Transcript Garda System Overview

Garda System
Everything under control
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SNMP, Analog, Digital, IP, RF … everything
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Control-Center centric
Any communication between users and sites pass thru the Control Center
Also when you use Internet access
The control center is made up of:
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a PC running NetPOD Manager the
server application
a PC running NetPOD Supervisor the
client application: it can be the same
PC running the server
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a series of Network interfaces to
communicate with the remote sites
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a series of Communication interfaces
to chat with the users
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Why everything passes thru the Control Center ?
• Sites
• Users
This is for three
will log to the Control Center
main reasons:
– Connection path
• Sites can be linked in many different ways. The control center knows how to
reach the site, the user does not.
– History Management
• All operations carried out from any operator, on line, from a cell-phone, e-mail
or other is logged into the database.
– Total Security
• All operations can be viewed and supervised in real-time, also when the user is
connecting directly to an equipment on site.
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How does the Server get in touch with the sites?
This is the key to the Garda System success
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The sites can be reached via any
type of media that supports a Serial
Communication Interface (SCI).
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The communication path is defined
and stored in the control center
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Each site can be configured with a
“main” media and one or more
“backup” media.
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New equipment can use SNMP or
WEB server; old equipment and
analog measurements use ANT data
bridge and RDF units
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NetPOD Server SW: the heart of the system
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it sends commands and collects
alarms/events/data from the remote
sites;
it manages the system
communication/database
it forwards alarms to technicians via
voice/SMS/e-mail
it backs-up daily data and manages the
database integrity
it exports database and reports in many
universal formats
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How do You get info from the Control Center?
The user connects to the control center via:
• the client application NetPOD Supervisor
– Authorized username and password
– A GUI (Graphical User Interface) to
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Configure the system
Read system instant data
Read historical data
Send commands
SMS text messages
– receive alarms/events filtered by the control
center
– send commands using a simple text language
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e-mail text messages
– receive alarms/events filtered by the control
center
– send commands
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RDF: the “Radio Router”
RDF is the Remote Data Frontend
It is an Analog & Digital Data Concentrator , to fully interface any old, new and ancillary equipment
RDF provides three extraordinary powerful
features, unique to the Garda system:
Each site can be configured as a “data router”,
storing and forwarding the relevant
communication to the next site if not in site with
the former
TCP-IP connections with the control center can
be obtained using a low data rate media.
At the transmission site, the two paths (towards
the server and towards the next site) can use
different communication media, allowing
mixed communication networks de facto creating
clusters
RDF handles a number of media:
•RS232
•Ethernet
•VHF/UHF radio
•GSM dialup
•PSTN dialup
•GPRS
•CDMA
•UMTS
•Satellite
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to the local PC
over TCP or UDP
SFN Network
main or backup
main or backup
over TCP or UDP
over TCP or UDP
over TCP or UDP
analog or digital
How RDF becomes a VHF/UHF “Radio Router”?
Example:
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The RDF receives a data packet
– checks if data is for its own use,
– if not, it checks the routing pattern, and
– retransmits the selected data the next
RDF on its path
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Large network
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Proprietary Protocol
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And again till the final destination.
Each RDF acts at the same time as a remote
control and a Radio Router.
A packet is routed in less than a second: it
will reach destination with many jumps in
just a few seconds.
Each RDF can connect directly to up to 12
RDF (star) and up to 255 per network
ANT uses a proprietary protocol optimized
and improved over the years on collision
detention, error recovery, etc…
Backup media
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Should the data not pass through the Radio
channel, the RDF can switch to alternative
channels (modem, mobile phone, dedicated
router, etc).
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RDF: Connect Everything
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HOW MUCH EQUIPMENT CAN I CONNECT ?
Each Server can accommodate[1]:
SNMP
• Unlimited IP/devices & OID/tags
RDF
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Up to 16.711.680 RDF
– 255 RDF per sub-network (NET)
– 65.536 sub-networks
Using any connection media
[1] limited only by the SW license
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NETPOD SUPERVISOR SOFTWARE
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NetPOD Supervisor is the client application
It is the GUI (Graphical User Interface) of the
NetPOD Manager which is the server
NetPOD Supervisor connects to the NetPOD
Manager via TCP/IP
It runs on WINDOWS® Vista, XP, NT or 2000
platforms
It runs only when the user wants to read
data, check for alarms, send commands or
configure the system.
System administrator will grant different
operating permission to users
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Or
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You can use the web to browse data
but it is not as complete as Supervisor. For example, you cannot
configure the system.
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Design a limitless Network structure
The ‘Garda’ system is always upgradable
You can start with a simple layout
... Grow
... and then change the entire layout
without having to replace anything
Any RDF can be reconfigured by changing
(switching around) the communication
system with ease.
For example: you can insert a GSM modem inside a UHF RDF
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just plug it in
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tell the control center that it is linked by GSM with a radio sub network;
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or the RDF can be instructed to use the GSM as backup modem in case of main link failure.
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Design an expandable Site Control Structure
Just a few examples……
But you can add:
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Microwave links
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Satellite up/down links
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Ancillary equipment (UPS, RF & Video switches, RF tracking, etc.)
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Garda system in synthesis:
• SNMP, Analog, Digital, IP, RF
• Limitless Network Structure
• Expandable Site Control Structure
and
Everything under control
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