User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Installation and Operation Manual
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Description
- 2 General Safety and Regulatory Information
- 3 Operation
- 4 Working with Base Stations from Your PC
- 4.1 PC Recommendations
- 4.2 Connecting Your PC to the Base Station
- 4.3 Working with the Web Interface
- 4.4 Basic Tasks
- 4.4.1 User Settings
- 4.4.2 Taking the Base Station Offline
- 4.4.3 Troubleshooting Alarms
- 4.4.4 Working with Configuration Files
- 4.4.5 Configuring Single Base Stations
- 4.4.6 Configuring Base Stations in a Channel Group
- 4.4.7 Setting Up Custom Alarms
- 4.4.8 Disabling the Front Panel Keypad
- 4.4.9 Preparing to Download Firmware
- 5 Installation
- 6 Maintenance
- 7 Troubleshooting
- 8 Replacing Modules
- Appendix A – Interface Pin Allocations
- Appendix B – Inter-Module Connections
- Appendix C – Identifying Front Panels
- Glossary
- Tait Software License Agreement
60 Working with Base Stations from Your PC TB9400 Installation and Operation Manual
© Tait Limited December 2013 (Draft)
Configure the channel group settings to specify fixed marshalling and
allow a duration of 40ms. This gives the control channel’s transmitter an
appropriate buffer (control channels do not use the preamble to regulate the
transmit buffer).
Trunking Interface Single base stations need a control connection to their site controller. A
single base station interfaces to the site controller in the same way as the
master base station in a trunked channel group. Select Configure >
Network Interfaces > Trunking to configure this.
4.4.6 Configuring Base Stations in a Channel Group
You can configure the way the base station behaves in its channel group.
Also, qualified network engineers can change DSCP assignments, so that
routers and switches provide a different quality of service to different types
of IP packets.
In trunked networks, many base stations are single and not actually part of
a channel group. However, they still must be assigned to a channel group
configuration and some of its parameters must be set correctly.
4.4.7 Setting Up Custom Alarms
Each of the base station’s 12 digital inputs can be used to raise a custom
alarm when the input goes high or low. The Custom Alarms form
(Configure > Alarms > Custom Alarms) allows you to assign a name to
each custom alarm, and to configure whether the alarm is triggered when
the digital input goes high or low. Custom alarms are reported via the web
interface and SNMP traps.
Custom alarms are used to provide an alarm when an external event
activates a digital input. You can rename any of the available alarms to
provide a more meaningful name, such as “Door open”.
4.4.8 Disabling the Front Panel Keypad
You can disable the front panel keypad to prevent access to the base station
via the front panel menus. Select Configure > Base Station > Miscellaneous
and in the Front Panel area clear the Keypad enabled check box.
Notice If you disable the front panel keypad, you cannot use it to find
out the base station’s IP address. Make sure that you store the IP address
securely and do not lose it.