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1. Sensors Mini 163 II M oe ature Fi BR naiog 1 PR anaioa 2 Analog 3 Josec1 Open 99 4 0 alanis nvonttoredcd ID 28A3D0C800000060 IT Watchdogs has taken care in the preparation of this manual and the information is considered current as of the date and time it was written but IT Watchdogs makes no expressed or implied warranty of any kind and assume no responsibilities for errors or omissions No liability is assumed for incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the use of or inability to use the information contained herein This manual is for use with IT Watchdogs MiniGoose XP H monitoring devices running firmware revisions 3 3 x or higher For other IT Watchdogs products or previous firmware revisions please consult our webpage at http www itwatchdogs com to find the appropriate manual s for your application MiniGoose XP II setup guide amp user manual rev 0 05 Copyright 2009 IT Watchdogs Austin TX All rights reserved IT Watchdogs the Digger logo WeatherGoose and SuperGoose are trademarks of IT Watchdogs All other company names logos or trademarks referenced herein remain the property of their respective owners and are for instructive or example purposes only No endorsement of the referenced companies or products by or of IT Watchdogs should be assumed or implied MiniGoose XP I1 USER MANUAL Introduction Thank you for
2. 192 43 244 16 NTP secondary server 129 15 28 129 65 15 28 ine to NTF server period 1800 ee Save Changes Name and Password Configuration Now scroll down the Config Admin Options page until you find the Name and Password Configuration options block Here you can set up to three levels of password protection for the MiniGoose XP II allowing you to restrict which user s in your organization are able to view or change the unit s settings Although these settings are optional IT Watchdogs highly recommends that you at least set up the Administrator account to prevent unauthorized changes to the network and administrative settings If a given account s username and password fields are left blank then the level s of access controlled by that account are available to anyone who connects to the unit Accounts are listed in order of privilege from highest to lowest and lower privilege accounts cannot be set unless the higher privilege accounts above them are set as well i e you cannot have a Control account without an Administrator account and you cannot have a View Only account without both a Control and Administrator account U Administrator this account has complete access to the MiniGoose XP II all pages are viewable and any setting can be changed including the ability to change any other account s passwords Note that this account is the only account which can access the Config page and t
3. c ova Area Yeloork AN selli gs AY Sattinzs do nzt azp 2 da u2 con eaizns l harsa engs shove foe iship seo ngs U in Internet Explorer the proxy settings can be found under Tools gt Connections gt LAN Settings in Firefox the proxy settings are in Tools Options Advanced gt Network gt Settings in Opera the proxy settings are in Tools Preferences Advanced gt Network gt Proxy Servers ae MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL Part 1 The Grand Tour This section is intended to help familiarize you with the MiniGoose XP II unit itself in particular this section will focus on the hardware feartures including the physical connectors on the front panel and their various functions Users of our previous series I units will notice that physically the MiniGoose XP II unit is nearly identical to the model formerly known under the name MiniGoose 2 which was also sometimes designated by the model number WxGoos 4 These somewhat contradictory and confusing series I designations have been deprecated in favor of a more consistent naming scheme however if you should need to contact us for technical support especially if you own both series I and series II units please make sure to specify exactly which model you re requesting support on in order to expedite your request and avoid confusion errata Some firmwar
4. this file is in a plain text ASCII format known as comma separated values which nearly any spreadsheet or data Hiers 2 amp Nov 2003 11 41 37 74 76 datalog read only OpenOttice org Calc Fis Edi View Insert Forra cok Data Wirdow Help A SOs ASRIEL H BNUS vih anag c12 zj fo foo aa eee MS O O E MiaiXP lTemaeratiire IF MiriX gt IkAnalag l Mi nifXP I Aralng gt Min SSP IAnalng 3 99 99 analysis program likely to be found on the Windows Mac or Febtor209 11 627 7513 3o 5 5 2 Now2C03 11 ag eA 99 99 Linux platforms should be able to import easily When opened waiter 1 48 62 15 18 28 22 Mow2C03 11 47 37 75 19 99 99 the result will look much like the screen shot to the right This nao 1 827 ate z particular shot was taken using the OPENOFFICE CALC Haaies AT r tz 2 Nuv 2C03 11 2 27 75 19 99 99 spreadsheet but other spreadsheet programs should look pe xwrxe1sz 75 19 2 39 ENZ 11 Sun RE a 22 similar ae s s 20 Now2003 11 27 27 75 19 99 99 s 20 Nov2C03 11 20 27 75 19 99 99 2c j20 Now2C03 11 29 27 75 19 99 99 Depending on the spreadsheet program you may be asked to provide some details about the data format so that it can be properly imported If any of the following parameters are asked for be sure to set them as follows e Character set Western Europe Windows 1252 WinLatin 1 Oor Western Europe ASCII US U Separator options Separated by C
5. disabled eTrap IP Address port both are blanked Uall Cameras IP Address and Model settings are reset to 0 0 0 0 and No camera respectively USet Clock method is reset to Manual Uthe NTP servers are reset to 192 43 244 18 and 129 6 15 28 USync to NTP server period is reset to 1800 seconds Uall Name and Password Configuration settings are blanked Uall Admin Info fields are reset to generic John Doe placeholders In other words Reset ALL to Default Values returns your MiniGoose XP II to a condition that is about as close to fresh out of the box as it can get short of erasing the network IP address settings as well Those settings are spared so that you can continue to access the unit since obviously it would be undesirable for the unit to revert to the local address setting of 192 168 123 123 if you are trying to administer the unit remotely The Refresh DNS Cache button on the other hand simply causes the unit to erase any cached IP addresses it has already looked up via DNS and perform new DNS requests on URL specified addresses in the configuration fields This may be useful if you have reconfigured your network or moved your e mail servers to a different IP address and the MiniGoose XP II hasn t yet refreshed the DNS entries on its own and is still trying to access those services at the old IP address U System Clock settings System Llock set to LUYI The MiniGoose XP II includes a hardware real time cloc
6. useful for their intended applications IT Watchdogs has no connection with any of the companies or services described no recommendation or endorsement is intended or implied nor does IT Watchdogs make any claims or guarantee of these services reliability quality of service or fitness for any given application
7. A full complement of sixteen jacks is provided on the front panel allowing you to connect up to sixteen external sensors the maximum number supported by the WeatherGoose system directly to the unit The provision of a full 16 jacks makes it easy to set up remote monitoring of multiple cabinets from a single central monitor without requiring additional wiring or bus splitters especially if the other points to be monitored are relatively nearby If you need to locate several sensors at a more distant point say for example you have two cabinets to be monitored at opposite ends of a room running a single wire to a splitter at the remote point may still be Do to minimize e the total amount of wiring iin run a back to sk MiniGoose AE II unit a maximum of 16 sensors if you attempt to connect more than 16 devices the additional sensors will be ignored Note also that attempting to add more than 16 sensors can lead to unexpected results especially on initial power up since exactly which sensors will be identified or ignored will depend greatly upon in what order the sensors are discovered by the MiniGoose XP II during its bus scan and what their family code and ID numbers are Gndecued EEn due to TEEN RF interference and ne attenuation over long cable runs If longer runs are absolutely necessary you may be able to minimize the effects of such interference by enclosing the sensor cables within grounded metal conduits using snap
8. Cameras settings The MiniGoose XP II like its predecessor is able to display still image thumbnails for up to four IP cameras Com 1 1P aun as WEN of UG u dsriy on the eee page Model No camera z Cam 2 IP Adcress 0 0 0 0 Model No camera 7 Carn 3 IP Add ess fu uuU Model No camera 7 S image into its PE page makes it a clickable link ee which you can use as a convenient way to quickly access eel TT the camera itself Any actual camera monitoring _Save Changes functions such as image sequence or video recording motion detection etc must be performed by the camera itself and its associated application software if any or by Senani appropri ate 3 rd p arty softw are SuperGoase I ID 017C00541100004D B icar iF 76 53 F Any cameras configured here will be displayed on the wem aa igrt Level 90 Cidark 100 bright a ae E Sensors page beneath the unit s history graph in order Flo 99 20 sll ousting Sound eval 0 Ciquet 96 loLd from left to right E 99 C Ov 99 5 OE aa C Ov QQ 5v All four pairs of IP Address and Model controls work sro B s a identically IP Address of course specifies the IP address of the camera you wish to display Model specifies the make and model of camera which is at that address Note that it is necessary for you the user to specify the model of camera because different cameras even ones from the same brand or manufacture
9. MiniGoose XP II s_ internal temperature sensor in Fahrenheit 4 Next we choose whether we want this alarm to be a Low Trip or a High Trip The distinction is just like it sounds a Low Trip alarm will send alerts if the monitored condition falls below the threshold value that we set while a High Trip alarm goes off if the monitored condition rises above the threshold So to get our alert if the temperature exceeds 9OF we select High Trip from the second drop down box 5 Next we type 90 as our alarm trip threshold and put checkmarks in the desired alarm and gs ee l XML MIB Mini 163 II ID 28A3D0C800000060 E mail Traps vE nS Temperature Temperature Add New Alarm Temperature F gt High Trip Low Trip Add New Alarm 999 0 OHOOOO OO Temperature F gt High Trip gt 90 MMCM WE SNMP boxes in this case we select emaill1 email2 and trapl which correspond to foo bar com our system administrator neg pos net our building supervisor zz9 Q pluralzalpha com our HVAC technician and our SNMP monitor at lobsterpot com a TE l XML MIB Add New Alarm email4 6 Now we click Save Changes and just like that now we have a new alarm setting in the SuperGoose Il table Now whenever our temperature exceeds 85 F our sysadmin will get a message if the temperature climbs about 90 F not only does the sysadmin get another
10. U if however you were to set the Report Time to 13 30 1 30PM instead the reports would begin at 13 30 1 30PM that same day Monday January Ist instead U if you set a Report Time of 08 00 8 00AM and a Report Period of every Friday the first status report would be sent on Friday January 5th and continue every Friday thereafter U if on the other hand you set a Report Time of 08 00 8 00AM and a Report Period of every Monday the reports would not begin until the following Monday January 8th since 08 00 of the current Monday the Ist has already passed U if you set a Report Time of 08 00 8 00AM and a Report Period of 2 hours the unit would begin sending status e mails at 08 00 8 00AM on Tuesday January 2nd and then every two hours thereafter U if however you set a Report Time of 14 00 2 00PM and a Report Period of 2 hours the unit will begin sending e mails at 14 00 2 00PM on Monday the Ist and every 2 hours thereafter The E mail Destinations checkboxes work the same way as the ones on the Alarms page recipient s can be selected by setting the appropriate checkboxes starting with email1 on the left through email5 on the right If you wish to remove a particular status report from the list check the Delete This Report checkbox for the unwanted report event and ee eee click Save Changes Ba enables ITP From E mail Address SS SS To E mail Address 1 To E mai
11. a similar purpose Again though its functionality has been significantly enhanced with a matrix of event type and severity checkboxes to choose which events are of interest There is also a control at the bottom of the page which allows you to enter an e mail address and send the logs directly from the unit assuming that e mail functions are not the problem at issue of course rather than needing to cut and paste text into a separate e mail program Currently neither of these pages are likely to be of significant interest under normal circumstances They are provided mainly to assist IT Watchdogs in remote diagnostics and technical support in the unlikely event that you encounter problems setting up or using your equipment While altering these settings will not harm or disable your unit they can cause the unit to appear slower and less responsive and or cause the logging memory to fill up with unnecessary status and debug data while leaving less room for actual sensor readings Unless you are specifically asked by IT Watchdogs technical support to enable or change any of the settings on these pages these settings should not be disturbed The Configuration Admin page The last page of configuration options are primarily concerned with administrative functions such as the real time clock and account settings It is also possible to upload firmware upgrades from here and do a global reset of the unit back to factory defaults if needed Mi
12. ability to set multiple thresholds for any given sensor and selectively determine which of up to five e mail address es and or up to two SNMP listeners should receive alerts for a particular condition U Logging page On this page you will find a larger graph which can be customized to display only the sensor s of interest to you and to display their history for periods ranging from 15 minutes up to month You can also download and or erase the log history from this page if desired logs are downloadable in a standard CSV comma separated values format which can be imported into a variety of spreadsheet and data analysis applications e Display page This page allows you to control the way various items are displayed including the date format USA non USA or ISO 8601 unit of temperature measurement Farenheit or Celsius and to assign friendly names to each sensor and to the MiniGoose XP II unit itself to more easily differentiate them on the various pages You also have the option to choose from several different user interface styles or skins depending on your preferences All of the screenshots in this manual are from the default Contemporary skin but other options are available including Austere and Goose Classic e Config page This page provides access to all of the MiniGoose XP II s system and network configuration options including the real time clock SNMP and e ma
13. for the IP address while using static Gocordary WS Sorvor TT DNS addresses or use static addresses for both IP and SS _Save Changes DNS The default is Use Static Network Configuration and DNS server addresses if you set this control to either of the D using options click S O Wena Ons J gt t 1 ngs and fev QLN Warning if you enable one of the DHCP options and a DHCP service is not available or cannot be reached the unit will no longer respond on the static address and you will not be able to get back into the unit If this occurs use the hardware RESET procedure described in section 1 to reset the unit to the factory default addresses and disable DHCP The next settings are IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway When your MiniGoose XP II first arrives from the factory or if you use the RESET button on the front of the unit these settings will default to the following local subnet settings IP ADDRESS 192 168 123 123 SUBNET MASK 255 255 255 0 DEFAULT GATEWAY 192 168 123 1 Below the IP address settings you will find a pair of fields named Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server This is where you can specify the DNS servers for the MiniGoose XP II to use to look up any servers or addresses which you specify by URL rather than by direct IP address Any standard DNS server can be used as long as the MiniGoose XP II is able to access it from your network U Web Server settings These settings control the b
14. it to a different complement of already installed sensor devices or perhaps that particular sensor device has failed or been damaged and has since been replaced with a new unit and now you want to remove the old device from the display Whatever the reason simply click on this checkbox then click the Save Changes button and all UNPLUGGED devices will be permanently removed from the device table Unique Ackiress Device Type Frierniy Nave Unique Address Vevice ypa Hiendly Name 28A 0I0CE00002060 sclrrete Minif163 II arasnncannnnmsn ole Minii AAI OOOWOOSTEDBETI4 at FowSensor ADIT Sensor UNPLUGGED I Rermeve al unplucced devices 7 Revove al unugzed deris Save Ch anges Save Changes Note that under normal operation the internal sensors should never show as UNPLUGGED in the device list U Sensors section This is where you can assign friendly names to any of the three Analog Dry Contact Inputs on a MiniGoose XP II unit These fields work the same way as the ones in the Devices section and serve the same purpose to make it easier for the user to give meaningful names to the sensors and differentiate between them The only significant difference between the Sensors section and the Devices section is that there is no Remove all unplugged devices control for the analog inputs and these can never show as UNPLUGGED since they are part of the internal sensor group rather than a distinct device Senso
15. keep in mind that alert e mails will not be automatically sent to all five of these addresses instead they can be be selectively assigned so that different alarm events will send e mails only to the selected recipients This function 1s covered in more detail in the Alarms Page section POP3 Server and POP3 Port serve the same function as the SMTP settings except that they apply to your incoming POP3 mail server While you cannot actually send e mails to the MiniGoose XP II some mail systems require any computer or device attempting to send e mails through them to validate themselves as a known user by performing an operation known as POP3 before SMTP where the device first has to log in to a known POP3 mailbox account before it s allowed to use the SMTP service to send mail Here again the POP3 Server can be specified either by URL or IP address and the POP3 Port should be left at its default of 110 unless your e mail administrator specifically requires you to change it Username and Password are the login credentials used to connect to your mail servers The MiniGoose XP II s e mail system also supports secure encrypted e mail server connections via ESMTP SSL or ESMTP TLS These features can be enabled by selectively filling in certain fields on the E mail section and leaving others blank The possible SMTP methods are U leave POP3 Server Username and Password for a standard i e non encrypted SMTP connection which blank does not r
16. on ferrite chokes around the sensor wires where they connect to the MiniGoose XP II and other such methods for shielding low voltage signals against external interference but these techniques are highly dependent on your particular operating environment and are not guaranteed e Analog Dry Contact Input Terminals VO Ports This grey 5 terminal block is used to connect non digital sensors such as 1 2 3 current transformers door switches or water sensors Three analog inputs are provided numbered 1 2 and 3 the two terminals labeled or C Sl al a on some models are the electrical common or ground Two e g m fh E connections are provided for convenience internally they are tied together so Pees oe Dag it doesn t matter which sensor s are connected to which terminal As you can see in the above photo each terminal consists of two openings The larger square opening at the bottom is where the wire is inserted the smaller narrower opening above is used to open the spring loaded jaws inside the terminal block so the wire can be inserted Simply insert a small flat blade screwdriver into the upper slot then pry upwards to open the spring loaded jaw slip the sensor wire into the larger bottom opening then pull out the screwdriver to allow the jaw to close around and grip the wire Note that the The analog inputs can be used to monitor any dry contact pair such as a do
17. ow memory has no logged data PDA Phone No data to graph l XML MIB To show the graph correctly please set the system clock in config page Unit Location Somewhere Unit Description Admin or Call 000 123 5678 Support or Call 512 257 1462 Copyright 2003 2009 All Rights Reserved If this is the first time the unit has been powered up and configured it will most likely show no data to graph and indicate that the unit s internal real time clock is not set It may also indicate that the clock is not set if the unit has been left unpowered long enough for the clock s internal backup power to run out typically about 10 days While the unit will continue to monitor its sensors and trip alarms if any are configured for values which exceed the alarm thresholds it will not log or graph data until the clock is set In this QuickStart guide we will set the system clock and briefly point out some other settings which you might want to configure at this time to get your MiniGoose XP II unit up and running Note that you do not have to set any of these other than the clock right now so if you would prefer to read the more detailed user manual before configuring your unit feel free to skip over the QuickStart guide When you are ready to proceed click the Config button highlighted above to bring up the system configuration pages There are a great many settings and configuration options available on the Config
18. own information block containing its current readings and history graph Each sensor Air Flow Sensor POEET ETRE block is titled by the friendly name of the Weee 78 57 oF sensor and that sensor device s bus ID number B o pod rai the friendly name can be changed on the mt 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 A 60 Display page to something more meaningful if a desired If a sensor device is disconnected from the unit its associated information block will disappear from the Sensors page You may have noticed that in the sample images above some of the sensor graphs have visible gaps in them Normally the graphs should be continuous visible gaps in the graphs generally indicate one of two conditions 1 The MiniGoose XP II lost power This is the only condition which can create gaps in the internal sensors graph as seen above in this case the unit was turned off over a weekend which created the large gap in the middle and has subsequently had power disconnected from it a few times since then Note that due to the way the MiniGoose XP II writes data to the internal memory chip even a short power outage can cause a visible gap in order to extend the life of the Flash memory the unit holds the most recent readings in temporary RAM and does not write them to the Flash chip until it has accumulated enough to fill an entire page So if power goes out between page writes any data held in RAM but not yet written to Flash may be l
19. page At the moment we will only deal with the basics of a first time setup of the unit a more detailed in depth coverage of each available setting will be covered later in the chapter on Configuration The Config page is subdivided into sections with similar functions and settings grouped together to make them easier to find When you click on the Config tab the Configuration Network page will appear by default to move to one of the other pages simply click on one of the other tabs underneath Config The Network tab is where you can either assign the MiniGoose XP II to a specific IP address on your network or configure it to request its network configuration from your router via DHCP You can also configure the Web Server to allow or deny encrypted HTTPS or non encrypted HTTP connections change the HTTP and HTTPS ports and configure the MiniGoose XP II to use a desired set of DNS servers from our previous Meah ooe I product where the backup 192 168 123 123 address was always available Therefore we will skip over these setting for the moment and come back to them as the final step in configuring the unit Instead click on the Admin tab to switch to the Config Admin Options page where we will set the clock and password options To set the clock e For this first time setup Set Clock method to Manual U Set the GMT to the correct offset for your local time zone Make sure to type it in as
20. reset to the factory default of U DHCP Disabled box unchecked e IP Address 192 168 123 123 e Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 U Gateway 192 168 123 1 U Web Server will be reset to the factory default of e Protocols HTTP and HTTPS e HTTP Port 80 U HTTPS Port 443 The RESET button can also be used to perform a total factory reset if necessary Normally there is no need to use this procedure simply to regain access to the unit but it might be useful if you were for example moving the unit from one facility to another and wanted to start over with a blank slate as it were To perform a total reset disconnect power from the unit then press and hold the RESET button as above while powering the unit back up again one to pie n outer for 5 seconds ene SUR it gous he ue unit reboot as normal CAUTION This will completely erase every setting on the MiniGoose XP II back to Digital Sensor Bus Jacks These are used to attach external Digital Sensor Bus devices such as the RT 20 temperature sensor or the RTAFH 20 temperature airflow humidity sensor sold separately by IT Watchdogs for use with the WeatherGoose climate monitoring series The MiniGoose XP II uses the same external sensors as the previous series I units so if you are replacing an older unit formerly known as MiniGoose 2 with a MiniGoose XP II in your facility you can still use all of your existing external IT Watchdogs sensor devices
21. sensor or sensor reading refers to a condition that is monitored by a sensor device Note that some devices can have more than one sensor reading UA sensor device is a physical piece of hardware such as a remote temperature sensor an AF HT Airflow Humidity Temperature sensor a CCAT analog to digital converter or the MiniGoose XP II unit itself Sensor devices can monitor only a single condition such as the temperature sensors or the CCATs or as mentioned above they can monitor multiple conditions such as the AF HT devices or the MiniGoose XP Il s built in sensor devices A sensor group is the group of readings associated with a particular sensor device So now that we ve gotten that out of the way let s go through the process of adding new alarms settings and see how it all works Currently in the examples shown so far we have a single alarm set this one will send an e mail alert to the emaill address foo bar com whenever the internal temperature sensor exceeds 85 F But what if the temperature continues to rise Let s say we want to be alerted again if we exceed 90 F and this time we not only want foo bar com to know about it we want our building maintenence supervisor at neg pos net and the HVAC technician at zz9 pluralzalpha com to know about it as well and send an SNMP trap to our SNMP monitor at lobsterpot com L Add New e Alarm Alarms Mini 163 II ID 28A3D0C80000
22. settings on the various Config pages can be left alone Go ahead and click on the Network tab to go back to the Config Network Settings page and we ll configure the unit s IP and DNS settings for your network U Network You can either assign your IP Subnet Mask and Gateway settings manually or configure the unit to acquire these settings via DHCP from your network router U Here you can choose how the unit gets its network address assignment Mini 163 1I and DNS server settings The unit ae a eae A a D can either attempt to acquire them All is well O alarms monitored via DHCP or use static addresses you specify in the fields below Configuration Network Current Network Configuration set statically Use DHCP for Network Configuration and DNS Server Addresses Use DHCP for Network Configuration and Static ONS server addresses R aacha mi U Static IP network address settings ER are entered into these boxes ee IP address 192 168 123 123 Subnet Mask 255 255 2550 192 168 123 1 Static DNS server settings are entered here If you want to specify any other settings such as NTP time servers e mail servers etc via URL instead of by IP address you will need to provide the address of at least one DNS server here Gateway Primary DNS Server 8 67 222 222 Secondary DNS Server 9099 67 222 220 Save Changes Click Save Changes and the un
23. specify the offset to be applied to GMT for your local time zone Please note that the WeatherGoose currently has no provision to automatically compensate for Daylight Saving Time so make sure you take this into account when entering the offset The next row of fields below GMT to local allow you to specify the current date as Month Day and two digit Year the leading two digits are always assumed to be 20 since it seems reasonable to suspect that very few if any of these units will still be in service by the year 2100 and the current Hour Minute and Second Note that if you are only using Manual setting mode and do not intend to sync with NTP servers you could just enter the local time here and set the GMT to local offset to 00 00 however if you have specified a GMT offset and intend to use NTP time servers make sure you enter the correct GMT time here not necessarily your local time On the other hand if Set Clock method is set to NTP Server mode and the NTP server IPs are valid and reachable it doesn t matter what you put in these clock setting fields since the unit will sync to the time supplied by the NTP servers as soon as it finds them NTP primary server and NTP secondary server allow you to specify the desired NTP time servers either by IP address or URL Sync to NTP server period determines how often the unit will sync with an NTP server The default is 1800 seconds or 30 minutes but can be set to as l
24. the unit U reboot initiate a full reboot of the system firmware equivalent to a power cycled cold start U remove causes the unit to forget any Digital Sensor Bus devices which are unplugged Equivalent to the Remove all unplugged devices checkbox on the Display page U report provides a complete report of the unit s current configuration settings resetall equivalent to the Reset ALL to Default Values button on the Configuration Admin page this command causes a total reset of all of the unit s configuration settings returning the unit to a nearly fresh out of the box state U restore reset all of the friendly name fields back to their factory defaults U server by itself this command shows which web server services HTTP or HTTPS are enabled and what port s they are set to This command can also be used to change those port settings or disable a service by issuing the command server http or server https followed by either the port number you wish to assign them to or off to disable that service U snmp by itself this command lists the current SNMP settings It can also be used to set or change those settings as follows U adding port lt port gt sets the listening port for incoming GET requests U the read write or trap communities can be set by adding readcom writecom or trapcom respectively followed by the name of the community U the SNMP system name location and con
25. which may make it difficult to tell some measurements apart This message located directly underneath the color key tells you the maximum amount of data that can be logged before the memory is full This number will change depending on the number and type of external sensor devices attached Once the MiniGoose XP II s memory capacity has been reached each time a new data sample is taken the oldest sample s in the buffer will be discarded to make room the new one The Reset Logs checkbox will cause the MiniGoose XP II to erase all of the currently logged data from memory If this checkbox is set when the Update Graph button is clicked the data is erased the graphs are cleared and the unit will begin accumulating new data Clicking on this link will cause your browser to download all of the accumulated data in a file called datalog csv This type of file known as a comma separated values format hence the csv extension contains the logged data in a simple ASCII text format which can be opened by nearly any spreadsheet program such as Excel Quattro Pro or OpenOffice Calc or data analysis software Note that depending on how long the unit has been in operation downloading the log may take several minutes however the MiniGoose XP II will continue to monitor sensors and alarm conditions during the download process 8 None of the above controls or checkboxes will take effect until one of the Update Graph buttons is clicked Two bu
26. 0060 E mail Traps correct device Like the buttons on the configuration pages the Add New Alarm and Save Changes buttons on the Alarms page are specific to each settings block rather than global For this example we should click the button highlighted here Temperature F High Trip 85 0 umma ws Save Changes Add New Alarm o SSS Door Sensor ID 1C00000384CBF014 Add New Alarm PDA Phone XML MIB 2 Notice how a new entry has been added to the alarm table New entries are generally filled Alarms in with defaults that are well outside the range eae eae of normal sensor operations in this case our Temperature F Sewer new alarm is set to trip if the temperature goes igh Trip mies below 999 C which is an impossible ional el condition Literally so since absolute zero Low Trip z 999 0 ononon oo the point at which all molecular activity Save Changes Add New Alarm theoretically halts occurs at only 273 15 C This is by design as it keeps the MiniGoose XP II from erroneously trying to send alarm messages or traps before you ve had a chance to configure the alarm thresholds 3 The first drop down box will give you a list of all of the conditions monitored by that particular device Notice that there s also an option to remove alarms we ll get to this in a minute For now we ll pick Temperature F to set an alarm threshold on the
27. 8601 format MM DD YY DD MM YY YYYY MM DD 2 digit month day and year 2 digit day month and year 4 digit year 2 digit month amp day separated by slashes separated by periods separated by dashes The next control Temperature Unit is straightforward enough it simply allows you to change the unit of temperature measurement between Fahrenheit and Celsius Sensors Sensors Mini 102 TT ID FRAINNCRNANNNNAN Mini 103 TT ID FRARNNCRNANNNNAN OEI 2 25 46 C OEI TT 77 F Tarrperaure Valt Celsius Terperaure Uat fara Celsius Fahrenheit Note that this setting as we mentioned earlier in the Alarms section does not affect your alarm settings All it does is change the unit in which the sensor readings are displayed the MiniGoose XP II automatically keeps track of and converts alarm thresholds and temperature measurements to the appropriate units internally An alarm threshold set at 85 F while the Temperature Unit is set to display in Fahrenheit will still trip at the correct temperature of 29 4 C if Temperature Unit is later changed to Celsius even though the alarms page will still show the original setting of 85 F The next control Internal Temperature Offset deserves a bit of explanation Under normal conditions nis yn arg me you should not need to change this control from its default e setting of 0 however there may be times when it appears as though the MiniGoose XP II s internal temper
28. 92 168 123 123 ocal Time Wed 11 25 09 16 50 03 Allis well 2 alarms monitored Sensors Mini 163 II ID 28A3D0C800000060 Bre mperature F 74 75 OF 99 99 99 Hide Graphics nit Location Somewhere Admin or Call 000 123 5678 Support or Call 512 257 1 Copyright 2003 2009 All Right eserved MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL Appendix B Using the Telnet service menu The MiniGoose XP II provides a simple Telnet menu from which the user can view and modify various system settings clear the system s memory or reboot the unit As a general rule it s likely that very few users will actually need to make use of this feature but there are some specialized circumstances where it may prove useful to an administrator who needs to reboot or reset a unit remotely after an accidental misconfiguration or shell De d to launch is merely a system configuration menu which uses the Telnet protocol rather than HTTP Nevertheless if havi a device with an open listener on Telnet port 23 for any reason is a security concern for your particular environment the Telnet service can be disabled and the port closed in the Web Server settings section of the Configuration Network page To connect to the MiniGoose XP II Telnet service simply open a command or shell prompt and issue the command telnet xxx xxx xxx xxx Where xxx represents the IP address of the unit you wish to connect to then enter the login name and passw
29. CB 014 doorsenscr J600I0C3S49ECEFI4 ailFuwSer sur Air Fluw Sensur I Remove all anplugged dev ces Save Changes Chesed 1 O7e7 99 Any external Digital Sensor Bus devices listed underneath can have their friendly names changed as well This makes it easy to differentiate between sensor devices m gt m particularly if you have two or more of the same type of B mn atl inns device connected to a single MiniGoose XP II These friendly names will also appear in any alert e mails sent by the unit when a sensor alarm occurs Oh Gli Friendly names are limited to 31 characters in length Unil Lurelur Sun ewliee Uril Desi r pilini Adrrin nr call Ann 23 SAT Support cr Call 512 25 Copyright 9 2UU3 4_Lb Yl ht Beneath the list of devices is a checkbox control titled Remove all unplugged devices You may remember that we referred to this briefly before when we discussed working with external sensors in the Alarms section There we demonstrated how if an external Digital Sensor Bus device were to become disconnected from or stop communicating with the MiniGoose XP II the unit would declare an UNPLUGGED alarm condition for that sensor and display its status as such on the Display page There may be times in which you want to make the MiniGoose XP II forget about any such disconnected sensors Perhaps you re moving the unit from one physical location to another and attaching
30. Curren Neil work Gocwliiperaliome slsshals aly he fh wore Driigralir W Samer Shh P for Het ors conarat ator enc Statik ISI server a ad e333 z i tetea Iwer ass tery crear I cd zs packas Cucne Mesh jess 255 255 Sasi sv 192 160 123 1 rine TNE S rar AA Re Pee Pee seconda Liz Sere 200 57 222 220 Kavi Chamges eb Server Froto ITTF and IMTPS gt Tr Port feo HTS P il jina Telet Tersi Enabled Kavi Claman The Configuration Network page The first Config page which always comes up by default when the Config tab is clicked from any other page is Configuration Network We saw this page earlier during the QuickStart Setup Guide portion of this manual and briefly touched on its functions It is divided into three sections Network Web Server and DNS Servers U Network settings These settings should be familiar to anyone who has set up a network or an internet capable device before Current Network Configuration set statically Use DHCP for Netvors Configuration and DNS Server Addresses The first set of controls is a trio of buttons which ee allows you to determine how the unit will get its network a P address SQUBUAZSIZI configuration settings You can either have the unit seek i i i TE Gatewey 1921681231 acquire both its IP address and DNS Server settings via Misis Primary NS Server 20867222222 DHCP use DHCP
31. II belongs for SET operations Any SNMP manager attempting to set parameters via SET must belong to the same community SNMP System Name SNMP System Location and SNMP System Contact simply allow you to specify some information about the MiniGoose XP II unit which can be used to identify it via SNMP querys later As with the Admin Info fields mentioned briefly in the QuickStart Setup portion of the manual and which will be covered again in the following section on the Configuration Admin page the MiniGoose XP II does not actually attempt to use this information for any of its own operations so these fields can contain whatever information you wish or even be left blank if you prefer Trap Type this control determines whether the MiniGoose XP II sends SNMPvI style TRAP events SNMPv2c style NOTIFY events or SNMPv3 style NOTIFY events when an alarm condition occurs Trap IP Address port you can specify up to two SNMP managers to receive TRAP or NOTIFY events in these fields and then selectively direct alarm events to either or both via the appropriate checkboxes on the Alarms page The destinations can be specified either by IP address or by URL in lt address gt lt port gt form Port 162 is the usual default but may be assigned to any valid UDP port your SNMP installation requires Make sure this port is not the same as the LISTEN port Initial SNMPV3 data settings Initial SNVPY3 data As of firmware revision v3 3 x the
32. II is no longer able to monitor one or more of the conditions you re relying on it to monitor To illustrate this let s add an alarm condition to the AF HT Sensor connected to our example unit as shown at left Our Sensors page now shows All is well 3 alarms monitored Now we ll physically disconnect the AF HT Sensor device from the MiniGoose XP II and see what happens After about a minute or so the message switches to Alarms 3 monitored 0 TRIPPED 1 UNPLUGGED indicating that the unit has lost communication with the AF HT Sensor and that the one alarm setting associated with the AF HT Sensor is now in an UNPLUGGED alarm state Its information block on the Sensors page will also change to indicate that the device is no longer active on the Digital Sensor Bus and that an alarm condition has occurred When a sensor device goes UNPLUGGED any alarms associated with that device go into an alarm condition just as though the alarm thresholds had been exceeded Any actions associated with those alarms e mails SNMP traps or audible alarm buzzer will be activated Note that if AF HT Sensor E mail Traps Helative Humidity M550 ME B B N CE Save Changes Add New Alarm High Trip 7 A ace II Address 192 158 3 123 123 eal Time Thu 04 02 09 07 17 Mini 163 II 3 3 0 Allis well 3 alarms monitored Sensors Sensors Mini 163 J1 ID ZBASDULSUUUUUU6U Mini 163 II P
33. MiniGoose XP II Uneuhentcated ser ET series includes support for the newer SNMP v3 protocol Auer ticeted manacen M as well as legacy support for v1 and v2c The v3 standard a Menager Privacy ji 2345678 Password offers a number of important security and remote configuration enhancements including message authentication privacy and access control this section anise ces ae will allow you to view and configure the MiniGoose XP Save Changes und ur Reset SNMPV3 Nur vulatile BAN Ils initial SNMP v3 Manager and Trap accounts As with SNMP v1 and v2c a complete explanation of how to use SNMP v3 is well beyond the scope of this manual the following is merely a brief overview of the available settings on the Config page Trap User Trap Irap Authencication fi 2345678 Unauthenticated User some SNMP v3 manager implementations allow for a newly installed piece of equipment to be accessed by a designated unauthenticated user account name for initial configuration The MiniGoose XP II s unauthenticated username defaults to initial and can be changed here if necessary The unauthenticated user account uses a null key for both the authentication and privacy keys and uses the noAuthNoPriv method to provide read only access to the MIB Note that not all SNMP v3 implementations permit the use of unauthenticated requests Authenticated Manager the name of the SNMP v3 manager account Manager Authentication Password
34. TTPS Port to the standard default of 443 U mail by itself this command lists the current e mail settings It can also be used to set or change those settings as follows U the SMTP and POP3 server settings may be changed by adding smtp lt server gt lt port gt or pop lt server gt lt port gt respectively Note that lt port gt is optional and lt server gt may be specified either by IP address or URL U the mail server login credentials may be changed by adding user lt id gt lt password gt to this command Note that both parameters must be specified U the e mail recipients may be set by adding to lt n gt lt address gt i e the command mail tol foo bar com would set the To E mail Address 1 field on the Config Monitoring page to foo bar com U additionally mail test will cause the unit to attempt to send a test e mail equivalent to the Send Test E Mail button at the bottom of the Config Monitoring page U net if given with no additional parameters this command displays the current network settings Typing net dhcp will enable DHCP on the unit while net lt ip gt lt mask gt lt gateway gt will set the unit s IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Note that in the latter usage all three settings must be provided 1 e it is not allowed to specify only an IP Address with no Mask or Gateway U netreset resets the Network settings to their factory defaults Equivalent to using the RESET button on the front of
35. a single control iia aS Unplugged Alerts which has two options Enabled or Disabled This control determines whether or not the MiniGoose XP II sends out the alarm messages when a device becomes UNPLUGGED Under most normal circumstances you will want to leave these alerts Enabled but for those customers whose equipment must be installed in electrically noisy environments where excessive levels EM and RF interference are causing an annoyingly large number of spurious or false alerts the ability to disable the unplugged alerts can be helpful The final set of controls to be covered on the Alarms page is the Alarm Behavior section Save Changes The Logging Page atlas 1 The next stop on our tour of the MiniGoose XP II Minif 163 II 58 123 123 Mini 163 II 3 3 0 158 e Wad 12 02 09 15 24 40 r al T All is well alarms monitored system is the Logging page Here you can examine your 7 Logging logged data in greater detail by selectively changing the graph s time scale or removing traces from the graph so Logging pasece M C ionn that only the measurements of interest are displayed You Seeon can also download the logged data or erase it from the ee unit s memory as desired greet Let s take a brief overview of the various items on this page and then we Il demonstrate a couple of examples on how to use them l PDA Phune XMI MIR This group of checkboxes controls which meas
36. ature sensor is reading a little higher than would be expected Generally when two temperature measuring devices in the same room disagree on their temperature readings it is simply due to localized differences in air temperature due to convection currents heat generated by nearby equipment their relative proximities to air conditioning vents and even the relative accuracy and tolerances of the two devices However it can sometimes be the case especially in tightly enclosed environments with little or no airflow that the heat generated by the MiniGoose XP II s own electronics can register on its internal sensor If you have reason to believe this is the case you can use this control to compensate for this self heating effect by adjusting this control setting you can cause the MiniGoose XP II to aan subtract anywhere from 1 F to 13 Note that this does not affect any external temperature svices Internal Temperature Offset applics only to the internal temperature sensor Also note the accuracy of the MiniGoose XP II sensors is 0 5 C approx 0 9 F Most inexpensive 1 e non laboratory grade thermometers and temperature measurement devices will generally have similar levels of accuracy at best This means that even if you place the MiniGoose XP II within an inch or two of another thermometer for comparison the measurements can be as far as 1 C 1 8 F apart and still be within each respective device s ran
37. ble e mail service such as AOL or Gmail The following services have been found to be compatible with the MiniGoose XP II s e mail system Note that to use any of these services you will first need to visit their sites and create an account if you do not already have one there To configure your MiniGoose XP II to use one of these services as its outgoing e mail server click on the Config tab then click Monitoring go to the E mail options block and set the parameters as follows depending on the service you intend to use Google Gmail U SMTP Server smtp gmail com U SMTP Port 587 U From E mail Address your Gmail e mail address e g user gmail com e POP3 Server leave blank U POP3 Port 110 U Username U Password your Gmail login password AOL com U SMTP Server smtp aol com U SMTP Port 587 From E mail Address your AOL e mail address e g user aol com e POP3 Server leave blank e POP3 Port 110 U Username your AOL e mail address g user aol com e Password your AOL login password GMX com U SMTP Server mail gmx com U SMTP Port 25 From E mail Address your GMX e mail address e g user gmx com POP3 Server leave blank U POP3 Port 110 U Username your GMX e mail address e g user gmx com e Password your GMX login password 1 Please note this information is provided solely as a convenience to those MiniGoose XP II owners and customers who may find it
38. ceive alerts via e mail The Config page along with advanced functions such as SNMP traps IP cameras enabling or disabling HTTPS SSL access firmware upgrades etc will be covered in the next section Advanced Operation The Sensors Page i E 3 123 Lud Tine We 12 02 05 12 24 38 Mini 163 11 v323 n All is well 2 alarms monitored This is the first page you will see whenever you access a MiniGoose XP II by its assigned IP address or Sensors Sensors URL Here you can get an at a glance view of every sensor being monitored by your particular unit along r ee with the unit s name and IP address local time firmware Baco 99 0 0v 99 59 anata 99 0 0v 99 5y version and as we will see later in the Advanced Operation section dealing with Configuring and Using IP Cameras the still image snapshots of any IP cameras the 225 unit has been configured to include in the display PMT plian ay 75 63d 56d Sd 423 59 2d Zid The screenshot shown at right is an example of a fairly typical application consisting of a MiniGoose XP II four IP cameras and a pair of external sensors Notice how the Door and Airflow sensors are broken out into o sections of their own with its own graph history All H external Digital Sensor Bus devices will display this way on the Sensors page each individual sensor will have its own section This can cause the Sensors page to get rather long if you have a lot of exte
39. change the Interface Type control and click the by now familiar Save Changes button and from that point on the web pages will show in your preferred style Austere may be of particular interest to those users who may need to frequently access their MiniGoose XP II units from devices such as PDAs mobile phones or over slower dial up connections as it is almost entirely text based aside from the history graphs Classic Goose provides users of our previous WeatherGoose I series with a more familiar looking interface although it won t be entirely identical of course since the MiniGoose XP II has many new features and options which the Goose I series lacks U Devices section P AdLbess 292 168 123 123 Liel Tine Weil 1797309 12 24 38 Mind IAI T 93 30 This section allows you to modify the friendly names of the MiniGoose XP II itself the internal Analog Input Seed cach ports and any attached external Digital Sensor Bus devices a ne Tempersture F 76 10 F The topmost entry will always be the MiniGoose XP II ht se unit itself Notice that any title placed here changes not only Bsc en the name of its associated graph and measurement block but so the unit name in the banner at the top of the page panone ea Apter Wh alang n 53d 55d 49d 42d 5d did d Idec Fd Od Unique Address Device Type 2842D0ICE0I0C0060 clrrate Friendly Name Mini 1b3 Il Door Sensor LCO030C334
40. ddress and the current time and date to the right the unit s model and current firmware revision Below these there s an at a glance summary of the current alarm state when all the sensors are within their normal range it will display Allis well and the number of alarm conditions being watched in green type In this case 0 alarms monitored indicates that we haven t configured any alarm thresholds yet If a sensor exceeds its alarm threshold the text will turn red and display the number of alarm conditions also its displayed value will turn from black to red More about this in a moment Each unit also displays its administrative information at the bottom of each web page This area is filled in by the Admin Info fields on the unt pect en Config Admin tab which we touched on briefly To ercasiazs7 162 in the QuickStart Setup Guide and will go into more detail upon in the section devoted to the Config pages a Sensors Along the left hand side of the page you Il see am a column of labeled buttons These allow you to BB rerrvcrature F m SE BB snatco 1 O 0 99 5y switch between the various system pages to set Bo ay ees alarms change the logging and display settings or emm Blanaces 0 0v 99 5v configure the unit Just below the last button you ll see some ey smaller links labeled Pp DA P hone XML and o Py pl yy MIB These special function links let you jump 8 e
41. downloaded directly from it at any time simply by clicking on the MIB link directly below the column of tabbed buttons on the left hand side of the web page Clicking this link will serve up a ZIP file which contains both the MIB and a CSV style spreadsheet describing the OIDs which are available to be read The actual setup and use of SNMP agents and management systems is well beyond the scope of this manual but here is a brief description of the available network settings relating to SNMP SNMP Service determines whether SNMP is active or not If you set this field to Disabled the unit will not send traps or accept GET or PUT requests from SNMP managers The default is Enabled Read Community this field specifies the community to which the MiniGoose XP II belongs for GET operations Any SNMP manager attempting to retrieve information via GET must belong to the same community Listen port for GET is the UDP port which the MiniGoose XP II will listen for incoming requests from your SNMP management system s The default setting is 161 which is the typical default out of the box destination port for SNMP agents but you may assign any valid UDP port your particular SNMP installation requires Make sure that this port is not set to the same port as TRAP NOTIFY Trap Community this field specifies the community to which TRAP or NOTIFY events will be sent Write Community this field specifies the community to which the MiniGoose XP
42. ds are for your users convenience only the MiniGoose XP II does not use the information entered here for anything other than to fill out the display at the bottom of each page and to provide a clickable link to send the system administrator an e mail This e mail address does not necessarily need to be any of the alarm recipients specified in the Config Monitoring page and unt Desa is the unit will not attempt to send alarm or status e mails to Bi avn this address Contact Name John Doe Contact Email asain swsCantact intact Phe o i 123 5678 Device Locatan Somewhere sysLocation Device Description sysNarme Saved Coanfiguratinn XMI File rs Since the MiniGoose XP II does not use this information for any actual monitoring functions these fields may be filled out with any information you like or even be left blank if you prefer U Saved Configuration XML File One of the MiniGoose XP II series many new features is the ability to export and import a configuration file containing all of the settings on a particular unit This can be especially useful if you intend to set up multiple identical Goose and sensor combinations in several facilities since it allows you to simply configure one unit and then rapidly clone its settings including network configurations alarm settings display options e mail and SNMP configurations etc into your other installations Saved Configuration XMI File XML File Brow
43. e revisions of the MiniGoose XP II unit may identify themselves as Mini 163 II on the web pages They are both the same model Mini 163 II was an internal development project name which was mistakenly left in some firmware revisions when they were compiled The MiniGoose XP II unit is designed with rack mounting in mind so all of its connections and sensors are easily accessible on the front panel Under most normal operating conditions there should be no need to remove the unit from the rack once it has been installed The illustrations below show the front and rear panels of a MiniGoose XP II The illustrations on the following pages will highlight each element in turn and describe its purpose in more detail DC ETHERNET POWER JACK JACK RESET BUTTO CABLE LOOMS LED GDS pwn Ee i adgueios Fe Ethernet TEMPERATURE Va ANALOG IP RESET SENSOR SENSOR DRY CONTACT BUTTON behind grille JACKS 16 INPUT TERMINALS SENSOR BUS IDLE ACTIVITY INDICATORS On the back of the unit you will find a threaded grounding point which will accept 10 32 hardware and can accommodate screws up to 2 deep This can be used to earth ground the case which can often be helpful in suppressing EM noise issues in electrically noisy environments if you find that your MiniGoose XP II sometimes generates spurious sensor disconnected errors with no other apparent physical cause such as loose connections damaged cables etc
44. e the mouse pointer to the measurement selection checkboxes under Mini 163 I check the Analog 1 box then click Update Graph The graph is redrawn again with the selected measurements shown in the graph Notice how the graph goes all the way back on the Analog 1 input even though we only just now asked for it to be graphed This is a key point to keep in mind the checkboxes do not change which measurements are logged only those which are shown on the graph Every measurement taken by every sensor is always logged in the unit s memory continuously regardless of the checkbox settings Logging Notice also that our color key has changed since now we re graphing two measurements instead of one Sensor Measurement Data Graph Update Graph Mini 163 1 FRAANNTAMNAMAC Temperatura F V naog 1 I rauy 2 rauy 3 0 Teiperdlurs F Snaloc 1 Time Ranye z Days a c C Ii e aa fl ba toh 4Uh h 24h lbh th Un Mini xP II 77 00 F aq MinifXP II Now let s add a couple of external sensor devices and see how the display changes For this example we ll plug in an Airflow Sensor and a CCAT Notice how our measurement selection box has changed Two new groups of measurements titled Door Sensor which is our CCAT since the one we re using in this example is made to interface to a dry contact door switch and Air Flow Sensor have appeared Note that depending on
45. ehavior of the h IN Aado MiniGoose XP II s built in web server Protcols HTTP and HTTPS The first setting the Protocols drop down box has W three possible settings HTTP and HTTPS the default are sene ETE HTTP or HTTPS This controls whether or not the unit EEE will require or deny an SSL secured connection vs an unsecured connection If you are using the MiniGoose XP II solely inside your own private network and not exposing it to a public IP address these settings probably aren t important to you on the other hand users who need to remotely administer their installations over the public internet may prefer to have the unit refuse HTTP non SSL connections and permit only HTTPS SSL encrypted connections The next two settings HTTP Port and HTTPS Port should be left at their defaults of 80 and 443 respectively unless you have some particular need to change them as these are the ports which a web browser will attempt to connect with by default whenever you type http lt unit s ip address gt or https lt unit s ip address gt into the browser s address bar If you change these port numbers then you will need to add the new port numbers to the end of the URL 1 e if you change HTTP Port to 95 then you will have to type http lt unit s ip address gt 95 into the browser s address bar The last setting Telnet Service determines whether the MiniGoose XP II will accept
46. equire POP before SMTP validation U leave SMTP Port set to 25 unless your administrator specifies a different port U fill in the POP3 Server field with the IP or URL of your POP3 server for a standard i e non encrypted SMTP connection which U enter the login credentials for your POP3 server requires POP before SMTP validation into the Username and Password fields U leave SMTP Port set to 25 unless your administrator specifies a different port U leave the POP3 Server field blank U enter the login credentials for your SMTP server into the Username and Password fields set the SMTP Port to 465 U leave the POP3 Server field blank U enter the login credentials for your SMTP for an ESMTP TLS connection server into the Username and Password fields U leave SMTP Port set to 25 unless your administrator specifies a different port for an ESMTP SSL connection U System Status E Mail Reports settings This feature allows you to generate periodic status e mails reporting the unit s current sensor readings Any sensor which is pT currently in one or more alarm states will have the word TRIPPED next to its reading To add a new status e mail event click the Add New Report button Just like we saw with the Alarms settings a new event appears in the list ready to be filled in with your desired settings Once you have filled in the various fields and checkboxes click the Save Changes button and the MiniGoose XP II wi
47. erts for a single condition or send different ETETEN Door Sensor ID 1C00000384CBF014 XML MIB kinds of alerts to the personnel or departments Add New Alarm best suited to deal with them For example a water sensor could be configured to alert both your system administrator and building TiN Esha maintenance supervisor while a high temperature alarm could be made to send an e mail directly to Air Flow Sensor ID O6000003A9E0EF14 Alarm Behavior Unplugged Alerts Enabled gt your HVAC technician s cell phone or pager Disables alarm notifications for unplugged devices You can also selectively set off SNMP traps in the _Save Changes same manner As you can see in the screenshot above the i bape oo a Admin or Call 000 123 5678 attached sensors are divided up in the same Support A PEANN fashion as the Sensors page with each physical sensor device including the MiniGoose XP II s internal sensors having their own separate block Within each block are the alarms 1f any configured for that particular device s sensor group Currently this MiniGoose XP II has a single alarm configured 1f the internal temperature sensor exceeds 85 0 F an e mail will be sent to the address that corresponds to email1 on the Config Monitoring page We ll deal with setting up e mail addresses and SNMP trap destinations later but since this is a major new feature in the MiniGoose XP II we ll go ahead and take a brief lo
48. ey files At the top of this section you ll see a message stating whether the SSL Certificate and Private Key are valid or invalid Note that this only applies to the certificate data which you can upload from this section so don t panic if you see an invalid status when you haven t uploaded a certificate yet and the unit is still operating on its internal self signed credentials this message does not indicate that the unit s own default certificate is invalid To upload a prepared set of SSL Certificate and SSL Private Key files use the Browse buttons to AUS c select the Uues ae DER files then click the goaa SSL Files button Note once the upload mplete you i t the unit for the new SSL certificate to take effect If all goes well after you reboot the unit you should be able to access the unit via HTTPS with its newly installed credentials If you are unable to access the unit via HTTPS or your browser insists that the credentials are invalid come back to this configuration page via plain HTTP and check the status message to see whether the unit thinks the current SSL certificate key combination is valid or invalid Note also that it may be necessary to clear your browser s cache or close and reopen the browser to make it pick up the new certificate and key rather than trying to use the cached certificate s 1t previously accepted from the unit If you wish to remove any installed SSL cert
49. ge of accuracy The Interface Type control allows you to switch EE yp 7 Interface Type Contemporary between any of four different web page appearances MinifXP II 3 F 4th 192 162 1 Local Time wed 12 0295 16 37 29 Min ifXP Il Ee Minif163 I1 3 3 0 I Add ess 192 63 129 29 Allis well 2 alarms monitored Local Tire Wed 12 02 02 16 38 2 Mini 163 II v3 3 0 Allis well 2 alarms monitored Sensors Sensors Mini XP 1T TM FPRAADACANNNNNNAN Minis SP JI ID 28ASDOCHON0000L0 Bt ore r 7700r Hing 1 gg N fw 30 Fy Bh anao9 2 ga 0 Ov 365v amog 3 wa UUs Jiz OE 77 00 F i og L 99 ld UL 2 oa En og 3 yw PPAP XML MIB PDA Phone XML MIB Contemporary default Mini 163 II v3 3 0 Allis well 2 alarms monitored lagging Nisplay Ranfig Phe Paione XI MIR MinifXP II Mini 163 O 3 3 0 FF Address 192 263 129 229 a A H Local Tire wed 12 02 06 16 38 43 Allis well 2 alarms monitored Sensors Sensors sensors Alarms Mini XP I ID 28A3D0C800000060 Logging i Lenpzratre H Display W og 1 config A ty Helo enog Mini XP TT NARA CAMMMM Bi e persture E L Pin 2 inw PDA Phone X iL MIB Classic Goose Austere Contemporary is the default appearance for a new unit and is the interface which has been used and will continue to be used for all of the sample screenshots in this manual However if you prefer one of the others simply
50. hat you must configure this account before you can configure the Control or View Only accounts U Control this account is able to view all of the web pages except for the Config page and is able to change alarm settings on the Alarms page U View Only this account is able to view all of the web pages except for the Config page but is not able to change any settings Once you have configured these accounts the way you want them click the Save Changes button If you have configured an Administrator account the unit will now ask you to log in with that username and password before you can continue Next scroll down to the Admin Info options block These fields allow you to change the unit s admuinistrative contact information and specify its physical location if desired This information will be displayed at the bottom of each page as shown Note that these fields are for your users convenience only the MiniGoose XP II does not use the information entered here for anything other than to fill out the display at the bottom of each page and to provide a clickable link to send the system administrator an e mail They may be filled out with any information you like or even be left blank if you wish seconas save Changes Name and Password Configuration NOTE 1 If Accoun t curren tly has a passwor d leaving Old Password blank results in no changes to that account NOTE 2 Admiristrator password may be u
51. he Sensors page suitable for the small screens of a PDA or internet capable cell phone This compressed view can be accessed by clicking on the PDA Phone link as Initially the compressed view will display text only with no graphs in order to fit the widest variety of available PDA phone displays If your particular cell phone or PDA has a higher resolution display which is able to accommodate the graphs clicking on the Show Graphics button at the bottom of the page will switch to a different version of the page which displays the graph histories and color keys To switch back to the text only mode click the Hide Graphics button Both of these pages are individually bookmark able separate from each other and from the main Sensors page so you can bookmark either or both of these in your PDA cell phone browser to go directly to them rather than having to go through the PDA Phone link on the main page Note the Sensors page is the only page for which a compressed PDA Phone view is provided PDA Phone view no graphs Mini 163 II IP Address 192 168 123 123 ocal Time Wed 11 25 09 16 49 49 Allis well 2 alarms monitorec Sensors Mini 163 II ID 28A3D0C800000060 Show Graphics Jnit Location Somewhere Jnit Description Admin or Call 000 123 5678 Support or Call 512 257 1462 Copyright 2003 2009 All Rights teserved PDA Phone view with sensor graphs Aini 163 II tini 163 II v3 3 0 IP Address 1
52. ificate key combinations and revert to the unit s default self signed certificate just click the Erase SSL Data button and reboot the unit Again it may also be necessary to clear your browser s cache to get back into the unit after removing the user installed certificates and reverting to the unit s own self signed default certificate U Upload System Firmware From time to time firmware updates may be provided to add new features or improve the MiniGoose XP II s Upload system Hrmware capabilities Firmware update capabilities have been Firmware parkaye le EE significantly improved in the MiniGoose XP II unlike the eens aes old WeatherGoose I series which required you to run a separate updater program from a Windows command prompt in order to update the firmware MiniGoose XP II has this function built right in to the web page interface It is also no longer necessary to directly connect the unit to a host PC via a crossover cable to ensure a reliable update as the MiniGoose XP II s ability to recover from an interrupted or failed file transfer is greatly improved over the previous design To upload new firmware 1 First download the new firmware from our site Updates will typically be packaged as a ZIP file containing several supplementary files such as updated MIBs simply unZIP the entire package to a temporary directory 2 Click the Browse button and browse to the temporary directory you unZIPped the
53. il settings account password settings and camera options ec hhc ic chp ca You can also send test e mails and SNMP traps from here reset the entire Pedros aR 160 129129 unit to factory defaults upload firmware upgrades and access some self a diagnostic syslog functions if you suspect your unit is not operating correctly Since there are a lot of settings available on this page it is further divided down into sub pages for ease of access Super Lew U Hide Dyal LEL 5 e w o s e idaho z H l eae ae age eip page amp SEESE h Provides a basic description of the MiniGoose XP II s functions ts 3b beorhye the unk Srem het vou tan dowa DHE or set 3 tapec F ochre MI a AA ardas se oe botma orah krai toal Earn To ea sbor ran h x vaan IF a vor Tre chek acti I ord te oct Okan z apne p a eT Pe MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL Part 2 Basic Operation In this section we will cover the basic operation and functions of the MiniGoose XP I climate monitoring system Specifically we will go through the Sensors Alarms Logging and Display pages in somewhat more detail give a basic overview and description of what each control and dialog box on the various web pages are used for explain the functions of the built in sensor devices and provide a few examples of how to configure alarm thresholds add external sensor devices retrieve or delete the logged data change the friendly device names and re
54. incoming Telnet connections on port 23 This service provides access to a configuration menu which can be used to reset some of the MiniGoose XP II s parameters remotely or even initiate a full restart of the firmware if necessary It is Enabled by default but can be Disabled if you prefer For further details on how to use the Telnet service refer to Appendix B The Configuration Monitoring page The next page of configuration settings is Configuration Monitoring which contains all of the network settings that specifically relate to environmental alarms and monitoring E mail SNMP and Cameras You will also find a pair of controls that let you test your e mail and SNMP settings without actually having to drive one of your sensors into an alarm condition U E mail settings This set of controls allows you to configure the unit to send e mail alerts Note that in order to send alerts the MiniGoose XP IT must be able to reach the outgoing rete por are th be Lanaren al a a DTE Foe 4 e mail server through your network and log into it with the rom C wre cress credentials you provide and the server must be a standard Sabana SMTP mail server i e the MiniGoose XP II cannot log To E mail Address 3 into and use a Microsoft Exchange server unless that bki server is configured to also permit SMTP as well as noo Exchange s proprietary protocol These too should be POF3 Port FIAD l reasonably familiar if you ve had occasion
55. is capability Otherwise you need to ask your network administrator for Speed 100 0 Mbps This connection uses the following items the appropri ate IP settings IS Client for Microsoft Networks M A File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks ot oS Packet Sched Obtain an IP address automatically elnternet Protocol TCP IP Activity sent gd Received o ma ___ Poperies IP address 192 168 123 100 Co Description Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The default Subnet mask 2566 2565 AR Bytes 1 509 824 4 086 679 wide area network protocol that provides communication E across diverse interconnected networks Z Default gateway V Show icon in notification area when connected V Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity Disable Obtain DHS server address automatically f Use the following ONS server addresses Prefered DMS server Alternate DMS server Advanced ree Once you have configured your network card to access the MiniGoose XP II open your web browser and type http 192 168 123 123 into the address bar You should get a page which looks similar to this Mini 163 II ID Addrace 109 1649 192 1993 Local Time Clock not set Mini 163 II v3 2 0 Allis well O alarms monitored Mini 163 II ID 28A3D0C800000060 BE temperature F 71 60 F I st time power up Ov 99 S5y Be e299 clock is not Set EZE 99
56. it will immediately switch to its newly assigned IP address or attempt to procure one via DHCP Note that depending on your current network card settings you may not be able to access the device at its new IP address until you install it in your network and change your computer s network card settings back to the correct ones for your network PDA Phone Web Server XML MIB Web Server Protocols HTTP and HTTPS z For the moment these settings cane gt HTTP Port ao be left alone hiini Telnet Service Enabled Save Changes Min J01 D Sensors CnP ege ozila firen And that s it Your new MiniGoose XP II is now ready to mount in your server rack and begin logging data In the following sections we will cover each of the unit s functions in more detail and show you how to set up alarm thresholds configure e mail and SNMP alerts sensor options cameras and all the rest TIP if you are using a single peppers PC to configure SMOCMHicrosoft Windows XP TUersion 51 2600 MiniGoose XP II units in a row C gt Copyright 1985 2001 Microsoft Corp G 5 arp d 192 168 123 123 one after the other you may find that some units appear slow or unresponsive when first connected to the PC This is often caused by the operating system and network stack remembering the MAC ID of the previous unit at the 192 168 123 123 address and continuing to try to send packets to that MAC instead of the curre
57. k Cable Unplugged 3 Double click on the appropriate network adapter s entry in the Network Connections list to open its status dialog box then click the Properties button to open the Properties dialog fig 1 4 Find the entry titled Internet Protocol TCP IP in the list then click the Properties button fig 2 5 NOTE Before changing any of the properties on this page be sure to write down any existing settings so that you can restore them afterwards 6 Set the properties as shown fig 3 Note that it is not necessary to specify a default gateway or DNS server addresses and these fields should be left blank Click Ok OK and Close to back out of the network settings boxes 7 The MiniGoose XP II should now be accessible Note that depending on your PC s configuration and OS version it may require you to reboot for the changes to take effect 8 After you have finished configuring the MiniGoose XP II simply repeat the above instructions and put back the settings you wrote down in step 5 to restore your PC s network card to the proper settings for your network 21x General Support zix Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties General Authentication Advanced 2 x General M Connection Connect using ee pee Ep 3Com EtherLink XL 10 100 PCI For C fou can get IP settings assigned automatically if your network supports ped S l l EE th
58. k which keeps time even when the system loses cum oo power and which can be set to periodically resynchronize a a ere itself with an external NTP time server This clock is used _ E E E E to record time stamps for each entry in the data log and to iiit r trigger time based events such as periodic system status pon vnore NiP seconcary saver EIR e mails Note that the graphing logging and periodic status e mail functions will not operate if the clock is not CRT set The unit will however continue to monitor the sensors and generate alarms since those functions are concerned only with current sensor readings and are not dependent on knowing what particular time it is or how much time has elapsed between events Set Clock method allows you to determine whether the clock syncs itself with the NTP server or only from the time and date fields in this section If Manual mode is selected the clock will only be set once when the Save Changes button is clicked to the time and date entered in the appropriate fields and then will continue to keep time from there NTP Server mode will cause the MiniGoose XP II to query the time server s specified in the NTP primary server and NTP secondary server fields and then periodically re sync itself at the intervals specified in the Sync to NTP server period setting NTP time servers regardless of their physical location always provide the current time in GMT The GMT to local field lets you
59. l Address 2 aes To E mail Address 3 _ To E mail Address 4 _ ST To E mail Address 5 ns Monitoring U SNMP settings If your facility includes SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol monitoring you can configure the MiniGoose XP II to be aware of your SNMP system so Swe conc EREET that it can send traps when alarm conditions occur Read Community e Listeri purl fur GET ik The MuiniGoose XP II s SNMP capabilities are Trap community paaa I significantly enhanced over the previous WeatherGoose I wire Commun Trap ype va Tra gt system As we hinted at earlier in the Alarms section you ee can now specify up to two different servers to receive T ap IP Adcress port 2 alarm traps and selectively direct different alarms to either Seer or both of the specified SNMP managers whereas previously all traps were globally broadcast to all specified managers The MiniGoose XP II also supports SNMP v2c and permits the sending of v2c type NOTIFY events rather than vl TRAPs and supports SNMP SET operations to set certain parameters remotely as well as read them As of firmware rev 3 3 x SNMP v3 is also supported additional settings for v3 support have their own parameter block and will be covered in the next section One feature which has been retained from the WeatherGoose I to the MiniGoose XP II is that the appropriate MIB file for the unit is contained within the unit s memory and can be
60. lege accounts above them are set as well i e you cannot have a Control account without an Administrator account and you cannot have a View Only account without both a Control and Administrator account The three levels of accounts have the following privileges U Administrator this account has complete access to the MiniGoose XP II all pages are viewable and any setting can be changed including the ability to change any other account s passwords Note that this account is the only account which can access the Config page and that you must configure this account before you can configure the Control or View Only accounts U Control this account is able to U view all of the web pages except for the Config page U add or change Alarms entries U change the graph s time scale and which readings are displayed on the graph and the LCD on SuperGoose II units on the Logging page U download and or erase the log history from the Logging page U change the settings on the Display page U View Only this account is able to U view all of the web pages except for the Config page U download but not erase the log history from the Logging page U this account cannot change any setting on any page Once you have configured these accounts the way you want them click the Save Changes button If you have configured an Administrator account the unit will now ask you to log in with that username and password before you can continue Whe
61. ll begin sending status e mails to the specified recipient s at the specified intervals As with the Alarms you can have multiple events up to a total of eight and selectively assign them to be sent to one or more of your configured e mail addresses The Report Time hour and min fields determine at what time s the reports will be sent out For Report Period intervals of 24 hours or longer the report will be sent out once at the specified time for intervals of 12 hours or less the reports will begin at the specified time and then be sent out every specified Report Period interval thereafter Obviously for this function to work the system s clock must be set either manually or via an NTP server if the clock is not set no reports will be sent at any interval This provides you with a lot of flexibility but can be potentially confusing from a brief description so let s see if we can clarify it with a few examples Let us say that the current time just to simplify our examples 1s 10 00 00 10 00AM on Monday January Ist That being the case U if you set a Report Time of 08 00 8 00AM and a Report Period of 24 hours the unit will begin sending status e mails at 08 00 8 00AM on Tuesday January 2nd and will continue sending one status e mail every day at 08 00 8 00AM thereafter The reason the reports won t begin until the Tuesday is because the unit has to wait for the indicated time on the clock to come back around
62. message but our building maintenence supervisor and the HVAC technician or service company get e mails as well and we also set off an SNMP trap to our network monitor More alarm thresholds up to a maximum of 200 can be added simply by clicking the appropriate Add New Alarm button for the sensor or sensor group you wish to add a new alarm condition to If you attempt to add another alarm past the 200th an error message will appear stating that you re trying to set more alarms than the MiniGoose XP II can support and no new alarm entry will pace on the page te that the alarm entries any particular san They simply appear in the order in which they were added Keep this in mind if you intend to add a large number of escalating alerts to any particular sensor as long lists of alarms added in random order can quickly become unwieldy and difficult to manage are not sorted in Alarms PDA Phone ML MIB Mini 163 II IP Address 192 168 123 123 Local Time Wed 12 02 09 13 22 59 Mini 163 II v3 3 0 Allis well 2 alarms monitored Alarms Mini 163 II ID 28A3D0C800000060 E mail Traps Temperature F High Trip gt 85 0 dogs na Temperature F High Trip gt 30 0 Save Changes Add New Alarm MMO MD MP Door Sensor ID 1C00000384CBF014 Add New Alarm Air Flow Sensor ID O6000003A9E0EF14 Add New Alarm Alarm Behavior Unplugged Alerts Enabled Disable
63. n changing passwords the unit will require you to provide either the current password for that account or the current Administrator account password in the Old Password field and then type the new password into the New Password and New Password Again fields Both New fields must match exactly for the change to be accepted If you no longer wish to have a username and password associated with a given account simply leave the Account Name New Password and New Password Again fields blank while providing the Administrator account s password in the Old Password field If you have forgotten your Administrator password and cannot get into the configuration pages you will need to use the hardware RESET button as described in Part 1 The Grand Tour of this manual to reset the passwords and regain access to the unit Note that you will need physical access to the unit to perform the RESET and that the unit will also revert to its factory default IP address of 192 168 123 123 as part of the RESET so you will also need to reconnect the unit directly to a PC as described in the QuickStart Setup portion of the manual to re program the unit back to the correct IP address settings for your network U Admin Info settings These fields allow you to change the unit s admuinistrative contact information and specify its physical location if desired This information will be displayed at the bottom of each page as shown here Note that these fiel
64. nifi63 I The first controls you will find at the top of the local tro Week S700 Tiana MUW ABB IT v3 3 0 Config Admin page are a pair of buttons Reset ALL to eaa 0 Sem Dore Sra Default Values and Refresh DNS Cache Both of these Configuration controls do exactly as their names suggest Reset ALL to Default Values Reset ALL to Default Values will reset the following Refresh DNS Cache parameters back to their factory defaults UAll configured Alarms events will be deleted UOn the Logging page Uthe Time Range control will reset to 1 month Uall checkboxes which determine which sensors appear on the graph will be cleared UOn the Display page UDate Format resets to USA MM DD YY e Temperature Unit resets to Fahrenheit UInternal Temperature Offset resets to 0 UInterface Type resets to Contemporary UAIl friendly names reset to the default factory names for those sensors Uthe DNS Servers are reset to 208 67 222 222 and 208 67 222 220 Uall E mail addresses username password and server information is erased SMTP Port and POP3 Port reset to the defaults of 25 and 110 respectively Uall System Status E mail Reports events are deleted Uall SNMP parameters are reset URead Community public UListen port for GET 161 UTrap Community private UWrite Community private USNMP System Name Location and Contact fields are reset to generic John Doe placeholders euse v2c notify instead of trap unchecked
65. nt unit s MAC This can be overcome either by waiting a few minutes for the remembered MAC to expire from the ARP table this can take anywhere from 2 20 minutes depending on your O S and version or by opening a command prompt and issuing the command arp d 192 168 123 123 to delete that IP address entry from the ARP table In Windows click START Programs Accessories then Command Prompt to open a command prompt Mac OS X and Linux users refer to the help files for your particular systems on how to get to a command prompt or console window The syntax of the arp command should be the same Cis o 0o o EET ag iol x TIP if you are unable to reach the MiniGoose XP II EE amp e e x p Szach Sy F wmas ga 2 Fal from your web browser when the unit is directly connected serre sess mr to your computer via a crossover cable try opening a ata General Sezut Prvact Contest Cacnectans gt roqiare pdvarcad command prompt as above and issuing the command ping serene _ iee meremme 192 168 123 123 to see if the unit responds If the unit ss su ool responds to pings make sure your browser isn t set to use a proxy server if it is you may need to temporarily disable 0 ete ere proxies in order to reach the unit over a direct connection x in separ at I Ise ateneti tigar Thocse Iettings t yzu mesd t coctigure a crac anah ropa nare serve for a ccn eticn
66. ok at Config Monitoring to see how the checkboxes relate to the settings on that page Here to the right we see a single sensor alarm entry below we see the relevant sections of the Config Monitoring page The colored lines show how each checkbox connects to the e mail and SNMP trap settings Obviously none of these addresses are real As you can see the checkbox assignments are A fairly straightforward emai11 through email5 Hightip aso then trap1 and trap2 numbered left to right From E mail Address goose goldenegg com To E mail Address 1 ffoo bar com gt Monitoring To E mail Address 2 neg pos net To E mail Address 3 alpha beta org To E mail Address 4 279 pluralzalpha com To E mail Address 5 deimos phobos gov SNMP Service Enabled gt Read Community public t Listen port for GET f 61 But don t worry you won t have to try to remember the configured e mail Traps addresses in your head as seen in the picture at right if you roll your mouse pointer over a checkbox a pop up tip will appear to remind you which e mail address or SNMP trap destination that checkbox controls Before we go any further and in particular before we go into the specifics of adding external sensor devices or configuring alarm thresholds let s take a moment to clarify what we mean by the terms sensor devices and sensor group vs sensors or sensor readings A
67. omma 21 2 Nov2C03 12 C0 27 az 2E MNov2C03 12 C1 37 ac 2 Nov2C03 12 C2 57 2 Nov 2003 12 3 37 2 Nov2C03 12 C4 27 2 2E Nov 2C03 12 C5 37 27_ 2E Nov 2C03 12 C6 27 2g 2E Nov 2C03 12 C7 37 faf HD Sheet E 75 19 75 19 75 19 74 75 74 75 7475 7475 74 75 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 19 19 ng 99 19 29 9g 29 Be SS ee eee eee Sees Sheet 1 1 Defaid imn Eal Sum 93 am Mini 163 II U T h e D Sp lay P qd g e p access 132168133129 M R TE VRAN Allis well 2 alariris riorntilored This page allows you to change the way in which the MiniGoose XP II displays various readings It is divided Coray into three sections General Devices and Sensors eet Date Format USA MM DD YY The General section allows you to change some an Terparanre urt Fanveahema isplay aspects of the user interface such as the way dates are i x WARHIMG Intemal terrpersture is pre calibraced at che fato wy The offse iz recezsery only when E unli Is operxtirg In a very low airflow ervro unmet where Ircernal beard yearng Inside the case displayed the unit of temperature measurement and even causes intemel temperature to read slightly warme tian che oulside ar Interface lyse Contemporary switch between one of four different web page styles PDA Phone Save Changes This last feature can be particularly useful to those users who intend to primarily acces
68. ong as 65535 seconds or just over 18 hours The real time clock has its own internal backup power source which will keep the clock running for up to 10 days if the unit s primary power source is disconnected or lost Note that this backup power does not keep the entire MiniGoose XP II running i e the unit will not continue to log sensor data generate alarms or be web accessible if main power is lost U Name and Password Configuration settings Name and Password Qurfiyguraliun Here you can set up to three levels of password protection for the MiniGoose XP H allowing you to restrict which user s in your organization are able to view or change the unit s settings Although these settings are optional IT Watchdogs highly recommends that you at least set up the Administrator account to prevent ord ing ya Pas wor ig ir results ir ro changes to tast account tail unauthorized changes to the network and administrative ooi acon apes ASEWO settings s f New Passwerd acta n Ganin 0 conien If a given account s username and password fields are ere left blank then the level s of access controlled by that vew oriy accoun Nene i jas Ls a ASEWO account are available to anyone who connects to the unit aie o Accounts are listed in order of privilege from highest to Non Password Agsin DENN cosin o corii lowest and lower privilege accounts cannot be set unless Save Changes the higher privi
69. or switch a relay pressure switch etc or any analog output device which outputs a proportional 0 SVDC signal In general the readings will appear as follows U When used with a dry contact pair the reading will show 99 when the contacts are open and 0 or close to it when the contacts are closed If the wires are excessively long their internal resistance may cause the reading to not quite reach 0 U When used with an analog voltage device a reading of 0 99 corresponds to an input voltage of 0 SVDC proportionally U If nothing is connected to a particular terminal it will read 99 open contact continuously e Sensor Bus Idle Activity Indicators These red LEDs indicate the current status of the Digital Sensor Bus when the bus is idle the Jdle LED will flash about once a second and when it is being actively scanned and the attached sensors if any interrogated the Activity LED will be lit during the scan cycle Under most circumstances these LEDs are of no special significance to the user and can be ignored however when attaching external sensors itis preferable to wait until the Activity cycle ends and the Idle LED is blinking since the sudden appearance of a new sensor on the bus while the MiniGoose XP II is actively acquiring data from the bus can cause a spontaneous abort of the current scan cycle Such spontaneous aborts are harmless to the MiniGoose XP II and attached sensors themselves but in rare cases
70. ord when prompted Note that you must have the Administrator account Configured on the MiniGoose XP II to log in to Telnet To protect against unauthorized use the Telnet service will not accept a blank username and password Once you have successfully logged in the following commands are available U account issued by itself this command lists the current account ID settings It can also be used to change those settings as follows U an account s username can be changed by adding admin control or view to the command followed by the account name you wish that account to be set to U an account s password can be changed by adding passwd to the command followed by the account whose password you wish to change admin control or view followed by the new password U admin issued by itself this command lists the current Admin Info settings It can also be used to set or change those settings by adding name email phone or location to the command followed by the information you wish the specified field to be set to Equivalent to the Admin Info section on the Admin tab of the Configuration section U bye exit quit close the Telnet session and exit U deletelog deletes the logged sensor data help by itself gives a list of available commands help lt command gt will give further information about the specified command U http80 resets HTTP Port to the standard default of 80 U https443 resets H
71. ost The exact amount of time between page writes varies depending on the number of sensors a MiniGoose XP II by itself with no external sensors may take as long as 30 minutes to fill and write a page while a unit fully loaded with 16 RTAFH sensors may fill up and write a page of data approximately once every 5 minutes 2 A device on the Digital Sensor Bus was disconnected for a time then reconnected while the MiniGoose XP II unit was in operation This condition 1s seen in the Air Flow Sensor block shown above where the sensor device was physically unplugged from the unit for a few hours Note that under normal circumstances gaps like the ones seen in the example screenshots above should not occur The power loss and sensor disconnection conditions described above were deliberately imposed upon the test unit from which these screenshots were taken for example purposes The Alarms Page Mini 163 II This is where you can set up alarm thresholds Local Tne Wed 12 02 09 1250 11 Mini 163 11 v3 3 0 for each sensor attached to your MiniGoose XP ba IER th monone II To our customers who are familiar with our Alarms pens eae Siem on ae ae that there have been a lot of changes Unlike the eee a older system the MiniGoose XP II allows you to EEE set multiple alarm points for each sensor and High Trip e50 eis line selectively determine where the alerts are sent E MERE making it easy to set up an escalating series of al
72. r and clicking on them will not take you to the live camera image U Test SNMP Trap and E Mail buttons These at least should be fairly self explanatory Once you have your E mail and SNMP settings Test SNMP Trap and E Mail configured you can test them by clicking either of these Send Test SNMP Trap buttons and a test event will be broadcast to all of the e mail addresses or SNMP managers which have been configured in the above sections u The Configuration Diagnostics and Configuration Event Log pages These pages allow the user to configure various system diagnostics options to capture error messages and debug information from the MiniGoose XP II s internals and either send en them on to a configured Syslog daemon in real time or capture them to a log which can later be e mailed Minif163 II T seda 102 103 133 133 th di 4 Seal Ves Teede Alis wel O ahatre mordtorel Configuration i z z z NFSITENMEENT EIGEN TEIN NL NEUN zI The Config Diagnostics page along witha me properly configured Syslog daemon running on a host computer elsewhere within the user s network replaces the old udpdb diagnostic tool which some of our WeatherGoose I customers may have used in the past when working with IT Watchdogs technical support to resolve an issue Its advantages are that Syslog is a more widely used de facto standard which more IT system administrators a
73. r often have distinctly different methods of retrieving a still image as an web page embeddable JPEG and often do not provide any easy way for an outside device such as the MiniGoose XP II to determine the make and model of camera on its own Note also that due to these behavioral differences between camera models only the models listed in the drop down box are supported Additional models may be supported in future firmware upgrades It is possible that other models from the same manufacturer s might also work if they are sufficiently similar to one of the listed models but the use of non supported cameras cannot be guaranteed or supported in om For this function to work correctly the IP cameras must be reachable by the computer you are browsing from not by the MiniGoose XP II itself This is an important distinction for those users who intend to administer their systems over the public internet from remote locations Since the images do not pass through the MiniGoose XP II and are not served from it but are instead served directly from the cameras by embedded lt IMG gt tags in the web page it is not sufficient merely for the MiniGoose XP II to be accessible from a public static IP address from outside your facility s local network and firewall the IP cameras must also be exposed and browsable from outside as well Otherwise these thumbnails will appear as blank spaces or broken link icons in your browse
74. r high levels of sustained signal interference will set off an UNPLUGGED alarm Reconnecting the external sensor device will clear the UNPLUGGED condition will restore its proper display and clear the UNPLUGGED alarms or if the device is no longer available damaged moved to another facility etc you can go to the Display page and perform a remove unplugged devices procedure which will remove the absent device and its associated alarms from the system s device table We will cover this procedure in more detail in the section devoted to the Display page A final note on alarm thresholds before we move on you may have noticed that the drop down box included both a Temperature F and a eae ts C ue Utes allow you to Sass an alarm state in wat unit ti AEAN KS measurement and it is import Temperature tting on the Displ The MiniGoose XP II oaa rea track of ade converts aati rece ldk and TE measurements to the appropriate units internally so if for example you were to set an alarm at 85 F while the Temperature Unit was set to display in Fahrenheit and then later changed the Temperature Unit to display in Celsius instead the alarm will still trip at the correct temperature of 29 4 C even though the alarms page will still show the original setting of 85 F nt p 1 in mind that these operate ind Iepel dently of the Disables alarm notifications For unplugged devices Currently this section has
75. re likely to be familiar with and already have access to and that it minimizes network traffic by having the MiniGoose XP II push its diagnostic messages at the Syslog daemon as each system event occurs rather than the unit having to be constantly polled as in udpdb Also the matrix of event type and severity checkboxes allows us to narrow down the diagnostic messages to only those events which are of interest to the issue at hand further reducing network traffic and the amount of data needing to be logged and reviewed These improvements will be especially apparent if it should be necessary to gather diagnostic information over an extended period ROR ODLEFOLBOM IRE IEE OPO OLSOLSOLRO 3 EME 2 Igo sooo Ao Aog kcd ba n o E lt lt S lt E a O o O E O 4 O o s o E a O 4 B S E lt a lt E a aA J qaaaaaaaaanaaaanaanaaaana n NENT Ise ISR IEE IGEN ene ene en NENT NEEN ITE Ieee uN en a OLBOLP ORR IORI EEO EP OR OLS OLS OLLOS APEC EOE IFRS IES IFS IE NL ene en C r r r r r C C r r r r r Ii nn AoA ss Boo Hnf o LAOLE CL 7 x The Config Event Log page on the other hand will be at least partly familiar to WeatherGoose I users the Memory Syslog window at the top of the page is equivalent to the Event Log window which used to be at the bottom of the Alarms page on the WeatherGoose I and serves
76. rnal sensors attached but it provides you with the most comprehensive view of everything going on in the system displaying both every ore sensor s current reading and a graphed history up to the Bh o a1 20s 100 rushing present moment Cicsed 1 f Open 99 Note that on this page the graph ranges are not selectable they will always automatically scale to display the full range of data stored in the unit s memory Also note that unlike the WeatherGoose I the various graphs time scales are independent of each other as you can see in the image above the unit s internal sensor graph is scaled to 63 days while the external ensors which were connected at different times after the unit had already been running for some time are only showing about 2 days worth of data for the Door Sensor and about 20 hours of data for the RTAF temperature airflow device This among other things makes it easier to determine if a newly connected sensor is working correctly since it will begin displaying a full graph within only a few minutes At the top of this and every other page you will see a banner similar to this one The unit s Pde 160360120128 Mini 163 11 v3 3 0 friendly name is prominently displayed in large a EEE type this name can be changed on the Display page to help you determine which unit you re looking at if you have more than one Goose in your facility Below the unit s name you ll see its current IP a
77. rp oo See ae aries AE Mini 163 II v3 3 0 Alarms 3 monitored Mini 1b3 L ID Z46AS3DULGUULUUU6U AF HT Sensor ID C20000029E835314 O temperature T 73 6 T UNPLUGGED B o 0 20 still 100 rashing UNPLUGGED Bi retative Humidty 36 UNPLUGGED 80 70 60 50 40 30 FAL 10 unplugged state in its associated Daai block on aihe eon page Also when a device goes UNPLUGGED its status will be reflected on the Display page under the Devices section as shown here Any device which has stopped responding will have the word unplugged displayed in red to the right of its name This will occur regardless of whether or not there are any alarms associated with the device in question Unique Address Device Type Friendly Nane 2843D0C800000060 climate Minif1 63 Il qo0000035208EC14 airFlowSensor AF HT Sensor UNPLUGGED I Feamnve all unnlugced deviras Save Changes Note that the UNPLUGGED alarm will not occur immediately The MiniGoose XP II maintains an internal count of how many times it has tried to contact any particular device on the Digital Sensor Bus and a device has to fail to respond or return only garbage data several times in a row before the MiniGoose XP II will give up trying to contact it This keeps the MiniGoose XP II from spontaneously generating false alerts due to temporary communication glitches caused by transient electrical noise or momentary RF interference only a positive physical disconnection o
78. rs Sensors Sensor On Device Friendly Name p T yini 163 0 ID 26A3D0C800000060 Analog 1 Internal Sensors Analog 1 Analog 2 Internel Sensors Analag 2 EEIE F 76 10 F Analog 3 Internal Sensors Analog3 BR race 99 0 Jv 09 5v nalog 2 99 O Dy 99 5V Save Changes E ji anata 2 99 Oy 90 5y This diagram shows how the Analog Dry Contact friendly names on the Display page correspond to the internal sensor readings on the Sensors page MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL Part 3 Advanced Operation In this section we will show you how to get the most out of your MiniGoose XP II unit by covering the all of the advanced features and options available on the Config pages including SNMP traps IP cameras HTTPS SSL access e mails access passwords and firmware upgrades z ib I i 132 130 122 127 Clicking on the Config tab brings up the first of a series of pages which control all of the MiniGoose XP II s networking functions along TTT Configuration with some other global configuration options not found on the previous pages You will also find some system diagnostic functions here under normal circumstances you shouldn t need to use these but we ll touch ns on them briefly so that you can be aware of their existence in the unlikely me event that you have a problem with your system requiring in depth technical support and are asked to supply some information from these diagnostic pages
79. s do not extend all the way across the graph though That s because these sensors were only added to the example unit 15 minutes before this screenshot was taken so naturally er there s nothing to be graphed earlier than that But since a wo this is the same unit that had been running for 24 hours on ssctean ts 7 its own it does have enough graph history on its internal sensors to fill out the 2 hour window we ve specified in the spa ea Time Range selection box so the unit obligingly shows us we ar tiw ees the last two hours worth of data with the AF HT Sensor and CCAT Water Sensor suddenly appearing only 15 minutes ago Notice what else has changed Previously the unit now with the addition of the two external sensors our time has shrunk to 37 93 days Keep this in mind as you add more sensor devices to your MiniGoose XP II system the more devices you have the faster your memory will fill up and the shorter your history can be N re na ai Logging Update Graph Time Range 2 Doys v a co Mini XP JI 2843D0C800CCCOS0 Temas eture F F Analog 1 M Analog 2 7 Analog 2 F Mayinum qqgahk time spar 37 33 days Update Graph Click here to download CSV log data Clicking on the Click here to download CSV log data link will cause your browser to download the accumulated log history Be patient depending on the amount of data in memory this could take a few minutes As mentioned before
80. s aaa a Bt to a smaller simpler page more suitable for PDA and cell phone browsers download an XML document containing the unit s current state useful if you want to write your own scripts or programs to accumulate and process the sensor readings or take action on them and download a ZIP file containing the correct SNMP MIB file for your unit The MiniGoose XP II s internal sensors are always displayed first at the top of the page The current readings are displayed at the top along with the name and type of reading and a color key to let you match each sensor reading to the history graph displayed underneath Note that this graph is not configurable or customizable it will always display all of the sensor readings available across however long the unit has been in operation up to the limits of the unit s memory Below the graph are the thumbnail images for up to four IP cameras if configured If no cameras are configured no thumbnails will be displayed The thumbnails display the IP address of each camera plus a still image SARS Note that these thumbnails do not display live motion images to see the camera live click on the camera s thumbnail image and your browser will Set a new col or ableton Els connect naam to uns camera Also note that the MiniGoose XP II does not perforr 1onitoring proc g sing of the os erie application A if any Each external Digital Sensor Bus device will have its
81. s alarm notifications for unplugged devices Save Changes Unit Location Somewhere Unit Description Admin or Call 000 123 5678 2 upport or Call 512 257 1462 ea it 2003 2009 All Rights Reserved Alarms can be changed at any time Let s say we d rather have our initial alert go out at 80 F instead of 85 F Nothing could be easier just click the cursor on the numerical box for that alarm then type in the new threshold and click Save Changes Likewise if we decide we d like to bring the building maintenance person into the loop on that first alarm rather than waiting for it to escalate just check the appropriate e mail box and Save Changes You can even change multiple alarm thresholds and settings all at once again just remember that each Save Changes button only acts on the alarm settings within its particular sensor group not globally If a particular alarm is no longer wanted or needed there is an option at the top of the sensor Eee ad Seine Bo Measurement drop down list which says Mant me REMOVE ALARM Select this option and s Me Save Changes _Add Now Alarm click Save Changes and the unwanted alarm will be deleted from the list Now let s see what happens when an alarm p i Mini 163 II exceeds its threshold Currently our ambient IP Address 192 168 123 123 Mini 163 I v3 2 0 temperature according to the MiniGoose XP II s Allis welk 2 alarms monitored internal temperat
82. s their MiniGoose XP II ee units remotely via devices with lesser graphics and ZHASLULBUUUUULOJ climate Minien memory capability than a full PC such as a web capable cae eee aoe cell phone or a netbook computer and would therefore T Remova all unplugged devices prefer a simpler layout than the default _Sava Changes The Devices and Sensors sections allow you to assign ee ae more meaningful friendly names to the MiniGoose XP ek dee _ II unit and its associated sensor devices to make them auc terion ll ET easier to identify when looking at the displayed readings Save Changes You can also identify external Digital Sensor Bus devices which have become unplugged and if necessar y make the cnt perapi aad unit forget their existence by removing them from the saa aera orCalS 2 267 1452 device table Let s go through each section in turn U General section There are four controls underneath the General section The first one labeled Date Format gives you control over how the current date is displayed at the top of each page You have a choice of three settings IP Address 192 168 125 123 IP Address 192 168 123 123 IP Address 192 169 123 123 Local Time Sun 04 05 09 08 47 35 Local Time Sun 05 04 09 08 48 46 Allis we Display Display Display Date Format USA MADDY Date Format Non USA DD MM YY Date Format 180 8601 YYY MM DD standard USA format Non USA world format ISO
83. se Upload I neal XMI File Download Current XML File To export the unit s current configuration to an XML file on your PC simply click the Download Current XML File button dis If the latter Occurs Seine use your browser s save as function to s save ie displayed XML data to a disk file In general you it may simply attem p t to aisp ay 1t aS thougn it were a web page or a text Ille 29 66 should choose XML file dialog box Web Page XML Only or similar as the Save As Type in the file saving U Also note some versions of the Opera browser prior to Opera 10 may attempt to parse or display the XML data as an unstyled web page rather than displaying the XML data which may result in a seemingly blank page If you wait until the page finishes Kati you can still Save As even sain ui page ee blank SS make sure that i ile or for the Save vill write an incorrect ideation value into the XML hearer if you choose one of the XML File options which could cause the MiniGoose XP II to reject the file when you try to upload it back into the unit Once the file has been saved to your local PC you can use any text or XML editor to view and modify the information in it before uploading it back into other Goose II units A full explanation of all of the XML fields is well beyond the scope of this manual and most of them you probably will not want to direc
84. sed in the Old Password field of any account NOTE 3 If setting New Password to blank Account Name must also be blank NOTE 4 If New Password is not blank Account Name must not be blank Administrator Account Name If blank all access is granted without a password Old Password New Password New Password Again again to confirm Warming Recors your password Loss of password may regulie lt 3 hours to recower Control Account Name If blank Cancel and View Only access is granted without a password Gid Password New Password New Password Again again to confirm Warning Recent your password Loss of password may regui lt 3 hours to recover View Only Account Name IF blank View access iz granted without a password Old Password New Password New Password Again again to confirm Warning Recond your password Loss of password may require lt 3 hours to recover Save Changes nfo Contact Name Maka Mmaa pama I t aa a Waming Record your password Loss of password may require 48 hours to recover Save Changes Contact Name JohnDoe Contact Emal john doe too com isysContact Contact Phone 000 123 5678 Device Locatior Sumewhere sysLocatiori Device Descriptor isysName Save Changes Jnit Location Somewhere Unit Description Admin or C3 000 123 5678 Support or Call 512 257 1462 Canvrinht i and onqnd All Right Remane For the moment the rest of the
85. shown 1 e U S Central Time should be entered as 06 00 not merely 6 6 00 or 06 U Enter the date and time in the fields provided U For now the NTP settings can be left alone U Click the Save Changes button and the cloc will be set PDA Phone XML MIB ete Adde inei o W3 roe 25 0 it 42144 Mini 163 1 3 3 0 Allis wel 0 alarms monitored Configuration Current Network Contiguration set statically Usa DHCP tr Network Corfigurstion and CKE Server Addresses Use DHCP tr Netvork Corfiguretion and Static ONS server adcresses tsa Static Network Corfiguretion end DNE server adcresses Config IP Adcress fi9z 168 123 123 Network 192 168 123 123 Cub et Mask 1255 255 255 0 Gateway fis2z160 1291 8 Pr irer y ONS Ser ver feuseezzzzz2 Secondary DNS Server pnanz 7270n _Save Changes Protocols HTTP and HTTPS HTT Fut BD HTT S Fort aaa Telret Service Enabled gt Save Changes Urit Locaticn Somawheie ur it DesIrigtion R Eal 14 9h H Suppoit or Call 512 257 1462 Copyrich t All R woe Ro arved Mini 163 a IP Suress i 192 23 Locel Tme Ye Sheets 11 47 44 Mini 163 II 3 3 0 Allis well O alarrris riorilored Configuration All Parameters Reset ALL to Default Values Refresh DNS Cache Set Clock method Manual GMT 7 GYT to local GAA mn 95 90 Month NTP primary server 1192 4394419
86. tact e mail can be set by adding those commands followed by the parameters you wish them to be set to U adding notify v2c or notify trap determines whether the unit will use SNMP v2c style notify events or vl style trap events Equivalent to checking or unchecking the Use v2c notify instead of trap checkbox on the Config Monitoring page U the trap1 and trap2 destinations can be set by adding those commands followed by the SNMP host lt destination gt lt port gt settings lt port gt is optional U additionally snmp test will cause the unit to attempt to send a test SNMP trap equivalent to the Send Test SNMP Trap button at the bottom of the Config Monitoring page MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL Appendix C Configuring the MiniGoose XP I for use with some popular free e mail services It used to be that environmental monitoring systems were primarily found only in large IT installations such as server farms and corporate data centers which could be expected to have their own internal e mail servers which the monitoring units could make use of to send alerts to the IT administration staff However as our low cost monitoring systems have increasingly found their way into a wider variety of smaller scale applications and office environments many of these customers who often do not possess their own dedicated in house e mail servers have expressed a need to be able to configure the units to send e mail alerts via a free publicly accessi
87. the number and type of devices connected the list may end up longer than the box containing it on the page so you may have to scroll up and down to find all of them Mini XP II 23A3C0C8C0000060 Tamneratur F M naog 1 Iv naog 2 0 anaoga D Logging Time tange 2 Days gt In fact even in this relatively simple example the list aE has already exceeded the box length and the Air Flow sensor s checkboxes are partially hidden so let s scroll down to find them Ninnr Sensnr 120C030284CEF014 Daor Air How Sensor OS50COI0 49E0E _4 Tepe alure F x A Update Graph ime Range 2 Days 28A3007260000036C al 13c Temperatura F IV riauy i V riauy 2 Anauy 3 T lagging There that s better now we can see both of our new devices in the selection list Since the CCAT we added is programmed to interface to a door sensor it shows up in the list as Door Sensor by default These names can all be changed in the Display page more about this later Door Sensor TCUULUU 84Ce U14 PDA Phone Duur AML MIB Ait Flow Sensor LOUULUUZAJELEH14 Te perdlure F O Ar luvs O So let s add the Air Flow Sensor s temperature and airflow readings to the graph along with the CCAT Door Sensor s reading Again we simply check the appropriate boxes and click Update Graph And just like that our new measurements are added to the graph and color key Notice how the new measurement
88. the IT Watchdogs web site or contact our sales en for assistance with these ee Ic e Ethernet Jack This is the MiniGoose XP II s network connection using a standard RJ 45 8p8c modular plug The MiniGoose XP II is compatible with 10Base T and 10 100 networks Ethernet as well as with 10 100 1000 type Gigabit WUE 1 e networks ween Meyne fallback T to Aena T and 10 100 Doo ote that the MiniGoose XP compatible with particular should beware of this when attempting to connect a MiniGoose XP II into their ot Gigabit networks e IP RESET Button Ethernet Used to restore various settings on the MiniGoose XP II back to their factory defaults a This can be useful if for example you accidentally lock yourself out of the unit by making a typo while changing a critical setting To perform a simple reset use a paperclip or jeweler s screwdriver using pens or pencils is not recommended since ink or graphite particles could rub off and get into the unit to press and hold the switch for about 15 20 seconds or until both the IDLE and ACTIVITY LEDs light up simultaneously Release the switch and wait for the LEDs to resume their normal pattern about 5 seconds to indicate that the reset process is complete After a simple reset the following settings will be reset to factory default U Name and Password Settings all three accounts Administrator Control and View Only will be cleared U Network Settings will be
89. the XML configuration data is uploaded and parsed you will see a series of progress messages once you see the message XML file upload succeeded the process is complete 3 Return to the unit s web page keeping in mind that depending on the XML settings its IP address may have changed and it should now have the newly imported configurations in place U SSL Certificate and Private Key As we saw earlier in the Config Network settings a Se certai end mrivete kev MiniGoose XP II can be accessed either via unsecured ESL Certificats Fik M HTTP or over an SSL secured HTTPS connection A SSL Pr vate Key File MiniGoose XP II unit comes with a self signed SSL elon SORTS certificate already built in which it will use by default sso S81 Dai This is usually sufficient for the average user but for those users who prefer to use their own self generated SSL certificates and private keys or whose corporate IT security policies require the use of a properly signed certificate key combination provided by a trusted 3rd party such as Verisign or Thawte the MiniGoose XP II provides those users with the ability to install their certificate key combination here You can either generate your own self signed Certificate and Key files using tools such as OpenSSL or purchase an authenticated certificate set In either case the uploaded certificate and key files must be in binary DER format the unit cannot accept ASCII text PEM formatted certificate k
90. they may temporarily fool the unit into sending an erroneous alarm trip or sensor disconnect alert message Reset Button This pushbutton can be used to trigger a hard reboot of the MiniGoose XP II unit equivalent to power cycling the device without actually requiring the power to be physically disconnected and reconnected This is a legacy feature carried over from the f previous series I design under normal circumstances it should not be needed e Sensors page This is the page that the unit will default to when accessed by its IP address There are no user or administrator adjustable settings on this page it merely displays the current readings and historical graphs of the MiniGoose XP II s internal sensors plus any external sensors which may be connected to the Digital Sensor Bus or to the Analog Dry Contact Input terminals The tabs along the left hand side of the page provide access to the rest of the EER oe MiniGoose XP II s functions 1 You can also download the unit s SNMP MIB file from this page via a link underneath the page tabs e Alarms page From here you can add or remove alarm thresholds which will cause the unit to send e mails SNMP traps and or activate the audible alert buzzer SuperGoose II only if any of those thresholds are exceeded The MiniGoose XP II alarm system has several significant enhancements over the original WeatherGoose I including the
91. this is the password used to sign messages sent by this account Also known as the user s authKey Manager Privacy Password this is the password used to encrypt the data portion of messages sent by this account Also known as the user s privKey Trap User the name of the SNMP v3 account which will send traps from this device to the Manager when an alarm threshold is exceeded i e the Manager expects to receive traps from this username Trap Authentication Password the authKey password used to sign trap messages sent by the device to the SNMP Manager Trap Privacy Password the privKey password used to encrypt the data portion of messages sent by the device to the SNMP Manager Save Changes and or Reset SNMPV3 Non volatile RAM this button requires a bit of explanation As with the Save Changes buttons on the other configuration sections this button will cause any changes to the Initial SNMP V3 data section to be saved in the MiniGoose XP II s flash memory However it will also erase any other account settings which may have been remotely cloned or configured from the SNMP Manager on this unit This block of settings is only intended to be used for first time setup of SNMP v3 once you have accessed the unit from the Manager all further configuration including the modification or removal of existing SNMP v3 user accounts should be done remotely via the Manager rather than from the unit s Config page U
92. tly modify via the XML data anyway since it s much easier to change them from the unit s web page However one set of parameters which you might want to modify before cloning an XML based configuration across multiple units are the network IP settings if you have multiple units to configure each with its own statically assigned IP address you can open the XML file and look for the following lines at the top of the file lt network status 0 ip address 192 168 123 123 netmask 255 255 255 0 gateway 192 168 123 1 http port 80 https port 443 web protocols both telnet enable 1 gt lt dns num0 ip address 208 67 222 222 gt lt dns num0 gt lt dns numl ip address 208 67 222 220 gt lt dns num1 gt lt network gt Here you could save multiple copies of the XML file one for each unit to be configured changing the ip address netmask gateway and the DNS settings as appropriate for each unit We do not recommend changing the other settings from here in particular status web protocols and telnet enable should be left alone To import a saved configuration into the unit from a previously saved XML file on your PC 1 Click the Browse button browse to the directory you saved the XML file to then double click to select the appropriate file 2 Click the Upload Local XML File button and wait The upload process may take a few minutes depending on the size of the update file and network traffic As
93. to set up an I ca e mail chent before 2 po A y o h SMTP S To E mail Address 2 PDA Phone XML MIB nave Changes The first field SMTP Server allows you to specify the outgoing mail server the MiniGoose XP II should use either by direct IP address or by URL Underneath SMTP Server the SMTP Port field allows you to set the IP port used by the server to accept connections Normally this should be left at its default setting of 25 unless the administrator of your e mail server tells you otherwise From E mail Address lets you specify an e mail address from which the MiniGoose XP II s e mails will appear to come from This field can generally be set to anything you like although depending on how your SMTP server is configured you may need to make sure that the e mail address is one that the SMTP server will consider valid It is not uncommon for SMTP servers to be configured to refuse to send e mails with from addresses that don t correspond to their list of known users to help prevent those servers from being hijacked to send spam with invalid from and reply to addresses The next five fields labeled To E mail Address 1 through 5 let you specify up to five potential recipients for e mail alerts These too can be any valid e mail address as long as they are in the standard format of lt username gt lt domain or IP address gt Users of our previous WeatherGoose I line should
94. try connecting a heavy gauge copper grounding w wire from eae case toa mols ion aan ie Bue as an n electrical iste oe ora MENS Pipe NOTE IT Watc 10 32 THREADED GROUNDING POINT U DC Power Jack and Power LED The MiniGoose XP II runs on low voltage DC power supplied here via a standard DC barrel plug connector When the unit has power the LED next to the DC jack will light up green The WeatherGoose s DC power requirements are as follows e INPUT VOLTAGE 6 12 VDC CURRENT approx 450mA 6VDC average note that adding external sensors may increase this requirement depending on sensor type and quantity e CONNECTOR TYPE DC barrel plug 2 1mm center positive The MiniGoose XP II comes with a suitable wall transformer style power supply Note that the power supply which comes with the unit is capable of worldwide voltage 100 240VAC and line frequency 50 60Hz operation all that is required is an appropriate adapter to go from a U S style plug to the appropriate non U S socket The power supply unit is also suitable for use with power strips which provide 208VAC from IEC C 13 sockets connected across two phases of a 3 phase power system which are becoming increasingly common in larger IT installations again all that is required is the correct socket adapter Other power supply options for specific applications such as 48 VDC positive ground telecom systems or Power over Ethernet may be available check
95. ttons one at the top of the page and one at the bottom are provided simply for the user s convenience so that you don t have to scroll all the way up or down the page to find them there is no difference between the two Currently our example unit is set to display a month s worth of data However this particular unit hasn t been running for a month in fact at the time these screenshots were taken it had only been running for slightly over 24 hours So as you can see in the image to the right the horizontal scale has adjusted accordingly to show all of the data currently available Now let s see what happens when we change the scale to a shorter time scale say the last two hours We use the Time Range drop down box to select the 2 hours range then click Update Graph The MiniGoose XP II obligingly redraws the graph showing us the previous two hours worth of data The rest of the data still exists in the system s memory of course it s simply off screen Logging PDA Phone XML MIB Update Graph Mint LoS I 284 3D0C8C0300060 Temnerature F iv andoz 1 7 Andoz 2 I andog TT Update Graph Mini 163 II FRAADNCACMINMAN lemaerature H Iv Andoq 1 l Andoz 2 I Andoz 3 7 T me Rage 1 Month A 77 Currently the example unit is graphing the unit s internal temperature sensor Let s say we want to see the status of one of the Analog inputs as well We mov
96. update package into The file you are looking for will have a PKG extension double click to select that file 4 Click the Upload New Firmware button and wait The upload process may take a few minutes depending on the size of the update file and network traffic Note that due to the various differences between browsers you may or may not see an in progress report as each block of data is uploaded During this time both the IDLE and ACTIVITY LEDs should blink in unison and on the SuperGoose II the LCD will read FIRMWARE UPDATING 5 Once the upload is complete you should see a page similar to the screen shown here with a 60 second countdown while the unit validates and installs the new firmware Once the installation is complete the unit will reboot and return to the default Sensors page Upload succeeded Please wait 50 seconds while systern 6 Under normal circumstances a firmware update will not erase See es your log history unit configuration or alarm settings However if you want to take extra caution simply download all of your logged data from the Logging page then use the export import configuration functions described above to save a copy of all of your device configurations before uploading your new firmware MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL Appendix A PDA Phone View shown here PDA Phone XML MIB In addition to the standard web page view the MiniGoose XP II offers a compressed view of t
97. ure sensor is 76 55 F The Sensors page reports All is well 2 alarms monitored and all the ee values are black indicating that all of the sensors are E within the threshold s we ve set Let s see what GEES 0 0 99 5 B anatog 2 0 0v 99 5v happens when we warm things up a bit Sensors The temperature has climbed to 87 96 F Now Mini 163 II the top banner summary reports Alarms 2 monitored te Penis a a 1 TRIPPED 0 UNPLUGGED and the internal COM temperature sensor s numeric reading has turned red __ sensors Sensors to indicate that it is currently in an alarm condition aaa Mini 163 1 1D 28A300 300000060 The unit has also sent an e mail to our sysadmin ng a E B snatog 2 0 0v 995v l Anaog amp nalog 3 0 0v 99 Sv The temperature continues to rise now at 90 46 F it exceeds our second alarm threshold dp Batak re ha Since the temperature is now higher than both of our ieena alarm thresholds the top banner summary reports Mini 163 II v3 3 0 Alarms 2 monitored i erisors Sensors Alarms 2 monitored 2 TRIPPED 0 UNPLUGGED The i internal temperature sensor s numeric reading is still a i A Temperature F 90 16 F red and the unit has now tried to send another e mail magsign ne faite this time to our building maintence supervisor and vo els mania HVAC technician as well as to our s
98. urements are displayed on the graph The measurements are grouped by sensor device the MiniGoose XP II s internal sensors are always the ma i first group at the top of the list and external g Digital Sensor Bus devices are listed underneath If the list grows longer than the box a scroll bar will appear allowing you to scroll up and down through the list Resat Logg Update Graph Click here to download CSY log data The Time Range drop down box lets you change the horizontal time scale of the graph letting you view the past history anywhere from the past 15 minutes up to the past 30 days assuming the unit has that much data accumulated in its memory This graph displays the selected measurements across the selected time scale The vertical scale always automatically adjusts to fit the upper and lower bounds of the data being displayed while the horizontal scale will either be the time range selected in the drop down box above or the length of time for which the unit actually has data in its memory whichever is less This provides a color key to the graph above it showing which colored lines correspond to which sensor device s and measurement s While there is no particular limit on the number of items that can be graphed simultaneously keep in mind that if you have a large number of external sensor devices attached and attempt to graph more than 24 measurements simultaneously the color sequence will start repeating
99. your purchase of this MiniGoose XP II remote monitoring system To get the most out of your MiniGoose XP II please take the time to look through this manual to familiarize yourself with the product and its features before attempting to install and operate it MintGoose XP I USER MANUAL QuickStart Setup Guide As shipped from the factory the MiniGoose XP II is configured with the following default network settings e IP ADDRESS 192 168 123 123 e SUBNET MASK 255 255 255 0 e DEFAULT GATEWAY 192 168 123 1 To initially configure the unit you will generally need to connect it directly to a laptop or desktop PC via a crossover Ethernet cable and configure the PC s network card to match the 192 168 xxx xxx subnet If your network card is not already configured this way simply follow these directions Windows 95 98 2000 XP only Macintosh and Linux users or users of Windows Vista or Windows 7 should refer to the appropriate help files for their particular systems 1 Click START Settings then Network Connections 2 Locate the entry under LAN or High Speed Internet which corresponds to the network card you re using to connect to the MiniGoose XP II Most PCs only have a single network card installed but if you have more than one you can determine which connection is which simply by disconnecting the cable from the MiniGoose XP II and seeing which network adapter s status changes from Connected to Networ
100. ysadmin and has sent an SNMP trap to our SNMP monitor These same principles apply to both internal and external sensors devices and readings Note that the alarm settings in the Alarms page all function independently of each other i e any sensor exceeding any of its associated alarm threshold s will trip that alarm and cause the action s selected by the checkboxes regardless of whether any other sensors are currently in alarm or not Likewise any sensor readings grouped under a particular physical sensor device are still independent of each other 1 e just because the temperature reading on an AF HT Sensor has already tripped one or more alarms for example it will not prevent that same AF HT Sensor from generating humidity or airflow alarms as well if either of those values exceed their thresholds One alarm condition which is unique to external sensor devices however is the UNPLUGGED condition This occurs if a previously identified Digital Sensor Bus device vanishes from the bus and can t be found or communicated with There could be any number of reasons for this the sensor was physically disconnected from the unit or a cable got pinched or crushed or the sensor device has been damaged in some way or there could be a high amount of ambient electrical interference being picked up by an excessively long sensor cable running alongside high current AC power wiring but whatever the reason the result is that the MiniGoose XP

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