07 ARGUS Installation and Configuration (JT5.4)
Transcript of 07 ARGUS Installation and Configuration (JT5.4)
ARGUS 5.4:Installation and Configuration
Contents – Part 1/2
l Lesson 1: ARGUS – Installation
l 1. Essential needed installation equipmentl 2. Requirements for PC-Hardwarel 3. Supported Microsoft-Windows operation systemsl 4. Concept of ARGUS-Versionsl 5. Concept of ARGUS-OPTIONSl 6. Content of ARGUS-Installation-DVDl 7. Installation-Processl 8. ARGUS-Installation as application versus as servicel 9. De-Installation of ARGUSl 10. ARGUS-Installation-Manual
Contents – Part 2/2
l Lesson 2: ARGUS – Configuration
l 1. User-/User-Group Configuration
l 2. Measurement Unit Configuration- General Settings; Device-, Path-, System- Configuration, Alarm Settings- Table-Wizard (Transducer, Correction, Bearing-Correction)- Editing a small Configuration from the scratch- Explanations based on typical configurations
l 3. Control Unit Configuration- General Settings; System View; User Lists; User Specific Export Format; SIS
l 4. Saving and Loading Configurations
l 5. Local / Remote- Sending / Receiving Meas. Unit Configurations to Remote Meas. Unit
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:
BEGIN of LESSON-1
Following components are needed:� DVD (for ARGUS-Versions < 5.3: CD-ROM) :
“ Software for R&S-ARGUS-Systems“
� CD-ROM: Options for R&S ARGUS-Systems
� ARGUS-Hardlock (USB or parallel)
� (optional: CD-ROM: actual Service-Pack)
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Essential Equipment
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Requirements to PC-HW
Windows VistaBusiness
2 GB
80 GB
At least:1024 x 768
Pentium III3.2 GHz
Windows XP
512 MB
80 GB
At least:1024 x 768
Pentium III1 GHz
Windows 2000
512 MB
80 GB
At least:1024 x 768
Pentium III1 GHz
RAM
Free Disk Space
Graphicsresolution
Processor
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Supported Windows Operation Systems
WindowsVista
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Windows2000
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WindowsNT 4.0
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5.2
5.3
5.4
5.0 / 5.1
WindowsXP
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Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Version-Concept 1/2l An ARGUS-Version is listed as
5. 4 (Service Pack x)
Major Version Main Version Minor Version
-Release-cycle more than 5 years
- not free of charge
-Release-cycle about 1½ years
- not free of charge
- No release-cycle
- for supporting new FW-versions ofmonitoring equipment
- for ARGUS-improvements
- for bug-fixing
-free of charge according thepurchased main version
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Version-Concept 2/2
l ARGUS-Version-History
June 20105.4.1
SP 3 (04/2010)
SP 7 (08/2008)
SP 11 (11/2008)
SP 18 (07/2008)
No more supported
Remark /Last Service Pack
12.12.20035.1
20.10.20045.1.5
15.12.20045.2
30.06.20065.2.2
28.06.20075.3
30.01.20014.4.0
June 2009
04.11.2002
Release-Date
5.4
5.0.0
ARGUS-Version
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Option-Concept 1/2
l Running ARGUS-SW requires (unique) Hardlock and associatedOption-Files
l Up to version 5.2: parallel Hardlock is deliveredsince version 5.2: USB-Hardlock is delivered
l Multiple parallel Hardlocks can be plugged in a row on on the PC(e.g. ARGUS-HL, MapView-HL and AllAudio-HL)
l Only 1 USB-Hardlock can be plugged on the PC;plugging more than 1 USB-Hardlocks to the PC results that onlyone of them will be recognized (random which of them)
l Starting with MapView-version … and AllAudio-version …Only one Hardlock for all applications together is needed
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Option-Concept 2/2
l Inside the Option-file there is coded:- the associated Hardlock-nr.- the number, how often a device-driver can be loaded (default 2)
l There are about 25 different ARGUS-options, categorized todevice-drivers groups, measurement-modes, interfaces andextensions
l Options are needed on measurement-unit as well as on control-unit. As a rule of thumb:
- basic-option is required everywhere- device-driver-options are required, where devices are
(i.e. on the measurement unit)- measurement-mode and interfaces are required, where the
respective action is initiated� see also document: Configuration and Licensing ARGUS
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Content of Installation-DVD
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 1/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 2/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 3/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 4/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 5/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 6/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 7/11
Default:Unchecked
UnmannedStation:Checked
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 8/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 9/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 10/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Process 11/11
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Service versus application
l ARGUS can be installed as application (start via desktop-icon) oras service
l service can be used for un-manned measurement-units, whereduring a PC-start/reboot ARGUS will be started automatically(without any operator-action)
l for unmanned station, there is also the possibility to start ARGUSvia the autostart-group of windows
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:De-Installation of ARGUS 1/3
l 1. Control Panel --> Services:Stop the PostgreSQL Service
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:De-Installation of ARGUS 2/3
l 2. Go to Installation Drive:Delete DATA_PG and PostgreSQL folders
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:De-Installation of ARGUS 3/3
l 3. Control Panel --> Add or remove ProgrammsRemove ARGUS
Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:Installation-Manual
l In the manual “MAN_ARGUS_Support_EN.pdf”, which is locatedon the ARGUS-DVD in the directory \Documents\ there are furtherinformation about this training like:
installation and configuration for- third party HW (e.g. digi-board)- additional applications (e.g. DDFMMI)- drivers and utilities
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Lesson-1 ARGUS-Installation:
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Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:
BEGIN of LESSON-2
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:User-/User Groups 1/2
l Starting ARGUS the first time after successful installation:The first task of ARGUS is the configuration of the usergroupsand user
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:User-/User Groups 2/2
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Visualizer
l After successful configuration of an user and login into ARGUS,there is an empty “visualizer”
l Now, you have to do the Measurement- and Control-Unitconfiguration
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (General): 1/4l Measurement Unit Configuration is started via the menu
Configuration � Measurement Unit Configuration
In the Measurement Unit Configuration there are 2 categorieswhich have to be configured: General and Devices
Under “General”, there are 3 groups to be configured
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (General) 2/4: General Settings
Vehicle: needed for automaticGPS-coordinates-take-over
PC-Time: Only relevant, ifGPS-device is available. Timeinterval at which the PC-timeis updated by GPS (starting at00:15)
Disk Usage: Maximum ofhard disk-usage for file-saving
Saving interval: time-intervalin which measurement-resultsarewritten to harddisk
Start Delay: Time-Delay forstarting ARGUS
SMS: Inside AMM, SMS canbe send
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (General) 3/4: Simulator
Simulator: for signalsimulation when deviceis in virtual mode. Notneeded for realoperation
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (General) 4/4: Alarm Settings
Only for SW-option AMM !
Save in AMM Log File: All Warnings, Alarms,Activity and Error messages of the AMM arewritten into the AMM Log File.Buffer Time: Messages which are older than thebuffer time are overwritten in the AMM Log FileForward Messages / Station:All Warnings, Alarms, Activity and Errormessages are forwarded to theControl Unit.Delay Time : The messages are transferred witha certain delay time so that messages can begathered. This prevents having to initiate thecomplete transfer procedure for each message.Summarize Messages: Only active for Save inAMM Log File. The messages are summarizedover the selected Delay Time to a single linemessage.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Transducer and Corrections 1/3
For Absolute Measurements the following Objectshave to be taken in account :
Transducer Factor of theselected Antenna
Correction FactorNo. of Connectors DC-Feeder,Filters, Attenuators, LightningProtectors and cables typesbefore the Switching Matrix
No. of Connectors cables andFilters after the SwitchingMatrix
RF
RF
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Transducer and Corrections 2/3
l Using the ARGUS-Table-Wizard is the easiest way for generatingTransducers and Corrections
The Path Correction must be generated before the deviceconfiguration stage
The Transducer (factors) can be generated before or duringdevice configuration stage.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Transducer and Corrections 3/3
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (Device) 1/5:
Load-Devices: Onlydevices which options areavailable will be listed
Method: Can be draggedand dropped to Visualizerarea or selected from the<device> menu
Selecting the devices; antennas, receivers, switch units etc...
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (Device) 2/5:
Method: Select from apredefined list or fromthe navigator menu (eg,created from tablewizard
Polarisation: Only fordual-polarised antennaslike ADD157, ADD197
Azimuth, Polarization,Elevation: Only activefor steerable (rotor-controlled) antennas
Assigning the transducer factors in the Antenna properties
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (Device) 3/5:
Interface: Physicalinterface of a device to theARGUS-PC,e.g serial,network, GPIB
Physical / Virtual / Adevice can be switchedbetween Phycial andVirtual-Mode with theModify button
Input and Outputs:thenumber of inputs andoutputs of the devicedriver can be selected
Properties: Device-specific parameters haveto be configured.Important: TCP/IP
Assigning the device properties
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (Device) 4/5:
Setting the System PathSystem Path: Use to link 2or more devices together
Method: Click and drag toconnect between thedevices
Signal Path: The signalpath/ correction (created inthe table wizard) must bereferenced to the systempath
Devices with multiple inputs,eg, ESMD, DDF255 need tohave their inputs assigned tothe respective paths
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Measurement Unit Configuration (Device) 5/5:
l All the detail about the Measurement are written in the ARGUS-manual (e.g. for ARGUS-version 5.4 in the chapter 2.5.1).
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 1/8l Control Unit Configuration is started via the menu
Configuration � Control Unit Configuration
In the Control Unit Configuration there are 5 folders which have tobe configured: General Settings, System View, User List, UserSpec. Export Formats and Status Information System
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 2/8: General Settings
Logging: Only for software option RCI:Define what have to be logged.
Log File: Name for the Log File
Sending/Receiving data: Exceeding thistime will cancel the procedure for sendingor receiving data from a device with anerror-message.
Establish Connections: Exceeding thistime will cancel the procedure forestablishing a communication to ameasurement-unit with an error-message.
Graphic Settings:
Syncr. Time: on every connection to ameasurement unit the system time of themeasurement unit is set to the system timeof the control unit
Name of Alarm Log File: Default-Nameof the General Log File for received AMMmessages.Display Antenna Direction in MapView:If On and in Auxiliary Toolbar AutomaticPosition Transfer to MapView is selectedthe direction of SuperAntennas isdisplayed in MapView.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 3/8: General Settings
Write Protection: If Off selected the writeprotection can only changed by membersof the same usergroup. If On selected thewrite protection only can changed by theowner and administrators.System Log File: General LogfileSystemLog_<Control Unit Name> iscreated.
Available Data Base: Names ofdatabases with which ARGUS canexchange data.
Measurement Results/Compress:Measurement results will be automaticexportet in XML/ZIP-format to the directory\ARGUS\OUTBOX.
ORM Orders: ORM-Orders will beautomatic exportet in XML-format to thedirectory \ARGUS\OUTBOX.Transmitter/Frequency Lists: Allchanges in Transmitter or Frequency Listare exported automatically to thecorresponding database.Update Import of Transmitter andFrequency Lists: Transmitter orFrequency Lists which were created by arequest from a database can be updatedwith the selected time interval.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 4/8: General Settings
Limit for Automatic Export: Number ofdata records, which are maximally allowedin a Measurement Result, so that theMeasurement Result will be exported.(data records in the directory\ARGUS\OUTBOX
UPS Time: Time remaining for saving thesettings between the arrival of an UPSevent and the shutdown of ARGUS. At theend of this period ARGUS automaticallyshuts down without saving any settings. Arunning AMM Measurement will berestarted after rebooting the system.
Windows Background: File name withpath for the background image for themain window of the ARGUS.Image files have to be in Windows Metafileformat (.WMF).
Windows Background: File name withRepresentation of active System Paths intwo colors per System Path.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 5/8: System View
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 6/8: System View
Measurement PC: Host name or IP-address of measurement PC
Dial-Up Networking: List of dial-up-connections, which have to be configuredby Windows.Have to be selected, if a measurement unitis connected via dial-up-connection.
Control Unit: Display of the control unitname.
Measurement Unit: measurement unitname.Service: The measurement unit isreferenced on a measurement PC via aservice.Transfer Rate: This parameterlimits the transfer of UDP data (Audio, IF)between measurement und controlunit for each UDP channel.
Status Inquiry: Only for option SISInquiry Interval: Only for option SIS
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 7/8: User List
During the first login-process to ARGUS,the operator is forced to enter one user +usergroup and an appropriate password.
Basically, this is enough to operate withARGUS !
On this configuration-page, it is possible toadd addtional user and usergroups.
Meaning of usergroups(generally valid for user-class-Administrator):- The data in the navigator are usuallyonly visible for user of the sameusergroup (exeption: Transducerand Correction).
-Write Protection for file can be changedonly by members of the same usergroup
Meaning of user-class:Administrator is enabled to edit andsending configurations, deleting /modifying meas.-results of the sameusergroup.User: Limited rights in comparison to theadministrator
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Control Unit Configuration 8/8: User Spec. Export Formats
Only for option DEI:Possibilty for definitions of formats, howmeasurement data will be exported by thenavigator.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:Loading and Saving Configurations
As well the Measurement Unit Configuration aswell the Control Unit Configuration can besaved (ARGUS-proprietary-format) and loaded.
Lesson-2 ARGUS-Configuration:
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