User Guide Pharos Control Software 1910012155 REV 2.0.
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CONTENTS 1 Quick Start........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Determine the Network Topology..........................................................................................................................2 1.1.1 Manage Devices in the Same Network Segment...................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 Manage Devices in Different Network Segment....................
1 Quick Start Pharos Control is the management software for TP-Link Pharos devices. With this software, you can centrally manage all Pharos devices using a web browser. Follow the steps below to complete the basic set up. 1. Determine the Network Topology 2. Install Pharos Control 3. Log in to Pharos Control 4. Add the Devices to be Managed 5.
1.1 Determine the Network Topology You can use Pharos Control to centrally manage the devices in the same or different network segment. 1.1.1 Manage Devices in the Same Network Segment To manage devices in the same network segment, refer to the following topology. In the LAN, one host must have Pharos Control installed, and this host is called the Control Host. Other hosts in the same subnet can access the Control Host via a web browser to manage the devices.
manage the devices centrally. Similarly, other hosts on the network can access the Control Host via a web browser to manage the devices. Note ··The router should work in non-NAT mode. ··For all the Pharos devices, make sure that firewall doesn’t block port 20002 and port 22. Port 20002 is used for discovery and port 22 is used for management by Pharos Control server. Router Switch 192.168.1.0 192.168.2.0 Pharos Control Pharos Control 192.168.2.2 CPE 1.
1. Go to http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Pharos-Control.html , and download the Pharos Control software for Windows. 2. Double-click the icon to execute the installation file. Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard is being prepared, as shown in the screen below. 3. The following dialog box will pop up. Ensure that all the antivirus softwares are closed and click OK to continue. 4. Click Next to continue.
5. Choose the destination location for the installation files and click Next to continue. 6. The following screen shows the default settings of Pharos Control. You can customize the Server Port number, Username and Password. Click Next to continue.
Tips ··The Control Host can be accessed remotely using another host (Client Host). The Client Host can use the IP address of the Control Host and the server port number configured here to access it. For example, if the IP address of the Control Host is 192.168.0.10, and the server port is 9321, the you can enter "http://192.168.0.10:9321" in a web browser to access the Control Host from the Client Host and monitor or manage the devices.
Installation on Linux System Pharos Control is a Java application, which requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Make sure that your Linux system has been installed with JRE 1.7 (or above). 1. Go to http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/Pharos-Control.html and download the software package for Linux. Decompress the package and you can find three software files: one for Deb system and two for RPM system (32-bit and 64-bit). Determine your Linux system type and choose the proper software file. 2.
The upper half of the window displays the running status of Pharos Control. The lower half contains corresponding operation buttons. For details, refer to the following table: Server Status Displays the status of Pharos Control. Running: Pharos Control is running normally and you can use it to manage devices. Stopped: Pharos Control is stopped. Server Port Displays the current server port of Pharos Control. Open Web Page Click this button to open the management interface with a web browser.
sudo /etc/init.d/pharoscontrol status View the current status and server port of Pharos Control server. sudo /etc/init.d/pharoscontrol list View the information of the client hosts connecting to Pharos Control, including username, role, client address and session number. sudo /etc/init.d/pharoscontrol kick [session] Disconnect the specific Client Host using its session number. sudo /etc/init.d/pharoscontrol reset Reset the database. sudo /etc/init.
Tips Other hosts which are able to reach the Control Host can also manage the devices via remote access. For example, when the IP address of the Control Host is 192.168.0.100 and the server port number is 9321, you can enter http://192.168.0.100:9321/login or http://192.168.0.100:9321 in the web browser of other hosts to log in to the management interface and manage the devices. 1.4 Add the Devices to be Managed Before managing the devices, you need to add them to Pharos Control.
3. Pharos Control will start scanning the devices. After the discovery is completed, close the window. 4. Select one or more devices to be managed, and click . 5. The following window will pop up. Specify a description for the device if you like. Check the box of Set Managing Option, and enter the username, password and port number of the device. The username and passport are both admin by default; if you have changed them, enter the new ones.
Note If you want to do this operation for multiple devices at the same time, make sure that the username, password and port number of these devices are the same. 6. If the input device information is correct, the status will change from Unmanaged to Managed, and you can manage the device via Pharos Control. 1.4.2 Add the Devices Manually Follow the steps below to add the devices manually.
1. Go to the Device page, and click . 2. In the pop-up window, specify the IP address of the device and give a description for identification. Check the box of Set Managing Option, and enter the username, password and port number of the device. The username and passport are both admin by default; if you have changed them, enter the new ones. The port here means the SSH server port which is configured on the device, and you can find this value on the Management page of the device. Then click OK.
3. Select the device and click . 4. Then the following window will pop up. Click Start Managing.
5. If the input device information is correct, the status will change from Unmanaged to Managed, and you can manage the device via Pharos Control. 1.5 Monitor and Manage the Network When all the configurations above are finished, you can centrally monitor and manage the devices on Pharos Control's management interface. Pharos Control has the following management tabs, providing a wide range of management functions. Device You can discover, add and group the devices.
Task You can set scheduled rules for the specified devices on the specified time. For example, you can configure the devices to reboot every two weeks, or configure Pharos Control to discover the devices in the LAN at 8:00 am every day. Trigger You can configure Pharos Control to notify you of the device status change via email. For example, if a device in Managed status breaks down and changes to Unmanaged status, Pharos Control will send an email to inform the network administrator of this event.
2 Monitor and Manage the Network With Pharos Control you can centrally monitor and manage your Pharos devices.
2.1 Monitor and Manage the Devices This chapter introduces how to monitor and manage the devices. First, you need to add the devices to be managed in Pharos Control. For detailed instructions, refer to Add the Devices to be Managed in Chapter 1. You can also group these devices according to your need. And then you can monitor the devices, and centrally manage them, such as reboot, upgrade and ping the devices. In addition, Pharos Control provides the map feature.
1. Go to the Device page. Click Auto Grouping and click . 2. In the pop-up window, specify a name for the new group and set one or more rules for this group. Click OK, and the devices matching the rules above will be added to the group automatically. For example, here we add two rules: “the client number is larger than 15” and the “CPU load is larger than 70%”.
contains It is used to compare the strings, such as device name, product, IP address and version. When the real string contains the specified consecutive string, the match of this rule is successful. startswith It is used to compare the strings, such as device name, product, IP address and version. When the real string starts with the specified consecutive string, the match of this rule is successful. = It is used to compare both the strings and numbers.
2. In the pop-up window, specify a name for the new group and click OK. 3. Select your desired devices to be added to the new group. Click Group and select the new group. , move your mouse to Add to 4. Then the selected devices will be added to the new group. You can enter the group to check the configuration result.
2.1.2 Monitor the Devices With Pharos Control, you can monitor the information and status of the devices. What’s more, Pharos Control provides real-time graphic data displaying of the devices. The following sections introduce how to view the information and the real-time graphic data of the devices. View the Device Information With Pharos Control, you can view the information of each device. Double click the device and the information will be displayed in the pop-up window.
Status Displays the status of the device. Unmanaged: The device cannot be managed by Pharos Control. It is the initial status of the device. Also, when the managed device is down or disconnected to Pharos Control, the status will change from Managed to Unmanaged. Managed: The device is being managed by Pharos Control. Connecting: Pharos Control is trying to connect and manage the device. Upgrading: The device is being upgraded. Rebooting: The device is being rebooted.
Description Displays the description of the device. View the Real-time Graphic Data Pharos Control can collect the real-time data of the managed devices and display it graphically. Follow the steps below to monitor the graphic data information of the device: 1. Select your desired device to be displayed, and click 2. In the pop-up window, click . to create a graphic template.
3. In the pop-up window, specify a name for the template and select the information options which will be displayed in the graph. For example, we specify the template name as Graph-1, and select CPU Load, Client Number and SNR to be displayed. Click OK. 4. The template is created. You can add more templates or delete the unused templates on this page. Also, you can edit the displayed information options in the right-hand column by checking or unchecking the boxes.
5. Click the Graph button to enter the following page. Select a template and click to start the dynamic real-time monitoring. The horizontal axis displays the time, and the vertical axis displays the values. You can click to stop the dynamic displaying, and move your mouse to any of the curves to view the data information at a specific time. For example, at 16:05:57 of the day, the SNR is -1 dB, the CPU load is 2% and no client is connected to the device for the time being. 2.1.
1. Select your desired device and click . If you want to upgrade devices in batch, make sure that these devices can be upgraded with the same firmware file. 2. In the pop-up window, configure the basic parameters of the device and click OK. Device Name Displays the name of the device. Region Displays the region of the device.
Mode Select the IEEE 802.11 mode the radio uses. The available options vary with the product models. With a frequency band of 2.4GHz, CPE210/CPE220/WBS210 supports five wireless modes: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11b/g and 802.11b/g/n. You are recommended to set the 11b/g/n mixed mode, and all of 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to the device. CPE510/CPE520/WBS510 has a frequency band of 5GHz, supporting 802.11a, 802.11n and 802.11a/n modes.
Distance Settings Specify the distance between AP and Station. If this device serves as a client, the value is the distance between this device and the root AP. If this device serves as an AP, the value is the distance between the farthest client and this AP. You can manually enter the value or enable the Auto option. Manual: Enter the distance manually in the input box. The value is limited to 0-200km, and we recommend you set the value to 110% of the real distance.
3. In the pop-up window, select the appropriate firmware file from the drop-down list, and click OK. 4. Then the device status will change to Upgrading. Wait for a while without any operation, and the device will be upgraded automatically.
1. Select one or more devices and click . 2. In the pop-up window, verify the device to be rebooted and click OK. Wait for a moment and the device will reboot automatically. Ping the Devices If you want to test the connectivity between Pharos Control and the devices, you can use the Ping feature. Follow the steps below to ping the devices.
1. Select your desired device, click and select Ping in the drop-down menu. 2. In the pop-up window, set the number of ping packets to be sent and the timeout value. Timeout value determines how long Pharos Control will wait for the response from the device before the ping is regarded as failed. Click Start to Ping.
3. View the ping result in the Status column. As the following figure shows, Pharos Control sent 4 ping packets to the device and a response was received from the device every time, which indicates that the connection between Pharos Control and the device is normal. Open the Web UI of the Device You can open the web UI of each device under management. Select your desired device, click and select Open Web UI in the drop-down menu. And then the web UI of the device will then open.
2.1.4 Monitor and Manage the Devices on Google Map With this feature, you can drag your devices to their actual locations on the Google map, and visually monitor and manage these devices. Go to the Device page and click page will appear. . Then the map All devices are on the map. You can drag these devices to the appropriate locations according to their actual locations.
Gray Line Between Two Devices It indicates the connection between the two devices is failed. To view the terrain on the map, click Map and check Terrain to enable the terrain display. Google provides satellite map, and you can click Satellite to change the current map to a satellite map. Click this button to set whether the information tag will be displayed at the top of the device icon. The tag displays the name and mode of the device. Click this button to view the map in full screen.
2. The following window will pop up. Click Browse, choose a firmware file from your local host, and click OK. 3. In the same way, import all the firmware files to Pharos Control. You can view the firmware information in the table. File Name Displays the name of the firmware file. Software Version Displays the software version of the firmware. Hardware Version Displays the hardware version of the firmware. Upload Date Displays the date and time of uploading the firmware.
4. By default, all the firmware files are in the default group named Firmwares. If needed, you can create more groups to classify the firmware files. To add a new group, click column. in the left 5. The following window will pop up. Specify a name for the group and click OK. 6. Select one or more firmware entries, click select the new group.
7. Click the group name in the left column, and you can view the group member we just added to this group. If you want to remove a firmware entry from a group, you can select the firmware, click and click Remove from the group. Also, you can delete or edit the group as the following table shows. Click this button to delete the current group Click this button to edit the current group on the following window. You can select the firmware you want to keep in this group and then click OK.
1. Go to the Task page. Click . 2. Then the following window will pop up. 1 ) Specify a name for the task.
2 ) Configure the Scheduled parameters: The following table introduces the configuration options. Once Enable this option and specify a point in time. The task will be performed at the specified time. For example, the following configuration indicates that the task will be performed at 8pm on Feb 22nd, 2017. And the task will be performed only once. Cycle Enable this option and specify a time range and the task interval. During the time range, the task will be performed at every interval.
Discover Pharos Control will discover the devices in the network at the scheduled time. Reboot Pharos Control will reboot the selected devices at the scheduled time. Firmware Upgrade Pharos Control will upgrade the selected devices using the specified firmware at the scheduled time. Manage Pharos Control will check whether the selected devices are currently being managed at the scheduled time. If not, Pharos Control will try to change the status of the devices from Unmanaged to Managed. 3. Click OK.
2. The following window will pop up. Configure the required options. Name Specify a name for this trigger rule. Device Group Select a device group on which the rule will take effect. Condition Configure the trigger conditions. For example, if we choose From as Managed and To as Unmanaged, Pharos Control will send an email to the specific mailbox when the status of a device in the selected group changes from Managed to Unmanaged.
3. Click the Email Settings tag to expand the following section. Fill in the mail server information according to your own details. ·If you do not use a Gmail server to send the trigger email, select Default option, configure the following parameters, and click OK. Email Server Address Enter the IP address of the email server. Email Server Port Enter the port of the email server. SSL Enable or disable SSL encryption.
Method 2: 1 ) Select Gmail (OAuth2) option. 2 ) Click Get Code, and you will be directed to the Gmail website. 3 ) Log in to your Gmail account and copy the received code to the Code area on the above page. 4 ) Click Validate to check whether the code is valid. If an error is displayed, check whether the code is correctly copied and try again. If a green tick is displayed, just click OK to save your settings, and Pharos Control will use your Gmail account to send the trigger emails. 4.
·Manage Trigger Rules Select one or more trigger rules and do the corresponding operations for this rule. Click this button to edit the rule. Click this button to delete the rule. Click this button to activate the rule, and the status of this rule will change from Inactive to Active. Click this button to deactivate the rule, and the status of this rule will change from Active to Inactive. Click this button to make Pharos Control send a test email to the recipient’s mailbox.
Name Displays the name of the trigger rule. Device Name Displays the name of the device. Time Displays the time when the event happened. Type Displays the type of event. Action Displays the trigger rule type: Manage Device or Email Notification. Checked or Not Displays whether the event has been checked or not.
3 Manage Accounts and Logs This chapter introduces how to manage Pharos Control accounts and logs: ·Manage Accounts ·Manage Logs 47
3.1 Manage Accounts Pharos Control supports three account types: Administrator, Manager and Guest. The account created in the installation process is an Administrator account and cannot be deleted. If your current account type is Administrator, you can follow the steps below to create another account. 1. Go to the Account page and click . 2. Then the following window will pop up. Configure the required parameters and click OK.
Role Select the type of the account to be created. The following options are provided: Administrator, Manager and Guest. Administrator can view and configure the devices, and can change the configurations of Pharos Control. Manager can view and configure the devices, but cannot change the configurations of Pharos Control. Guest can only view the devices. User Name Specify a username. Password Specify a password. Confirm Password Enter the password again for confirmation.
Go to the Log page, and you can view all the logs. Also, you can click the tags in the left column to view the classified logs, including normal logs, events and errors. Pharos Control provides two operations for the logs: exporting the logs to your local host and deleting the logs. ·Export the Logs You can export the logs which are recorded in a specific period of time. But exporting a single log is not supported. Follow the steps below to export the logs: 1. Click and the following window will pop up.
2. The logs will be exported in the excel file. Select a file path to save the logs in your local host. ·Delete the Logs There are two ways to delete the logs: delete the selected logs and delete the logs recorded in a period of time. Also, you can delete all logs in the table with one click. Follow the steps below to delete the selected logs: 1. Select one or more logs you want to delete and click 51 .
2. The following window will pop up. Select Delete the selected logs and click OK. Follow the steps below to delete the logs recorded in a period of time or delete all logs in the table. 1. Click directly. 2. The following window will pop up. To delete the logs in a period of time, select Delete the logs in a time interval , and specify a time range. To delete all logs, select Delete all logs. And then click OK.
