RACOM RipEX 1.12.0, User Manual

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Page 3: ...33 3 5 Network layout 35 3 6 Hybrid networks 37 3 7 Assorted practical comments 37 3 8 Recommended values 39 4 Product 40 4 1 Dimensions 40 4 2 Connectors 43 4 3 Indication LEDs 50 4 4 Technical speci...

Page 4: ...ng 22 2 3 Optimised addressing 23 2 4 Monitoring 27 3 1 Application bench test 30 3 2 Signal path 31 3 3 Multipath propagation 33 3 4 Antenna location 34 3 5 Main lobe 35 3 6 Dominant repeater straigh...

Page 5: ...81 6 6 Flat mounting using Flat bracket 82 6 7 Vertical lengthwise mounting to DIN rail 82 6 8 Rack shelf 83 6 9 10 30 VDC Supplying 85 7 1 Menu Header 86 7 2 Menu Status 87 7 3 Menu Settings 88 7 4 M...

Page 6: ...4 13 FCC 50 kHz 60 4 14 FCC 25 kHz 60 4 15 FCC 25 kHz RipEX 928 RipEX 215 61 4 16 FCC 12 5 kHz 62 4 17 FCC 6 25 kHz 62 4 18 Narrow 25 kHz 63 10 1 Minimum Safety Distance 160 MHz 163 10 2 Minimum Safe...

Page 7: ...he RipEX are used in an appropriate manner within a well constructed network RipEX should not be used in situations where failure to transmit or receive data could result in damage of any kind to the...

Page 8: ...efore attempting to do any configuration make sure your RipEX is the only powered up unit around Since all units coming from factory share the same default settings ex factory you could be accessing a...

Page 9: ...er 2 RipEX in detail and RipEX App notes Address planing 1 5 Preconfigure all RipEX s Section 5 4 Basic setup 6 Install individual sites 1 Mount RipEX into cabinet Section 6 1 Mounting 2 Install anten...

Page 10: ...s 50 kHz 83 kbps 25 kHz 42 kbps 12 5 kHz 21 kbps 6 25 kHz 1 ETH 2 COM 1 USB 5 virtual COM Simultaneously on radio channel COM1 RS232 COM2 RS232 or RS485 software configurable Virtual COMs over ETH con...

Page 11: ...nates a transfer of TCP overhead over Radio channel when TCP overhead run locally between connected device and RipEX on LAN I e only payload user data are transferred further as UDP over Radio channel...

Page 12: ...ynchronization via Ethernet or over the Radio channel from another RipEX or from the built in GPS Powered from internal long life Lithium Manganese battery so it is accurate even when RipEX is powered...

Page 13: ...0079 11 2013 IP40 IP rating IEEE 802 3i ETH IEEE 802 3u IEEE 802 3af EIA 232 F RS232 EIA RS 485 RS485 IEC 60870 5 101 IEC101 IEC 60870 5 104 IEC104 IEEE 1815 2010 DNP3 IEC 61158 Type 3 Profibus DP RFC...

Page 14: ...erfaces of all units within the network Packets received on COM are broadcast to both COM1 and COM2 at remote sites allowing you to connect 2 RTU s to any radio modem Any unit can be configured as a r...

Page 15: ...eful when RipEX in Bridge mode is connected to LAN because all LAN traffic is then broadcast to the Radio channel COM1 COM2 All frames received from COM1 2 are broadcast over the radio channel and tra...

Page 16: ...RTU2 doesn t react because the packet is addressed to RTU3 RipEX3 and FEP s RipEX do not send the repeated packet to their COM ports because it has already been sent RipEX3 or received FEP s RipEX on...

Page 17: ...of the ETH interface of RipEX is not relevant for user data communic ation However it is strongly recommended to assign a unique IP address to each RipEXs ETH interface since it allows for easy local...

Page 18: ...epeaters repeat packets immediately after re ception i e if two repeaters receive a packet from the centre they both relay it at the same time If there is a radiomodem which is within the range of bot...

Page 19: ...er with two interfaces radio and ethernet and two COM port devices There is a sophisticated anti collision protocol on the radio channel which checks and verifies every single packet Being an IP route...

Page 20: ...ms to selected port numbers The destination IP address of a COM port is either the IP of ETH or the IP of a radio interface The source IP address of outgoing packets from COM ports is always the IP of...

Page 21: ...t interfaces radio and ETH Each interface has got its own MAC address IP address and mask The IP router operating principles stipulate that every unit can serve as a repeater Everything what is needed...

Page 22: ...mission the radio IP of the next radio connected RipEX serves as the gateway Example of a route from FEP RipEX 50 to RTU 2 The destination address is 192 168 2 2 The routing table of the RipEX 50 cont...

Page 23: ...168 2 1 24 192 168 2 2 24 Routing table 192 168 0 0 16 10 10 10 1 RipEX2 10 10 10 4 24 192 168 4 2 24 Routing table RipEX4 192 168 0 0 16 10 10 10 50 10 10 10 1 24 192 168 1 1 24 192 168 1 2 24 Routi...

Page 24: ...ace After reaching the gateway typically a RipEX router the datagram is again forwarded ac cording to the routing table Above that RipEX is can to handle even broadcast packets from serial SCADA proto...

Page 25: ...ntre should be connected to the radio network via serial interface however for some reason that serial interface is not used The operating system e g Windows can provide a virtual serial interface to...

Page 26: ...rovides information about the volume of data traffic on all interfaces radio ETH COM1 COM2 It offers detailed information about the number of transmitted packets their size and the throughput per seco...

Page 27: ...nal servers Modus TCP server etc can be monitored when such advanced diagnostics is needed Monitoring output can be viewed on line or saved to a file in the RipEX e g a remote RipEX and downloaded lat...

Page 28: ...atures e g COM2 are required on certain sites the corresponding key can be activated only where needed Keys protect the investment into hardware Thanks to SDR based hardware design of RipEX no physica...

Page 29: ...he radio modems within the area Then several overhead factors which reduce the total capacity to 25 90 of the raw value have to be considered They are e g RF protocol headers FEC channel access proced...

Page 30: ...equency band is suitable for low speeds using robust modulation techniques only and even then a somewhat lower long term communication reliability has to be acceptable for the application 350 MHz Put...

Page 31: ...ency band you can 3 3 Signal budget For every radio hop which may be used in the network the signal level at the respective receiver input has to be calculated and assessed against requirements The fu...

Page 32: ...h profile allows for LOS between the TX and RX antennas the standard formula for free space signal loss below gives reliable results Path loss dB 20 log10 distance km 20 log10 frequency MHz 32 5 In th...

Page 33: ...alongside the RSS The software demodulator uses its own metrics to assess the level of distortion of the incoming signal and produces a single number in one byte range 0 255 which is proportionate to...

Page 34: ...ill come the peak is created by two or more signals added up which means they will cancel out sooner or later The right strategy is to find an arrangement where a single signal becomes dominant possib...

Page 35: ...caused by pure multipath propagation a self made one So always use a combiner and another directional antenna if such arrangement is needed Always combiner correctly incorrectly Fig 3 5 Main lobe 3 5...

Page 36: ...these hill top systems are well engineered with appropriate filtering and antenna spacing so that the repeater radios operate under the best possible conditions Hot standby repeaters can also improve...

Page 37: ...3 6 Hybrid networks If an extensive area needs to be covered and multiple retranslation would be uneconomical or unsuitable RipEX s can be interconnected via any IP network WLAN Internet 3G etc This i...

Page 38: ...ference disappears above about 1 GHz Though being a rare problem moving metallic objects may cause serious disruptions especially when they are close to one end of the radio hop They may be cars on a...

Page 39: ...bytes equal to the longest packets in the networks Use Operating mode Bridge when Router ACK set to Off Switch off all other traffic on the Radio channel used for testing The test should run at least...

Page 40: ...is built into a rugged die cast aluminium casing that allows for multiple installation possibilities see Section 6 1 Mounting 4 1 Dimensions Fig 4 1 RipEX dimensions RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s...

Page 41: ...Fig 4 2 RipEX dimensions bottom DIN 35 Rail DIN Rail Clip 134 150 118 58 50 Fig 4 3 RipEX with DIN rail 41 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Product...

Page 42: ...Fig 4 4 RipEX dimensions with connectors For more information see Section 6 1 1 DIN rail mounting and Section 6 1 2 Flat mounting RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 42 Product...

Page 43: ...is known to be non hazardous 4 2 1 Antenna Fig 4 6 Antenna connector TNC An antenna can connect to RipEX via TNC female 50 connector A model with two antenna connectors can be supplied to order in whi...

Page 44: ...n terminal block plug part No 1776192 7 contact pitch 3 81 mm The connector is designed for electric wires with a cross section of 0 5 to 1 5 mm 2 Strip the wire leads to 6 mm 1 4 inch Isolated cables...

Page 45: ...P INPUT can be also used for the wake up from the Save state For details see chapter Advanced Config Power manage ment 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pin No 7 SI AI A0 10 30VDC Alarm Input HW ALARM INPUT HWALARM INPUT i...

Page 46: ...self automatically Pin assignement Fig 4 10 RJ 45F Tab 4 2 Ethernet to cable connector connections Crossed cable Direct cable Signal PIN green white orange white TX 1 green orange TX 2 orange white gr...

Page 47: ...onfiguration interface The USB interface can also be used for an external flash disc connection which has been specifically designed to simplify complex maintenance tasks so that these tasks can be pe...

Page 48: ...ctory of the disc Please follow the detailed instructions in that file Note Whenever an FW file cpio is found in the root directory of the disc the upgrade is executed automatically regardless of the...

Page 49: ...the RipEX its software will not terminate correctly resulting in logs statistics and graphs not being saved properly 4 2 7 GPS Fig 4 14 GPS Connector SMA RipEX can be equipped with an internal GPS see...

Page 50: ...itting Yellow 100 Mb s speed Yellow ON ETH 10 Mb s speed Yellow OFF connected Green ON ethernet data Green flashes powered succesfuly Green PWR Save mode Blinks with a period of 1 sec Sleep mode Flash...

Page 51: ...W Lin 139 104 69 35 kbps Exp 42 21 kbps 50 kHz RF Data rate FCC Detail max 2 W max 10 W 69 52 35 kbps 2 21 kbps 25 kHz max 2 W max 10 W 35 26 17 kbps 10 kbps 12 5 kHz max 2 W max 10 W 17 13 9 kbps 5...

Page 52: ...wer 10 W it is recommended to use input power above 11 VDC RipEX 470 RipEX 928 max RF Output power 8 W Electrical 10 to 30 VDC negative GND Primary power 5 W 13 8 V 4 8 W 24 V Radio part 2 W Rx Power...

Page 53: ...Remote to Remote communication Yes Addressed acknowledged serial SCADA protocols CRC 32 Data integrity control AES256 Encryption up to 3 higher throughput Optimization Diagnostic and Management Yes pi...

Page 54: ...EN 60079 0 2012 IEC60079 0 2011 UL60079 0 2013 EN 60079 11 2012 IEC60079 11 2011 UL60079 11 2013 Explosive atmospheres Tab 4 7 Recommended Cables Lenght Recommended cables and accessories Port Max 3 m...

Page 55: ...el of the blocking and degradation parameters generally Blocking or desensitization values were determined according to the standards EN 302 561 V1 2 1 for 50 kHz channel EN 300 113 1 V1 7 1 for 25 an...

Page 56: ...DPSK 1 00 34 72 17 21 21 100 104 107 4 DQPSK 0 75 52 08 17 21 21 99 103 106 4 DQPSK 1 00 69 44 15 21 20 96 99 102 D8PSK 0 75 78 12 16 21 20 95 98 101 D8PSK 1 00 104 17 14 17 17 95 98 101 16DEQAM 0 75...

Page 57: ...DPSK 1 00 20 83 3 4 4 106 110 113 4 DQPSK 0 75 31 25 5 6 6 104 108 111 4 DQPSK 1 00 41 66 8 8 8 98 103 106 D8PSK 0 75 46 87 9 5 10 10 95 101 104 D8PSK 1 00 62 49 5 6 6 95 101 104 16DEQAM 0 75 62 49 7...

Page 58: ...DPSK 1 00 10 42 2 3 3 5 109 113 115 4 DQPSK 0 75 15 62 3 4 4 106 111 114 4 DQPSK 1 00 20 83 5 6 6 101 106 109 D8PSK 0 75 23 44 7 8 8 98 104 107 D8PSK 1 00 31 25 2 3 3 99 104 107 16DEQAM 0 75 31 25 4...

Page 59: ...DPSK 1 00 5 21 6 0 3 0 1 0 112 115 117 4 DQPSK 0 75 7 82 4 0 1 0 0 5 110 113 116 4 DQPSK 1 00 10 42 4 0 1 0 1 0 104 109 111 D8PSK 0 75 11 72 2 0 1 0 3 0 104 109 111 D8PSK 1 00 15 63 1 5 2 0 7 5 103 1...

Page 60: ...17 15 17 17 94 97 100 16DEQAM 1 00 138 89 FCC 50 kHz Tx 26 dB Bandwidth OBW 99 kHz Classification Emission Modulation kbps 37 0 28 0 28K0F1D 4CPFSK 41 67 45 5 39 3 40K0G1D DPSK 34 72 45 6 39 2 40K0G1D...

Page 61: ...dulation FEC kbps 8 8 8 106 112 115 4CPFSK 0 75 15 63 10 10 10 104 110 113 4CPFSK 1 00 20 83 9 9 9 108 112 115 4 DQPSK 0 75 20 84 11 11 11 105 110 113 4 DQPSK 1 00 27 78 8 8 8 101 107 110 D8PSK 0 75 3...

Page 62: ...idth OBW 99 kHz Classification Emission Modulation kbps 11 3 8 6 8K60F1D 4CPFSK 10 42 11 3 9 83 10K0G1D 4 DQPSK 17 36 11 2 9 87 10K0G1D D8PSK 26 04 11 3 9 88 10K0G1D 16DEQAM 34 72 Tab 4 17 FCC 6 25 kH...

Page 63: ...1 00 13 89 8 8 8 107 111 113 4 DQPSK 0 75 20 84 8 8 9 106 110 112 4 DQPSK 1 00 27 78 8 8 9 101 105 108 D8PSK 0 75 31 25 9 10 10 100 104 107 D8PSK 1 00 41 67 9 9 11 99 103 106 16DEQAM 0 75 41 67 9 10 1...

Page 64: ...aining 99 of the total integrated power of the transmitted spectrum centered on the assigned channel frequency 7 26 dB Bandwidth the bandwidth where beyond its lower and upper limits any discrete spec...

Page 65: ...X 432 432 470 MHz RipEX 470 470 512 MHz RipEX 928 928 960 MHz yyy HW models empty basic model D separate connectors for RX and TX antennas Part No RipEX HW DUAL G internal GPS module Part No RipEX HW...

Page 66: ...the Code Standard RipEX package in paper box contents RipEX 1pc Removable sticker plate 1pc Power and Control plug connector counterpart 1pc DIN set a pair of DIN rail clips screws 1pc Accessories Po...

Page 67: ...0 Feedline cable RG58 50 cm TNC Male N Male OTH HX090F F Coaxial overvoltage protection 0 1 5 GHz N female N female RipEX HS 19 Hot standby chassis RipEX units excl pow supplies incl has got its own o...

Page 68: ...of failure is required Fig 4 16 RipEX HS Fig 4 17 RipeX HS dimensions For more information see RipEX HS datasheet or User manual on www racom eu 1 2 Fig 4 18 Adapter ETH USB ETH USB adapter ETH USB ad...

Page 69: ...m the backup battery and external antenna can be connected to one of the RipEX units through N connector on the case Fig 4 20 Demo case Content Brackets and cabling for installation of three RipEXes a...

Page 70: ...tails on use see chapter Mounting and chapter Dimensions 133 124 60 122 L bracket 32 100 Fig 4 22 RipEX with L bracket 6 Fig 4 23 Flat bracket Flat bracket Installation bracket for flat mounting For d...

Page 71: ...4 25 Flat bracket dimensions 7 19 rack shelf single 1 6U 70 mm high Ready for assembly with one RipEX Weight 2 5 kg without power supply and RipEX Can be assembled with power supply 100 256 V AC 24 V...

Page 72: ...ions 8 19 rack shelf double 1 6U 70 mm high Ready for assembly with two RipEX es Can be assembled with power supplies 100 256 V AC 24 V DC 230 V AC 24 V DC 48 V DC 24 V DC MS2000 12 back up battery 7...

Page 73: ...Fig 4 28 19 Rack shelf double Fig 4 29 19 Rack shelf double dimensions 73 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Product...

Page 74: ...Feedline cable is 50 cm long and is made from the RG58 coaxial cable There are TNC Male RipEX side and N Male connectors on the ends It is intended for use between RipEX and cab inet panel 11 Others F...

Page 75: ...ts given in the specifications Table 4 6 Technical parameters Make sure the power supplies do not generate interference in the radio channel and that they can handle very fast changes in the load when...

Page 76: ...uilt in DHCP server so if you have a DHCP client in your PC as most users do you don t need to set anything up The RipEX s IP address for access over the ETH USB adapter is fixed 10 9 8 7 Go to 4 Logi...

Page 77: ...you will have to change your PC s static IP again to be able to continue configuring the RipEX 4 Login to RipEX Start a web browser Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer JavaScript enabled on your PC and...

Page 78: ...t into your computer Confirm the import with all warnings and exceptions that your browser may display during installation The login screen appears Fig 5 4 Authentication The default entries for a new...

Page 79: ...hapter 7 Advanced Config uration To setup the IP addresses you can use the examples in Section 2 3 3 Configuration examples as your models or the RipEX App notes Address planing 1 5 5 Functional test...

Page 80: ...resses with which the unit will communicate 11 Connect the SCADA equipment 12 Test your application Note hazardous locations Installation in hazardous locations has to be done according to standard EN...

Page 81: ...ng to DIN rail L bracket optional accessory is used Only use the M4 5 mm screws that are supplied Use of improper screws may result in damage to the RipEX mainboard Fig 6 4 Vertical widthwise mounting...

Page 82: ...d Fig 6 6 Flat mounting using Flat bracket Fig 6 7 Vertical lengthwise mounting to DIN rail For more information see Section 4 6 Accessories Flat bracket 6 1 3 19 rack mounting For installation into t...

Page 83: ...y wrong placement is mount a whip antenna directly on top of the box containing all the industrial equipment which is supposed to communicate via RipEX including all power supplies Additional safety r...

Page 84: ...s 2 compliant should be used which bonds the antenna system transceiver power supply and connected data equipment to a single point ground keeping the ground leads short The RipEX radio modem is gener...

Page 85: ...o that voltage doesn t drop when switching from receiving to transmission which takes less than 1 5 ms To avoid radio channel interference the power supply must meet all relevant EMC standards Never i...

Page 86: ...air in a throughput saving way all the static data e g Web page graphic objects is downloaded from the Local RipEX and only information specific to the remote unit is transferred over the Radio channe...

Page 87: ...sic information about the RipEX e g Serial No MAC addreses HW versions etc and overview of its most important settings Configurable items are underlined and one click can take you to the respective Se...

Page 88: ...eric string of up to 16 characters UTF8 is supported Following characters are not allowed Double quote Grave accent Backslash Dollar symbol Semicolon Important Unit name is solely for the user s conve...

Page 89: ...excluding Frame closing COM1 2 List box Idle Stream Default Idle Idle Received frames on COM1 COM2 are closed when gap between bytes is longer than the Idle value set in COM1 2 settings and transmitt...

Page 90: ...spontaneous ARP request packets to each IP address listed in its ARP table That may generate unwanted collisions on Radio channel Since Radio IP and MAC addresses are not changed during normal networ...

Page 91: ...ot repeated Retries No 0 15 Default 3 When an acknowledge from the receiving RipEX is not received the frame is retransmitted The number of possible retries is specified RSS threshold dBm 50 150 Defau...

Page 92: ...e general knowledge of collision oriented MAC layers of layer 2 protocols Busy channel access An advanced user can modify the RF channel access parameters in this menu The explanations below assume ge...

Page 93: ...as for e g the Fix timeout bytes item defined above It is applied as the channel access period only when the RF channel is free hence the normal channel access period would be zero When the RF channe...

Page 94: ...again MAC Both units in RipEX HS are using the same MAC addresses MAC cloning Whichever unit is active either A or B RipEX Ethernet interface will use this MAC address This MAC address has to be unco...

Page 95: ...ox NTP server Internal GPS Default NTP server NTP server The source of time is a standard NTP server This server can be connected either via the Ethernet interface or over the Radio channel any RipEX...

Page 96: ...Request packets re ceived from even several SNMP managers on any of its IP addresses It transmits SNMP traps as per its configuration Settings Device Alarm management or Routing Backup Community name...

Page 97: ...ected RipEX web interface ping 2 Ports 443 and 8889 are used internally for service access Exercise caution when making rules which may affect datagrams to from these ports in L3 Firewall settings Man...

Page 98: ...ded in VLAN are selected by the filter All VLAN only VLAN frames are selected by the filter IPv4 only IPv4 frames are selected by the filter IPv6 only IPv6 frames are selected by the filter ARP only A...

Page 99: ...ttings are out of the possible interval the web interface will give you a warning and display the possible values SNMP Trap When ticked the SNMP trap message is sent both when a parameter value exceed...

Page 100: ...minal of the same connector HW Alarm Input List box Off On Default Off When On the Hardware Alarm Output indicates the full functionality of the RipEX The Hardware Alarm Output is down only when the R...

Page 101: ...er the Radio channel when this RipEX is configured as the Repeater for them When an unexpected reboot happens while in the ACTIVE state the RipEX enters the ACTIVE state again and the Timeout from wak...

Page 102: ...nd can not be edited Manual Values can be set manually SSID Default RipEX Unit name S N An SSID Service Set IDentifier is a unique ID that consists of max 32 characters and is used for naming wireless...

Page 103: ...the radio channel i e without a repeater There is statistic information about the traffic volume in the Statistic table Watched values broadcasting period min Default 120 min 0 Off RipEX periodically...

Page 104: ...600 1200 minutes in each file There are 20 files available They are organized in a ring buffer When a new file is opened the one with oldest data is replaced The Detail graph files may not cover a con...

Page 105: ...nged Physical security List box Off On Default Off When On external flash disc access is disabled It is not possible to download or upload the configuration automatically When the HW reset button is p...

Page 106: ...d Channel spacing kHz List box possible values Default 25 kHz The wider the channel the higher the posible Modulation rate Note The 50 kHz channel spacing is available only for HW versions of Radio bo...

Page 107: ...nly for lower Modulation rates CPFSK and only when the corresponding SW feature key is active Note Max RF power for RipEX 470 is 8 W Even if there was 10W in list box for fw ver 1 3 x x and older FEC...

Page 108: ...t Off When AES 256 Key mode List box Pass Phrase Manual Default Pass Phrase Pass phrase It is not necessary to fill in 32 Bytes of hexa chars in order to set the encryption key The key can be automati...

Page 109: ...nfiguration Protocol Server in RipEX sets network configuration IP address Mask Gateway in connected DHCP clients They have to be connected to the same LAN as the ETH interface of RipEX The Mask set i...

Page 110: ...channel Because of that it is possible to shape traffic received from the ETH interface If On specified volume of Data Bytes in specified Period s is allowed to enter the RipEX from ETH interface The...

Page 111: ...P IP datagram where destination IP address and destination UDP port are defined according the settings of Address translation Mask Translation using Mask is simpler to set however it has some limitati...

Page 112: ...rom COM1 2 is encapsulated Note You may add a note to each address up to 16 characters long UTF8 is supported for your convenience E g Remote unit 1 etc Following characters are not allowed Double quo...

Page 113: ...e was received This feature allows to extend the number of simultaneously opened TCP connections between a RipEX and locally connected application to any value up to 10 on each Terminal server Protoco...

Page 114: ...ve You may tick untick each line in order to make it active not active Modify Delete and Add buttons allow to add or to delete a line The lines can be sorted using up and down arrows ARP proxy VLAN Ge...

Page 115: ...VLAN settings apply only to packets destined to the local RipEX e g management traffic terminal server sessions etc All the remaining packets frames are processed transparently by the bridge regardle...

Page 116: ...nning to fit as narrow subnet masks as possible for the individual routes Note You may add a note to each line up to 16 characters long UTF8 is supported for your conveni ence E g Remote unit 1 etc Fo...

Page 117: ...List box possible values Default RS232 COM1 is always RS232 COM2 can be configured to either RS232 or RS485 Important The settings of Data rate Data bits Parity and Stop bits of COM port and connecte...

Page 118: ...s Consequently a permanent data stream coming to a COM results in a sequence of MRU sized frames sent over the network Note Very long frames 800 bytes require good signal conditions on the Radio chann...

Page 119: ...serial packets to UDP datagrams The Address translation settings are used to define the destination IP address and UDP port Then these UDP datagrams are sent to RipEX router processed there and they a...

Page 120: ...l for most protocols There is only a link to them in description of the respective Protocol Mode of Connected device List box Master Slave Default Master Typical SCADA application follows Master Slave...

Page 121: ...by Protocol address The SCADA protocol address is typically 1 Byte so Mask 255 255 255 0 is most frequently used UDP port Interface List box COM1 COM2 TS1 TS5 TCPM1 Manual This UDP port is used as the...

Page 122: ...terface are processed in similar way as at Master site i e they are encap sulated in UDP datagrams processed by router inside the RipEX and forwarded to the respective interface typically to Radio cha...

Page 123: ...cation it is possible to set Frames formats 1 4 for Protocol frames 1C 3C and formats 1 5 for 4C Important The RipEX accepts only the set Protocol frames and Frames format combination All other combin...

Page 124: ...e polled by more Masters Broadcasts packets are not used so the configuration is using only some parameters described Common parameters Mode of Connected device Master Address translation Table Mask S...

Page 125: ...t messages always have addresses in the range 0xFFFD 0xFFFF Hence when Broadcast is On packets with these destinations are handled as broadcasts Address translation Table Mask IEC 870 5 101 IEC 870 5...

Page 126: ...Master Slave applications ITT Flygt protocol configuration uses all parameters described in Common parameters Mode of Connected device Master Broadcast Note There is not a possibility to set the Broad...

Page 127: ...Periphery the widest spread version of Profibus The Profibus protocol configuration uses all parameters described in Common parameters Mode of Connected device Master Broadcast Address translation Tab...

Page 128: ...n the RB re sponse from the remote unit slave is not received within the timeout i e the respective slave is out of order the central RipEX stops the local answering to RB packets from the master for...

Page 129: ...is performed by RipEX locally it is not transferred over the RipEX network Communication goes as follows LocalRTU STX LocalRipex LocalRipex DLE LocalRTU LocalRTU DATA DLE ETX BCC LocalRipex LocalRipe...

Page 130: ...RipEX checks calculates itself this byte while receiving a packet on COM RipEX transmits DLE accepts the frame only when the check result is OK BCC byte is not transferred over the RipEX network it is...

Page 131: ...nly one response to a request is supported in the second mode Master Master communication or combination of UNI protocol with ASYNC LINK protocol and spontaneous packets generation on remote sites are...

Page 132: ...ppen that a response from a slave No 1 is delivered after the respective timeout expired and the Master generates the re quest for the next slave No 2 in the meantime In such case the delayed response...

Page 133: ...mined in Routing table according the destination IP The IP addressing scheme can be chosen arbitrarily only 127 0 0 0 8 and 192 0 2 233 30 and 192 0 2 228 30 restriction applies It may happen that als...

Page 134: ...shows which IP addresses are included in the network which is routed to the respective Gateway Note Networks defined by IP and Mask for Radio and ETH interfaces must not overlap Backup List box possib...

Page 135: ...P address of the RipEX either its Radio or Ethernet interface on the remote end of the Backup path Hello packet is sent there Only RipEX IP of Radio or the main Ethernet interface can be used no Subne...

Page 136: ...urrently active one Hello packets are transmitted Advantage if the active path fails system switches only to a functional alternative Disadvantage when e g GSM for backup is used Hello packets used fo...

Page 137: ...ng When a fresh and shorter sample of the log values is needed there is a Difference log available It uses an independent buffer for data and can be cleared and displayed anytime Buttons All buttons a...

Page 138: ...ectly over the radio channel i e without a repeater Protocol on Radio channel uses MAC addresses A unit can learn the IP address of its neighbour only when it receives its broadcast of Watched values...

Page 139: ...of frame headers received from the respective RipEX RSS dBm Received Signal Strength DQ Data Quality of received frames The DQ value is about proportional to BER bit error ratio and about independent...

Page 140: ...re calculated for this source IP origin values in RADIO PROTOCOL part are for the last radio hop Tx for transmitted Tx packets the IP destination address from UDP header is displayed Values in DATA pa...

Page 141: ...recorded in the file The 60 samples per graph file result in depending on the Sampling period 60 2d 11 00 00 120 4d 23 00 00 240 9d 23 00 00 or 720 29d 23 00 00 hours recorded in each file Available f...

Page 142: ...new values are displayed in the next graph file Present graph works till the end of its range threshold values set when started Alarm When displayed value is out of threshold a red line on the bottom...

Page 143: ...t loss The source IP address of Ping in RipEX is always the IP address of Radio interface While using Ping be sure that correct routing between source and destination IP addresses exists Also pinged d...

Page 144: ...8 bytes Trace RSS and DQ per each radio hop 4 bytes marking in server RSS ping can not be longer than 3 4 MTU Count Default 5 Number of pings to be transmitted The allowed range is from 1 to 1024 Per...

Page 145: ...mdev round trip time minimal average maximal standard deviation Load 1098 bps Throughput 1098 bps Load the load generated by Ping utility Throughput the througput provided by Radio network PER 0 00 ro...

Page 146: ...he XXXX characters at the end of the line form a simple bar chart Buttons Start starts pinging Stop stops pinging Statistic report is displayed afterwards Clear clears the reports on the screen Monito...

Page 147: ...also means packets being transmitted from the RipEX over the respective interface Rx means received Understanding the directions over the internal interfaces may not be that straightforward please con...

Page 148: ...sk Headers List box None Radio Link Data Coding Both Default None None only the Radio Link Protocol data is displayed Radio Link Radio Link Control Header is displayed It contains e g frame type No Ra...

Page 149: ...header CRC error data CRC error etc received frames are not displayed This may be useful when the communication in the channel is heavily disturbed by interference or noise resulting in garbage messag...

Page 150: ...onitoring and right File Start File Stop File Status Download buttons which control the recording into the file The two processes can be started stopped by the respective buttons independently any tim...

Page 151: ...e relevant application note Modbus TCP RTU for details Since it is possible to monitor the messages from virtual COM and the resulting UDP datagrams independently the TSn and the Modbus TCP have two i...

Page 152: ...isplayed on an independent line while any interface is being monitored ETH monitoring terminated Invalid tcpdump parameters Monitoring of ETH interface has been stopped Probably because of unsupported...

Page 153: ...Rx interface is being monitored as part of packet header Can t decrypt configuration problem The frame cannot be decrypted Probably wrong configuration e g different AES encryption keys are used Displ...

Page 154: ...then Apply buttons Master when Master key unlocks all keys is active Master On hold The time limited key for a specific feature is On hold however the feature is active because of the Master key Ther...

Page 155: ...ss parameters the login password Ethernet IP etc to defaults press the RESET button on the bottom side of RipEX enclosure for 15 sec See the User manual for details Total purge sets the very same sett...

Page 156: ...firmware as well as SW feature keys can be uploaded directly from a USB flash disk Only FAT32 file system on flash disk is supported Download firmware file from www racom eu Save this file without any...

Page 157: ...ood and recommended practice RSS sample when pressed the current level of Received Signal Strenght one sample on Radio channel is measured This sample is measured regardless of the current Radio chann...

Page 158: ...m generates a random User key It is saved in the flash This can be done only locally this button is not active in the remote unit while using Fast remote access Upload from file browse your disk in or...

Page 159: ...iagnostic is required The most recent part of it can be downloaded to the local PC Log depth List box possible values Default 500 This is the number of rows downloaded The greater the number of rows t...

Page 160: ...commands can be completed using the Tab key If you select the command with the left mouse button you can copy it to the clipboard and then use the right mouse button to insert it into the location of...

Page 161: ...wing IP e g 192 168 169 250 Verify your PC s IP address from the command line Start Run command ipconfig Send a ping to the RipEX ping 192 168 169 169 If the ping runs successfully look for a problem...

Page 162: ...munication especially when high data rates are used Since the interfering signals come from different directions changing the direction of the antenna may solve the problem A unidirectional antenna sh...

Page 163: ...y limit is never exceeded For the output power 0 2 W or lower the safety limit is not exceeded at any distance and any of the antennas The minimal safe distance is typically ensured by the antenna pos...

Page 164: ...110 2 9 4 6 single dipole OV160 1 70 150 5 8 7 6 stacked double dipole OV160 2 70 150 6 3 8 0 3 element directional Yagi SA160 3 120 260 17 8 12 5 5 element directional Yagi SA160 5 160 MHz 2 m band...

Page 165: ...uble dipole OV380 2 80 180 5 8 7 6 3 element directional Yagi SA380 3 90 200 7 4 8 7 5 element directional Yagi SA380 5 140 310 17 8 12 5 9 element directional Yagi SA380 9 300 400 MHz 70 cm band 5 W...

Page 166: ...General Population Uncontrolled Ex posure cm 25 60 2 9 4 6 single dipole OV380 1 35 80 5 8 7 6 stacked double dipole OV380 2 35 80 5 8 7 6 3 element directional Yagi SA380 3 40 90 7 4 8 7 5 element di...

Page 167: ...Commission s RoHS Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment and WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment environmental directives Restriction of hazardo...

Page 168: ...y USB equipment dedicated for hazardous locations shall remain connected permanently Repairs including exchange of internal battery shall only be undertaken by an authorized repair shop This equipment...

Page 169: ...hts to this operating manual is the company RACOM s r o further in this manual referred to under the abbreviated name RACOM All rights reserved Drawing written printed or repro duced copies of this ma...

Page 170: ...r LICENSE You can obtain applicable machine readable copies of source code of this software under GPL or LGPL li cences on contacts listed on http www racom eu This product also includes software deve...

Page 171: ...9 1 V1 9 2 EN 301 489 5 V1 3 1 Safety art 3 1 a EN 60950 1 2006 A11 2009 A1 2010 A12 2011 EN 50383 2010 Notified Body Opinion According to European Union Directive 1999 5 EC ANNEX IV Document No 00006...

Page 172: ...RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 172 Safety environment licensing...

Page 173: ...173 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Safety environment licensing...

Page 174: ...Fig 10 2 ATEX Certificate RipEX RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 174 Safety environment licensing...

Page 175: ...175 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Safety environment licensing...

Page 176: ...RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 176 Safety environment licensing...

Page 177: ...is available on http iecex iec ch iecex iecexweb nsf 1 OpenDocument web page 1 http iecex iec ch iecex iecexweb nsf ae7eea0d12561594c1256d0200448859 f80d2f406f7354fec1257d2d002a77c8 177 RACOM s r o Ri...

Page 178: ...Communications Commission FCC ID FCC part Code SQT RIPEX 135 90 RipEX 135 SQT RIPEX 154 90 RipEX 154 SQT RIPEX 215 90 RipEX 215 SQTRA400 400 90 RipEX 400 SQTRA400 432 90 RipEX 432 SQT RIPEX 928 101 Ri...

Page 179: ...00 MHz RipEX 400 RipEX Radio modem Router 400 512 MHz RipEX 900 RipEX Radio modem Router 928 960 MHz RipEX HS 19 Hot standby chassis RipEX units excl pow supplies incl RipEX HSB 19 Battery pack chassi...

Page 180: ...aid freight If circumstances do not permit the equipment to be returned to RACOM then the customer is liable and agrees to reim burse RACOM for expenses incurred by RACOM during servicing the equipmen...

Page 181: ...eng products radio modem ripex html download 1 More details are described in Application note See RipEX App notes SNMP 2 1 http hnilux racom cz 3004 eng products radio modem ripex html download 2 htt...

Page 182: ...on Equipment DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol POS Point of sale PWR Power DNS Domain Name Server DQ Data Quality RF Radio Frequency RipEX Radio IP Exchanger DTE Data Terminal Equipment EMC Ele...

Page 183: ...Control Protocol TS5 Terminal server 5 TX Transmitter UDP User Datagram Protocol VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment 183 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Rout...

Page 184: ...meters 8 76 setting 48 155 demo case 69 diagnostic 26 dimensions 40 E environment 163 ETH param 109 F factory settings 155 features 10 firewall 97 firmware 155 firmware update 27 G GNU licence 169 GPS...

Page 185: ...105 router 10 repeater bridge 17 89 router 19 21 report by exception 14 reset 48 157 RipEX 10 RipEX Hot Stanby 68 RoHS and WEEE 167 router 19 90 133 routing table 133 S safety 163 distance 163 SCADA...

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Page 187: ...Appendix C Revision History 187 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Revision History...

Page 188: ...utes TCP proxy ARP proxy VLAN FW and SW keys upgrade via USB SLIP and Siemens 3964 R SCADA protocols Upgraded chapters Important Notice Key Features Bridge mode Firmware update and upgrade Technical s...

Page 189: ...Added Physical security Advanced anticollision paremetres Upgraded chapter Advanced Configuration 2015 08 28 Revision 1 12 Added Physical security Advanced anticollision paremetres Upgraded chapter A...