Semaphore TBox

The Semaphore TBox has two different connector ranges. One that will interact with the device as a standalone connector and one that is part of a Configuration Management System. Both will retrieve the digital and analog contact information and display it.

About

The connector will retrieve all contact information and update these via Traps. The implementation is done in two different versions and are used for two different configurations:

The standalone Semaphore TBox runs in connector Range 1.x.x.x.

The implementation for the Configuration Management System runs in connector Range 2.x.x.x

The CM System will provide the Semaphore TBox connector the information of the connected contacts. Each contact will have its own name and will be linked to a virtual Equipment.

This Equipment will be displayed as a Dynamic Virtual Element in the DataMiner System. Only for these contacts the data will be retrieved and updated via Traps.

Alarm/Trend templates are automatically generated by the Configuration Manager (this is the connector providing the information to the TBox) and will be assigned.

In this situation, the Semaphore TBox Element does not need to be created. It will be created or deleted depending on the settings in the Configuration Manager.

Installation and configuration

Creation

This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation: SNMP CONNECTION:

• IP address/host: The polling IP of the device

SNMP Settings:

• Port number: The port of the connected device (default: 161)
• Get community string: The community string used when reading values from the device, by default public.
• Set community string: The community string used when setting values on the device, by default private.

Usage (2.x.x.x range)

RTU Information

This is the settings of the TBox provided and configured in the Configuration Manager. It will display the the Name (RTU), the View and the Type.

The Name is the Element name of the generated TBox Element, given in the CM.

The View is the name of the View the TBox Element is located by the CM upon creation.

The Type will always be TBox

Equipment Information

This will display a list of all the virtual Equipments configured in the CM as a TBox Element. Each will create a DVE Element displaying the Equipment information provided by the CM and the configured contacts.

The provided information contains the Name, the View (Site), the State, etc.

The CM will also add the name of the Alarm and Trend Template that is currently assigned to this TBox Element. This will be empty when no template is assigned.

Point Information

The Digital Input, Digital Output and Analog Input pages provide an overview of all the connected contacts with their current states.

Via the CM it is possible to provide an alias for 0 or 1 value of Digital contacts. e.g., Alarm and Normal and optional to invert these.

On Analog contacts it is possible to add a calculation that will be performed on the received value.

These Point Tables will also display the Service that contains the Equipments. This is a setting in the CM.

RTU Communication

The RTU Communication are settings done in the CM to indicate the communication details of this TBox. It will display e.g., the IP Address and the Port.

RTU Point Summary

This table will provide an overview of all the contacts of configured by the CM to retrieve data with their current state.