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Cortex Series

Remote Site Management System

MAN1028

Version 1.0

September 2019

Davicom, a division of Comlab Inc.
2272, Leon-Harmel, Quebec, QC, Canada G1N 4L2
Tel: +1.418.682.3380 Fax: +1.418.682.8996

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Page 1: ...mote Site Management System MAN1028 Version 1 0 September 2019 Davicom a division of Comlab Inc 2272 Leon Harmel Quebec QC Canada G1N 4L2 Tel 1 418 682 3380 Fax 1 418 682 8996 w w w d a v i c o m c o...

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Page 3: ...risk and agree to fully indemnify Comlab for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale Comlab reserves the right to make design changes to its products without incurring any obligation to...

Page 4: ...quipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause...

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Page 6: ...Link 6 via the USB port 24 2 7 1 CONNECTING PHYSICAL I O TO THE CORTEX 360 25 2 7 2 CONNECTING PHYSICAL I O TO THE CORTEX 320 26 3 USER INTERFACE MENUS 28 3 1 USER INTERFACE 28 3 2 MENUS 29 4 UNIT CON...

Page 7: ...E FILES VERSUS CONFIGURATION FILES 86 6 2 PRE LOADED WORKSPACE 86 6 3 EDITING AND CREATING WORKSPACES 86 6 4 WORKSPACE TRANSFERS 88 6 5 SAVING WORKSPACES 89 6 6 LOADING A WORKSPACE 90 6 7 UPLOADING AN...

Page 8: ...al as it becomes available 1 2 What s a Remote Management System Remote management refers to monitoring control and operation of electronic or mechanical equipment located at a remote location from a...

Page 9: ...9 1 3 Specifications...

Page 10: ...s the unit s call out status It will turn on every time the unit makes an outside call telephone email SNMP Trap etc USER ONLINE Indicates if one or more users are connected to the unit ACTIVITY Indic...

Page 11: ...tor INPUT OUTPUT connectors Two 50 pin connectors CORTEX 360 or 25 pin connectors CORTEX 320 provide interconnection from the unit to the outside world They allow access to the unit s physical inputs...

Page 12: ...SUPPLY INPUT Protection fuse 3 amp fuse protection on power supply inputs DC input power jacks Redundant 4 pin XLR connectors provide power to the unit Any one of the two inputs can be used at any tim...

Page 13: ...6 software 1 3 4 Rear panel CORTEX 320 CORTEX 320 Rear Panel Ethernet Port Provides IP access to the unit Expansion modules can also be added to the CORTEX 320 by connecting this port to an external E...

Page 14: ...to send alarm calls by modem or voice Power Fail P F Monitors the presence of the main AC utility power through the use a small external AC adapter When the voltage derived from the main AC utility p...

Page 15: ...to 30 Vdc Current consumption Typically 200 mA 275 mA with all relays energized Typically 300 mA 12 Vdc The Cortex 360 features a dual input system that allows for power supply redundancy two power s...

Page 16: ...16 2 4 Setting Internal Jumpers and DIP Switches 2 4 1 Jumpers for the Cortex 360 Jumpers and switches location on the Cortex 360 main board...

Page 17: ...grounds with pull up resistors DIP Switches S11 and S12 select isolated grounds mode Default is NO on all 16 inputs DIP switches S9 and S10 select pull up resistor mode it is IN by default on all 16 i...

Page 18: ...18 2 4 2 Jumpers for the Cortex 320 Jumpers and switches location on the Cortex 320 main board...

Page 19: ...y the correct battery voltage the voltage range of the metering input 12 must be in the 5V position Furthermore the metering input ABC parameters must be set to A 0 B 1 C 0 D 0 in the input s configur...

Page 20: ...selected metering inputs in the 5V position When the selected inputs are open circuit the metering inputs show approximately 2V High 5 Relays Relays 4 5 and 6 can be SPST Form A or B Place the jumper...

Page 21: ...ust re take control manually if you want to resume control 2 6 1 Connecting by IP with your web browser The Cortex factory default IP address is 192 168 1 210 and you can connect to any of the rear pa...

Page 22: ...210 unsafe There is no problem with accessing the unit this way The following login screen will show up Enter super01 for the Username and enter ssssssss for the Password See section 4 2 6 for more d...

Page 23: ...hboard as shown below the actual dashboard may look different One important difference between the new Cortex family and legacy Davicom units is that the workspaces GUI displays now reside within the...

Page 24: ...stalled the USB driver please connect your computer to the Cortex s front panel USB port and then start DavLink Once started DavLink will display its main screen Go to the upper left of this screen to...

Page 25: ...but instead loads it internally from the computer s memory DavLink has been configured this way to allow operation over narrow band data channels like slow satellite links narrowband radio channels or...

Page 26: ...importantly to ground the unit with an appropriate ground wire or strap 2 7 2 Connecting Physical I O to the Cortex 320 The most convenient way to connect physical I O to the Cortex 320 is through Da...

Page 27: ...VDC 2A or open collector 100 mA Depending on your requirements and setup you must also remember to connect the telephone line the Power Fail detector wall wart the network and most importantly to grou...

Page 28: ...ts or uploaded back to the original unit IMPORTANT In order for the on screen I O boxes and meters to be live showing colors text and measurement values the actual I O s must first be configured Other...

Page 29: ...ions Pings receive Schedulers timers Commands Flags inputs to receive UUC s or Unit to Unit Commands as well as several others OUTPUTS Everything that is considered or defined as an output is found he...

Page 30: ...ay also appear If it doesn t just click on the Gear icon The upper right corner menu shows an general alarm status LED a data download refresh button not to be confused with the web page update button...

Page 31: ...ed in the different menus require users to have sufficient access rights the appropriate access level or to be in control of the unit in order for these commands to be available Commands that are not...

Page 32: ...me of the following commands You must be logged on as a Supervisor or higher to see these menu options 1 TAKE CONTROL Allows a user with the proper access rights to take control away from another user...

Page 33: ...automatically perform commands and actions when a problem occurs at the site alarm calls to on duty personnel remain an extremely important feature Understanding alarm calls priorities and sequence T...

Page 34: ...Setup menu for the selected list s 4 DELETE Erase the content of the selected list s 5 REFRESH READ Refresh read the screen content 6 EXIT Exit menu The Alarm Call List ACL Right Click menu gives acce...

Page 35: ...ined name Available names are CRITICAL MAJOR ALERT SEVERE ERROR WARNING MINOR NOTICE NOTIFICATION INFO INFORMATION This name will appear in the alarm title when received 4 NUMBER ACL number Select the...

Page 36: ...MS only a cellular modem with is required to send SMS directly from the Cortex 11 READ Read the screen content select the ACL to be read from the top menu ID box 12 UPDATE Update the screen content af...

Page 37: ...5 BEGINS ON Date at which the Daylight Saving Time period begins 6 AUTOMATIC CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION Set the clock to synchronize automatically on an external time synchronization service 7 PHONE IP AD...

Page 38: ...T AJUSTMENT when it activates 17 ENDS ON Date at which the Daylight Saving Time period ends switching back to Standard Time 18 CALLOUT DEVICE Physical mean by which the clock synchronization will take...

Page 39: ...ction 4 2 4 1 IP Configuration General tab 1 ENABLE DHCP Enable disable the DHCP feature 2 IP ADDRESS IP address of the unit 3 NETMASK Netmask of the unit 4 GATEWAY IP address of a Gateway It is very...

Page 40: ...esh read the screen content 9 SAVE Save the screen content 10 EXIT Exit menu 4 2 4 2 IP Configuration E mail tab 1 UNIT E MAIL ADDRESS Mandatory email address of the unit required by some email server...

Page 41: ...READ Refresh read the screen content 10 SAVE Save the screen content 11 EXIT Exit menu 4 2 4 3 IP Configuration WEB tab 1 ENABLE WEB SERVER Enable disable the unit s web server CAUTION if the web serv...

Page 42: ...sconnect 4 IDLE TIMEOUT This setting is the time in minutes after which the FTP server will disconnect following no activity idle 5 ENABLE ENCRYPTION Enable disable the FTP encryption 6 USE SSL V2 Use...

Page 43: ...SNMP MODE Selects the types of SNMP actions allowed Traps only Traps and GETs or Traps GETs and SETs 2 SNMP PORT IP port used for SNMP commands Default is 161 but can be changed as required 3 COMMUNI...

Page 44: ...TEST TRAP TO Sends a trap to the device s IP adress specified in this field 12 TEST TRAP Generate a Trap for test purposes 13 REFRESH READ Refresh read the screen content 14 SAVE Save the screen cont...

Page 45: ...hat many settings can be edited in Bulk This feature can make configuring much quicker for system administrators When doing bulk editing some setting boxes might show up as grayed out this means that...

Page 46: ...ers 5 REFRESH READ Refresh read the screen content 6 CUSTOM LEVEL EDITOR Access the custom level editor menu to create edit or delete custom access levels 7 ADD Add a new user 8 EXIT Exit menu Once yo...

Page 47: ...d for local display of site information in more detail than what is possible on the front panel OLED display It can be used as a simple live site status display or used with a keyboard and mouse conne...

Page 48: ...ans that the content of the corresponding slot is erased the slot itself always remains Renaming a Workspace slot allows for easier management For example 1W10 can be assigned for use on Andrew s iPho...

Page 49: ...he Cortex When you press on this button a File Explorer window will open on your computer to allow you to select the file you wish to transfer from your computer 4 EXIT Exit menu The Unit to PC Tab is...

Page 50: ...g or are greyed out first check if you are still in control or make sure you have proper access level access rights 4 3 1 Generic Input Menus The Cortex inputs have 3 very similar looking menu screens...

Page 51: ...rop down menu in 2 2 DESCRIPTION RETRIEVAL Click to retrieve and display the current normal description of that ID Normally hidden to minimize data transfers on low speed or high fee data connections...

Page 52: ...nputs with identical or closely matching settings it is possible to copy the settings from an input and paste it into another input saving configuration time and minimizing possible typing errors Firs...

Page 53: ...main screen will reappear actual content will differ from what is shown here In this screen inputs can be added deleted or edited All inputs that have been added will appear in the list To edit an in...

Page 54: ...the screen content 10 ADD Add an input 11 EXIT Exit menu 4 3 2 AC Power Fail and boot flags The AC Power Fail input provides a way to monitor the main AC utility power through small wallwart power su...

Page 55: ...oth physical and virtual and SNMP SETs For the relays adding a P suffix will Pulse the relay ex 1R01P L will Latch it and R will Release it 6 DELAY BEFORE ACTION Delay before the input changes into an...

Page 56: ...jor 3 ID ID of the inputs 4 DESCRIPTION Description of the inputs Factory suggested descriptions but modifiable by user 5 VALUE Shows current value of the inputs 6 INDIVIDUAL SELECTION Select unselect...

Page 57: ...input will be monitored and be able to generate alarms When the qualifier is non active or normal the input will be muted and it will not be able to generate an alarm To invert the Qualifier s level s...

Page 58: ...ration 12 QUALIFIER STATE or DATA 13 MEASUREMENT UNIT Select desired measurement unit or enter your own Maximum of 3 characters 14 HYSTERESIS HIGH LIMIT Gap value which must be exceeded when the input...

Page 59: ...ction pseudo RMS an also for 4 20mA modes Please see Section 4 3 1 for details about the generic Main screen Description screen and Vocal Description screen 1 ID ID of the selected input Select from t...

Page 60: ...se or nuisance alarms while still being in full control of the transmission site Multiplier can be any number between 0 and 9999 10 DELAY BEFORE ACTION Delay before the input changes into an active st...

Page 61: ...unchecked no alarm will be triggered when an out of limit condition occurs 22 SIGNALLING ON RETURN TO NORMAL Enables disables Return To Normal signalling When checked a notification will be generated...

Page 62: ...fer on low speed or high fee data connections 3 ACTION TYPE Selects the action type that will happen when an out of limit condition occurs 3 types are available Major alarm Minor alarm and Command CMD...

Page 63: ...ETURN TO NORMAL Enables disables Return To Normal signalling When checked a notification will be generated when the input changes back to its normal state after an out of limit alarm condition When un...

Page 64: ...out the generic Main screen Description screen and Vocal Description screen 1 SELECT ALL Select unselect all inputs at once 2 STATE Current state of the inputs normal active minor major 3 ID ID of the...

Page 65: ...qualifier is non active or normal the input will be muted and it will not be able to generate an alarm To invert the Qualifier s level simply put a in front of its ID For example use 1D01 to invert i...

Page 66: ...limit alarm condition When unchecked no notification will be sent when the initial alarm condition returns to normal 13 REFRESH READ Refresh read the screen content 14 ACTIVITY MONITORING Access the A...

Page 67: ...llowed are relays both physical and virtual and SNMP SETs For the relays adding a P suffix will Pulse the relay ex 1R01P L will Latch it and R will Release it 7 ALARM MODE CONSECUTIVE or CUMULATIVE Me...

Page 68: ...e current normal description of that ID Normally hidden to minimize data transfers on low speed or high fee data connections 3 ACTION TYPE Selects the action type that will happen when an out of limit...

Page 69: ...nput s activity in the System Log Useful when inputs do not need to be logged but are required for day to day operation 11 QUALIFIER STATE or DATA STATE default setting the State Normal or Active of t...

Page 70: ...no automatic action will happen 3 LOG DAILY ACTIVE TIME Log the daily active time in the System Log 4 RESET COUNTER Manual counter reset 5 RESET AT MIDNIGHT Reset counter at midnight every day 6 RESET...

Page 71: ...State LED Each virtual logic gate is set individually according to its use and function but one of the most important characteristics of VLGs is that they can be cascaded and nested VLGs allow you to...

Page 72: ...in the Cortex can be used to mute or unmute the input to prevent it from taking any action When the Qualifier is active the input will be monitored and be able to generate alarms When the qualifier i...

Page 73: ...losing all its settings when the input is causing intermittent problems or nuisance alarms 11 SYSTEM LOG Log the input s activity in the System Log Useful when inputs do not need to be logged but are...

Page 74: ...res external relays Please see Section 4 3 1 for details about the generic Main screen Description screen and Vocal Description screen 1 ID ID of the selected input Select from the drop down menu 2 I...

Page 75: ...REFRESH READ Refresh read the screen content 10 SAVE WRITE Save the screen content 11 EXIT Exit menu RELAY QUICK ACCESS MENU A quick access menu is available by right clicking on any relay line in the...

Page 76: ...n intervention FOLLOW LATCH This operating mode only allows a relay to be controlled either as a follower or as a latching relay Follow Relay activation follows the state of the input that controls it...

Page 77: ...be considered When a relay is controlled by one or more inputs the relay s operating mode may not be changed other than by deleting the relay from every input that controls it then changing the relay...

Page 78: ...can be used to transform non SNMP readings from legacy devices into SNMP compatible data that can be used by the remote SNMP management system The Cortex s SNMP MIB is available for download directly...

Page 79: ...e SNMP used Must be the same version as the one used in the polled equipment 6 QUALIFIER Qualifying element operand which can be any input output flag timer SNMP GET Logic Gate etc Essentially any ID...

Page 80: ...e the Level 2 menu Same as Level 1 19 ENABLE Enable disable the input Useful to deactivate an input without losing all its settings when the input is causing intermittent problems or nuisance alarms 2...

Page 81: ...but are required for day to day operation 29 HYSTERESIS LOW LIMIT Gap value which must be exceeded when the input voltage returns from a low out of range state before the input can actually switch bac...

Page 82: ...generate an alarm see 14 in the menu screen below in order to advise users that a particular SET command did not attain its destination Please see Section 4 3 14 3 for the details about the generic Ma...

Page 83: ...y String Gauge Truth Value etc This value type must match the one of the device s controlled I O 12 COMMUNITY SNMP community name Must be an exactly match of the community name set in the remote SNMP...

Page 84: ...tions it may be required to send only one value or the other but not to have the SET follow the input that controls it For these situations a specific suffix letter can be used to tell the Cortex whic...

Page 85: ...e to have a specific value sent by entering only one value instead of two in the configuration menu of the SNMP SET output as seen below for example The Cortex gives you practically unlimited flexibil...

Page 86: ...previous generation of products Workspaces can now reside in the Cortex unit itself This feature not only eliminates the obligation of managing workspace sharing among users of a unit but it also all...

Page 87: ...l appear This menu contains the tools you need to built workspaces Once you have added an object right click on it and then open the Object Edit menu You can then complete the fields as required the m...

Page 88: ...Cortex units and customizing a Workspace the Workspace itself will reside within the Web Browser s active memory or in DavLink if you aren t using a browser This is the live view you see when connect...

Page 89: ...sible activate it with the Gear Icon on the Edit Menu This Save to PC function is actually a Browser download function and will automatically download a file called default dvw to your PC s download l...

Page 90: ...Workspace will be added as new Tabs in the browser s display After being asked if you wish to merge your Workspace you will be asked to select the file that you wish to open from your computer s file...

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Page 92: ...blue LED s light up At this point press the LOCAL button until the activity LED blinks rapidly 3 Press the Local button repeatedly to toggle between communication user online and activity LED s and st...

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