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1. The last menu selection is the Polling option The Polling Option opens a sub menu with four options Single Auto Manual and Monitor A Single The single option allows the user to poll just one selected site After choosing the Single Mode a site list will come on the screen Select the appropriate site and press enter The Path Monitor program will automatically dial if set up for PSTN access poll and reset the access relays All data will be displayed on the screen in the Single Mode If you have chosen the option for the printer the program will print to the printer B Auto The Auto mode allows the user to poll ALL sites that have been chosen for automatic polling The program automatically accesses polls and resets the access parameters The Data will be displayed and printed according to the options which were discussed in the Program menu C Manual The Manual poll mode allows the users to generate any 1 7 character DTMF code Any six digit code ending on 03 will cause the Model 5493 to go into measurement mode Any six digit code ending in OB will cause the Model 5493 to go into a Stepped Sweep Mode 10 Application Note Model 5493 DTMF to ASCII Modem I Setting up your Model 5493 for use with Path Monitor software A Front Panel Dipswitch Settings Dipswitch Function To Left To Right 1 Echo ASCII input Echo after each DTMF out 2 Keyboard input Store and Forward 3 Unused 4 Radio PSTN
2. K1 for PTT K1 for Line Seize Il Program Wire Setup RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE Pin BROWN Interdigit K1 Key Up DTMF DTMF Reset Baud Rate Timer Delay ON OFF Timer seconds seconds ms ms seconds D 75 1 6 0 0 80 80 0 0 l 150 0 1 0 1 05 05 0 5 2 300 0 2 0 2 10 10 1 0 3 600 0 3 0 3 15 15 1 5 4 1200 0 4 0 4 20 20 2 0 5 2400 0 5 0 5 25 25 2 5 6 4800 0 6 0 6 30 30 3 0 7 9600 0 7 0 7 35 35 3 5 8 75 0 8 0 8 40 40 4 0 9 150 0 9 0 9 45 45 4 5 0 300 1 0 1 0 50 50 5 0 t 600 1 1 1 1 55 55 5 3 1200 1 2 1 2 60 60 6 0 A 2400 1 3 1 3 65 65 6 5 B 4800 1 4 1 4 70 70 7 0 C 9600 1 5 1 5 75 75 7 5 Notes 1 Program the orange program wire on 5493 Module to desired key up delay Refer to 5493 Manual 2 K1 is not operated if the orange wire is programmed to D HI Voltage 1 Prior to making DC connections please refer to 5493 Manual and drawings 11 Signalcrafters Protocol 6 Data bytes 8 data bits 1 start 1 stop Model 5212 and 2212 1 2 3 4 5 6 Module Address Function Common Commands Remote Module Address 1590 159001 Loopback mode 159002 DTMF identification 159003 Generate a tone sequence from 404Hz to 2804Hz 0dB Inbound test 159004 Generate 1004Hz OdB 159005 Generate 1004Hz 13dB 159006 Amputate remote 159007 Quiet Termination For noise measurements 159008 Generate a tone sequence from 404Hz to 2804Hz 13dB In
3. selecting Keyword Search you can find the Help screen your looking for Begin Programming IV SETUP MENU From the Main Menu select the Set Up Menu Once the set up menu is displayed on the screen select the Program sub menu A Program sub menu x COM PORTS POLLING Start Date 0170172000 Start Time 12 00 00 AM Exclude Period from 12 00 00 AM to 12 00 00 4M Access Relay Delay foo ms Site Interval 0 seconds Poll Interval 2 minutes Alarm Sound OFF v ON OFF Test Print Never Access Optimize JON JV Must Receive Echo Back For Model 5493 OK Close 1 Select one of four Com Ports that your Model 5493 is connected to on your computer NOTE Com Ports One and Three and Com Ports Two and Four share the same interrupts If you are planning to use a Mouse or another Modem on your computer you will not be able to put the 5493 on the same interrupt line as the other equipment That is if your mouse is on Com Port Three you will not be able to set up the 5493 on Com Port One Reconfigure the Com Ports on your computer so that you can put your mouse and your 5493 DTMF to ASCII Modem 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 on different interrupt Com Ports check your computer manual for details Polling Start Date The Polling Start Date allows the user to choose the date at which the program will start polling automatic mode only This setti
4. Interval The Poll Interval allows the user to choose the amount of time in minutes that the program will wait between the polling cycles This time is the time that the program waits between polling the last site and begins the polling cycle again starting with the first site The above selections and options will be discussed later in the Setup Menu Alarm Sound The Alarm Sound option allows you to choose whether the alarm sound will be active if an exception occurs The Esc key will reset this audible alarm Test Print The Test Print option allows you to choose whether tests will Always On Exceptions or Never be printed If On Exceptions is chosen the entire test will be printed if any out specification value is detected Access Optimize The Access optimizes the user to choose whether the program will reset the access relays after the test Certain conditions must be met in order for the program to bypass resetting the access relays First the Access Reset must be turned on in the Access code The program also users this setting to decide whether it will un seize the PSTN line or keep the line seized for the next test If the Dial is the same as the next Dial the program will not issue the hang up command if this setting is on No Note that the program makes decisions on Access and PSTN independently That is if the Dial is the same but Access is different the program will reset the Access relays but not t
5. USER S MANUAL d MODEL 4001 K U TZ PATH MONITOR SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 95 98 ME NT 4 0 AND 2000 S vy S SIGNALCRAFTERS TECH INC 57 Eagle Rock Avenue East Hanover NJ 07936 3144 800 523 5815 or 973 781 0880 www signalcrafters com Getting Started SIGNALCRAFTERS TECH INC MODEL 4001 PATH MONITOR FOR WINDOWS 95 98 ME NT 4 0 AND 2000 SOFTWARE 9 20 00 TABLE OF CONTENTS I Installing Software amp Hardware Requirements Il Main Menu a File Menu b Set Up Menu c Report Menu d Polling Menu e Help Menu Begin Programming HI Set Up Menu A Program sub menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Communications Ports Polling Start Date Polling Start Time Exclude Period From To Access Relay Delay Site Interval Poll Interval Alarm Sound Test Print Access Optimize B Sites sub menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Adding Sites To Database Address Description Auto Poll Dial Number Access Sub Master Access Reset Frequency Tolerance Inbound Outbound Noise ph pb p p pd pah N NAANA HHH PW WW WW WW WWN WN VI VII VII C Users sub menu 1 Adding Users To Database 2 Name 3 Privilege 4 Password File Menu A History 1 Create 2 Load B Exceptions 1 Create 2 Load C Change User D Exit E Quit Report Menu A View Data 1 History 2 Exception B Generate Polling Me
6. bound a b d Minimum field The Minimum field allows the user to enter the minimum amount of loss in dB tolerable on the outbound path Ifa test occurs outside of this specification the test will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound when the Program Sound setting is On Example If this value is set to 14dB the least amount of loss acceptable on the inbound path is 14dB If the test were to return a value of 13dB an exception would occur Maximum field The Maximum field allows the user to enter the maximum amount of loss in dB tolerable on the outbound path Ifa test occurs outside of this specification the test will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound when the Program Sound setting is On Example If this value is set to 18dB the most amount of loss acceptable on the inbound path is 18dB If the test were to return a value of 19dB an exception would occur The cursor will be at the Reference field The Reference field allows the user to enter the level in dB of the remote Model 5212 Loopback Receiver 12 Noise a Minimum field The Minimum input field allows the user to enter the minimum amount of acceptable loop backed noise on the combined inbound outbound path If a test occurs outside of this specification it will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound when the Program Sound setting is On Noise is a
7. bound test 159009 Generate 2804Hz OdB 159000 Reset Remote 15900B Generate a tone sequence from 404Hz to 2804Hz 0dB Outbound test Set relay 1 of relay card 1 Model 2452 5452 ABC1 1 Reset relay 1 of relay card 1 Model 2452 5452 ABC1 1 Pickup phone with Model 5493 ABC1A1 Hang up phone with Model 5493 ABCI1 1 Files to Backup or Transfer There are files that you will need to backup These same files can transfer to a new computer or when you upgrade to a new version the old data files will get erased so you will need to backup these files The default directory is C Program Files Signalcrafters Path Monitor Files to Backup history db savelast DB sites db users db You may want to also backup the history files and the exception files Files to Backup his exc 12
8. e Exceptions File that you want the data stored Example JAN00 exc The File extension exe will automatically be added to the File name Once the file name has been entered press open To change Exceptions files from the Main Menu select the File sub menu select Exceptions and press enter When the Exceptions sub menu is brought up on the screen select Open This option allows the user to select which Exceptions File the Data is collected in You may have many different Exceptions files to select from Select one and press open C Change User The Change User allows different users to access the system without having to exit the Path Monitor program D Printer Setup The Printer Setup allows you to select different printers or settings Printer Setup controls the output for the Report E Exit This option allows the user to exit the Path Monitor program There are two other Menu Options on the Main Menu which we have not talked about VI REPORT MENU View Data The View selection allows you to browse through the history and exception files 1 History The History selection allows you to browse through the active history file 2 Exception The Exception selection allows you to browse through the active exception file Generate The Generate window allows you to Graph a history file entry View Sites The View Sites will display all sites that were entered in to the database VII POLLING MENU
9. erator Managers can access all windows in Path Monitor software Operators cannot access the Setup menu The Setup menu is now complete vV FILE MENU There are other menu selections in the Main Menu and we will discuss those now A History The History option allows the user to create a new file open an existing file or erase a History file The Path Monitor requires the user to have a History file for storage of data Select the History option and press open 1 2 The first step is to make a New History File Enter the name of the History File that you want the data stored Example JANO0O his The File extension his will automatically be added to the File name Once the file name has been entered press enter To change History files from the Main Menu select the File sub menu select History When the History sub menu is brought up on the screen select Open This option allows the user to select which History File the Data is collected in You may have many different History files to select from Select one and press open B Exceptions The Exceptions option allows the user to create a new open an existing or erase an Exceptions file The Path Monitor requires the user to have an Exceptions file for storage of data Select the Exceptions option and press open 1 2 The first step is to make a New Exceptions File Select and press open Enter the name of th
10. he Line Seize Relay B Sites Enter New Site x Address Description Seer Auto Poll ts Dit Access Loo O O Sub Master No gt Access Reset fes Freq Tol 5 Min Loss Max Loss Reference Inbound 0 dB 20 pP dB Outbound 0 f2 fo Noise 36 dB 30 OK Close The Sites sub menu gives the user four options to select These four options are the same as the Types options above When first installing Path Monitor software select ADD 1 Adding Sites to the Database Once the user has selected the ADD option a new window will appear on the screen 2 Enter the Address of the remote site this address is the address selected on the remote Signalcrafters module 3 Description The Description field allows the user to enter the name of the site being added 4 Auto Poll The Auto Poll option allows the user to define if this site being added should be part of an Auto Poll cycle Move the cursor part of an Auto Poll cycle Move the cursor to either YES or NO 5 6 7 8 9 Dial Number The Dial Number input field allows the user to enter the phone number up to 11 digits that the master station will dial to reach the remote site NOTE Leave this field blank if this site is not accessed via a PSTN Access The Access field allows the user to enter the access codes required to reach this site In autodial applications the program will atte
11. mpt to dial the phone number first then set the access relays Here is an example of how to use the access relays To set the first 4 relays on a Model 2452 8x1 Relay Module for a four wire circuit the following access would be required ABC1 1 ABC1 2 ABC1 3 ABC1 4 To set the second 4 relays for a second four wire circuit the following access would be required ABC1 5 ABC1 6 ABC1 7 ABC1 8 Note At the end of each relay access number you must type a period at the end of each relay code ABC1 1 Sub Master The Sub Master choice box allows you to choose whether this site has a Sub Master between it and the computer Note The Sub Master wake up command must be issued in the Access field If Sub Master address is 2590 2590 D Access Reset The Access Reset allows the user to choose whether the program will reset the access relays after the test Certain conditions must be met in order for the program to bypass resetting the access relays First the Access Optimize must be turned on in the Program Menu Second the following site must have the same Access code The program also uses this setting to decide whether it will un seize the PSTN line or keep the line seized for the next test If the Dial is the same as the next Dial then the program will not issue the hang up command when this setting is on No Note that the program makes decisions on Access and PSTN independently That is if the Dial is the same but Acce
12. n absolute value there is no reference setting Example If this value is set to 30dB the least amount of noise acceptable on the combined paths is 30dB If the test were to return a value of 29 dB an exception would occur 36 dB is the lowest value the hardware can measure b Maximum field The Maximum input field allows the user to enter the maximum amount of acceptable loop backed noise on the combined inbound outbound path If a test occurs outside of this specification it will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound when the Program Sound setting is On Noise is an absolute value there is no reference setting Example If this value is set to 20dB the most amount of noise acceptable on the combined paths is 20dB If the test were to return a value of 21 dB an exception would occur 36dB is the lowest value the hardware can measure Note Set this to 36dB EDIT The Edit sub menu allows the user to change parameters of a site Edt sites hhh goss za Min Loss Max Loss Ref Description East Hanover Remote Site dB dB dB fo 20 0 Auto Poll ves x Inbound Dial Outbound fo 20 o JABCT 1 ABC1 2ABC1 3 ABC1 4 s 30 Access Noise 35 3D Sub Reset No Access Reset Yes x Freq Tol 5 OK C Users sub menu The last Option under the Set Up menu is USERS The Users menu allows the user to select from four option
13. ng along with the Polling Start Time setting allows the user to setup a polling sequence days or even months in the future Polling Start Time The Polling Start Time allows the user to choose the time at which the program will start polling automatic mode only This setting along with the Polling Start Date setting allows the user to setup a polling sequence days or even months in the future Exclude Period From To The Exclude Period From allows the user to set the start time of the exclude period The Exclude Period To allows the user to set the end time of the exclude period The Exclude Period keeps the Path Monitor program from automatically polling during this time period If the user is sharing a communication path with another system or with one that downloads information once per day as an example Midnight You would set up the Exclude Period start time for Midnight and the Exclude Period end time to Midnight plus the download time Access Relay Delay The Access Relay Delay allows the user to set the time after a Access Relay is set or reset Site Interval The Site Interval allows the user to choose the amount of time in seconds that the program will wait between polling sites The user will want a smaller number in this field if the system is a polled only system If the system is mixed with polled and self initiate use a larger number to allow for self initiated data to be acquired by the Path Monitor program Poll
14. nu A Single Mode B Auto Mode C Manual Mode Application Note Model 5493 DTMF to ASCII Modem Files to Backup or Transfer oO 00 00 o0 00 O 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 iii Software Programming Model 4001 Path Monitor for Windows Getting Started I INSTALLING SOFTWARE amp HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS Insert disk 1 or CD ROM and press Start Run Browse the floppy or CD ROM for the setup exe file or type x setup exe and then press OK P 75 3 2 Floppy VGA Graphics Card Printer 32MB of RAM 5MB of Hard Drive Space 1 Serial Port 1 Parallel Port 101 Enhanced Keyboard Mouse CD ROM and Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 or 2000 Type the name of a program folder or document and Windows will open it for you Open fa Setup exe T Run in Separate Memory Space A Start II MAIN MENU The Main Menu gives the user five menu choices File Set Up Report Polling and Help a The File Menu contains four sub menus History Exceptions Change Users Printer Setup and Exit b The Set Up Menu contains four sub menus Sites Users and Program c The Report Menu contains two sub menus View Data and Generate d The Polling Menu has four sub menus Single Auto and Manual e The Help Menu has three sub menus Contents Keyword Search and About IHI ACCESSING THE HELP SCREENS Path Monitor has a help screen to assist the user at any time during the program By pressing Help on the menu bar and
15. s ADD The Add sub menu allows the user to add a new user to the system Once a User s Name has been added the Name Password window will appear upon start up of Path Monitor xi Name I Privilege Password OK Close EDIT The Edit sub menu allows the user to change parameters of a user 1 2 3 4 Name Privilege Password Delete OK Adding Users To the Database When initializing the system choose the option ADD Once the ADD option has been selected a window will appear on the screen with the cursor in the Name field The Name field should be filled in with a users name NOTE Signalcrafters recommends that a Manager Level user be entered in as the first user Manager Operator Privilege discussed below The cursor will now prompt you to select the Privilege option There are two levels of security Operator and Manager Managers can access all windows of the Path Monitor software Operators cannot access History and DOS Shell in the File Menu and the entire Set Up menu NOTE Both the password and name must match with the user entered strings or the Operators privilege will be assumed Select the Privilege and press enter The cursor will now prompt the user for the Password The Password entry allows the user to associate a users name and password with a privilege Two security levels of access are available Manager and Op
16. ss is different then program will reset the Access relays but not the Line Seize Relay Freq Tol The Frequency Tolerance Input field allows you to set the frequency tolerance of this site If a test occurs outside of this specification then the test will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound an alarm when the Program Sound setting is On 10 Inbound a b c Minimum field The Minimum field allows the user to enter the minimum amount of loss in dB tolerable on the inbound path If a test occurs outside of this specification the test will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound when the Program Sound setting is On Example If this value is set to 14dB the most amount of level acceptable on the inbound path is 14dB If the test were to return a value of 13dB an exception would occur Maximum field The Maximum field allows the user to enter the maximum amount of loss in dB tolerable on the inbound path Ifa test occurs outside of this specification the test will be added to the exceptions file and the computer will sound when the Program Sound setting is On Example If this value is set to 18dB the most amount of loss acceptable on the inbound path is 18dB If the test were to return a value of 19dB an exception would occur Reference field The Reference field allows the user to enter the level in dB of the remote Model 5212 Loopback Receiver 11 Out

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