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DPS Telecom

 

 

“Techno Knowledge” Paper 

“Your Partners in Network Alarm Management” 

 

 

 
 

Problem:  

Unable to setup a KDA to a T/Mon/IAM

 

Platform:  

T/Mon/IAM & KDA

 

 

   
 

 

    

 

                
 
 
 
 
 

 
This techno knowledge paper can help you if: 

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You are attempting to setup a KDA to your T/Mon/IAM 

 

 
 

Quick Reference Chart 

(for more details, review the troubleshooting checklist, starting on page 2 of this guide) 

 

              
             START HERE 

 
 
 
 
 

Setup TCP port

Setup remote 

port 

Define KDA 

Setup a Window

Your KDA reports alarms over dedicated 
or dial-up circuits 
to an interrogating alarm center, such as 
DPS’s T/MonXM 
Workstation or IAM (Intelligent Alarm 
Mediator). Having complete visibility of 
all your remote sites requires setting up 
your RTUs with your T/Mon/IAM master. 
 
 

Provision KDA

View Polling 

channel 

This Techno knowledge paper outlines the steps involved in setting up your KDA remote 
with your powerful T/Mon/IAM master 

Summary of Contents for KDA

Page 1: ...ng on page 2 of this guide START HERE Setup TCP port Setup remote port Define KDA Setup a Window Your KDA reports alarms over dedicated or dial up circuits to an interrogating alarm center such as DPS...

Page 2: ...s screen you will be defaulted to the last port that was being edited To find Port 28 press the F key to Find a port o Enter 28 in the Remote Field NOTE This will be your Ethernet port If you re using...

Page 3: ...ort o Find a Job that you want to setup o Select the E key to get into Edit mode This will bring up a purple box with options to choose from o Press the TAB key to select the protocol that you want to...

Page 4: ...y to make your selection o Once you have entered all your Type selections Press F8 to save your changes o Press the TAB key to make a selection Setup a Window o Exit back to the Master Menu by pressin...

Page 5: ...t the window names to show up on the Alarm Summary Screen in Monitor Mode o Fill in the window with the name you want to display For example ALL ALARMS or Critical o Press F8 to save changes Define yo...

Page 6: ...ess the Device Definition screen o Fill in the Firmware Version of the KDA you are using NOTE You can get your Firmware version information by connecting to the KDA with the T KDAw software or pull th...

Page 7: ...1 33 Alarm Points 1 64 are found on display 1 Controls 1 8 and KDA housekeeping alarms are on display 33 o Fill in alarm information See section 7 13 in the KDA User Manual for more information There...

Page 8: ...Provision your KDA o Exit to the KDA Shelf Definition screen by pressing ESC several times o Press the F2 key for provisioning o Press Enter to bring up the menus...

Page 9: ...larm point should operated in normally closed mode o If using the dial backup set the Dial Type to DIAL o If you want to add a delay on the alarm before it calls out on the dialup enter your values in...

Page 10: ...o Set the correct Protocol that you are using to poll your KDA s with o Use DCPF when connecting to RS232 202 or RS485 or use UDP when connecting over LAN connection o Set Call Control to Backup if us...

Page 11: ...reen o Press the F6 key this will put you in Site Statistics mode at your first polling channel o To get to the polling channel you want to view Press the key to move up Press the key to move down o C...

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