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Summary of Contents for RipEX 1.6.0

Page 1: ...nual RipEX Radio modem Router version 1 6 0 2 26 2014 fw 1 4 x x www racom eu RACOM s r o Mirova 1283 592 31 Nove Mesto na Morave Czech Republic Tel 420 565 659 511 Fax 420 565 659 512 E mail racom ra...

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Page 3: ...Q 33 3 5 Network layout 35 3 6 Hybrid networks 37 3 7 Assorted practical comments 37 3 8 Recommended values 39 4 Product 40 4 1 Dimensions 40 4 2 Connectors 43 4 3 Indication LEDs 49 4 4 Technical spe...

Page 4: ...ignal path 31 3 3 Multipath propagation 33 3 4 Antenna location 34 3 5 Main lobe 35 3 6 Dominant repeater straightforward layout 36 3 7 Isolated branches more robust layout 37 3 8 Antenna mounting 38...

Page 5: ...g using Flat bracket 80 6 6 Vertical lengthwise mounting to DIN rail 80 6 7 Rack shelf 81 6 8 Fan kit mounting 81 6 9 Fan kit using Alarm Output recommended 82 6 10 Fan kit always on 82 6 11 10 30 VDC...

Page 6: ...ecommended Cables 53 4 8 Unlimited 50 kHz 54 4 9 FCC CE 50 kHz 55 4 10 CE 25 kHz 56 4 11 CE 12 5 kHz 57 4 12 CE 6 25 kHz 58 4 13 FCC 25 kHz 59 4 14 FCC 12 5 kHz 59 4 15 FCC 6 25 kHz 60 4 16 Narrow 25...

Page 7: ...s or losses of data are rare when wireless devices such as the RipEX are used in an appropriate manner within a well constructed network RipEX should not be used in situations where failure to transmi...

Page 8: ...efore attempting to do any configuration make sure your RipEX is the only powered up unit around Since all units coming from factory share the same default settings ex factory you could be accessing a...

Page 9: ...2 RipEX in detail and RipEX App notes Address planing 1 5 Preconfigure all RipEX s Section 5 4 Basic setup 6 Install individual sites 1 Mount RipEX into cabinet Section 6 1 Mounting 2 Install antenna...

Page 10: ...kbps 50 kHz 83 kbps 25 kHz 42 kbps 12 5 kHz 21 kbps 6 25 kHz 1 ETH 2 COM 1 USB 5 virtual COM Simultaneously on radio channel COM1 RS232 COM2 RS232 or RS485 software configurable Virtual COMs over ETH...

Page 11: ...nates a transfer of TCP overhead over Radio channel when TCP overhead run locally between connected device and RipEX on LAN I e only payload user data are transferred further as UDP over Radio channel...

Page 12: ...NTP synchronization via Ethernet or over the Radio channel from another RipEX or from the built in GPS Powered from internal long life Lithium Manganese battery so it is accurate even when RipEX is p...

Page 13: ...RS485 IEC 60870 5 101 IEC101 IEC 60870 5 104 IEC104 IEEE 1815 2010 DNP3 IEC 61158 Type 3 Profibus DP RFC 1055 SLIP IEEE 802 1Q VLAN IEEE 802 11g n Wifi 13 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router RipEX Ra...

Page 14: ...erfaces of all units within the network Packets received on COM are broadcast to both COM1 and COM2 at remote sites allowing you to connect 2 RTU s to any radio modem Any unit can be configured as a r...

Page 15: ...eful when RipEX in Bridge mode is connected to LAN because all LAN traffic is then broadcast to the Radio channel COM1 COM2 All frames received from COM1 2 are broadcast over the radio channel and tra...

Page 16: ...RTU2 doesn t react because the packet is addressed to RTU3 RipEX3 and FEP s RipEX do not send the repeated packet to their COM ports because it has already been sent RipEX3 or received FEP s RipEX on...

Page 17: ...of the ETH interface of RipEX is not relevant for user data communic ation However it is strongly recommended to assign a unique IP address to each RipEXs ETH interface since it allows for easy local...

Page 18: ...epeaters repeat packets immediately after re ception i e if two repeaters receive a packet from the centre they both relay it at the same time If there is a radiomodem which is within the range of bot...

Page 19: ...er with two interfaces radio and ethernet and two COM port devices There is a sophisticated anti collision protocol on the radio channel which checks and verifies every single packet Being an IP route...

Page 20: ...ms to selected port numbers The destination IP address of a COM port is either the IP of ETH or the IP of a radio interface The source IP address of outgoing packets from COM ports is always the IP of...

Page 21: ...t interfaces radio and ETH Each interface has got its own MAC address IP address and mask The IP router operating principles stipulate that every unit can serve as a repeater Everything what is needed...

Page 22: ...mission the radio IP of the next radio connected RipEX serves as the gateway Example of a route from FEP RipEX 50 to RTU 2 The destination address is 192 168 2 2 The routing table of the RipEX 50 cont...

Page 23: ...168 2 1 24 192 168 2 2 24 Routing table 192 168 0 0 16 10 10 10 1 RipEX2 10 10 10 4 24 192 168 4 2 24 Routing table RipEX4 192 168 0 0 16 10 10 10 50 10 10 10 1 24 192 168 1 1 24 192 168 1 2 24 Routi...

Page 24: ...ace After reaching the gateway typically a RipEX router the datagram is again forwarded ac cording to the routing table Above that RipEX is can to handle even broadcast packets from serial SCADA proto...

Page 25: ...ntre should be connected to the radio network via serial interface however for some reason that serial interface is not used The operating system e g Windows can provide a virtual serial interface to...

Page 26: ...rovides information about the volume of data traffic on all interfaces radio ETH COM1 COM2 It offers detailed information about the number of transmitted packets their size and the throughput per seco...

Page 27: ...nal servers Modus TCP server etc can be monitored when such advanced diagnostics is needed Monitoring output can be viewed on line or saved to a file in the RipEX e g a remote RipEX and downloaded lat...

Page 28: ...ertain sites the corresponding key can be activated only where needed Keys protect the investment into hardware Thanks to SDR based hardware design of RipEX no physical replacement is necessary the us...

Page 29: ...he radio modems within the area Then several overhead factors which reduce the total capacity to 25 90 of the raw value have to be considered They are e g RF protocol headers FEC channel access proced...

Page 30: ...equency band is suitable for low speeds using robust modulation techniques only and even then a somewhat lower long term communication reliability has to be acceptable for the application 350 MHz Put...

Page 31: ...ency band you can 3 3 Signal budget For every radio hop which may be used in the network the signal level at the respective receiver input has to be calculated and assessed against requirements The fu...

Page 32: ...h profile allows for LOS between the TX and RX antennas the standard formula for free space signal loss below gives reliable results Path loss dB 20 log10 distance km 20 log10 frequency MHz 32 5 In th...

Page 33: ...alongside the RSS The software demodulator uses its own metrics to assess the level of distortion of the incoming signal and produces a single number in one byte range 0 255 which is proportionate to...

Page 34: ...ill come the peak is created by two or more signals added up which means they will cancel out sooner or later The right strategy is to find an arrangement where a single signal becomes dominant possib...

Page 35: ...caused by pure multipath propagation a self made one So always use a combiner and another directional antenna if such arrangement is needed Always combiner correctly incorrectly Fig 3 5 Main lobe 3 5...

Page 36: ...these hill top systems are well engineered with appropriate filtering and antenna spacing so that the repeater radios operate under the best possible conditions Hot standby repeaters can also improve...

Page 37: ...3 6 Hybrid networks If an extensive area needs to be covered and multiple retranslation would be uneconomical or unsuitable RipEX s can be interconnected via any IP network WLAN Internet 3G etc This i...

Page 38: ...ference disappears above about 1 GHz Though being a rare problem moving metallic objects may cause serious disruptions especially when they are close to one end of the radio hop They may be cars on a...

Page 39: ...bytes equal to the longest packets in the networks Use Operating mode Bridge when Router ACK set to Off Switch off all other traffic on the Radio channel used for testing The test should run at least...

Page 40: ...is built into a rugged die cast aluminium casing that allows for multiple installation possibilities see Section 6 1 Mounting 4 1 Dimensions Fig 4 1 RipEX dimensions RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s...

Page 41: ...Fig 4 2 RipEX dimensions bottom DIN 35 Rail DIN Rail Clip 134 150 118 58 50 Fig 4 3 RipEX with DIN rail 41 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Product...

Page 42: ...Fig 4 4 RipEX dimensions with connectors For more information see Section 6 1 1 DIN rail mounting and Section 6 1 2 Flat mounting RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 42 Product...

Page 43: ...n antenna can connect to RipEX via TNC female 50 connector A model with two antenna connectors can be supplied to order in which the Rx and Tx antennas are separate This model is typically used on com...

Page 44: ...tact pitch 3 81 mm The connector is designed for electric wires with a cross section of 0 5 to 1 5 mm 2 Strip the wire leads to 6 mm 1 4 inch Isolated cables should receive PKC 108 or less end sleeves...

Page 45: ...Alarm Input HW ALARM INPUT HWALARM INPUT is a digital input If grounded e g by connect ing to PIN 3 an external alarm is triggered This alarm can be used for example to transmit information using SNMP...

Page 46: ...een orange TX 2 orange white green white RX 3 blue blue 4 blue white blue white 5 orange green Rx 6 brown white brown white 7 brown brown 8 4 2 4 COM1 and COM2 RipEX provides two serial interfaces COM...

Page 47: ...configuration backup and restore ssl certificate and ssh keys upload and tech support package download Any common USB stick with several megabytes of free space can be used for these tasks Note The f...

Page 48: ...n release it you will reset the device s access information to default 192 168 169 169 24 ETH IP and Mask 0 0 0 0 ETH Default GW Auto ETH Speed Off DHCP Off ARP proxy VLAN Off Firewall Off Hot Standby...

Page 49: ...itting Yellow 100 Mb s speed Yellow ON ETH 10 Mb s speed Yellow OFF connected Green ON ethernet data Green flashes powered succesfuly Green PWR Save mode Blinks with a period of 1 sec Sleep mode Flash...

Page 50: ...39 104 69 35 kbps Exp 42 21 kbps 50 kHz RF Data rate FCC Detail max 2 W max 10 W 69 52 35 kbps 21 kbps 25 kHz max 2 W max 10 W 35 26 17 kbps 10 kbps 12 5 kHz max 2 W max 10 W 17 13 9 kbps 5 kbps 6 25...

Page 51: ...ur order Electrical 10 to 30 VDC negative GND Primary power 5 W 13 8 V 4 8 W 24 V Radio part 2 W Rx Power consumption RF power Tx 4CPFSK 2CPFSK 13 8 V 24V 13 8 W 13 2 W 0 1 W 15 2 W 14 4 W 1 W 33 1 W...

Page 52: ...s CRC 32 Data integrity control AES256 Encryption up to 3 higher throughput Optimization Diagnostic and Management Yes ping with RSS Data Quality Homogenity Radio link testing Device Ucc Temp PWR VSWR...

Page 53: ...6 A12 2011 EN 60950 1 2006 A1 2010 Tab 4 7 Recommended Cables Lenght Recommended cables and accessories Port Max 3 m V03VH H 2 0 5 DC terminals Power Max 3 m V03VH H 1 0 5 SI Sleep Input Max 3 m V03VH...

Page 54: ...el of the blocking and degradation parameters generally Blocking or desensitization values were determined according to the standards EN 302 561 V1 2 1 for 50 kHz channel EN 300 113 1 V1 7 1 for 25 an...

Page 55: ...10 DPSK 1 00 34 72 17 21 21 100 104 107 4 DQPSK 0 75 72 33 17 21 21 99 103 106 4 DQPSK 1 00 96 44 15 21 20 96 99 102 D8PSK 0 75 93 75 16 21 20 95 98 101 D8PSK 1 00 78 12 14 17 17 95 98 101 16DEQAM 0 7...

Page 56: ...DPSK 1 00 20 83 3 4 4 106 110 113 4 DQPSK 0 75 31 25 5 6 6 104 108 111 4 DQPSK 1 00 41 66 8 8 8 98 103 106 D8PSK 0 75 46 87 9 5 10 10 95 101 104 D8PSK 1 00 62 49 5 6 6 95 101 104 16DEQAM 0 75 62 49 7...

Page 57: ...DPSK 1 00 10 42 2 3 3 5 109 113 115 4 DQPSK 0 75 15 62 3 4 4 106 111 114 4 DQPSK 1 00 20 83 5 6 6 101 106 109 D8PSK 0 75 23 44 7 8 8 98 104 107 D8PSK 1 00 31 25 2 3 3 99 104 107 16DEQAM 0 75 31 25 4...

Page 58: ...DPSK 1 00 5 21 6 0 3 0 1 0 112 115 117 4 DQPSK 0 75 7 82 4 0 1 0 0 5 110 113 116 4 DQPSK 1 00 10 42 4 0 1 0 1 0 104 109 111 D8PSK 0 75 11 72 2 0 1 0 3 0 104 109 111 D8PSK 1 00 15 63 1 5 2 0 7 5 103 1...

Page 59: ...dth OBW 99 kHz Classification Emission Modulation kbps 23 6 18 5 18K6F1D 4CPFSK 20 83 22 8 19 7 19K8G1D 4 DQPSK 34 72 22 6 19 8 19K8G1D D8PSK 52 08 22 6 19 9 19K8D1D 16DEQAM 69 44 Tab 4 14 FCC 12 5 kH...

Page 60: ...dulation FEC kbps 2 2 2 112 117 120 4CPFSK 0 75 3 91 3 4 4 109 115 118 4CPFSK 1 00 5 21 2 3 3 113 116 118 4 DQPSK 0 75 6 51 4 5 5 111 114 117 4 DQPSK 1 00 8 68 2 2 2 105 110 112 D8PSK 0 75 9 77 3 4 4...

Page 61: ...th OBW 99 kHz Classification Emission Modulation kbps 19 6 13 8 13K8F1DBN 2CPFSK 10 42 18 1 14 2 14K2F1DDN 4CPFSK 20 83 18 2 15 9 15K9G1DBN DPSK 13 89 18 2 15 9 15K9G1DDN 4 DQPSK 27 78 18 0 15 9 15K9G...

Page 62: ...d spectrum centered on the assigned channel frequency 7 26 dB Bandwidth the bandwidth where beyond its lower and upper limits any discrete spectrum component or the power spectral density is attenuate...

Page 63: ...432 470 MHz RipEX 470 470 512 MHz yyy HW models empty basic model D separate connectors for RX and TX antennas Part No RipEX HW DUAL G internal GPS module Part No RipEX HW GPS S Up to 50 kHz channel...

Page 64: ...wer supply 85 264 VAC 12 VDC 75 W DIN PWS AC DC MS2000 12 Power supply with back up 230 VAC 13 8 VDC 70 W PWS SOLAR MSU120 Power supply for solar panel 12 VDC 50 120 W 10 5 14 7 VDC BAT 12V 5Ah Batter...

Page 65: ...standby chassis RipEX units excl pow supplies incl has got its own ordering codes see RipEX HS User manual RipEX HSB 19 Battery pack chassis for RipEX HS batteries excl 65 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio mode...

Page 66: ...of failure is required Fig 4 16 RipEX HS Fig 4 17 RipeX HS dimensions For more information see RipEX HS datasheet or User manual on www racom eu 1 2 Fig 4 18 Adapter ETH USB ETH USB adapter ETH USB ad...

Page 67: ...powered from the backup battery and external antenna can be connected to one of the RipEX units through N connector on the case Fig 4 20 Demo case Contents Brackets and cabling for installation of th...

Page 68: ...ee chapter Con nectors Fig 4 21 Fan kit mounting 150 88 142 79 55 Fig 4 22 RipEX with Fan kit 6 Fig 4 23 L bracket L bracket Installation L bracket for vertical mounting For details on use see chapter...

Page 69: ...L bracket 7 Fig 4 25 Flat bracket Flat bracket Installation bracket for flat mounting For details on use see chapter Mounting 95 174 184 Flat bracket 134 150 118 58 50 70 Fig 4 26 RipEX with Flat brac...

Page 70: ...le 1 6U 70 mm high Ready for assembly with one RipEX Weight 2 5 kg without power supply and RipEX Can be assembled with power supply 100 256 V AC 24 V DC 230 V AC 24 V DC 48 V DC 24 V DC MS2000 12 bac...

Page 71: ...ck shelf double 1 6U 70 mm high Ready for assembly with two RipEX es Can be assembled with power supplies 100 256 V AC 24 V DC 230 V AC 24 V DC 48 V DC 24 V DC MS2000 12 back up battery 7 2 Ah 71 RACO...

Page 72: ...Fig 4 30 19 Rack shelf double Fig 4 31 19 Rack shelf double dimensions RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 72 Product...

Page 73: ...Feedline cable is 50 cm long and is made from the RG58 coaxial cable There are TNC Male RipEX side and N Male connectors on the ends It is intended for use between RipEX and cab inet panel 12 Others F...

Page 74: ...ts given in the specifications Table 4 6 Technical parameters Make sure the power supplies do not generate interference in the radio channel and that they can handle very fast changes in the load when...

Page 75: ...uilt in DHCP server so if you have a DHCP client in your PC as most users do you don t need to set anything up The RipEX s IP address for access over the ETH USB adapter is fixed 10 9 8 7 Go to 4 Logi...

Page 76: ...you will have to change your PC s static IP again to be able to continue configuring the RipEX 4 Login to RipEX Start a web browser Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer JavaScript enabled on your PC and...

Page 77: ...t into your computer Confirm the import with all warnings and exceptions that your browser may display during installation The login screen appears Fig 5 4 Authentication The default entries for a new...

Page 78: ...hapter 7 Advanced Config uration To setup the IP addresses you can use the examples in Section 2 3 3 Configuration examples as your models or the RipEX App notes Address planing 1 5 5 Functional test...

Page 79: ...routing by the ping tool the section called Ping to verify accessibility of all IP addresses with which the unit will communicate 11 Connect the SCADA equipment 12 Test your application 6 1 Mounting 6...

Page 80: ...essories L bracket 6 1 2 Flat mounting For flat mounting directly to the support you must use the Flat bracket an optional accessory Fig 6 5 Flat mounting using Flat bracket Fig 6 6 Vertical lengthwis...

Page 81: ...into the openings on the bottom side of the RipEX Use M4 8 screws Fig 6 8 Fan kit mounting The fan kit may be controlled using the Alarm Output Control and Power connector Section 4 2 2 Power and Cont...

Page 82: ...cement is mount a whip antenna directly on top of the box containing all the industrial equipment which is supposed to communicate via RipEX including all power supplies Additional safety recommendati...

Page 83: ...odem is not mounted to a grounded surface you should attach a safety ground wire to one of the mounting brackets or a screw on the radio modem s casing A lightning protector should be used where the a...

Page 84: ...air in a throughput saving way all the static data e g Web page graphic objects is downloaded from the Local RipEX and only information specific to the remote unit is transferred over the Radio channe...

Page 85: ...sic information about the RipEX e g Serial No MAC addreses HW versions etc and overview of its most important settings Configurable items are underlined and one click can take you to the respective Se...

Page 86: ...rs Although UTF8 is supported ASCII character has to be used on the first position in the Unit name Following characters are not allowed Double quote Grave accent Backslash Dollar symbol Semicolon Imp...

Page 87: ...COM2 on all units within the network the other COM on the source RipEX excluding Frame closing COM1 2 List box Idle Stream Default Idle Idle Received frames on COM1 COM2 are closed when gap between b...

Page 88: ...tted as frames over the Radio channel Note Stream mode can not be used when there is a Repeater in the network Router Router mode is suitable for Multipoint networks where Multi master applications wi...

Page 89: ...g period 1440 min 1 day The RipEX spontaneously transmits an ARP replay packet after each reboot The ARP replay packet transmission can be also invoked by executing Maintenance Miscellaneous BRC Radio...

Page 90: ...settings below are valid only for RipEX units in RipEX HS equipment where two units in Hot Standby mode are running Both units MUST have the same settings Only Unit names should be different as this...

Page 91: ...ing system computer where the browser runs Current Date Time Information about the actual date and time in the RipEX Date YYYY MM DD Fill in Local Date in required format Time HH MM SS Fill in Local T...

Page 92: ...ced not synchronized synced to GPS synchronized to internal GPS synced to NTP synchronized to NTP server Stratum 1 to 16 1 the best 16 the worst 8 when internal time in RipEX is set manually The strat...

Page 93: ...ive only for TCP protocol New rrelates to the first packet when a TCP connection starts Request from TCP client to TCP server for opening a new TCP connection Used e g for allowing to open TCP only fr...

Page 94: ...average values of parameters listed in the table Watched values are continuously monitored When any of them exceeds the respective threshold the selected action s is are invoked Fig 7 4 Menu Alarm man...

Page 95: ...m and Detailed Graphs tick boxes can be used for information about switching between units A and B HW Alarm Output List box Off N O Normally Open N C Normally Closed Default Off If N O or N C the HW A...

Page 96: ...nsition to the SAVE state starts when a falling edge is registered at the SI hardware input the respective pin has been connected to the ground The falling edge triggers the transition only if the SI...

Page 97: ...n on Power and Control connector is not grounded for 1 sec or more during this Timeout the timeout is reset and starts again Note when Hot Standby is On Save and Sleep modes are not available Wifi Lis...

Page 98: ...ID is used to generate unique encryption keys for each wireless client And those encryption keys are constantly changed WPA2 PSK Key The string 13 64 characters which is used for WPA2 encryption key g...

Page 99: ...0 0 0 Up to 5 IP addresses of neighbouring units can be set Neighbour RipEX which can be ac cessed directly over the radio channel i e without a repeater Watched values from these units are stored in...

Page 100: ...e is set here If Off configuration web pages are inaccessible For HTTPS either RACOM default or your own SSL certificate can be used HTTP Port Default 80 Just for information can not be changed HTTPS...

Page 101: ...MHz RX frequency Receiving frequency the same format and rules apply Note By default the TX and RX frequencies are locked together and change in one field is mirrored in the other If clicked the lock...

Page 102: ...kHz channel spacing are available only when the corresponding SW feature key is active Either the 166 83 kbps key or the Master key Higher Modulation rates provide higher data speeds but they also res...

Page 103: ...0 or even more in special cases Note Apart from this Optimization there is an independent compression on the Radio channel which works in both Operating modes Bridge and Router This compression is alw...

Page 104: ...t size is the actual user interface e g a COM port Note that the IP fragmenting is possible in the Router mode only 7 3 3 ETH Active only when Router mode Fig 7 6 Menu Ethernet IP Default 192 168 169...

Page 105: ...can be assigned to another device MAC Assigned IP s Table shows MAC addresses of Clients and IP addresses assigned to them by the Server Expiration is the remaining time till the respective Lease expi...

Page 106: ...s is defined Broadcast address address in the defined format Hex Dec Address translation List box Table Mask Default Mask In a SCADA protocol each SCADA unit has a unique address a Protocol address In...

Page 107: ...bilities how to fill in aline in the table 1 One Protocol address to one IP address e g 56 192 168 20 20 2 Interval of Protocol addresses to one IP address e g 56 62 192 168 20 20 3 Interval of Protoc...

Page 108: ...lso used for reducing the network load from applic ations using TCP A TCP session can be terminated locally at the Terminal server in RipEX user data extracted from TCP messages and processed like it...

Page 109: ...tting On Settings Device Operating mode Neverthe less be aware that any individual datagram can be lost The locally run TCP sessions cannot guarantee 100 data integrity end to end 3 RipEX can handle u...

Page 110: ...tag is stripped and the IP packet continues through the RipEX network according to the routing table rules When a packet is routed to be transmitted over one of the virtual Eth interfaces the respect...

Page 111: ...RP proxy Available only when Operating mode is set to Router When ticked the respective interface generates ARP responses for all IP addresses which are routed to the Radio interface according to the...

Page 112: ...nterface is determined in Routing table according to the destination IP The default UDP port numbers are COM1 8881 COM2 8882 If necessary they may be changed using CLI nevertheless it is recommended t...

Page 113: ...ow the receiving signal hardware to detect the end of a character and to resynchronise with the character stream Idle bytes Default 5 0 2000 This parameter defines the maximum gap in bytes in the rece...

Page 114: ...ds any data received by the COM port or from the network which means that the respective COM port is virtually disconnected from the RipEX 7 3 5 Protocols Fig 7 8 Menu Protocols COM Generally Each SCA...

Page 115: ...ame when a collision happens etc etc These features allow for the most efficient SCADA application arrangements to be used e g multi master polling and or spontaneous communication from remote units a...

Page 116: ...same network which is defined by this Mask the same UDP port is used for all the SCADA units which results in the following limitations SCADA devices on all sites have to be connected to the same int...

Page 117: ...s up to 16 characters long for your convenience E g Remote unit 1 etc Active You may tick un tick each translation line in order to make it active not active Modify Edit Delete Add buttons allow to ed...

Page 118: ...d Frames format List box Format1 Format2 Format3 Format4 Format5 Default Format1 One of the possible C24 Frames formats can be selected According to the C24 protocol specification it is possible to se...

Page 119: ...ol used by Master Slave application When RipEX radio network run in Router mode more Comli Masters can be used within one Radio network and one Slave can be polled by more Masters Broadcasts packets a...

Page 120: ...of the RipEX configuration The DNP3 allows both Master Slave polling as well as spontaneous communication from remote units Broadcast Note There is not the option to set the Broadcast address since D...

Page 121: ...n address byte is 0x00 SINAUT The sequence of Address byte and Control byte in the frame is changed over Broadcast from Master station is generated when address byte is 0x00 ITT Flygt ITT Flygt is a s...

Page 122: ...nected device Master Broadcast Address translation Table Mask Slave Broadcast accept Profibus RipEX supports Profibus DP Process Field Bus Decentralized Periphery the widest spread version of Profibus...

Page 123: ...lt 10 maximum 8190 Whenever an RB packet is sent over the network the set RB Net timeout starts When the RB re sponse from the remote unit slave is not received within the timeout i e the respective s...

Page 124: ...a similar way to read SCADA address as in UNI protocol There is a handshake STX 0x02 DLE Ox10 on the start of communication and DLE ETX DLE on the end This handshake is performed by RipEX locally it i...

Page 125: ...w RipEX send DLE Note Obviously two pieces of equipment which are communicating together must be set so that one has High priority and the other has Low BCC List box On Off Default On BCC Block Check...

Page 126: ...relative to the beginning of the message packet frame is always the same Address position Generally two communication modes are typical for UNI protocol In the first one communication has to be alway...

Page 127: ...ly one response per a request and it must come from the the specific remote to which the request has been sent All other packets are discarded This applies to the Master Slave communication scheme Not...

Page 128: ...mined in Routing table according the destination IP The IP addressing scheme can be chosen arbitrarily only 127 0 0 0 8 and 192 0 2 233 30 and 192 0 2 228 30 restriction applies It may happen that als...

Page 129: ...shows which IP addresses are included in the network which is routed to the respective Gateway Note Networks defined by IP and Mask for Radio and ETH interfaces must not overlap Backup List box possib...

Page 130: ...aracters are not allowed Double quote Grave accent Backslash Dollar symbol Semicolon Hysteresis s Alterative path is kept for the time set in order to avoid chaotic switching among different paths und...

Page 131: ...d Hello packets used for testing are charged Routes with a higher priority than the active one are always tested Note 1 the number of Backup paths is not limited The number of Alternative routes is mi...

Page 132: ...ng When a fresh and shorter sample of the log values is needed there is a Difference log available It uses an independent buffer for data and can be cleared and displayed anytime Buttons All buttons a...

Page 133: ...ectly over the radio channel i e without a repeater Protocol on Radio channel uses MAC addresses A unit can learn the IP address of its neighbour only when it receives its broadcast of Watched values...

Page 134: ...of frame headers received from the respective RipEX RSS dBm Received Signal Strength DQ Data Quality of received frames The DQ value is about proportional to BER bit error ratio and about independent...

Page 135: ...re calculated for this source IP origin values in RADIO PROTOCOL part are for the last radio hop Tx for transmitted Tx packets the IP destination address from UDP header is displayed Values in DATA pa...

Page 136: ...recorded in the file The 60 samples per graph file result in depending on the Sampling period 60 2d 11 00 00 120 4d 23 00 00 240 9d 23 00 00 or 720 29d 23 00 00 hours recorded in each file Available f...

Page 137: ...new values are displayed in the next graph file Present graph works till the end of its range threshold values set when started Alarm When displayed value is out of threshold a red line on the bottom...

Page 138: ...t loss The source IP address of Ping in RipEX is always the IP address of Radio interface While using Ping be sure that correct routing between source and destination IP addresses exists Also pinged d...

Page 139: ...8 bytes Trace RSS and DQ per each radio hop 4 bytes marking in server RSS ping can not be longer than 3 4 MTU Count Default 5 Number of pings to be transmitted The allowed range is from 1 to 1024 Per...

Page 140: ...mdev round trip time minimal average maximal standard deviation Load 1098 bps Throughput 1098 bps Load the load generated by Ping utility Throughput the througput provided by Radio network PER 0 00 ro...

Page 141: ...he XXXX characters at the end of the line form a simple bar chart Buttons Start starts pinging Stop stops pinging Statistic report is displayed afterwards Clear clears the reports on the screen Monito...

Page 142: ...also means packets being transmitted from the RipEX over the respective interface Rx means received Understanding the directions over the internal interfaces may not be that straightforward please con...

Page 143: ...sk Headers List box None Radio Link Data Coding Both Default None None only the Radio Link Protocol data is displayed Radio Link Radio Link Control Header is displayed It contains e g frame type No Ra...

Page 144: ...header CRC error data CRC error etc received frames are not displayed This may be useful when the communication in the channel is heavily disturbed by interference or noise resulting in garbage messag...

Page 145: ...onitoring and right File Start File Stop File Status Download buttons which control the recording into the file The two processes can be started stopped by the respective buttons independently any tim...

Page 146: ...e relevant application note Modbus TCP RTU for details Since it is possible to monitor the messages from virtual COM and the resulting UDP datagrams independently the TSn and the Modbus TCP have two i...

Page 147: ...isplayed on an independent line while any interface is being monitored ETH monitoring terminated Invalid tcpdump parameters Monitoring of ETH interface has been stopped Probably because of unsupported...

Page 148: ...Rx interface is being monitored as part of packet header Can t decrypt configuration problem The frame cannot be decrypted Probably wrong configuration e g different AES encryption keys are used Displ...

Page 149: ...then Apply buttons Master when Master key unlocks all keys is active Master On hold The time limited key for a specific feature is On hold however the feature is active because of the Master key Ther...

Page 150: ...e of RipEX enclosure for 15 sec See the User manual for details FILE Save to file saves the active configuration into a file Configuration can be uploaded from a file Fill in the Configuration file or...

Page 151: ...sh When SW key s will be uploaded save the respective file s also in the root directory with the file name s unchanged More SW keys can be saved on a single flash disk Remember that SW key is unique f...

Page 152: ...EX for https communication used for web configuration 2048 bits certificate is supported and recommended however the 512 or 1024 bits certi ficates can also be used SSL certificate may have one or two...

Page 153: ...nt part of it can be downloaded to the local PC Log depth List box possible values Default 500 This is the number of rows downloaded The greater the number of rows the longer the history to be found i...

Page 154: ...commands can be completed using the Tab key If you select the command with the left mouse button you can copy it to the clipboard and then use the right mouse button to insert it into the location of...

Page 155: ...wing IP e g 192 168 169 250 Verify your PC s IP address from the command line Start Run command ipconfig Send a ping to the RipEX ping 192 168 169 169 If the ping runs successfully look for a problem...

Page 156: ...munication especially when high data rates are used Since the interfering signals come from different directions changing the direction of the antenna may solve the problem A unidirectional antenna sh...

Page 157: ...or output power 0 2 W or lower the safety limit is not exceeded at any distance and any of the antennas The minimal safe distance is typically ensured by the antenna position on a mast When special in...

Page 158: ...stacked double dipole OV160 2 70 150 6 3 8 0 5 element directional Yagi SA160 3 120 260 17 8 12 5 9 element directional Yagi SA160 5 160 MHz 2 m band 2 W RF power Dist where the FCC limits are met fo...

Page 159: ...element directional Yagi SA380 5 140 310 17 8 12 5 9 element directional Yagi SA380 9 300 400 MHz 70 cm band 5 W RF power Dist where the FCC limits are met for Gain G Gain G dBi Antenna description A...

Page 160: ...7 6 stacked double dipole OV380 2 35 80 5 8 7 6 3 element directional Yagi SA380 3 40 90 7 4 8 7 5 element directional Yagi SA380 5 70 140 17 8 12 5 9 element directional Yagi SA380 9 300 400 MHz 70...

Page 161: ...erly Racom has instigated a programme to manage the reuse recycling and recovery of waste in an envir onmentally safe manner using processes that comply with the WEEE Directive EU Waste Electrical and...

Page 162: ...es in the technical specification or in this product function or to terminate production of this product or to terminate its service support without previous written noti fication of customers Conditi...

Page 163: ...ACOM declares that the RipEX radio modem router is in conformity with the es sential requirements and other relevant requirements of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 1999 5...

Page 164: ...r other normative documents Spectrum art 3 2 EN 300 113 2 V1 5 1 EMC art 3 1 b EN 301 489 1 V1 9 2 EN 301 489 5 V1 3 1 Safety art 3 1 a EN 60950 1 2006 EN 60950 1 2006 A11 2009 EN 60950 1 2006 A12 201...

Page 165: ...must be returned by prepaid freight to RACOM direct The serviced equipment shall be returned by RACOM to the customer by prepaid freight If circumstances do not permit the equipment to be returned to...

Page 166: ...eng products radio modem ripex html download 1 More details are described in Application note See RipEX App notes SNMP 2 1 http hnilux racom cz 3004 eng products radio modem ripex html download 2 htt...

Page 167: ...on Equipment DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol POS Point of sale PWR Power DNS Domain Name Server DQ Data Quality RF Radio Frequency RipEX Radio IP Exchanger DTE Data Terminal Equipment EMC Ele...

Page 168: ...Control Protocol TS5 Terminal server 5 TX Transmitter UDP User Datagram Protocol VSWR Voltage Standing Wave Ratio WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 1...

Page 169: ...arameters 8 75 setting 48 150 demo case 67 diagnostic 26 dimensions 40 E environment 157 ETH param 104 F factory settings 150 features 10 firewall 93 firmware 150 firmware update 27 G GNU licence 162...

Page 170: ...eater bridge 17 87 router 19 21 report by exception 14 reset 48 152 RipEX 10 RipEX Hot Stanby 66 RoHS and WEEE 161 router 19 88 128 routing table 128 S safety 157 distance 157 SCADA 24 sensitivity 53...

Page 171: ...sec ITT Flygt Cactus 2012 07 11 Revision 1 4 Added information about RipEX HS Hot Standby unit Upgraded chapters Technical specification Model offerings Accessories Safety distance Advanced Configurat...

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