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Page 2 

Table of Contents 

SECTION 1

 

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND WIRING ......................................................................................... 3

 

1.1

 

P

REREQUISITES

 ................................................................................................................................................. 3

 

1.2

 

I

NTRODUCTION

 ................................................................................................................................................. 3

 

1.3

 

W

IRING

 ........................................................................................................................................................... 4

 

SECTION 2

 

COMMISSIONING AND STARTUP .................................................................................................. 5

 

2.1

 

P

REREQUISITES 

(S

PECIFIC 

S

YSTEM 

R

EQUIREMENTS ON 

S

ITE

) ...................................................................................... 5

 

2.2

 

I

NITIAL 

C

ONFIGURATION OF THE 

N

ETWORK 

C

ONTROL 

U

NIT

 ....................................................................................... 5

 

2.3

 

A

DDITIONAL 

C

ONFIGURATION 

S

ET

-

UP

 ................................................................................................................... 9

 

SECTION 3

 

INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 10

 

3.1

 

H

OW TO USE THE WEB SITE

 ............................................................................................................................... 10

 

3.2

 

L

OGGING 

I

N AND 

O

UT

 ...................................................................................................................................... 11

 

3.3

 

N

AVIGATING THE WEB INTERFACE

 ....................................................................................................................... 12

 

3.3.1

 

Dashboard ........................................................................................................................................ 12

 

3.3.2

 

Reaction Graph ................................................................................................................................. 13

 

3.3.3

 

Remote Control ................................................................................................................................. 14

 

3.3.4

 

Reaction Archive ............................................................................................................................... 16

 

3.3.5

 

Fault Archive ..................................................................................................................................... 17

 

3.3.6

 

Download .......................................................................................................................................... 18

 

SECTION 4

 

SETUP ......................................................................................................................................... 19

 

4.1

 

C

ONTACTS

 ..................................................................................................................................................... 19

 

4.2

 

A

LARMS

 ........................................................................................................................................................ 20

 

4.3

 

P

ASSWORDS

 ................................................................................................................................................... 22

 

4.4

 

S

YSTEM

 ......................................................................................................................................................... 23

 

4.4.1

 

System Information ........................................................................................................................... 23

 

4.4.2

 

Stream Names .................................................................................................................................. 23

 

4.4.3

 

Timezone Configuration.................................................................................................................... 23

 

4.4.4

 

Network Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 24

 

4.4.5

 

S.M.T.P. Server ................................................................................................................................... 25

 

4.4.6

 

Security ............................................................................................................................................. 25

 

4.4.7

 

System Update .................................................................................................................................. 27

 

4.4.8

 

System Commands ............................................................................................................................ 28

 

4.4.9

 

Database Commands ........................................................................................................................ 28

 

4.4.10

 

Factory Reset ................................................................................................................................ 29

 

4.4.11

 

Web Access ................................................................................................................................... 29

 

SECTION 5

 

MASTER NETWORK CONTROL UNIT ........................................................................................... 30

 

SECTION 6

 

TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................................................................... 33

 

6.1

 

 

BNCU

 

N

OT 

C

OMMUNICATING

 .......................................................................................................................... 33

 

6.2

 

 

U

NKNOWN 

IP

 

A

DDRESS

 ................................................................................................................................... 33

 

6.3

 

 

“A

NOTHER WEB

-

USER IS CONTROLLING THE SYSTEM

”

 

M

ESSAGE

 ............................................................................... 33

 

6.4

 

 

“T

HE SYSTEM IS BEING CONTROLLED LOCALLY

”

 

M

ESSAGE

........................................................................................ 34

 

6.5

 

 

R

EACTION 

A

RCHIVE 

N

OT 

U

P 

T

O 

D

ATE

 ................................................................................................................ 34

 

6.6

 

 

S

ECURITY  

W

ARNINGS

 ..................................................................................................................................... 34

 

6.7

 

 

“D

ATABASE 

E

RROR

”

 

M

ESSAGE

 .......................................................................................................................... 35

 

Summary of Contents for Network Control Unit

Page 1: ...User Manual for remote access over Internet or Intranet connection using HTTP over TCP IP protocol February 2015 Edition 1 BNCU 1 13 Copyright BioTector 2015 All rights reserved Printed by BioTector Printed in the Republic of Ireland ...

Page 2: ...3 5 Fault Archive 17 3 3 6 Download 18 SECTION 4 SETUP 19 4 1 CONTACTS 19 4 2 ALARMS 20 4 3 PASSWORDS 22 4 4 SYSTEM 23 4 4 1 System Information 23 4 4 2 Stream Names 23 4 4 3 Timezone Configuration 23 4 4 4 Network Configuration 24 4 4 5 S M T P Server 25 4 4 6 Security 25 4 4 7 System Update 27 4 4 8 System Commands 28 4 4 9 Database Commands 28 4 4 10 Factory Reset 29 4 4 11 Web Access 29 SECTIO...

Page 3: ...the specific analyzer 1 1 Prerequisites An Ethernet port on site to connect the BioTector Network Control Unit BNCU to your network If longer than 10 meters Ethernet cable is required additional Ethernet cable may need to be sourced locally 1 2 Introduction The BioTector Network Control Unit which is installed on the motherboard behind the LCD screen is shipped preconfigured from the factory The u...

Page 4: ...ower down the BioTector Confirm that the external Ethernet cable is connected to the Ethernet ETH port located on the BioTector terminal block DIN rail as shown with an arrow inside the red rectangle in the picture below ...

Page 5: ...ernet cable supplied or any Ethernet available on site connect one end of the cable to the ETH port on the BioTector as shown in the picture above and connect the other end of the cable to the Ethernet port of your laptop PC You need to temporarily change the TCP IP configuration of your network adapter Carry out the following steps in your laptop PC 1 Using the Start button go to Control Panel Ne...

Page 6: ... the displayed existing system IP address Subnet mask and Default Gateway information on a piece of paper 6 Select Use the following IP address in the opened window and enter the following IP address and Subnet mask information as shown in the picture above i IP address 192 168 168 100 ii Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 ...

Page 7: ... 168 168 252 into the web address bar in your browser as shown in the picture below If your web browser displays a warning page instead of the login page above or in the event of a connection problem please use an alternative browser such as Firefox or Google Chrome which are the recommended browsers To connect to the BNCU login using the case sensitive word admin as both User Name and as Password...

Page 8: ...below The network settings consist of a Static IP Address a Subnet Mask and the Default Gateway IP Address Please contact your IT department to get these details WARNING Please make sure above site specific network settings are entered correctly the first time Any incorrect setting may require advanced reconfiguration of the unit Enter the IP Address Netmask and the Gateway IP address and select U...

Page 9: ...work Enter the site specific IP Address into the web address bar in your browser as shown in the example picture below You should now be able to access the BNCU and control the BioTector analyzer on the web 2 3 Additional Configuration Set up When the BNCU has been set up it is recommended that the following steps are carried out referring to the sections in this user manual below Set the Timezone...

Page 10: ...y prevent you from accessing the device Your IT department staff should be able to help you with any issues Web browser It is recommended that you use the latest version of Mozilla Firefox1 or Google Chrome2 Also you should ensure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser The system should work on any modern Operating System Username and password The BNCU web interface has three users each with d...

Page 11: ...low To log in enter your user name admin user or guest and password and click Submit Once you are logged in you can log out at any time by clicking the Logout button on the navigation menu illustrated in the following section If you have forgotten your password press the Forgot password button The system will ask you for a password recovery email address If you provide the correct email address th...

Page 12: ...e The dashboard gives a general overview of the current system status The following information is displayed 1 Last Reaction 2 Reagents Status 3 Last Faults or Warning 4 Trend Graph On the dashboard page a trend graph is displayed plotting the most recent typically 20 analysis results In a multi stream analyzer the user can click on the relevant stream number button from 1 to 6 and the measured pa...

Page 13: ...t reaction graph from the analyzer The graph will refresh periodically When the analyzer is stopped an empty graph will be presented The drop down menu below the reaction graph can be used to change the scale of the graph This could be useful when the CO2 peaks are small ...

Page 14: ...avigate through all software menus start and stop the analyzer change settings etc To take control of the analyzer press the Connect button You will then be presented with the Analysis Data Screen Operators can use the 6 navigation buttons below the screen to operate the BioTector in the same way they would use the physical keypad ...

Page 15: ...ays has operational priority In other words when a user is controlling the BioTector locally it will not be possible for any other users to connect to the BioTector and control it remotely using the BNCU Local control of the BioTector overrides all BNCU remote control functions When a user e g user A presses any key on the analyzer any remote control attempt by another user e g user B who is tryin...

Page 16: ...ndar icon beside the second text input box A calendar will appear Navigate through the calendar and select a date The second text input box will automatically be filled with the date selected Click the Submit button Set the number of items per page using the drop down list Select the analysis results to be displayed in the third text input box and then press the Submit button Search for reactions ...

Page 17: ...e entire fault archive in a table The user may Specify the number of items per page using the drop down menu Search for any number or string in the archive Type in a number or text in the Search input box System automatically displays the relevant faults containing the searched number or text ...

Page 18: ...n is made click the Download link Depending on the number of items this operation may take a few seconds or a few minutes to complete Depending on the type of the browser used the system will either download the data or prompt you to save the data to a preferred location Once the required data has been downloaded it can be viewed as a text file System generates cached pre generated and stored anal...

Page 19: ...behavior of the system Restriction only admin has access to these pages 4 1 Contacts The BNCU system allows up to 5 email notification recipients Simply enter the desired email addresses into the form and click the Save button A notification will be displayed at the top of the page to indicate that data has been saved successfully ...

Page 20: ... part of the page presents an interface where the user may configure alarms which trigger when a particular metric has exceeded a threshold By default there is no Reaction Alarm configured The user may add a Reaction Alarm by pressing the Add button Once a new alarm is created the following parameters may be specified Stream The stream identification from 1 to 6 to monitor Data The measured parame...

Page 21: ...sured results remain above the threshold value no further alarms are sent When the measured result drops below the threshold value the Normal Message is sent To make changes into an existing alarm the alarm must be first removed using the Remove button and a new alarm should be created using the Add button A notification message Data Saved is displayed at the bottom of the page to indicate whether...

Page 22: ...passwords enter the current password for the admin user in the first text input box and fill the other text input boxes with new passwords for admin user and guest Then click the Save button to save the changes The changed passwords will take effect the next time a user attempts to log in A notification will be displayed at the top of the page to indicate whether data was successfully saved ...

Page 23: ...in this page 4 4 1 System Information Such information includes OS operation system system uptime IP address SD card usage hardware and software version system serial number and BNCU time information 4 4 2 Stream Names This function allows the user to name the streams for the optional BioTector Master Network Control Unit ...

Page 24: ...s section is used to program or modify the network settings of the device during commissioning or when it is necessary Any unnecessary changes in this section should be avoided Changing the IP address will cause the page to become unresponsive System commissioning and startup procedures described in Section 2 Commissioning and Startup may need to be followed to regain access to the BNCU ...

Page 25: ...button and enter an email address to test your configuration 4 4 6 Security This section contains the security options available for you It is intended to be used by those with advanced Networking Security knowledge only Note The BNCU ships with a certificate from the BioTector Certificate Authority C A The BioTector C A is based on a self signed certificate This means that the C A and consequentl...

Page 26: ...se a secure connection Use BioTector Certificates This will restore the system to using the factory shipped certificates and private key Get C A Cert This option allows you to download the current Certificate Authority certificate Get Device Cert This option allows you to download the current device certificate Upload Certificate This form allows you to upload your own certificate private key and ...

Page 27: ...7 4 4 7 System Update This section allows you to update the software of the BNCU when necessary Manual Update requires a software update package which can be obtained from the distributor or the manufacturer ...

Page 28: ...r supply directly from the BNCU may cause data inconsistency or loss Reboot function can be used in the event of a communication problem with the BioTector For testing or during any software upgrade procedures Fast Reboot can be used as the system will not wait at the default IP address for 100 seconds Convert to BNCU Master Slave function allows the user to convert a Master unit to a Slave or vic...

Page 29: ...c back to factory defaults and clears all archives 4 4 11 Web Access Yaler software provides web access to the BNCU if the BNCU is firewall protected or it is using a 3G connection When necessary a Relay Domain and Relay Server address can be obtained from www yaler net and submitted in this menu to function ...

Page 30: ... a complete overview of all your analyzers on the network allowing you to monitor them with ease at a centralized location The commissioning and startup procedures described for BioTector Network Control Unit BNCU in Section 2 Commissioning and Startup in this manual see Section 2 Commissioning and Startup for details can be applied for the BioTector Master Network Control Unit BMNCU as well 1 Ana...

Page 31: ...om the displayed table using the Add function under the Add Analyzer section with the relevant IP address and port number which is 80 by default Analyzer name is optional The preferred analysis results can be displayed in above table by ticking the relevant parameters in the Display Configuration section ...

Page 32: ...page Alarms configured in each individual BNCU are automatically retrieved by the BMNCU which flags the value in red as shown in below example 2 System Page This is the similar with the System page of BNCU discussed in section 4 4 System above Some options in the BNCU system page may not be applicable to the BMNCU Passwords discussed in section 4 3 Passwords above can be set up for BMNCU in the BM...

Page 33: ...sue to recover the unit simply follow the commissioning and startup procedures described in Section 2 Commissioning and Startup only this time log in within approximately 150 seconds of applying power to the BioTector and to the BNCU as described in section 2 2 Initial Configuration of the Network Control Unit Above procedure will prevent the unit switching over to the incorrect IP Address setting...

Page 34: ...ase try again later 6 5 Reaction Archive Not Up To Date When the reaction results are not up to date or not updating on the BNCU login to the BNCU with the username admin The default admin password for the BNCU is admin unless it is changed on site or during the commissioning Scroll down the System page Under the Database Commands section select Clear Reaction Archive and select OK Select Clear Fa...

Page 35: ... as in the example above Follow the procedures in the order described below 1 Try Again This function redirects the user to the login page 2 Create Diagnostic Report This function allows the user to generate a diagnostic report for analysis 3 Clear Logfiles This function allows the user to erase all system logfiles which could be the cause of Database Error 4 Fast Reboot This function allows the u...

Page 36: ...t the relevant network control unit 7 Restore from backup This function restores the archives using a backup data located in the SD card of the BNCU 8 If it is not possible to recover from Database Error page please create and download the Diagnostics Report and contact your local distributor or the manufacturer ...

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