GE Industrial Solutions Galaxy Manager - Manual (Page 13)

Galaxy Manager
Issue 4.3 Preliminary January 2004 Specifications 2 - 3
conjunction with Galaxy Manager, it serves as the cornerstone of a safe
and secure comprehensive monitoring and control system designed to
meet power plant engineering, operations, and maintenance needs.
Galaxy Gateway provides access to plant alarm and control information
for either distributed locations (with pager or email notification) or
centralized locations like a Network Operations Center or Galaxy
Manager (using the SNMP protocol), in addition to access via standard
web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator and
access via any Telnet client such as HyperTerminal.
Galaxy Gateway communicates using TCP/IP internet protocol with the
network. A 10Base-T (RJ-45) physical connection is used between the
Gateway card and a LAN/WAN network device, typically a router.
Built-in Gateway software applications include a web server facility that
supports HTTP (web access), a command line interface via a Telnet
connection to the power system, and a file server, supporting FTP for
remote software upgrades. Also included are support for SMTP internet
pager service, SMTP remote server alarm email capability, and the
Galaxy Manager network management client using SNMP. The TL1
Transaction Language protocol is also supported over TCP/IP through
the Galaxy Gateway.
Galaxy Manager Portal has been developed to communicate to
non-Lineage Power (such as a DGU) and older Lineage Power
equipment. This product incorporates all the standard applicable
features of the Galaxy Gateway into a convenient rack-mounted or
wall-mounted unit. Standard versions of Galaxy Manager Portal will
also be made available for additional equipment. These units can then be
customized by Lineage Power to provide connectivity to equipment
utilizing an RS-232 or RS-485 interface and machine protocol. Thus, the
Galaxy Manager Portal can provide network connectivity to
traditionally non-networked equipment.
Additional information regarding Galaxy Gateway is available on the
Lineage Power web site at http://www.lineagepower.com/
software.html. The links available on this site include the Gateway data
sheet and product manual, plus a demo site to allow live access to a
Gateway using a web browser. There is also a demo version of Gateway
Manager which can be accessed by registering to become a Lineage
Power partner.