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EN6080 Area Control Gateway Overview

3.18.15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com

 

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 Figure 1-5 

The license key screen

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Enter the license key received from Inovonics in the “Enter License Key:” 
field.

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Click the “Update” button.

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Once the “License Update” message has displayed and the EN6080 area 
control gateway has rebooted, click the “Refresh” button.

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Your EN6080 is now enabled to support the number of end devices 
allowed within the purchased tier.

Summary of Contents for EN6080

Page 1: ...User Manual EN6080 Area Control Gateway ...

Page 2: ...s for Windows 7 9 1 3 3 Browse to the EN6080 Area Control Gateway Web Server Screens 10 1 3 4 License Key Setup 10 Chapter 2 Home 12 2 1 Home 12 2 1 1 System Connection Summary 13 2 1 2 Device Information 13 2 2 Site Information 14 2 2 1 ACG Information 15 2 2 2 Contact Information 15 Chapter 3 ACG Setup 16 3 1 User Administration 16 3 1 1 Update User or Admin Password 17 3 2 IP Administration 17 ...

Page 3: ... 1 1 Update the NID 27 Chapter 6 Device Setup 29 6 1 Manual Administration 30 6 1 1 Manually Register a Device 31 6 1 2 Unregister a Registered Device 32 6 2 Automatic Administration 32 6 2 1 Start Discovery 33 6 2 2 Edit and Register the Devices 33 6 2 3 Unregister a Registered Device 34 6 3 Upload Administration 34 6 3 1 Upload a Spreadsheet of Devices to Register 36 Chapter 7 Logs 38 7 1 Logs 3...

Page 4: ...2015 Inovonics www inovonics com 3 Chapter 8 File Management 43 8 1 System and Configuration Files 43 8 1 1 Back Up Configuration Files 44 8 1 2 Restore Configuration Files 44 8 2 Firmware Update 45 8 2 1 Update Firmware 46 Glossary 47 ...

Page 5: ...luding photocopying recording taping or storing in an information retrieval system without prior written permission from Inovonics Document Part Number 06443E Trademarks Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Mozilla and Firefox are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation Celeron Core Pentium and Intel are trademarks of Intel Cor...

Page 6: ...wing notices are used throughout this document Note Emphasizes points provides supplementary information or indicates minor problems in an expected outcome Caution Indicates possible damage to equipment or loss of data as well as potential problems in an expected outcome Warning Indicates the possibility of minor injury to oneself or others Danger Indicates the possibility of serious or fatal inju...

Page 7: ...mercial mesh network uses a frequency hopping spread spectrum technology that sends redundant messages across multiple channels to avoid interference obstacles Due to its low latency and high reliability the EchoStream commercial mesh network is an ideal solution for security applications The network is secure and dedicated ensuring personal security messages are delivered without interference fro...

Page 8: ...ion 11 or later Wired Ethernet interface Minimum MTU 1280 bytes 1 3 EN6080 Area Control Gateway Initial Setup and Connection 1 3 1 Disable Delayed ACK Mode on the Windows 7 Operating System The EN6080 area control gateway currently does not respond to the delayed ACK mode of operation that some Windows 7 machines use Microsoft has provided a fix for this as outlined below A future revision of the ...

Page 9: ...AL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet services Tcpip P arameters Interfaces 3 You will probably find several subfolders Click through each folder until you find the one with the most entries in the right pane The correct interface will have many entries For example DGCPDefaultGateway DHCPDomain DHCPIPAddress Lease NameServer T1 etc Figure 1 2 Find the subfolder with the most entries ...

Page 10: ...the factory configured with a static IP address of 192 168 60 80 To initially communicate with the EN6080 area control gateway you will need to connect to a computer s Ethernet port This might mean disconnecting from your LAN To connect to the EN6080 area control gateway you will first need to configure the network settings on your computer Note This procedure will change your network settings Mak...

Page 11: ...illa Firefox or Internet Explorer web browser and enter http 192 168 60 80 in the address field 11 When prompted enter the admin username and password 12 Click the OK button Note For more information about placing the EN6080 area control gateway on your local network see 3 2 IP Administration on page 17 1 3 4 License Key Setup You should have received a license key to enable your EN6080 area contr...

Page 12: ... Enter the license key received from Inovonics in the Enter License Key field 4 Click the Update button 5 Once the License Update message has displayed and the EN6080 area control gateway has rebooted click the Refresh button 6 Your EN6080 is now enabled to support the number of end devices allowed within the purchased tier ...

Page 13: ...2015 Inovonics www inovonics com 12 Chapter 2 Home 2 1 Home The home screen displays a overview of system information and allows access to the site information screen Figure 2 1 EN6080 area control gateway home screen ...

Page 14: ... ascending or descending order The search field can be used to locate specific devices it covers data in all fields and accepts letters and numbers but no wildcard characters The following information is included The TX ID field displays the factory coded unique identification number of the transmitter The TX ID is primarily used for registration The Device Status field displays whether the device...

Page 15: ...lay the name of the partition as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 Partition name 2 2 Site Information The site information screen is used to view EN6080 area control gateway information and edit site information It is only accessible to admin level users Figure 2 3 The EN6080 area control gateway site information screen ...

Page 16: ...aintenance or updates To fill out contact information 1 Enter the name of the facility in which the EN6080 area control gateway is being used in the Facility Name field Up to 30 characters can be entered 2 Enter the first name of the contact for the facility in the First Name field Up to 100 characters can be entered 3 Enter the last name of the contact for the facility in the Last Name field Up t...

Page 17: ...p tab is clicked the user administration screen displays The user administration screen is used to edit user and admin passwords and provides access to the IP administration and date and time setup screens It is only accessible to admin level users Figure 3 1 EN6080 area control gateway user administration screen ...

Page 18: ... include alpha numeric characters only 2 Reenter the new password in the Reenter Password field 3 Click Update to change the password Note An admin password change will take effect immediately and you will be asked to re enter it to leave the page 3 2 IP Administration The IP administration screen is used to configure the IP address of the EN6080 area control gateway It is only accessible to admin...

Page 19: ...rk in the Gateway field 5 Click Update to configure the EN6080 area control gateway IP address 6 A dialog box will display reading This update will require a reboot of the ACG Once you make this change the browser will automatically update to the new address Are you sure you want to make this change Click OK 7 When the Refresh button displays click it 3 2 2 Configure a DHCP IP Address By default t...

Page 20: ...area control gateway contains a real time clock that is used to tag events and log entries The date and time setup screen is used to configure the date and time of that clock It is only accessible to admin level users The area control gateway can either poll the Network Time Protocol servers to automatically synchronize the time and date or synchronize time and date with the computer connected to ...

Page 21: ...rvers To automatically synchronize time and date with Network Time Protocol servers 1 Click Use NTP IP 2 A default NTP server address displays If you do not want to use the default IP address enter any known NTP server IP address 3 Click Update 4 When the Date and Time configuration updated dialog box displays click OK If the new time setting differs from the time on your computer by more than one...

Page 22: ...sure the time and date is correct on your host computer 2 Click the Sync with PC button 3 Click Update to update time and date 4 When the Date and Time configuration updated dialog box displays click OK Note If the new time and date is earlier than what is currently set on the EN6080 area control gateway every event that happens after you set the new time will have a time stamp of 1 millisecond gr...

Page 23: ...evices that provide security to the lobby assigned to it so they can be managed together The EN6080 area control gateway can manage up to 500 individual partitions It is only accessible to admin level users All columns in the registered devices and partitions fields are sortable simply click on any column header to sort in ascending or descending order The search fields can be used to locate speci...

Page 24: ...4 1 Partitions screen Once a partition is defined the assigned number will display on the home page in the partitions field Placing the cursor over any number in the partitions column will display the name of the partition as shown in Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Partition name ...

Page 25: ...ur partitions so they can be managed separately For instance a door contact transmitter mounted on the door to a pharmacy in a supermarket might be assigned to both a pharmacy and a building partition That way one could manage the pharmacy separately from the rest of the building or manage the entire building as a whole To assign devices to a partition 1 Click the checkbox next to all devices you ...

Page 26: ...ou wish to update 2 Click Edit 3 Edit the name of partition in the pop up text field 4 Click Update Once edited the ID number assigned when the partition was created will remain the same 4 6 Delete a Partition All devices must be removed from a partition before it can be deleted To delete a partition 1 Click the partition you wish to delete 2 Click Delete 3 Click OK to confirm deletion ...

Page 27: ...ireless setup tab is used to set up the network id NID of the EchoStream network The NID is used by the network of high power repeaters and two way end devices to keep messages in separate EchoStream networks from overlapping It is only accessible to admin level users Figure 5 1 Wireless setup screen ...

Page 28: ...systems that might interfere with yours Caution The NID setting of 0 is only used for diagnostics purposes Make sure the NID you pick is greater than 0 2 Click Update to change to the new NID 3 The following displays Click Update to continue Figure 5 2 Repeater reset warning message 4 A list of repeaters registered to the system will display in a pop up window Figure 5 3 Registered repeaters 5 Go ...

Page 29: ... the window shown in Figure 5 3 If not reset the repeater again making sure to wait ten seconds before replacing the cover if so reset the next repeater Repeat until all repeaters in the system have been reset 9 Once all repeaters are reset Click Close on the reset checkbox window All repeaters are now registered 10 Navigate to the home screen and ensure all repeaters are shown as active within th...

Page 30: ...dmin level users There are three ways to register the Inovonics end devices and repeaters that make up your security system Manually by inputting device information Automatically with a reset button push By uploading a csv file with all registration information already inputted Up to 3000 Inovonics end devices and 500 repeaters can be added to a single EN6080 area control gateway depending on the ...

Page 31: ... manage devices and repeaters by directly inputting transmitter information All columns are sortable simply click on any column header to sort in ascending or descending order The search field can be used to locate specific devices it covers data in all fields and accepts letters and numbers but no wildcard characters Figure 6 1 Manual administration screen ...

Page 32: ...y this is a brief indication of where the device is used or in the case of a mobile device the name of the person to whom it is assigned 3 Choose the Inovonics part number of the device from the Type drop down menu Note If the exact product match is not available choose the closest part number E g EN5040 may be selected for EN5040 20T 4 In the Supervision Window field enter a supervision window fo...

Page 33: ...creen is used to discover Inovonics end devices and repeaters by the push of a reset button Once the EN6080 area control gateway is set into discovery mode a push of a transmitter s reset button will automatically populate the transmitter s identification number and product type All columns are sortable simply click on any column header to sort in ascending or descending order The search field can...

Page 34: ...covered all the devices to be registered click the Stop Discovery button 6 2 2 Edit and Register the Devices Once devices are discovered they must be registered to include a description and supervision window 4 All of the devices discovered in the last session will be highlighted in green indicating they are ready to be registered If you do not wish to register a device at this point click anywher...

Page 35: ...sted devices If this is desirable no further input for supervision time is needed If not you can overwrite devices with different supervision times 8 When you have edited all devices click Register 6 2 3 Unregister a Registered Device To unregister a registered device 1 Click the checkbox next to the registered device you wish to unregister 2 Click Unregister 3 Click OK to confirm 6 3 Upload Admin...

Page 36: ...ng the device Typically this is a brief indication of where the end device is used or in the case of a mobile device such as a panic button the name of the person to whom it is assigned Supervision is a decimal number between 1 and 999999999 up to nine digits representing the seconds to wait until a device is declared inactive The EN6080 area control gateway trims the extra spaces on the start and...

Page 37: ...owse 2 Navigate to the csv file of devices you wish to register 3 Click Open 4 Click the Load button 5 All devices that parse properly and are unregistered will be selected by default Deselect any devices that you do not want to register 6 Click Register Note You can also unregister devices by highlighting the devices you want to unregister and clicking Unregister ...

Page 38: ...e are lines that cannot be parsed due to formatting errors a red warning with the number of unparsed lines will display in the bottom left portion of the screen as shown in Figure 6 5 Hold the cursor over the warning message for details Figure 6 5 Formatting errors message ...

Page 39: ... when the log is full The logs tab is only accessible to admin level users The EN6080 area control gateway logs events into three categories alarm system and trouble Up to 3000 events can be stored The alarm log includes alarm and alarm clear events for Inovonics end devices The system log includes IP address changes reboot requests shutdowns and other system events The trouble log includes non al...

Page 40: ...re sortable simply click on any column header to sort in ascending or descending order The search field can be used to locate specific logs it covers data in all fields and accepts letters and numbers but no wildcard characters Note The alarm logs screen will only refresh when the Retrieve Logs button at the bottom of the screen has been clicked As a matter of course it is a good idea to click Ret...

Page 41: ...o your computer 7 3 System Logs The system logs screen is used to view and save system events All columns are sortable simply click on any column header to sort in ascending or descending order The search field can be used to locate specific logs it covers data in all fields and accepts letters and numbers but no wildcard characters Note The systems logs screen will only refresh when Retrieve Logs...

Page 42: ...ve Logs to open the list of events as a text file which can be saved to your computer 7 4 Trouble Logs The trouble logs screen is used to view and save trouble events All columns are sortable simply click on any column header to sort in ascending or descending order The search field can be used to locate specific logs it covers data in all fields and accepts letters and numbers but no wildcard cha...

Page 43: ...cked As a matter of course it is a good idea to click Retrieve Logs upon viewing any logs screen Figure 7 3 Trouble logs screen 7 4 1 Retrieve and Save Trouble Logs 1 Click the Retrieve Logs button All available trouble events will display 2 Click Save Logs to open the list of events as a text file which can be saved to your computer ...

Page 44: ...s clicked the system and configuration files screen displays The system and configuration files screen is used to back up and restore configuration files It is only accessible to admin level users Included in the configuration file are All end device information All partition information All site information All user authorization information ...

Page 45: ...les 1 Click the Backup button 2 Follow the prompts from your web browser to save the file 8 1 2 Restore Configuration Files To restore configuration files 1 Click the Browse button 2 Navigate to the configuration backup file 3 Click the Open button 4 Click Restore 5 Once configuration is restored click Close The EN6080 area control gateway will reboot completing configuration ...

Page 46: ...ers Figure 8 2 Firmware update screen Note All of the EN6080 area control gateway s logs will be reset during the firmware process Ensure that any logs you need to save are updated to the host application before updating the firmware For more information about logs see Logs on page 38 Note The EN6080 area control gateway will not stream events while the update is in progress no alarms will be proc...

Page 47: ...will send you firmware update files as necessary To update firmware 1 Click the Browse button 2 Navigate to the firmware update file 3 Click the Start Firmware Update button 4 Once the firmware update is complete click the Close button The EN6080 area control gateway will reboot completing the update ...

Page 48: ... 1 and 31 at the factory The NID of one way end devices is always zero and the NID of high power repeaters and two way end devices default to a value of zero from the factory but may be set to that of the network coordinator at time of registration in the system Your application controller may also change the NID in the event that there is a nearby EchoStream network with the same NID Noise floor ...

Page 49: ... time The interval of time in which at least one supervision message must be received from a device before the EN6080 area control gateway considers it inactive Supervisory message Either a check in message sent by one device to another to verify a successful link between the devices or a status message sent to report a status change TXID Transmitter identification number A unique identifier assig...

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