GE Industrial Solutions Galaxy Manager - Manual (Page 12)

Figure 2-1: Gateway Networking Diagram
Galaxy Manager
2 - 2 Specifications Issue 4.3 Preliminary January 2004
Sites without network access to live data may be recorded within Galaxy
Manager using information from a detailed site survey. Detailed sited
surveys are generally performed by Lineage Power, however, these
surveys are available for self population. Limited database changes
(such as contact information, battery string and rectifiers changes, and
administration changes) can be performed using the Galaxy Manager
screens. (See the Galaxy Manager Training Guide for additional
information on how to change site equipment data in the Galaxy
Manager database.)
Galaxy Manager’s usefulness is enhanced when direct communication
with individual power plant sites within the system is provided
permitting the transmission of live alarm and other data. A simple means
for users to communicate with those sites is also provided. Galaxy
Gateway using a LAN or intranet is presently the communication tool
necessary for providing this enhanced capability to Galaxy Manager.
Galaxy Gateway is a remote communication alternative to public
network modems for use with Lineage Power Galaxy SC, Galaxy SCF,
Galaxy Millennium, Galaxy Vector and Yukon controllers. Using an
Ethernet connection, Gateway provides remote access to these power
plant controllers to display power information and permit changes to
their configuration (at the proper security levels) via the World Wide
Web and/or an intranet based LAN (Local Area Network). Working in