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2. the Sentry does not report this event directly When reported on the event screen the letter N indicates that the Sensor is in a normal condition FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 23 of 59 5 9 Understanding the Events Page One report for the Sentry even if only one The date and time the event was recorded sensor on the Sentry generated the event There are important data and time considerations See Section 5 9 1 Type of report E REPORT WedJan 16 25 01 51 1980 labU 2a za 4a 0 0 0 0 Sensor concentration Sencor Numb r levels S In this example Sensor 1 is reporting a 1 8 Threshold and Delta Event as well as indicating that an alarm event is still active lower case If the alarm event was new it would have been reported with an uppercase A Event Trigger Notes on the previous page provide explanation of the event letters 5 9 1 Events Page and the Date Time When events are recorded the LANServer records the event time as the number of seconds that have elapsed since Jan 1 1970 UTC This data is stored in the events dat file This provides an absolute but inconvenient time When reported on the events web page this time is converted to a human readable form and reported in PST
3. Active Alarms The LANServer has a limited amount of memory to create alarms htm If in the process of building this page the limit is reached before all the active alarms can be added to the table the Server adds the following message to the bottommost row of the table Not enough space for all alarms and then stops processing additional alarms items There is no corrective action that can be taken While not a hard and fast rule for version 1 08eB of the driver a practical limit was 152 alarm items FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 19 of 59 5 6 Understanding the Alarm Table Colors A line in red reports an alarm A line in orange reports a warning Coirm 0 0 3 one ani Erot A line in grey reports a bad Comm Chan Error bva o 0 f channel or a loss of Corm Chan Error Null Unit communication with the sentry Comm Chan Error ns TA lo 0 Hull nut Comi Chan Error NA lo 0 Mull mts no AB ABCD Po aad Unuits P PM 1 Is State tag Value Units s ae a t Gas concentration Reports the cause of The gas concentration value ire engnceung the alarm N A Null gt Engineering units could not be obtained from the Sentry The Sensors Tag Name If no name has been allocated in
4. Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 41 of 59 Appendix 2 LANServer Error Messages User Action Notes WEB 01 Err Reset was ignored Don t know which sentries require reset One of the causes of this error is a non existent non functioning or non initialized serial port on the device This error will also cause WEB 59 FYI Sentry Functions inactive The reason that this error occurs is that the field server can not create the ports for the map descriptors Existent non WEB 02 Err No Sentry data available WEB 03 FYI Reset was pushed WEB 05 Err Error Opening file Ys s The url S lt BR gt lt BR gt The reason is S lt BR gt s r n WEB 06 Err No Bytes Read s This message is not printed if the missing file is favicon ico WEB 07a Cant tcp_send File Yos TCPErr d WEB 07b Cant tcp_send File Yos TCPErr d WEB 07c Cant tcp_send File s TCPErr d WEB 07d Cant tcp_send File s TCPErr d WEB 07e Cant tcp_send File s TCPErr d WEB 0 7f Err Cant tcp send WEB 07g Err Cant tcp_ send File s Sent d of d bytes TCPErr d WEB 07h Err Cant tcp_send File s TCPErr d WEB 071 Err tcp_ send ndx d TCPErr d Rtry d ecle xe Remain d WEB 09 FYI Refresh of live dat
5. Pacific Standard Time The LANServer does not auto adjust for Daylight Savings time and hence is permanently fixed in PST It is important that the LANServer s data and time has been set to avoid invalid data and times in the events report When LANServer s are shipped from the factory the date and time has not been set 5 9 2 What happens if Event Logging is disabled If event logging is disabled then the events page will not update with new events and new events will not be recorded Not every web project has event logging enabled Furthermore the LANServer may disable event logging under certain circumstances If event logging is disabled then the LANServer prints a message to the Error Screen WEB 42 FYI Event storage disabled FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 24 of 59 5 9 3 Potential Problems with Event Logging 5 9 3 1 File Problems Events are written to file on the LANServer s flash disk When the events page is viewed the file is read from the flash disk Errors could occur with the file These are reported on the error screen Produced when viewing events page WEB 19 Err Reading event record file WEB 20 Err Bad file pos WEB 21 Err Opening event record file Produced when storing events WEB 31 Err C
6. USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 47 of 59 Macro CC Code Message Description _ _ An address incompatible with the requested protocol was used All sockets are created with an associated address family i e Address family AF_INET for Internet Protocols not supported and a generic protocol type i e NDATATNOS SET HRE ee by protocol SOCK_STREAM This error will family be returned if an incorrect protocol is explicitly requested in the socket call or if an address of the wrong family is used for a socket e g in sendto An operation was attempted on a non blocking socket that already had an operation in progress i e l calling connect a second time on a pach non blocking socket that is already WSAEALREADY 10037 already i i l connecting or canceling an progress asynchronous request WSAAsyncGetXbyY that has already been canceled or completed Sowar An established connection was Cased aborted by the software in the host WSAECONNABORTED 10053 ee re machine possibly due to a data transmission timeout or protocol ARON error No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it This usually results from trying to connect to a service that is inactive on the foreign host i e one with no server application running An existing connection was for
7. WSAENOBUFS No buffer Space be performed because the system available lacked sufficient buffer space or because a queue was full An unknown invalid or WSAENOPROTOOPT Bad protocol unsupported option or level was option specified in a getsockopt or setsockopt call FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 50 of 59 Macro CCC Coe Message Description Socket is not WSAENOTCONN connected 10057 WSAENOTSOCK 10038 10046 10067 10043 Socket operation on non socket Operation not supported WSAEOPNOTSUPP Protocol family not supported WSAEPFNOSUPPORT Too processes WSAEPROCLIM pany Protocol not WSAEPROTONOSUPPORT supported Protocol wrong type for socket WSAEPROTOTYPE A request to send or receive data was disallowed because the socket is not connected and when sending on a datagram socket using sendto no address was supplied Any other type of operation might also return this error for example setsockopt setting SO KEEPALIVE if the connection has been reset An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket Either the socket handle parameter did not reference a valid socket or for select a member of an fd_set was not valid The attempted opera
8. com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 8 of 59 2 Quick Start 2 1 LANServer Terminology LANServer A LANServer is a program that using the World Wide Web s Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP serves the files that form Web pages to browsing PC As an example every computer on the Internet that contains a Web site must have a Web server program Web Browser The software application used to connect to and view pages on the Internet The Sentry LANServer is designed to be view on Internet Explorer If using another Web Browser check with Sierra Monitor for compatibility 2 2 Quick Start Step 1 Find the IP address of the Sentry LANServer This should be provided Otherwise use the utility RUIPING on the Utility CD ROM to locate and identify the IP address of the LANServer in question Step 2 Start the browser Step 3 Browse to the Sentry LANServer SF http my yahoo com Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Send Specify the IP address in the 4 address field on your web browser then push the Enter key The Sentry LANServer home page will appear Step 4 Continue Browsing Use the buttons and links included on the Web Pages as well as the back button to navigate from page to page FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support f
9. flag set to false in a state polling mode to determine when an overlapped operation has completed will get this error code until the operation is complete The application has initiated an Overlapped overlapped operation which cannot WSA IO PENDING J3 operations Will Immediata A dependent completion indication will be given complete later at a later time when the operation has been completed An application used a Windows Sockets function which directly maps to a Win32 function The Win32 function is indicating a lack of required memory resources No such host is known The name is not an official hostname or alias or it cannot be found in the database s being queried This WSAHOST_ NOT FOUND Host not found error may also be returned for protocol and service queries and means the specified name could not be found in the relevant database Os Specified event An application attempts to use an WSA_INVALID_HANDLE object handle is event object but the specified dependent i j invalid handle is not valid An application used a Windows Sockets function which directly maps to a Win32 function The Win32 function is indicating a problem with one or more parameters WSA_IO_INCOMPLETE os Insufficient WSA NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY dependent memory available Os One or more WSA_INVALID_ PARAMETER dependent parameters are invalid FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpit
10. last modified date for all files HTML files are never cached They are always served with a HT TP 200 response Other files may be cached When the browser fills in the lf Modified Since header field with a date that is newer than the reboot date then the FS responds with an HT TP 304 response and does not serve the file as it knows the browser has cached the file To clear the cache reboot the FieldServer or use Ctrl F5 to force a re read without caching FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 59 of 59 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com
11. reports if the default or an WEB 70 FYI LiveData htm refresh d Default WEB 71 FYI Base Cookie Expiry Time d Default override value is being used The Sentry LANServer Developers Manual has additional information Reports that the LANServer is using defaults The file config htm can be used to override defaults for Parameters like cookie expiry time live data refresh rate The maximum number of Sentry controls permitted in a Web Project is limited to the number printed in the message Typically 200 Extra controls must be removed for you project to execute correctly The LANServer will not process the remaining controls Opening taglist ini provides a list of all the controls found in all the web pages that form the project To correct the problem revisit the project in FrontPage remove the excess and re download to the LANServer WEB 72 FYI No config htm Using Defaults Read Manual WEB 73 Err Too may Sentry Objects Limit d WEB 74 FYI IFrame Refresh Method d WEB 75 Err Event storage disabled No config file WEB 76 Err Cant open s for validation WEB 77 FYI s has space for d events WEB 78 Err No space for event file creation Message 89a is printed if the Sentry Specification is too long to be processed 89b if the caption is too long The driver prints these messages as it loads taglist ini produced by toWS exe Some controls require the configuration to specify Sentries
12. sensors A Zone is a collection of sensors based on a logic grouping such as geographic location in a building thus a zone can consist of e Some sensors from one Sentry e All the sensors from one Sentry e One or more sensors from one or more Sentry s FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 15 of 59 ewen 1 Can lf any sensor is reporting a i warning AND no sensor in the zone is in alarm then the zone will be displayed in orange lf a sensor in the zone is reporting a problem and there are no sensors in the same zone reporting a warning or an alarm then the zone displays grey If all sensors in the zone are in a normal condition then the zone displays green If any sensor in the zone is in alarm then the zone displays red The sensor reports that the analog value is invalid A concentration level above the warning set point This also activates the warning relay on the Sentry A concentration level above the alarm set point This also activates the alarm relay on the Sentry Normal None of the above If the zone buttons are white then the problem being indicated does not relate to the state of the Sensor but relates to the transfer of new data to the web page Ref
13. two columns Local Time and GMT The Local Time is always PST despite the time zone the PC is set to Thus the timestamp in the CSV file and the timestamp shown on the events htm screen correspond If the PC s time zone is not PST the utility will automatically attempt to adjust the printed timestamp to PST If this adjustment cannot be made then a dialog reporting this fact is displayed and some additional information on the PC s time zone is printed in the CSV file to alert the user that the CSV time will not correspond to the events htm screen time 5 10 3 Manual upload There are two possibilities e Use RUINET to upload the file events dat and use the FST Events MFC exe application to convert the file to a CSV file e Use the FST Events MFC exe application to connect to a LANServer directly upload and then convert the file Instructions for using this utility are provided in a separate manual 5 10 4 Potential Problems with an Upload Each upload control is configured to upload data from a particular LANServer The person who built the web project configured the control by amongst other things specifying the IP address of the LANServer If the control cannot find that particular LANServer then it will look for another If it only finds one other LANServer then it will upload from that one If more than one is found then it doesn t know what to do If either of these situations occurs then this is reported by a message on a dia
14. was made on an already connected socket Some implementations also return this Socket is error if sendto is caled on a WSAEISCONN already connected SOCK_DGRAM socket connected For SOCK_STREAM sockets the to parameter in sendto is ignored although other implementations treat this as a legal occurrence Too many open sockets Each Too many open implementation may have a WSAEMFILE maximum number of socket files handles available either globally per process or per thread A message sent on a datagram socket was larger than the internal 10040 Message too message buffer or some other long network limit or the buffer used to receive a datagram into was smaller than the datagram itself A socket operation encountered a dead network This could indicate a Network serious failure of the network WSAENETDOWN jaan system i e the protocol stack that the WinSock DLL runs over the network interface or the local network itself The connection has been broken due to keep alive activity Network detecting a failure while the WSAENETRESET dropped operation was in progress It can connection on also be returned by setsockopt if reset an attempt is made to set SO KEEPALIVE on a connection that has already failed A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network This WSAENETUNREACH neers S usually means the local software unreachable Knows no route to reach the remote host An operation on a socket could not
15. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40511 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40923 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40939 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 34 of 59 5 13 Interpreting Analog Text and LED controls These controls are part of the Advanced Feature Pack and are ordered separately from part 8706 01 The example page below has an image and on its borders are two analog two text and two LED controls This page is not part of the template project provided with the LANServer It was created to illustrate the Analog Text and LED Controls lf Analog controls flash lf LED controls flash and display a 1 and a displays in grey then this then this indicates a indicates a problem problem 1 Pe E IEI 3 z seen Q S cy i F E ENET Pc 000000 cz E mi If Text controls displays in grey then this indicates a problem Flashing controls indicate a problem Flashing means rapidly toggling from one state to another In the case of Text controls this means flashing between the on and off text In the case of LED controls this means flashing between the on and off images and in the case of an Analog c
16. EE N REREN 8 3 BROWSER SECURITY SET TINGS a nannnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn 9 Sele ActiveX Controls and SECUIILY sisiciccuneranna na a a S 9 3 2 Setting Browser Security Settings for ActiveX controls cccceccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 39 Cookies and Browser S CUrity cccccccscececceecseeceeceeeceeeeeeceeeeeeseeeeeeceeeeeeseeeseees 11 3 4 Setting the Browser Privacy Settings for Cookies ccccecceecceeeeeeceeeaeeseeeaeeees 11 4 OTHER BROWSING COMPUTER SETTINGS ccc cecccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseneeeeseees 13 4 1 Synchronizing Setting LANServer Time ccccccccsecceceeeeceeeeeeceeeeeeceeseeeeeaeeees 13 5 BROWSING AND INTERPRETING SENTRY INFORMATION c cccseeeeeeeee 14 3 1 General Browsing Navigating essri eee a E 14 5 2 interpreting Zone BUON S riscrrcccia a a E a 14 Da Interpreting Sentry Sensor Controls ccccccccccecceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseeeaeesees 16 5 4 Interpreting Sentry Combo Controls c cece cecceeec eee eeceeeeeeceeeeeeseeeaeeseeeseeseeeaes 17 9 0 Interpreting Sentry Al ArMs ccccccccccscceeeceeceeeceeceeecueceeecseceeeceeseuesaesaeeseeeaeesaes 18 5 6 Understanding the Alarm Table Colors cccccccecceceeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseeseeeeeees 19 Sf PYCKMOWICOGING Alar MS eerren enea a a a a aaa 19 5 8 interpreting Sentiy EVENS irriesieriogre iaaa E E a 21
17. SOR ALARMS Last Calibration SOL Ben Daya bo Neri Cal TIME ENTER Siara Monitor Corporaifon Milpitas CA DENTS Hazardous Gas Monitoring System by This is the Sentry Faceplate Side panels on the left and right are also included The Faceplate can only been seen on non Windows CE browsers On a Windows CE browser the user will see an X as illustrated below Notes on each area of the display follow on the next page FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 28 of 59 Current Sensors Alarm and Warning Set Points Current Sensor s Gas Concentration Current Sensor Description Concentrati Aint CALIBRATE High Alarm Limit 26 0 SENSOR g Low Alarm Limit 16 0 TROUBLE Sensor Historical Data Highest 27 0 00 00 00 00 Lowest 7 0 00 00 00 00 High Alarm 00 00 00 00 Low Alarm 00 00 00 00 sentry Module Tags Gas ncentration Val nd P Co tratio a d ee Trouble 00 00 00 00 Engineering Units Last Calibration 00 00 SOL ID LOW Days to Next Cal TEST MODE Message LED f l istori Sensor Historical AESET TIME ENTER Data Sensor Alarms Sierra Monitor Corporation Push Button Zone Milpitas CA 95035 CALIBRATE Status LED s for Trouble Powe
18. Sentry Sensor WEB 89a b Err Too much combinations or a caption There is a limited amount of space to store data these text fields If there isn t sufficient space this message is printed and the data is truncated This could mean that the project will not monitor all the sensors or sentries you expect it too We suggest uploading taglist ini and finding the line that contains the string printed with the message FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 45 of 59 User Action Notes WEB 93 FYI favicon ico not present Web 94b FYI Memory allocated for Sentry Taglist Web 94c FYI Memory for Sentry Taglist freed WEB 95 FYI Size d Max d HTTP Packet non default The file favicon ico is requested and then displayed by some browsers For example Firefox displays the icon just to the left of the page URL The browser doesn t mind if the field is absent in these cases it uses a default Icon You can make a 10x10 or even 16x16 icon and store it on the WebServer as favicon ico The WebServer will serve the file each time it is requested If the file is absent then this SDO is printed once and then suppressed The message may be safely ignored To add the file to your project for download by toWS exe simply place t
19. Server The Ethernet output from the LANServer can then interface directly to a computer via a crossover cable or to the LAN WAN Internet or PC via a hub Figure 1 3 5860 03 or PC FS B2010 01 Fig 1 3 Model 5391 01 LANServer with 2 4 Sentry Controllers FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 7 of 59 In applications calling for greater than 4 Sentry controllers it will be necessary to use the Model 5391 02 LANServer which consist of the larger multiport LANServer from FieldServer Technologies In such applications multiple Sentry controllers can interface to the LANServer via either RS 232 or RS 485 interface and the LANServer will interface to the PC LAN WAN or Internet via the Ethernet port Figure 1 4 5860 03 or PC SENTRY SENTRY SENTRY SENTRY 5000 5000 5000 5000 001 002 003 007 FS B4010 01 NOTES Controllers 001 to 007 connected directly to FS B4010 01 P2 to P8 Controllers 006 and up connected via El4465 or E4232 port expander consult factory Fig 1 4 Model 5391 02 LANServer with greater than 4 Sentry Controllers FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver
20. Sil C sierra monitor corporation Sentry LANServer USERS MANUAL This manual will help the user set up the Sentry LANServer browse to the various pages and provides basic troubleshooting guidelines If the user is going beyond the standard web pages provided with the LANServer and needs to design and construct specific pages then please use the manual Sentry LANServer Developer s Manual APPLICABILITY amp EFFECTIVITY This manual provides instructions for the following Sierra Monitor products Model Description 5391 01 Sentry LANServer 1 4 Sentry Controllers 5391 02 Sentry LANServer 5 Sentry Controllers The instructions are effective for the above models as of December 1 1998 Instruction Manual Part Number T12017 Rev A1 T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 PRODUCT DESCRIP TON jiscccetsccctensceass ee teccetepscencieesi ccc iecsicanscefteceaeecececseescecticeszderscnies 4 1 1 General oai a E 4 1 2 Cal UN CS cinner aA A A T E T AA 4 1 3 ODS ALON era 4 1 4 Sentry Firmware V CFSION ssccsveneeevececeracodanvea eeanwuatecenpeatocesouavidarweadevabsuatydemeuateceeouarided 5 1 5 CORIME CU ONS sorreran a a a Siac eeacto uae soee ted 5 2 QUICK START ccs e ce sctre cd cet ie Seer E AE AEEA EA EEEE AEE ESES 8 2 1 LANServer Terminology a0n0nnannannnnennannnnennannnnnnrnnnnrnrrnrnrrnrrnrnrrnrnnrnrrnrnnrnrrsenneer 8 22 gt QUICK Sta nsn raae e e E r Er E REE E EST
21. This indicates some sort of non recoverable error occurred during a database lookup This may be because the database files e g BSD compatible HOSTS SERVICES or PROTOCOLS files could not be found or a DNS request was returned by the server with a severe error Either a service provider s DLL could not be loaded LoadLibrary failed or the provider s WSPStartup NSPStartup function failed Returned when a system call that should never fail does For example if a call to WaitForMultipleObjects fails or one of the registry functions fails trying to manipulate the protocol namespace catalogs This error is returned by WSAStartup if the Windows Sockets implementation cannot function at this time because the system it uses to network services is underlying provide currently unavailable Users should check that the appropriate Windows Sockets DLL file is in the current path that they are not trying to use more than one Windows Sockets implementation simultaneously If there is more than one WINSOCK DLL on the system be sure the first one in the path is appropriate for the network subsystem currently loaded Consult the Windows Sockets implementation documentation to be sure all necessary components are currently installed and configured correctly This is usually a temporary error during hostname resolution and means that the local server did not receive a response from an authoritative server A retry at some time lat
22. WEB 60 Err Web Pages won t update properly Cookie Length Max Rqd d d WEB 61 FYI Compact Cookies Use htmlToWinCE exe 1 06a or later WEB 62 FYI Original Cookies Use htmlToWinCE exe 1 05d or This and similar message s are used to help user s synch the toWS formally htmlToWinCE tool with the driver version toWS exe adds javascript to each htm file to read and interepret cookies the driver produces the cookie The cookie contents have been optimized a few times earlier WEB 63a FYI ASO Operation Sentry Faceplate not supported WEB 63b FYI ASO Operation Sentry not supported WEB 64 FYI Set the Bridge Time Use Ruinet Bridge Screen FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 44 of 59 User Action Notes WEB 65 Err Html Page limit reached sThe url s lt BR gt lt BR gt The reason is S lt BR gt s r n limit reached Max d per page d d Web 68 FYI Max page limited to d Web 68 FYI Full Mode Server No page limits Web 69 FYI IP Address Substitution Active Reports the live data refresh time in use Also reports if the default or an override value is being used The Sentry LANServer Developers manual has additional information Reports the Cookie Expiry Time in use Also
23. a disabled todo WEB 10 FYI Sent d bytes s WEB 11 FYI Read d bytes s fOerr d feof d X YX WEB 12 Err Not enough space for alarm page FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 42 of 59 User Action Notes WEB 13 Err Not enough space for alarm page WEB 15 FYI Taglist ini is absent This is a non sentry config WEB 16 Err No Sentry Objects Objects handle closed socket aaa WEB 19 Err Reading event record file WEB 20 Err Bad file pos WEB 21 Err Opening event record file Weed le 1 many Max number of nodes per port 25 from version 1 08nf 20 for previous Sentry nodes for Port SE S Max d lt s gt WEB 25 Err Too many Max number of nodes per port 25 from version 1 08nf 20 for previous Sentry Ports Max d lt s gt versions The file nodes htm is essential to the operation of the LANServer when it is used for Sentry applications It should have been prepared and WEB 26 Err Cant open downloaded by the tows exe application Use that application again to required file nodes htm download your project to the LANServer When this error is printed the configuration LED is turned on This is done once each time the LANServer is reset badly formatted lt s gt must be P
24. ant open s for append WEB 32 Err Event write failed WEB 33 Err Cant open s for append WEB 34 Err Cant open s for read WEB 85 Err Event write failed Where s is equal to events dat or events dat 5 9 3 2 Space Problems There is a limited amount of space on the flash disk Event logging is not permitted to completely fill the free space a minimum amount of free space is maintained If this threshold currently set at 100k Bytes is reached then event file maintenance is performed If after the maintenance the available space is still below the threshold then event logging is automatically disabled and the LANServer prints a message to the error screen 5 9 3 3 Limited number of event records The LANServer will only store a maximum currently 400 event records If this threshold is reached then event file maintenance is performed 5 9 3 4 Event File Maintenance This procedure is executed by the LANServer when there is too little space to write new event records or when the maximum number of event records has been exceeded The procedure is as follows lf an event record is older than 1 day current setting then the record is discarded e f after they have been removed then if there are more than 350 records current setting then only the 350 most recent events are retained e lf there is still too little space or two many records the events dat file is removed and all events are lost If this h
25. appens then this message WEB 38 Err No space for Sentry Logging Is printed in the error log FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 25 of 59 When event file maintenance is performed a message is printed in the error log 5 10 Managing Sentry Events 5 10 1 Uploading When the web project is built the designer may place a special control on the events page allowing the user to upload a version of the events file converted for use with Microsoft Excel It is also possible to upload the events dat file manually and to convert it for use with Excel using a utility provided by Sierra Monitor This button when clicked will connect to a WebServer and upload events dat to our pc and then create an Excel compatible file with the event log The file can also be viewed using a text editor such as notepad The web project may have more than one of these controls each configured to upload events from a different LANServer When the operation is complete a dialog reporting Done is presented If errors occur during execution then a dialog reporting the error information is presented When the events dat file has been uploaded its contents are read and converted to comma separated format CSV The uploaded records are appended to a file w
26. are captured and stored on the LANServer s flash disk in a file called events dat Additional information on this file is provided in section 5 10 Not every LANServer project reports Sentry Events If it isn t present then this is a decision the web project designer made In the template project supplied with the LANServer sentry event logging is enabled An events page must be part of the project and event logging must be enabled The event table is a human readable presentation of the event information The most recent event is the topmost one Key Event Periodic Threshold New Warning New Alarm Returned ta Normal Delta warning Comms Alarm LEGEND E Key Event P Periodic U Threshold W New Warning A New Alarm H Returned ta Normal D Delta w Warning a Alarm C Comms Alarm Sentry E REPORT Wed Jan 16 23 01 51 1980 1 l TE 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sentry F REPORT Thu Jan 17 06 16 16 1980 F REPORT Wed Jan 16 25 01 51 1960 5 8 1 Event Report Types The two types of event report K and P reports P reports are trigged by time and K reports are triggered by a state change for a Sentry Sensor or by a change of gas concentration P Reports Periodically the LANServer records the gas concentration and state of each Sentry Sensor The period was configured by the developer who constructed the web project and can be changed Having the P report allows the user to verify
27. as California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 53 of 59 Macro CC Coe Message Description _ Invalid A service provider returned a OS procedure table bogus proc table to WS2_32 DLL dependent from service Usually caused by one or more of provider the function pointers being NULL OS NG BANICA A service provider returned a WSAINVALIDPROVIDER provider version p dependent number version number other than 2 0 The application has tried to determine the status of an overlapped operation which is not Overlapped I O yet completed Applications that OS event object not use WSAGetOverlappedResult dependent in signaled with the fWait flag set to false in a state polling mode to determine when an overlapped operation has completed will get this error code until the operation is complete The application has initiated an Overlapped overlapped operation which cannot WSA_IO_PENDING ae Sperations Will oe Immedatay s dependent completion indication will be given complete later l at a later time when the operation has been completed An application used a Windows Insufficient Sockets function which directly memory maps to a Win32 function The available Win32 function is indicating a lack of required memory resources Either the application hasn t called WSAStartu
28. ation host was down A socket operation encountered a WSAEHOSTDOWN 10064 Hostiedowm oot tee Ne womng actly on the local host has not been initiated These conditions are more likely to be indicated by the error WSAETIMEDOUT A socket operation was attempted WSAEHOSTUNREACH No route to host to an unreachable host See WSAENETUNREACH A blocking operation is currently executing Windows Sockets only allows a single blocking operation to be outstanding per task or thread and if any other function call is made whether or not it references that or any other socket the function fails with the WSAEINPROGRESS error interrinted A blocking operation was WSAEINTR 10004 anne ia interrupted by a call to WSACancelBlockingCall Some invalid argument was WSAEINVAL Invalid argument supplied for example specifying an invalid level to the setsockopt FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com Destination WSAEDESTADDRREQ address required Operation now WSAEINPROGRESS 10036 in progress function In some instances it also refers to the current state of the socket for instance calling accept on a socket that is not listening T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 49 of 59 Macro i Ce Message Description A connect request
29. ble this is reported in the Lower Display area of the faceplate 5 11 1 4 ActiveX Not Installed The ActiveX Control must be installed on the browsing PC before it can be viewed or used If it hasn t been installed it will appear as an empty frame with a red X in the top left corner as illustrated below Installation is a formal process The following lists are possibilities FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 32 of 59 9 12 e Auto Install Failed Normally the Web Project is designed so that the control will install itself the first time that it is viewed It is possible that process failed Perform the following actions to retry e For I E 6 0 Menu Tools internet Options General Tab Temporary Internet Files Delete Files Check Delete all files OK Now refresh the page using the Ctrl F5 Key e Auto Install Not Performed Some Web Projects are designed so that a special web page must be visited to perform the install Browse the project looking for instructions on how to do this e Manual Install not performed Some projects are designed so that the Activex Controls must be installed manually Typically an application exe file is supplied to authorized users Backing Up the Sentry Calibration Data 5 12 1 Calibration Backup C
30. cibly closed by the remote host This normally results if the peer application on the remote host is suddenly stopped the host is rebooted or the remote host used a hard close see setsockopt for more information on the WSAECONNRESET Connection SO_LINGER option on the remote reset by peer socket This error may also result if a connection was broken due to Connection refused WSAECONNREFUSED keep alive activity detecting a failure while one or more operations are in progress Operations that were in progress fail with WSAENETRESET Subsequent operations fail with WSAECONNRESET FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 48 of 59 Macro CC Coe Message Description _ A required address was omitted from an operation on a socket For example this error will be returned if sendto is called with the remote address of ADDR_ANY The system detected an invalid pointer address in attempting to use a pointer argument of a call This error occurs if an application passes an invalid pointer value or MORE TASEN PA ATES if the length of the buffer is too small For instance if the length of an argument which is a struct sockaddr is smaller than sizeof struct sockaddr A socket operation failed because the destin
31. cookie handling for individual Web sites click the Edit button Edit FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 12 of 59 st gg ce to accept 1 party cookies i ou can choose how cookies are handled in the Internet ma zone This owermdes automatic cookie handling Cookies M Overide automatic cookie handling First party Cookies Third party Cookies You can choose whatever setting Accept Accept you like here It does not affect the Peck Sc transfer of Sentry Cookie Data If r poner o Pomi you are unsure then consult with your system administrator F Always allow session cookies Cancel Allowing cookies from a particular server is done by adding the server s name or IP Address Per Site Privacy Actions ales Manage Sites pa You can specify which eb sites Specify the WebServer IP ap cookies regardless of their privac address and then click Type the exact address of the Wreb site ya or Block To remove a site from the list of managed s and click the Remove button Address of Web site Managed Web sites FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support
32. d in chunks as each chunk is read a line is appended to the following file e C Program Files FST SentryBK backup_n csv where n is equal to the node number it has just backed up e At the end of the process the file is closed and saved Previous versions of the file are overwritten The file is comma separated and can be opened with Excel FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 33 of 59 e The control opens the file and processes it line by line Each line contains a starting register and a string of values These are sent to the Sentry via the LANServer e The log file is then updated 5 12 1 3 Backup File Contents The 1 Entry on each line is the starting register The subsequent values are values Thus from the example below The value of Register 40701 is 0 The value of Register 40702 is 1 The value of Register 40703 is 2 etc 40701 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40765 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40833 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40866 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33. d wait a few seconds If the buttons remain white then repeat this refresh a few times Appendix 1 7 Cookie Length The following statements are true irrespective of the operating system of the browsing computer For many of the Sentry Controls the HTML screens get data from the LANServer in the form of cookies The maximum cookie length is 3500 bytes If the cookie length exceeds this limit then the screens will not update correctly The driver prints a message in the error log if the cookie length nears this limit WEB 60 Err Web Pages won t update properly Cookie Length Max Rqd d d FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 40 of 59 There is no corrective action to be taken other than to reduce the number of controls on the various screens that form the project reprocess the whole project and download the modified files to the LANServer As a guideline it is suggested that the user budget 20 25 bytes per Sentry Sensor The actual number used per Sentry Sensor is dependent on the length of the tag name and the length of the units field Appendix 1 8 Sentry Calibration Backup SentryBK produces a warning message on completion If the following warning dialog is produced on completion of the backup then the user needs to read and act on
34. dix 1 3 Page login htm not found If access control is enabled and a user has not been logged in then the LANServer will change the web page to a page called login htm In the event that access control is activated without the system builder having built a page called login htm then the browser will display a HTTP 404 error Appendix 1 4 User ids and passwords are not available for validation Try again The access control system uses cookies to transfer data between the browser and the LANServer If one of the cookies hasn t been delivered to the browser yet this message is displayed Use the Back button on the browser to go back to one of the project screens and try again Appendix 1 5 Alarm Page doesn t auto refresh when there is a new alarm This problem can be corrected by adjusting the browser settings The browser s cache system is telling the browser used use the cached copy of a page instead of reading a refreshed copy from the LANServer In the browser Tools menu select the Internet Options General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced m Home page A fou can change which page to use for your home page Address Use Current i Use Default ill Use Blank li po mearan Interet files i Fages you VIEW on the Internet are stored in a special folder Adjust cache settinas here Delete Cookie
35. e FieldServer e The foreground and background colors are configurable e The control listens passively for messages sent by a FieldServer e The control reports its comm status by changing to grey and displaying if no recent data has been received Appendix 4 2 LED1 The LED1 ActiveX control changes color to indicate the value of a data array element in a FieldServer With appropriate permission a user may interact with the control to have the control change the value of the data array element in the FieldServer e The on and off color are configurable e The background color is configurable e The control listens passively for messages sent by a FieldServer e The control reports its comm status by changing to grey if no recent data has been received Examples ee Appendix 4 3 Chart The Char1 ActiveX control displays a chart of up to 2 variables with a max of 300 points With appropriate permission a user may store the most recent data set to a disk file e The axis labels are configurable e Some formatting is configurable For example the user may select a format which treats the X axis data set as a set of time values e The X and Y axes are auto scaled e The control listens passively for messages sent by a FieldServer e The control reports its comm status so that viewer s can tell if no recent data has been received FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Co
36. eady been shut down in that Cannot send direction with a previous shutdown WSAESHUTDOWN 10058 after socket call By calling shutdown a partial shutdown close of a socket is requested which is a signal that sending or receiving or both has been discontinued The support for the specified socket type does not exist in this address family For example the optional type SOCK_RAW might be selected in a socket call and the implementation does not support SOCK_RAW sockets at all A connection attempt failed because the connected party did WSAETIMEDOUT 10060 Connection not properly respond after a period timed out of time or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond WSATYPE_NOT FOUND 10109 a type not The specified class was not found This error is returned from operations on non blocking sockets that cannot be completed immediately for example recv when no data is queued to be read from the socket It is a non fatal error and the operation should be retried later It is normal for WSAEWOULDBLOCK to be reported as the result from calling connect on a non blocking SOCK_STREAM socket since Socket type not WSAESOCKTNOSUPPORT 10044 supported Resource WSAEWOULDBLOCK 10035 temporarily unavailable some time must elapse for the connection to be established No such host is known The name is not an official hostname or alias or it cannot be found in the database s being queri
37. ed This WSAHOST_ NOT FOUND Host not found error may also be returned for protocol and service queries and means the specified name could not be found in the relevant database Os Specified event An application attempts to use an WSA_INVALID_HANDLE object handle is event object but the specified dependent l l invalid handle is not valid FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 52 of 59 Macro CC Code Message Description _ An application used a Windows Sockets function which directly One or more OS maps to a Win32 function The Se ener dependent paramers are Win32 function is indicating a invalid problem with one or more parameters Invalid A service provider returned a OS procedure table bogus proc table to WS2_32 DLL WSAINVALIDPROCTABLE dependent from service Usually caused by one or more of provider the function pointers being NULL OS O oe A service provider returned a WSAINVALIDPROVIDER provider version p dependent amber version number other than 2 0 The application has tried to determine the status of an overlapped operation which is not Overlapped I O yet completed Applications that OS event object not use WSAGetOverlappedResult dependent in signaled with the fWait
38. eeeseees 41 WINSOCK ERROR MESSAGES cece cceceseceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseneeeeseees 46 FIELDSERVER ACTIVEX CONTROOLG ccccscceeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseeeeeeseees 56 ANS strc tiassdecsucit eae es a a onda warhead cnet 56 LED Iera T aac T T Sa hec tastes hele ata 56 CVAD Wes canes ogaets apr neatereana A A 56 Limitations and Supported EnvirOnMent ccccecceecseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 57 GE NERAL cirenean EE E 58 9 T Browser GachinNg cerieisa a a aaan anlatan uaia 58 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com 1 T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 4 of 59 Product Description 1 1 General Sierra Monitor Corporation offers a wide range of choices for data output from Sentry Gas Monitoring systems In some cases a simple printer output of gas conditions calibration confirmations and alarms is satisfactory to meet due diligence requirements In large plant wide monitoring situations the Modbus serial communications output is used to interface to existing or new GUI programs that might include information from other safety and process systems in the plant For most applications the solution lies between these two choices The Sentry LANServer has been developed to combine the power and flexibility of the sentry Gas Risk Management System with the interoperabil
39. er and an offset into that array If the value found at that location is zero then one text string the so called off text is displayed If the value is non zero then the so called on text is displayed The web project designer can also specify the following properties e Size Limit the width of the control to a specific pixel count or allow the control to use as much space as is required to display the text If a fixed pixel width has been specified then it s possible that the displayed text will be truncated Colors A different color for the on and off states can be configured Font family and font size Background color On and Off Text The text displayed and color can change as the value found in the data Array changes FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 36 of 59 5 13 3 LED Controls LED controls display an image file based on the value found in a LANServer Data Array These controls are configured with the name of a Data Array in the LANServer and an offset into that array If the value found at that location is zero then the so called off image file is displayed If the value is non zero then the so called on image file is displayed The web project designer can also specify the following
40. er may be successful FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 55 of 59 Macro CCC Coe Message Description The current Windows Sockets implementation does not support WINSOCK DLL the Windows Sockets specification WSAVERNOTSUPPORTED version out of version requested by the range application Check that no old Windows Sockets DLL files are being accessed Gaciu Returned by WSARecv_ and WSAEDISCON 10094 shuldo n WSARecvFrom to indicate the remote party has initiated a progress graceful shutdown sequence An overlapped operation was Overlapped canceled due to the closure of the operation socket or the execution of the aborted SIO_FLUSH command in WSAloctl OS WSA_OPERATION ABORTED i z dependent FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 56 of 59 Appendix 4 FieldServer ActiveX Controls Appendix 4 1 Anat The Ana1 ActiveX displays the value of a data array element in a FieldServer With appropriate permission a user may interact with the control to have the control change the value of the data array element in th
41. er to Appendix 1 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 16 of 59 5 3 Interpreting Sentry Sensor Controls A Sentry Sensor control presents data for one single sensor one single Sentry The color changes to report the status and the control displays the gas concentration tag name and units Red Sensor concentration is above the alarm set point Orange Sensor concentration is above warning set point A warning is active and there An alarm is is no alarm active There IS a problem with this sensor concentration engineering units Gas concentration If the sensor tag name found in the Sentry is blank then the sensor tag Sensor Tag Name l ath name allocated during construction of the web page Is displayed Sensor Engineering The engineering units as configured in the Sentry If none are configured Units in the Sentry then none are shown Sensor e If the value is less than 10 then one decimal point is shown Concentration If the Sentry Sensor controls report offline or Format Err then the problem indicated does not relate to the state of the Sensor but to the transfer of new data to the web page There are a number of possible causes described in the Trouble Shooting
42. eres 35 SEUSS ASI COU ONS oi ee as ie ced ee E T E 36 5 14 Using the LANServer to allow customers to upload fileS ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 37 APPENDIX 1 TROUBLESHOOTING 2 00 cceccceeseceeeeeeeceeseeeeeeseeeeeeseeesaesenesnsenesanees 38 Appendix 1 1 Objects Report Offline 0 aaa a a a a 38 Appendix 1 2 Objects report Not Found cece ccc ceeceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 38 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Appendix 1 3 Appendix 1 4 Appendix 1 5 Appendix 1 6 Appendix 1 7 Appendix 1 8 completion Appendix 1 9 APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3 APPENDIX 4 Appendix 4 1 Appendix 4 2 Appendix 4 3 Appendix 4 4 APPENDIX 5 Appendix 5 1 Table of Contents Pade logn AU NOL 1OUNG rerna a a aA 38 User ids and passwords are not available for validation Try again 38 Alarm Page doesn t auto refresh when there is a new alarm 38 Buttons Display IN VV NG ee cect ota ectn sti can aaa 39 COOKIES Lengi ceimice a a AENOR 39 Sentry Calibration Backup SentryBK produces a warning message on 40 LANServer Configuration LED cccccceecceccseeceeeeeeseeeeeeceeeaeeseeeaeenes 40 LANSERVER ERROR MESSAGES cccccccceeceseeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeseee
43. fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 13 of 59 4 Other Browsing Computer Settings 4 1 Synchronizing Setting LANServer Time This is done with a utility called RUINET This is fully described in the LANServer Troubleshooting guide The main points of the procedure are repeated below e Set the PC to the date and time required e Connect to the LANServer using RUINET installed with the Utility s CD shipped with the LANServer e Navigate to the Bridge Screen B Key e Synchronize the time using the T Key The time zone of the LANServer is fixed in Pacific Standard Time FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 14 of 59 5 Browsing and Interpreting Sentry Information 5 1 General Browsing Navigating Return to the previously viewed Jie eet om page Key BACKSPACE MM Refresh the current I Barc fs Shs es a SI page Key F5 Por Navigate to a specific page by ina i try Digital Bus typing in the address bar and ftry Lig Click to Navigate to the pushing Enter indicated page Click to Navigate to the indicated zone Hazardous Gas Monitoring System by 5 2 Interpreting Zone Buttons Zone buttons report the status of a logical collection of Sentry Sensor s A sentry consists of up to 8
44. ge files omp gif jog are served as images o OCX files are served as plain text o Other files are served as applications this is what produces the Save As dialog e There are limits on the amount of disk space available to store these files e The file name must adhere to the DOS8 3 naming convention which requires that a file name may not consist of special characters that there may only be one period in the file name and that there may be no more than 8 characters before and three after the period Thus these are valid file names abcdefgh xyz a zip These file names are invalid ab qoqoq long_file_name zip FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 38 of 59 Appendix 1 Troubleshooting Appendix 1 1 Objects Report Offline Click Refresh or change to another page and return to the screen and see if the problem persists If it does then check the state of the LANServer by checking the error screen and the overview screen using Ruinet Check the network connection Appendix 1 2 Objects report Not Found If this problem persists after a refresh then report to Technical Support as it may indicate that the version LANServer software and the version of the software used to prepare the project for downloading are not compatible Appen
45. he Low Alarm Limit These limits are used to control the alarm relays and affect Sentry Event Logging Sensor Setpoint High Alarm Limit 245 0 PPM Low Alarm Limit 15 0 PPM Sensor Historical Data Sensor Historical Data If this area is filled with 1 s the data has not been read from the Date sentry Highest 76 0 00 00 Lowest 6 0 00 00 High Alarm 00 00 Low Alarm 00 00 Trouble 00 00 Last Calibration 00 00 Days to Next Cal FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 30 of 59 Lower Display The information displayed in this section is the same as displayed on the Lower Display on the front of the Sentry controller Normally the current Sensor s name and Engineering units are displayed here If a Time Out message is displayed then this means that the Faceplate has not obtained data from the LANServer Other error messages may also be displayed here Visual Sensor Alarm Indicators Sensor SENSOR ALARMS Bh sercorh FLASH HIGH SOL ID L OW Normal Solid Green Warning Solid Red Alarm Flashing Red White Key Pad Zone The response time to the Key Pad is very slow and it is recommended if possible to perform any activity requiring the Key Pad at the Sentry Controller and not via the LANSe
46. he file in the same folder as the config csv file inside the project folder which iS itself a sub folder of Files SMC Sentry_Projects Projects C Program These messages may be safely ignored They simply confirm that the driver allocated freed memory for the sentry list If you have a GAS application and 94b is not printed then expect other errors too The default value for HTTP TCP packet size is 1450 That is also the max value unless otherwise indicated This may be overridden by setting a parameter in the file config htm which may be part of a WebServer project Set the parameter by having a line with the following contents HTT PpacketSize xxxx where xxxx is some number between 1 and 1450 The smallest value tested was 800 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 46 of 59 Appendix 3 WinSock Error Messages The following is a list of possible error codes returned by the WSAGetLastError call along with their extended explanations Errors are listed in alphabetical order of error macro Error codes defined in WINSOCK2 H not returned from any function have not been listed here Macro CC Code Message Description An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its Permisi access permissions An e
47. hose name is a combination of the IP address of the LANServer and events csv which is created if it didn t previously exist Example 1 If an uploaded events dat from a LANServer whose IP_Address is 192 168 1 81 then the name of the csv file will be events 192 168 1 81 csv 5 P amp a Pa b Til ETR by AA als a events 192_1 events dat 63 1 81i csyv The file events csv is human readable and can be opened with Excel to browse its contents The file events dat is a binary file whose contents cannot normally be understood by other applications Previous versions of events dat are overwritten The top few rows of the events csv file contain header and legend information Example 2 Certain LANServer configurations will allocate the file name as a site name FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 26 of 59 a events East events dat amp ntchg htm Building 192 _ 1681 81 cs Example 3 The LANServer configuration is invalid The site name was badly formatted This does not affect the contents of the file eventsiha site namewige 16 a 1 81icsy 5 10 2 How Event Time Stamps are reported When the events file is uploaded and converted to a CSV file the timestamp information is printed in the CSV file in
48. ieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 9 of 59 3 Browser Security Settings Security Settings must be set to enable the use of ActiveX controls and Cookies Unless specifically informed which settings to adjust assume that both groups of settings must be configured correctly 3 1 ActiveX Controls and Security ActiveX controls can have access to the resources of the computer on which they are running For this reason they may be considered a security risk The ActiveX controls provided by Sierra Monitor only use the network connection resource of the computer They never access the disk or file storage system or any personal or private information on the computer and they never send Sierra Monitor any information other than that documented for each control Neither Sierra Monitor nor anyone else can use these ActiveX controls as distributed to compromise the system security As there is a theoretical security risk most browser s have default security settings which do not allow ActiveX controls to be run on a computer The following information outlines how to change the default security settings to allow the ActiveX controls to run on the computer Note that some controls provided by Sierra Monitor may access the computer s resources in a way that conflicts with these statements In this case the Constructing a Sentry LANServer Project manual will specify which other resources the ActiveX control uses 3 2 Setti
49. ity strength of the FieldServer LANServer from FieldServer Technologies The reliability of a proven gas detection system is combined with the modern technology of the web 1 2 Features The LANServer provides a cost effective easy to use graphical display of hazardous gas conditions using the Microsoft Explorer web browser e Safety data presented visually on a PC located in the plant or remotely e Interaction with the hazardous gas detection system through a familiar web browser no requirement to learn a new GUI program Ability to web browse to system data using LAN WAN or over the Internet Easy to configure graphical color changes are displayed as events All current alarms dynamically displayed and updated on a single web page An event log provides easy access to history for due diligence Cost effective system includes ActiveX tools to configure using Microsoft FrontPage The full system available from a single supplier with an outstanding reputation for before and after sales technical support 1 3 Operation All of the data available from the Sentry Modbus serial communications link interfaces to the LANServer via an RS 232 link The LANServer converts the information into a graphical display package that can be viewed using Microsoft Internet Explorer Standard introductory screens enable the user to start operating immediately Configuration software and the ActiveX tools supplied enable the user to modify the provided display t
50. log box FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 27 of 59 Problems can occur during transmission of the file These and other problems are reported on dialog boxes If any occur then retry the upload In August 2004 a change was made to the way in which events were stored A circular buffer was introduced A consequence of this change is that the new versions of this ActiveX control prior to 1 04 cannot process events which were produced by LANServer firmware versions 1 08a or later 5 11 Interpreting the Sentry Face Plate The Sentry Faceplate is an ActiveX Control which provides visualization of the Faceplate of Sentry IT also allows the user to interact with the Sentry as if sitting in front of it The only difference is the speed of response Dj hea Page 1 Marcel bbeii Ea pit Ee GE ew Fpi DE Help harch ajrit eia A l e ob E e lel ty Sf Jip Doe Be po hy See ae aos ee hs iseach web ge tet Ch bee GD EE Li Deseripion Conces ation a r o d E E a I Ww PPH POwEn Pie A TAL PLATT High Al Limil FOL YLEI Ta REVEL om CHANGE PET EAEE e lt a Low Alarm Limit 20 0 GLEL a TEDUELE ee _ Sensor Historical Maa Highest 1000 SEN
51. nfiguration of the control when the page was constructed There is no difference between this sentry Combo control and a Sentry sensor control In this case they show exactly the same information Different examples of the Sentry Combo control Each reports the status and concentration of one sensor FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 18 of 59 5 5 Interpreting Sentry Alarms The Sentry alarm table reports Sentry Sensor s that are in an alarm condition If the alarm conditions change while viewing the page then the page will refresh itself There is no alarm history However alarms are considered to be events and can be viewed in the event history If there are no alarms the table is not presented A single line reports that there are no alarms The number of entries in the table depends on the number of active alarms S New Page 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit wiew Favorites Tools Help Send sp Back m x A search amp jFavorites Pimeda cA zy r z Address htto 192 168 1 61 alarms htm Google IgpSearch Web earch site rie E E575 blocked le Options ARE a There are no active alarms The table is suppressed RESET ALARMS No
52. ng Browser Security Settings for ActiveX controls The following notes and examples apply to Internet Explorer 6 Other browsers have similar features and which are set in a similar way Use the documentation of the browser to determine how to adjust the settings Step 1 From the browser s pull down menu select Too ls Internet Options aixi General Securit Privacy Content Connections Programe Advanced m Home page p A You can change which page to Te ssuour home page Address hte H a Aro yahoo com Use Current Select the Security Tab m Temporary Internet files for quick viewing later Delete Cookies Pages wou view on the Internet are stored m a special folder FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 10 of 59 Step 2 Customize the settings General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced Select a Web content zone to specify its security settings amp 0 Internet Local intranet Trusted sites Restricted sites I
53. nternet a This zone contains all Web sites you Gites havent placed in other zones Security level for this zone Move the slider to set the security level for this zone Medium Safe browsing and still functional Prompts before downloading potentially unsafe content Unsigned Actives controls will not be downloaded Appropriate for most Internet sites i Click on the Custom Level button a Custom Level jH evel OF Cancel Apply Step 3 Change the following settings e Download signed ActiveX Controls Enable or Prompt e Download unsigned ActiveX Controls Enable or Prompt e Initialize and Script ActiveX Controls not marked as safe Enable or Prompt e Run Active X Controls and plug ins Enable or Prompt e Initialize and Script ActiveX Controls marked as safe Enable or Prompt Settings Download signed Actives controls O Disable O Enable Prompt Ej Download unsigned Activex controls Disable Enable Prompt Ei Initialize and script Actives controls not marked as safe Disable Enable Prompt eH Toor r ekina asshole sed eho ime ae F Reset custom settings Reset to Medium Reset cns Step 4 Review If in doubt about the meaning or effect of any of the settings then Sierra Monitor recommends that the user consult their system administrator before changing settings FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas Calif
54. o individual specifications using Microsoft FrontPage Sierra Monitor can provide graphical design and development service if desired Internet Sentry Digital Bus Ethernet am pe Ss RS 232 od air z jei i i Modbus P ninn pr lt lt E E tf FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 5 of 59 The standard LANServer package includes a home screen a graphical zone screen a tabular zone screen an alarms screen an event log screen and the Sentry display screen The Alarms page contains all active alarms and notes whether or not they have been acknowledged The Event Log page notes all events alarms and change of states that have occurred over a recent period of time 1 4 Sentry Firmware Version The LANServer is designed to work with Sentry controllers containing Sentry Firmware of version 6 10bF or newer If the Sentry controller in question has an older firmware version please contact Sierra Monitor or a local SMC representative to obtain the necessary upgrade 1 5 Connections The standard Sentry LANServer Model 5391 01 includes the FieldServer Technologies LANServer plus the necessary cables and connectors to interface the LANServer to the Sentry controller and to the Ethernet In a typical application
55. ontrol This control does not operate on Windows CE systems 5 12 1 1 Description The ActiveX Control is designed to backup and restore the calibration data from a Sentry The utility is normally used when a firmware EEPROM in the Sentry is updated Prior to the update the user backs up the calibration information The user then replaces the EEPROM does a Clear All using the menu system on the Sentry front panel and then after resetting the Sentry and waiting for the warm up to complete the utility is used to restore the calibration information While the utility can be used for the above purpose it has a more generic capability It is capable of backing up and restoring the holding register memory 40000 s of any Modbus RTU capable device connected to a LANServer Using the control is simple Click a button EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION before pushing the download button Sending calibration data to the Sentry may change the way Sentry operates It is important to download the correct data to the correct Sentry If there are any errors they are reported on a dialog box 5 12 1 2 How the Control Operates e The control logs its activity to the following file C Program Files FST_ SentryBK index txt This file can be opened with Notepad or Word e The Control uses the log file to determine which registers to backup It connects to the LANServer and uses it as a conduit to read the register memory of the Sentry The memory is rea
56. ontrol flashing means toggling between a 1 and Each control is configured by specifying the name of a Data Array and an offset into that Data Array If the Data Array does not exist or if he offset is invalid then the controls will flash If the Browser is offline from the LANServer then the controls will flash Offline means disconnected or that cookies have expired FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 35 of 59 5 13 1 Analog Controls As the value in the Data Array changes the displayed value changes The web page designer chose to have this analog value displayed in blue If no color legend is supplied there is no significance to the color The web page designer configured this control to use a Data Array fixed number of pixels to display the analog value They n eile could have let the display auto size When the value gets ata_Array_Length big enough there are not enough pixels to display the Data format UInti6 correct number Bytes Per Item 2 Data age In this example the value 12345 but only 20 pixels were allowed as the display width so the displayed number is truncated el A Hi A 5 5 13 2 Text Controls These controls are configured with the name of a Data Array in the LANServ
57. or R lt s gt no nodes Ports defined for update failed write failed disabled disabled This error is printed when the driver closes a reply state engine and found File Quest htm idx 0 finds an open file A common reason for seeing this error is that a user pushed Stop WEB 45 d Err Open file Refresh or clicked a link before a file and been fully served It is not an found File s idx d error and may be safely ignored WEB 47 Err Security htm invalid no users Read Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 43 of 59 User Action Notes WEB 47 FYI Security pAtm invalid no time Set to 2 mins WEB 49 Err Tag Rejected Sentry d Channel d invalid WEB 50 Err Array Name is greater than d characters Rejected reached max d Array lt s gt not found invalid no file Read Manual WEB 54 Err Security htm invalid Multiple definition of users Read Manual WEB 55 Err Security htm invalid Users formatted incorrectly Read Manual WEB 56 Err Security htm invalid no time Read Manual WEB 57 Err Security htm invalid Multiple definition of time Read Manual WEB 58 FYI Access control not enabled WEB 59 FYI Sentry Functions Inactive
58. ornia 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 11 of 59 3 3 Cookies and Browser Security Cookies are a technology used by browsers to transfer information between a server and a browser The transfer is bidirectional The cookies used by Sentry LANServer do not transfer any data about the user the user s computer or preferences Consider the use of Sierra Monitor cookies as safe It is necessary set the browser privacy settings to enable cookies This can be applied as a blanket policy or the user can enable cookies from a particular server in this case from a particular LANServer 3 4 Setting the Browser Privacy Settings for Cookies The following notes and dialogs apply to Internet Explorer Version 6 General Security Privacy Content Connections Programs Advanced Settings Move the slider to select a privacy setting for the Inta tp zone This setting is suitable It is a blanket policy as it affects all cookies from all servers L oT LIL Nol Blocks third party cookies that use personally identifiq Choose Advanced to enable only information without your explicit consent cookies from a particular server ie Blocks first party cookies that uze personally identifiat _ information without implicit consent Import Advanced Default web Sites To overde
59. p or WSAStartup Successful failed The application may be WSAStartup accessing a socket which the not yet current active task does not own performed i e trying to share a socket between tasks or WSACleanup has been called too many times The requested name is valid and was found in the database but it does not have the correct associated data being resolved for The usual example for this is a Valid name no hostname gt address translation WSANO_DATA data record of attempt using gethostbyname or requested type WSAAsyncGetHostByName which uses the DNS Domain Name Server and an MX record is returned but no A record indicating the host itself exists but is not directly reachable FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com WSAINVALIDPROCTABLE WSA_IO_INCOMPLETE OS WSA_NOT ENOUGH MEMORY 7 dependent WSANOTINITIALISED T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 54 of 59 Macro C Ce Message Description This is a non recoverable error WSANO_RECOVERY 11003 OS dependent OS dependent Unable to initialize a service provider WSAPROVIDERFAILEDINIT System call WSASYSCALLFAILURE failure Network subsystem is unavailable WSASYSNOTREADY Non authoritative host not found WSATRY_AGAIN
60. properties e Size Limit the width of the control to a specific pixel count or allow the control to use as much space as is required to display the image files If the control display s in grey then this means that there is no valid live data for the control and its state should not be trusted This is an image file which was created to cav Alarm The on and off image files do not have to bee the same size The image file specified cannot be found so it cannot be displayed The X in an empty frame is how you tell that the image file cannot be found FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 37 of 59 5 14 Using the LANServer to allow customers to upload files The LANServer can serve a file in such a way that your browser will open the Open Save As Dialog to allow a user to save the file on their local computer All that is necessary to achieve this is e Ensure the file is present on the LANServer e Have a web page with a link to the file When the user browses such a page and clicks the link the LANServer will serve the file causing the Browser to ask the user if they want to open the file or save it on their local disk Note the following restrictions e Only certain file types will produce this dialog o Ima
61. r Status SENSUR LEVEL OR CHANGE I EFD RRWER i Sentry Module Tags Gas Concentration Values and Engineering Units The Module Tag Name for each sensor its current gas concentration level and the engineering units are displayed here The data is obtained by the LANServer by reading the sentry Description Concentration _ Ue abe 2 sensor PPM information has 3 SENsoR3 2 PPM not been defined in the Sentry SENSORS 1f PPM FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 29 of 59 Current Sensor As the sentry operates its scrolls through Sensors 1 to 8 The current Sensor number is displayed here When the Enter key has been pushed the auto scroll stops and the Up Dn Arrow keys may be used to scroll through Sensors 1 to 8 r Current sensor number Gas Concentration for current sensor SENSOR Upper Display Current Sensor s Gas Concentration Sometimes the level is not displayed but is replaced by error code as on the Sentry Controller Refer to the Sentry instruction manual for information on these codes SENSOR LEVEL Current Sensor s Alarm and Warning Set Points This area displays the Alarm set point and the Warning set point On this display the warning set point is termed t
62. reen the letter W indicates a new warning and the letter W indicates the warning is still active but this is not a new warning This event is generated by the LANServer if a Sensor reports that the analog value is bad or if it loses communications with the Sentry When reported on the event screen the letter C indicates a new comms event is active The web project builder configured for each Sentry Sensor a user threshold which if the gas level rises above it generated a threshold Threshold T event The evaluation of this event is performed by the LANServer the Sentry does not report this event directly When reported on the Comms C event screen the letter W indicates a Threshold Event is active The web project builder configured for each sentry sensor an event delta value If the gas level changes by more than this delta value then a delta event is generated The gas level must be above the Delta D threshold level before delta events are evaluated The evaluation of this event is performed by the LANServer the Sentry does not report this event directly When reported on the event screen the letter D indicates Delta Event has just occurred The LANServer reports a normal event when the state of sensor returns to normal no alarms no warnings analog value is valid no Normal N user threshold event and no delta event The evaluation of this event is performed by the LANServer
63. rver Itis recommended that the user wait for up to 30 seconds before trying another key Pushing keys here is just the same as pushing keys on the front pad of the actual Sentry Refer to the Sentry Instruction Manual for information on the Key Pad actions TEST MODE T J RESET TIME ENTER Status LED s The LANServer Sentry Faceplate includes the LEDs indicating Power On Trouble and whether the system is in Calibrate Change mode as on the controller Refer to Sentry Instruction Manual for details on these LEDs CALIBRATE SENSOR LEVEL OR CHANCE POWER TROUBLE FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 31 of 59 5 11 1 Troubleshooting the Sentry FacePlate Screen 5 11 1 1 Communication Problems The Sentry Faceplate can report a Timeout for any one of the following reasons e Sentry configured with an IP address that does not match the LANServer e LANServer is not running e t cannot obtain the data it requires from the LANServer Each LANServer is expected to have 5 Data Arrays for each Sentry that it is connected to DA_V_SENxxx DA _U_ SENxxx DA_T_SENDxxx DA _R_SENxxx DA _FP_SENDxxx If these data arrays do not exist then the faceplate will not be able to read data correctly e lf is reading data from the LANServer bu
64. s A Delete Files FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 39 of 59 C Every time you start Internet Explorer C Automatically C Never Appendix 1 6 Buttons Display in White The Windows CE 3 0 operating system does not automatically adjust daylight savings time correctly therefore Daylight Savings Time should be disabled on Windows CE computers Failure to do this could result in cookie expiry when a transition occurs This will result in the screens indicating that the display objects are offline white AA New Page 1 Microsoft Internet Explorer File Edit Yiew Favorites Tools Help Ea sack gt O A A search Favorites media lt 4 E4y S aRAe2O Address E c temp Sentry download default htm i aE Go Links Norton Antivirus Google gt search web QR search Site Ebra info o hiahia White buttons indicate me amongst other things Ce E EEL expired cookies aes Go a BLDG D fh i i thorn BES feet ERS eg TT oro Hit EHR Playa Vista Methane Monitoring System by f Ej Done RE My computer A Ensure Daylight Savings Time is disabled Set the time and date correctly Now refresh the page an
65. section If this happens once after the WebServer has been reset then ignore this error FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 17 of 59 5 4 Interpreting Sentry Combo Controls Sentry Combo controls are very similar to Sentry Sensor controls Read the notes in the previous section The same considerations apply Sensor Tag If the sensor tag name found in the Sentry is blank then the sensor tag name Name allocated during construction of the web page is displayed May not be displayed depends on the configuration of the control when the page was constructed Sensor The engineering units as configured in the Sentry If none are configured in the Engineering Sentry then none are shown May not be displayed depends on the Units configuration of the control when the page was constructed Sensor If the value is less than 10 then one decimal point is shown May not be displayed depends on the configuration of the control when the page was constructed Alm Displays the alarm set point configured in the Sentry for the sensor May not be displayed depends on the configuration of the control when the page was constructed Displays the warning set point configured in the Sentry for the sensor May not be displayed depends on the co
66. t the data is all zeros This happens when the LANServer cannot read data from the Sentry s e tis reading data but network congestion is making the data reading intermittent and the responses take too long to reach the faceplate e The Ethernet port used to communicate with the LANServer is blocked by the router e The faceplate uses a protocol called SMT to communicate with the LANServer If the PC is connected to the LANServer s N2 adapter then the protocol has to be enabled This concern doesn t apply to N1 because it is enabled by default 5 11 1 2 One User at a Time Only one browsing PC may use the Sentry Faceplate keys at a time As soon as someone pushes a key using one PC the LANServer starts a timer Key pushes from other browsing PC s are ignored until the timer has expired Currently the setting is 60 seconds The control reports this message Someone else is actively controlling the Sentry The user can continue to monitor the device but attempts to control the device will be ignored Try again later This message is only printed once 5 11 1 3 LANServer Driver Ver 1 05f Required Different versions of the Sentry Faceplate require different versions of the LANServer To ensure compatibility the Sentry faceplate checks the LANServer version number The user can do this by using RUINET going to the error screen pushing the V key and looking for the version number of the HTTP driver If the versions are incompati
67. that the Sentry was being monitored during a period If no K reports were generated because the gas levels remain normal for a long period of time then having the P reports raises the confidence that the system was working and online during that interval One P report will be generated each time the LANServer is restarted FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 22 of 59 K Reports K reports are based on Sensor state and gas concentration Alarm Type Gas concentration is above the alarm set point The alarm set point is commonly configured in the sentry using the font panel Note that the LANServer reports an alarm if the sentry reports the alarm the Alarm A or a LANServer does not report an alarm by comparing the gas level to the set point When reported on the event screen the letter A indicates a new alarm and the letter a indicates the alarm is still active but this is not a new event Gas concentration is above the warning set point The warning set point is commonly configured in the sentry using the font panel Note that the LANServer reports an warning if the sentry reports the Warning W or w warning the LANServer does not report a warning by comparing the gas level to the set point When reported on the event sc
68. the Sentry then the name displayed is the name allocated by the web page builder Df Acknowledging Alarms Normally the LANServer project is built with an alarm acknowledge button on the alarm page The button does not always have the same text on it The project builder determines what text is displayed When pushing this button it is effectively pushing the alarm reset button on the front panel of each Sentry connected to the LANServer There is no harm in pushing it more than once FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 20 of 59 RESET ALARMS Value Units eentry Channel p Comin hanl If pushing the alarm button and then Refresh the following dialog may be presented Microsoft Internet Explorer x Click Retry to send the information again AN The page cannot be refreshed without resending the information or click Cancel to return to the page that you were trying bow Click Retry to clear the dialog FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 21 of 59 5 8 Interpreting Sentry Events Sentry events
69. the LANServer will be mounted in a NEMA 4X enclosure with the Sentry controller Figure 1 1 If ordered with a Sentry NEMA 4X package the LANServer will already be installed in the enclosure with the serial connection from the LANServer to the Sentry controller s The LANServer will also be connected to an RJ45 connection mounted on the outside of the enclosure to which the user can connect to the LANServer via the web WAN or Internet REAR VIEW OF PANEL Fig 1 1 Model 5391 01 LANServer in NEMA 4X Enclosure In applications where only one Sentry controller is involved 1 to 8 sensors the LANServer will connect to the Sentry controller via RS 232 and to the PC with the LAN browser via a crossover Cat5 cable or via a hub with a standard cat5 cable Figure 1 2 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 6 of 59 5860 03 or PC SENTRY 5000 FS B2010 01 Fig 1 2 Model 5391 01 LANServer with single Sentry Controller For applications requiring the use of 2 to 4 Sentry controllers it is necessary to utilize RS 485 communication from the controllers to the LANServer Each Sentry will have a 4301 10 RS 232 RS 485 converter to provide the necessary RS 485 communication from the Sentry This RS 485 link will interface to the RS 485 port on the LAN
70. the following notes a xi AN Completed with warnings It is possible that all required registers have not been uploaded The HTML source code may require updating Read the manual For more information This warning is produced if the register 40977 is not backed up This register is one of the new registers backed up in rev 1 03a of the control Depending on the configuration this may be what is desired However if backing up the registers prior to a firmware change in the Sentry then take the following actions before changing the firmware 1 Edit C Program Files FST_SentryBK index txt and add the following lines to the file If the file doesn t exist then ignore this step 40159 8 40977 8 40985 8 Browse to the web screen which contains the SentryBK control In the Internet Explorer menu select VIEW Source Notepad will start and the html source code will be displayed Save the file to the computer Find the list of registers which get backed up Add the new registers Save the file Transfer the saved file back to the LANServer RuiNet i192 168 1 81 u1 lfilename htm or back to the standard web server that served the file w N NDOA Appendix 1 9 LANServer Configuration LED When the error message WEB 26 Err Cant open required file nodes htm is printed the configuration LED is turned on This is done once each time the LANServer is reset FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob
71. tion is not supported for the type of object referenced Usually this occurs when a socket descriptor to a socket that cannot support this operation for example trying to accept a connection on a datagram socket The protocol family has not been configured into the system or no implementation for it exists Has a slightly different meaning to WSAEAFNOSUPPORT but is interchangeable in most cases and all Windows Sockets functions that return one of these specify WSAEAFNOSUPPORT A Windows sockets implementation may have a limit on the number of applications that may use it simultaneously WSAStartup may fail with this error if the limit has been reached The requested protocol has not been configured into the system or no implementation for it exists For example a socket call requests a SOCK_DGRAM socket but specifies a stream protocol A protocol was specified in the socket function call that does not support the semantics of the socket type requested For example the ARPA Internet UDP protocol cannot be specified with a socket type of SOCK_STREAM FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 51 of 59 Macro CCC Coe Message Description A request to send or receive data was disallowed because the socket had alr
72. urt Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 57 of 59 Appendix 4 4 Limitations and Supported Environments A full statement of the limitations and supported environment is provided in the manual FST Win32 Toolbox User Manual The following notes are a guide only Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional ActiveX Container Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6 0 The controls have been tested to the following limitations Maximum number of controls running on one PC 200 Maximum number of any single control running on one PC 200 Maximum number of Containers running on one PC 50 Maximum number of PC s running containers connected to a single FieldServer 4 Supported screen Resolutions 1152 x864 and 800 x 600 FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035 USA Web www fieldserver com Tel 408 262 2299 Fax 408 262 2269 Toll_Free 888 509 1970 email support fieldserver com T12017 Sentry_LANServer_Users_ Manual Page 58 of 59 Appendix 5 General Appendix 5 1 9 1 Browser Caching The WebServer supports browser caching by filling in the Served File s date and Last Modified date as required The WebServer does not use the file date and time to support caching It uses the FieldServer reboot time This is considered the file creation
73. xample is WSAEACCES 10013 l using a broadcast address for denied i sendto without broadcast permission being set using setsockopt SO_BROADCAST Only one usage of each socket address protocol IP address port is normally permitted This error occurs if an application attempts to bind a socket to an IP address port that has already been used for an existing socket or a socket that wasn t closed properly or one that is still in the process of closing For server applications that need to bind multiple sockets to the same port number consider using setsockopt SO _REUSEADDR Client applications usually need not call bind at all connect will choose an unused port automatically When bind is called with a wild card address involving ADDR_ANY a WSAEADDRINUSE error could be delayed until the specific address is committed This could happen with a call to other functions later including connect listen WSAConnect or WSAJoinLeaf The requested address is not valid in its context Normally results from an attempt to bind to an address that is not valid for the local machine This can also result from connect sendto WSAConnect WSAJoinLeaf or WSASendTo when the remote address or port is not valid for a remote machine e g address or port 0 Address WSAEADDRINUSE 10048 already in use Cannot assign WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL 10049 requested address FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas California 95035

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