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Page 1: ...ronia Remote Spectrum Analyzer RSA with EMF Monitor Software Version 0 3 4 0 Users guide v1 2 0 15 09 2015 Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot co...

Page 2: ...age 32 System Overview 34 Spectran Server Overview 35 Clients Overview 37 Contact Information 39 Server Logfile 41 User Management 43 Add new user 44 Edit User 45 System Configuration 46 Network confi...

Page 3: ...l types 109 FAQ 115 How to connect to the RSA when it is integrated into the network without monitor and keyboard 116 Operating System Updates 117 Administration page shows error instead of measuremen...

Page 4: ...s carefully If you need further information about all configuration parameters in the RSA webinterface please read the Users Guide There you will also find find the protocol definitions and solutions...

Page 5: ...depends on your network infrastructure For a direct connection to the client computer we recommend a crossover ethernet cable to make sure that the connection can be established see figure 1 2 figure...

Page 6: ...178 33 and the subnet mask 255 255 255 0 Now you have to configure your client pc to the same net subnet to communicate with the RSA unit The configurations of the network card are different on Windo...

Page 7: ...1 1 1 Open the Windows 7 control panel by pressing the button in the start menu like shown in the figure 2 1 1 figure 2 1 2 2 Move to the section Network and Internet see figure 2 1 2 Test Equipment D...

Page 8: ...1 2 3 Click to enter the Network and Sharing Center see figure 2 1 3 figure 2 1 4 4 In the Network and Sharing Center you can click the LAN Connection to open the LAN connection status window see fig...

Page 9: ...ity to change the LAN properties of the LAN adapter Please press the Properties button see figure 2 1 5 figure 2 1 6 6 In the properties window figure 2 1 6 activate the Internet Protocol Version 4 TC...

Page 10: ...e configuration and close all other windows 11 Open your webbrowser Firefox Chrome etc and enter the RSA address in the address field Now the RSA configuration page should open in the browser window 1...

Page 11: ...A network connection figure 2 2 1 1 On MacOSX you find the System Settings Icon in the Dock Press the icon to open the System settings window see figure 2 2 1 figure 2 2 2 2 Click to the network item...

Page 12: ...pecific address Activate the radio button Use the following IP address and enter an address in the range 192 168 178 1 to 192 168 178 254 except the 192 168 178 33 because the RSA unit already uses th...

Page 13: ...figuration components and different desktop environments Please have a look into the man pages or documentation of the distribution your are running on your system In our example we using the Xubuntu...

Page 14: ...ick and press the Edit button to open the configuration dialog for the wired connection see figure 2 3 3 figure 2 3 4 4 Activate the panel IPv4 Settings see 2 3 4 Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99...

Page 15: ...e figure 2 3 5 figure 2 3 6 6 After selecting the Manual method press the Add button to insert a configuration in the Addresses table Enter the IP address ind the Address field and the subnet mask in...

Page 16: ...u entry Aaronia AG MCS Spectrum Analyzer Documentation 1 Launch the MCS software on your client PC figure 3 1 2 Open the Spectran menu and choose to the entry Network Connection see figure 3 1 figure...

Page 17: ...herwise you have enter an username which is created on the RSA device see figure 3 3 figure 3 4 6 Enter the user password default aaronia in the next dialog and press Ok to establish the remote connec...

Page 18: ...If you get an error message you have to check your network connection parameters again Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 19: ...the RSA to client pc network connection You can find the latest version of the complete EMF Monitor Software manual on our developer website http spectran developer net doc rsa v2 manual en RSAv2 pdf...

Page 20: ...d default aaronia in the username and password field If you like to be logged in the next time you open the webinterface set the checkbox Keep me logged in uses cookies Press the Login button to enter...

Page 21: ...he current measurement results device settings and the spectrum view see figure 4 3 If you need more functionalities for visualization please use our MCS software Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99...

Page 22: ...password aaronia1 NOTICE All users which are configured in the webinterface can also be used in the MCS software to establish a remote connection to the RSA RSA default network configuration IP addres...

Page 23: ...s completly based on web technolgies and it isn t possible to integrade all features like we can offer in our MCS software All other components of the SPECTRAN RSA are based on open source products Th...

Page 24: ...nect your computer to the RSA see this chapter for further information Optional a monitor with HDMI USB mouse and an USB keyboard to configure the RSA on the local desktop environment see this chapter...

Page 25: ...oftware on a remote system You can use the MCS software on a client PC and connect via network to the RSA device SPECTRAN RSA Front and back panel overview The front panel is divided into to areas On...

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Page 27: ...on the spectrum analyzer at the front panel of the RSA Try again to start the server by pressing the Play button If it won t work after some retries you have the possibility to restart the hole system...

Page 28: ...he image below Linux desktop environment Default user aaronia Default password aaronia Please change the password for security reasons In the Linux desktop environment you can change the network setti...

Page 29: ...ect the required cables at the back of the RSA Connect the inlcuded USB cable with the one of the PC USB ports and with the SPECTRAN USB port the SPECTRAN power supply to the SPECTRAN Power supply con...

Page 30: ...Audio Microphone DC Power supply SPECTRAN USB SPECTRAN Power supply Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 31: ...this chapter you ll find a complete overview of the SPECTRAN RSA webinterface The webinterface is used to configure the remote spectrum analyzer It offers you also all necessary information about the...

Page 32: ...shows the location if the location is configured in the administration area Recorder state Shows if the internal recorder is activated and if available the current recording profile and mode recordin...

Page 33: ...weep preview This window shows the current maximum average and minimum sweep in the chart Attention Depending on the amount of measurement points the graphic shows a compresssed version of the sweeps...

Page 34: ...System Overview This chapter describes all system overview pages...

Page 35: ...Spectran Server Overview Networkserver Settings Timestamp Device information...

Page 36: ...State of the RSA Current Device Setup Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 37: ...nt Column Port Client port number Column Client ID Unique identifier of client Column User User name with which the client is logged in Column Privilege level Shows the privilege level of the user Col...

Page 38: ...List of clients Shows a list of currently connected clients One row per client...

Page 39: ...y Add your company name here Department Add the department Save Information button Email Add a contact email address System Messages will be send to this address If you use Trigger you have to configu...

Page 40: ...Phone Add a contact phone number Contact Add a contact person...

Page 41: ...Server Logfile Shows information of the default logfile...

Page 42: ...Shows information of the error logfile Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 43: ...d network server features A readonly user isn t allowed to change the RSA configuration or to set parameter on the network servers SPECTRAN device Overview Currently registered users are listed in the...

Page 44: ...Add new user Dialog to add user Enter a username password comment and choose the permissions for the new user Press the save button to create the user or cancel to close the dialog...

Page 45: ...user password Change the name password comment or the permissions and click the Save button to store the changes or Cancel to close the dialog Edit user dialog Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Wa...

Page 46: ...System Configuration This chapter describes all system configuration pages...

Page 47: ...er you two different options which are described in detail in the corresponding chapters Please notice your RSA comes with a default static IPv4 configuration 192 168 178 33 netmask 255 255 255 0 You...

Page 48: ...this chapter you find all necessary information about the first configuration of your SPECTRAN RSA on it s installed desktop environment Boot the system 49 Open Webbrowser 51 Login page 53 Administra...

Page 49: ...the pc Turn on the computer and the system will boot up You ll see the desktop environment like shown on the image below Please open the Webbrowser from the main menu It is located on the first posit...

Page 50: ...Main menu Main program menu...

Page 51: ...Open Webbrowser Enter localhost into the address bar and the main page of the RSA will be loaded Navigate into the administration area by clicking the link Admin Webbrowser...

Page 52: ...Addressbar of the browser Link to enter administration area Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 53: ...name and password and click the login button Defaults Username aaronia Password aaronia The default user has administration permissions You can change add or delete user in the administration area in...

Page 54: ...you will enter the Administration area where you are able to configure the hole system The network configuration is located in the subsection System Configuration Please click on the image to enter t...

Page 55: ...System configuration Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 56: ...your needs and save it by clicking the Save Information button If the IP address was changed you will be redirected to the new address after a couple of seconds If you won t be redirected to the new I...

Page 57: ...sed to configure the network with IPv4 or IPv6 settings or to configure both at the same time DHCP Option to enable disable DHCP The static IP configuration will be ignored if DHCP is enabled IP Addre...

Page 58: ...y DNS Field to enter the address of the primary DNS server Secondary DNS Field to enter the address of the secondary DNS server Save configuration Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Stree...

Page 59: ...eters to your needs and press the save button If the IP address was changed you will be redirected to the new address after a couple of seconds If you won t be redirected to the new IP after a minute...

Page 60: ...or to configure both at the same time DHPC Option to enable disable DHCP The static IP configuration will be ignored if DHCP is enabled IP Address Field to enter the IPv6 address Subnet Mask Field to...

Page 61: ...apter you have connected to the RSA and open the TCP IP configuration Activate the option Static IP configuration and enter the IP address 192 168 178 30 and change the subnet mask to 255 255 255 0 Sa...

Page 62: ...P server and to choose the timezone To configure it manually disable the checkbox automatic and enter select data time and timezone Press the Save Information button to store your settings Automatic I...

Page 63: ...Save Information...

Page 64: ...utomatically Restore Backup button If you have problems with the new version you can restore the previous version from backup Make sure that you install new versions only once Currently only one versi...

Page 65: ...the main configuration for the RSA It isn t recommend to change pathes or file names because it could cause trouble Changing the IP address is disable on this page because the IP will set in the netwo...

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Page 69: ...Save Information button...

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Page 71: ...ails Section is currently under development Therefor some fields like receiver are missing and will come in further versions Main application will be Trigger Mailhub Enter maihub for the email account...

Page 72: ...Select the security type for the connection Save Information button Optional Commands Field for adding special commands which are not listed in the input fields Syntax is parameter value and comma as...

Page 73: ...ill be saved with this name If the profile already exists it will be overwritten without warning Startfrequency Enter the frequency with the frequency dialog Make sure to select the right frequency un...

Page 74: ...box VBW selection Choose the VBW from the dropdown box Sweeptime Enter the Sweeptime in milliseconds Preamplifier Enable disable internal preamplifier Detector selection Choose the detector mode for...

Page 75: ...Delete a selected profile from RSA This can t be undone...

Page 76: ...nd press the ok button to set the frequency Make sure to select the right frequency unit for your device type HF MHz NF kHz The selected unit is red highlighted Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Wa...

Page 77: ...ur stroed processing lists tasks Choose a list from the dropdown box and press the Load button to load it into the page Load button Press the Load button to load a stored task into the page Delete but...

Page 78: ...ng list you can save it to the hard disk After page reload it is available in the dropdown for loading and deleting of processing lists Control section This is the main section to control the internal...

Page 79: ...Start Press the button to start processing the list Stop Press button to stop processing Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 80: ...ent not finished complete at the moment Triggers will work in tfuture versions Please use the trigger functions of our MCS software Column activated If checked trigger is enabled Column name Shows the...

Page 81: ...s start stopfrequency For Min Max trigers you set it as start stopfrequency for type point you set it as center spanfrequency Column value Set the level where the trigger should do something On type p...

Page 82: ...Defines the unit of the value Column action Action which will be executed by the trigger Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 83: ...gs Tree Expand collapse folder tree Delete Press to delete selected files and folders Compress Compress selected files and folders to Zip package for download The file is named download zip Refresh Re...

Page 84: ...The file list shows all recorded files in the selected folder Folder list...

Page 85: ...Shows a folder treeview Disc info Multiselection Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 TestEquipmentDepot com...

Page 86: ...ptions If you click on the folder name the files of the folder will shown in the file list and sub folders where shown in the folder list If you hold down the CTRL key and click on the foldername you...

Page 87: ...System Control Start Start Spectran network server Stop Stop Spectran network server Reboot System Reboots the operating system of the RSA Shutdown System Turns of the computer Console window...

Page 88: ...ne field to the network server Command line field Enter commands like described in the commands documentation Server commands Shows available server commands If you select a command it will be set int...

Page 89: ...IP ADDRESS PORT Example with default configuration URL http 192 168 178 33 8000 Default user admin Default password aaronia demod To connect to the audio stream you have to enable the demodulation mo...

Page 90: ...peed for the frequency wheel Frequency adjustment wheel Use the frequency wheel to adjust the frequency to your needs Frequency input field Or you can enter the frequency directly into the input field...

Page 91: ...ia player 2 Select Menu Media Open Network Stream CTRL N 3 Enter the URL in the input field and press the Play button Thats all Play button Enter network URL TODO Insert description text here Test Equ...

Page 92: ...Help Information This page contains useful information and links At the moment you ll find only placeholder...

Page 93: ...ol ASWEEP Command protocol ACMD Infomation protocol AINFO You can find a detailed description of all command and protocol types in the following chapters Convetions Values written as xxxx are placehol...

Page 94: ...ssage TST test Description Sends list of clients currently connected to the server SERVER CLIENTS command Answer AINFO Package with message OPC Operation Complete sequence Description Check if device...

Page 95: ...o operation on server Answer AINFO Package with message STB Description Read status byte No operation on server Answer AINFO Package with message Test Equipment Depot 800 517 8431 99 Washington Street...

Page 96: ...Description Sends list of clients currently connected to the server Answer AINFO Package with message Format AINFO client ip port port id id User user plevel permission comment comment SERVER RECONNEC...

Page 97: ...Description Trigger disconnect of a connected SPECTRAN device Answer AINFO Package with message SERVER SHUTDOWN SPECTRAN_SRV or SERV SDN SPEC_SRV Description Shutdown the SPECTRAN server Not the whole...

Page 98: ...1 option2 option3 option n SPECTRAN INFO IDN or SPEC INFO IDN Description Sends idetntification string of the SPECTRAN device Answer AINFO Package with message Format AINFO device_name serial SPECTRAN...

Page 99: ...FO RSTMAXH Description Trigger resets the max hold value Answer AINFO Package with message SPECTRAN INFO PROFILE or SPEC INFO PROFILE Description Sends the current measurement profile if a profile is...

Page 100: ...TARTFRQ value or SPEC CTRL START Description Read or write Startfrequency Command parameter read Startfrequency value write Startfrequency value must be in the frequencyrange of the analyzer Answer AC...

Page 101: ...CTRL SWT Description Read or write Sweeptime Command parameter read Sweeptime value write Sweeptime in milliseconds Answer ACMD Package with message SPECTRAN CTRL ATTEN value or SPEC CTRL ATT Descrip...

Page 102: ...iption Detector Mode Command parameter read Detector Mode value write Detector Mode index 0 RMS 1 MIN MAX Answer ACMD Package with message SPECTRAN CTRL ANTENNATYPE or SPEC CTRL ANTTYPE Description Re...

Page 103: ...meter SPECTRAN CTRL SENSOR or SPEC CTRL SENS Description Sensor Mode Command parameter read Sensor Mode value write Sensor Mode index 7 analog input only supported Answer ACMD Package with message SPE...

Page 104: ...message RBW and VBW table for HF devices 0 Full 1 3 MHz 2 1 MHz 3 300 kHz 4 100 kHz 5 30 kHz 6 10 kHz 7 3 kHz 8 1 kHz 9 120 kHz 10 9 kHz 11 200 Hz 12 5 MHz 13 200 kHz 14 1500 kHz RBW and VBW table for...

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Page 106: ...or enable disable local recorder backend to record measurement Command parameter read state 1 enable recorder 0 disablerecorder Answer AINFO Package with message SPECTRAN CALC BATCH_RECORD value or SP...

Page 107: ...LC TRACE_AVERAGE or SPEC CALC TRACE_AVG Description Sends the average sweep to requesting client Command parameter read state Answer AINFO Package with message see format of sweep data below Traces wi...

Page 108: ...if configured via web interface Answer AINFO Package with message see format of sweep data below The TRACE sweep data arrive as AINFO package You have to know that you have requested these informatio...

Page 109: ...s incompatible type Authentication 1 Type for sending receving the authentication Server 2 Command is a server command SpectranInfo 3 Command type for reading device internal information which are non...

Page 110: ...aces ASWEEP 1 0 0001 0001 0010 hh mm ss zzz dd MM yyyy hh mm ss zzz dd MM yyyy 45 60 34 76 345 256 671 453 n AUTHENTICATION protocol The authentication protocol is used to connect to the SPECTRAN serv...

Page 111: ...ctranDevice AHFSpectranDevice ANFSpectranDevice You can find the list of available command ids SPECTRAN variable ids below In the protocols you have to use the decimal value of the variable Command id...

Page 112: ...DEMODMODE HF V4 NF Demodulator mode HF 0 OFF 1 AM 2 FM 0x0C SPECPROC HF HF V4 NF Spectrum processing mode program number This program is called after a sweep has completed The default setting is prog...

Page 113: ...00 0x31 LOGSAMPCNT HF HF V4 NF Number of Samples to write to log file After each interval this number is decremented and then the program 200 is called 0x32 LOGTIMEIVL HF HF V4 NF If the sweep is fini...

Page 114: ...2POW HF HF V4 NF Peak 2 power Read only 0x82 PEAK3POW HF HF V4 NF Peak 3 power Read only 0x84 PEAK1FREQ HF HF V4 NF Peak 1 freq Read only HF MHz NF kHz 0x85 PEAK2FREQ HF HF V4 NF Peak 2 freq Read only...

Page 115: ...find the answers to the frequently asked questions If your are missing an answer feel free to contact us 99 Washington Street Melrose MA 02176 Phone 781 665 1400 Toll Free 1 800 517 8431 Visit us at...

Page 116: ...ronia default password aaronia ssh aaronia 192 168 178 33 Open a terminal window and enter the command above to establish the connection After pressing enter you have to accept the ssh certificate and...

Page 117: ...bserver Check the configuration of the apache webserver in the files etc apache2 apache2 conf etc apache2 ports conf etc apache2 sites enabled 000 default conf Terminal command example sudo nano etc a...

Page 118: ...y reboot the system by pressing the Reboot system button on the Server Control page If nothing helps you have to connect via ssh to the RSA Check if the analyzer is available in the system to make sur...

Page 119: ...No measurement data Page shows no measurement data or visualization of the current sweep Typical error message if the Spectran server isn t running...

Page 120: ...tware on the device because it can cause trouble with the common shared libraries We don t build releases for all software solutions if one product has changed We are dedicated to use the same version...

Page 121: ...Aaronia RSABundle Resources config 5 Open and edit the file interfaces_ipv4 Replace the two eth0 values with the name you find before Example original auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192 168...

Page 122: ...lete the cache files of of the web interface Doubleclick the shortcut Filesystem on the desktop and navigate to the folder var www Symfony app cache and delete the folder s prod and dev Reload the web...

Page 123: ...ion System Updates page in the RSA web interface Press the Download Install Update button The system will update automatically Without a working internet connection you have to install the package man...

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