longer communication delays See modem manual for details Over the air Encryption ON OFF To set encryption keys see Over the air encryption data encryption in 6 7 3 1 and 6 8 4 Selected See SATELLAR manual for more info channel width Selected Air See SATELLAR manual for more info Speed Multiplier Training See SATELLAR manual for more info sequence length SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 7 4 Network design view You can open this view by clicking on Design in the System tree view or Network info view This view is used to design your network You can add modems and radio links and addresses and routing tables Modems are represented by icons which can be moved You can select multiple modems at the same time by dragging a selection box around them This is useful for creating multiple links at the same time or moving many modems simultaneously Routing Tables of Master Station Names Addresses Terminal addresses All V Show routing tables V Keep aspect ratio changed o 5 0003 0005 a 4 0003 0004 Master ii i l Add modem using default settings Add modem using hardware Large icons Background l Clear A n Modem 3 A mT
57. arncensiaanid Eteen oie REER EEAS NAK 22 Adding modems to an existing NetWork gt cactceee Macecd Gee Adasen Ree WaceN oniaeedes 24 Defining Terminal ACAeSSeScc cc cates nceacarsecisvatden Ghee tobucctatonemenrdereaencaboneeteorenates 25 Proteco exampl IWIN Protocols ssac acces t aac dcndeticis cles c ceii eih 26 G nerating Routing Tables serenua eat e i R E AR E E ERE 27 Transmitting Settings to the Modems sssssssssssssssesssesesesesereresererererernrererererere et 28 TESTING TC AISIWONK se a I E E E E e A O 28 SATEL NMS PC SETUP sicccsesscccscncseccsccssanscatcdedsesieriacessnsduasessteueieacasnesddasenccdes 29 Overview esssseesseeccsceesoeecceceesseecoececsceesoececcceecsecoccceesseecseceesseccseceesseesseceessee 29 Common tasSkS esosseesesosseeoososseesososeeesossesooooseeeoososeeeooosseeeoosoeeososseeesessseee 29 Creating anew network aoe aeoea EE EEE E A E EE E E E a TT 29 Adding a radio modem substation or repeater to an existing network 06 30 Replacing a deployed broken radio modem with a SPAre eceeeeseeeeceeeeeeeeeeeenes 30 Setting up a redundant mastermodentc artc sincedytaGianntndraise ny tyes 30 Main windoW esssseesesoseeeseooseeeooooseoeoossecooooeeecooooeeeeooooeeooooseeeooooseeesoososeeeoo 31 Kee e VISE E TA T 32 Menu Commands ssssseessooseeesososeoecosseeoosoeeeeooooseeeoosseeoososseeoososeeeooooseeeoo 33 Context MENU eors e ea ie a a e aa ea aa a enda 33 FEMEI ase
58. at Description Application satelnmsyyyymmad log Default Program Tab separated Monitoring traffic SATEL NMS PC Install directory log ae Monitoring triggersyyyymmdd log OR Lines of text Monitoring trigger SATEL NMS PC log Monitoring Monitoring Log file actionsyyyymmdd log directory if set Lines of text Monitoring action SATEL NMS PC log Monitoring alarms yyyymmdd log Tab separated Monitoring alarm SATEL NMS PC log Monitoring Custom Any directory Custom Custom user log SATEL NMS PC Monitoring None In Serial Server Lines of text Serial server log SATEL Serial Server None In NMS PC Setup Lines of text Comm Log SATEL NMS PC 104 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Setup 10 1 1 Monitoring traffic log SATEL NMS PC Monitoring writes all sent and received NMS messages into this log file The log file is created when the first line of the day is written i e there will never be an empty log file Log file columns separated by tab characters Value Example s Description Timestamp 20120920 15 33 35 917 Time when the message was sent or received Format is YYYYMMDD hh mm ss msec Connection settings localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 Connection used to send receive the string message Format is lt ip address gt lt ip port gt lt serial port gt lt bps gt lt databits parity stopbits gt Network name
59. at routing tables can be generated Use Add to add a terminal address Select a terminal address in the list and click Edit or double click it to edit the terminal address Select a terminal address and click Remove to remove it NOTE Making changes to terminal addresses require Calculate routes and synchronizing the Master modem to become effective The broadcast route is an advanced feature used in some data protocols please contact SATEL for more information Serial port functions You can select which port is the DATA port and which is the NMS Diagnostics port Note that SATEL NMS PC Setup contacts the modem using the NMS port unless the modem is in Programming prog mode or behind a radio link This means if you change these settings and attempt to synchronize while not in prog mode synchronize will refuse to 56 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 change the settings since if they were changed synchronization would fail due to communication being lost Sync your modem in programming mode if you wish to change these settings See chapter 4 3 for more information Data port settings These settings affect the selected DATA port If Port 1 function is DATA these affect port 1 If Port 2 function is DATA these affect Port 2 See the Advanced tab for settings of both ports if necessary See your radio modem manual for details about serial port settings These settings mu
60. become SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 fl unreachable after the process completes Additional notes about the process e First a connection test will be made so if a modem is unreachable the process will stop safely The same applies during the process e NOTE It is recommended to always change the whole network If you disable a modem it will drop out of the network until it is either manually changed to the new setting by visiting on site or the whole network is changed back to original settings e f you have long repeater chains and disable one repeater in the chain you should manually disable also the modems behind it or the process will fail This will also cause the whole branch to drop out of the network 6 8 3 1 Background When critical radio settings are changed radio contact will be lost to farthest modems along the repeater chain until all modems have been changed Therefore radio settings must be changed starting from the remotest modems and working up the repeater chain towards the master which will be changed last In Figure 30 Example network with repeaters there are six modems Modems S2 and S3 are farthest from the master M therefore they appear first in the list See the table below for an example of a modem list for this network dst ey i pases ONF M A R h A R J a SZ Figure 30 Example network with repeaters Modem distance 3 S2 S R2 RI index
61. ble in the lower part of the view A typical configuration is to select all parameters in the Diagnostic parameters box In the example configuration Modem Temperature and Voltage parameters are monitored UI Element Purpose Diagnostic parameters Box Select which parameters you wish to monitor typically all e Voltage is the input voltage of the radio modem e Temperature is the highest temperature value measured inside the RF board during transmit e Last RSSI is the measured Signal Strength of the incoming message which contains the NMS poll message asking for the RSSI e RSSI is link RSSI measurement in both directions of each link RSSI values are stored in modems and NMS Monitoring asks for each value separately e Combined diagnostic values is a single NMSID which contains Last RSSI Noise Level Voltage Temperature and Transmit power measurement It is recommended to use this combined ID together with RSSI to get the most effective Monitoring setup possible In large networks more than 30 modems RSSI should be omitted Update Button Updates the poll list Click this if you have added or removed modems or changed the connections settings Delay between poll cycles When all items in the list have been polled once the polling is paused for this many seconds Delay between each poll message A new poll message is sent this many seconds after a response is received to the last messag
62. by step instructions for designing a network using SATELLINE 3AS d NMS modems 1 Connect a modem using a serial cable as explained in 4 3 Start the SATEL NMS PC Setup program Click New Network The To do list appears Click all the To do list items in order You can also skip some steps if you want to do them in a different order The program will ask you to input all needed settings See 6 4 for more about the To do list Aa U N a Click Name the network and input a name for your network b Click Add the first modem The program will ask you to configure communication settings Click OK The Communication settings window appears 22 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 i Click Detect available COM ports ii Select your COM port by clicking on it on the Available COM ports list iii Click Test Connection If your modem is detected its serial number will appear beside the Test Connection button Otherwise a Timeout or error is reported Check your cable and port settings on both the modem and PC If the modem is in Prog mode it s port settings are always 9600 8 N 1 iv Once your modem responds when you click test connection close the window by clicking OK v Wait while settings are loaded c Click Choose network settings i If the Frequency is incorrect input the correct frequency by clicking Chance ii Input your Network ID by clicking Change ID iii Set FEC on or off iv Select the
63. ceded by a backslash character Notes Further information on how the keys are saved to modems Checksum A short checksum four bytes which can be read from modems to check if they have the same keys OK Button When OK Button is clicked the keys are saved to all modems change list They will be taken into use after each modem is Synchronized 69 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 9 Monitoring Settings view Monitoring settings are selected using SATEL NMS PC Setup but the monitoring is performed by SATEL NMS PC Monitoring The settings are saved into the saxd file which is loaded by Monitoring The settings consist of general settings the Poll List Trigger settings and Action settings NMS PC Monitoring will send NMS messages to the radios according to the poll list and react to the responses according to the Trigger and Action definitions The Monitoring Settings View Figure 32 Monitoring settings view is used to define alll monitoring settings including the custom log file settings patches SATELLAR RU 10W and 1 File Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help fl F 3 g Open Save system Monitoring Calcul ___Unnamed system Monitoring E D dhdf Polling settings Trigger settings Action settings amp Settings 5t Design 4 fed Modems Diagnostic parameters Delay between poll cycles seconds og Master Station VI RSSI 1 z 3 Modem 2 F Voltage Flo
64. clicked Available Port is not in use by any program unknown Automatic port status detection See7 3 3 is off and Update has not been clicked the port s status is unknown BPS If status begins with Open shows the port speed which Serial Server is using for that port If Status is anything else shows the default port speed that will be used if the port is opened without the opening software specifying a speed This can happen for example if a direct TCP IP connection is opened See 7 3 3 Settings Anything said about the BPS column and status also applies to this column Shows the other settings of the serial port The first number is the number of data bits 7 or 8 The second character is the parity settings N o parity E ven parity O dd parity M ark or S pace The third character is the number of stop bits 0 1 or 2 IP Port Usually O This means no direct IP port has been mapped to this serial port Other numbers indicate that a direct IP port HAS been mapped See 7 3 3 Description If a description has been given for the port it is shown here See 7 3 3 99 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 8 3 3 Communication Settings This view allows you to contigure the TCP IP ports the Serial Server is listening at and define default serial port settings CEEE ooo U E Server Log Serial port list Communication Settings additional Settings I IP port for interactive co
65. commended Main log file prefix The log file names start with this text Current date is also added to the log file name Append prefix to all log files Check this to use the prefix with all log files in addition to the main log file 6 9 1 3 Graph length and memory usage These settings control trend graph data displayed in NMS PC Monitoring UI Element Purpose Graph data points to keep in memory This number controls how many data points is kept in RAM memory while Monitoring is running This value is per graph or line in the poll list When the graph has this many data points and a new one is added oldest data are removed from memory Data remain in the log files even though they are removed from RAM SATEL NMS PC Setup gives you an estimate of the amount of RAM needed when you set this number The estimate is just an estimate and can be off by 50 or more 6 9 1 4 Poll List This group box shows the poll list and allows advanced configuration not usually necessary UI Element Purpose Allow advanced If unselected use easy polling settings If selected easy polling configuration Checkbox settings become disabled and advanced controls below are enabled Add Button Add an item to the poll list Remove Button Remove the selected item from the poll list Duplicate Button Duplicates the selected poll item Note that duplicates are 75 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0
66. cording 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 products 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 saleability and guarantees pertaining to applicability to a certain application Under no circumstances is the manufacturer or the developer of a program responsible for any possible damages caused by the use of a program The names of the programs as well as all copyrights relating to the programs are the sole property of SATEL Any transter licensing to a third party leasing renting transportation copying editing translating modifying into another programming language or reverse engineering for any intent is forbidden without the written consent of SATEL SATEL PRODUCTS HAVE NOT BEEN DESIGNED INTENDED NOR INSPECTED TO BE USED IN ANY LIFE SUPPORT RELATED DEVICE OR SYSTEM RELATED FUNCTION NOR AS A PART OF ANY OTHER CRITICAL SYSTEM AND ARE GRANTED NO FUNCTIONAL WARRAN
67. definitions Use the Action settings tab 6 9 3 Click Add and use the following values Action name Write to Log File name c work NMS_ SCADA alarms log 108 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 TriggerName t ModemName t NmsName t NmsValue t Lo glime t LogDate The line that will be written to the log consists of the following variables separated by ASCII tab characters TriggerName ModemName NmsName NmsValue LogTime LogDate A linefeed Windows style is automatically added after every line written into the log Line to insert The line could also have included any text additional linefeeds and or multiples of the same variable 11 1 3 Trigger settings Four triggers will be detined This is done in the Trigger settings tab 6 9 2 Click Add and select the correct values according to the following table Then Click OK and repeat for the next Trigger Name Type Threshold NMSID ae Cet Actions to Alarm Voltage Low lessthan 12 Voltage Floor RSSI Low less than 105 RSSI All Temperature greater 40 Temperature Madane ISS Write to High than Ceiling Log NMS msg in system No response 0 timeouts 11 1 4 Example log file To create this example the settings defined in chapter 7 were loaded into SATEL NMS PC Monitoring and the network was allowed to run for a few minutes At first modem
68. distance between the PC and the master modem In this case additional hardware is usually needed to act as a bridge between the internet and the master modem Usually a serial port server is used Note that most port server hardware available come with virtual serial port drivers which can be installed on the PC You may wish to use a virtual COM port instead of an IP port connection in 18 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 this case If you decide to use virtual COM ports the connections from SATEL NMS PC programs are defined as usual with normal COM ports see above in this chapter SATELLAR CU can also be used to as a TCP IP access point for NMS messages In this case normal TCP IP radio traffic is not available the network is configured using SATEL NMS PC and only the Master modem needs a CU SATELLAR 2DS The role of the CU is simply to route NMS messages to the SATELLAR RU network SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 5 DESIGNING RADIO SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS You should already have a general design ready for your network when starting to use SATEL NMS PC SATEL NMS PC can be used to automatically calculate the routing and other settings of radio networks but it cannot calculate link budgets or performance requirements of data traffic 5 1 General notes about networks in SATEL NMS PC In SATEL NMS PC a system may contain one or more networks The distinction between systems and networks has be
69. dress window Figure 5 which appears when the Add button is clicked 25 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Input Terminal Address Protocol Offset 0 Len 2 Input as Decimal Address length 2 bytes Value 2 Address in packet Addr4 Addr3 Addr2 Addr 0x00 0x02 Format Byte format Figure 5 Input Terminal Address window The green yellow red bar located on top indicates if the address you are typing is legal for the selected protocol filter The format of the number you are inputting Decimal Hexadecimal or ASCII depends on the selected protocol The length of the address depends on the protocol that is in use The maximum length supported by SATEL NMS is four bytes If a protocol has a four byte address then In decimal mode values from O to 4294967295 are accepted In hexadecimal mode values range from O to FFFFFFFF In ASCII mode from one to four characters are accepted In all cases the value is displayed in Hexadecimal format in the Address in packet box Addr Addr2 etc refer to the packet filter address bytes This information can be useful when defining custom protocol filters using Filter Editor You must take care to input the address of the equipment that will be actually connected to the modem in question once the network is deployed A terminal address may be changed by double clicking on it in the list in Modem View 5 3 4 Protocol example I LI
70. e NMS Monitoring Message send mode Controls how NMS messages are sent to the network by SATEL NMS PC Monitoring and the master modem e Offline Messages are sent immediately But the Delay settings do apply e Online Messages wait in the Master Modem s outgoing message buffer until a DATA message going to the same address is being sent The message is attached to the data message e Anycast Requires modem firmware version 4 0 14 0 or later Messages wait in the Master Modem s outgoing message buffer until any DATA message going to any modem of the network is being sent The NMS message s DADDR is set to the same value as the data message s DADDR and it is attached to the data message 73 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Note It is strongly recommended to use Anycast to monitor a deployed network during data traffic operation if your firmware is new enough This will significantly reduce the delays of monitoring 74 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 9 1 2 Log files These settings control log files written by NMS PC Monitoring UI Element Purpose Log file directory Currently set directory for log files Set log directory button This log file directory setting affects the directory where the default SATEL NMS PC Monitoring log files are stored Change the log file location to a writable folder The installation directory is not re
71. e main tab Host requires a password 64 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Port settings Additional settings NMS Message sending mode only affects Setup Offline Send immediately Online Send with user data Offline mode NMS message Timeout ms 3000 S Online mode NMS message Timeout ms 9000 E Host requires a password Password options Trigger Detected modem serial number 075104892 Name Master Station Figure 27 Connection settings window Additional settings tab 6 8 2 Unknown modem address dialog This is shown when you attempt to synchronize a modem for the first time but the connected modem is already associated with another modem in SATEL NMS PC Setup For example you have just synchronized your master modem and then click the Synchronize button of another modem but the master modem is still connected The modem hardware s serial number and address are unknown You should connect the modem hardware and click OK to continue If you need to connect to the modem remotely radio connection and know it s address dick the Set Address button Figure 28 Unknown modem address dialog 65 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 o Recommended Connect the other modem and click OK o Alternative If you wish to connect to the modem using radio and know its modem address click Set Address o Click Cancel to abor
72. ections Figure 3 Programming mode connection 4 3 3 Connections in a deployed system One of the modems in a deployed system is the Master Modem of the system The other modems are substations including repeaters The Master Modem is special since SATEL NMS PC software connects to the rest of the modems through it using the radio channel This is called remote or Over The Air OTA operation One serial port typically port 1 is configured as the DATA port and the other as the NMS por which is connected to the PC SATEL NMS PC will connect to this serial port to send and receive NMS PROTOCOL messages from the master modem and all the substations A substation modem in a deployed network only needs a serial connection to the data terminal equipment since all NMS commands are sent and received through the radio OTA See Figure 4 The NMS port is not used in these modems only the DATA port needs to be connected to the user equipment 16 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 MASTER SUBSTATION MODEM Figure 4 Serial connections in a deployed NMS network 4 3 4 Other connection types In some cases the port configuration may need to be changed so that port 1 is used for NMS and port 2 for DATA One such case is if the data port is in RS 485 mode RS 485 is only supported on port 2 of SATELLINE 3AS d NMS therefore data must go on port 2 and NMS on port When a two port CRS_NMS cable is n
73. em until it is synchronized The text changed indicates that the routing tables have not been uploaded yet You may make changes to the routing table by deleting and creating links Since routing tables are only stored in the Master Modem substations and repeaters are completely unaffected by changes to the links This makes it easy to try alternate routes if for example link quality is not good enough along some routes 6 7 5 Modem list view Clicking Modems in the System tree view opens the Modem list This list shows all the modems of the network as a list as well as some of their key properties You can select modems on this list and perform menu commands on them 52 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 H amp SATEL NMS PC Setup 2 0 17 fea File Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help eS A Peres gi Connection Detect Calculate routes Open Save system Monitoring NMS System 7 EE Name Model Serial Connection Role Incoming Links Outgoing Links Monitoring 4 Se SATELLINE NMS Netwd Master Station 3 amp SNMS 075104892 localhost 55555 COM9 9600 8N1 Master Stati Modem 2 Modem 3 Settings Modem 2 3A5 NMS unknown localhost 55555 COM3 9600 8N1 Substation Master Station Modem 3 345 NMS unknown localhost 55555 COM9 9600 8N1 Substation Master Station Modem 4 Modem 4 3A5 NMS unknown localhost 55555 COM9 9600 8N1 Substation Modem 3 Default mode
74. en adopted to allow monitoring of multiple networks at the same time Each network is defined by having its own frequency Network ID and master modem Modems in different networks do not communicate with each other Except in very rare cases A system is a collection of networks SATEL NMS PC saves systems into saxd files and SATEL NMS PC Monitoring may be used to monitor all networks of a full system at the same time 5 2 Routing modes The Routing mode setting controls how data is transmitted in the radio network Currently the SATELLINE 3AS NMS modem family SATELLAR RU and SATEL NMS PC support a routing mode called NMS Routing aka Source Routing 5 2 1 NMS Routing This mode is suitable when the DATA protocol is a polling protocol and all radio traffic is originated from and controlled by the data master station Thus substations RTUs are not allowed to start sending data without being asked first This rule is not enforced by the radio modems it is entirely up to the data system Breaking the rule could cause collisions on the radio channel SATEL NMS supports this type of routing mode using a set of features including routing tables packet filters and terminal addresses 5 2 1 1 Routing tables Routing tables are stored at the master modem They are generated by SATEL NMS PC during the Calculate Routes operation and stored during the Synchronize operation Routing tables contain information in a row format
75. er settings can be loaded into the master modem For NMS demonstration networks without any data traffic any protocol is fine Terminal You ll need the protocol addresses of all the terminals you plan to addresses connect using the radio modem network and information about which radio modem substation each terminal will connect to If you are only using the modems to demonstrate NMS without actual user protocol traffic terminal addresses still need to be defined so that routing tables are generated SATEL NMS PC and the Master Station modem depend on the routing tables to send NMS messages to the substation modems Substation names Each radio modem should be named using a descriptive name the location where the substation is to be deployed is normally used Link budget You ll need a link budget so you can select the correct TX Power settings for the modems For desktop testing use the lowest TX Power setting possible and switch to the proper TX Power calculated in the link budget before deploying FEC on or off FEC stands for Forward Error Correction Enabling FEC improves data transmission reliability at the cost of some of the data transmission capability Please consult the modem manual for details Additional radio SATELLAR RU has additional radio settings which must be set Please settings consult the SATELLAR manual SATEL NMS PC can be used to set the values of the settings 5 3 1 Creating a simple Network Here are step
76. erature Offline 5000 ata 192 168 1 1 55555 Modem 2 GETVAL Temperature Offline 5000 4 1 Name the system Figure 32 Monitoring settings view 70 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 UI Element Purpose Start SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Button Start the Monitoring program using these settings Asks to save the system if needed Import triggers and settings button Import trigger and action settings from a different system file NMS Message sending mode This setting affects how SATEL NMS PC Monitoring will send NMS messages o Use offline mode when there is no DATA traffic o Use online mode when there is DATA traffic See chapter 3 2 4 NMS Protocol for more information 6 9 1 Polling Settings tab In this tab Figure 33 the polling settings are defined The Poll List is a list of NMS messages sent to the network by the Monitoring program to gather network status information from the modems This view allows you to define the Poll List 7 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Start SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Import triggers and actions Polling settings Trigger settings Action settings Easy polling settings Diagnostic parameters Delay between poll cycles seconds RSSI 1 2 T Voltage Floor J Temperature Ceiling Delay between each poll message seconds 3 Lat bd J F Last RSSI F Use Custom Connection
77. ersion 2 5 3 2 4 NMS Protocol The basic method of controlling the SATEL NMS features is through a modem s diagnostics port which is one of its serial ports set to operate in the diagnostic NMS mode The NMS port accepts binary NMS commands This is called the NMS Protocol Since the NMS Protocol is a binary protocol it is not designed for human eyes Another protocol called the SATEL Serial Server Command Protocol S3CP is an ASCII protocol and is suited for interactive command line operation as well as software controlled operations However the modems currently in production do not directly support S3CP Instead SATEL Serial Server part of the SATEL NMS PC installation which can translate S3CP to the NMS Protocol and back The above protocols allow access to all the diagnostic parameters of the modems in the radio network The RAM memory of the modems being scarce the modems do not generally store large log files themselves Instead diagnostics are polled from the radio modems at regular intervals and stored in a central location usually a Windows PC running SATEL NMS PC Monitoring 3 2 4 1 NMS ID NMSID or NMS ID is the dentitier of a setting diagnostic value or command that can be sent to or received from a modem Every possible setting etc has its own identitier For example the NMSID of transmitted power of the radio in SATELLINE 3AS d NMS is 1 267 The NMSID consists of two numbers separated by a period charac
78. ges are not sent to any specitic address instead they go to whichever address the next data packet is going to The NMS response message will have address information so the original sender usually NMS PC Monitoring will know which modem the response came from This way a network of modems can be monitored efficiently Anycast is not currently available for SATELLAR RU modems 11 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 4 GETTING STARTED SATEL NMS PC can be used to o Design a network of SATEL NMS modems o Apply settings to SATEL modems o Remotely change settings of SATEL modems o Monitor a network of SATEL modems 4 1 Quick start To get started quickly with your NMS modems 1 Install SATEL NMS PC to your Windows XP Vista or Windows 7 computer Connect one of your modems to the PC See 4 2 for details Start the program Click the New network button Follow the To do list clicking each item in turn to create your network Oo a FR UUN Once you have completed the To do list test your network by running the NMS Radio Connections test 7 You can start monitoring the network by clicking Monitoring and then Start SATEL NMS PC Monitoring button See Chapter 5 9 for more detailed instructions 4 1 1 Next steps Once you have successfully tested the modems and monitored the network in OFFLINE mode you can proceed to connect your own equipment to the modems The Master modem needs to be co
79. hich provides setup and monitoring functions Used to configure a routing network Protocol is translator and a ON serial port multiplexer SATEL NMS PC Setup N SATEL Serial Server NMS Protocol Radio modem f PA OSS Radio modem SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Co oae y Used to monitor a running network Figure 1 Components of the SATEL NMS solution Radio modem 3 2 3 Software The SATEL NMS PC software package contains four Windows applications SATEL NMS PC SATEL NMS PC Monitoring SATEL Serial Server and Packet Filter Editor SATEL NMS PC is used to design the modem network and upload the initial settings to the modems After deployment the software can be used to make changes to the settings remotely by radio connection Also routine maintenance tasks such as replacing or adding a modem to the network running communication tests etc are possible using the software SATEL NMS PC Monitoring is used to monitor a deployed radio modem network while it is in operation It provides logging of network parameters and events displays trend graphs and can react to events by sending alarms and running external commands SATEL Serial Server provides the other applications multiplexed access to the serial ports of the computer Packet Filter Editor is used to define packet filters needed for custom data protocol support 9 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual V
80. ick on items in this tree to chapter 6 7 access the different views View area This area shows the currently selected view For information about the views see chapter 6 7 To do list This area always shows remaining tasks you See chapter 6 4 need to accomplish to get your system or network working properly Click on each task in order to complete them 6 4 To do list Following the To do list is the easiest way to set up a system The To do list updates automatically and shows remaining tasks to be performed to get your network working Only the modems need to be added using the Design View the To do list will remind of everything else To do list of SATELLINE NMS Network 1 Select Network ID a 2 Choose network settings 3 Select protocol 4 Set Terminal of Modem 2 5 Set Terminal of Modem 3 6 Set Terminal of Modem 4 7 Calculate Routes m 8 Choose settings for Master Sta 9 Synchronize Master Station 10 Choose settings for Modem 2 Figure 9 To do list Click on the To do list items in order When clicked items in the list execute an action such as showing a dialog window to ask you for the system name To do list item Explanation Select Network ID Opens a dialog where you can enter the Network ID Name the system network Opens a dialog where you can enter the name Choose network settings settings for Shows the relevant view and a short message modem expla
81. ines 001 00 05 00 00 4074044 00 00 400 00 500 00 400500 00 00 00 500 00 00 400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Packet Filter Name 001 1 O0ffset0Len2 Figure 24 Modem settings view Changes since last sync 6 7 6 3 Advanced settings and control tab The final tab Advanced settings and control shows ALL available modem settings including basic settings and allows you to modify send and receive them from the modem individually and immediately without synchronizing Note that to make changes permanent the Save settings command must be given to the modem Synchronize does this automatically for you but if you use Send selected to change values you must give the Save settings command yourself If you Reset or power down the modem all settings not saved are returned to their previously saved values To get up to date settings visible on the Advanced settings and control list use synchronize immediately after a reset 58 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Settings for Master Station Last Sync Date 18 9 2012 14 04 22 More commands Command a Argument gil Send Command Figure 25 Modem settings view Advanced settings and control 59 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 View button menu Select which settings you wish to display and which columns appear on the grid e User Shows all user level NMS
82. ining the view Select protocol Opens a dialog which allows selection of the protocol Set terminal address Opens the Terminal Address Dialog Calculate routes Same as clicking on Calculate Routes on the Toolbar 32 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Synchronize modem Synchronizes sends the settings to the modem 6 5 Menu Commands Below you can find a list of all the menu commands available in SATEL NMS PC Setup Note that all menu commands are not available at all times Some commands require that a certain type of object Network or Modem for example is currently selected or another type of condition exists such as unsaved changes SATEL NMS PC Setup 2 0 13 Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help New gt New System Open Ctrl 0 New network Ctrl N Save system Ctrl S Add modem using default settings Save system as i Names Addresses Terminal addresses All Export system TA Rename system aster Stati a F es L odem 2 i a aa Figure 10 Menus 6 5 1 Context menu The context sensitive menu is accessed by right clicking on the program You will be presented with a list of menu commands depending on the selected object All these commands also appear in the main menu 33 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 po Pad Add link Ctrl L Delete modem Ctrl D Change name Set as maste
83. ion followed by OK if the test was successful Modem detected 62 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 There are two tabs in this window as well as some commands common to both tabs All the settings in both tabs affect the connection so for example the Test connection button should be used after changing any setting to make sure the connection works The common buttons are explained below and the two tabs later Ul element Explanation Test connection Attempts to open the defined connection and queries the modem using NMS Protocol The value requested is the serial number of the modem If the test is successful the serial number is shown beside the Test connection button otherwise an error message such as Modem Timeout is shown OK Accept selected connection settings and close the window Cancel or X Close window without changing connection settings 6 8 1 1 Port settings tab This tab controls the most common port settings UI element Explanation Connect using Select connection method to use o A serial port on this machine Normal RS 232 serial port or another serial port that appears to Windows as a COM port such as a Virtual COM port or USB to serial adapter default o A serial port on another machine As above but the serial ports of another windows PC reachable using an internet protocol address may be used Both above methods use SATEL Serial Ser
84. ionName Name of the action Write to log Human readable description of the action including most of the other parameters The unit of the parameter in short form Not all parameters have a unit in this case the value is an empty string The name of the modem which originated the transmission whose signal strength was measured by OtherModem ModemName Modem 2 Applicable only with the RSSI NMS Parameter otherwise this will be an empty string 20071030 LogDate TriggerName Voltage Low TriggerDescription ActionDescription 83 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 7 SATEL NMS PC MONITORING This chapter describes the SATEL NMS PC Monitoring program At the beginning of the chapter there is an overview of the features and instructions for common tasks Towards the end of the chapter all the windows and views of the program are explained 7 1 Overview SATEL NMS PC Monitoring is intended to perform the following functions o Regular polling of diagnostics variables from a radio modem network using SATEL NMS Protocol o Writing of monitoring logs including traffic trigger action and custom logs o Displaying of trend graphs and other diagnostic information o Executing actions based on the values of and changes in the diagnostic variables Monitoring cannot be used to make any changes to the network settings Since Monitoring is a separate executable it ca
85. isplayed for each Po Item that has been defined in Monitoring settings NMS PC Setup Selecting a line in this view causes the corresponding graph to be drawn with a thicker line width The Checkboxes M control visibility of the graphs You can easily check either All None Same Modem or Same ID graphs by clicking the small buttons at the top of the Legend Choose the colour of a graph The color of a graph can be changed by first selecting then right clicking on a color box fl and selecting Color from the pop up menu The color choices are not saved and are randomized each time a system file is loaded Choose line style of a graph By first selecting a value then right clicking in the Graph Flat line Bars v Dots You can choose one of three line style Line data points are connected by straight lines Flat line changes in data are shown as steps Bars Each data point is drawn as bar from the origin Y 0 90 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 You can also choose if Dots are drawn at the position of each data point default on 7 5 3 Log tab The log lines consist of several tab separated values These are explained in the following table Values can be copied from the log by selecting lines and choosing Copy from the pop up menu accessible by right click or Ctrl C In this view the NMS messages sent and received to and from the system radio modems are shown This is the NMS transmit log
86. le 95 dBm From 1 e Alarm condition e Trigger threshold Example log line tabs replaced by double spaces for clarity 29 10 2008 15 47 49 test 1 Master Station 1 80 Voltage Floor 102 is less than 12 10 1 4 Monitoring action log SATEL NMS PC Monitoring writes a line into this log whenever an action is performed in response to a matching trigger The log file is created when the first line of the day is written i e there will never be an empty log file 106 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 The log file contains one event per line The line contains Timestamp example 6 6 2007 14 10 53 followed by Action name and last result The values are NOT tab separated 10 1 5 Custom User log Custom user logs are written by SATEL NMS PC Monitoring The user must define trigger and actions settings that cause Monitoring to write the log Many variables are available to be written into the log See Chapters 6 9 3 1 Adding or editing an Action and 11 1 Custom Log File Example Trigger and Action definitions for more information 10 1 6 Serial server log SATEL Serial Server includes a log view with details about several communication events between it and the other programs as well as the modems Lines from this log can be selected using the mouse and copied using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl C This can be useful if troubleshooting NMS communication issues with SATEL Technical support Information included in this log
87. lect routing mode Device Model SATELLINE 345 NMS Select device model Network ID level Level 1 Modem Fw must be 4 0 13 or later for all modems in network Y 32bit Max 100 routes z Terminal address length and maximum route count Substation modem return routes Do not generate default return routes C Generate default return routes FW 4 0 13 32 or later required Protocol Protocol Select Protocol Terminal address entry format Decimal Launch Filter Editor Terminal address frame format Byte format Terminal address length 0 bytes Redundancy If this is a secondary network select the primary network Over the air data encryption Figure 19 Network settings 46 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 The settings are explained below Network name and Connection NMS Message Transfer mode Common settings Network ID Level Terminal address length and maximum route count Substation modem return routes Explanation Name You may set the network s name by clicking Change network name The name is shown in SATEL NMS PC Setup and Monitoring applications and their logs but is not saved into any modems Connection The network s connection settings This connection is the default connection where the master modem is assumed to be connected while monitoring or remote administration is performed Other modems can be connected temporarily to this con
88. m se Design a fe Modems i Master Station Modem 2 k Modem 3 amp Modem 4 ISI CommLog m To do list of SATELLINE NMS Network 1 Select Network ID 2 Choose network settings 3 Select protocol lt no file gt Figure 22 Modem list view Modem List Column Explanation Name Name of the modem Model Modem model this information is read from the modem itself Serial Serial number read from the modem itself If unknown the modem has never been synchronized and therefore its serial number is not known to SATEL NMS PC Setup The software uses the serial numbers to associate specific modem hardware with their settings stored in the Setup program Connection Shows which connection settings are used to contact the modem This value is usually the same for all modems unless Custom connections have been defined for some modems Address The modem s NMS address This is NOT a terminal address Role The modem s role in a network Either Master Station Substation or Repeater Incoming links List of modems which link to this modem Outgoing links List of modems this modem links to 53 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 7 6 Modem settings view This view is shown when you select a modem on the Tree system view or double click a modem on the Network design view or the Modem list view This view shows the settings of one
89. mmand line mode default 55555 Predefined port settings default values in parentheses SerialPort BPS 9600 Settings 8N1 Raw IP Port none Description COM11 9600 55511 Cancel changes Apply and Save settings Figure 50 Communication Settings view View control Explanation IP Port for interactive This is the main IP port where serial server is expecting command line mode connections from SATEL NMS client programs This port uses the S3CP protocol Predefined port settings Default port settings and Direct IP port to serial port mappings can be defined here Just click and edit the table directly Serial Port Enter the desired serial port name like shown COM1 is the serial port 1 etc This String is the Windows Device Name of the serial port BPS Define a serial port speed Use only valid speeds that the modem supports and is configured with Examples 2400 19200 Settings Define port settings Use only valid settings that the modem supports and is configured with The first number is the number of data bits 7 or 8 The second character is the parity settings N o parity E ven parity O dd parity M ark or S pace The third character is the number of stop bits O 1 or 2 100 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Description Write a freely chosen description for the port if you wish This description is shown in NMS client programs Setup in the
90. modem The settings are separated into three tabs o Basic settings o N Changes since last sync N is a number telling how many settings have changed o Advanced settings and control There is also the Synchronize button which will read the modem settings and send any changes made in SATEL NMS PC Setup to it The Last sync date label shows the time of the last synchronization of the modem 54 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 7 6 1 Basic settings tab The first page shows the most important settings of a modem Settings for Master Station Never Synchronized Basic settings 13 changes since last sync Advanced settings and control Connection Using network s connection Custom connection settings localhost 55555 COM1 Modify Modem Information Name Master Station Model 34Sd EPIC NMS SATELLINE 345 NMS Choose model Serial Number 06416268 Replace modem Firmware version 4 0 13 34 Radio Settings TX Power lw Change threshold Signal threshold 11 n Terminal address list di T fo p l ma emove Create a broadcast route 0 Select address Serial Port Functions Port 1 ie Port 2 Diagnostics NA Data Port Settings Handshaking Bitrate 9600 bps v CTS Clear To Send X Databits Parity RTs Lammad 9 CD RSSI threshold Z Settings managed by SATEL NMS PC Modem Address 1 Change Address Figure 23 Modem set
91. n 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 This mode should be used when there is much data traffic to all modems and data packet loss due to NMS versus DATA packet collisions is not acceptable 3 2 4 3 Message addressing modes Normal and ANYCAST Normally NMS Messages are sent to the recipient by setting the DADDR field of the message DADDR must correspond to the Modem Address Setting NMSID 1 398 of the destination modem For example if the destination modem s address setting is 2 the outgoing NMS message must be sent to destination address DADDR 2 In the specific case of ONLINE Monitoring this normal method of delivering messages can result in long delays Consider a large network consisting of 100 radio modems operating under a single master Assume the system is a SCADA system and the data protocol is a polling protocol such as IEC 60870 with one RTU per radio modem If the SCADA master uses about 1 second to query each RTU the whole polling sequence takes 1 2 minutes Now if an NMS Monitoring message is sent to a modem X in the network it is possible the outgoing message will have to wait in the buffer for up to 2 minutes before being sent This happens because NMS Monitoring is unable to synchronize its polling sequence with the data polling sequence This can cause significant delays to Monitoring with some modems seeming to drop out altogether The solution is to use the Anycast addressing mode In this mode outgoing NMS messa
92. n be run with different user privileges than the Setup program In particular it is usually a good idea to restrict access to Setup for certain key persons while Monitoring can be installed to a wider user base 7 2 Common tasks 7 2 1 Starting the program Once you have a fully setup system created using SATEL NMS PC Setup and saved in a sax file you can start monitoring Monitoring can be started in one of two ways o From within SATEL NMS PC Setup by clicking Start NMS PC Monitoring in the Monitoring settings view The saxd file is loaded and monitoring stared automatically o By starting SATEL NMS PC Monitoring from the Windows start menu command line shortcut etc In this case you need to load the sax file separately using the menu command File gt Open unless the sax file name is given to Monitoring as a command line parameter in which case the file is loaded and monitoring is started automatically when the program starts If Windows is configured to log in automatically and a shortcut to Monitoring including the sax filename is added to the Windows Startup folder the program will be started automatically if and when the PC reboots 84 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 7 2 2 Viewing diagnostics In the Main window chapter 7 3 you can select from the various available views 7 3 Main window The main window has three main areas The Main menu The Alarm indicator and the View area File
93. nection while they are being synchronized Click on the Connection button to change the settings This will open the Connection Settings dialog This selection affects how SATEL NMS PC Setup transmits NMS messages to the radio network while doing remote configuration See chapter 3 2 4 2 for explanation of ONLINE and OFFLINE modes Note that this setting does NOT affect how SATEL NMS PC Monitoring transmits messages That setting appears in the Monitoring Settings View Network ID The Network ID is a string of 8 characters It is used by the radios as a sort of password so only modems with the same Network ID are able to decode each other s messages NMS PC sets the Network ID to all modems when changed Click Change ID to choose the ID Frequency This is the frequency of the network Both TX and RX Frequency settings are affected and will have the same value Clicking Change frequency will open a window which assists in selecting a valid frequency given the capabilities of the modem HW Routing Currently selected Routing mode Can be changed by clicking on Select Routing mode Only shows routing modes supported by the modem model and NMS PC Device Model Different device models support different features If a modem hardware has been connected the model is detected automatically Otherwise when designing a network before having hardware use Select device model to choose the radio modem family you are planning to use
94. ng these thresholds indicates a problem worthy of attention SATEL NMS supports performance management by monitoring the operation variables of radio modems such as signal strength RSSI voltage and temperature and allowing the user to define alarm thresholds for each variable 3 1 2 Configuration management The goal of configuration management is to monitor network and system configuration information so that the effects on network operation of various versions of hardware and 7 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 software elements can be tracked and managed Each network device has a variety of version information such as hardware or software version numbers associated with it Configuration management stores this information for easy access When a problem occurs the stored information can be searched for clues that may help solve the problem The above definition of configuration management has been originally created in an internetworking environment In a radio modem network the version numbers of hardware and software can be tracked and SATEL NMS makes these available However SATEL NMS also allows changes to made to the settings of the managed devices ie the radio modems settings which is a task usually delegated to other protocols and methods in the IP world This feature is called Remote Configuration in SATEL NMS 3 1 3 Fault management The goal of fault management is to detect log notify
95. nnected both to your master device and to SATEL NMS PC using a two port serial cable If you need to change the serial port settings of the modems you can do so using SATEL NMS PC through radio Remote Configuration Please read the rest of this user manual caretully You can also contact SATEL technical support who will be happy to help you in case of problems 4 2 Installation SATEL NMS PC is installed by running the installer program This installer copies all files into the Program folder defaulting to the Windows Program Files folder SATEL NMS PC 12 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 For example C Program files SATEL NMS PC in Windows Vista and Windows 7 the default directory is C Program Files x86 SATEL NMS PC 4 2 1 File types of SATEL NMS PC SATEL NMS PC uses a few extra files and file types summarized in the following table File Location File type Programs Explanation extension or name saxd any Satel SATEL NMS This file contains a saved system Network PC and including all networks and Configuratio Monitoring modems n file SqX any SATEL XML SATEL NMS Older version of saxd Loading File PC and and saving supported for Monitoring compatibility reasons Saving in saxd format only log Install directory Log file Monitoring Contains network events See or user defined chapter 6 for more information Log Directory xml Install directory Packet Filter
96. o the sendemail exe Parameter list is the command line including all the options necessary You may use the SATEL variables to include information about the alarm in the email message The screenshot below gives an example command line 110 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 ction ition Action name Send em Execute a command write to file Command sendemail exe Parameter list variables allowed see below Jamul aura satel com t samuli aura satel com s mail satel com m Alarm ModemName NMSName Available 3 t Tab Character variables n Newline windows style ModemName Name of the modem NetworkName Name of the network NmsID ID of the NMS parameter NmsName Name of the NMS parameter Nms alue Yalue of the NMS parameter NumY alue Numeric value of a NMS Parameter LogTime Time part of the time when the action was run hh imm ss nnn n msecs LogDate Date part of the time eg 20080112 yyyymmdd DashedDate Date with dashes eg 2008 01 12 yyyy mm dd TriggerName Name of the trigger TriggerDescription Human readable description of the trigger ActionName Name of the action ActionDescription Human readable description of the action Unit V For Volts C fo rCelsius dBm etc as applicable OtherModem The modem which originated the transmission whose signal strength was
97. odems of the network You can change the values marked RW by double clicking on them When these values are changed all modems need to be synchronized again Additionally these values cannot be synchronized through radio connection they need to be changed by synchronizing each modem using a serial cable It is suggested to use the Change a radio setting function to change these values if they need to be changed after deployment see 6 8 3 Settings common to all modems in the network NMS ID Name Value dblclick to ec Uniqueness Riv 1 256 TX Frequency d identical Rw 1 257 RX Frequency 406400000 identical RW 1 270 FEC Mode OFF identical Rw 1 395 NetID SatelNet identical Rw 1 772 Modem Model 345 NMS identical R 1 777 Master Address 2 identical Rw 48 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Figure 20 Settings common to all modems TX Frequency RX Frequency It is possible to change TX and RX frequencies individually using this setting but care must be taken as dual frequency use is not fully supported by SATEL NMS PC NetID This is the same as Network ID above Master Substations in a network must know the Master Modem s Address address This is also set automatically by SATEL NMS PC whenever the Calculate Routes or Set As Master functions are run FEC Mode Forward Error Correction FEC can give better sensitivity with a little longer communication delays See modem m
98. og files remain but will not be loaded automatically the next time the SW s started use Load logs to see older monitoring data 86 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 7 4 2 Monitoring menu The name of this menu changes to indicate whether monitoring is on or off It also shows whether the NMS message transmitting method is ONLINE or OFFLINE This can be selected in NMS PC Setup Monitoring settings view Menu Command Description Start Start monitoring Will send NMS messages defined in the SATEL NMS PC Setup Monitoring settings view Polling List to gather diagnostic information from the radio modem network As polling proceeds the views of NMS PC Monitoring are updated Stop Stop monitoring If monitoring is Started again the previous monitoring data will remain and be shown as normal Unless the whole program is closed and restarted 7 5 Monitoring views The views are accessed using the Tabbed contro located at the top of the View area The name of the view is displayed on the tab Click on the tabs to change the view 7 5 1 Link Map tab This view shows the network as a map almost exactly like the NMS PC Setup does Information about modem diagnostics can be shown on the modem icon labels by checking the option and link RSSI values are shown on the links 87 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 ener stl wa aH 4 Figure 41 Link map view Op
99. on Offline mode Link Map Trend Graphs Log Status Alarms Triggers Actions 20 9 2012 15 51 28 No con trigger Modem 4 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 51 42 No con trigger Modem 4 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 51 56 No con trigger Modem 4is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 51 56 Voltage Trigger Master Station Voltage Floor 1 80 is less than 12 Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 52 10 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 52 18 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 52 27 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 52 41 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 52 46 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 52 58 No con trigger Modem 4is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 53 12 No con trigger Modem 4 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 53 24 No con trigger Modem 4 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 53 38 No con trigger Modem 4is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 53 52 No con trigger Modem 4 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 54 08 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 54 16 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 54 24 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 54 32 No con trigger Modem 3 is not responding Causes Alarm 20 9 2012 15 5
100. on is to make all changes in the primary network and then remove the secondary network and duplicate it again as explained above 6 3 Main window When SATEL NMS PC Setup is started the main window appears The main window is divided into areas which have different purposes File Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help S lal moi E CANE foutes Open Save system Monitoring NMS System Monitoring Add modem using default settings Add modem using hardware Large Icons Icons v b tsa SATELLINE NMS Netw Names Addresses C Terminal addresses All E Show routing tables _ 4 Settings PN a Default modem ans si Design Master Sta my a I Modem 2 4 483 Modems i2 Master Station Modem 2 Modem 3 Modem 4 ISI CommLog 1 Select Network ID 2 Choose network settings 3 Select protocol 4 Set Terminal of Modem 2 5 Set Terminal of Modem 3 6 Set Terminal of Modem 4 Figure 8 SATEL NMS PC Setup Main Window Main window area Purpose More information Menu bar Most commands appear in the menu Some See chapter 6 5 of the commands are also usable from the various views Toolbar Most common commands can be run from See chapter 6 6 the toolbar 3 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 System tree view Shows the structure of your System networks For information about the views see modems etc Cl
101. ontains modems You need at least one network in the system to be able to work with modems 42 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Open an existing system file by If you have an existing saxd or sax file you can open clicking Open it 43 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 7 2 Network info view This view is shown when you click on the network root node on the System Tree View The text of the root node is the network s name File Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help a E 78 gt imi Open Save system Monitoring Connection Detect Calculate routes Unnamed system Network information a 5 Unnamed Network Network ID SatelNet gt amp Settings Madat count 0 se Design Link count 0 484 Modems wl CommLo g Design time operations Please use the Design View to design your network Design View Local modem status NMS Radio connections test Custom connections test Post deployment operations To do list of Unnamed Network Change a radio setting 1 Select Network Routing Mode 2 Name the system 3 Save the system Figure 17 Network info view 44 Options in this view SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Option Explanation View Network information Basic info about the network is shown Design time operations Click Design View button to go the Network design view
102. or a Modem 3 F Temperature Ceiling Delay between each poll message seconds f M Last RSSI x 50 CommLog 3 a F Use Custom Connections for Monitoring if defined Connection Detect Calculate route Start SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Import triggers and actions Easy polling settings NMS Monitoring message send mode Offline Send immediately Online Send with user data Online with Anycast Send with user data with the anycast address Update poll list Log files Log file directory C Users samuli Documents Work NMS PC systems logdir Set log directory Main log file prefix satelnms Append prefix to all log files Graph length and memory usage Graph data points to keep in memory per graph Estimated typical length of graphs 0 days 600 Estimated total graphs RAM memory use 1 MBytes Poll list Trend graphs available in SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Add Remove Duplicate Edit E Allow advanced configuration To do list of Unnamed system Network Comm Port Target NMS Command NMSID SetVal Ya Mode Timeout a dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Master Station SETVAL GetRSSILog 2 Offline 5000 1 dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Modem 2 SETVAL Get RSSILog 1 Offline 5000 2 Save the system dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Master Station GETVAL Voltage Floor Offline 5000 dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Modem 2 GETVAL Voltage Floor Offline 5000 dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Master Station GETVAL Temp
103. ose SETUP and or DEPLOYED SETUP DEPLOYED substations master modem SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Description Serial and radio Serial port DATA Setup only no NMS serial NMS radio DATA and NMS NMS radio radio connection and radio connection only connections connection possible connection available only i needed CRS NMS 01 NARS 1F NARS 1F NARS 1F NARS 1F or SATELLINE power only Picture Figure 2 Full operation Figure 3 connection Programming mode A aca PORT 1 DATA or NMS DATA NMS any not used function PORT 2 NMS or DATA any not used any not used any not used any not used function Table 1 NMS Port Connection methods Programming mode is usually used with terminal emulation software such as SATELLINE SaTerm to access the Terminal Setup menu of the modem Instead of terminal emulator software SATEL NMS PC may be connected to the modem as the modem will respond to NMS protocol messages while in programming mode In this case the modem can only be configured radio messages cannot be sent while the modem is in programming mode 4 3 2 1 Connection procedure This procedure must be followed when swapping modems connected to the PC 1 Power modem off Disconnect previous modem Connect new modem ee oe Power modem on 15 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Connector a in PROG MODEL nu User s system Figure 2 Full operation conn
104. ot available a regular cable e g NARS 1F may be used to demonstrate NMS features by setting port 1 as the NMS port on the Master Modem This configuration is only usable for NMS PC demonstration purposes User data cannot be transferred in this configuration 4 3 5 Connection checklist To establish a connection between SATEL NMS PC and a modem please follow the checklist below Also see Table 1 1 Make sure the modem has power 2 Make sure that the modem is in the appropriate operating mode a Programming mode if you wish to change the settings of the local modem only b Normal mode if you wish to also use the remote control features 17 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 c Note that if using the CRS NMS 01 cable there is no programming mode switch and the Normal mode is automatically on 3 Identity the port which has been configured as the NMS port of the modem If the modem is in programming mode port 1 is used In Normal mode either port 1 or port 2 may be configured as the NMS port If you are unsure see the modem s setup screen or you can first connect the modem in programming mode and change the port setting before going back to normal mode 4 Connect the modem s NMS port to any free serial COM port of the computer 5 Start SATEL NMS PC a Click the New Network button 6 The PC s serial port needs to be opened Click the Connect button in SATEL NMS PC Setup The connect window appear
105. ows Task Bar Figure 47 Serial Server icon When the Task bar item is clicked the window opens Server Log Serial port list Communication Settings Additional Settings 20 9 2012 16 07 15 COM13 Timeout 20 9 2012 16 07 15 Connection from 127 0 0 1 54743 dosed Connection Closed Gracefully 20 9 2012 16 07 15 The command connection 127 0 0 1 54743 stopped using Port COM13 9600 8N1 20 9 2012 16 07 18 Got Connection on port 127 0 0 1 55555 from 127 0 0 1 54745 20 9 2012 16 07 18 Opening serial port COM13 9600 8N1 20 9 2012 16 07 18 Connection switched to raw mode 20 9 2012 16 07 18 Sent NMS Packet GETVAL SAddr 000 1H DAddr 0002H RegID DA54H D TTL 250 FType IMMEDIATE ID 1 20 9 2012 16 07 18 COM13 Got NMS Packet ACK OK SAddr 0001H DAddr 0001H ReqID DA55H D TTL 251 FType IMMEDIATE 20 9 2012 16 07 18 COM13 Got NMS Packet ACK SENT SAddr 0000H DAddr 0000H ReqID DASSH D TTL 0 FType IMMEDIATE 20 9 2012 16 07 18 COM13 Got NMS Packet VALUE SAddr 0002H DAddr 0001H RegID DA55H D TTL 18 FType IMMEDIATE P 20 9 2012 16 07 18 Connection from 127 0 0 1 54745 dosed Connection Closed Gracefully 20 9 2012 16 07 18 The command connection 127 0 0 1 54745 stopped using Port COM13 9600 8N1 20 9 2012 16 07 21 Got Connection on port 127 0 0 1 55555 from 127 0 0 1 54749 20 9 2012 16 07 21 Opening serial port COM13 9600 8N1 20 9 2012 16 07 21 Connection switched to raw mode 20 9 2012 16 07 21 Sent NMS Packet GETVAL SAddr 000 1H DAddr 0003
106. r Duplicate Modem properties Ctrl P Copy to defaults Replace modem Add modem using default settings Ctrl M Add modem using hardware E Save modem Figure 11 Context menu 34 6 5 2 File Menu SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Location Menu bar Contains commands for manipulating files and objects Menu Command Required Description Other locations selected object keyboard shortcuts New gt New None Clear current system and create a new System one Will ask for user confirmation New gt New System None Add a new empty network to the Empty system Network current system view Ctrl N New gt Add Network Add a new modem to the selected Design view modem using network Initial modem settings are Context menu default settings copied from the default modem Ctrl M settings Open None Open an existing sax or saxd file Empty system view Toolbar Save System System with Save the changes in the system to the Ctrl S unsaved sax or saxd file sax not changes recommended Save System System Save the system to a new saxd file As Export System System Save the saxd as uncompressed XML for further processing in external programs Rename System System Change the name of the system This name is independent from the saxd file name although the saxd file name defaults to the system name when first saved Exit None Exit the program If there are unsaved Alt F4
107. risks because instead of visiting all the sites you are only forced to visit some of the sites IF something goes wrong which is unlikely 6 8 4 Encryption keys window This window is used to set the network wide encryption keys used in SATELLAR RU It can be opened by clicking Keys in the Network settings view Over the air data encryption group box See 6 7 3 Also see the SATELLAR manual for more information about encryption 68 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Editing Encryption Main Key input method Generate keys from password Input keys manually Generate keys Password _ O V Show password while typing Input keys manually Encryption Main Key Password is not saved by NMS PC keys are saved Keys are written into the modems during synchronization and cannot be read from a modem The checksum Material Hash can be used to determine if different devices have the same key Figure 31 Encryption keys window UI Element Purpose Key input method group box The easier way is to Generate keys from password Keys can also be input manually Generate keys group box Input your password The keys will be generated when Generate is clicked and shown in the next group box Input keys manually group box Generated keys are shown here If you wish to input keys manually each key consists of 16 bytes in hexadecimal notation each byte pre
108. rk Detect A Network has been selected Try to detect if a radio modem can be contacted using the current connection settings of the selected network Calculate A Network has been selected Check to see if network settings of the routes and there are changes to selected network are valid and generate routing settings routing tables NOTE Always click Calculate routes after making changes to links between modems or terminal addresses in modems and follow the To do list to take the new settings into use 4 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 7 Setup views Here you ll find all the different views of the setup program explained The views appear in the View Area of the Main Window See 6 3 6 7 1 Empty system view This view is shown when no networks are present in the system This view is reached by o Starting the program if auto load option is not on o Creating a new system File gt New gt New System SATEL NMS PC Setup 2 0 1 File Edit Network Modem Link Tools Help Open pave system Monitoring E Unnamed system i l Monitoring The system is currently empty A New network le gt Open To do list of Unnamed system 1 Name the system Figure 16 Empty system view Options in this view Option Explanation Create a new network by clicking A system contains one or more Networks A network New Network c
109. rmat Decimal Terminal address frame format Byte format Terminal address length 0 bytes Prima Network Settings common to all modems in the network double click to edit NMSID Name Value dblclick to ec RW 1 256 460025000 RW 1 257 460025000 RW 1 270 RW 1 395 Rw 1 410 Rw To do list of My network 1 Select Network ID 2 Select protocol 3 Set Terminal of Modem 3 4 Set Terminal of Modem 4 5 Set Terminal of Modem 5 TX Frequency RX Frequency FEC Mode NetID Network ID Level SatelNet Level 1 6 Choose settings for Master Sta _ Redundancy If this is a secondary network select the primary network Select Protocol Launch Filter Editor Figure 18 Network settings view 45 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 The view has two sections In the upper section see Figure 19 is a dynamic scrollable list of generic network settings Only the settings supported by the master modem are shown in this list therefore networks of modems with older firmware or different models may not show all settings shown here Network name and Connection Connection localhost 55555 COM13 9600 8N1 NMS Message transfer mode Onli NMS messages are sent immediately They can collide with DATA Meds messages and cause packet loss Common settings Network ID SatelNet Change ID Frequency 460 025000 MHz Change frequency Routing mode NMS Source Routing Se
110. roperties Ctrl L F 2 Ctrl D Ctrl P wry rr Figure 13 Modem menu the name shown on the LCD screen of the modems Menu Command Required selected Description Other locations object keyboard shortcuts Add link Modem and at least Starts the link drawing Context menu two modems mode Click on the target CTRL L present in network modem Link direction is Only shown in automatic If a link cannot Network Design be created a message View explaining the issue is shown In case of problems create links starting from the master modem first Delete incoming Modem Deletes all links pointing links towards selected modem Duplicate Modem Creates a new modem in the network and copies all settings trom selected modem to the new modem Change name Modem Renames the modem This is Modem View 38 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Set as master Modem Makes the selected modem Modem View into network master Will automatically set necessary settings in all modems switch link directions and generate routing tables Copy to defaults Modem Copy all settings from this modem into the default modem settings Delete modem Modem Removes the selected Ctrl D modem from the network Replace modem Modem Used to replace the selected modem s currently associated hardware with other hardware All settings are moved to the new hardware by
111. s a Click Detect available COM ports SATEL Serial Server is started automatically A list of serial ports in the machine then appears in SATEL NMS PC If you have firewall software installed you might be asked to allow outgoing connections from SATEL NMS PC or to allow SATEL Serial Server to work as a server SATEL NMS PC does not usually connect to the Internet but this needs to be allowed because Serial server and the other programs communicate with each other using the IP protocol in the local machine b Select the correct port from the list and click Test connection A NMS message is sent to the port to see if a modem answers If No response is received try another port or check your cables and port settings By default NMS modems use 9600 bps 8N1 as the port settings SATELLAR RU uses 115200 bps 8N1 c Once the modem responds click OK to proceed 7 SATEL NMS PC Setup will ask what to do with the found modem If you wish to create a new network using the modem click Add and start following the To do list See 5 4 for more information Otherwise you may just click Add and go the Modem View it you wish to examine and or change the individual modem s settings 4 3 6 TCP IP Connections Instead of a serial port connection SATEL NMS PC Monitoring and Setup are able to use a TCP IP Internet Protocol connection to the master radio modem This is useful in case a serial cable cannot be used for some reason such as the
112. s iv Wait while the modem is synchronized m Click Save the system 5 Now you have a two modem network properly configured 6 Re connect your master modem and click the Detect button in the toolbar to ensure it is connected 7 Go to the Network info view by clicking the network s name in the System tree view 8 Using another cable ensure your other modem has power Attach antennas to both modems 9 Test the network by clicking NMS Radio connections under the Tests groupbox a Both modems should respond 10 Now your two modem system is configured and tested Next steps are a Add more modems b Configure Monitoring settings Run extensive desktop tests A d Deploy the network 5 3 2 Adding modems to an existing network Modems may be added by clicking Add Modem using defaults in Network design view 6 7 4 The settings of the new modem are copied from the Default Modem settings see below In addition SATEL NMS PC Setup will manage the settings so that network wide settings such as Frequencies and FEC are the same in all modems 24 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Using the Default Modem settings Use the Default Modem settings view to ensure that all modems will have the same general settings Go to the Defau t Modem view by clicking on Default modem under Settings in the system tree view You can change the default modem settings to values which should be common to all modems in
113. s also added to the file name An action log is automatically written into the log file directory Alarm log file prefix This text is appended to the log file names Current date is also added to the file name An alarm log is automatically written into the log file directory Add Shows the Action definition window and if the user clicks OK the new action is added to the list Remove Removes the currently selected action from the list Duplicate Makes a copy of the currently selected action and adds it to the list Edit Opens the Action definition window allowing the user to change the currently selected action Move Up Move Down Change the order of the actions in the list 80 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 6 9 3 1 Adding or editing an Action When Add button in the Action settings tab is clicked the Action definition window Figure 38 Action definition window appears Note that if the Edit button is clicked the view is slightly different because the type of an action cannot be changed after it has been created Filename induding path variables are allowed see below Note some may cause errors g n Line to insert into file variables are allowed see below t Tab Character n Newline windows style SModemNames Name of the modem SNetworkNames Name of the network SNmsID ID of the NMS parameter SNmsName N
114. s for Monitoring if defined NMS Monitoring message send mode Offline Send immediately Online Send with user data Online with Anycast Send with user data with the anycast address Update poll list Log files Log file directory C Users samuli Documents Work NMS PC systems loagdir Set log directory Main log file prefix satelnms F Append prefix to all log files Graph length and memory usage Graph data points to keep in memory per graph Estimated typical length of graphs 0 days 600 Estimated total graphs RAM memory use 1 MBytes Poll list Trend graphs available in SATEL NMS PC Monitoring Add Bemove Duplicate Edit E Allow advanced configuration Network Comm Port Target NMS Command NMSID SetValVa Mode Timeout a dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Master Station SETVAL Get RSSI Log 2 Offline 5000 m dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Modem 2 SETVAL GetRASSILog 1 Offline 5000 dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Master Station GETVAL Voltage Floor Offline 5000 dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Modem 2 GETVAL Voltage Floor Offline 5000 dhdf 192 168 1 1 55555 Master Station GETVAL Temperature Offline 5000 aia 192 168 1 1 55555 Modem 2 GET AL Temperature Offline 5000 i Figure 33 Polling settings tab 72 6 9 1 1 Easy polling settings SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 In this box polling settings can be defined in a simple and easy way Changes done here will be retlected in the Poll List visi
115. s the routing table sidebar right side of the view 51 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Network map This area shows the modems and links that have been defined You can click on a modem to select it after which you can perform operations on the selected modem The operations are accessed through the Menu bar Toolbar or the Context menu right click You can create a link or links by first selecting a modem or multiple modems by dragging a selection box around them then right clicking the mouse to bring up the Context menu Select Add Link from the context menu The link s appear and start following the mouse Click on the modem you want to link to finish link creation Clicking elsewhere will cancel link creation Links point from the Master Modem toward the substations Any modem which has both incoming and outgoing links becomes a repeater Usually link direction is adjusted automatically Sometimes a link cannot be created in this case make sure other links point to correct directions by Reversing them if necessary and try again You can select a link by clicking on the character on it Selected links can be reversed and deleted Use the context menu right click See also 5 5 6 Routing tables This area can be brought up by selecting Show routing tables The routing tables shown are the result of the latest Calculate routes operation Routing tables are not uploaded into the master mod
116. st be set to valid values before synchronizing the first modem unless hardware was connected before designing the network Settings managed by SATEL NMS PC These settings are usually automatic but nevertheless in some cases may need to be set manually Role Is the modem a Master Station Repeater or Substation Modem address The NMS Source routing address of the modem 6 7 6 2 Changes since last sync tab The second tab of Modem settings view shows the changes that have been made to the modem s settings since the last Synchronization of that modem Here you can preview the changes before synchronizing them to the modem The title of the tab shows how many changes are currently waiting to be synchronized Note that in some cases a simple change to for example protocol or routing could generate many changes in this window This is because SATEL NMS PC automatically calculates all necessary settings 57 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Settings for Master Station Synchronize Never Synchronized Basic settings 13 changes since last sync Advanced settings and control TX Frequency 460025000 a RX Frequency 460025000 Signal Threshold 115 Route Count 2 Port 1 Rate 9600 bps Port 1 Data bits 8 bits Master Address 1 Source Route 001 0003 0005 00000005 Source Route 002 0003 0004 00000004 Packet Filter 001 36 0 0000 0 0 2 0 00 00 00 00 Packet Filter L
117. sting of equipment manufactured by SATEL Oy The program works in Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows operating systems SATEL NMS PC allows users to define their system as a list of networks and the constituting modems Each network has exactly one Master modem and several substations and optional repeaters The networks may be viewed as a list of modems or a graphical representation of linked modems Also available are data about communication traffic diagnostic information and alarms Modem settings can be accessed and modified both online and locally Automatic features are provided to assist in settings management e g automatic generation of routing settings Note This User s Manual describes essential features and functions of the SATEL NMS PC software only Information relating to radio network design or technical details of the different SATEL radio modem models including the recommended settings can be found in the manuals delivered with each product It is recommended that this SATEL NMS PC manual be used in conjunction with the appropriate radio modem manual for your installation This User Manual applies to SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 2 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All rights to this manual are owned solely by SATEL OY later called also SATEL All rights reserved The copying of this manual without the written permission from the owner of the rights by printing copying re
118. synchronizing Modem Modem Shows the Modem Settings Ctrl P Properties View 6 5 6 Link menu Location Menu bar Link related commands NOTE To select a link go to Network Design View and click on the character on the link arrow Menu Command Required selected Description Other locations object keyboard shortcuts Delete link Link Removes the link Context menu Reverse Link Changes link direction Context menu if possible 39 6 5 7 Tools menu Location Menu bar Contains tests and Help l Local modem status i NMS Radio connections test f Custom connections test NMS Ping Ctrl I Launch Filter Editor Figure 14 Tools menu SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 occasionally helpful commands L AA A Menu Command Required selected object Description Other locations keyboard shortcuts Local modem status Network This tool checks which Network info view modem is connected to the serial port and shows some information about it NMS Radio connections test Network This tool tries to contact all Network info view radio modems in the network by sending NMS messages through the master modem and displays a report on which modems answered This is a useful tool to check whether the modems have radio contact with each other Custom connections test Network Same as NMS radio Network info view
119. t be configured in the serial server s Communication settings page If the above suggestions do not help please do not hesitate to contact SATEL Technical Support 95 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 8 SATEL SERIAL SERVER This utility program allows multiple SATEL NMS PC programs to access the same or different serial ports It is therefore a serial port multiplexer for NMS traffic It can also convert IP connections into serial port connections The serial port settings can be pre configured in SATEL Serial Server or changed from the client NMS PC Setup using S3CP Most of the time Serial Server works transparently in the background but sometimes it may be useful or necessary to use it for some special contiguration 8 1 Overview SATEL Serial Server is a separate program executable It is meant to pertorm the following tasks o Actas a multiplexer and translator between SATEL NMS PC client programs and the serial ports of the PC o Allow installing and using the client programs from a different PC than the serial ports are located in Using TCP IP o Allow the possibility to configure default serial port settings for direct TCP IP access SATEL NMS PC Setup and Monitoring act as clients to Serial Server s server The clients access the server using TCP IP sockets For this reason Serial Server is configured to listen at a TCP IP port usually 55555 though this can be changed The TCP IP traffic
120. t whatever you were doing 6 8 3 Over the air radio settings change window This window is used to change radio settings of a deployed network It is displayed be choosing Change a radio setting from the Network menu NOTE This feature requires that all modems have firmware version 4 0 14 0 or later ee ee ee Choose settings to change TX Frequency 1 256 Current value 406400000 Will not be changed RX Frequency 1 257 Current value 406400000 Will not be changed FEC Mode 1 270 Current value OFF Will not be changed NetID 1 395 Current value SatelNet Will not be changed Total process Initialized v Master Station Initialized Figure 29 Over the air radio settings change window UI element Choose button Open a window which is used to choose the settings to be changed List of settings Shows all radio critical settings and their current values and either the new value to be set or the text Will not be changed if the setting is not going to be modified Click the Choose button to change the settings Start button Starts the process The process cannot be stopped manually but if all anything is not going right it will stop automatically and display the reason List of modems Shows all the modems and their current status while the process is running Modems can be excluded from the process using the checkmarks in front of their names Note that modems excluded will
121. ter The first number is the access level level 1 settings are user settings The second number is the actual identifier The NMSIDs supported by a modem are listed in the user manual of the modem You can also retrieve the list from the modem using SATEL NMS PC 3 2 4 2 Message sending modes ONLINE and OFFLINE SATEL NMS can send messages in one of two modes If the mode is OFFLINE the packet will be sent immediately to the radio network If there is already a packet such as a user data packet in the modem network and the modem network contains long repeater chains the new packet may collide with the data packet This is referred to as the Offline operation mode because it is best used when the user system is offline and no user data is being transmitted but NMS messages are If the mode is ONLINE the packet will be placed in the master modem s outgoing NMS message buffer and wait for a user data packet to be sent to the same address as the new NMS packet When such a user packet is sent the NMS frame is attached and sent inside the same transmission thus avoiding collisions This is known as the Online mode as it can only be used when the user system is Online If there is no user data traffic NMS frames will not be sent at all in this mode This mode depends on the user system to poll each modem in turn If a modem is not contacted by the user protocol NMS packets are not able to reach the modem either 10 SATEL NMS PC Versio
122. the network Now whenever you create a modem using the Add Modem using defaults command it will have these settings already selected After adding the modem add a logical radio link to the Master Station or if a direct link to the master is not possible nearest repeater In the Design view Select the modem icon Right click Select add link Click the target modem OJ OO O 5 3 3 Defining Terminal Addresses For routing to work each modem must have a terminal address or several addresses in case there are several user terminals connected to the data port using for example an RS 485 adapter These correspond to the actual addresses of the user s protocol SATEL NMS PC will use the defined terminal addresses to generate the routing tables of the master modem Note that in NMS Routing mode although the terminal addresses are defined in the Modem View for each substation modem the terminal addresses are only saved to the master modem in the form of the routing tables Therefore changing a terminal address does not necessitate updating of the substation modem settings only the master modems settings The Terminal addresses are defined in the Basic Settings tab of Modem View Select each modem in turn on the tree view under the Modem List item and define their terminal address es by clicking on the Add button under the Terminal Addresses heading The terminal addresses are defined using the Input Terminal Ad
123. tings view Basic settings 55 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Basic settings tab Explanation Connection By default all modems are reached by the connection defined in network settings Connection button in toolbar or in Network settings view This means that when the modem is synchronized it is either directly connected to the port detined in network connection or the Master is connected to that port and the other modems are reached through the master by radio connection If you wish to connect some modems directly to the PC by using a different connection you can define a custom connection here Modem information Change name button opens a dialog to change the modem s name Choose model is used to set the modem model if an actual modem hardware has not been yet connected Replace modem is used to swap a broken modem for a spare See 5 2 3 Firmware version is shown in case a hardware has been connected Radio settings You can change the TX transmit Power of the modem All choices shown are supported by the modem if a Hardware has been connected Signal threshold can also be changed See modem manual for details Warning If you select a too low power setting for a deployed modem it might stop responding atter being synchronized Terminal address list This area lists all addresses of user terminals connected to this modem s data port This information is needed so th
124. tions in this view Explanation Selection list for Network A system contains one or more Networks Each network has names in the system their own topology modems and links Only one can be displayed at a time Choose which one you wish to be displayed Selection list of small or large Select either Small Icons or Large Icons modem icons The modem icons link line thickness line will also change Large icons ae Small icons Master a Master a 99 104 N 88 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Show diagnostics on labels Link RSSI values both directions are always shown on the link labels if they are polled Check this option to show other values below the modem icons 5 Master Station 14 Move the icons around The icon positions can be changed but the new position will not be saved and will return to normal when the program is restarted The positions must be changed in NMS PC Setup to be permanent 7 5 2 Trend Graphs tab This view shows diagnostics in graph form Each received value from the system becomes a data point in one of the graphs Data from all networks in the system is displayed 4 SATELLINE NMS Network SATEL NMS Monitoring 2 0 1 Grm File Monitoring on Offline mode LinkMap Trend Graphs Log Status Alarms Triggers Actions Alinon vE 20 9 2012 15 20 32 All None Same Modem Same ID Colors V Autoscroll Crosshairs X
125. users of and to the extent possible automatically fix network problems to keep the network running effectively Fault management involves first determining symptoms and isolating the problem Then the problem is fixed and the solution is tested on all important subsystems Finally the detection and resolution of the problem is recorded SATEL NMS provides the basic tools to detect problems and make changes to the network settings from a centralized location thus simplifying the fault management process of your organization 3 2 SATEL NMS SATEL NMS is a comprehensive system for managing SATEL radio modem networks It includes many software modules and interfaces running on several platforms 3 2 1 Features The main features of SATEL NMS are o Non intrusive operation o Remote configuration o Monitoring of network operating parameters o Network design tool SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 3 2 2 Components SATEL NMS consists of a set of interfaces and features offered by certain SATEL radio modem models including SATELLAR RU SATELLINE 3AS d NMS SATELLINE 3AS d Epic C NMS and SATELLINE 3AS d VHF Using SATEL NMS it is possible to monitor the deployed radio modem network for certain diagnostic parameters and if necessary make changes to the modems settings online The NMS Solution provided by SATEL consists of the radio modems which support the NMS Protocol and the SATEL NMS PC software package w
126. uses RAW sockets and the protocol used is called S3CP SATEL Serial Server Command Protocol Usually this protocol is completely invisible to the user and there is no need to be concerned over it Protocol documentation available separately S3CP includes commands to handle serial ports and send and receive NMS messages Serial server translates the TCP IP requests to SATEL NMS Protocol messages which are passed to the serial ports and this way to the NMS diagnostic port of the Radio Modem The responses from the modem are translated back to S8CP and sent to the client An alternative way to form a connection from NMS client programs to the NMS Port of a modem is to define a direct TCP IP port mapping In this way Serial Server can be configured to listen at another or more TCP IP port number s for example 55556 which is then directly mapped to a serial port for example COM1 This kind of mapping also requires pre defining serial port settings such as baud rate parity etc See 8 3 3 for more information If this kind of connection is used the client SW must be configured to use a Direct TCP IP connection see 6 8 1 1 96 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 8 2 Common tasks 8 2 1 Accessing the Serial Server User Interface Serial server is started by other SATEL NMS PC Programs as they need it If you need to use the user interface views of Serial Server the window can be accessed by clicking the icon in Wind
127. ver to access the serial ports The first method automatically starts Serial Server when needed while the second method requires that Serial Server is running in the target machine o Direct connection to a TCP IP port If using a serial port server device or another method which allows direct access to an NMS port of a SATEL modem on a TCP IP address use this setting IP Address The IP Address where SATEL Serial Server is hosted If Direct connection see above is used the address of the NMS port IP Port The TCP port where SATEL Serial Server is hosted If Direct connection see above is used the TCP port of the Direct connection NMS port 63 SATEL NMS PC Version 2 0 18 User Manual Version 2 5 Serial port settings Shows current serial port settings Clicking on the Available COM ports list will change these values to those clicked Click Change port settings to modity port settings Also see SATEL Serial Server settings view chapter 7 1 Change port settings Opens Port settings dialog allowing you to change port settings manually Serial ports available in the This list shows all serial port devices installed into the system machine The list is read from the Windows registry by SATEL Serial server when Detect serial ports is clicked Detect serial ports Lists available serial ports In case your port is not listed use the Change Port Settings button 6 8 1 2

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