Actisense PRO-MUX-2 User manual

PRO-MUX-2 CONFIGURATION GUIDE

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Contents
HOME PAGE & INTRO ............................................................................. 3
INFO PAGE ............................................................................................. 4
ADMIN SETTINGS .................................................................................. 5
ALARM SETTINGS.................................................................................. 6
DATA SERVER SETTINGS & FIRMWARE UPDATES .................................. 7
NETWORK SETTINGS ............................................................................. 8
OPERATING MODE SETTINGS ................................................................ 9
SERIAL SETTINGS ................................................................................. 10
ROUTING SETTINGS.............................................................................. 11

HOME PAGE & INTRO
Guide to conguring PRO-MUX-2
The Actisense PRO-MUX-2 is a very powerful multiplexer / router, capable of ltering, advanced ltering, directing sentences to specic connected listeners, and
auto bauding. With this guide, the user will be able to better understand the power and capability of the PRO-MUX-2 within an NMEA 0183 network.
Connecting to the device
Full details on connecting to the web interface on the product are found within the PRO-MUX-2 User Manual, which is downloadable from our website. For the
example used here, the device is connected to a DHCP network router via an Ethernet cable.
To connect to the device, enter ‘http://promux-xxxxxx’ into any web browser (xxxxxx is replaced by the serial number, e.g. promux-123456). Once the device has
been connected to, the following web page will appear:
Please note: if this is the rst time using the device, or the web cache has been cleared, then the username and password and
required. UN = Admin, PW = Admin.
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INFO PAGE
The Information page is a quick overview of the product info.
Status
• Details the current operating mode of the PRO-MUX
• Current battery / power supply voltage levels connected to
the device
• Log (future feature)
• Uptime displays how long the device has been running for
Device
• Model ID indicates what the product is
• Serial Number of device
• The rest of the info on here is designed for tech support
and engineers to use
Ethernet Status
• MAC Address assigned to the device (xed)
• IP Address assigned to the device (xed or dynamic
depending on setup)
• Subnet and Gateway are detailed, but only important if a
static IP is being used
• DHCP highlights whether the connection has been made
using DHCP enabled

ADMIN SETTINGS
Password
The default user name and password for the device to log in is ‘admin’, but this can be changed to a user dened password. This is very useful for installers who
can install the device with a unique password, knowing that nobody else can then log in and change it.
There’s also the options to restart the device from the web page, and to restore the device to default settings. Whilst these won’t be used often (if at all), the option
to restore to default is nice if the device is miscongured.
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The alarms are a powerful feature of the PRO-MUX-2. It allows
the user to identify various states and have a message sent by
the PRO-MUX-2 to identify what Alarm has trigged. (Message
must be enabled by ticking ‘Action: Send Message’ option for
each alarm):
• Autoswitch: PRO-MUX-2 will Autoswitch (if enabled) between
one or more inputs, and will output the following message if
Autoswitch is performed:
$MXALR,hhmmss,004,PRO-MUX-2|206221|Autoswitch
• Data Overload: PRO-MUX-2 will determine if too much data is
being sent at one time to a port, and will output the following
message if enabled:
$MXALR,hhmmss,002,PRO-MUX-2|206221|Combine: Data
overload
• Low Voltage: PRO-MUX-2 will notify if the voltage level is too
low for the device, and will output the following message:
$MXALR,hhmmss,003,PRO-MUX-2|206221|Voltage Alert: PWR
<Measured Voltage>
ALARM SETTINGS

DATA SERVER SETTINGS & FIRMWARE UPDATES
The data server settings are for dening the Ethernet port
streaming.
By enabling the data server, the device can send and recieve
NMEA 0183 data via Ethernet connection. This allows for
extremely high speed streaming of data.
Firmware updates can be done by uploading the .zip le which
can be downloaded from the Actisense website whenever it is
available.
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NETWORK SETTINGS
The network settings are used to set-up or change between auto IP with DHCP, or assigning a xed, static IP address. Most installations use DHCP
and the PRO-MUX is assigned an IP Addresses from the router which every other device connected to the network can see.
However, on busy networks or networks where security + device conguration is important, static IP addresses can be set-up through your router
and given to the device, meaning this is always going to be the claimed address anytime the PRO-MUX is connected.

There’s options for both a pre-congured operating mode, and
custom, self created ones.
It is important to note that the default, pre-dened modes cannot
be changed, and they must be saved to a ‘user mode’ if any
changes are required.
The idea of the default combine and autoswitch modes are
for the product to work ‘out of the box’ with no requirement for
conguration, making it an ideal product for easy installs.
User modes are for fully customised congurations to be saved to.
The current operating mode of the device is shown at the top of
the screen, next to the linked symbol.
OPERATING MODE SETTINGS
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SERIAL SETTINGS
The serial settings are where the baud rate is individually congurable
for each input port and output port, and a ‘friendly name’ can be given to
each port. There are two routes that can be taken here for talker devices
connected to the inputs:
1. The device is left on the autobaud conguration, meaning that the
PRO-MUX-2 will adjust the baud rate on each input port dependant on the
baud rate of the talker device connected to it. (Autobaud is only available
on Ports 1-4. 5-8 are xed to 4800 baud).
2. The device can be congured for each port manually, giving the
user more control over the conguration if the autobaud feature is not
preferred.
After conguring the Input ports, the Output ports can be congured. The
Output ports can be set up to either follow the baud rate on the chosen
Input or set to a manually selected value.
It is important to highlight that only Output 1 can be set to 115200 baud,
whilst the rest of the ports have a maximum baud rate of 38400.
Warning: Manually setting the output baud rate slower than the input baud rate may result in
the loss of data due to limited bandwidth. Consult the Stats page to view the output loading.

ROUTING SETTINGS
Basic routing functions on the PRO-MUX are designed to
give the user control over which Outputs receive sentences
from the Inputs. The purpose of routing is to essentially
dismiss messages that are not required for certain devices
Note that the friendly names can be used here to provide
easy identication of the device on each input. This is
extremely useful for an installer who may be visiting the
vessel for the rst time, as it saves a large amount of time
which would otherwise be spent tracing wires back to
understand what device is connected to each I/O Port.
Rather than having the I/O labelled as IN1, OUT1 etc, we can
edit the names to show the connected device. i.e. change
IN1 to GPS.
Basic routing here gives a good amount of control over the
Inputs and Outputs, however sometimes it is required to
go further into the connections and dene what messages
specically from each Input device are sent to each Output.
This is where advanced routing comes in.
For example, if a USG-2 on IN 4 is sending 7 messages, but only 3 of these are
required for the NGW-1 connected OUT 2 then the advanced routing can be used to
lter out unnecessary sentences.
Advanced routing is an extremely powerful tool which can be used to reduce the
amount of ‘trafc’ from messages going to a certain Listener, which can be especially
useful if the device connected to the output has a lower baud rate (lower bandwidth).
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