Seneca Cloud BOX User Manual

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documentation refers to products and technologies described in it. All technical data contained in the document may be modified
without prior notice Content of this documentation is subject to periodical revision.
To use the product safely and effectively, read carefully the following instructions before use. The product must be used only for the use
for which it was designed and built. Any other use must be considered with full responsibility of the user. The installation,
implementation and set-up is allowed only for authorized operators; these ones must be people physically and intellectually suitable.
Set up must be performed only after a correct installation and the user must perform every operation described in the installation
manual carefully. Seneca is not considered liable of failure, breakdown, accident caused for ignorance or failure to apply the indicated
requirements. Seneca is not considered liable of any unauthorized changes. Seneca reserves the right to modify the device, for any
commercial or construction requirements, without the obligation to promptly update the reference manuals.
No liability for the contents of this documents can be accepted. Use the concepts, examples and other content at your own risk. There
may be errors and inaccuracies in this document, that may of course be damaging to your system. Proceed with caution, and although
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USER MANUAL
Cloud BOX
Remote Connector
micro WebSCADA
SENECA s.r.l.
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Tel. +39.049.8705355 – 8705359 Fax. +39.049.8706287
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  • Page 1 Set up must be performed only after a correct installation and the user must perform every operation described in the installation manual carefully. Seneca is not considered liable of failure, breakdown, accident caused for ignorance or failure to apply the indicated requirements.
  • Page 2 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Date Revision Notes 06/10/2016 First revision.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Table of contents 1. SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE ..................6 2. INTRODUCTION ......................6 2.1. Compatible Devices ............................6 2.2. Hardware specifications ..........................7 3. CLOUD BOX INSTALLATION..................7 4. CONFIGURATION ......................8 4.1. Default Network Address ..........................8 4.2.
  • Page 4 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX 9. DATA COLLECTION (COLLECTOR) ................ 26 CLOUD BOX MAINTENANCE ................28 10.1. Resetting the Cloud BOX hardware .......................28 10.2. Firmware upgrade ............................35 10.3. Backup ................................35 10.4. Restore .................................36 10.5. Use of an external disk ..........................36...
  • Page 5 UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, SENECA S.R.L. OR ITS SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS OF RECORDING DATA/INCOMES OR FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGE DUE TO NEGLECT OR RECKLESS MISHANDLING OF Cloud BOX, EVEN THOUGH SENECA IS WELL AWARE OF THESE POSSIBLE DAMAGES.
  • Page 6: Software Open Source

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX 1. Software Open Source The Cloud Box software and firmware contain open source software. You can get the source code of such software by requesting them via email to support@seneca.it. 2. Introduction Cloud BOX is a server that allows you to: ...
  • Page 7: Hardware Specifications

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX 2.2. Hardware specifications Device Type Industrial Server Motherboard Form Factor Mini-ITX Cooling Passive (fanless) Frontal I/O 2 x USB 2.0 Back I/O 2 USB 2.0 high current 2 USB 2.0 1 VGA 1 HDMI 1 Gb LAN...
  • Page 8: Configuration

    Default Network Address The Cloud Box is configured by default with the network settings obtained by DHCP, then, when connected to a network Cloud Box will try to autonomatically acquire an IP address from the DHCP Server (very often the Router).
  • Page 9: Cloudbox Administration Section

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Name Parameter USERNAME cloudbox@seneca.it PASSWORD seneca https://<<INDIRIZZO>>/admin/ 5. CloudBox Administration Section The administration section presents a navigation menu of this kind:: 5.1. Configuration For the first configuration, you must go to the "Configuration" section:...
  • Page 10 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX The first tab is for the network configuration parameters: classic IP address, netmask, gateway and DNS. The "Service" tab, allows you to configure: HTTP Port: The communication port that the device can be used for not encrypted communication, the default is 80.
  • Page 11 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX The third section covers all configuration and data backup parameters. backup device: the system automatically identifies a local device (the main disk) and any connected USB devices. If you press "Mount to" the system will hook them to the filesystem making them available; on the contrary if you press "Unmounting all"...
  • Page 12 System account: With this access you have visibility of the root of all FTP folders (including access updates). Here you can load a remotely restore or upgrade an application for Cloud BOX (this if you use the local disk, see section Backup and Restore for more information). In addition there is a custom folder where you can upload a custom logo (named logo.png or logo.jpg, in lower case).
  • Page 13: Users

    5.2. Users Cloud Box provides a user management panel (Users link on the left); each user can be freely configured with these parameters: Active: Indicates whether the user is on or off. Name: is the user name, an abbreviation that allows only letters and numbers.
  • Page 14: Groups

    Each line can contain a navigable detail through its right button. This log can be manually cleared or will be cleared automatically as configured. Warning! Cloud BOX is a server machine, so the log section must be monitored to become aware of any problems.
  • Page 15 Once configured and started the device will make a first send that will provide data on the beginning of the Cloud BOX datalogging session. This recording operation is automatic, but linked to the flag of the new registrations (as seen in the basic configuration paragraph);...
  • Page 16 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX The first tab manages the description, here you can see the time stamp of the last time the Cloud BOX recorded data from this device. The device name is set automatically, then you can customize it. You must then go to assign the device model that is sending data, this parameter is very important because the editor will put or not a set of commands that the device can execute.
  • Page 17 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX The tag data is the configuration of the variables sent from the device to Cloud BOX. Initially, this table is empty or can vary due to a reprogramming. Pressing the "import from data" button the system analyzes the last log line and, based on this, the tags are populated.
  • Page 18 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Floating Point It’s a floating point type Latitude GPS Latitude Longitude GPS Longitude The aggregate function is essential for the representation of historical graphs (trend). When you want to view long periods of time on a graph you run into the problem that the number of points is huge.
  • Page 19: Statistics

    This screen provides an overview of the server status, offers a number of indexes to be monitored. The upper part is made up of several panels that show static data such as network and firmware version of Cloud BOX. Other indicators provide for example the load of the machine RAM and hard always represent the consumption of server resources;...
  • Page 20: Edit Project

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX 6. Edit Project The project configuration can only be modified by users with authority to modify the pages: The dashboard has been tested using the following browsers Chrome 50 or later for Windows, Android, Ios, OSx Each project may contain several pages of different types.
  • Page 21 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX The parameters of the page are first of all the title that appears in the link and as label in the page itself. The refresh time is only useful for dashboard with widgets type pages (grid) where it is possible to include components that display data in real time.
  • Page 22: Dashboard With Widgets" Page

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX 6.2. "Dashboard with widgets” page Only authorised users may add and edit widgets: By clicking Edit, it is possible to add widgets, selecting them among those available. Click to add a Widget Click to change the page grid...
  • Page 23: Events" Page

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX From the left to the right container: Each widget has its own configuration, which can be accessed using the icon Each widget must be aware of the variable it is associated to, and where to recover it from.
  • Page 24 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Also the execution of commands appears in this page. Data, type and content filters can be applied. The date filter can be set as absolute, meaning that precise dates are selected. As an alternative, the relative real time filter can also be selected, in which case the end...
  • Page 25: Csv Export" Page

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX 6.4. "CSV Export" page This page can be used to export the data of a device in csv format, so that they may be edited using and external software (e.g. excel). It includes a device and a time filter, through which a group of data can be selected. It is possible to calculate in advance the amount of data that will be selected with the set filter.
  • Page 26: Router Configuration

    RTU does not have an internal clock (see the specific device manual). If this timestamp received is in the future (as far as Cloud BOX), the system will generate an error, and data saving will not be possible. In this case, the log will contain an error, to indicate that the server or the device clock is not synchronized correctly.
  • Page 27 (polling). During each connection, Cloud BOX can send commands to the device based on the needs of the user and how the dashboard was programmed. The Dashboard The dashboard is a web application that can be opened from a desktop or smartphone and can be fully configured by the user.
  • Page 28: Cloud Box Maintenance

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Cloud BOX maintenance 10.1. Resetting the Cloud BOX hardware Factory resets are performed by resetting a factory image. In both cases, do a configuration backup first, to be used for the reset. To perform these operations, the following is required:...
  • Page 29 Connect Cloud BOX to a monitor and to a keyboard and insert the first stick with the Clonezilla reset program in the front left port. Start Cloud BOX and wait for the stick to boot, a selection screen will be displayed, select...
  • Page 30 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Press Enter and wait for the operating system to boot, which might take a few minutes depending on the speed of the stick used. A selection screen for the keyboard layout will be displayed first.
  • Page 31 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX The system is now ready and will ask if you want to start with the wizard program or enter the shell, select the first option as in the figure. The reset is image based, so proceed with the selection of the first item as per the following figure.
  • Page 32 When scanning is completed, a window appears where you are asked to select the device containing the firmware. The situation should be as follows: SDA1 is the fixed disk of Cloud Box, SDB1 is the Clonezilla update program and SDC1 is the firmware. Choose the last one to carry out the reset.
  • Page 33 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX A window will then appear, as per the following picture, asking what folder must be used; since everything is in root, select “Top directory_in_the_local_device”. Once selected, press Enter and its contents will be shown, continue by pressing Enter again.
  • Page 34 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Having to reset the firmware, proceed by selecting "restoredisk" followed by the unit to reset. The system is now ready to be reset and will ask what unit to carry it out on: the disks compatible with the restore will be displayed, as shown in the figure below;...
  • Page 35: Firmware Upgrade

    ATTENTION! The machine must not be switched off and restarted during this configuration operation. 10.2. Firmware upgrade This operation only updates the Cloud BOX server application, leaving the system and the data intact. For a full formatting use the reset procedure. Firmware upgrade is carried out remotely by FTP connection to Cloud BOX through the system.
  • Page 36: Restore

    USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX Attention! When doing backups, keep several copies of data and regularly check their content. The backup file is a zip file. 10.4. Restore Restore is performed in the same way as the upgrade, by uploading a previously created backup zip file called restore.zip in the root, followed by the restart command.
  • Page 37 USER MANUAL – Cloud BOX …… </div> </widget> The widget has a different HTML tag depending on the type, and is connected to a general style called widget. A specific class is applied in cascade with the same name of the tag, so that the style can be customized. For the main container with the tag name, an in-line style is applied, which regulates the minimum height.

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