FIBER SENSYS Fiber Defender FD348R, Application Note

Page 1: ...AN ESW 006 APU Networking Rev G Confidential Limited Distribution Application Note APU Networking...

Page 2: ...any kind with regard to the documentation provided herein Fiber SenSys Inc reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation...

Page 3: ...ant to assign or you prefer to use a dynamically assigned IP address DHCP 8 If you know the IP address that you want to assign 8 Configuring the Network Settings 9 Appendix A Identifying the Network P...

Page 4: ...o has an operating knowledge of the network administration and the network where the APU is being installed After reading this document you should be able to 1 Determine if a particular APU supports n...

Page 5: ...location of the Ethernet RJ 45 jack varies by APU model The jack may be labeled TCP IP or Ethernet Port CAUTION Some APU models support accessories that are also connected using RJ 45 jacks If the inc...

Page 6: ...t configure the APU s network settings To do this you will need the following A PC connected to the same physical network as the APU The setup program for the Lantronix DeviceInstaller software The se...

Page 7: ...r 1 Launch DeviceInstaller on the PC on which it was installed 2 Once the DeviceInstaller software is running press the Search button 3 Wait briefly for the program to search out devices and observe t...

Page 8: ...ing the Network Settings section The automatically assigned IP address should be visible the next time that you press Search on the main DeviceInstaller window NOTE Some monitoring software expects ma...

Page 9: ...has completed press Finish button to exit the wizard Note If you encounter a problem during the assignment the APU may have become disconnected from the physical network In this situation you should...

Page 10: ...tering the APUs IP address into the browser 3 Press the Enter key A login screen will appear as shown on the following page Figure 9 XPort device login screen 4 Leave the User name and Password fields...

Page 11: ...pment can be designed for either incoming or outgoing connections You must contact the vendor of the monitoring equipment for details 6 For incoming connections set the values as follows a Accept Inco...

Page 12: ...played again 10 Serial and network settings are complete Close the browser window The APU is now ready for network operation If you have any problems or questions with the process of setting the APU u...

Page 13: ...ify the exact location of the jack CAUTION For APU models that provide support for accessory modules it is important to use the proper jack for the network port because the APU may not operate correct...

Page 14: ...t up The web page for such devices looks like this Figure 15 XPort Device Server Configuration Manager home screen The following steps describe how to configure the settings on devices with the older...

Page 15: ...were applied Connection Settings 1 From the main menu in the left hand panel select Channel 1 Connection The Connection Settings screen displays The details of what is displayed depends on whether the...

Page 16: ...rect information according to the following formats and uses Local Port 10001 incoming or outgoing Remote Host XXX XXX X XXX outgoing Remote Port 10000 outgoing to FiberCommander The Remote Host entry...

Page 17: ...Level are set as shown above to ensure proper communication with the APU a CP 1 direction is set to Output b CP 1 Active Level is set to High Apply the New Settings 1 In order to apply and save all c...

Page 18: ...Close the browser window The APU is now named and ready for network operation 5 Configure the monitoring equipment software using the instructions provided by the manufacturer If you have any problems...

Page 19: ...er Fiber SenSys reserves the right to modify and adjust the protocol itself over time However the rest of this section provides information that can be useful in constructing software that attempts to...

Page 20: ...mplement a specific behavorial state machine for communication A flowchart roughly describing the state machine is displayed below Later subsections will describe the communication states in more deta...

Page 21: ...platform status report PSR every 20 seconds and a ping response every 130 seconds in order for the system to identify the APU and to determine whether to communicate with it When a ping request is re...

Page 22: ...ation is set to a maximum of 31 characters The ping in should be received by the APU within every 130 seconds or the handshake process is diverted back to the beginning where the system waits for the...

Page 23: ...en any type of event occurs an ID field index ID SZ0001 ID is updated This ID field acts as an event counter Figure 25 Intrusion message The DetectionEvent field displays the value Intrusion indicatin...

Page 24: ...24 Figure 26 Fault message...

Page 25: ...urred an intrusion can no longer be detected by the device The DeviceState field indicates Fault and the CommunicationState field shows the communication status as Fail When the fault condition is rep...

Page 26: ...connected to a tamper switch either directly or through a Fiber SenSys accessory device such as the OM525 a tamper alarm is signaled when the switch opens This condition is indicated by DeviceState a...

Page 27: ...us report Events alarms and faults affect the status of the APU Whenever the device state changes a platform status report or PSR is immediately sent to notify the system and users F Figure 29 Platfor...

Page 28: ...007 10 08T15 12 24 000 UpdateTime the time with time zone that the change of state occurred APU configuration parameters Some APU configuration parameters can be changed via XML communication For exam...

Page 29: ...one of the settings is out of range or a parameter name is invalid the APU responds with a Device Configuration message that includes the heading DeviceConfiguration MessageType Response RequestID X...

Page 30: ...e For example suppose a system has one hyperzone HZONE 1 which contains two zones ZONE 1 and ZONE 2 and ZONE 1 is moved to a newly created hyperzone HZONE 2 A PSR is sent to notify the system of the c...

Page 31: ...31 Figure 33 PSR indicating a zone move part 3 Figure 32 PSR indicating a zone move part 2...