USER GUIDE | ARENA/ RANGER |
User Authentication and Access |
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on Remote Site | The user is identified by its user name and password for the modem or LAN |
| connection. |
Initial Setup of the Remote Site’s |
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Communication Settings | The configuration of the ILON 10 needs to be done via the Supervisor ARENA. In |
| order to save the iLON 10 configuration in ARENA it is necessary to be connected to |
| it.It is sufficient to do one of the following: |
| • send the initial setup to the remote site upon the first |
| interface which is accessible on the Supervisor ARENA |
| • configure the iLON 10 gateway device in the office prior to installation using a |
| software tool |
Remote Site Display | Connecting the Supervisor ARENA via iLON 10 shows the Web |
| remote site in the same way as if the ARENA is locally connected. The site name is |
| displayed on top of each page, so that you know on which site you are currently |
| working. |
Dial out from a remote site |
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via iLON 10 to a Central |
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Supervisor ARENA | The remote site dials out to a Supervisor ARENA in one of the following events: |
| • a critical alarm has occurred |
| • a uncritical alarm has occurred |
| • a new critical alarm has occurred before elapsed lockout time |
| After a |
| through frequent |
| expired, except if a new critical alarm has occurred. |
| For each event, the logout time is reset. The |
| controllers. |
Dialing iLON 10 Destinations | iLON 10 only |
Alarm Forwarding | The supervisor ARENA provides an option to forward alarms to different |
| destinations at different times. Configuration for alarm forwarding, see the “Alarm |
| Forwarding” section. |
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| Supervisor ARENA |
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Monitoring Remote Sites | Authentication of remote sites on supervisor ARENA |
| When remote sites dial out to a supervisor station, they must provide user name and |
| password. Connection is only successful if the remote site can be authenticated by |
| the supervisor ARENA. This is secured for dial out of an ARENA or iLON 10. |
Handling of incoming Calls by the |
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Supervisor PC | The supervisor station accepts incoming connections from at least one remote site |
| in parallel to the locally connected sites and in parallel to an established |
| connection to a remote plant. This means that at least 2 modems can be connected. |
| This secures, that even if a remote site is |
| Supervisor station is still able to receive alarms from other sites. |
| NOTE: Only Microsoft XP limits the number of installed modems. |
Access to trend / alarm buffer information
When monitoring remote sites, trend and alarm buffer information can be accessed by all users. For remote sites with iLON 10 the following information can be accessed:
•Alarm buffer
•Trending can be done only while online (life trend)
Trend data upload from sites of a remote ARENA
Trend data stored on the remote site can be uploaded and merged into the Supervisor ARENA’s trend database for remote sites with ARENA. Upload occurs
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