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Z45X SERIES INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLERS - DECEMBER 23, 2020 

 

 

 

 

Z45x Series Industrial 
Controllers 

User Manual – UM002R4 
Revision B 
December 23, 2020 

1891 N. Gaffey St. Ste. E 
San Pedro, CA 90731 

 

p. 310.241.2973 

 

 

[email protected] 

www.ctekproducts.com 

 

Summary of Contents for Z44009 Series

Page 1: ...IAL CONTROLLERS DECEMBER 23 2020 1 Z45x Series Industrial Controllers User Manual UM002R4 Revision B December 23 2020 1891 N Gaffey St Ste E San Pedro CA 90731 p 310 241 2973 support ctekproducts com www ctekproducts com ...

Page 2: ... Terminations Switches 9 Digital Outputs 9 Wake Up 9 Analog Digital Pulse Inputs 9 Power Input 11 RS 485 Serial Interface 11 RS 232 Serial Interface 11 Reset Switch 11 Default Switch 11 LAN Led 11 Service Led 11 Link Led 12 5 Wireless Network Activation 12 Prerequisites 12 Activation 12 Installing Radio Network Specific Firmware 12 APN Selection and Account Provisioning 13 For Legacy CDMA Carriers...

Page 3: ... Multiple Failed Login Attempts 17 Authlogread 17 Intrusion Detection 17 7 Device Profile 17 Device Network Profile 17 Gateway Configuration 17 Client Configuration 17 Application Parameters 18 Location 18 Application Alarming 18 Application Logging 18 Email Configuration 18 Dashboard Groups 18 Dashboard Options 18 8 Local Interfaces 18 Port Forwarding 18 RS232 RS485 Ports 19 RS232 RS485 Options 1...

Page 4: ...nnel Options 21 Individual IPsec Tunnel Options 21 10 Time and Location Source 23 Cellular Network 23 Network Time Protocol NTP Server 23 GPS Location 23 11 Location Source 23 12 SkyCloud Services 23 13 Tools 24 Flash Update Client 24 Backup and Restore 24 14 Applications 24 ...

Page 5: ...d cellular 4G LTE service on all North American networks with fallback 3G service appropriate for that network This User s Guide will explain the basic operation of the application platform and router and take you through the necessary settings to get your wireless application online securely Additional information concerning many of the advanced features of the Z4550 is found in TechNotes availab...

Page 6: ...ration Gateway DHCP Server Enabled Administrative LAN and WAN port Port 80 See security section below Firewall Status Enabled See security section below WAN Ping Response Disabled See security section below NAT Traffic to WAN Enabled See security section below XML Interface Disabled See security section below IP White List Disabled See security section below SMS Management Disabled See security se...

Page 7: ... the air through the WAN connection after the unit is connected to a cellular network To use the local interface connect a computer to the controller s Ethernet port using a standard Ethernet cable Using a web browser connect to the login page using the administrative IP address and the default login and password Once you are successfully logged in the Quick Panel display shown in Figure 1 will be...

Page 8: ...tatus information is a snapshot in time and must be refreshed to observe changes in dynamic parameters such as network connections or signal strength The Admin Main button on the Quick Panel will display the main administrative screen as shown in Figure 2 Note that the main admin screen maintains the Quick Panel s status display and offers navigation to all the controller s administrative function...

Page 9: ...r digital pulse or analog Configuration options associated with the 4 inputs differ between Revision A units and Revision B units The mode of operation is user selectable using the dip switches on the bottom of the device The images below show the dip switch configuration for Revision A and Revision B units Digital Pulse Input Configuration on Revision A and B Units In digital pulse mode an intern...

Page 10: ...ES INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLERS DECEMBER 23 2020 10 Revision A Configuration Switches Revision B Configuration Switches O N O F F O F F O N or Pulse O N O F F O F F O F F O N O F F O F F O N O N or Pulse Analog Analog ...

Page 11: ...in Direction DTR 6 4 Input CTS 7 8 Output RTS 8 7 Input RXD 9 2 Output TXD 10 3 Input Reset Switch The reset switch provides a software reboot of the device Default Switch Perform a factory default by holding the default button for 5 seconds until the Service and Link LEDs blink Orange Red in unison and release The device will be set to factory defaults and reboot LAN Led The LAN LED will blink to...

Page 12: ... SIM card Connect the DC power source to the Z4550 and power up Connect a computer to the Ctek controller using an Ethernet cable a browser and the default administrative IP address On the Provisioning Radio Update screen verify that the radio firmware is correct for the network you are using If the firmware is correct proceed to APN Selection and Account Provisioning otherwise install the correct...

Page 13: ... slot 1 Some legacy GSM carriers may also require you to enter a User Name Password and authentication type along with the APN For Legacy CDMA Carriers On power up when the correct firmware is loaded will automatically provision over the air obtain an IP address from the network and light the Link LED This process will take between 1 and two minutes If the Link LED is red it indicates an LTE conne...

Page 14: ...ess on port 80 Configure User Accounts and Security Preferences as a first line to secure your system User Accounts Selecting User Accounts brings the screen shown in Figure 3 below Figure 3 The default account can be modified but cannot be deleted Ensure that at least 1 user has Admin privileges NOTE The default User ID and password for Ctek s controllers is well known Failure to perform this ste...

Page 15: ...Z45X SERIES INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLERS DECEMBER 23 2020 15 Figure 4 ...

Page 16: ...specify an IP port number other than 80 for HTTP access through the WAN LAN or both IP White List Enable to limit access to specified addresses or ranges of address The White list applies to both WAN and LAN side connections IP Address for white list specified as an address followed by a netmask in the Classless Inter Domain Routing CIDR format as in 192 168 1 0 24 to allow the entire class C rang...

Page 17: ...en performs two key functions First it is used to configure the Z4550 s LAN for either network gateway or network client operation Second it is used to configure a number of parameters used by controller s resident applications for alarming reporting and formatting the dashboard display Device Network Profile Gateway Configuration In the Gateway mode of operation the Z4550 Controller connects with...

Page 18: ...ion This set up should be identical to setting up any email client such as Outlook or Thunderbird Dashboard Groups This panel is used to assign names to the display groups shown on the automation dashboard Dashboard Options This function is used to configure the number 1 5 of named display groups that will appear on a single row of the dashboard Local Interfaces Port Forwarding In the gateway mode...

Page 19: ...o Must be part of the class C range defined in the Ethernet Interface screen Advertise Yes or no Protocol TCP UDP or both Enable Make the rule active Yes No RS232 RS485 Ports The RS232 RS485 screen is used to configure the physical electrical and timing characteristics of the serial ports The serial ports can be connected to the TCP UDP PAD function for WAN transmission or to various protocols use...

Page 20: ...Tunnel Select None 1 2 Both WAN MTU MRU Increase for tunnel overhead Yes No TTL Value Time for a packet to live in a tunnel seconds Multicast Support Enable Disable GRE Tunnel Definition 1 2 Remote Router IP Routable address of the remote router Remote Tunnel IP Address used for the remote end of the tunnel Remote Subnet IP Netmask Base address of the subnet connected through the tunnel Local Tunn...

Page 21: ...or the IPsec tunnel will be transmitted Since this precludes the use of the standard routing feature the Routing button in the main menu is disabled in this mode of operation Individual IPsec Tunnel Options The remaining portion of the IPsec configuration deals with tunnel specific parameters meaning that each parameter must be set for each tunnel deployed The configurable options can be seen in t...

Page 22: ...e mode uses few exchanges and is therefore somewhat more risky Dead Peer Detection DPD Defines the intervals in seconds between DPD messages following idle periods A zero 0 setting disables DPD IPSEC Key Exchange Encryption Choices are 3des or aes128 aes192 ase256 Authentication Choices are sha1 or md5 DH Group Defines what size modulus to use for Diffie Hellman calculation Choices are 768 1024 15...

Page 23: ... that a GPS capable antenna be connected to the secondary antenna connector in addition to the cellular antenna that is connected the primary antenna connector Location Source The Controller s location source can be set to originate from the built in GPS GLONASS receiver or by using user defined coordinates User defined coordinates are especially useful for stationary installations that may not wa...

Page 24: ...unction with a USB stick inserted in the type A USB connector The USB stick should be formatted as FAT32 Types of backups possible include Automation Control Navigation Services Entire System Product Branding Logs WAN and System logs In addition to a restore option for each backup categories listed above an additional type of restore allows update installer files to be applied to a Controller via ...

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