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Acquisition Modules and Platinum Firmware Technical Manual Document No. MAN-EAM-0003 Designed and manufactured by Güralp Systems Limited 3 Midas House, Calleva Park Aldermaston RG7 8EA England Proprietary Notice: The information in this document is proprietary to Güralp Systems Limited and may be copied or distributed for educational and academic purposes but may not be used commercially without permission. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of the information in the document, Güralp Systems Limited nor any employee assumes responsibility or is liable for for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of this document. Issue E February 2014 Acquisition Modules and Platinum Firmware Contents Table of Contents 1 Preliminary Notes.............................................................................................................9 1.1 Proprietary Notice......................................................................................................9 1.2 Cautions and Notes....................................................................................................9 1.3 Manuals and Software...............................................................................................9 1.4 Conventions................................................................................................................9 1.5 A note on terminology..............................................................................................10 1.5.0 Sensor................................................................................................................10 1.5.1 Instrument.........................................................................................................10 1.5.2 Digitiser.............................................................................................................10 2 Equipment Overview......................................................................................................11 2.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................11 2.2 Platinum Firmware..................................................................................................11 2.2.0 Important information about build 10,000 and above.....................................11 2.3 Platinum systems.....................................................................................................12 2.3.0 Embedded Acquisition Module........................................................................12 2.3.1 Data Communications Module.........................................................................12 2.3.2 Network Appliance Module ............................................................................12 2.3.3 Data Acquisition Systems.................................................................................12 2.3.4 Integrated instruments......................................................................................13 2.4 Typical Acquisition Modules..................................................................................13 2.5 Ports..........................................................................................................................14 2.5.0 Ports A, B, C......................................................................................................14 2.5.1 SENSOR ports...................................................................................................14 2.5.2 Ethernet.............................................................................................................14 2.5.3 GPIO..................................................................................................................15 2.5.4 USB....................................................................................................................15 2.5.5 GPS....................................................................................................................15 2.5.6 Power/Data........................................................................................................15 2.5.7 POWER..............................................................................................................15 2.6 Typical Applications................................................................................................15 2.6.0 Autonomous remote data-logger......................................................................15 2.6.1 Protocol Converter............................................................................................16 2.6.2 Array Concentrator...........................................................................................16 2.6.3 PPP Networking................................................................................................17 2.6.4 Resilient Networking........................................................................................17 2.6.5 CD1.1 Networking.............................................................................................18 3 Initial set-up.................................................................................................................... 20 3.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................20 MAN-EAM-0003 Issue E - February 2014 Acquisition Modules and Platinum Firmware 3.2 Connecting to the network port...............................................................................20 3.2.0 DHCP-assigned addresses.................................................................................20 3.2.1 Link-local addresses..........................................................................................22 3.2.2 Assigning a static IP address............................................................................23 3.2.3 Connecting to the web interface.......................................................................26 3.2.4 Connecting to the command line using SSH...................................................27 3.3 Connecting to the Serial Port...................................................................................30 3.3.0 Using Scream....................................................................................................31 3.3.1 Using a terminal Emulator................................................................................31 3.3.2 Logging in..........................................................................................................32 4 Platinum Overview.........................................................................................................33 4.1 Introduction..............................................................................................................33 4.2 Using the web interface...........................................................................................33 4.2.0 Navigation aides................................................................................................33 4.2.1 Display options and form submission..............................................................34 4.2.2 Navigation instructions in the manual............................................................35 4.3 Using the command-line configuration system......................................................35 4.3.0 Using graphical interfaces from the command line.........................................35 4.3.1 Using gconfig.....................................................................................................36 4.3.2 Text entry fields................................................................................................37 4.3.3 Check-boxes......................................................................................................38 4.3.4 Drop-down menus............................................................................................38 4.3.5 Using forms.......................................................................................................39 4.4 Configuration Management.....................................................................................41 4.4.0 Automatic saving of configurations.................................................................42 4.4.1 Saving a configuration......................................................................................43 4.4.2 Downloading a saved configuration.................................................................44 4.4.3 Uploading a saved configuration......................................................................45 4.4.4 Restoring a configuration..................................................................................45 4.4.5 Comparing configurations................................................................................46 4.4.6 Deleting saved configurations..........................................................................48 4.4.7 Transferring backups between systems...........................................................49 4.4.8 Technical details...............................................................................................49 5 Platinum Firmware Upgrades........................................................................................51 5.1 Important notes regarding build 10,000..................................................................51 5.1.0 Significant changes at build 10,000.................................................................51