W&T IP-Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE, Manual

Page 1: ...W T Manual IP Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE Typ IP Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE Modell 57655 Release EN 3 19 08 2010 PA...

Page 2: ...used without verification Please inform us of any mistakes or misunderstandings so that we can detect and eliminate them as quickly as possible Carry out work on and with W T products only if it is d...

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Page 4: ...ed IP addresses 17 2 6 5 Dynamic IP addresses 17 2 7 Language selection 18 2 8 Assigning the basic network parameters 19 3 Operation and Monitoring from the Browser 25 3 1 Addresses 25 3 2 Homepage 25...

Page 5: ...gs 54 5 1 Device name 54 5 2 Local time setting 55 5 2 1 Time zone 55 5 2 2 Summertime 56 5 2 3 Device Clock 57 5 3 Automatic time setting using a network service 58 5 4 Activate SNTP time server 59 5...

Page 6: ...eb Based Management 74 8 2 2 Reset jumpers 74 8 3 Alternative IP address assignment 75 8 3 1 ARP command 75 8 3 2 RARP server UNIX only 76 8 4 Firmware update 76 8 4 1 Current firmware 76 8 4 2 Firmwa...

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Page 8: ...es for setting the device parameters Browser based software is used to operate and monitor the alarms and can also be loaded from the Web server of the IP Watcher into any browser This software is sel...

Page 9: ...requires an additional power supply If the device is powered using PoE connecting or dis 1 connecting an additional external power source while the device is running may result in the IP Watcher resta...

Page 10: ...the RJ45 terminal The device supports both phantom feed using data pairs 1 2 and 3 6 or spare pair power using the unused wire pairs 4 5 and 7 8 To enable power management for the supplying components...

Page 11: ...sary operating voltage through the network connection 2 3 Wiring the inputs The permitted input voltage range is 30V with respect to reference ground The switching threshold of the inputs is 8V 1V Low...

Page 12: ...e outputs are switched using an inductive load e g a relay a snubber diode should be used to protect them from damage The outputs also have thermal overload protection and are short circuit protected...

Page 13: ...etwork There are several ways to assign the IP address To make the process as convenient as possible we have developed the WuTility program which you can download from our homepage http www wut de Thi...

Page 14: ...o the configuration dialog box There you enter the desired network parameters for the device Confirm your entry by clicking on the Next button Configuration dialog box for network parameters In the fo...

Page 15: ...for the device 2 6 Automatic IP address assignment Many networks use either DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or its predecessor BOOTP described in the following section for centralized and dyn...

Page 16: ...configured parameters to the device Web Based Management Using Web Based Management you can alternatingly activate the protocols or deactivate both of them For detailed information please refer to th...

Page 17: ...her provides services which other devices clients in the network can make use of as needed To open a connection they of course need the current IP address of the IP Watcher so that in these applicatio...

Page 18: ...rver services in the network dynamic IP addresses can also be used 2 7 Language selection The first time one of the controller pages home htm user htm is opened by the device s own Web server you are...

Page 19: ...ce Alternately you can also open the address http IP address of the IP Watcher index htm Here the configuration menu is already visible and does not have to be manually shown Select the menu item Conf...

Page 20: ...2x2 Digital PoE Login dialog On the next page select the configuration path using the profiles Selection for profiles or Expert mode Select the profile Basic network parameter and click on the Highlig...

Page 21: ...e now shows the necessary menu items highlighted in blue which need to be edited for configuring the selected profile Save or cancel changes using the red highlighted menu items Logout and Profiles or...

Page 22: ...igital PoE Configuration menu with activated profile assistance First edit Network and then logout using LogOut On the following page enter all the required network parameters and accept them by click...

Page 23: ...onfiguration procedure and saves the changes in the device Then clicking on the Save button saves your settings in the device and ends the configuration session If network parameters were changed duri...

Page 24: ...24 W T IP Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE Logout options The device is now ready to use in your network Again use the profiles for additional configurations and continue through the configuration process...

Page 25: ...w the status of the configured alarms and makes it possible for the logged in user to confirm alarms using software acknowledgement http IP address of the IP Watcher home htm The following link opens...

Page 26: ...lements to log in The displayed information is refreshed once a second This is done automatically without user intervention The time of the last update is shown beneath the headers The time shown ther...

Page 27: ...litate a quick assessment of the situation The main component of the homepage is the overview of the activated alarms The table provides the following information for each alarm Symbolic name which ca...

Page 28: ...e of the screen are replaced by a link for logging out The symbolic name of the alarms is shown corresponding to the current alarm status If the alarm was triggered the name is shown in bold red type...

Page 29: ...corner allow you to show the configuration menu and navigate directly to the homepage The overviews show activated inputs and outputs highlighted in green Deactivated ones are shown in black Alarms a...

Page 30: ...guration page before the device can again trigger alarms based on an actual input condition 3 4 Hiding and showing the configuration menu If the configuration menu is not visible the pages Home home h...

Page 31: ...vides information about a running configuration process This requires access to the complete menu tree which is why hiding the menu is not supported at this point 3 5 Login and Logout Depending on the...

Page 32: ...s the more complete the menu tree Items not available based on the login are hidden A login can be done either using the dialog in the upper rightcorner on the home htm page or using the sub item Conf...

Page 33: ...jected if an incorrect password is entered or if you attempt to overwrite an existing login using insufficient access rights Message for rejected login on the homepage The entered password is hashed u...

Page 34: ...if the trigger condition is no longer in effect The acknowledgement can be made per software using the page home htm and or per hardware by wiring one of the previously defined inputs Four messages c...

Page 35: ...should not be mixed with messages from past and processed triggers If the triggering of an alarm the trigger clear and the acknowledgement takes place faster than the device can detect these status ch...

Page 36: ...reen for adding new devices to the IP Watch List The value Device No determines the position of the device in the list In the field IP Addr you enter the IP address or host name of the network compone...

Page 37: ...dialog box you can use to scan a definable network segment once Here all the IP addresses for the specified address range are either pinged or scanned by opening and closing a selectable TCP port If...

Page 38: ...his takes you to a screen for modifying the entry parameters End the procedure by clicking on the Apply button 4 1 4 Deleting The entry selected from the pull down box can be removed from the IP Watch...

Page 39: ...e entries you want to be monitored by the alarm If you assign an alarm to multiple IP addresses a single 1 non responding IP address is sufficient to trigger the alarm Is there another non responding...

Page 40: ...Ack Enable block A hardware and or software acknowledgement may be selected If a hardware acknowledgement was selected use the option Hardware Ack Port to specify the input that acknowledges the alarm...

Page 41: ...individual alarms for example Config Device Alarm Alarm 1 Mail There you select the alarms you want to be sent in the Enable Text block Selecting the possible messages for an alarm In the fields Subje...

Page 42: ...state hex ix State of Input no x ON OFF inx Name of input no x o Output state hex onx Name of output no x L information about all non responding devices t Time of event TT MMM YYY hh mm ss y Year YYYY...

Page 43: ...arms On the sub page Output Switch specify the output you want to switch when there is an alarm The selected output is active for acknowledgeable alarms until ACK otherwise until the trigger condition...

Page 44: ...ed alarm using the steps explained in the section Configuring alarms 4 4 1 General settings First go to thepage Config Device Basic Settings Mail to configure the basic settings for sending e mails as...

Page 45: ...he e mail sender ReplyAddr represents the address the device uses to identify itself In the next step MailServer set the IP address of your mail server or its host name for configured DNS servers only...

Page 46: ...on page 2nd Mail you can set up an alternate mail account This alternate onewill be used automatically if the first one is not accessable Mail enable on the configuration page Mail must be 1 checked t...

Page 47: ...al settings Open the page Config Device Basic Settings SNMP Activate the check box SNMP enable This starts the SNMP function in the device which processes sending of messages per SNMP Apply the change...

Page 48: ...SNMP manager you want to receive the alarm message and display or evaluate it Finally configure the require message texts as described in the section Formulating message texts and save the changes by...

Page 49: ...y clicking on Save 4 6 2 Syslog parameters and texts Go to page Config Device Alarm Alarm X Syslog In the IP Addr field enter the IP address of the recipient Under Port use the port number that will b...

Page 50: ...arameters for message sending per FTP For FTP Server IP enter the IP address or host name only for configured DNS servers of your FTP server you want to receive the data In the FTP Control Port field...

Page 51: ...FTP Account If the check box PASV under Options is activated the server is instructed to run in passive mode This means that the data connection is opened by the IP Watcher If this option is deactivat...

Page 52: ...TORE and APPEND to select whether the sent data are written to a new file or appended to an existing file If the file does not yet exist it is created in both cases FTP options STORE and APPEND Finall...

Page 53: ...select the option UDP enable and click on Save to apply the change Configure the alarm condition for the desired alarm as described in the section Configuring alarms Go to page Config Device Alarm Ala...

Page 54: ...ce Text to edit the following texts Device Name Name of the IP Watcher Device Text More detailed description Location Location where the IP Watcher is installed Contact Contact address for service Con...

Page 55: ...procedure using the profiles To do this open the profile Local time setting Configuration tree with selected profile for local time setting 5 2 1 Time zone On this page you specify the time zone in w...

Page 56: ...ny is two hours Activate this function by checking the box Apply Summertime and save the settings Setting daylight saving time On the Start and Stop pages you can modify the rule for when to begin and...

Page 57: ...igital PoE Rule for beginning daylight saving time 5 2 3 Device Clock If you do not wish to use a time server you can set the clock manually here Then click on Logout and save your settings Manually s...

Page 58: ...he configuration pages Time zone Summertime Start and Stop In addition you also configure for the actual time compensation via network service on the Time Server page Here you can store the addresses...

Page 59: ...can assume the function of a time server SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol is supported here To start the time server service activate the option SNTP Ser vice on the configuration page Config Device...

Page 60: ...Basic Settings HTTP you can specify the port through which the device is accessed The default setting is the standard HTTP port 80 If you would like to use a different port this may have to be explic...

Page 61: ...s been interrupted or has failed Warm Start Restart after device reset In addition diagnostic messages which have arrived in the device can be sent The SNMP configuration is made on the following page...

Page 62: ...tcher SNMP messages are sent to this address System Traps Select the messages you want to send Enable Enable the SNMP function 5 8 System Messages per syslog Just as for the SNMP traps you can send Co...

Page 63: ...to the navigation tree and select Config Ports Inputs Input 0 Basic configuration Input 0 For Name enter a name for the input This name is then displayed in the browser for Input 0 The description en...

Page 64: ...or Output 0 The description entered in the Text field can for example provide a more detailed description of the function or installation location of the actuator In addition to the purely static swit...

Page 65: ...itches supply voltage to the output for the set pulse duration For negative pulse polarity the rest level of the output is the same as supply voltage When the output is switched the level is turned of...

Page 66: ...s report and can be read out there at any time All error messages are stored in the device and remain there even after the cause of the error has been resolved If the error is no longer current it is...

Page 67: ...c messages can be processed using SNMP traps or as a syslog message For additional information please refer to the sections System Traps per SNMP and System Messages using syslog 6 2 Check Config The...

Page 68: ...th an error Also checked and displayed is which send paths have been selected for the alarms and whether all the necessary parameters have been configured Here again the access types are highlighted i...

Page 69: ...g The ACK button acknowledges the alarm triggered when you clicked on Trigger Acknowledgement is only possible if at least one acknowledgement variant has been set for the alarm If no alarm confirmati...

Page 70: ...70 W T IP Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE 7 Documentation 7 1 Manual Explanation of the login levels and important configurations Abbreviated Manual...

Page 71: ...71 W T IP Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE 7 2 Data sheet The data sheet provides information about the key properties and technical data for the IP Watcher IP Watcher data sheet...

Page 72: ...W T IP Watcher 2x2 Digital PoE 7 3 Property The Property page contains information about the manufacturer the hard and software version and the identification of the device in the network Property pa...

Page 73: ...evice or network port 1x flashing Check network connection The IP Watcher is not receiving a link pulse from a hub or switch Check the cable or the hub switch port 2x or 3x flashing Perform a device r...

Page 74: ...ion Control LogOut On the page shown in the main window you can click on the Restore Defaults button to return the unit to its original settings 8 2 2 Reset jumpers If you are unable to restore the fa...

Page 75: ...same network segment as the IP Watcher and on which TCP IP is installed Read the MAC address of the IP Watcher on the device e g EN 00C03D004a05 5xxxx Typ EN 00c03d004a05 OK xxxxxx Ethernet Adresse Et...

Page 76: ...with an alias is then determined After you have connected the device in the network segment of the RARP server you can use the network to assign the desired IP address to the device Your IP Watcher h...

Page 77: ...mware to be sent to the IP Watcher No special preparation of the IP Watcher is necessary for the update The WuTility tool used for the update detects all the W T devices located in your network and is...

Page 78: ...P Watcher must begin with the expression io Digital2x2IPW2 1 and end with the expression io Digital2x2IPW2 1 The syntax for configuring per XML is as follows Option Parameter1 value Parameter1 Paramet...

Page 79: ...s range Switching threshold 8V 1V On current 2 2 mA Connection 1 x 16 screw type terminals Galvanic isolation Digital outputs network min 1000 V Digital inputs network min 2000 V Digital inputs output...