Documentation for Monitoring PSIM 1.0 (english)

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Note

Before you configure the interaction between the Agent Of Control and the Server Of Control, it is recommended to make sure that the name and identifier of the Partition Of Control object being configured are specified correctly, since upon the successful connection to the Server Of Control, if an object with this identifier is absent, the Partition Of Control object with the name and identifier of the object being configured will be automatically created on it. If the interaction between the Agent Of Control and the Server Of Control is configured successfully, the Registration completed message will be displayed in the Registration area (1). This means that the Agent Of Control can transmit alarms and data on the technical state of this Partition Of Control to the Server Of Control.

If the Partition Of Control object could not be created on the Server Of Control, the reason will be indicated in the Registration area, for example:

  • The base software is not loaded;
  • Change the object name (an object with the same name already exists on the Server Of Control);
  • An object on the Server Of Control will also not be created if the user does not have rights to administer the Server Of Control object (see Rights administration).

To configure the communication between the Agent Of Control and the Server Of Control, do the following:

  1. Go to the settings panel of the Partition Of Control object.
  2. Click the Transmitting button (2). A dialog box opens with settings for configuring the communication method between the Agent Of Control and the Server Of Control.

  3. In the Connection to Control Server drop-down list, select the Client mode as the methods for connecting the Agent Of Control to the Server Of Control (1).

    Note

    The Server mode is not used.

  4. From the Connection drop-down list, select the value for the transport level. Possible values are TCP/IP or RS232 (2).
  5. If the RS232 connection type is selected, then specify the COM port number, COM port speed, and COM port format parameters (3).
  6. If the TCP/IP connection type is selected, then indicate the parameters for connection to the Server Of Control in this dialog box:
    1. If an IP address is used for connection, make sure that the Use DNS instead of IP checkbox is not set (5) and indicate the IP address and TCP port of the Server Of Control (4).

    2. If a domain name is used for connection, set the Use DNS instead of IP checkbox (5) and indicate the DNS name and TCP port of the Server Of Control.

      Note

      The use of domain name for connection allows you to avoid the Agent Of Control resetting in case of Server Of Control IP address change.

  7. When still frames or video is sent to the Server Of Control, the data is transferred in packets. The packet size is specified by the I/O buffer (bytes) parameter (6). For maximum data transfer speed, it is recommended to use the value 4096. For poor connections, such as if a GSM modem is used, it is recommended to use the value 800.
  8. If Client mode is selected, in the Ping frequency (s) field (7), enter the time interval at which the Agent Of Control will send messages about its technical state to the Server Of Control. Minimum possible value is 10 sec. This value does not affect short-term alarms. Messages about short-term alarms are transmitted from the Agent Of Control to the Server Of Control immediately after corresponding sensors triggering. Some long-term alarms can also be an exception: for more information, see Appendix 1. Data update periods summary.
  9. Click the OK button (8) to save the connection settings and return to the settings panel of the Partition Of Control object.
  10. Click the Apply button to save the changes.

Configuration of communication between the Agent Of Control and the Server Of Control is now complete.