User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan User Guide Version 3.7

605-0000-426

GSI 005

Draft Issue 6.0. Date 4/4/00

GETTING STARTED

Hardware Installation

a) The Sitespan Equipment View and the Server need to be installed and

commissioned in order to configure the Central Terminal, set up the system, and to

connect subscribers.

b) Check that the necessary items are to hand to install the Sitespan See GSI-006

Hardware Preparation.

c) Install the Sitespan Server PC. The Sitespan Server is responsible for managing all

equipment racks at a given Site. In particular, it records any alarms flagged by the

equipment and maintains a database and log file of the changes in the equipment

state over time. On its own the Sitespan Server application simply manages its

connected equipment and has no way of accepting user commands and of

displaying equipment status in a graphical form. Instead, these functions are

provided by the Sitespan Equipment View. See GSI-007 Install Sitespan Server.

d) Install the Central Terminal Interfaces. These interfaces allow the server to

communicate to the AS4000 equipment racks using the native languages of the

connected equipment. Commands are Draft Issued and the responses received are

translated by the server into Sitespan status messages. See GSI-008/9 Installing

AS4000 Central Terminal Interfaces

e) Install a Modem on the Server PC if it is to be interrogated from a remote

Equipment View Machine. Additional modems will need to be installed for each

anticipated simultaneous connection to the server. The modem allows data from the

server to pass over the network and should be installed as per the manufacturers

instructions.

f) Install the Equipment View PC if different from the Server PC. The Equipment

View and the Server need not necessarily be located in the same machine and a

separate machine may be designated to run the Equipment View either over a fixed

network connection or via a dial-up link.

If the Equipment View is to be located at a remote site, and the sites are not

connected by a fixed network, dial-up links need to be provided.. A Modem is

installed on the Equipment View PC for each simultaneous connection to a Server.

The Modem should be installed using the manufactures installation instructions.

g) For some installations both the Server and the Equipment View PC’s will require a

Hardware Key to be attached to a parallel port to authorise the use of the software.

Software Installation

a) Ensure that the Remote Access (RAS) Software is installed. on the Server and the

Equipment View machines. The Sitespan Software is dependent upon the RAS to

allow Windows NT to make connections between machines. See GSI-010.

b) Install Sitespan Software at Server and Equipment View Machines. Both are

installed on a machine performing both functions. See GSI-011 Software

Installation.

c) To ensure system security and each remote Equipment View Machine will need to

be registered with the Server. This is done at the server PC, set up User Accounts