Page 3 - Safety Information; Qualified Personnel Warning
Safety Information The following are warnings or safety guidelines. A warning means danger. You are in asituation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware ofthe hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices forpreventing accident...
Page 6 - Table of Contents
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 6 Table of Contents Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Qualified Personnel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installation Warn...
Page 7 - About this manual; Organisation of the documentation
About this manual CER International bv 7 About this manual This document is intended for users of the FieldCommander, ELS- or EWS controllers thatare based on the HWP10-platform and explains the steps to install and setup the systemin your environment. This guide contains information to install and ...
Page 8 - Installation; System requirements; Front
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 8 Installation This chapter explains the installation in detail and along the way it introduces you tosome of the concepts important to understand the operation of your controller unit. System requirements In order to connect to the controller, you need a vali...
Page 9 - Back
Installation CER International bv 9 LED indicator Next to the Power Connector there is a green LED on the front panel for indicating systemstatus. This LED is lit when power is supplied to the unit. Power connector Power to the controller is accommodated by a DC jack “J9” or by passive power overeth...
Page 10 - Bottom
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 10 (ELS1700 or EWS1700 only) VGA Audio USB (ELS172x only) To be defined !! VGA Audio USB Serial port The 9-pin port is used to connect your controller to your serial equipment. The chaptercalled "Serial Interface" uncovers the details of serial communi...
Page 11 - Hardware installation; Physical installation
Installation CER International bv 11 Hardware installation You communicate with the controller over the Ethernet network. In this part of thechapter, you'll learn about the unit itself and how and where to connect it. There are noconfigurable parts inside. Everything is controlled and configured by ...
Page 13 - Connecting to the network
Installation CER International bv 13 Connecting to the network Before connecting the controller to the network, you might want to consult your networkadministrator. You can employ the controller at various points in your ethernet networkas shown below. Make sure the IP addressing scheme of your cont...
Page 15 - IP configuration; Addressing basics
IP configuration CER International bv 15 IP configuration Your CER controller uses the common TCP/IP protocols to provide the connection to theclient machine over Ethernet. Like any server or device, it needs a 'unique' IP number tobe addressed. This chapter shows the basic concepts necessary to ins...
Page 16 - Assigning an IP address on a FieldCommander; Configure IP address with browser
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 16 For FieldCommander controllers: Assigning an IP address on a FieldCommander The factory default IP address of the controller is: 10.0.0.1 with netmask 255.0.0.0 . This address will suffice when you have a point-to-point connection with the controller orwhen...
Page 19 - Force new IP address using ARP+PING
IP configuration CER International bv 19 Force new IP address using ARP+PING When FieldCommander is outside of your subnet or or you don't recall it's currentaddress, you cannot open the configuration web pages to change the IP settings. To solvethis, you can force FieldCommander to accept a new IP ...
Page 20 - Assigning an IP address on an ELS controller
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 20 For ELS controllers: Assigning an IP address on an ELS controller The IP address on an ELS controller is defined in a configuration file and set to 10.0.0.1by default. To change this IP address, connect to the ELS using an USB keyboard, SSH or the serialcon...
Page 21 - Assigning an IP address on an EWS controller
IP configuration CER International bv 21 For EWS controllers: Assigning an IP address on an EWS controller The IP address on an EWS controller is defined in a configuration file and set to 10.0.0.1by default. To change this IP address, connect to the ELS using an USB keyboard, SSH or the serialconso...
Page 22 - Testing the Ethernet connection; The ping test; The browser test
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 22 Testing the Ethernet connection The ping test The most basic way to test the network connection is to do a so-called 'ping' test. Whenthe connection is working, the CER controller will answer with an 'echo' or 'pong'. Start a command prompt on your local ma...
Page 23 - Serial interface; The connections
Serial interfaces CER International bv 23 Serial interface In this part of the installation manual, you will learn some basics of serialcommunication, the hardware involved and how the CER controller connects to your RS-232 device. RS-232 The RS-232c standard The RS-232 standard (RS stands for recom...
Page 27 - Ports on your controller
Serial interfaces CER International bv 27 Ports on your controller Hardware Platform 10 has different versions, depending on the model you choose: Model USB* Port 1** Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 ELS1700 2xUSB2.0 RS-232 - - - ELS1722 2xUSB2.0 RS-232 RS-232 - - ELS1724 2xUSB2.0 RS-232 RS-485 - - EWS1700 2xUS...
Page 28 - Pin Assignments
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 28 - + Pin Assignments RS-232 and RS-485 Serial Ports Pin RS-232 RS-232 full RS-485 Port 1 Port 2/3 (Option only) Port 2 (Option only) 1 - DCD DATA– (B) inverting 2 RxD RxD DATA+ (A) non-inverting 3 TxD TxD - 4 - DTR - 5 GND GND GND 6 - DSR - 7 - RTS - 8 - CTS...
Page 31 - Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications CER International bv 31 Technical Specifications Hardware CPU (type A) 433MHz AMD Geode LX700 (type B/C) 500MHz AMD Geode LX800 Memory (type A) 128 MB SDRAM (type B/C) 256 MB SDRAM Storage (type A/B) 1GB GB Flash drive (256MB reserved for system) (type C) 4GB GB Flash drive ...
Page 33 - Physical Dimensions
Physical Dimensions CER International bv 33 Physical Dimensions All sizes in millimeters
Page 34 - Notice to the user; Regulatory
Hardware Platform 10 Installation Guide 34 Notice to the user Regulatory FCC Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,i...
Page 35 - Declaration of Confority; Trademarks
Notice to the user CER International bv 35 Declaration of Confority Trademarks CER and FieldCommander are registered trademarks of CER International bv. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are trademarks or registered trademarksof their respective companies. They are...
