Cocoon PowerTALK 101, User Manual

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PowerTALK 101
4
Power Supply........................................................................................................................................ 25
Networking ........................................................................................................................................... 25
C
HANGING MORE ADVANCED PARAMETERS USING
PT.EXE...................................................................... 26
P
ASSWORDS
............................................................................................................................................... 27
PT.EXE – P
OWER
TALK
COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
.............................................................................. 28
PT.EXE
EXAMPLES
................................................................................................................................... 28
Confirm your PC IP address ................................................................................................................ 28
List all available PowerTALK units...................................................................................................... 29
Set a PowerTALK unit name................................................................................................................. 29
Change some parameters ..................................................................................................................... 29
Change a port/channel allocation ........................................................................................................ 29
Accept all changes ................................................................................................................................ 29
P
OWER
TALK 98 – W
INDOWS
GUI
SOFTWARE
......................................................................................... 30
P
OWER
TALK 98
EXAMPLES
..................................................................................................................... 31
N
ETWORK
T
OPOLOGY
............................................................................................................................... 32
P
OWER
TALK 101
CONFIGURATION
.......................................................................................................... 34
P
RE
-
CONNECT CONFIGURATION
................................................................................................................. 34
Serial connection cables ....................................................................................................................... 34
Network connection: IP address setting ............................................................................................... 35
Other settings on PowerTALK 101 ....................................................................................................... 36
C
ONNECTING TO THE PHYSICAL NETWORK
................................................................................................ 36
10-BASE-T ............................................................................................................................................ 36
COMMISSIONING AIDS ......................................................................................................................... 37
LED
INDICATIONS
..................................................................................................................................... 37
Normal LED indications on face plate: ................................................................................................ 37
Indications on inside of box, only visible when cover is removed: ....................................................... 37
T
ESTS
........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Tests using standard networking protocols: ......................................................................................... 38
Tests available using PT.EXE............................................................................................................... 38
Tests available using PowerTALK 98 under Windows 95 or NT.......................................................... 38
T
ESTING PROCEDURE
................................................................................................................................. 39
E
ASY FUNCTIONALITY TEST
- L
OOPBACK TEST
: ........................................................................................ 40
S
ETTING AND CONFIGURING
P
OWER
TALK 101 ........................................................................................ 42
P
RACTICAL CONNECTION EXAMPLE
– A
DDRESS TYPE SERIAL DEVICES
..................................................... 43
P
RACTICAL CONNECTION EXAMPLE
– N
ON ADDRESS
(
OLD
)
TYPE SERIAL DEVICES
................................... 44
P
RACTICAL MULTI NODE EXAMPLE
............................................................................................................ 45
TECHNICAL DETAIL.............................................................................................................................. 47
S
ETTINGS FOR POPULAR
S
IEMENS
& GE M
ULTILIN EQUIPMENT
............................................................... 47
C
HANNELS
................................................................................................................................................. 47
P
OTENTIAL
P
OWER
TALK
LOCK
-
UPS
........................................................................................................ 48
Endless loop.......................................................................................................................................... 48
Loss of communication to configure PowerTALK 101 ......................................................................... 48
T
ESTING SYSTEM WATCHDOG
.................................................................................................................... 49
U
SING
P
OWER
TALK 101
WITH BRIDGES AND ROUTERS
........................................................................... 49
P
OWER
TALK 101
PROTOCOL
................................................................................................................... 50
OTHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN THE POWERTALK FAMILY ............................................. 51
H
ISTORY OF CHANGES TO THIS MANUAL
,
FROM RELEASE
1 ....................................................................... 52
Release 2............................................................................................................................................... 52
NOTES......................................................................................................................................................... 53