Asentria SiteBoss 420, User Manual

Asentria SiteBoss 420 User Manual 

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Quick Start 

What's Included 

This chapter is a brief guide to help get your SiteBoss 420 (S420) up and running quickly.

Hardware Needed 

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Asentria SiteBoss 420 

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15VDC power adaptor 

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Ethernet cable 

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A PC running Asentria OmniDiscover software, for purposes of assigning an IP address to the S420. 

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A PC running any type of SNMP trap management software, if S420 will be sending SNMP traps as event actions. 

Information Needed 

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IP address to assign to the S420 

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Subnet mask 

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Default router IP or gateway router IP address if on a WAN (Optional)  

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IP address of a PC running any type of SNMP trap management software, if S420 will be sending SNMP traps as 
event actions. 

Connecting 

Cables and Power 

1.  Connect the attached ground wire securely to an appropriate earth ground (this is essential). 
2.  Connect an Ethernet cable into the RJ-45 jack labeled Ethernet. 
3.  Connect the power supply to the unit. 
 

Power Requirements

The S420 is configured with a power jack for connecting the 15VDC power adapter shipped with the unit. 
If the optional DC power option is being used, a –48VDC to AC power adapter is provided. 
 

Accessing the unit via the Web Interface 

1.  Connect a network cable to the Ethernet port on the back panel of the S420.  
2.  Assign an IP address to the S420 using one of the following two methods: 

1) Asentria OmniDiscover application 

– available from the Documentation and Utilities CD or the Asentria 

web site:  

http://www.asentria.com/docsandsoftware/productManuals.aspx

a.  Open the Asentria OmniDiscover application, and select Search on the top menu bar.  The S420 will 

be displayed in the main window including the MAC address, default Site ID, and default Subnet Mask 
(255.255.255.0) 

b.  Right click the S420 line, and select “Setup” from the menu that appears. 
c.  Enter the IP Address, Subnet mask (if not default) and Gateway router address you want to assign to 

the S420. 

d.  Press the “OK” button and you’ll be returned to the main OmniDiscover window where you should see 

displayed the network address configurations you just entered. 

e.  Right click the S420 line again, and select “Web”.  The web interface of the S420 will be displayed, 

showing you the Device Status screen (as shown below).  You are now connected and ready to 
configure remaining settings. 

2) ARP/Ping 

a.  From a command prompt on your PC, issue the following two commands (the S420 must have no IP 

address configured for this to work): 

ARP –s nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx 
Ping nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn

 
(where 

nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn

 is the desired IP address, and xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx is the MAC address)