Calian SatService sat-nms VLC, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...roller Installation Manual Version 1 1 2004 10 28 Copyright SatService Gesellschaft f r Kommunikatiosnsysteme mbH Hardstrasse 9 D 78256 Steisslingen www satnms com www satservicegmbh de Tel 49 7738 99...

Page 2: ...onfiguration 9 20 VLC Serial IO Card Configuration 10 20 VLC Serial IO Card Configuration 11 21 VLC Serial IO Card Configuration 12 21 VLC Serial IO Card Configuration 13 21 VLC Serial IO Card Configu...

Page 3: ...36 A short introduction to vi 37 Common commands 38 vi in the MS Windows telnet client C 2020 SatService GmbH www satnms com VLC IM 2002 Page 2 39...

Page 4: ...C 2020 SatService GmbH www satnms com VLC IM 2002 Page 3 39...

Page 5: ...s a detailed guide how to extend a VLC with additional serial interfaces This manual coverts also the new version of the VLC which SatService delivers since March 2003 with serial numbers greater or e...

Page 6: ...ttached to it You probably will have clarified this before you purchased the VLC But if you are going to upgrade or reconfigure a VLC which was already in use you have to figure out now which serial i...

Page 7: ...appropriate configuration parameters refer also to Chapter Adding serial interfaces Parameter SERIAL 0 14 SATNMS_SERIAL 0 14 Modem parameters The VLC will connect to the NMS via a modem or ISDN termin...

Page 8: ...you have to edit the configuration files of the operating system directly 2 The VLC connects via modem ISDN TA to NMS Ethernet is used for occasional configuration or maintenance jobs You have to deci...

Page 9: ...et as the gateway for the NMS address space The diagram above shows an example for this configuration The CLIENT computer at the NMS site can access the DEVICE at the VLC s site at it s address 192 16...

Page 10: ...iguration programs as well It is recommended to use a CRT monitor rather than a LCD panel as some LCD panels have been reported to refuse syncing to the VLC s screen resolution With the new VLC such p...

Page 11: ...VLC setup configuration The common login procedure is two step First you have to login as user vlc password vlc When you are logged on as vlc issue the command su which gives you root administrator p...

Page 12: ...ably will lock you out after reboot if you connected via telnet to the VLC The parameter USES_SCC is reserved for a future extension of the VLC Satellite control communication between VLC and NMS actu...

Page 13: ...f you have a modem terminal adapter connected to dev ttyS0 and you want to use a PSTN line for the VLC NMS communication MODEM_INIT is sent by mgetty to the modem every minute MODEM_BAUD the tty rate...

Page 14: ...or 96 ports may be installed One C320 board may be combined with one or two internal boards Two C320 boards may be combined with one internal serial board INTELLIO 0 Digi EtherLite TCP IP terminal se...

Page 15: ...reboot and reboot the system This cause the system to apply all settings from etc satnms rc before shutdown sat nms configuration file After changing this file run apply setup to execute the changes...

Page 16: ...rt 4 8 port 4 port 5 8 port 4 port 4 port 6 8 port 8 port 7 8 port 8 port 4 port 8 8 port 8 port 8 port 9 ROCKET 10 ROCKET 4 port 11 ROCKET 4 port 4 port 12 ROCKET ROCKET 13 ROCKET ROCKET 4 port 14 RO...

Page 17: ...up to three serial IO cards which add RS232 or RS422 485 interfaces to the unit While principally the VLC works with any serial IO card which is compatible to Linux the units are pre configured to wo...

Page 18: ...rameter SERIAL The table uses the abbreviations 4 PORT 8 PORT and ROCKET for Moxa Smartio Industrio series and Rocketport cards respectively SERIAL Card 1 Card 2 Card 3 0 1 4 PORT 2 4 PORT 4 PORT 3 8...

Page 19: ...where i is the number of the board 1 3 and k is the number of the port in the board 1 8 The latter port number matches that one printed on the boards bracket or on the individual connector Example tty...

Page 20: ...yS14 ttyS15 ttyS16 ttyS17 ttyS18 board1 ttyS21 ttyS22 ttyS23 ttyS24 board2 VLC Serial IO Card Configuration 5 No of boards 3 No of ports 16 Board 1 Moxa Smartio Industrio 8 port board at 0x180 IRQ 10...

Page 21: ...rd at 0x380 IRQ 11 tty names ttyS11 ttyS12 ttyS13 ttyS14 ttyS15 ttyS16 ttyS17 ttyS18 board1 ttyS21 ttyS22 ttyS23 ttyS24 ttyS25 ttyS26 ttyS27 ttyS28 board2 ttyS31 ttyS32 ttyS33 ttyS34 ttyS35 ttyS36 tty...

Page 22: ...tyS18 board1 ttyS21 ttyS22 ttyS23 ttyS24 ttyS25 ttyS26 ttyS27 ttyS28 board2 ttyS31 ttyS32 ttyS33 ttyS34 board3 VLC Serial IO Card Configuration 14 No of boards 3 No of ports 24 Board 1 Comtrol Rocketp...

Page 23: ...ow IO Port 180 188 190 198 IRQ 10 10 10 10 Speed Normal Normal Normal Normal Int Vec 11 Press F10 to save the changes 12 Remove the jumper from the board 13 Close the housing and reboot the VLC CTRL A...

Page 24: ...s at this point so keep an eye on the messages on the screen 8 At the DOS prompt enter MOXA 9 The configuration program first asks to select the card type choose Smartio then it asks for the board add...

Page 25: ...ard into a running VLC 1 Shut down the VLC switch it off 2 Open the housing 3 Install the board in a free slot 4 Install the jumper at the rounded corner of the board it s the only jumper on this boar...

Page 26: ...he pins with a jumper a termination resistor of 120 ohms gets placed across the receive lines of the port Serial IO Hardware Setting 8 PORT 1 The first Moxa Smartio Industrio 8 port board in a VLC is...

Page 27: ...d the IO port and IRQ settings of the board must be changed to 0x200 IRQ 5 by means of the DOS based configuration utility shipped with the board The following steps describe how to install the card i...

Page 28: ...so The VLC only waits for 3 seconds at this point so keep an eye on the messages on the screen 8 At the DOS prompt enter MOXA 9 The configuration program first asks to select the card type choose Smar...

Page 29: ...t be set to the configuration shown below Please note that the use of a Rocketport card as the third board only is permissible if both the first and the second board also are Comtrol Rocketport cards...

Page 30: ...and prompt The dialog based program ask for the parameters writes them to the sat nms configuration file and finally applies the setting to the system and the appropriate configuration files of the Li...

Page 31: ...an arbitrary number See chapter Port Naming learn about the port numbering scheme used with the VLC The protocol name following the PROTOCOL keyword tells the VLC which communication protocol to use w...

Page 32: ...ly recommended to use a battery backed up power supply for the VLC The new version contains a CompactFlash Card instead of a hard disk but it may be damaging for the VLC to switch off the power while...

Page 33: ...nacom Packet Andrew APC100 Andrew Barco RE4220 Scientific Atlanta RCDS Cisco Router Cisco Terminal Clarent SDM9400 SNMP Codan Transceiver Codan Terminal Comstream ABR202 Comstream ASCII Comstream CM60...

Page 34: ...MOD95 NDSatCom KuBand Upconverter Miteq MOD95 NDSatCom KuHBand Upconverter Miteq MOD95 NDSatCom KuLBand Upconverter Miteq MOD95 NDSatCom SkyWAN SNMP NDSatCom Step Track Terminal CRLF CRLF NDSatCom TW...

Page 35: ...he file is interpreted Usually you will use the device setup editor coming with the NMS software to define which kind of equipment is connected to which communication port of the VLC If you plan to us...

Page 36: ...to it PROTOCOL The PROTOCOL keyword defines a communication protocol to be used with the PORT definition it follows There must be exactly one PROTOCOL definition for each PORT A port s communication p...

Page 37: ...lt to learn as it s concept is different as you might expect There are other text editors available for Linux which are easier to handle The answer is vi turned out to be the only text editor program...

Page 38: ...n as you press the colon character in COMMAND mode the cursor jumps to the bottom line and lets you edit the command Press to complete the command or to return to COMMAND mode without changing anythin...

Page 39: ...ursor keys do not work for some reason knowing the command characters may be very helpful vi in the MS Windows telnet client To make the MS Windows telnet client work well with the vi editor you shoul...

Page 40: ...s1 End Pg Up and Pg Dn do not work You should not try to use them as they might insert strange characters in the text instead of doing the function you expect C 2020 SatService GmbH www satnms com VLC...