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- Page 1 BioTector Network Control Unit User Manual for remote access over Internet or Intranet connection using HTTP over TCP/IP protocol February 2015, Edition 1 BNCU 1.13 © Copyright BioTector 2015. All rights reserved. Printed by BioTector. Printed in the Republic of Ireland.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
System Commands ..........................28 4.4.9 Database Commands ........................28 4.4.10 Factory Reset ..........................29 4.4.11 Web Access ........................... 29 SECTION 5 MASTER NETWORK CONTROL UNIT ................... 30 SECTION 6 TROUBLESHOOTING ........................33 BNCU N .......................... 33 OMMUNICATING IP A ........................... 33... -
Page 3: System Requirements And Wiring
BioTector Analytical Systems Ltd. Purchase of the BioTector analyzer built with a Network Control Unit licenses the user to use the BioTector OS3 software as configured and for the purpose of operating the BioTector during the life of the specific analyzer. -
Page 4: Wiring
1.3 Wiring Power down the BioTector. Confirm that the external Ethernet cable is connected to the Ethernet “ETH” port located on the BioTector terminal block DIN rail as shown with an arrow inside red rectangle in the picture below. -
Page 5: Commissioning And Startup
BNCU. Using the 10m Ethernet cable supplied (or any Ethernet available on site), connect one end of the cable to the “ETH” port on the BioTector as shown in the picture above and connect the other end of the cable to the Ethernet port of your laptop/PC. - Page 6 4) Select Internet Protocol Version 4 and click on Properties which are shown in the picture below. 5) Record the displayed existing system “IP address”, “Subnet mask” and “Default Gateway” information on a piece of paper. 6) Select Use the following IP address in the opened window and enter the following “IP address”...
- Page 7 Power up the BioTector and wait approximately 1 minute for BioTector and BNCU booting process. You will now be able to access the BNCU using your web-browser (such as Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.) by typing the address http://192.168.168.252 into the web address bar in your browser as shown in the picture below.
- Page 8 In the opened window, navigate to the System page. Scroll down the System page. Under the Database Commands section, select “Clear Reaction Archive” and select “OK”. Select “Clear Fault Archive” and select “OK”. Obtain your site specific network settings for the Network Configuration section as shown in the “example”...
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Page 9: Additional Configuration Set-Up
Enter the site specific IP Address into the web address bar in your browser as shown in the “example” picture below. You should now be able to access the BNCU and control the BioTector analyzer on the web. -
Page 10: Introduction
Section 3 Introduction This user manual provides information on the use of the BioTector Network Control Unit (BNCU). The BNCU allows you to monitor and control your BioTector analyzer remotely through a web browser on a network. In this section the following information is presented: ... -
Page 11: Logging In And Out
3.2 Logging In and Out To access the device you must first have completed the initial setup procedure (see Section 2 Commissioning and Startup for details). To access the device you type the IP address into your browser's address field and press the Enter key. The Login screen is shown below. -
Page 12: Navigating The Web Interface
3.3 Navigating the web interface After you log in to the web site, the "Dashboard" page will be displayed. A navigation menu will also be shown on the left allowing you to access different parts of the system. 3.3.1 Dashboard This is the default page after login. -
Page 13: Reaction Graph
3.3.2 Reaction Graph On this page, the user can view the current reaction graph from the analyzer. The graph will refresh periodically. When the analyzer is stopped an empty graph will be presented. The drop-down menu below the reaction graph can be used to change the scale of the graph. -
Page 14: Remote Control
To take control of the analyzer, press the button. You will then be presented with the Analysis Data Screen. Operators can use the 6 navigation buttons below the screen to operate the BioTector in the same way they would use the physical keypad. Page 14... - Page 15 While a user has already been connected to the BioTector remotely and is controlling it, if a second user or more users try to connect to the same BioTector, system displays “Another web-user is controlling the system” message and it will not allow the control of the BioTector remotely by more than one user.
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Page 16: Reaction Archive
3.3.4 Reaction Archive On this page, the user can view the entire reaction archive. Up to fifty most recent analysis results are listed at a time in the table. The user can: Specify the number of analysis results listed. Type in the number of analysis results required in the first text input box and then press the Submit button. -
Page 17: Fault Archive
3.3.5 Fault Archive This page is similar to the reaction archive page. It displays the entire fault archive in a table. The user may: Specify the number of items per page using the drop down menu. Search for any number or string in the archive. “Search”... -
Page 18: Download
On this page the user may download the selected data in the same format as can be downloaded from the BioTector. To do this, select the items to download by clicking the appropriate check box. The user may also specify the number of analysis results “reaction records”... -
Page 19: Setup
Section 4 Setup There are three individual pages, which are Contacts, Alarms and Passwords, that can be used to customize the behavior of the system. Restriction: only admin has access to these pages. 4.1 Contacts The BNCU system allows up to 5 email notification recipients. Simply enter the desired email addresses into the form and click the Save button. -
Page 20: Alarms
4.2 Alarms The user may control how and when an alarm will be sent to the listed contacts. The upper part of the page allows the user to setup alarm filtering. The user may disable alarms entirely by un-ticking the Enable Alarm check box. You can also disable/enable different levels of alarms. - Page 21 Normal Message: Content of the alarm message when the measurement returns to normal. The reaction alarm will be sent only once when the threshold is crossed. For example a system may have one alarm configured as follows: Stream ID: Stream 1 Data: TOCmg/l...
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Page 22: Passwords
4.3 Passwords This page allows the admin user to change passwords for various users. The default passwords for admin, user and guest are “admin”, “user” and “guest” respectively. To change the passwords enter the current password for the admin user in the first text input box and fill the other text input boxes with new passwords for admin, user and guest. -
Page 23: System
Such information includes OS “operation system”, system uptime, IP address, SD card usage, hardware and software version, system serial number and BNCU time information. 4.4.2 Stream Names This function allows the user to name the streams for the optional BioTector Master Network Control Unit. Page 23... -
Page 24: Timezone Configuration
4.4.3 Timezone Configuration This section is used to set the time-zone of the network-control unit. It does not affect the time used in the analyzer. 4.4.4 Network Configuration This section is used to program or modify the network settings of the device during commissioning or when it is necessary. -
Page 25: Server
This section contains the security options available for you. It is intended to be used by those with advanced Networking/Security knowledge only. Note: The BNCU ships with a certificate from the BioTector Certificate Authority (C.A.) The BioTector C.A. is based on a self-signed certificate ... - Page 26 ▪ All connections to port 80 are redirected to port 443 ▪ This forces all users to use a secure connection Use BioTector Certificates ▪ This will restore the system to using the factory shipped certificates and private key ...
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Page 27: System Update
4.4.7 System Update This section allows you to update the software of the BNCU when necessary. Manual Update requires a software update package, which can be obtained from the distributor or the manufacturer. Page 27... -
Page 28: System Commands
Reboot function can be used in the event of a communication problem with the BioTector. For testing or during any software upgrade procedures, Fast Reboot can be used as the system will not wait at the default IP address for 100 seconds. -
Page 29: Factory Reset
4.4.10 Factory Reset The Reset function sets all BNCU settings such as passwords, network settings etc. back to factory defaults and clears all archives. 4.4.11 Web Access Yaler software provides web access to the BNCU if the BNCU is firewall protected or it is using a 3G connection. -
Page 30: Master Network Control Unit
(slaves) installed into the BioTectors. The Master Network Control Unit page gives a complete overview of all your analyzers on the network, allowing you to monitor them with ease at a centralized location. - Page 31 When logged in as an admin user, analyzers containing the BNCU options can be added or removed from the displayed table using the Add function under the Add Analyzer section with the relevant IP address and port number, which is 80 by default.
- Page 32 When an analyzer is monitored/controlled through the master network control unit, the user can return back to the analyzers page using the “BNCU MASTER” return button located at the top right corner of the webpage. Alarms configured in each individual BNCU are automatically retrieved by the BMNCU which flags the value in red as shown in below example.
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Page 33: Troubleshooting
BioTector remotely and is controlling it. When a user is connected to the BioTector, it is not possible for a second user or more users to connect to the BioTector. Please try again later. -
Page 34: The System Is Being Controlled Locally" Message
When “The system is being controlled locally” message is displayed, it will not be possible to control the BioTector remotely using the BNCU, because a user is already at the BioTector and is controlling the BioTector locally physically using the membrane keypad. -
Page 35: Database Error" Message
“Database Error” Message In the event of a database communication problem, the user may be unable to login or recover the webpage. In such instances, the system may display the “Database Error” or “ERROR: Could not connect to database” warnings as in the example above. Follow the procedures in the order described below: 1. - Page 36 5. Database Reset. This function resets the database. 6. Fast Reboot. This function allows the user to reboot the relevant network control unit. 7. Restore from backup. This function restores the archives using a backup data located in the SD card of the BNCU. 8.
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