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Security Management System - Configuring TCP-IP MODBUS Inputs
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Security Management System
Configuring TCP-IP MODBUS Inputs
This document explains the configuration of TCP/IP MODBUS devices in the Security Management
System Server software.
A) Configuring TCP-IP MODBUS device:
1. In the server software, please go to the ‘Security Devices’ tab in the left navigation menu bar. Go
to the ‘Devices’ sub-tab under it.
2. This will display the Security Devices page.
3. Click on ‘Add Security Device’ button to popup dialog.
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Configure ‘Device Name’ any name you want to use for recognizing the device,
‘Device Description’ – short description for the device
Select ‘Device Type’ as ‘TCP-IP MODBUS’ and fill in the MODBUS connection information
such as ‘IP Address’, ‘Port Number’, ‘Unit ID’, ‘Input Type’, and ‘Input Address’.
Further, configure ‘Alarm Monitoring’ section using which Security Management System
software will generate the alarms.
You can test the connection for configured settings using ‘Test connection’ button.
Click on ‘Add’ button to add the device into the Security Management System Server software.
The device gets added to the ‘Security Devices’ list as shown in below screenshot.
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4. Select the device from the list and click on ‘View device details’ button to get security device
settings. You can also use mouse double click on the selected row to get to this page.
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Configure ‘Primary video channel’ and ‘Secondary video channel’ using edit and save buttons
present on middle-right side of the widow.
You can edit device connection and alarm monitoring parameters using edit button present
on lower left corner of the window. It will popup same dialog like ‘Add Security Device’ and you
can modify the settings there.
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B) Alarm management:
1. Device Alarms –
Click on ‘Device Alarms’ link present under ‘Security Devices’ link on the left tab of the
main screen.
Locate the following alarm names –
‘TCP-IP MODBUS Input Alarm On’
‘TCP-IP MODBUS Input Alarm Off’
‘TCP-IP MODBUS Input Online’
‘TCP-IP MODBUS Input Offline’
Select any alarm name, its details will be shown in below list. To edit the alarm settings, click
on edit button present on upper left of the window. This will pop up a dialog box where
you can configure alarm settings. (see screenshot below)
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In the ‘Basic’ section, you can configure ‘Alarm Name’, ‘Alarm Category’, ‘Save Image’,
‘Alarm Acknowledgement’ and popup windows.
In ‘Communication’ section, you can configure communication to other devices or softwares
like ‘Send Email’, ‘Send SMS’, ‘Call Phone’, ‘Upload to FTP’, ‘RSS Feed’ etc.
In ‘Macro’ section, you can ask to execute the user defined macro whenever the alarm is
generated.
For more details on ‘Alarm Management’, please refer application’s user guide.
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2. Device Alarm Rules –
Click on ‘Device Alarm Rules’ link present under ‘Security Devices’ link in the left side tab
of the main screen.
This will show you the list of configured ‘Device Alarm Rules’. To add new ‘Device Alarm
Rule’, click on ‘Add’ button to popup ‘Add new alarm rule’ dialog.
Select the ‘Alarm Source’ and ‘Alarm type’ and click on ‘Next’ button to configure alarm
handlers for the selected ‘Alarm Type’ from selected ‘Alarm Source’. Below figure shows the
settings you can configure.
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Configure ‘Basic’, ‘Communication’, ‘Macro’, ‘Preset’, and ‘Multichannel recording’
sections as your requirement.
As per the above screenshot, whenever alarm ‘TCP-IP MODBUS Input Alarm On’ is
generated for the security device ‘SD_Sec001’; Security Management System Server software
will execute these configured alarm handlers.
In case there is no alarm rule is defined, Security Management System Server software will
use alarm handlers from ‘Device Alarms’ section.
For more information on ‘Alarm Handling’ and ‘Alarm Rules’, please refer to ‘Security
Management System’ user guide.