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Astro U116 Edge PAL

About

With this connector, you can gather and view information from the device Astro U116 Edge PAL, as well as configure the device. An HTTP connection is used. The connector also contains an SNMP interface to receive traps from the device and polls some network information.

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware Version
1.0.0.x 5595

Installation and configuration

Creation

HTTP

This connector can communicate directly to the U116 but it can also be configured to send the requests to the Astro U100 Controller which will then serve as a proxy. Depending on the case, the HTTP configuration differs :

A) Communication with U100C as proxy :

SERIAL Connection:

  • IP address/host: the IP address of the Astro U100 Controller
  • IP port: the port of the destination, e.g., 80
  • Bus address: The IP address of the U116. Also, we must fill in 'ByPassProxy' to bypass any possible proxy which could block the HTTP communication. Both fields must be separated by a semi-column. e.g : ByPassProxy;10.11.12.13

B) Direct Communication :

SERIAL Connection:

  • IP address/host: The IP address of the U116
  • IP port: the port of the destination, e.g., 80
  • Bus address: this field can be used to bypass the proxy. To do so fill in the value ByPassProxy.

SNMP

In either case, the SNMP interface collects the traps emitted by the device, so the SNMP IP Address must be the IP Address of the U116 (not the controller).

SNMP Connection:

  • IP Address/host: The polling IP of the U116, e.g., 10.11.12.13

SNMP Settings:

  • Port number: the port of the connected device, default 161
  • Get community string: the community string in order to read from the device. The default value is public.
  • Set community string: the community string in order to set to the device. The default value is private.

Usage

General

This page displays some general information about the device.

The credentials of the device must be filled-in behind the Login page button.

Some important parameters are available at the end of the first column :

  • Controller Name : This parameter shows the name of the Astro Virtual Controller element which manages this device. If no such element is used, the parameter will show the exception value No Virtual Controller Found.

  • Communication Type :

    • Direct Communication : The element sends the requests directly to the Astro module device.
    • U100C Proxy : The element sends the requests to the Astro U100 Controller which will forward them to the Astro module. The controller acts as a proxy.

  • Communication Method : This parameter is only available in Direct Communication mode.

    • Login : The element logs in to the device before every requests (read and write requests).
    • Anonymous : The element logs in to the device only for write requests. The device does not login before read requests.

Status

This page displays the status of the device, e.g., Temperature, Power Supply, CPU Load, etc.

Main

This page allows you to configure the main configurations of the device, e.g., DNS, Time Source, Interfaces, etc.

Test Gen

This page allows you to configure the test gen parameters, e.g., Data Rate, Packet ID, etc.

IP Channel

This page allows you to configure the IP channels, through the IP RX Channel Settings table.

In this page is also present two page buttons: More Settings and IP Rx Status.

RF

This page allows you to configure the RF channels, through the RF Channel table.

This page contains as well several page buttons with more RF configurations and statistics.

RF1.1 - RF2.2

These pages contain the settings for the different RF channels.

Time Sharing

This page allows to configure the Time Zone Settings.

OSD

Page with OSD settings.

In Out Status

Summary about the links between inputs and outputs.

Update/Config

This page allows the user to upload/download config files to/from the device. The user can also perform a software update.

1. Configuration Files (Download/Upload)

This is how you can upload/download configuration files to the device:

  • To download a file, click Download. The following pop-up window will be displayed:

    Download.PNG

    Enter the name of the file then click on `OK'. The file will be saved at this location:

    C:\Skyline DataMiner\Documents\<protocol name>\<element name>\<file name>

  • To upload a file, click Upload. The following pop-up window will be displayed:

    Upload.PNG

    Module Name lists all the Astro elements of the same type in the system.

    Upload File Name lists all the files available in Documents folder of the selected module.

    The file to be uploaded is located at: C:\Skyline DataMiner\Documents\<protocol name>\<element name>\<file name>

2. Software Update

The connector allows the user to upload a firmware archive from the local disk of the DMA:

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The Firmware File parameter is used to select which file to upload. The dropdown lists all the files present in the DMA hard drive at the location: C:\Skyline DataMiner\Documents\Protocol Name>.

Once the file is selected, the user can click the button Update and Reboot to start the upgrade. The update progress can be observed in the page behind the Update Progress page button. Traps must be configured for that.

Licensing

Shows the available licenses for this Astro device.

System Log

This page contains a table listing all the log entries. The user can download the log files by clicking on the Download buttons. Log Settings are available via the System Log Config page button.

Alarm Severities

In this page, the user can set the severity for each alarm type.

Active Alarms

This page displays a table with the device's current alarms.

Network

This page displays Network parameters. Note that this parameter are retrieved via SNMP. The polling can be enabled/disabled using the Network Data Polling toggle button.

Web Interface

Note that the client machine has to be able to access the device, as otherwise it will not be possible to open the web interface.

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