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GPRS TRANSMITTER

EPX400

Installation and

programming manual

Issue:

1.7

Release date:

30.10.2017

Firmware version:

2.3.0

GPRS transmitter configurator version:

1.3.76.3

OSM server version:

1.3.68.2

Summary of Contents for EPX400

Page 1: ...GPRS TRANSMITTER EPX400 Installation and programming manual Issue 1 7 Release date 30 10 2017 Firmware version 2 3 0 GPRS transmitter configurator version 1 3 76 3 OSM server version 1 3 68 2 ...

Page 2: ...viding any warranties either express or implicit including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose unless it is required by relevant law The manufacturer reserves the right to amend the present document or withdraw it any time without notice The manufacturer of the equipment promotes the sustainable development policy It reserves the right t...

Page 3: ... PIN 17 6 4 UPDATE FIMWARE 17 6 5 CONTACT 18 7 CONFIGURATION PROGRAM 20 7 1 INITIAL REMARKS 20 7 2 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS 20 7 3 PROGRAM FUNCTIONS 20 7 3 1 File New 21 7 3 2 File Open 21 7 3 3 File Save 21 7 3 4 File Language 22 7 3 5 File Connections 22 7 3 5 1 Local connection 22 7 3 5 2 Remote connection 23 7 3 6 File Automatic device settings backup 25 7 3 7 File Exit 25 7 3 8 Operations Read 2...

Page 4: ...d 50 8 7 RS232 51 8 7 1 Serial port settings 52 8 7 2 Buffer flushing 52 8 7 3 Advanced port options 53 8 8 LINK CONTROL 53 8 8 1 Watchdog 54 8 9 PHONE LINE 55 8 9 1 Phone line settings 55 8 9 2 First and Second phone number 56 8 10 FIRMWARE 58 8 11 DEVICE MONITOR 59 8 12 EVENTS HISTORY 60 9 DEVICE PROGRAMMING 62 9 1 LOCAL PROGRAMMING 62 9 2 REMOTE PROGRAMMING 62 9 2 1 The first programming of dev...

Page 5: ...m systems Ethernet connection and packet data transmission GPRS can reduce the operating cost of the alarm systems This device provides an opportunity to send text messages to private mobile phones An advanced encoding methods like a 256 bits encoding key and AES Advanced Encryption Standard provides for security of data transmission As a result reception of this transmission is possible with OSM ...

Page 6: ...state DTMF communication Configuration Remote GPRS SMS CSD ETHERNET cable via Web Browser Local PC through RS232 required cable GD PROG or SP PROG Remote firmware update YES Remote access to the control panels NO optional Phone line protection circuit NO optional Dual SIM NO optional Multiantenna steering output NO optional Supported modems model EPX400 50 Cinterion BGS2 W Quad Band GSM 850 900 18...

Page 7: ...lymer fuse Backup battery connection YES lead acid 12V Battery charging current max 220mA Threshold of signaling low AC voltage at secondary at primary 13 5VAC 160VAC with EBS transformer Threshold of signaling low battery voltage 11VDC Cut off battery voltage level Dimension PCB 159 x 73 x 35mm Working temperature 10ºC 55ºC Working humidity 5 93 Standards CE according with EN 50136 1 1 Grade 3 AT...

Page 8: ...nted circuit board Switch power off to perform any connection Length of the wires connecting between the transmitter and control panel must not exceed 3 m 3 1 EPX400 TRANSMITTER Figure 1 Connecting the EPX400 transmitter Connections of wires shall be made with due care to prevent any faults or dead shorts Places of connections shall be protected against weather conditions For safety reasons on AC ...

Page 9: ... Provides up to 100mA R1 T1 Connection to alarm control panel phone communicator R2 T2 Connection to the phone RING TIP Terminals for a PSTN telephone PGND Ground line for protecting an external phone line GSM Connector for external GSM antenna NOTES OUT1 and OUT2 outputs can sink up to 100mA Don t short this outputs to power supply because it can cause permanent damage of the output Don t connect...

Page 10: ...ormally open NO Additionally inputs might be configured as end of line EOL NO or EOL NC with resistors 2 2kΩ or as double end of line DEOL NO or DEOL NC with resistor 1 1kΩ Examples of connecting sensors to the inputs in various configurations are shown in figure 2 Figure 2 Configuration of input lines ...

Page 11: ...o communication server OSM Server d waiting for moment when device indicates connection to server Note Connection to server is possible if the device was registered into it Registration procedure has been described in OSM Server Operation Manual e complete remote programming with GPRS transmitters configurator SMS text message shall provide the following information transmitter s service code SERV...

Page 12: ...EPX400 Manual Page 12 71 1111 SERVER 89 123 115 8 PORT 6780 APN general t mobile uk UN PW Where space character ...

Page 13: ... parametrized and double parametrized are options where you use 1 or 2 resistors to distinguish alarm from sabotage To avoid an excessive cost of use related in particular to false alarms a device possesses a programmable analysis of inputs All inputs respond only to states change which means that transmitting will follow only if an active state is on input and maintains during programmed minimum ...

Page 14: ... is IP 192 168 7 7 mask 255 255 255 0 and the following description applies to such settings 6 1 LOGGING IN You must configure the Ethernet interface to which the device is connected you need to manually set the appropriate IP address for example 192 168 7 42 Control Panel Network and Internet Network and Sharing Center Connections Properties Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties for Win...

Page 15: ...EPX400 Manual Page 15 71 6 2 DESCRIPTION Description item Displays information about the type of device and its serial number 6 3 CONFIGURATION Configure item ...

Page 16: ...fine the APN parameters needed for GPRS connection 6 3 2 1 APN In APN field you can enter the APN name This parameter depends on the GSM network provider whose services you are going to use It specifies the name of the access point to the GPRS network It is possible to use a private access point In this case the name of the access point will be provided by your GSM network provider This is usually...

Page 17: ...r remote control of the device in TCP IP or SMS mode The code is factory set to 1111 You should change this code at the first programming the device It may contain up to seven alphanumeric characters 6 3 3 2 SIM card PIN As the device works in a GSM network you need a SIM card from a mobile telephone network provider Before first use you need to enter the PIN code of the SIM card that will be used...

Page 18: ...e process is complete you will see the update status success The firmware has been updated successfully error This operation has been cancelled To activate the new firmware power on the device again or restart it Note this procedure should be performed with the utmost care as any error especially due to loss of power supply during the update can result in improper operation of the device 6 5 CONTA...

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Page 20: ...amming it is necessary to insert SIM card prior to sending configuration settings In this situation SIM card with switched off PIN code shall be used or before card inserting PIN code shall be changed with mobile phone Default PIN code in transmitter is 1111 7 2 COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS Minimum requirements for computer system where configuration software Configurator from 1 3 69 022 version is to be...

Page 21: ...ll be chosen and then name of file shall be provided Obtained data collection may be modified by the user Any amendments are effective if send to device 7 3 3 File Save During programming many devices in different configurations it is not necessary to have in mind each one as it may be saved on hard disc under any name and it may be loaded later This function save on disc any information from conf...

Page 22: ... COM serial ports used in communication control panel Configurator To program device or make any other operations e g reading of device settings firmware amendments etc it is necessary firstly to define connection parameters For the above purpose you shall use the following window available after activating File option from the Main Menu and selecting Connection function or after clicking icon on ...

Page 23: ...mode requires definition of linking parameters GPRS linking Activate file in Main menu and select Connection function or after clicking on icon on fast access bar and click on GPRS tab to carry out configuration of this mode On screen the following window shall appear Define Name of connection e g Remote Select name of analyzer e g Primary Enter analyzer address e g www ebs pl Enter port on which ...

Page 24: ... Since that time a remote connection to device reading and saving of parameters in transmitter memory is possible Note Remote configuration with CSD canal is possible if option of CSD data sending has been activated both for SIM card inserted into a device and SIM card installed in GSM modem Beside transmitter must enable to pick up data calls see 8 5 1 2 GSM modems authorized phones Programming w...

Page 25: ...ad Function reads data saved in memory of GPRS module Exchange of data follows on port selected in section Select Connection Type See below description of option Configuration Correct reading is confirmed with message on a screen Data downloaded from device may be saved on file see clause 7 3 3 and use for other devices To use this function it is necessary to define type and parameters of connecti...

Page 26: ...ault settings If operation Read finishes with error message e g if access code is unknown it is possible to come back to default settings by selecting Restore default settings e Do you want to overwrite current configuration with default values After confirming the following window shall appear This operation is possible only with local connection After operation completing device parameters shall...

Page 27: ...ins parameters for access to the transmitter and SIM cards 8 1 1 1 Group Access Service Code It provides security against unauthorized access It is being used during programming of device and during remote controlling in TCP IP or SMS mode Factory setting is 1111 During the first starting of device programming it shall be changed Code may consist of up to seven alpha numerical characters Installer...

Page 28: ...ible to enter any value e g 0000 If you enter wrong PIN number after inserting card and switching on transmitter the system will not launch and you may be able to use card after entering PUK card only with use of any GSM mobile phone Factory setting of PIN in transmitter is 1111 8 1 1 3 Option Embedded HTTP server Selecting this option allows to configure the basic parameters for the EPX400 connec...

Page 29: ...tion Server software has been installed e g 89 123 115 8 This address may be provided in domain name of server e g modul gprs com In this case it is required to provide minimum one address of DNS server Primary Server Port It determines server port that was selected in server for collection of data from transmitter Backup Server Address It is address of second backup receiver of monitoring system ...

Page 30: ...t mask default mask is 255 255 255 0 Gate The IP address of the computer on the local network that routes the traffic from the device to the outside network and the communication server DNS1 DNS2 It determines address of main and backup DNS server Domain Name System If IP server address has been entered in form of domain it is required to provide minimum one DNS address 8 1 2 2 GPRS parameters Pri...

Page 31: ...c APN user ID is mostly not required For private APN this parameter shall be obtained from operator it is impossible to be granted access to GPRS network without it User password When using public APN user ID is mostly not required For private APN this parameter shall be obtained from operator it is impossible to be granted access to GPRS network without it Note Private APN provides for higher sys...

Page 32: ... and port of backup server provided then we try to take advantage of this connection before switching to another transmission channel When in the result of the disconnection in the main channel a channel with lower priority is used then the availability of primary channel is being checked periodically If the connection to main channel returns the transmitter will switch over to it and will try to ...

Page 33: ... are four settings possible Unused Main Backup Emergency Test Events Period The device sends message Test with determined interval that informs monitoring station that the device is in operation mode In this field you can determine how often this message will be sent in seconds Primary Server Parameters Interval between subsequent connection attempts Configured and equipped with SIM card device wi...

Page 34: ...o the primary server 8 1 3 2 SMS Parameters Channel Role Channel Priority There are four settings Unused Main Backup Emergency Test Events Period The device sends message Test with determined interval that informs monitoring station that the device is in operation mode In this field you can determine how often this message will be sent in minutes Usually it is undesirable to send text as SMS so of...

Page 35: ...nputs configuration For every input the following settings shall be determined respectively 8 3 1 1 Input mode The parameter describes input configuration and stable state of input Any change of that state causes alarm message to be sent The following configuration types are available NO NC EOL NO EOL NC DEOL NO DEOL NC NC type input must be closed for the whole time Line interruption causes its i...

Page 36: ...tion you can lock any input of module and as a result condition changes on this input will be ignored and will not be reported to monitoring station Lock may be persistent or temporary In case of temporary lock user can set lock time and number of input state changes after which lock occurs Lock time is counted from first input state change More detailed information about input locks is shown on a...

Page 37: ...ber of activations during defined period of time will be preserved N and Tb parameters may be set per input Temporary lock may be deactivated by SMS or GRPS command RLIMIT command 8 3 2 Partitions Partitions are configured using Partitions tab Using partitions you may configure which inputs will be monitored depending on state of one of the inputs arming If arming input is not active then all chan...

Page 38: ...to one partition Arming inputs can not be assigned to any partition If input is not assigned to any partition it acts as 24 hours input it is monitored regardless of partitions state 8 3 2 3 Delayed inputs Here delayed inputs can be selected Delayed input switches on associated output ie generates alarm after expiry of Entry time but only when partition to which input belongs will not be disarmed ...

Page 39: ...ed by user every 100ms 8 3 3 2 Conditions Defines conditions for activating both of outputs User can set following conditions No connection to server immediately after detection No GSM signal immediately after detection Detection of incoming call from defined telephone number After selecting this option can be generated CLIP event if appropriate position in the Monitoring group is set see item 8 4...

Page 40: ... outputs control The user is able to determine an alternative course of action to go over basic outputs configuration function described in 8 3 3 Outputs In the Advanced outputs control you may define separately the behavior of each of the outputs depending on events taking place Advanced outputs control differs from the existing basic Outputs configuration by o it is possible not only to turn on ...

Page 41: ...output activation o Turn off output output will be turned off Press the Reset button to assign the action Do Nothing for each event The output state does not change if the current state of the output coincides with the result of the action 8 3 4 2 Time of output activation Parameter defining amount of time for which the output is to be turned on for the functions of advanced outputs control 8 3 4 ...

Page 42: ...ut and on returns of inputs state to normal inactive state To transmit any event you should only click it proper square on your right Click on Clear button to remove all marked events Click on Invert button to change markings to contrary 8 4 2 GPRS In this columns you define events that are to be reported to monitoring station with GPRS transmission There is possibility to send information on alar...

Page 43: ...tage drop and that information might be sent 8 4 6 Event CLIP Incoming call from the number defined in options Inputs Outputs Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 The phone number is entered at option When incoming call detected from number see item 8 3 3 2 8 4 7 Sleep when the battery voltage less than If you check an option Sleep when the battery voltage less than battery voltage threshold field becomes a...

Page 44: ... 1 SMS and data calls CSD In this section you can define the restriction for the phone numbers from which incoming data calls and SMS commands are received You can also specify SMS validity period and outgoing SMS limits 8 5 1 1 SMS authorized phones User may restrict remote access to the device via SMS for determined phone numbers A list of numbers up to 5 numbers determines which numbers are all...

Page 45: ...unication is possible only from these numbers that are on the list It is possible to list up to 5 phone numbers Po wyborze Pozwól wybranym uzyskuje się dostęp do pola edycji Kolejne numery należy wpisać w pole po czym kliknięcie przycisku Dodaj przeniesie numer do tabeli poniżej Ustawienie kursora na danej linii z numerem i kliknięcie przycisku Usuń spowoduje usunięcie numeru z tabeli Opcja Usuń w...

Page 46: ...uch of SMS messages e g in case of failure SMS counter reset This parameter determines time schedule in minutes according to which counter of sent SMS messages will be zeroed 8 6 SMS NOTIFICATIONS User may define messages that in case of any event e g input state change will be sent to private phone numbers At the same time it is worth to remember about limitation in this respect 8 6 1 Phone numbe...

Page 47: ...om the list Input 1 Activation Restore Input 2 Activation Restore etc that will be sent if this event follows To define use edition field on the right of events list Follow the procedure a Select event to edit from the list b Mark square next to phone number that SMS is to sent to c Enter message text of SMS when field is active d If the Copy the contents from first message will be marked then sel...

Page 48: ...ently of the operating mode of the device GPRS SMS GRPS SMS Serverless To enable the cyclic tests provide up to 5 phone numbers in SMS Notifications tab Then for the event Test message type your message and provide a period of the test message To do this mark Send test every and indicate the period of the test set out in the next field The format of the test period field is the total number of day...

Page 49: ...mbers authorized to send enquiry about status are defined in option Restrictions Authorized SMS phones Reply from device shall be sent at number from which enquiry was sent In reply about status a device shall send one SMS message containing proper text defining actual output input state and power supply Note Counter Allowed characters informs about the total number of characters that may be inser...

Page 50: ...es a part of sender phone number may be an empty string which means that any phone number matches to the rule All rules are processed with given order It means that in some cases one SMS message may be forwarded to more than one recipients and or some of them may be forwarded more than once to the same recipient The second case may occur when there are at least two rules with the same recipient ph...

Page 51: ...der to provide additional capabilities for sending information EPX400 transmitter is equipped with serial port RS 232 3 3V TTL level To connect devices equipped with a standard RS 232 or RS 485 the appropriate cables and converters are needed ...

Page 52: ...ill not be enabled data to the Event monitor will be sent on device s serial port With this setting GD PROG cable can be used to observe device state using GPRS transmitters configurator application and Monitor option described in point 8 11 8 7 2 Buffer flushing Data received from connected device are stored in transmitter buffer Buffer capacity is 511 bytes Define criteria that meeting shall mea...

Page 53: ...uplex mode This option provides for automatic lock of data receiving via RTS if transmitter begin to send data to the device 8 7 3 4 Check tests send by device connected to the port If the device connected to transmitter port generates periodical connection tests these tests may be under control To provide for that after this option activation enter text message and define frequency in Test presen...

Page 54: ...nect The time should be specified in minutes If connectivity in a channel is lost the device will wait for the specified amount of time from the moment of registering the loss of connectivity and then execute pre defined actions The following actions are available o Reset submodule o Reset transmitter o Turn on output 1 o Turn on output 2 o Turn on output 3 To enable an action check the correspond...

Page 55: ... of telephone line 8 9 1 1 Use external phone line If this function has been chosen Activation the transmitter will be cooperating with PSTN line This way data transmission is possible from an alarm control panel with two ways via GPRS link and standard telephone line 8 9 1 2 Disconnect external phone when server connected If enabled PSTN line will be disconnected from T1 R1 port when connection w...

Page 56: ...tion PSTN line EPX400 Alarm Control Panel there are not other telecommunication devices If such device will be connected and telephone number will be dialled and a call will follow after expiry defined time limit counted since conclusion of last digit dialling the transmitter sends a message This operation prevents unauthorised installation of additional devices 8 9 1 6 Generate dial tone Some ala...

Page 57: ...s o Enable SMS sending which means that in case of no GPRS connection data will be sent via SMS if this mode will be accessible o Don t transmit data when external phone line is available which means that when the external PSTN line is available then it will be used during transmission from the control panel 2 Disable CRC checking option may be used for ContactID format Some control panel generate...

Page 58: ...th new firmware click Open button to locate where file is d Select file transmission mode local or remote Note Procedure of assigning firmware to a device is analogous to programming a device For procedure refer to chapter 9 Device programming e Click Start button to start software exchange f Loading course is displayed on special window g Close the window after completed saving From this time on ...

Page 59: ...ce monitor provides following information o AC power indication o Battery power indication o PSTN line indication o GSM network signal level indication o Bit Error Rate level measuring o Inputs and outputs state monitoring o Type or serial number of device o Firmware and hardware revision o Device time These parameters are also shown in LOG window in text style All data can be saved to file Note R...

Page 60: ...S232 connection In the second case data can be send to PC via GD PROG cable the switch in position PROG Correct RS232 port or GPRS connection must be chosen in Choose connection kind field After providing Service code and clicking Open button events data will be downloaded from EPX400 memory After properly reading access to features such as the Filtering and Charts becomes possible Both of them ma...

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Page 62: ...yed in special window e After saving disconnect power supply and disassembly service wire f Insert SIM card Connect module wiring pursuant to guidelines from chapter 3 Turn power supply on g The device is ready to transmit data 9 2 REMOTE PROGRAMMING Remote programming of device is possible if o user uses GPRS transmitters configurator and GSM modem connected to PC o user uses OSM Server monitorin...

Page 63: ...rt and APN Click OK and system shall send to device provided parameters SMS d Wait till device addresses server in Devices tab it will be marked with green colour e Launch software and define options of device description is provided in chapter 8 of this Manual f Select Send to display a new window and select remote connection GPRS tab Save settings in memory of device Saving course is displayed o...

Page 64: ... timeout parameter defines time for modem response Time determined in seconds and ranges from 1 30 seconds If timeout isn t specified 3 seconds is assumed DESC Returns device description serial number hexadecimal number and firmware version GETSTATUS Download device status Command sends text back according to definition from chapter 8 6 3 Status GETPARAM parameter_name Gets inquired parameter SERV...

Page 65: ...MS test messages sending to the server RLIMIT Removes automatic temporary locks on all inputs RLIMIT inputs_mask Removes selected automatic temporary locks Parameter is decimal number made from 10 bit word A10 A2 A1 where A1 always equals 0 A2 means INPUT 1 A3 means INPUT 2 and A10 means INPUT9 EXAMPLE RLIMIT 6 removes locks on inputs IN1 IN2 RLIMIT 2 remove lock on input IN1 DT YY MM DD hh mm ss ...

Page 66: ...e format of the IP address EFORMAT when the values of the parameters is not enough Notes 1 DESC CMD GETSTATUS GETPARAM GETCFG commands require separate SMS so one command with only one SMS 2 SERVER and SMS commands are not used to setting the priorities of the channel but only for setting up a backup or emergency transmission channel in case of loss of communication with the monitoring system via ...

Page 67: ... Red Logging to GSM 11 2 GSM RANGE Flickering of a green diode indicates GSM signal 1 8 flickers Device operation mode is signalled with a green diode on during 2 seconds once the range was detected If after signalling range diode will not flash for 2 seconds the device is in SMS mode Range indication is interrupted during data transmission and after sending of data again GSM range is being indica...

Page 68: ... Diodes Green Red GPRS Transmission SMS Transmission 11 4 RECEIVING OF DTMF DATA STATUS LED blue and DTMF LED yellow indicate actual condition during receiving data from a control panel Dioda LED Signalling STATUS DTMF HandShake KissOff 6 digits of phone 16 digits ContactID DTMF ERR OK STATUS DTMF ERR OK STATUS DTMF ERR OK STATUS ...

Page 69: ...cable Programming in CSD mode 11 6 FIRMWARE UPDATING During programming bootloader operating is indicated If error follows during updating there is bootloader in device and another programming of device is possible Description LED Diodes Green Red No program in device 1 sek Software updating Received firmware decoding 10 sek DTMF ERR OK STATUS DTMF ERR OK STATUS ...

Page 70: ...this with ERROR LED red and OK LED green LED diode Signalling OK Green ERROR Red 11 8 SYSTEM ERROR Errors may occure during device operation An error is indicated by a permanent lighting of red LED In most cases it means a communication problem with the modem or SIM card DTMF ERR OK STATUS ...

Page 71: ...7 2016 v1 3 Removing few features 09 03 2017 v1 4 Expansion of remote commands SMS and SERVER added ETHSERVER and ETHCONFIG commands 16 03 2017 v1 5 Updating information about GPRS Transmitter Configurator 27 03 2017 v1 6 Added information about Embedded HTTP server 30 10 2017 v1 7 Update requirements for the computer in reference to configurator replacement of OSM 2007 with OSM Server ...

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