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  • Page 1 ™ Central Unit Product Manual P/N 025-9647 Revision 02...
  • Page 2 Central Unit Product Manual Software License The Zetron software described in this manual is subject to the terms and conditions of Zetron's Software License Agreement, a copy of which is contained on the product distribution media or otherwise provided or presented to buyer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual Contents 1 Before You Begin......... 5 1.1 About This Manual .
  • Page 4 025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 4 Web Interface......... . 16 4.1 Overview.

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    Persons without proper knowledge, skills, or authorization must not be allowed to install this equipment. Welcome to the installation and configuration manual for Zetron’s Central units. This manual includes procedures for installing the Central units during the set up of a new console system.

  • Page 6: Notes, Tips, Cautions, And Warnings

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 1.3 Notes, Tips, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this manual are found notes, tips, and cautions that are used to impart important or useful information. This is a note. Notes provide information, instructions, or descriptions that apply only in special cases or to supplement the content.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 2 Introduction 2.1 Overview The Central unit is a centralized hardware platform that hosts several applications that are important to a system. It acts as the control element for messaging between console positions and the interface gateways at a single location.

  • Page 8: Connector Details

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual Status The Status LED is used to indicate the general operating condition of the Central unit. After power is supplied, the LED turns to amber and blinks off for a tenth of a second at 1-second intervals as the unit works its way through booting up.

  • Page 9: New World" And "Old World

    Central units, when delivered new, contain disk images for both “Old World” and “New World” so that they can be compatible with, and installed in, either type of system. Up until MAX Dispatch 5.4, if a “New World” Central unit was installed in a “New World” MAX Dispatch system, the “Old World” disk image was not used for anything.

  • Page 10: Power And Environmental Characteristics

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 2.4.2 Power and Environmental Characteristics Parameter Description Power Input +12 Vdc (+10.5 to +16 Vdc) Maximum Power Draw 1.8 A at +10.5 Vdc Operating Temperature 0 to 50 degrees C (32 to 106 2 Introduction 2.4 Specifications...

  • Page 11: Installation

    In particular, systems using the AVL feature (Automatic Vehicle Location) should have AVL-related services on a Baytrail CPU. The software running on the Central unit is CPU-specific and may also be specific to MAX Dispatch system versions. The following list describes compatibility limitations: •...

  • Page 12: Mounting

    If you have the hardware in hand, examine the part number: • Zetron P/N 901-9686 is the Atom • Zetron P/N 901-9715 is the Baytrail with Realtek Ethernet controllers • Zetron P/N 901-9740 is the Baytrail with Intel Ethernet controllers •...

  • Page 13: Power

    Figure 1. Two Central Units in a Dual Unit Rack Mount Plate Zetron iRIMs, VoIP Radio Gateways, Radio Gateways, and Central units all have similar external cases and all use the same rack mount plates. A dual unit rack mount plate may save rack space and/ or provide a more intuitive hardware layout.

  • Page 14: Network Connections

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 3.5 Network Connections The cable connection to the Central units are shown in the following diagram. In a system with only a single Central unit, only the connections for the Main Central unit and the “Primary” (RED) local network would be made.

  • Page 15: Usb Ports

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 5. If there are any interface gateway units to be used in the system, they may be connected to the ports Ethernet 3 and/or Ethernet 4. Black Ethernet cables are provided for this purpose. 3.6 USB Ports The USB ports on the rear of the Central unit are used at the factory and for certain types of system troubleshooting.

  • Page 16: Web Interface

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 4 Web Interface In this chapter: • Overview on page 16 • on page 18 Host Status • on page 24 Hosted Services • on page 24 Log Files 4.1 Overview The Central unit has a web interface that enables configuration and maintenance functions for the Central unit such as setting the clock, upgrades, wiping the Repository, and changing the password.
  • Page 17 025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual Figure 3. Example Web Interface 4 Web Interface 4.1 Overview...

  • Page 18: Host Status

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 4.2 Host Status This section describes the web interface’s Host Status section, which relates to the Central unit hardware and software (the host). For information about the hosted services, see Hosted Services page 24. 4.2.1 Disk Partitions The Central unit has multiple disk partitions which typically contain different versions of the software available to boot from.

  • Page 19: Network Time Synchronization

    Status for the NTP time servers are displayed here. The NTP time servers are set up in Z-Node Editor. For more information, see NTP Time Synchronization in MAX Dispatch (P/N 011-0973). To set the clock, click Manually Set Clock in the Host Maintenance Functions area. For more information, see on page 23.

  • Page 20: Networking Status

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual Table 4. Time Server States (continued) State Description Indicates that this peer claims a very high stratum, is configured to use us as a Synchronized clock source, or is otherwise not a usable sync source. Not Usable Indicates that this peer is unreachable at the configured network address.
  • Page 21 By adjusting this, a trade-off is available between CPU load and how quickly a span failure will be detected. It is not necessary to change this setting unless so advised by Zetron Technical Support. Choosing a value of “0” disables this mode of checking in favor of “ARP Monitoring”.

  • Page 22: Repository Hosting State

    4.2.4 Repository Hosting State MAX Dispatch keeps important software, system information, and configuration settings in the Repository. The Repository is stored on at least one Central unit, which acts as the Repository Host. The Repository Host is selected by Activator during activation of the Central unit.

  • Page 23: Host Maintenance Functions

    Good cybersecurity practice requires changing the default password immediately after logging in for the first time. Continued use of default passwords is a significant security vulnerability. If you forget the new password, you must contact Zetron Support for password recovery. •...

  • Page 24: Hosted Services

    4.4 Log Files Starting with MAX Dispatch 5.4.1, the Central unit stores service log files in a partition reserved for them. You can verify this by examining the Disk Partitions in the main web interface--the Flags field has the value logStorage.

  • Page 25: Retrieving Log Files

    025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 4.4.1 Retrieving Log Files Log files are downloaded from the Central unit using a web browser. To retrieve the stored log files from a Central unit  1. Open a web browser and navigate to the following address, where <IP Address> is the IP address of the Central unit: http://<IP Address>/repo For example, if your Central unit has IP address 10.0.2.125:...
  • Page 26 025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual 6. The log files are text files. There are various methods for viewing, downloading, and opening them: • To view a single log file, click its file name. • To view multiple log files, CTRL-click each log’s file name and each one will open in a separate browser tab.

  • Page 27: Revision History

    Number Jun 2016 Removed System Components. There were several paragraphs that provided unnecessary information about MAX Dispatch hardware with no particular relation to the Central. Reduced the glossary. There were many obscure entries that are not used in this document and bear no relation to the Central.
  • Page 28 025-9647-02 Central Unit Product Manual Revision Date Description Number Apr 2023 Updated to new branding and format Updated cybersecurity information Added on page 6 Notes, Tips, Cautions, and Warnings 5 Revision History...
  • Page 29 ™ zetron@zetron.com www.zetron.com Zetron USA/Americas PO Box 97004 Redmond, WA 98073-9704 USA 12034 134th Ct. NE, Suite 201 Redmond, WA 98052 USA 43 Erie Street Victoria, BC V8V 1P8 Canada Tel 425 820 6363 Fax 425 820 7031 Zetron EMEA...

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