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User manual

RipEX

Radio modem & Router

version 1.5

5/9/2013
fw 1.3.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: [email protected]

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Page 1: ...manual RipEX Radio modem Router version 1 5 5 9 2013 fw 1 3 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 rac...

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Page 3: ...Q 32 3 5 Network layout 34 3 6 Hybrid networks 36 3 7 Assorted practical comments 36 3 8 Recommended values 38 4 Product 39 4 1 Dimensions 39 4 2 Connectors 42 4 3 Indication LEDs 47 4 4 Technical spe...

Page 4: ...st 29 3 2 Signal path 30 3 3 Multipath propagation 32 3 4 Antenna location 33 3 5 Main lobe 34 3 6 Dominant repeater 35 3 7 Isolated branches 36 3 8 Antenna mounting 37 4 1 RipEX dimensions 39 4 2 Rip...

Page 5: ...gthwise mounting to DIN rail 72 6 7 Rack shelf 73 6 8 Fan kit mounting 73 6 9 Fan kit using Alarm Output recommended 74 6 10 Fan kit always on 74 6 11 10 30 VDC Supplying 75 7 1 Menu Header 76 7 2 Men...

Page 6: ...rs 48 4 7 Recommended Cables 51 4 8 CE 25 kHz 52 4 9 CE 12 5 kHz 53 4 10 CE 6 25 kHz 53 4 11 FCC 25 kHz 54 4 12 FCC 12 5 kHz 54 4 13 FCC 6 25 kHz 54 10 1 Minimum Safety Distance 160 MHz 145 10 2 Minim...

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: ...a different unit over the air without being aware of it When accessing over the optional X5 USB ETH adapter your PC will get its IP settings from the built in DHCP server and you have to type https 1...

Page 9: ...xcept from the SCADA equipment Section 4 2 Connectors 6 Apply power supply to RipEX 7 Test radio link quality Section 5 5 Functional test 8 Check routing by the ping tool the section called Ping to ve...

Page 10: ...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 controlled by Terminal serv...

Page 11: ...blems with TCP timeouts ARP proxy RipEX can simulate any IP address it may reply to any ARP request This feature is typically used when RTU s addresses behind different RipEX units are within the same...

Page 12: ...so it is accurate even when RipEX is powered off Flash memory All configuration parameters are saved in flash memory Configuration and other parameters are safely saved even when RipEX is powered off...

Page 13: ...d 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 repeater A repeater relays all packets it receives throu...

Page 14: ...COM1 COM2 All frames received from COM1 2 are broadcast over the radio channel and transmitted to all COM s COM1 as well as COM2 on all radio modems within the network the other COM on the source RipE...

Page 15: ...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 16: ...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 17: ...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 18: ...protocol on the radio channel which checks and verifies every single packet Being an IP router each unit can simultaneously work as a store and forward repeater and deliver packets to the connected eq...

Page 19: ...s designated RTU Remote Telemetry Unit and is assumed to be polled from the centre by the FEP Front End Processor The other is labelled PLC Programmable Logic Controller and is assumed to communicate...

Page 20: ...hat is needed is the proper configuration of routing tables Radio IP addresses of the RipEX s required to communicate over the radio channel must share the same IP network We recommend planning your I...

Page 21: ...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 22: ...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 23: ...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 24: ...not used The operating system e g Windows can provide a virtual serial interface to such application and converts the serial data to TCP UDP datagrams which are then received by the terminal server i...

Page 25: ...e number of transmitted packets their size and the throughput per second Moreover a detailed division into user and service packets is available for the radio channel See chapter Adv Conf Diagnostic f...

Page 26: ...t can be viewed on line or saved to a file in the RipEX e g a remote RipEX and downloaded later COM PORTS MODULE ROUTER BRIDGE MODULE TERMINAL MODBUS TCP SERVERS TCP PROXY RADIO CHANNEL MODULE COM1 CO...

Page 27: ...nvestment into hardware Thanks to SDR based hardware design of RipEX no physical replacement is necessary the user simply buys a key and activates the feature For evaluation and testing Time limited k...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...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 30: ...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 31: ...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 32: ...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 33: ...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 34: ...ctly like that They look like interference which is very difficult to identify and alas they are caused by pure multipath propagation a self made one So always use a combiner and another directional a...

Page 35: ...ite is ex posed to interference from a large area second such site is typically crowded with radio equipment of all kinds which keeps being added moved also failing to work properly so local interfere...

Page 36: ...d 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 is quite s...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...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 39 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem...

Page 40: ...Fig 4 2 RipEX dimensions bottom DIN 35 Rail DIN Rail Clip 134 150 118 58 50 Fig 4 3 RipEX with DIN rail RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 40 Product...

Page 41: ...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 41 RACOM s r o RipEX Radio modem Router Product...

Page 42: ...ector TNC An 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...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...arm can be used for example to transmit information using SNMP trap in forming for instance about a power outage or RTU problem For details about Alarm management see chapter Advanced Config uration 1...

Page 45: ...own brown 8 4 2 4 COM1 and COM2 RipEX provides two serial interfaces COM1 and COM2 terminated by DSUB9F connectors COM1 is always RS232 COM2 can be configured as RS232 or RS485 more in Adv Conf COM s...

Page 46: ...d the STATUS diode on the LED panel goes dark indicating that the button has been pressed If you hold the button for 5 seconds the STATUS diode starts flashing slowly indicat ing that the reset is com...

Page 47: ...utton Green flashes quickly Emergency Red flashes quickly Alarm Red transmitting to radio channel Red TX receiver is synchronised to a packet Green RX there is a signal stronger than 80 dBm on Radio c...

Page 48: ...tail max 2 W max 10 W 41 67 31 25 20 83 kbps 10 42 5 21 kbps 12 5 kHz max 2 W max 10 W 20 83 15 63 10 42 kbps 5 21 2 60 kbps 6 25 kHz max 2 W max 10 W 69 44 52 08 34 72 kbps 20 83 kbps 25 kHz RF Data...

Page 49: ...1 W 33 1 W 31 2 W 5 W 41 4 W 38 4 W 10 W 30 4 W 30 W 0 5 W Tx 16DEQAM D8PSK 4DQPSK 30 4 W 30 W 1 W 30 4 W 30 W 2 W 0 1 W Sleep mode 2 W Save mode Interfaces RJ45 10 100 Base T Auto MDI MDIX Ethernet...

Page 50: ...hroughput Optimization Diagnostic and Management Yes ping with RSS Data Quality Homogenity Radio link testing Device Ucc Temp PWR VSWR HW Alarm Input Radio channel RSScom DQcom TXLost User interfaces...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...mparison the consequence of better receiver sensitivity can be easily seen a lower power level of the blocking and degradation parameters generally Blocking or desensitization values were determined a...

Page 53: ...31 25 4 5 5 96 102 105 11K9D1DEN 16DEQAM 1 00 41 67 Tab 4 10 CE 6 25 kHz CE 6 25 kHz Blocking or desensitization dBm Sensitivity dBm Classification 10 MHz 5 MHz 1 MHz BER 10 6 BER 10 3 BER 10 2 Emiss...

Page 54: ...lation FEC kbps 4 5 5 108 114 117 8K90F1D 4CPFSK 0 75 7 81 6 7 7 105 112 115 8K90F1D 4CPFSK 1 00 10 42 2 2 2 109 113 115 10K0G1D 4 DQPSK 0 75 13 02 3 4 4 106 111 114 10K0G1D 4 DQPSK 1 00 17 36 5 6 6 1...

Page 55: ...hers in Settings Mod ulation rate 3 The RipEX spurious response rejection is defined as better than 70 dB where 70 dB is the limit defined by ETSI EN 300 113 We confirm that the real measured values o...

Page 56: ...z RipEX 368 368 400 MHz RipEX 400 400 432 MHz RipEX 432 432 470 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...

Page 57: ...10 5 14 7 VDC BAT 12V 5Ah Battery 12 V 5 0 Ah for RipEX_DEMO_CASE BAT 12V 7 2Ah Battery 12 V 7 2 Ah for RipEX HSB Holders RipEX_F_BRACKET Flat bracket for flat mounting RipEX_L_BRACKET L bracket for...

Page 58: ...1 2 Fig 4 18 X5 adapter ETH USB X5 ETH USB adapter ETH USB adapter for service access to the web interface via USB connector Includes a built in DHCP server To access the RipEX always use the fixed I...

Page 59: ...TON 250 e g Fiamm 12FGH23 1 Power cable European Schuko CEE 7 7 to IEC 320 C13 1 Ethernet patch cable 3 m UTP CAT 5E 2 RJ 45 Quick start guide RipEX accessories 3 Dummy load antennas 1 L bracket 1x Fl...

Page 60: ...42 79 55 Fig 4 21 Assembly dimensions with fan 5 Fig 4 22 L bracket L bracket Installation L bracket for vertical mounting For details on use see chapter Mounting and chapter Dimensions RipEX Radio mo...

Page 61: ...h L bracket 6 Fig 4 24 Flat bracket Flat bracket Installation bracket for flat mounting For details on use see chapter Mounting 133 124 60 122 L bracket Fig 4 25 RipEX with Flat bracket 61 RACOM s r o...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...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 63 RACO...

Page 64: ...Fig 4 29 19 Rack shelf double Fig 4 30 19 Rack shelf double dimensions RipEX Radio modem Router RACOM s r o 64 Product...

Page 65: ...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 11 Others F...

Page 66: ...nts 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 whe...

Page 67: ...to set anything up The RipEX s IP address for access over the ETH USB adapter is fixed 10 9 8 7 Go to 3 Login to RipEX 2 PC connected directly to ETH port Set a static IP address in PC example for Win...

Page 68: ...hernet inter face 192 168 169 169 when connected directly to ETH Note https For security reasons the communication between the PC and RipEX is conducted using the protocol https with ssl encryption Th...

Page 69: ...ake sure only one unit is powered ON Otherwise a different radio modem could reply to your requests All units share the same IP address and are in Bridge mode when in factory settings 4 IP address unk...

Page 70: ...in Section 2 3 3 Configuration examples as your models or the RipEX App notes Address planing 1 5 5 Functional test To test radio communication between the RipEX s you can use the Ping test under Dia...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...numeric string of up to 16 characters 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 Ba...

Page 79: ...COM2 all frames received from COM1 2 are broadcast over Radio channel and transmitted to all COM s COM1 as well as COM2 on all units within the network the other COM on the source RipEX excluding Fram...

Page 80: ...k of bytes from the Radio channel to both COM ports immediately as they come When the ETH interface is used simultaneously e g for remote configuration it works as the standard bridge described above...

Page 81: ...broadcast originated on COM port Protocol Broadcast On in any remote unit and received by this unit on Radio channel is repeated to Radio channel Hot Standby When RipEX unit is used in RipEX HS and Ho...

Page 82: ...activities over Unit A starts to operate at Start Date and Time When Period minus Unit B time expires controller switches to unit B Unit B min Minimum value 5 min Time when unit B will be active withi...

Page 83: ...urce server in order to synchronize itself in the set period or later RipEX Time zone Select RipEX Time zone from list box Default GMT 1 00 Central Europe This time zone is used for conversion of inte...

Page 84: ...me the info whether it is alarm activation or deactivation is in Trap data Trap destination 1 IP address and Port where SNMP trap messages are sent Default Port is 162 however it can be changed IP 0 0...

Page 85: ...arm management The 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...

Page 86: ...Its thresholds can be Manually set in interval 50 to 90 C default 25 to 85 C SNMP Alarm and Detailed Graphs tick boxes can be used for information about switching between units A and B HW Alarm Output...

Page 87: ...ickly in green for approx 10 sec When Reset button is pressed for approx 1 sec during this quick blinking Power supply mode is set to Always On and the unit can be accessed in the usual way Ethernet o...

Page 88: ...ng period Detail graph is supposed to be used in case of a special event e g an alarm and the sampling period is much shorter Logged Neighbour IP s Default 0 0 0 0 Up to 5 IP addresses of neighbouring...

Page 89: ...have to be set in accordance with the license issued by the respective radio regulatory authority IP Default 10 10 10 169 IP address of Radio interface Mask Default 255 255 255 0 Network Mask of Radi...

Page 90: ...t reports for CE 6 25 kHz and FCC 25 kHz channel spacings as yet However Others enables setting of Modulation rates for these options Modulation rate kbps List box possible values Default 16DEQAM Poss...

Page 91: ...overall effect of the Optimization depends on many factors data content packet lengths network layout etc the total increase of network throughput can be anything from 0 to 200 or even more in specia...

Page 92: ...mprove its performance under unfavour able conditions interference multi path propagation effects However the recommended place to determine the packet size is the actual user interface e g a COM port...

Page 93: ...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 exp...

Page 94: ...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 95: ...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 96: ...also 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 97: ...etting 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...

Page 98: ...N 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 respec...

Page 99: ...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 100: ...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 101: ...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 102: ...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 103: ...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 104: ...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 105: ...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 106: ...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 107: ...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 108: ...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 109: ...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 110: ...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 111: ...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 112: ...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 113: ...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 114: ...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 115: ...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 116: ...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 117: ...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 118: ...owed Double quote Grave accent Backslash Dollar symbol Semicolon Peer IP IP address of the RipEX either its Radio or Ethernet interface on the remote end of the Backup path Hello packet is sent there...

Page 119: ...is not limited The number of Alternative routes is min 2 and max 16 active ones There can be more than 16 Alternative routes defined only active ones are checked Note 2 When Optimization Settings Radi...

Page 120: ...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 121: ...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 122: ...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 123: ...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 124: ...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 125: ...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 126: ...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 127: ...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 128: ...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 129: ...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 130: ...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 131: ...resses etc Data Coding Data Coding Header is displayed It contains information on data part com pression fragmentation and encryption Both Both the above mentioned headers are displayed Note that it m...

Page 132: ...ID of VLAN packets is required to be displayed ETH Headers must be On Management traffic List box On Off Default Off When Off datagrams to and from HTTPS HTTP and SSH ports in this unit are not monit...

Page 133: ...is accessible at a time depending on the status of the respective monitoring process the other button is gray The Clear button clears the screen with on line monitoring output even when the monitoring...

Page 134: ...ng UDP datagrams independently the TSn and the Modbus TCP have two internal interfaces distin guished as com and router TCP proxy converts TCP datagrams to UDP ones while maintaining the original TCP...

Page 135: ...rs Monitoring of ETH interface has been stopped Probably because of unsupported or wrong tcpdump syntax in Monitoring ETH Advanced parameters User rule Can be displayed on an independent line while ET...

Page 136: ...an t decrypt configuration problem The frame cannot be decrypted Probably wrong configuration e g different AES encryption keys are used Displayed while RADIO Rx interface is being monitored as part o...

Page 137: ...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 138: ...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 139: ...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 140: ...certificate consists of two files fill in the Key file or browse your disk in order to find the file When file s is selected it can be uploaded Upload when pressed the selected Certificate is uploaded...

Page 141: ...he 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 in the file However more lines means...

Page 142: ...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 143: ...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 144: ...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 145: ...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 146: ...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 147: ...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 148: ...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 149: ...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 150: ...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 151: ...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 152: ...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 153: ...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 154: ...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 155: ...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 156: ...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 157: ...46 138 demo case 58 diagnostic 25 dimensions 39 E environment 145 ETH param 92 F factory settings 138 features 10 firewall 84 firmware 138 firmware update 26 G GNU licence 150 GPS 47 56 graphs 88 124...

Page 158: ...router 18 20 report by exception 13 reset 46 140 RipEX 10 RipEX Hot Stanby 58 RoHS and WEEE 149 router 18 80 116 routing table 116 S safety 145 distance 145 SCADA 23 sensitivity 51 sleep 44 49 SNMPl 8...

Page 159: ...1 3 Added information about Monitoring Upgraded information about Terminal servers IP port dynamical changes support New serial SCADA protocols RP570 C24 Melsec ITT Flygt Cactus 2012 07 11 Revision 1...

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