GE Industrial Solutions Galaxy Pulsar Edge - Manual (Page 102)

Galaxy Pulsar Edge Power System Controller
Issue 3 October 2011
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interface using standard browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer®. It can provide plant
alarm and control information to a distributed or centralized Network Operation Center (NOC)
using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) or the Transaction Machine Language
(TL1), which allow the Pulsar Edge to provide alarm information to the NOC for integrated
network management. The Pulsar Edge provides network access and control capability for users
under the HTTP, Telnet, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, and TL1 protocols.
This section provides access to configure all the network parameters for the controller. The
primary port is Network Port 1 which configures the integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet port. The
controller has the ability to utilize an external network card that attaches to the RS232 Craft port
and can provide access to a second network connection. This connection is called Network Port 2.
Port 2 is reserved for a second integrated Ethernet port in the future. Following is a sample
screen of the port information typically obtained from a network administrator as well as
descriptions for the fields. Brief description of some of the other features included in the
controller is provided.
DHCP
(Network Settings) The access type and the Dynamic IP addressing mode are set in this
section. The Dynamic IP address mode sets the IP address operation
mode of the integrated Ethernet port on the Pulsar Edge.
This port has been set to act in DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol) Client mode. This mode of operation assumes that the
network will automatically provide an IP address to the controller. The
port may also be configured to use a “Static” IP address which is
configured by the user. The Static and Client modes of operation allow