Siemens DataNET Hub (DNH) - User Manual

2000585-001 Preface •••• iii Preface This manual is intended to introduce users to the Advance DataNET Hub (DNH). It includes complete instructions for safe and proper installation of the DNH by installation personnel. The manual provides the following information: Topic Page Introduction 1 Installa...

iv •••• Preface 2000585-001 Technical Support At Siemens Applied Automation we take pride in the on going support we provide our customers. When you purchase a product, you receive a de-tailed manual, which should answer your questions; however, our techni-cal support service provides a special “hot...

2000585-001 Safety Practices and Precautions •••• v Safety Practices and Precautions This product has been designed and tested in accordance with IEC Pub-lication 1010-1, Safety Requirements for Electronic Measuring Appara-tus, and has been supplied in a safe condition. This manual contains in-forma...

vi •••• Safety Practices and Precautions 2000585-001 Safety Practices and Precautions, Continued Before switching on the power, check that the operating voltage listed on the equipment nameplate agrees with the available line voltage. Any interruption of the grounding conductor inside or outside the...

2000585-001 Introduction •••• 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview The Advance DataNET Hub (DNH) functions as a communication router on an Advance Communication System (ACS) network. The DNH is a fully redundant unit with dual electronics and with dual power supplies. The electronics are certified for ...

2000585-001 Introduction •••• 3 Overview, Continued A network of DataNET hubs forms a tree-like hierarchy. A DNH may connect to as many as eight “down-stream” devices (Maxum Analyzers or Advance Hub Uplink port). Each down-stream DNH, in turn, connects to another eight, and so on. No architectural l...

4 •••• Introduction 2000585-001 DataNET Hub Operation Figure 1-4 shows the individual links that connect three DataNET hubs and several end devices. The inter-hub links travel across twisted-pair copper or fiber-optic cables. The link data rate is 2.048Mbps for both cables. The DataNET hub soft-ware...

2000585-001 Introduction •••• 5 DataNET Hub Operation, Continued DataNET switching operates by dynamically and automatically learning the topology of the network (i.e., which MAC/IP addresses are reachable through which paths) as Ethernet frames are forwarded through the net-work. The DataNET hubs r...

6 •••• Introduction 2000585-001 DataNET Hub Specifications Dimensions Rack Mounted Package Configuration See Figure 1-5 for Outline Drawing and Dimensions Wall-Mounted Package Configuration See Figure 1-6 for Outline Drawing and Dimensions Zone 1 - W all-Mounted Package Configuration See Figure 1-7 ...

2000585-001 Introduction •••• 7 DataNET Hub Specifications, Continued Ambient Installation Conditions Operation: -18° to +50°C (0° to 122°F) 0-99% relative humidity (non-condensing) maximum 0-75% relative humidity year-round average (Purge with dry air or nitrogen if required in tropical conditions....

2000585-001 Introduction •••• 9 DataNET Hub Specifications, Continued The Table below compares key communication features between using Advance Data Hiway, Ethernet, or DataNET. Feature Advance Data Hiway Ethernet DataNET Speed 14.2 KB/Sec 10 M baud 2. 048 M baud Redundant Yes No Yes Number of Units...

10 • Introduction 2000585-001 DataNET Hub Specifications, Continued Figure 1-3 Description U.S. Inches Metric mm A Rack Height 6.97 177 B Rack Total Width 19 483 C Rack Mounting Holes Spacing 18.43 468 D Rack Depth Case Only 16.26 413 E Rack Handle 6.83 174 F Rack Depth with Handles 17.63 448 G Case...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 15 Chapter 2 Installation Overview This chapter is intended for installation personnel. After completing the procedures in this chapter the Advance DataNET Hub (DNH) will be ready for operation. To ensure a safe and trouble free installation, follow all procedures and a...

16 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Unpacking and Inspection This section provides the steps to follow when receiving and unpacking the Advance DataNET Hub (DNH). When DNH is received, examine the shipping container for evidence of external damage. Outside damage may be an indicator of damage to the DN...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 17 Wall or Rack Mounting Installation The Advance DataNET Hub should be: • Installed in a location that is free from shock and vibration. • Protected from direct sunlight and extremes of temperature. • It is recommended that the DNH be mounted within a shelter. This pre...

18 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Wall or Rack Mounting Installation, Continued The DNH rack mount configuration is designed for a standard 19-inch cabinet. The cabinet should have at least seven inches of vertical space for mounting the DNH. See Figure 1-5 for minimum width and depth mounting dimens...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 19 Site Wiring Requirements How you wire to the DNH is dependent upon the site requirements: • CE (Conformite Europeene) Certified Areas • NEC Division 2 or Non-Hazardous Areas • Cenelec Zone 1 or Zone 2 Areas • Rack Mounting Non-Hazardous Area The installation should h...

20 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Site Wiring Requirements, Continued The DataNET channel connections can be either copper wire or fiber optic cable. The wiring method and cable type for DataNET is dependent upon the site requirements. For cable requirements see Table 2-1. The following Table should ...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 21 Site Wiring Requirements, Continued The following information pertains when using copper wire See Page 23, CE Installations Use approved Conduit wiring method. Conduit may contain multiple ca-bles. Adhere to all Federal and local electrical code requirements. Cable T...

22 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Site Wiring Requirements, Continued Use Cable Gland wiring method. Each cable gland allows entry of one duplex fiber cable. Cable Type: Duplex fiber, 62.5/125 micron. Connections: Type ST fiber connectors. Connect these to the appropri-ate transmitter and receiver po...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 23 CE Installations This section should be used for installation sites that must conform to CE (Conformite Europeene) Certification. Typically, this does not apply to installations outside the EC unless the equipment was purchased with the explicit requirements and expe...

24 •••• Installation 2000585-001 CE Installations, Continued 3. A split ferrite filter must be clamped to DataNET copper wire and fixed immediately to the outside of the DNH; use Siemens Applied Automation part number 1173000-013 ferrite contained in the CE In-stallation Kit. This is required to mee...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 25 Wiring Connections Two removable access plates provide power and I/O entry through the underside of the DNH. The plates can be punched to accommodate con-duit or cable gland connectors ACCESS PLATES How you route the cable and wire to the DNH is dependent upon the si...

26 •••• Installation 2000585-001 AC Power (Mains) Connections Each of the DNH electronic modules has a Power Supply Assembly lo-cated below the DataNET Hub board. Each power supply can accept inputs from 85-264 VAC, 47-63 Hz without the need for setting switches or jumpers. AC INPUT CONNECTOR Depend...

28 •••• Installation 2000585-001 AC Power (Mains) Connections, Continued Step Action 7. Plug the connector back into its base and secure the two recessed captive screws. 8. If using redundant power supplies repeat steps 6 and 7. If not, use connecting wires to parallel connect to the other power sup...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 29 DataNET Copper Connections The DNH consist of two identical hubs in one enclosure. The left side is usually the DataNET ‘A’ Hub and the right side is the DataNET ‘B’ Hub. Each hub contains two DataNET Hub boards and power supplies. Figure 2-1 shows the layout of the ...

30 •••• Installation 2000585-001 DataNET Copper Connections, Continued See Figure 2-1. Each DataNET Hub board has nine DataNET ports. One of the DataNET ports is dedicated to ‘uplink’ connections, which will al-ways be to another DNH. The uplink port (Port 9) is an uplink port while the other ports ...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 31 DataNET Copper Connections, Continued Behind each single port connector is an associated jumper pin block, see Figure 2-1. Each block is used to select the termination impedance of its associated port to match the cable’s own impedance characteristics. The three sele...

34 •••• Installation 2000585-001 DataNET Hub Signal Equalizer Board This section sets the switches on the DataNET Hub Signal Equalizer board. This board is used to equalize the signal amplitude when varying lengths of copper cable are connected to multiple downlink ports on the DNH. Typically the sm...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 35 DataNET Hub Signal Equalizer Board, Continued When cable lengths are unknown, or the cable is other than the recom-mended cable (Table 2-1.), signals must be compared at the Hub to identify which Equalizer board settings are needed. See page 37. If the lengths of cop...

36 •••• Installation 2000585-001 DataNET Hub Signal Equalizer Board, Continued Selec-tion Ratio DB loss SW 1 SW 2 SW 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 1 0 on on off on on off on on off 2 1.5 3.5 off off on on on off on on off 3 2.2 6.8 on on off off off on on on off 4 3 9.4 off off on off off on on on off 5 3.5...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 37 Signal Equalizer Settings for Non Recommended Cable or Unknown Cable Lengths This section is used to set the switches on the DataNET Signal Equalizer Board. If: • the type copper cable used for port connections is other than the recommended cable • the length of the ...

38 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Signal Equalizer Settings for Non Recommended Cable or Unknown Cable Lengths, Continued Signals are viewed with an oscilloscope. Scope characteristics: 10 MHz bandwidth capable of measurement sen-sitivity of 0.2 v/div to 1.0 V/div. A typical two-channel scope can be ...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 39 Signal Equalizer Settings for Non Recommended Cable or Unknown Cable Lengths, Continued This procedure is for determining the DataNET Signal Equalizer Board settings for other than the recommended cable or if the cable run lengths are unknown. Step Action 1. To deter...

40 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Signal Equalizer Settings for Non Recommended Cable or Unknown Cable Lengths, Continued Step Action 3. Examine the recorded signal levels and determine the dB loss for each port; refer to Table 2-2. Example: With these signal levels, port 4 is the lowest level, so no...

42 •••• Installation 2000585-001 DataNET Fiber Optic Connections All DataNET Fiber Optic uplink and downlink port connections are made through the DataNET Fiber Optic Coupler. The coupler PC card plugs into any of the port interface connectors to provide the same port flexibil-ity as with copper cab...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 43 DataNET Fiber Optic Connections Duplex Fiber, 62.5/125 micron 1. Plug the DataNET Fiber Optic Coupler board into the selected single Port board connector. 2. Connect the transmitter and receiver ports for the respective chan- nel. TX TRANSMIT PORT RX RECEIVE PORT POR...

2000585-001 Installation •••• 45 Ethernet Connections The DNH consists of two identical hub modules in one enclosure. The left side is usually the DataNET ‘A’ Hub and the right side the DataNET ‘B’ Hub. Each hub contains a DataNET Hub board and power supply. The DNH connects to the Ethernet local ar...

46 •••• Installation 2000585-001 Ethernet Connections, Continued 1. The 10BASET data cable requires a minimum of two twisted pairs (transmit pair and a receive pair). The type wire used should conform to the AT&T D-inside wire (DWI & PDS), or IBM Type 3, or Category 3 or 5 data grade or equi...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 47 Chapter 3 Data Communications Setup Introduction This chapter provides maintenance personnel instructions for making the operational settings for the Advance DataNET Hub (DNH). Once these operational settings are made the DNH will function as a communica...

48 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Introduction, Continued This chapter provides the following information: Topic Page Configuring Your PC 49 Establishing a Connection 54 Setting Network Address 57 Assigning an IP Address 59 Firmware Updates 60 System Status LEDs 62 Troubleshooting 65 Cha...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 49 Configuring Your PC The Advance DataNET Hub (DNH) has a built-in utility for configuring its operation. The W indows  HyperTerminal program that resides on most PCs can be used to access this utility. Other serial communication pack-ages that support th...

58 • Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Setting Network Address, Continued See Assigning an IP Address, page 59 to learn how to assign an IP Ad-dress. 2. To configure the DNH IP address, at the Local > prompt type: config address ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx should be replaced with...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 51 Configuring Your PC, Continued 8. Scroll each field and select the following Port Settings: Bits per second: 57600 Data Bits: 8 Parity: None Stop bits: 1 Flow Control: None 9. Click OK. The Main Menu will appear. 10. Click File and choose Properties from...

52 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Configuring Your PC, Continued 13. Click Terminal Settings button. The Terminal Settings dialog box will appear. 14. Ensure that the following default settings are set: Cursor: • Underline √√√√ Blink: Terminal Modes: none Character set: ASCII 15. Click O...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 53 Configuring Your PC, Continued 16. Click OK to return to main menu. 17. From the Main menu select File/Save As. The Save As dialog box will appear. 18. Enter the short cut name. Click Save to complete the setup. Your PC is now setup to connect to and con...

54 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Establishing a Connection Once your PC is set up, as described in Configuring Your PC, you are ready to connect to and configure the Advance DataNET Hub. … read through this Chapter prior to performing any procedures. The DNH consists of two identical hu...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 55 Establishing a Connection, Continued A password name can consist of any combination of alphanumeric char-acters. The alphanumeric name must have a minimum of five and a maximum of twenty characters. The DNH Communication board is shipped from the factory...

56 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Establishing a Connection, Continued 3. At the >>>> prompt type: login password and press ↵ ↵↵ ↵ Enter. The Connect Screen will appear with the login information and the local prompt. The local prompt indicates that you are communicating with...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 57 Setting Network Address This section provides instructions to configure an Advance DataNET ‘A’ or ‘B’ Hub with its own Network Address. 1. Connect a standard 9-pin COM cable from the designated PC COM (see page 49, step 7.) to Hub ‘A’ or ‘B’ Configuratio...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 59 Assigning an IP Address Each individual hub board (“hub-half”) in the system must have a unique IP address. This 32-bit number defines each DNH’s network ID and host ID. The IP address must be assigned by the user before the unit is net-work operational....

60 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Firmware Updates Periodically we will provide our users with firmware upgrades. Perform the following instructions to down load a new DNH firmware upgrade to the Communications board. A firmware upgrade will take approximately 45 minutes. The firmware up...

62 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 System Status LEDs The Advance DataNET Hub Communication boards have status LEDs for monitoring the DNH operation. During the power-on self-test, all the LEDs will light briefly to indicate that all LEDs and their driving electronics are functioning. Aft...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 63 System Status LEDs, Continued The yellow (W ARN) blink codes are shown below. The yellow (W ARN) status LED will light any time a link error is present. That is, any time at least one red (FAULT) link LED is lit, the yellow status LED will also be lit (g...

64 • Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 System Status LEDs, Continued There are four Ethernet Link Status LEDs. Link Active LED is Green (on) when a link is established success-fully between the Ethernet port and associated Ethernet Hub or repeater. If LED is OFF check for a bad cable, faulty wir...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 65 Troubleshooting This chapter is intended for maintenance personnel. Failure of the DNH to establish a link is the principle cause of most hub failures. Typical problems are: • Configuration Conflict • Link Signal Quality The DNH port green LED is off, or...

2000585-001 Data Communications Setup •••• 67 Troubleshooting, Continued If a DNH port green LED is off, or intermittently flashes between green and red the signal levels for that port are either too high or low relative to the other Hub ports. If a port link fails to connect at all, the port can be...

68 •••• Data Communications Setup 2000585-001 Troubleshooting, Continued 12. At the >>>> prompt type: test off Test off places the selected port into a hardware diagnostic mode. 13. Disconnect test equipment and place unit into service

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 69 Chapter 4 Command Summary Command Descriptions This chapter is intended for maintenance personnel. This chapter provides definitions for all of the commands you will be us-ing for setup purposes or for performing test diagnostics. These are the commands that are u...

70 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued list nnn, xxx List xxx events, starting with number nnn list on Continuously list events from the log buffer, as they are added (terminate listing with Con-trol-C) list clear Clear all events from log buffer login password Login to ...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 71 Command Descriptions, Continued This command configures the hub-half IP address. Each individual hub board (“hub-half”) in the system must have a unique IP address. Your network administrator can help you choose appropriate addresses for your DataNET hubs. IP addr...

72 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued This command sets the address of the IP router to which the hub-half should send IP messages whose destinations do not reside on the hub’s own network. Your network administrator can help you choose appropri-ate router addresses for...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 73 Command Descriptions, Continued This command deletes selected items from the hub’s Source Address Table (SAT). The command offers options to delete all entries or se-lected entries by IP address or by MAC address. The command syntax is as follows: del xx:xx:xx:xx:...

74 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued This command displays the hub-half’s link state table. The link state table indicates, for each link, whether or not the link is currently “connected,” “unconnected,” or undergoing link validation (“validation”). For DataNET links (...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 75 Command Descriptions, Continued 5. After you have selected the “hub_rom.mot” file and click on “OK,” HyperTerm will begin transmitting records to the Hub. The Hub will respond by periodically displaying addresses as the file downloads. 6. After approximately 5 min...

76 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued dn window Displays the transmit “window” for the HDLC protocol used by DataNET. This is the number of I-frames that a station may send before it must receive an acknowl-edgment from the receiving station. dn window num Sets the tran...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 77 Command Descriptions, Continued dn portdelay time Sets the “port delay” parameter to the value given, in milliseconds. Actual times are rounded down to the nearest ten mil-liseconds. The dn command is also used to enable and disable software tracing inside the hub...

78 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Description, Continued This command generates a simple list of available commands. Enter the list command at any time from the Configuration Management interface to see event buffer messages. The list command has an inter-nal current sequence number that i...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 79 Command Description, Continued The event display gives a time-stamp, and an event description. All events other than frame-capture events are always shown as single lines. Captured frames may be summarized as single lines, or expanded into a multi-line display (se...

80 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued This command logs the user out of a session. The user must be logged out of the local device to login to a remote device. This command may be used to display statistics for the DataNET sec-tion. If a link number is given, statistics...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 81 Command Descriptions, Continued This command places a selected port into a hardware diagnostic mode. The command test 4 places port 4 into test mode. The hub will generate poll messages on port 4. All other ports continue to operate normally. The command test off ...

82 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued The trace command controls the hub’s frame tracing function. This fea-ture captures network messages sent and received by the hub-half in that hub-half’s event buffer. The trace command controls which mes-sages are captured in the e...

2000585-001 Command Summary •••• 83 Command Descriptions, Continued sets up tracing on downstream port 2, for input data only. trace crosslink output sets up tracing of frames sent on the cross-link. The filter may also specify frames for a specific station by declaring an IP address. The station fi...

84 •••• Command Summary 2000585-001 Command Descriptions, Continued This command controls the event buffer display’s “verbose” mode. When verbose mode is on, the list command shows an expanded format for captured frames: Local> verbose on local>list MESSAGE NUMBER 502 IP DESTINATION 172.16.9.1...

2000585-001 Parts Catalog •••• 85 Chapter 5 Parts Catalog Introduction This chapter is intended for maintenance personnel. The Chapter provides a list of replaceable parts and assemblies for the Advance DataNET Hub (DNH). Subsequent information includes how to remove and replace the replacement part...

86 •••• Parts Catalog 2000585-001 Available Parts The available DNH assemblies and parts, with their applicable part num-ber are shown below. Part Description Ordering Number Module, DataNET Hub Assembly 2015875-801 DataNET Hub Cable and Connector Kit Cable, cross-link, DataNET Hub Cable, DC, power ...

2000585-001 Parts Catalog •••• 87 Available Parts, Continued Part Description Ordering Number Cable, fiber optic patch, 3 meter, MM 62.5/125; 2 fiber 127002-008 Cable, 4 pair, UTP, Category 5; 100 ft (30 m) 1681003-006 Connector, modular plug, RJ45, 8 pin 1222010-001 Cable, fiber optic, MM 62.5/125;...

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