Miranda NV915 User manual

QuickStart Guide
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NV915 Router Control System
and Accessories
Product Summary
NV915
The NV915 Router Control System features include:
•Two Ethernet ports, one for routers and panels, and the
other for configuration.
•Two USB ports, a COM port and a monitor port.
•Flash-based storage.
•Support for up to 32 NV96xx control panels.
•Support for up to 4 NVISION series routers.
•1RU, 9″deep.
NV9000-SE Utilities
NV9000-SE Utilities (SE, for short) is the “next generation
configuration tool” to be used with NV9000 routing control
systems.
You can use it, connected to the NV915 control system, to cre-
ate and upload configurations. You can use it, detached from
the NV915, to create configuration files.
SE is designed to model, as closely as possible, the user’s tasks
and facility structure. It leads the user through the process of
configuring a router control system.
SE fits in the NV915 scheme like this:
Figure 1. System Block Diagram
Installation
To prepare the NV915 Router Control System for use, you
must take these two steps:
•Install the NV915 hardware.
•Install the NV9000-SE Utilities software on a PC.
To run the NV9000-SE Utilities, you will need a PC that
supports Java 1.5 or later.
Installing the NV915
Perform the steps that follow to install the NV915.
Rack Mounting
SBecause the NV915 is small, you might not have enough
space to reach behind it to make connections. In that case,
leave this step until last.
Place the NV915 in the rack where you want it, aligning the
screw holes with holes in your rack frame. Secure the router
using your screws, nuts, and washers.
The mounting holes are spaced 1.25″(31mm) vertically and
allow approximately 1/8″(3mm) of play horizontally.
Ethernet Cable
Connect an Ethernet cable (RJ-45) to the “NVISION Net”
port. (See Figure 2.) Connect the other end of that cable to an
Ethernet switch. Connect your routers and control panels to
the Ethernet switch.
Connect an Ethernet cable to the “Config” port. Connect the
other end of that cable to the Ethernet switch. Connect the
Router
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Utilities
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Figure 1. Package Contents
Quick-Start Guide
(this document)
1 software and docu-
mentation disk
(rear view)
AC power cord(s)
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Ethernet port of the computer you intend to use for configu-
ration to the switch.
Figure 2. Ethernet Connectors
SAlternatively, use a crossover cable between the Config
port and your PC’s Ethernet port.
You will have to add the “Config” port address to your PC’s
network addresses. You will have to add the NV915 control
system to SE on your configuration PC(s). See Configuration.
Power and Ground
The NV915 accepts “universal” power: 90–130/180–250VAC,
50/60Hz, at 0.5/0.3A, with a 30W maximum. Simply plug
the AC cord into a main socket and into the power socket at
the rear of the unit. (There is no on-off switch.) There is no
special grounding requirement.
Installing NV9000-SE Utilities
Insert the Software and Documentation CD (SB0033-xx) in
your CD drive. The CD will auto-play. Click ‘Configuration
Software’ in the main window. A new window appears. Then
cllick ‘Install NV9000-SE Utilities’. The installer will launch.
When you see the first instruction screen, follow the simple
instructions, clicking ‘Next’ as required. The entire installa-
tion takes less than a minute.
(Under Windows)
The default pathname of the SE executable is:
C:\Program Files\NVISION\NV9000-SE Utilities\
NV9000-SE Utilities.exe.
(You can specify a different pathname during installation.) If
you elect to add the program to the Start menu, its “path” is
Start >Programs >NVISION >NV9000-SE Utilities >
NV9000-SE Utilities
The default pathname of configuration file storage is:
C:\Documents and Settings\current user\CtrlSysConfigs\
where “current user” is a user’s login ID on the PC. Note: SE
creates this folder at its first launch. It is not created at instal-
lation. SE will create one such folder for each user that logs in
and runs SE.
That folder contains subfolders holding configuration data.
The subfolder names are the configuration names. The folder
‘ControlSysDB’ is a prototype containing the default configu-
ration and, in fact, when SE launches for the first time, it
opens this configuration. This configuration is essentially
“empty.”
SWe recommend that you create a desktop icon for the soft-
ware.
Configuration
These are the default IP addresses of the NV915 Ethernet
ports:
•“Config” port—192.168.97.1
•“Network” port —192.168.2.1
(You can change these addresses.)
After you have installed the NV915 and NV9000-SE Utilities,
two steps are required to get your system running.
•Place your PC on the NV915’s Config network.
•Add the Config port to NV9000-SE Utilities.
Config Port
Follow these steps to add your PC to the Config network:
1 Launch ‘Settings>Network Configuration’ from you PC’s
Start menu. The following window appears:
2 Double-click ‘Local Area Connection’. Then, choose the
General tab and click ‘Properties’.
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3 Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Click ‘Properties’ again
here:
4 Select ‘Use the following IP address’ and enter an IP
address on the NV915’s Config network. Use the default
subnet mask.
The default IP address of the NV915 on the Config network
is 192.168.97.1. Therefore, choose 192.168.97.3 or a simi-
lar address that is not the same as the NV915’s.
5 Click OK and it is done.
Network Port
To make the NV915 known to NV9000-SE Utilities, follow
these steps:
1 Launch NV9000-SE Utilities. Choose ‘Add Control System’
from the System menu.
Give your NV915 control system a name. Enter the
NV915’s config port address. Click ‘Add’ and then ‘Save’.
2 The result is a named control system to which you can add
routers and control panels.
Click the ‘System Management’ pane on the left side of
the SE window to see the control system you created:
(It is from the System Management pane that you will
upload configurations to the NV915 and start, stop, and
restart the NV915.)
SIf the NV915 icon remains red and does not turn green
[ ] then either you have not specified the network IP
address correctly, the Ethernet connection (through
the Ethernet switch) is faulty, or you have extra firewall
protection installed and active. See Notices, following,
for more detail.
3 Exit NV9000-SE Utilities.
Before you continue with NV9000-SE Utilities, read (or at
least browse) all the available documentation.
SThe CD contain an NV9000-SE Utilities User’s Guide.
NV9000-SE Utilities itself provides online help.
Beyond those basic steps, configuration of your NV915 sys-
tem depends almost entirely on the characteristics of your
system.
We recommend that you follow the order of entries in the
Configuration pane when you are making a configuration.
That is, configure
Network Address
Routers
Level Sets
Devices
Categories
Control Panels
etc.
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Notices
1 Personal Security Programs
Some security programs, such as those available from
Norton (or Symantec), will block the NV9000-SE Utilities
from communicating with the NV915.
To use NV9000-SE Utilities to configure the NV915, you
must disable the protection in your personal security soft-
ware, at least temporarily.
You can create configurations NV9000-SE Utilities
“offline”—without the presence of the NV915—but to
upload a configuration, or to start and stop the NV915,
you must disable your personal firewall.
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