USER MANUAL
DAC-P
February 13, 2003
D-OC-UM032.13200
Firmware Version 1.0D
“You r Part n ers in Net wo rk Alarm Man ag emen t ”
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Page 1: ...USER MANUAL DAC P February 13 2003 D OC UM032 13200 Firmware Version 1 0D Your Partners in Network Alarm Management Visit our website at www dpstelecom com for the latest PDF manual and FAQs...
Page 2: ...vative work by either mechanical electronic or any other means in whole or in part without prior written consent from DPS Telecom except as required by United States copyright laws The material in thi...
Page 3: ...ns 5 4 7 Configuration 6 8 Craft Port 6 1 8 Terminal Interface 6 2 9 Assigning an IP Address 6 3 10 Configuration File 6 4 11 Uploading the Configuration File 6 5 12 Other Configuration Options 6 6 13...
Page 4: ...Dial RTU 7 4 26 Reboot RTU 7 5 28 Other Commands 8 29 Ping 8 1 29 Stats 8 2 30 Debug 8 3 31 Unused Commands 8 4 32 LCD Display and Menu 9 32 Front Panel LED Operation 10 32 Technical Support 11 33...
Page 5: ...t commands from the NTP to remotes These control functions plus alarm monitoring are accessible remotely over a LAN WAN connection or locally through a craft port connection The DAC P channels are pro...
Page 6: ...B 12003 00001 D PR 045 10A 04 DB9 to Open End Cable Telephone Cable 6 ft D PR 652 10A 06 D PR 045 10A 01 Ethernet Cable DAC P User Manual D OC UM032 13200 23 Rack Ears 19 Rack Ears Eight 3 8 Ear Screw...
Page 7: ...lines The dial up connection between the DAC P and its remotes is two way either the DAC P can initiate a call to poll a remote or a remote can initiate a call to report an alarm The remote will call...
Page 8: ...ntrol Commands Report Data To NTP When Polled Collect Data Since the station address may be unknown the DAC P will ascertain the unit s ID by sending a command to address 0 Fig 2 DAC P Operations Flow...
Page 9: ...al attempts before fallback to three attempts g Set primary phone number h Set backup phone number i Set all other phone number fields to none 5 Send pending relay control commands 6 If reboot request...
Page 10: ...e bare wire Repeat for power source B if you have dual power inputs 4 Push the plug firmly back into its socket Note that this connection is keyed and the plug must be properly aligned within the sock...
Page 11: ...sing the provided cable connect these ports to the DPS Telecom Dial Up Converter Shelf Pinouts for data ports 1 4 are shown below in Figure 5 1 2 3 4 5 TX RX GND 6 7 8 9 DCD DTR DAC P DB9 212 Dial Up...
Page 12: ...r some initial configuration must be done locally before you can access the DAC P through a network connection To make a local connection to the DAC P connect a DB9 serial cable from the COM port of y...
Page 13: ...re 8 To choose a command press the key for the letter before or within the parenthesis For example to select the C onfig menu from the main menu press C To e X it the terminal interface press X To qui...
Page 14: ...t for instructions Choose C onfig E dit E thernet The screen will display the current IP configuration and a menu for editing IP configuration See Figure 10 above You must assign the DAC P a unit IP a...
Page 15: ...field Fig 12 Elements of an ADDR_CFG entry The ADDR_CFG section defines which remotes the DAC P will poll what type of device the remote is and to which MEFA to map the device Valid entries for the a...
Page 16: ...e No sections should appear below this tag Do not put this tag between sections Uploading the Configuration File 6 5 Fig 14 Uploading the configuration file The configuration file must be uploaded to...
Page 17: ...boot See Section 6 6 1 3 Cycle power to the DAC P unit 4 Select the Reboot command from the LCD display menu See Section 9 Other Configuration Options 6 6 More configuration options are available thro...
Page 18: ...of the password the password itself and the Quiet logon option If you choose to change the Master Password you will be prompted to type the new password once to enter and a second time to confirm If...
Page 19: ...oose C onfig E dit L ogon A dvanced Up to 16 users can be defined and each can have unique access rights In the example in Figure 17 the user MONITOR is authorized only to access the monitor screens w...
Page 20: ...Choosing the A ccess command opens a list defining the user s access privileges as shown in Figure 18 Choosing one of the menu commands toggles permission for that item In the example above to add dat...
Page 21: ...6 3 Timers Fig 19 Timers menu The Timers menu contains commands for editing the alive full update time how long the alarm speaker will sound the RTS head and tail time channel timeout and TABS poll d...
Page 22: ...ed The C onfig E dit T imers S ound command sets how long the speaker will sound if an alarm condition is detected Choosing this command will open a menu for setting the sound timer period and time un...
Page 23: ...AC P s internal clock choose C onfig E dit D ate time The available options are to set the date in MM DD YYYY format the day of the week and the time To choose an option to edit press the appropriate...
Page 24: ...to one option the dial type used by the modem If you choose the M odem command the DAC P will report whether the modem is set for pulse or tone dialing Choosing the T ype command will toggle between p...
Page 25: ...o save changes to the DAC P s configuration The I nitialize command will erase the NVRAM removing the configuration file and all other configuration information If you choose the I nitialize command a...
Page 26: ...or a for each MEFA in the format in which it will be reported to the NTP If you choose the M efas command a prompt will ask you to specify a MEFA range 0 31 The screen will display the data for the fi...
Page 27: ...d by the DAC P choose C onfig M onitor C onfig list The configuration list consists of two sections the poll list shown in Figure 25 and the phone list shown in Figure 26 The poll list shows the DCP a...
Page 28: ...red whenever the DAC P reboots or the user clears it To see the alert log choose C onfig M onitor A lert log Each alert message is stamped with the date and time of the event A prompt will ask you if...
Page 29: ...Address X on Port X at 1200 bps The DAC P has connected to the remote at the indicated baud rate Failed Multiple Poll Attempts to RTU Address X from Port X The call was made but communication was unsu...
Page 30: ...RTU 7 4 Fig 27 A successful call to an RTU The C onfig M onitor D ial RTU command initiates a call to a remote If you choose this command you will be prompted to enter the MEFA of the remote you want...
Page 31: ...itiate communication with the remote you will see a screen like Figure 28 Note After a call to an RTU has been initiated pressing the Esc key will exit to the Monitor menu but it will not cancel the c...
Page 32: ...and If you choose this command you will be prompted to enter the MEFA of the remote you want to reboot A successful reboot will look like Figure 29 above Note After sending a reboot command pressing t...
Page 33: ...0 Ping command The C onfig P ing command pings IP addresses on your network If you choose this command you will be prompted to enter the IP address you want to ping A successful ping will look like Fi...
Page 34: ...30 Stats 8 2 Fig 31 Stats command The C onfig S tats command displays a list of system statistics as shown in Figure 31...
Page 35: ...rn off all filters press X The MEFA filter isolates communication with with remote devices You can see communication traffic with either one MEFA or all MEFAs The communication filters are DCP Display...
Page 36: ...ding the front panel LCD display are used to access the LCD display menu To access the menu press the MENU button To scroll the menu use the and buttons To select a menu command press the SEL button S...
Page 37: ...portant information about your DPS Telecom product in hand when you call will greatly reduce the time it takes to answer your questions If you do not have all of the information when you call our Tech...
Page 38: ...nfig E dit L ogon M inimum password 14 C onfig E dit L ogon P assword 14 C onfig E dit L ogon Q uiet logon 14 C onfig E dit M odem 20 C onfig E dit n V ram 21 C onfig E dit n V ram I nitialize 21 C on...
Page 39: ...subnet mask 10 configuration file 1 3 11 23 24 uploading 11 craft port 8 current draw 3 DAC P 1 13 primary contact person 13 unit location 13 unit name 13 DCP address 11 23 debug 31 filters 31 dimensi...
Page 40: ...lt password 9 Master 14 password length 14 users 14 phone list 23 phone numbers 3 11 23 backup 3 11 23 outbound 11 outgoing 23 primary 3 11 23 poll list 23 power input 3 6 rack ears 1 6 redial 3 attem...
Page 41: ...TABS 1 7 ports 7 responder 1 technical support 33 Telnet 9 Unix client 9 terminal interface 9 commands 9 menus 9 TMAS database 1 11 users 14 access rights 14 creating a user 14 deleting a user 14...
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