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  • Page 1 EN6080 Area Control Gateway User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1.3.1 Disable Delayed ACK Mode on the Windows® 7 Operating System .....7 1.3.2 Configure Network Settings (for Windows 7) ...........9 1.3.3 Browse to the EN6080 Area Control Gateway Web Server Screens ....10 1.3.4 License Key Setup ....................10 Chapter 2 Home 2.1 Home ........................
  • Page 3 7.2 Alarm Logs ...................... 39 7.2.1 Retrieve and Save Logs ..................40 7.3 System Logs ....................40 7.3.1 Retrieve and Save System Logs ................41 7.4 Trouble Logs ....................41 7.4.1 Retrieve and Save Trouble Logs ...............42 3.18.15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Chapter 8 File Management 8.1 System and Configuration Files ..............43 8.1.1 Back Up Configuration Files ................44 8.1.2 Restore Configuration Files ................44 8.2 Firmware Update .................... 45 8.2.1 Update Firmware ....................46 Glossary 3.18.15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 5: Preface

    Preface Notice © 2015, Inovonics Inovonics intends this manual for use by Inovonics customers only. All comments concerning the contents of this manual should be directed to the Inovonics marketing department. No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced in any form either graphically, electronically or mechanically;...

  • Page 6: Document Conventions

    Indicates possible damage to equipment or loss of data, as well as potential problems in an expected outcome. Warning: Indicates the possibility of minor injury to oneself or others. Danger: Indicates the possibility of serious or fatal injury to oneself or others. 3.18.15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 En6080 Area Control Gateway Overview

    The Inovonics EN6080 area control gateway bridges the Inovonics proprietary commercial mesh network to a standard TCP/IP over Ethernet LAN, allowing the entire range of Inovonics physical security products to be added to any IP- based or PSIA revision 0.8 compliant system using RESTful web services.

  • Page 8: Recommended System Requirements

    The EN6080 area control gateway currently does not respond to the delayed ACK mode of operation that some Windows 7 machines use. Microsoft has provided a fix for this as outlined below. A future revision of the EN6080 software will eliminate the need for this fix.
  • Page 9 The correct interface will have many entries. For example: DGCPDefaultGateway, DHCPDomain, DHCPIPAddress, Lease, NameServer, T1, etc. Figure 1-2 Find the subfolder with the most entries 3.18.15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 10: Configure Network Settings (For Windows 7)

    Ethernet port. This might mean disconnecting from your LAN. To connect to the EN6080 area control gateway, you will first need to configure the network settings on your computer.

  • Page 11: Browse To The En6080 Area Control Gateway Web Server Screens

    For more information about placing the EN6080 area control gateway on your local network see 3.2, “IP Administration” on page 17. 1.3.4 License Key Setup You should have received a license key to enable your EN6080 area control gateway from the Inovonics customer service department. To enter the license key: Click the “File Management”...
  • Page 12 Once the “License Update” message has displayed and the EN6080 area control gateway has rebooted, click the “Refresh” button. Your EN6080 is now enabled to support the number of end devices allowed within the purchased tier. 3.18.15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Home

    Chapter 2 Home 2.1 Home The home screen displays a overview of system information, and allows access to the site information screen. Figure 2-1 EN6080 area control gateway home screen 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 14: System Connection Summary

    • The “Devices Inactive” field displays the number of registered devices that are inactive. A device is considered inactive if the EN6080 area control gateway has not received a check-in message from the device during the supervision window, indicating the radio link has been broken.

  • Page 15: Site Information

    Figure 2-2 Partition name 2.2 Site Information The site information screen is used to view EN6080 area control gateway information and edit site information. It is only accessible to admin level users. Figure 2-3 The EN6080 area control gateway site information screen...

  • Page 16: Acg Information

    To fill out contact information: Enter the name of the facility in which the EN6080 area control gateway is being used in the “Facility Name” field. Up to 30 characters can be entered.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3 Acg Setup

    The user administration screen is used to edit user and admin passwords, and provides access to the IP administration and date and time setup screens. It is only accessible to admin level users. Figure 3-1 EN6080 area control gateway user administration screen 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 18: Update User Or Admin Password

    3.2 IP Administration The IP administration screen is used to configure the IP address of the EN6080 area control gateway. It is only accessible to admin level users. Figure 3-2 EN6080 area control gateway IP setup screen 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 19: Configure A Static Ip Address

    ACG Setup 3.2.1 Configure a Static IP Address By default, the EN6080 is configured with a static IP of 192.168.60.80 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. Before configuring the IP address, you will need to attain a known good static IP address, subnet mask, and gateway on the target network from your IP administrator.

  • Page 20: Date And Time Setup

    3.3 Date and Time Setup The EN6080 area control gateway contains a real time clock that is used to tag events and log entries. The date and time setup screen is used to configure the date and time of that clock. It is only accessible to admin level users. The...

  • Page 21: Poll Ntp Servers For Time And Date

    Figure 3-4 EN6080 area control date and time setup screen 3.3.1 Poll NTP Servers for Time and Date This requires that the EN6080 area control gateway be on a network that allows access to NTP servers. To automatically synchronize time and date with Network Time Protocol servers: Click “Use NTP: (IP).”...

  • Page 22: Synchronize Time And Date With Your Pc

    “OK.” Note: If the new time and date is earlier than what is currently set on the EN6080 area control gateway, every event that happens after you set the new time will have a time stamp of 1 millisecond greater than the last entry before the time change.

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Partitions

    For instance, “lobby” might be a partition, with all the devices that provide security to the lobby assigned to it so they can be managed together. The EN6080 area control gateway can manage up to 500 individual partitions. It is only accessible to admin level users.
  • Page 24 Once a partition is defined, the assigned number will display on the home page in the partitions field. Placing the cursor over any number in the partitions column will display the name of the partition, as shown in Figure 4-2. Figure 4-2 Partition name 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 25: Define A New Partition

    To remove devices from a partition: Click the checkbox next to all devices you wish to remove from a partition. Select the partition from which you wish to remove the end devices. Click the “Remove from Partition” button. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 26: Update A Partition

    4.6 Delete a Partition All devices must be removed from a partition before it can be deleted. To delete a partition: Click the partition you wish to delete. Click “Delete.” Click “OK” to confirm deletion. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 27: Chapter 5 Wireless Setup

    EchoStream network. The NID is used by the network of high-power repeaters and two-way end devices to keep messages in separate EchoStream networks from overlapping. It is only accessible to admin level users. Figure 5-1 Wireless setup screen 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 28: Update The Nid

    The following displays. Click “Update” to continue. Figure 5-2 Repeater reset warning message A list of repeaters registered to the system will display in a pop-up window. Figure 5-3 Registered repeaters Go to the first repeater in your system. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...
  • Page 29 Once all repeaters are reset, Click “Close” on the reset checkbox window. All repeaters are now registered. Navigate to the home screen and ensure all repeaters are shown as active within three to four minutes. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 30: Chapter 6 Device Setup

    • Automatically, with a reset button push • By uploading a .csv file with all registration information already inputted Up to 3000 Inovonics end devices and 500 repeaters can be added to a single EN6080 area control gateway, depending on the type of license purchased.

  • Page 31: Manual Administration

    The search field can be used to locate specific devices; it covers data in all fields, and accepts letters and numbers, but no wildcard characters. Figure 6-1 Manual administration screen 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 32: Manually Register A Device

    Note: The supervision window is the period of time during which the EN6080 must hear a check-in message from the device or consider it inactive. For instance, if a device is set with a supervision window of 540 seconds and 540 seconds elapses without the EN6080 hearing a check-in message, then the device will be considered inactive.

  • Page 33: Unregister A Registered Device

    6.2 Automatic Administration The automatic administration screen is used to discover Inovonics end devices and repeaters by the push of a reset button. Once the EN6080 area control gateway is set into discovery mode, a push of a transmitter’s reset button will automatically populate the transmitter’s identification number and product...

  • Page 34: Start Discovery

    In the “Supervision Window:” field, enter a supervision window for the end device in seconds. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 35: Unregister A Registered Device

    Device Setup Note: The supervision window is the period of time during which the EN6080 must hear a check-in message from the end device or consider it inactive. For instance, if a device is set with a supervision window of 540 seconds and 540 seconds elapses without the EN6080 hearing a check-in message, then the device will be considered inactive.
  • Page 36 • Supervision is a decimal number between 1 and 999999999, up to nine digits, representing the seconds to wait until a device is declared inactive. The EN6080 area control gateway trims the extra spaces on the start and end, and they are case-insensitive. TX ID, Type, and Supervision are required fields.

  • Page 37: Upload A Spreadsheet Of Devices To Register

    All devices that parse properly and are unregistered will be selected by default. Deselect any devices that you do not want to register. Click “Register”. Note: You can also unregister devices by highlighting the devices you want to unregister and clicking “Unregister.” 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...
  • Page 38 Figure 6-5. Hold the cursor over the warning message for details. Figure 6-5 Formatting errors message 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 39: Chapter 7 Logs

    Logs 7.1 Logs The EN6080 area control gateway stores logs of all events that impact the system. Each log displays the entries in chronological order from oldest to newest. Logs are stored in a circular buffer that overwrites the oldest entry when the log is full.

  • Page 40: Alarm Logs

    The alarm logs screen will only refresh when the “Retrieve Logs” button at the bottom of the screen has been clicked. As a matter of course, it is a good idea to click “Retrieve Logs” upon viewing any logs screen. Figure 7-1 Alarm logs screen 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 41: Retrieve And Save Logs

    Note: The systems logs screen will only refresh when “Retrieve Logs” has been clicked. As a matter of course, it is a good idea to click “Retrieve Logs” upon viewing any logs screen. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 42: Retrieve And Save System Logs

    The search field can be used to locate specific logs; it covers data in all fields, and accepts letters and numbers, but no wildcard characters. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 43: Retrieve And Save Trouble Logs

    7.4.1 Retrieve and Save Trouble Logs Click the “Retrieve Logs” button. All available trouble events will display. Click “Save Logs” to open the list of events as a text file which can be saved to your computer. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 44: Chapter 8 File Management

    It is only accessible to admin level users. Included in the configuration file are: • All end device information • All partition information • All site information • All user authorization information 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 45: Back Up Configuration Files

    To restore configuration files: Click the “Browse” button. Navigate to the configuration backup file. Click the “Open” button. Click “Restore.” Once configuration is restored, click “Close.” The EN6080 area control gateway will reboot, completing configuration. 3/18/15 06443E © 2015, Inovonics - www.inovonics.com...

  • Page 46: Firmware Update

    Figure 8-2 Firmware update screen Note: All of the EN6080 area control gateway’s logs will be reset during the firmware process. Ensure that any logs you need to save are updated to the host application before updating the firmware. For more information about logs, see “Logs”...

  • Page 47: Update Firmware

    File Management 8.2.1 Update Firmware Inovonics will send you firmware update files as necessary. To update firmware: Click the “Browse” button. Navigate to the firmware update file. Click the “Start Firmware Update” button. Once the firmware update is complete, click the “Close” button. The EN6080 area control gateway will reboot, completing the update.

  • Page 48: Glossary

    Partition Partitions are a security term used to group devices together so they can be acted upon as one entity. In the context of the EN6080 area control gateway, partitions are assigned to devices and typically describe the physical location of the device.
  • Page 49 Supervision time The interval of time in which at least one supervision message must be received from a device before the EN6080 area control gateway considers it inactive.
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