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EYW300 novaWeb Operation
EYW300 novaWeb
User's Manual
7001049003 A
7001049003 A
This description corresponds to the current
program release, version 2.8.3.
Changes are taking place constantly, without
prior notification.
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  • Page 1 EYW300 novaWeb Operation EYW300 novaWeb User's Manual 7001049003 A This description corresponds to the current program release, version 2.8.3. Changes are taking place constantly, without prior notification. Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Table of contents Introduction .......................5 novaWeb documentation ..................7 Requirements ......................9 Layout and navigation....................11 Header (top) ......................12 Navigation (left) ....................12 Main (right) ......................12 Navigation with smartphones ................13 Login/logout ......................15 Version information ...................15 Your name......................15 User level ......................16 Password......................16 Control loops ......................17...
  • Page 4 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Table of contents 10.3 Service access ....................35 10.4 System maintenance access ................35 10.5 Data acquisition ....................36 10.5.1 Typical data acquisition table..............36 11 Automatic update ....................37 12 E-mail messages ....................39 12.1 Alarm and event notification via e-mail ............. 39 12.1.1...
  • Page 5: Introduction

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Introduction 1 Introduction novaWeb is an embedded web server that allows to visualise your installation via a standard web browser. Special attention has been put on a light weight interface (pure HTML, without ActiveX, Java,..) to allow for fast access even with very simple devices like smartphones.
  • Page 6 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Introduction Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 7: Novaweb Documentation

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation novaWeb documentation 2 novaWeb documentation According to the needs of the different users, the documentation for novaWeb has been split up into several manuals: Order Number Title Target Audience Content 7001049 User Manual End User Standard user operations like ...
  • Page 8 EYW300 novaWeb Operation novaWeb documentation Apart from these manuals, several other sources of information are available via the Sauter intranet:  Product Data Sheet PDS  Product Information PI  FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 9: Requirements

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Requirements 3 Requirements A standard HTML 4.01-compliant web browser which supports frame-based pages is needed for optimal access to novaWeb pages. For standard Windows PCs, we recommend the current versions of Internet Explorer V6.0 (or higher) or Mozilla Firefox V1.7 (or higher).
  • Page 10 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Requirements Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 11: Layout And Navigation

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Layout and navigation 4 Layout and navigation All standard (HTML 4.01 compliant) internet browsers will show a novaWeb page subdivided into three frames: Header Navigation Main Window The header shows the site's name and some pictures and links.
  • Page 12: Header (Top)

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Layout and navigation Header (top) Beside the site name is the Sauter logo, which normally contains a link to your Sauter support page. Additionally, it may contain further logos and links to some home pages of the installation owner, maintenance company etc.
  • Page 13: Navigation With Smartphones

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Layout and navigation Navigation with smartphones Some smartphone browsers (e.g. standard browser of SonyEricsson P9010i) cannot show all frames at the same time. In this case, you have to select which one of the three frames should be shown.
  • Page 14 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Layout and navigation Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 15: Login/Logout

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Login/logout 5 Login/logout Go to the Login page:  Enter your user name (typically your e-mail address),  Select your user level  Enter your password and hit the Login button. Login novaWeb v2.8.3 After login, you will go straight to the alarm page as primary information.
  • Page 16: User Level

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Login/logout User level Guest As a guest, no password is required. Guest are allowed to view only the main values of control loops, installations, alarms and events without being able to modify anything. User A standard user account gives you access to all guest activities plus normal user operations like the acknowledging of alarms, the changing of setpoints and so on.
  • Page 17: Control Loops

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Control loops 6 Control loops An overview of the control loops in the installation can be found under the 'Control Loops' link in the navigation window. It always shows the actual (measured) value, the corresponding setpoint and the difference between them. To obtain the overview, the installation should have a structure for the house addresses that permits an optimum representation of the system using novaWeb.
  • Page 18 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Control loops Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 19: Installations

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations 7 Installations If you select any installation in the navigation bar per default the standard installation view will be shown. It consists of the installation view itself plus some additional links according to your site. Installation view...
  • Page 20 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations Each of these sections is displayed over up to 4 columns: Header or Actual Value User Alarms Description or Status Interactions Device Control Loops Control loop 1 Control loop 2 Outputs Monitoring and Alarm  The first column shows a description ...
  • Page 21 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations A green background for a control loop (first column) or a status (second column) indicates, if programmed, that this device is running (or in a working mode). Device Status Command Alarm Time Schedule AHU01 Change Pump A3...
  • Page 22 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations In a more general view you can see the following information: Device Status Command Alarm Time schedule Time command state Time command Digital Indication Digital input Switch Alarm Digital output Push-button Setpoint Control Loops Status Setpoint...
  • Page 23: History

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations History The group history link (History) will show you a diagram of the whole function group (main sensor, setpoint or calculated setpoint and the positioning signal) whereas a simple link of one address (like 50.5 °C) will show only the history of this individual point.
  • Page 24: User Interactions

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations If the whole group is shown, the left scale corresponds to the main sensor and the (calculated) setpoint, whereas the right scale is used for the positioning signal. The period for the diagram can be selected via the upper table: Hours Days Weeks Year If the period 'Weeks' or 'Years' is chosen, the menu bar changes.
  • Page 25: Push-Button Commands

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations 7.3.1 Push-button commands Device Status Command Alarm Start Up Start-up Chiller 1 A push-button can come up with different button texts. However, it always works the same in setting a value to one and resetting it 60 seconds later. During this 60 seconds, the background changes to green to indicate the change.
  • Page 26: Changing The Time Schedules

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations 7.3.3 Changing the time schedules Time-switch commands can be stored for data points. Which form the house address for these data points takes is described in the programming manual for the EYW300 (document 7001050). The following diagram shows part of an installation with a data point for which time-switch commands have been stored.
  • Page 27: Command

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations Next, you can specify certain days or periods when these profiles should not be executed (inactive) or when the profile for the exception days should apply. Dates are written using YYMMDD and intervals using YYMMDD-YYMMDD Dates and intervals must be separated with a comma.
  • Page 28: Schematics

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations 7.4.2 Schematics The schematics picture usually shows a sketch of your installation with references to your data point list. Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 29: Service View

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations Service view To get to the Service view, a list of data points, the operator has to use the 'Service' link in the installation view in the main window. The 'Service' link is shown, however, only if the user has logged in on the Service or Maintenance level.
  • Page 30: System Maintenance View

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Installations System maintenance view The system maintenance view, which is a list of data points, is reached via a link ('System Maintenance') that appears in the installation list in the main window. The 'Service' link appears only when you have logged in on the system maintenance level.
  • Page 31: Alarms

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Alarms 8 Alarms By default, you can see all the alarms in the alarm list that have not yet been acknowledged or that are still active. Alarms Status Text Time Name Acknowledge Frost Protection Alarm 2004-07-21 15:18:02 ahu02.otemp.al...
  • Page 32: Acknowledging

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Alarms Acknowledging If a new alarm appears, it will come up with the Acknowledge link, to indicate that it has not yet been acknowledged. After it has been acknowledged, the alarm stays active if the alarm condition is still met; if not, the alarm will disappear.
  • Page 33: Events

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Events 9 Events The events list can be called up via the 'Events list' link in the navigation window. It enables the following events to be tracked:  All user interactions: o Acknowledging alarms o Changing values (setpoints, commands, push-buttons, runtime) o Changing settings (language,..)
  • Page 34 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Events Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 35: Settings

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Settings 10 Settings The access to the settings pages depends on your user rights.  Guests cannot access the settings pages at all  Users can access only the data acquisition page in order to fetch historical data ...
  • Page 36: Data Acquisition

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Settings 10.5 Data acquisition Hours Days Weeks Year 30-sec. values 5-min. values hourly, min., avg., daily, min., avg., max. every hour every day max. every week every quarter Apart from the transfer of data by e-mail, you can select the core data of each of four periods (hours, days, weeks or year) and view or save them.
  • Page 37: Automatic Update

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Automatic update 11 Automatic update The 'Automatic update' link in the navigation window enables the user to set how often the values in the main window are updated. The input mask for this function is illustrated below.
  • Page 38 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Automatic update Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 39: Mail Messages

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages 12 E-mail messages novaWeb can be configured so as to send to up to six recipients an e-mail informing them that an alarm or event has occurred. Furthermore, historical data can also be transferred via e-mail based on a user-specific time setting. Access to this configuration is gained by calling up the ‘Settings’...
  • Page 40 EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages Call up the "Block ‚Event Forwarding‘" function to suppress sending of e-mails. If this function has been called up, the following confirmation will be shown. This function is especially interesting during the commissioning process, when error messages occur more frequently or may even be triggered deliberately.
  • Page 41 EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages The e-mails can also be sent to a kind of unified messaging service, which can then forward the e-mail as an SMS, fax etc. Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 42: Header

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages 12.1.2 Header The header can be treated by an automated e-mail client program. It contains the following information:  Subject o Alarm or event, system name or data point address  X-Priority o The standard e-mail priority (normally indicated via a flag in your e-mail client) from 1 (highest) to 5 (lowest) ...
  • Page 43: Content

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages 12.1.3 Content The content of the e-mail notification explains the error in a full text message such as: “novaNet Bus failure”. 12.1.4 Adapting alarm messages The subject line in the e-mail for alarms can be adapted. novaWeb checks whether a file named 'sub_al.txt', 'sub_ok.txt' or 'sub_ev.txt' is stored in novaWeb folder usr/local/etc.
  • Page 44: Data Acquisition Via E-Mail

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages 12.2 Data acquisition via e-mail As a further option, the historical values of your novaWeb can be sent on a predefined time schedule to certain e-mail clients. Four different types of logs, corresponding to the four historical charts, cover the last hour, the last day, the last week or the last quarter of the year.
  • Page 45: Contents And Attachment

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages 12.2.2.1 Contents and attachment The historical values are sent in the message and a csv file (comma-separated variables) is sent as an attachment. Depending on the type of log, it contains up to three values (mean, min. and max.) of a data point registered at a specified recording cycle over a certain period of time: 12.2.2.2 K type log...
  • Page 46: Processing Of Data Acquisition Files

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages 12.3 Processing of data acquisition files 12.3.1 Standard spreadsheet programs A further possibility is to use a standard spreadsheet program such as MS Excel or OpenOffice Calc. In this case, you have to import and edit the data manually. Since the data is recorded as a tab-delimited table, you have to open or import it accordingly.
  • Page 47: Date And Time

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages Using the ‘Advanced’ button, you can verify the settings for numeric data separators. 12.3.3 Date and time ln order to be able to use the date and time information of novaWeb, the first column (date and time) has to be converted into standard Excel date format. The standard novaWeb date and time comprises the date, a 'T' as a separator, the time and the time zone information (e.g.
  • Page 48 EYW300 novaWeb Operation E-mail messages Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 49: Hints

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Hints 13 Hints 13.1 Transferring alarms and historical data The transfer of alarms, events and historical data to an e-mail account and, in particular, any further treatment, such as the forwarding as an SMS, rely on the availability of these providers and services.
  • Page 50 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Hints Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 51: Tips And Tricks

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Tips and tricks 14 Tips and tricks 14.1 'Reload'/'Refresh' button after user entries The 'Reload' (Mozilla Firefox) or 'Refresh' (Internet Explorer) button resends the last information. This can lead to errors after having changed values, acknowledged alarms etc.
  • Page 52 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Tips and tricks Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 53: Appendix

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix 15 Appendix 15.1 Cookies For the session management, Cookies must be enabled (at least for this site). 15.1.1 Cookie Settings for Internet Explorer If you use Microsoft's Internet Explorer, go to 'Tools/Internet Options/Privacy' and set your privacy setting for the relevant zone (e.g. internet zone) to 'medium' or lower.
  • Page 54 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix Alternatively, you can allow the setting of cookies for individual web sites to 'allow' cookies for this site. Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 55: Cookie Settings For Mozilla Firefox

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix 15.1.2 Cookie settings for Mozilla Firefox If you use Mozilla, go to 'Edit/Preferences.../Privacy & Security/Cookies' and select either 'Enable all cookies' or 'Enable cookies based on privacy settings'. Furthermore, if you select 'Ask me before storing a cookie', you can go to the novaWeb site and you are asked if you want to allow cookies.
  • Page 56 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix You can use the Cookie Manager to check whether cookies are allowed for your site. If cookies are blocked for this site, select 'Tools/Cookie Manager/Unblock cookies from this site' in order to enable the setting of cookies from this site again.
  • Page 57: Cookie Settings For Se P910I

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix 15.1.3 Cookie settings for SE P910i For the Sony Ericsson P910i internet browser, go to 'Edit/Settings/Security' and activate 'Allow cookies'. 15.2 JavaScript In the start page (index.html), JavaScript is used to forward users with small screens to the frameless start page (Menu.html).
  • Page 58: Connection

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix Language settings for SE P910i The standard web browser of the Sony Ericsson P910i shows only the characters of the selected language properly. If you want to visualise any web pages that include special characters (e.g. öäüéàè..), you have to select the appropriate language under 'Control panel/Other/Language selection'.
  • Page 59: Dial-Up (Ppp) Connection

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix 15.4.2 Dial-up (PPP) connection PC dial-up connection If you want to use a dial-up connection, e.g. via an analogue modem, you have to configure it first. Under MS Windows 2000, you can do this via Start/ Settings/Networks and Dial-up Connections/Make new connection.
  • Page 60 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix In the first case (private network), you have to specify the user name and password for the dial-in server of the novaWeb. Depending on your installation (type of connection, internet browser etc.), this dial-up connection can be established automatically by your browser (Internet Explorer) when you open the novaWeb site.
  • Page 61 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix When working with other web browsers like Mozilla, you have to establish the connection manually via the MS Windows Connections. In some cases – when using an AVM ISDN card, for example – you have to use the corresponding proprietary software to establish the connection.
  • Page 62 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix SE P910i dial-up connection With modern devices, you can transmit data using a CSD, an HSCSD or a GPRS connection. At the time of writing, UMTS is still not very widespread, so it is not covered in the current version of this manual.
  • Page 63 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix Select the Connections tab: And select 'Internet accounts'. Normally, you will see a list of pre-configured connections from your phone connection provider. Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 64 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix Two connection types can be generated: GPRS or dial-up. A GPRS connection is normally used to access an internet provider (e.g. Swisscom). A dial-up connection is used to connect to an analogue modem, a modem or an ISDN adaptor.
  • Page 65 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix If you use a dial-up connection, you have to enter an address that belongs to the same network as the one configured in the novaWeb (but not the same). When connecting via an internet provider, you will get an address automatically from this provider (and, therefore, you should tick the appropriate box).
  • Page 66 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Appendix Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...
  • Page 67: Abbreviations And Terminology

    EYW300 novaWeb Operation Abbreviations and terminology 16 Abbreviations and terminology ActiveX Microsoft technology for software components which can be used by other programs. Automation Station or controller is an autonomous automation device used for the control of heating, air-conditioning or other systems in buildings.
  • Page 68 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Abbreviations and terminology ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network is a standard for digital telephone communication. International Organisation for Standardisation is an international non-governmen- tal organisation for setting standards. Information Technology. Java Object-orientated programming language developed by Sun.
  • Page 69 EYW300 novaWeb Operation Abbreviations and terminology For more detailed information, we recommend the use of web-based encyclopaedias such as Wikipedia. © 2006 by Fr. Sauter Ltd., Im Surinam 55, CH-4016 Basle, Switzerland Sauter Systems 7001049003 A...

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