Cocoon POWERTALK 101 - Manual (Page 5)

PowerTALK 101
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Power Supply........................................................................................................................................ 25
Networking ........................................................................................................................................... 25
C HANGING MORE ADVANCED PARAMETERS USING PT.EXE...................................................................... 26
P ASSWORDS ............................................................................................................................................... 27
PT.EXE – P OWER TALK COMMAND LINE INTERFACE .............................................................................. 28
PT.EXE EXAMPLES ................................................................................................................................... 28
Confirm your PC IP address ................................................................................................................ 28
List all available PowerTALK units...................................................................................................... 29
Set a PowerTALK unit name................................................................................................................. 29
Change some parameters ..................................................................................................................... 29
Change a port/channel allocation ........................................................................................................ 29
Accept all changes ................................................................................................................................ 29
P OWER TALK 98 – W INDOWS GUI SOFTWARE ......................................................................................... 30
P OWER TALK 98 EXAMPLES ..................................................................................................................... 31
N ETWORK T OPOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 32
P OWER TALK 101 CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................... 34
P RE - CONNECT CONFIGURATION ................................................................................................................. 34
Serial connection cables ....................................................................................................................... 34
Network connection: IP address setting ............................................................................................... 35
Other settings on PowerTALK 101....................................................................................................... 36
C ONNECTING TO THE PHYSICAL NETWORK ................................................................................................ 36
10-BASE-T ............................................................................................................................................ 36
COMMISSIONING AIDS ......................................................................................................................... 37
LED INDICATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Normal LED indications on face plate: ................................................................................................ 37
Indications on inside of box, only visible when cover is removed: ....................................................... 37
T ESTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 38
Tests using standard networking protocols: ......................................................................................... 38
Tests available using PT.EXE............................................................................................................... 38
Tests available using PowerTALK 98 under Windows 95 or NT.......................................................... 38
T ESTING PROCEDURE ................................................................................................................................. 39
E ASY FUNCTIONALITY TEST - L OOPBACK TEST : ........................................................................................ 40
S ETTING AND CONFIGURING P OWER TALK 101 ........................................................................................ 42
P RACTICAL CONNECTION EXAMPLE – A DDRESS TYPE SERIAL DEVICES ..................................................... 43
P RACTICAL CONNECTION EXAMPLE – N ON ADDRESS ( OLD ) TYPE SERIAL DEVICES ................................... 44
P RACTICAL MULTI NODE EXAMPLE ............................................................................................................ 45
TECHNICAL DETAIL.............................................................................................................................. 47
S ETTINGS FOR POPULAR S IEMENS & GE M ULTILIN EQUIPMENT ............................................................... 47
C HANNELS ................................................................................................................................................. 47
P OTENTIAL P OWER TALK LOCK - UPS ........................................................................................................ 48
Endless loop.......................................................................................................................................... 48
Loss of communication to configure PowerTALK 101 ......................................................................... 48
T ESTING SYSTEM WATCHDOG .................................................................................................................... 49
U SING P OWER TALK 101 WITH BRIDGES AND ROUTERS ........................................................................... 49
P OWER TALK 101 PROTOCOL ................................................................................................................... 50
OTHER PRODUCTS AVAILABLE IN THE POWERTALK FAMILY ............................................. 51
H ISTORY OF CHANGES TO THIS MANUAL , FROM RELEASE 1 ....................................................................... 52
Release 2............................................................................................................................................... 52
NOTES......................................................................................................................................................... 53