www.geoquip.com
COMANDER
Perimeter Security Communications System
from
Engineering and Installation Manual
QA0618 Rev. 0 20/04/2011
Prepared by: Nik Holmes
Approved by: Paul Bates
Page 1: ...www geoquip com COMANDER Perimeter Security Communications System from Engineering and Installation Manual QA0618 Rev 0 20 04 2011 Prepared by Nik Holmes Approved by Paul Bates...
Page 2: ...y contract between Geoquip Limited and its customers All specifications and designs shown in this manual are subject to alteration by Geoquip Worldwide Limited without notice at any time Copyright Geo...
Page 3: ...6 4 1 Integrating Comander with Gthernet 46 4 2 Integrating Comander with existing CentrAlert MicrAlert etc 46 4 3 SMS Compatibility 47 5 Interceptor Cable Installation 48 5 1 What is Interceptor Cabl...
Page 4: ...data encryption giving robust protection against hacking and against single point device failure or sabotage over long distances it integrates with multiple redundant control centres and or terminals...
Page 5: ...le with a 9 pin D connector carries the Monitored Contact signals If you remove the Rack unit s top cover you will see up to twelve plug in cards at the front of the Rack these provide the analyser ci...
Page 6: ...meras is quite limited It may also be important to consider the Subnet Mask setting on a Comander carefully All Comanders in a system must be visible to each other with the same IP range and Subnet Ma...
Page 7: ...mander Rack using two multiway cables with 25 way D connectors Each cable carries 12 Interceptor signals and should be connected to the corresponding Interceptor sockets labelled 1 12 and 13 24 on the...
Page 8: ...cables and connector formats The sockets and wiring are as follows Socket Gender Wiring COM1 2 Male Straight through COM3 4 Male Rx Tx Crossed COM5 6 Female Straight through COM7 8 Female Rx TX Crosse...
Page 9: ...party serial devices is that the Comander Ring or a simpler point to point Ethernet link between two Comander Racks can act as a transparent transport over which two serial devices can communicate If...
Page 10: ...r details To connect using a Serial link typical for Datalog or other custom SMS solutions connect the SMS computer to a COM port on the nearest Comander Rack unit and then use the Comander Rack s Con...
Page 11: ...1 below Once the clock has been set the master Comander Rack should be configured to broadcast time synchronisation data across the system using the Time Synchronisation options in the General Hardwar...
Page 12: ...erceptor Cable End of Line Termination Box Dual Junction Box Gate Switch Monitored Contacts Feeder Cable 1 pair per Contact Interceptor and Contact Connections Serial RS232 Connection Feeder Cable 5 p...
Page 13: ...d their associated Tamper switches the system also has Monitored Contact inputs which are attached to switches on the perimeter gates For detailed information on attaching Interceptors to perimeter fe...
Page 14: ...C C T V C C T V Rack IP 10 2 3 100 Control Room Geolog Vision 10 2 3 200 Audio Camera Matrix 10 2 100 200 N CAT5e Ethernet Fibre Ethernet KEY 1 8 2 1 Network Addressing In this scenario the five Coma...
Page 15: ...system In this case the Network Topology RSTP option is enabled on the Comander located in the Control Room IP 10 2 3 100 by ticking the RSTP Enable checkbox on the Network Topology page of that Rack...
Page 16: ...r cable but much more limited it can handle only four perimeter segments having four cable sensor inputs and four Monitored Contact inputs for the Terminator Box Tamper switches and does not normally...
Page 17: ...OM connection 2101 for COM1 To annunciate the MicrAlert circuits properly using the SMS Collator running on the Control Room Rack 10 2 3 100 an entry must be added to the SMS Collator to collate the M...
Page 18: ...ch Rack is connected to its nearest Node using Cat5e Ethernet The network connections are illustrated using colour coding to indicate the different parts of the system as follows A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 1 0...
Page 19: ...V CCTV CCTV CCTV CCTV CCTV CCTV CCTV CCTV CCTV A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D 1...
Page 20: ...nly have one of 20 different MAC addresses no Comander network can include more than 20 Comander Rack units 2 2 Setting the IP Address If you need to change a Comander Rack s IP address there are two...
Page 21: ...Comander Rack but may also include other devices including the Monitored Contacts attached to the Rack s Marshalling Box The local Comander Rack configuration options are listed in the following page...
Page 22: ...e network settings the IP address will revert to the factory default of 0 0 0 0 making the Configurator inaccessible You will then need to use the DIGI Discovery program to allocate an IP address to t...
Page 23: ...te configuration and provides upload functions for installing new SSL certificate files 2 4 9 1 What is an SSL Certificate In any network information system which uses the HTTPS protocol to secure com...
Page 24: ...king Apply A Rack can be restarted using the Reboot command in the Configurator or using the reset switch on the Rear panel 2 5 1 Comander Rack Information On this page the Comander Rack Name option a...
Page 25: ...k Default Gateway These are standard IP address settings All devices on a Comander network should have compatible addresses and addressing schemes see section 1 2 above for more information 2 5 3 Seri...
Page 26: ...an RS232 link Typically a camera Matrix can be configured to send serial PTZ data via the Comander Ring to the IP address of a specific Comander Rack and using a specific port number to control a par...
Page 27: ...it should not be used unless specified by Geoquip engineers Mosaic Mimic Panel This mode is used to connect a Mosaic Mimic Panel to the system If you connect a Mimic panel and use this setting you wil...
Page 28: ...option to encrypt the data en route but a TCP Server option would also work The Incoming IP Port setting is important each device which uses the Comander network as a transport layer should be allocat...
Page 29: ...r cables which are used by the system and is the number which will be annunciated to the SMS Interceptor circuit connections must be made in the Marshalling box starting at connector 01 and going sequ...
Page 30: ...l state is not high enough the global sensitivity can be increased using this setting 2 5 4 5 Audio The Digital Audio Volume setting controls the level of the audio signal available from the 3 5mm jac...
Page 31: ...ecking the boxes beside the channel name In this example Interceptor Circuit 1 has channels A and B enabled but channel C is disabled Each channel has a Gain control which sets the level of signal req...
Page 32: ...ored at any time whether or not the circuit is in an alarm condition 2 5 6 Configuring Monitored Contact Circuits 2 5 6 1 What is a Monitored Contact Circuit A Monitored Contact is a relatively simple...
Page 33: ...activity which does not indicate a real alarm condition The Pre Alarm Duration setting allows for a minimum activation period to be set so that activation of the contact generates only a Pre Alarm con...
Page 34: ...ame IP address into the Collator list on two different Collating Racks 2 5 7 3 SMS Collator Settings The Global Ordering setting simply controls in what order the circuits are annunciated Tick the box...
Page 35: ...ber of circuits collated and presented to the SMS will depend on what options are enabled in the different Rack units For example assume the following Rack 10 2 3 100 Control Room does not have any In...
Page 36: ...emoved from it the Collator s list should always be updated manually using the Discover Rack IP Circuits Outputs link This includes the enabling or disabling of Fixed Diagnostics Circuits on any of th...
Page 37: ...be connected to the Comander s COM ports but multiple MIMIC panels cannot be configured separately they will all show the same information 2 5 10 ACTi The features configured in this section allow the...
Page 38: ...configure the IP Addresses which are scanned by the Comander using the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol An example of how to use the RSTP Topology feature is given in section 1 8 2 3 above The RSTP Scanni...
Page 39: ...if you wish In Rack B s Configurator on the Network Topology page enable RSTP scanning by ticking the RSTP Scanning option and Applying then rebooting Reconnect the Ring by reconnecting the fibre con...
Page 40: ...options for allocating different UDP port numbers to different Interceptor audio streams This enables audio monitoring of different segments of the perimeter using different computers monitoring UDP...
Page 41: ...g 24 Interceptor circuits Each card has a green LED indicating that it is working and four red LEDs indicating Alarm and Tamper conditions for its two Interceptor circuits 1 2 Green Card Status OK Red...
Page 42: ...on has been opened on that COM port Blinking indicates traffic on the port If UDP IP has been selected on a given COM port then the RED LED will always be ON blinking OFF to indicate traffic If COM po...
Page 43: ...communicating OFF if not present 9 10 11 12 Network switch broadcast packet storm detected 13 14 COM Port handler debug 15 HTTPS webserver activity 16 17 18 Local rack Fixed Circuits activity 19 Mars...
Page 44: ...l serial ports so that it can be accessed using a serial terminal program The Debug stream is normally disabled to enable it on a particular Comander go to the Comander Rack Information page of the Co...
Page 45: ...ll need to reset its address to 0 0 0 0 by rebooting it in IP Address Reset Mode this will enable you to allocate a new IP address to the unit using the DIGI Discovery program this is available from G...
Page 46: ...ct connections from existing CentrAlert Marshalling Boxes or other serial or Ethernet devices which normally connect to a Gthernet Node So as well as replacing the BU the same Comander Rack can also f...
Page 47: ...nly provides much faster connection and integration with other devices but also provides fault tolerant connections between the Racks In this scenario the Master CentrAlert Rack ie the one which provi...
Page 48: ...meter protection is the quality and condition of the fence itself To provide a reasonable barrier against a climb over attack the fence should be at least 2 4m high and for adequate defence against a...
Page 49: ...or information about Interceptor analyser configuration 5 2 5 Fence Types The extent of the sensor s detection range its ability to detect vibrations in the fence some distance away depends on the rig...
Page 50: ...and may also cause the cable to become twisted It is important to avoid this twisting because the sensor is manufactured with a precise and even spiral twist to ensure the maximum possible rejection...
Page 51: ...s width and height In order to calculate the actual length of sensor cable needed to cover a given length of fence therefore the following formula should be used A Length of zone B Allowance for fence...
Page 52: ...other with a tie at each third crossing to achieve 200mm spacing Do NOT tie the cable to the fence s straining wire this will result in a poor contact between the fence and the sensor After tightenin...
Page 53: ...droop under its own weight causing the loops to rub against the posts which may in turn cause damage to the cable as the fence moves In this situation the cable should be protected mechanically where...
Page 54: ...the best level of detection and the least obvious visible indication that the fence is electronically protected Normally the horizontal rails are on the attack side of the fence and the cable will ne...
Page 55: ...isade fencing care should be taken to remove any sharp points along the arris rail which might puncture the sleeving of the cable These points are sometimes present as a result of dripping when the ra...
Page 56: ...cable into the conduit two people will be needed to ensure that the cable is not damaged by the procedure One should reel out the cable gently from the drum mounted on a de reeler or held on a pole by...
Page 57: ...ion to overcome the increased rigidity of the fabric and the fabric of the gates themselves may well differ so much from that of the normal fence that it is impractical to include them within the zone...
Page 58: ...her side of the gate Note how the cable on the fence is configured on either side of the gate posts in order to provide the best possible detection Because the fence vibrates less where it is braced b...
Page 59: ...he gate bypass switch allows for the sensor cable on the gate and the first 2m of fence either side of it to be isolated from the circuit to avoid alarms caused by the operation of the gate Note how t...
Page 60: ...s Because of the considerable horizontal movement of a sliding gate the Gate Loop Kit must be mounted as shown here to ensure that the gate can open fully without striking the junction box on the fenc...
Page 61: ...le to push the conductor gently back into the sleeving so that it reappears at the other end of the cable but this will be impractical with any substantial length and the cable will then be unusable I...
Page 62: ...time consuming to find one fault among several daisy chained connections The recommended procedure is to start the installation at the End Of Line and work back towards the Marshalling Box using a mul...
Page 63: ...east five pairs is used it is then possible to continue the run of feeder to another such meeting point of two zones and connect the sensors from those zones as well The sensor signals from the two al...
Page 64: ...the electronics is installed It is in fact advisable to test each connection in a chain as it is installed see Testing Feeder Connections above The following test procedure should be followed The EOL...
Page 65: ...5 7 Repairing Damaged Interceptor Cable If the Interceptor cable becomes damaged a new section of cable should be installed and connected to the existing cable using waterproof junction boxes It is NO...
Page 66: ...providing up to 96 Contacts in total If more than one Marshalling box is used the Contacts from the Slave box must be connected to the Contacts boards in the main Marshalling box using a 26 way ribbo...
Page 67: ...ontact Collator Boards Each Marshalling Box has one or more Collator boards each of which can manage up to 24 Contacts Each Collator board has two 26 way headers for connecting two lightning protectio...
Page 68: ...rd has an LED indicator showing the status of each circuit The LEDs are arranged to correspond with the ribbon cable connections from the lightning protection boards so the top row of LEDs displays th...
Page 69: ...Geoquip network devices it finds including any Comander Racks The illustration below shows the simplest possible Comander system with a single Rack at IP Address 192 168 1 189 Note that the column ti...
Page 70: ...ebooted with that address it will then accept a one time IP address change from DIGI Discovery To force the IP address to 0 0 0 0 you must reboot the Comander with a special setting of the rotary FUNC...
Page 71: ...s manual please see a Fibre Installer Handbook or reference guide 8 2 CAT5e Ethernet Cable Connectors CAT5e cable connections should be made using Pulsejack RJ45 plugs To comply with Comander s temper...
Page 72: ...ains power at either 230V or 115V AC and consumes approximately 25W 8 5 Earth and Lightning Protection Comander s Marshalling Box inputs all have heavy duty lightning protection devices which protect...
