Sensometrix Neon 100 User Manual

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Neon 100 & Neon 110 User Manual

Sensormetrix is a division of Sequoia Technology Group Ltd

Registered in England No. 4004881

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Firmware version 4

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Neon Family

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Page 1: User Manual
Neon Family User Manual Neon 100 & Neon 110 User Manual Firmware version 4 Sensormetrix is a division of Sequoia Technology Group Ltd Sensormetrix sales +44 (0) 845 451 2021 Basingstoke Road +44 (0) 118 976 9020 Spencers Wood email sales@sensormetrix.co.uk...
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Neon Family User Manual Contents Introduction ..................................5 Family Overview ................................5 Quickstart ..................................6 Accessing the Neons web interface ........................... 6 NetBIOS ..................................6 IP Addressing ................................6 Web Interface ................................... 7 Home page ................................... 8 Setup page ................................... 9 Unit Name ................................
Page 3 Neon Family User Manual Humidity Alarm email Alert ............................19 System Power Restored email Alert .......................... 19 Periodic Status email Alert ............................19 Logs Page ................................... 19 Log email Subject ..............................20 Log To: email address .............................. 20 Log email Importance .............................. 20 Log Interval (minutes) ..............................
Page 4 Connection via mobile phone network ......................... 37 Connection via WiFi ..............................37 Fixing the IP address ..............................37 Hysteresis explained ..............................38 Neon 100 SMTP settings ............................. 38 Glossary ..................................38 3G/GPRS (3 Generation / General packet Radio Service) ..................38 DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) ......................
Page 5: Introduction
Family Overview The Neon family of IP based sensors currently consists of two products, aimed at two market segments. The Neon 100 is designed for easy setup in a stand-alone application. The target audience for such a device is small businesses and individuals.
Page 6: Quickstart
Neons NetBIOS name. IP Addressing Run the Sensormetrix Autodetector Software utility that can be downloaded from the Neon 100 or Neon 110 page on the Sensormetrix web site. Find these pages by searching for Neon at http://www.sensormetrix.co.uk. When first run, Windows will probably ask it the application should be allowed and if a rule should be made for it in Windows Firewall.
Page 7: Web Interface
Setup and configuration of the Neon may only be done via its web interface. This chapter explains all the web pages in the Neon and how all the user settings work. All screenshots are taken with factory default settings of a Neon 100 shown unless explained otherwise.
Page 8: Home Page
Neon Family User Manual Home page The home page of the Neon provides an “at a glance” indication of the current measured temperature and humidity. Measurements and the web page are updated once a second automatically. The unit name is a user defined name that may be entered on the setup page. By default the name given to the unit is Neon 100 or Neon 110 (dependant on model), but this may be changed on the setup page and allows the unit to be given a unique identity which is used not only in the web interface, but also emails from the Neon.
Page 9: Setup Page
Neon Family User Manual When the measured temperature or humidity goes into an alarm condition (goes outside of the operating range defined in the sensors tab), the measurement in alarm is highlighted in red. The screenshot above shows the temperature to be in alarm.
Page 10: Unit Name
Neon Family User Manual Unit Name Any name entered here is used in a number of places as a friendly name for the unit. Specifically, it is used on the home page, on emails sent by the unit and shows in the Sensormetrix product finder utility. It is suggested that if multiple Neons are deployed that the physical location of the unit be part of the unit name to aid in identification.
Page 11: Network Page
Neon Family User Manual Note that after the changes to the password are saved, the password box is blanked out so that the entered password cannot be seen. This means that an entered password cannot be edited – it must be entered in full again if a change is required.
Page 12: Ethernet Connection Mode
Neon Family User Manual Ethernet Connection Mode Select either manual or DHCP addressing. When DHCP is selected, the IP address, Netmask, Gateway address and DNS addresses are obtained from the DHCP server. All other network settings are greyed out, but the original settings used (or the factory default settings if not changed) are retained and will become active again if manual addressing is subsequently selected.
Page 13: Netmask
Neon Family User Manual When manual settings are enabled, enter a valid IP address for the unit. Take care not to use an address already used by another device on the network. The factory default IP address setting is 192.168.1.4 Important: Please take care to enter a valid IP address for the network.
Page 14: Date Format
Neon Family User Manual Date Format Select the date format used by the Neon from the drop down menu. Choices are Day-Month-Year, Year-Month-Day and Month-Day-Year. The factory default value is Day-Month-Year. Time Format Select the time format used by the Neon from the drop down menu. Choices are 12 Hour Clock and 24 Hour clock. The factory default value is 12 hour clock.
Page 15: Ntp Server
Neon Family User Manual When European Summer Time is selected, time will move forward one hour at 01:00 on the last Sunday in March and move back one hour at 01:00 on the last Sunday in October. When USA/Canada daylight saving is selected, time will move forward one hour at 02:00 on the second Sunday in March and back at 02:00 on the first Sunday in November.
Page 16: Temperature Units
Neon Family User Manual Temperature Units Use the radio button to select either Celsius or Fahrenheit as the unit of measurement for temperature. This will be used by the internal web server and in emails sent by the Neon. Switching between units of measurement will cause the temperature alarm thresholds to be recalculated in the new unit.
Page 17: Humidity High Alarm
This page is used to configure the events which will generate an email from the Neon, the email subject header, importance and recipient. The Neon 100 comes with its own pre-configured email account, so there are no email account administration settings to enter. Email will always be sent from sensormetrix@servergateway.co.uk.
Page 18: Alarm Email Subject
Neon Family User Manual Alarm email subject Whatever text is entered in this field will be used as the subject line of any alarm email sent. The maximum length of the email subject text is 63 characters (including spaces). The factory default value for this field is blank. Alarm To: email Address Enter the email address of a single recipient of the email alarm here.
Page 19: Temperature Alarm Email Alert
Neon Family User Manual Temperature Alarm email Alert Use the radio button to select if sending of email on a temperature alarm event is to be enabled. If enabled, as soon as the temperature goes into alarm the Neon will send a warning email advising that the temperature has gone into alarm. When the alarm event is cleared the Neon will send another email saying that the temperature is no longer in alarm.
Page 20: Log Email Subject
Neon Family User Manual Log email Subject Whatever text is entered in this field will be used as the subject line of all log email sent. The maximum length of the email subject text is 63 characters (including spaces). The factory default value for this field is blank. Log To: email address Enter the email address of a single recipient of the email log here.
Page 21: Log Interval (Minutes)
Neon Family User Manual Log Interval (minutes) To disable logging, enter 0. To enable logging, enter a value between 1 and 1440 which is the measurement interval in minutes. A setting of 1 will mean that a measurement will be recorded once/minute Setting 60 will take a measurement once/hour.
Page 22: Version
See the firmware update procedure for details of how to upgrade the firmware in the Neon. Reboot Pressing this button will reboot the Neon 100. This has the same effect as cycling power to the unit. Email page (Neon 110 only) This page allows a user defined email account to be set up and used with the Neon110 for outgoing messages using the SMTP protocol.
Page 23: Server Address
Neon Family User Manual Server Address Enter the address of the email server. The maximum length of the username field is 63 characters (including spaces). The factory default value for this field is the neon100 setting, mail.servergateway.co.uk. Port Enter the port used by the email server. The maximum length of this field is 5 digits. If characters other than numbers are entered, the field will set to 0.
Page 24: Lock Page
Neon Family User Manual Lock Page The security state is shown by a Lock / Unlock message on the right hand side of the menu bar. When the message says “lock”, this means that the unit is unlocked and that by clicking on the word “lock”, this will lock the unit to prevent unauthorised editing changes.
Page 25: Logged Data Format
Neon Family User Manual Logged data format Logged data, when emailed, is attached to the email as a .csv file of fixed data format to assist with importing into different applications. Each log entry is on a line of its own in the CSV file. Each line has the data fields comma delimitated and formatted as <date>,<time>,<temperature state>,<temperature>,<humidity state>,<humidity>...
Page 26: Xml File Format (Neon 110 Only)
Neon Family User Manual XML file format (Neon 110 only) The Neon 110 contains an XML file called values.xml. This is available as a web page at http://<neon 110 IP address>/values.xml This is always available to be read by other applications running on the network that can access the neon’s IP address. The XML file format can be decoded as follows: <Root>...
Page 27: Reset To Factory Default
Firmware update procedure Obtain the current version of the file “neon100.bin” (Neon 100) or “neon110.bin” (Neon 110) from the Sensormetrix web site. Put this in an easily accessible directory on the computer being used.
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User Manual Browse to where the new firmware was saved on the programming computer and open the file “neon100.bin” (Neon 100) or “neon110.bin” (Neon 110). The unit will only accept a correctly named file (case sensitive). Make sure that the computer and Neon are powered from a source that is unlikely to be interrupted during the upgrade process (don’t do this during a...
Page 29: Technical Specification
Neon Family User Manual Important: Malware and other web browser add-ons have been found to prevent the upgrade process. Internet explorer has been found particularly sensitive in this respect. If the upgrade process fails, try a different browser or a different PC. Firefox has been found to be the most reliable web browser for the upgrade process.
Page 30: Product History
Neon Family User Manual Product History From time to time new versions of firmware may be made available for the Neon which add or improve features. This manual will always be maintained to reflect the latest firmware build. Neon’s with old firmware can always be upgraded to the latest firmware.
Page 31: Application Information
Outgoing email is sent from port 25 (neon 100) or whatever port has been set on the email page (neon 110). It has been known for some ISPs to block this port by default which stops email operation. If there are problems with email, please connect the neon directly to the router providing Internet access to ensure that nothing in the local network is blocking operation, and if this fails to fix any email problem please contact the ISP to ensure that port 25 is not being blocked.
Page 32: Registered In England No
Neon Family User Manual Left click on “Local Area Connection” (wired connection) or Wireless Network Connection (wireless connection) in the right hand section of the window under the “View your active networks” heading. The Wireless Network or Local Area Connection Status box appears. Clicking the Details button will display the current network settings of the PC.
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Neon Family User Manual Click the Properties button to open the properties page, and highlight the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” line (but take care not to uncheck the checkbox to the left of it). Click the properties button to open up the properties box of this feature. Make a note of the settings before proceeding further.
Page 34: Windows 8
Neon Family User Manual other windows that are open. If the Neon is directly connected by wire to the computer, it will now be accessible in a web browser at http://192.168.1.4 It will now be possible to change the settings of the Neon. After making the desired changes to the Neon’s networking settings (remember to unlock first and save the settings before restarting the Neon), this setup procedure used to set the PCs IP address can be repeated and the original settings noted in paragraph 5 returned to the PC.
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Neon Family User Manual Left click on “Ethernet” (wired connection) or WiFi (wireless connection) in the right hand section of the window under the “View your active networks” heading. If the connection is WiFi, the access point name should be displayed in brackets after WiFi.
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Neon Family User Manual Click the Properties button to open the properties page, and highlight the “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)” line (but take care not to uncheck the checkbox to the left of it). Click the properties button to open up the properties box of this feature. Make a note of the settings before proceeding further.
Page 37: Connection Via Mobile Phone Network
Neon Family User Manual Click the radio button to the left of “Use the following IP address” to select this feature, and then enter an address of 192.168.1.20, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 as shown in the screenshot. Click the OK button on this and the other windows that are open.
Page 38: Hysteresis Explained
SMTP account: sensormetrix@servergateway.co.uk SMTP password: By request only SMTP address: sensormetrix@servergateway.co.uk If entering of the users own a SMTP setting is required, the Neon 110 should be used rather than the Neon 100. Glossary 3G/GPRS (3 Generation / General packet Radio Service) 3G is the third generation mobile phone network.
Page 39: Dynamic Dns (Dynamic Domain Name Service)
Neon Family User Manual Dynamic DNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) Dynamic DNS is a method of providing a DNS address to a device which does not have a fixed IP address assigned to it by the network to which it is attached. This is achieved by the device reporting its current IP address to the dynamic DNS server, and ensuring that when its IP address changes that these changes are reported to the dynamic DNS server.

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