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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 1

2. INSTALLATION............................................................................................................................ 2

2.1. INSTALLING THE MODULE REAR PLATE ......................................................................... 2

2.2. INST ALLING AND REMOVING THE MODUL E .................................................................... 4

2.3. REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................ 5

2.3.1. Ethernet Connection .................................................................................................. 5

2.3.2. GPI/O Connections .................................................................................................... 7

2.3.3. Serial I/O Connections ............................................................................................... 7

2.4. REPLACING THE BATT ERY ............................................................................................... 7

2.4.1. Saf ety Guidelines and Precauti ons Concern ing the Us e of 3V Lith ium Batteries ........... 8

3. SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................................................ 9

3.1. ETHERNET ......................................................................................................................... 9

3.2. SE RIAL I/O .......................................................................................................................... 9

3.3. ELECTRICAL ...................................................................................................................... 9

3.4. PHYSICAL (NUMBER OF SLOTS) ....................................................................................... 9

4. ST AT US INDICATORS............................................................................................................... 10

4.1. MODULE ST AT US LEDS .................................................................................................. 10

4.2. DOT-MAT RIX DISPLAY ..................................................................................................... 11

5. JUMPERS .................................................................................................................................. 12

5.1. SELECTING WHETHER LOCAL FAULTS WILL BE MONIT ORED BY THE G L OBAL

FRAME ST ATUS ............................................................................................................... 12

5.2. CONFIGURING THE MODULE F OR FIRMWARE UPGRADES........................................... 12

6. CONFIGURING THE F RAME CONTROLLER ............................................................................. 13

6.1. ESTABLIS HING COMMUNICATION WITH THE FRAME CONTROLLER ........................... 13

6.1.1. Con necting the Computer to th e Card Edge Serial Port ............................................. 13

6.1.2. Ter mi nal P rogram Setup .......................................................................................... 13

6.2. CONFIGURING THE NE TWORK SETTINGS ..................................................................... 14

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6.2.1. Network Set up ......................................................................................................... 15

6.2.2. SNMP Setup ............................................................................................................ 17

6.2.2.1. SNMP V1 Setup .......................................................................................... 17

6.2.2.2. Community Strings ...................................................................................... 17

6.2.2.3. Trap Setup .................................................................................................. 18

6.2.2.4. SNMP V3 Setup .......................................................................................... 18

6.2.3. Exiting the Setup Menu............................................................................................. 20

7. UPGRADING THE FRAME CONTROLLE R IMAGE VISTALINK

................................................ 22

7.1. PROCEDURES FOR UPGRADING THE F RAME CONTROLLER IMAGE VISTALINK

7.2. REMOTE UPGRADE PROCEDURE US ING VISTALINK

................................................... 22

7.2.1. Downloading the 7800FC Frame Controller Im age ..................................................... 22

7.2.2. Upgrading the Frame Controller Image using VistaLINK

........................................... 23

7.3. SERIAL CARD EDGE UPGRADE PROCEDURE ................................................................ 24

7.3.1. Downloading Upgrade Files ...................................................................................... 25

7.3.2. Linki ng the Frame Con trol ler t o the Network Ad apter ................................................. 25

7.3.3. Con necting the Computer to th e Card Edge Serial Port .............................................. 25

7.3.4. Setting the 7800FC Frame Controller to Upgrade Mode ............................................. 25

7.3.5. Viewing Startup Information ...................................................................................... 25

7.3.6. Upgrading the 7800FC Boot Loader .......................................................................... 26

7.3.7. Upgrading the 7800FC Frame Cont roller ................................................................... 26

8. WEBEASY

8.1. UPGRADING CARDS USING WEBEASY

8.1.1. Upgrading Modules Using WebEASY

8.1.2. Upgrading 7800FC Using WebE ASY

WEB INTE RF ACE ................................................................................................... 29

.......................................................................... 30

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Figures

Figure 1-1: 7800FC Block Diagram .................................................................................................... 1

Figure 2-1: 7800FR Rear Panel w ith Cover Plate Installed .................................................................. 2

Figure 2-2: 7800 FR Rear Panel Kit Installation ................................................................................... 3

Figure 2-3: 7800FC Rear Panel ......................................................................................................... 5

Figure 2-4: Crossov er Cabl e Wiring Diagram ...................................................................................... 7

Figure 4-1: 7800FC Status LED Location ......................................................................................... 10

Figure 5-1: Location of Jumpers ....................................................................................................... 12

Figure 7-1: FC shown in the Hardware Tr ee ..................................................................................... 23

Figure 7-2: Control Tab for t he FC C onfiguration View ...................................................................... 24

Figure 7-3: Send File Window ......................................................................................................... 26

Figure 8-1: WebEASY Figure 8-2: WebEASY Figure 8-3: WebEASY

Tables

Table 2-1: Standard RJ 45 Wiring Colour Codes for “Straight Through” Cables ..................................... 6

Table 2-2: Serial I/O Connector Pi n Definitions ................................................................................... 7

Table 6-1: 7700 Upgrade Cable (WA-S76) ....................................................................................... 13

Table 6-2: Port S ettings of the T erminal Program ............................................................................. 13

Home Page ................................................................................................ 29

Firmwar e Upgr ade Page ............................................................................. 30

Firmware Upgrade Page for 7800FC ........................................................... 31

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REVISION

DESCRIPTION

DATE

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REVISION HISTORY

Informatio n co ntained in this manual i s believed to be ac curate and reliable. However, Evertz assumes no responsibility for the use thereof nor for the rights of t hird parties, which may be affected in any way by the use thereof . A ny representations in this document concerning performance of E vertz products are fo r i nfo rmatio nal use only and are not warranties of f uture performance, either expressed or implied. The only warr anty offered by Evertz in relation to this product is the Evertz standard limited warranty, stated in the sales contract or order confirmation form.

Although every attempt has been made to accurately describe the features, installation and operatio n of this product in this manual, no warrant y is granted nor liability assumed in relation to any errors or o missio ns unless spec ifi cally undertaken in the E vertz sales co ntract or o rder co nfirmatio n. Informatio n contained in this manual is perio dically updated and changes will be i ncorpo rated into subsequent edit ions. If yo u enco unter an er ro r, please notify Evertz Customer Service department. Evertz reserves the right, without notice or liability, to make changes in equi pment design or specifications.

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1. OVERVIEW

The 780 0FC VistaLI NK® Fram e Cont roller card provides a sing le point of ac cess to comm unicate wit h VistaLINK TX/1000BASE-TX Ethernet port and communication is facilitated using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP ).

The 7800FC VistaLINK® Frame Controller handles all SNMP communications between the frame (7 80 0 F R) and t h e n et w or k manag er (N MS ) , an d s er ves as a g at ew ay t o i n d i vi d ual card s i n t h e fr am e. Th e 7800FC VistaLINK configurations.

Features:

• Complies with I EEE 802.3 10BASE-T, 100B A S E-TX and 1000BASE-TX E t hernet standards

• 1000Mb/s Gigabit Ethernet, 100Mb/s Fast Ethernet or 10Mb/s Ethernet dat a transfer, selected by

• Full-duplex or half-duplex op erati on, selected by auto-negotiation

• RJ-45 connector for network cable connection

• RS-232 s erial control port f or configuration

• Card edge L EDs indicate module fault, microprocessor state, acti vit y and link s tatu s

• Rear panel LEDs indicate Ethern et link, activity and speed

• Supports “ftp” upgrades for frame-wi de firmware upgrades (product specific)

• Includes VistaLINK

• Provid es frame/ chassis s tatus in form ation through VistaLI NK

• Provid es an onboard w eb interface to d irec tly control modules that support Web EASY

-capable modules. The 7800FC VistaLINK® Frame Controller provides a 1 0BASE -T/100BASE-

Frame Controller also provides an RS-232 serial port interface for customer

auto negotiat ion

PRO (VLPRO-C) module software configurati on tool

incl uding power supply status, frame

status , card insert ion/ removal c ounters, 7800 FC software version number and LE D c ontrol

Figure 1-1: 7800FC Block Diagram

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The 7800FC rear pan el ki t c onsi sts of a sc rew an d loc k

assembly with the M2.5x16 mm screw and M2.5

the plate to the extrusions using the mounting screws the main module is installed.

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2. INSTALLATION

The 7800FC Frame Controller module can only be installed into 7700FR-C, 7800FR and 7800FR-QT fram es th at h ave b een fi t ted wi t h t he p roper m odu le i nt erc onn ect c ir c ui t b oard. Thes e fram es have an ‘ L’ shap ed cover plate i nstalled, adjacent to the IE C power inl et connector as shown in Figure 2-1. If your fram e d oes n ot h ave t hi s L s haped cover plat e th en th e 7800FC F r am e cont r ol l er c ar d c an not be i ns t al l ed in this frame.

Figure 2-1: 7800FR Rear Panel with Cover Plate Installed

2.1. INST ALLING THE MODULE REAR PLAT E

washer, and two sub-assemblies, the 7700CM-2 connector module and the 7800FC rear panel plate w hi c h h ou ses t h e app r opr i at e c on n ec t or s f or t h e m odu l e To i nst all the 7800FC r ear panel ki t, l ocat e slot 1 at t he right side of the frame’s rear panel. Remove the filler plates from the slot as shown in s tep 1 of

Install the 7700CM-2 subassembly first. Remove the screw PART 1 as shown in Step 2. Carefully al ign the 7700CM-2 soc k et w i t h t h e fr am e h ead er and pr ess fi rml y into place as shown in step 3. Secure the 7700CM-2 sublock w asher as shown in Step 4.

Orient the 7800FC plate so that the labeling is visible w hen t he pl ate is ins tall ed (s ee St ep 5). Loosel y fasten

Figure 2-2.

you r emoved i n S t ep 1 . Y ou w i l l t i gh t en th e sc r ew s after

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Figure 2-2: 7800FR Rear Panel Kit Installation

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2.2. INST ALLING AND REMOVING THE MODUL E

In or der t o in ser t or rem ove m odul es you w il l hav e t o open t h e fron t p anel . T ur n t he t w o cap t ive s cr ew s located on the front panel counter clockwise several turns until they release completely from the front extr usi ons . C arefu ll y l ow er t he fr ont pan el d oor so t hat t he fr ont edg e of t he d oor is l ower than the rear of the door.

To ins tall the frame con trol ler module, orient the module vertically such that t he wh ite card ejector is on the bottom. A lign the card with t he card guide c orresponding to the slot number where you installed the rear panel plate. Carefully slide the module into the frame and press it completely into the rear panel connec tors. Make sure that the connectors are ful ly seated in the rear pan el. When this is done, close the front panel and then tighten the screws that hold the rear panel in place.

To r em ove t he fr am e con t roll er m od ul e, pres s t he c ard ejec t or dow n to r eleas e th e m odul e fr om th e back pan el c onn ect ors . G ras p t he c ard usi ng th e c ard ej ec tor and pul l th e m odu le out from t he fram e. As th e car d ej ec tor goes p ast th e fron t extr usi on, you wi l l h ave t o pul l it w it h s li ght l y m ore f orc e. Caref ul ly p lac e the module in a safe place, free from static di s char ge.

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Figure 2-3: 7800FC Rear Panel

2.3.1. Ethernet Connection

The 7800FC i s designed to be used with either 10Base-T (10 Mbps), 100Base-TX (100 Mbps) al so known as Fast Ethernet , or 1000B ase-TX (1000 MBps) tw i st ed pair Ethernet cabl i ng system s. When connecting for 1 0B ase-T sys tem s , c at egory 3, 4, or 5 UT P c abl e as w el l as EI A /T IA – 568 100Ω ST P c ab l e m ay b e used. W hen connecting for 100Base-T X sy stem s, cat egory 5 UTP cab le is req uir ed. W hen connec ting for 1000Base-T system, category 5, 5e, 6, or 7 UTP cable is required. The cable must be “straightthrough” with a RJ-45 c onnec t or at eac h end (S ee Table 2-1). Mak e th e network connection by plugging one end of the cable into the RJ-45 receptacle of the 7800FC and the other end into a port of the supporting hub. W hen connecting a 7800FC dir ect l y t o th e Et her net por t on a com p ut er you wi ll have to use a “crossover” cable as shown in Figure 2-4.

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AT&T 258A or

EIA/TIA 568B

10BaseT

or 100BaseT

Transmit +

White/Green

White/Orange

Transmit –

Green /White or White

Oran ge/White or Or ange

Receive +

White/Orange

White/Green

N/A

Blue/White or Blue

Not used (required)

N/A

White/Blue

Not used (required)

Receive –

Oran ge/White or Or ange

Green /White or Green

N/A

White/Brown

Not used (required)

N/A

Brown/White or Brown

Not used (required)

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The straight-through RJ-45 cable can be purchased or can be constructed using t he pi nout inform ation in Table 2-1. A colour code wiring table is provided in Table 2-1 for the c urren t RJ-45 standards (AT&T 258A or EIA/TIA 258B colour coding shown). Also refer to the notes following the table for additional wiring guide information.

Pin # Signal EIA/TIA 568A

Pin 1

Table 2-1: Standard RJ45 Wiring Colour Codes for “Straight Through” Cables

Note the following cabling information for this wi ring gui de:

• On ly t wo pai rs of wires are used in t he 8-pin RJ-45 connector to carry Et hernet sig nals

• Even though pins 4, 5, 7 and 8 are not used, it i s mandatory that they be present in t he cable

• 10Base-T, 100Base-TX and 1000B ase-TX use the same pins , a crossover cable mad e for one will also

w ork with the ot her

• Pairs may be solid col ours an d not have a st ripe

• Category 5 cable m ust use Cat egory 5 rated connectors

Th e maxi mu m c abl e run b etw een th e 7800FC and the supporting hub is 300 ft (100 m ). The maximum combined cable run between any two end point s (i.e. 7800FC and P C/laptop via network hub) is 675 feet (205 m).

Devices on the Ethernet network continually monitor the receive data path for activity as a means of ch ecking that t he link is working correctly. W hen the network is idle, the devic es also send a li nk test si gnal t o one an oth er t o veri fy li nk i nt egri t y. T he 7800FC rear pan el i s fi t t ed w i t h t wo LE D s t o moni t or t h e Ethernet connecti on.

10/100/1000: This LED i s ON and am ber when a 1000Base-TX lin k is last detec ted . Thi s LED is ON

and green when a 100Base-TX link is last det ected. The LED is OFF when a 10Base-T link is last detected (the LINK LED is ON). Upon power-up the LED is OFF as the last det ec t ed r at e i s n ot k nown an d t h er efor e d efau l t s to th e 1 0B as e-T state u n t i l rate det ec t i on is completed.

LN/ACT: This dual purpose Green LED indic ates that the 7800FC h as es t abl i s h ed a v al i d l i nk age to

its hub, w hether the 7800FC is sending or receiving data. This LED wi ll be ON when the 7800FC has established a good link to its supporting hub. This gives you a good indication that the segment is wired correctly. The LED wil l BLINK when the 7800FC is sending or receiving d ata. The LED w ill be OFF if there is no valid conn ection.

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GND

Chassis ground

RS-232 Transmit Output

RS-232 Receive Input

5 Sig Gnd

RS-232 Signal Ground

7 RTS

RS-232 RTS Input

CTS

RS-232 CTS Output

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If you are b uilding a “crossover ” cab le you must wire it according to Figure 2-4:

Figure 2-4: Crossover Cable Wiring Diagram

2.3.2. GPI/O Connections GP I/O: A 9 pin female ‘D’ connector for c onnec tion to exter nal dev ices . (Currenlty this port is not used. )

2.3.3. Serial I/O Connections SE RIAL I/O: A 9 pin female 'D' c onnec tor for connection t o a computer. (Currentl y this port is not used.)

Pin # Name Description

Table 2-2: S e r ia l I/O Connector Pin D e f in it ion s

2.4. REPLACING THE BATT ERY

The Frame Controller is fitt ed w ith a 3V Li thium batt ery type CR2032. This battery is used to power nonvolatile memory of some of the frame controller’s param eters w hile power is rem oved from the fram e. Bef ore attempting to chan ge the battery remove p ower from the 7800FC card.

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CAUTION

Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

Replace only with the same or equivalent type.

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CAUTION

Danger of explosion if battery is exposed to excessive heat such as direct

sunlight, fire, etc.

2.4.1. Safety Guidelines and Precautions Concer n ing th e Use of 3V Lithium Batteries

Pl eas e ob ser ve t h e f ol lowin g w ar ni n g s s t r i ctl y. I f mi sused, the batteries may explode or leak, causing injury or d amage to th e equipment.

• The batteries must b e inserted into the equipment with the correct polarity (+ and -)

• Do not attem pt to revive used batteries by heating , charging or other means

• Do not dispose of batteries in fire. Do not dismantle batter ies

• Do not short circuit batteries

• Do not expose batt eries to high temperatures, moisture or di rect sunlight

• Do not place batter ies on a conductive surface (anti-stati c work m at, packaging bag or form trays)

as i t can cause the batt ery to s hort

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3. SPECIFICATIONS

3.1. ETHERNET Network Typ e: IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T)

IEEE 802.3u (100BASE-TX)

IEEE 802.3ab (1000BASE-TX)

Connector: RJ-45

3.2. SE RIAL I/O Standard: RS-232

Connector: Female DB-9 Baud Rate: 115,200 Format: 8 bits, no parity, 2 stop bits, no flow control

3.3. ELECTRICAL Voltage: + 12VDC

Power: 8 Watts EMI/RFI: Compl ies w ith FCC Part 15

Cl ass A and EU EMC d irec tiv e

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3.4. PHYSICAL (NUMBER OF S L OTS) 350FR: 1

7700FR-C: 1 7800FR: 1

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Shaft

Encoder

Module OK

LED

Status Display

USB Port

Serial Upgrade

Port

Diagnostic

LEDs

Local Fault

LED

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4. STATUS INDICATORS

The 7800FC has 5 L ED Status indicators on the f ront card edge to show operational status of the c ard at a glance. Figure 4-1 shows t he location of the LEDs and card edge controls.

Figure 4-1: 7800FC Status LED Location

4.1. MODULE STATUS LEDS

Two lar ge LEDS on the fr ont of the main board indi cate the general health of the module: LOCAL FAULT: Th i s R ed LE D i n d icates p oor modu l e h eal t h or i f a l ocal in p ut power fau lt exists (i.e.:

a blown fuse). The LOCAL FAULT indication can also be reported to the frame through the FRAME STATUS j umper.

MODULE OK: This Green LED indicates good m odule health. I t wil l be ON when the board pow er

is good.

The remaining LEDs have no functionality at this time.

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4.2. DOT-MAT RIX DISPLAY

Ad dit ion al si gnal stat us m oni tori ng of the c ard’ s par amet ers i s provi ded vi a the 4-c har act er al ph anu m eri c status disp lay located on the card edge.

W hen the card is initially inserted, it will display the m essage BOOT an d t hen th e m essag e EXEC. This indicates that the 7800FC is running through its bootup sequence and executing the application code. On ce the applic ation code is completely load ed and r eady to u se, i t will display the message FC.

If the shaft encod er i s pressed in, the display will cycl e through the firmware version and the IP address of the 7800FC.

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MODULE STATUS

+12V

UPGRADE

EVERTZ (1) 7800FC

GND

OFF

BUS

RUN

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5. JUMPERS

Figure 5-1: Location of Jumpers

5.1. SELECTING WHETHER LOCAL FAUL TS WILL BE MONITORED BY THE GLOBAL FRAME ST ATUS

BUS: The BUS jumper J8 loc ated near the top m iddle of the module determines whether loc al

faults (as shown by the Local Fault indicator) will be connected to the 7700FR-C, 7800FR or 7800FR-QT frame's global status bus.

To monitor faults on this module with the fram e status indicators (on the Power Supply

FRAME STATUS LEDs and on the F rame's Fault Tally output) install thi s jumper in the On position. (Default)

When this jumper is installed in the Off position, local faults on this module will not be

monitored.

5.2. CONFIGURING THE MODULE F OR FIRMWARE UPGRADES

UPGRADE: T he UPGRADE jum per J4 loc at ed beh in d t he s eri al p ort head er J 9 is us ed w hen fir m war e

up grad es are b ein g done to t h e m odul e. For norm al oper ati on it should be installed in the RUN pos ition. See th e Upgrading F i rmware section 7 for more in formation.

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7800FC End

PC En d

2 row X

3 pin Berg

9 pin D

Female

Key

Blue

1 Rx

Green

Tx 2 Tx

Yellow

Tx Gnd

Orange

Gnd

Key 5 Red

---

Brown

Baud

115200

Data bits

Parity

Stop bits

Flow C ontrol

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6. CONFIGURING THE FRAME CONTROLLER

The 7800FC Fram e Con trol ler i s con fig ured by c onnec ti ng i ts ser ial port to a c omp uter r unning a readily avai labl e ter mi nal prog ram suc h as Hy perT erm inal . T he foll owi ng p roc edure w il l gu ide y ou th roug h each step of t he configuration pr ocess.

You will need the fol l owing equipment in order to configure the 7800FC Frame Controller:

• PC wi th available communications port. Th e com munication speed is 115200 baud

• “Straight-thru” serial ext ension cable (DB 9 fem ale to D B9 male) or (DB 25 female to DB9 male)

• Ter mi nal program such as H yperTerm inal

• Special upgrade cable supplied with the 7700FR-C, 7800FR or 7800FR-QT frame. This cable is

normally in the vinyl pouch at the front of this manual. (E vertz part #WA S76).

6.1. ESTABLIS HING COMMUNICATION WITH THE FRAME CONTROLLER

6.1.1. Connecting the Computer to the Card Edge Serial Port

Connect the supplied serial upgrade c abl e to the 2 x3 header (J 9) at t he fron t ed ge of t he 7800FC card. Note that pins 1 and 5 on the header should be removed and pins 1 and 5 on the c able c onnec tor should also be plugged. If the cabl e is not keyed, m ake sure that you install i t so t hat the c able i s towards the front of t he fr am e w hen t he m od ul e is in st all ed ( i. e. so t hat it pas ses ov er t he c ard ejec t or). Pin 1 of the ribbon cable is brown and will be facing the bottom ejector side of the module when the cable is correctly installed.

Table 6-1: 7700 Upgrade Cab le (WA-S76)

6.1.2. Terminal Program Setup

6 Conductor

Ribbon Cable

1. S tart the terminal program and confi gure the port settings of the t erminal program as f ollows:

Table 6-2: Port Settings of the Term inal Program

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**** Main Menu ****

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2. Install the 7800FC card int o th e fram e. A fter the c ard p ower s up an d th e boot -up m essag es are

finished, a “login” prompt will appear in the terminal window. (For future reference 7800FC software version information is displayed prior to the “logi n” prom pt and should be quoted t o Service staff when required.)

For example:

Software : v1.2 Build 2 Tag : 7801FC_r1-2-2 Software Build Date : Jan 30, 2013 Wed Jan 30 11:05:46 GMT 2013

NetBSD/evbppc (780xfc) (console)

3. I f the prompt does not appear, the following is a list of possible reason s for fai led commun ication s :

• Defective Serial Upgrade cab le.

• Wrong communications port selec ted i n the termin al program.

• Improper port settings in t he termi nal program. ( Refer to step 1 for set tin gs).

4. At the “l ogin” prompt , enter:

• “customer” for user name <Enter>

• “customer” for password <En ter>

NOTE - Neither username n or password can be modified at the time of this manual revision release.

5. A menu for Networ k, SNMP and FC Upgrade Set up Configuration appears and is detailed in the

next section.

6.2. CONFIGURING THE NET WORK SE TTINGS

Fr om main menu, three selections are avai lable - Net work Setup, SNMP Setup.

• Network S etup is used t o set network IP addr esses as well as broadcastin g and routing i nstruction s

• SNMP Setup is used to ident i fy up to ten t rap destin ation IP addresses.

<1> Network Setup <2> SNMP Setup

<X> Exit <W> Exit without saving to flash

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To c h oose on e of t he menu c h oi c es , enter t h e letter or nu mber sh ow n on t he l ef t an d then pr ess < E n t er> . If you c h oose m enu it em 1 or 2 or 3 you w i l l be p res en t ed w i th an ad d i t i onal menu . C h oose menu i t ems on these sub menus in t he sam e way or press X to return to th e main menu.

6.2.1. Network Setup

The Network Set up men u has si x n et w or k par ameter s that n eed to be c on fi g ur ed . If th e net w or k is us i n g a DHCP server , s et t he DHCP param et er to yes b efore p roc eedi ng to c h ange t h e oth er par am et ers. W h en the DHCP setting is set to yes, the IP Address, Netmask, Gateway, and Broadcast addresses are automaticall y assigned an d their c orresp onding m enu item s are di sabled.

If t h e net work i s n ot u si n g a DH C P serv er, set th e DHCP parameter to No before proceeding t o change the IP Address , Netmask, Gateway, and Broadcast addresses.

The foll owing screen displays the network settings on the 7800FC fr ame controller.

(1) Use DHCP [N] (2) Hostname [fc-default] (3) IP Address [192.168.1.187] (4) Netmask [255.255.255.0] (5) Gateway [192.168.1.1] (6) Broadcast [192.168.1.255] (7) Use Telnet [N]

(X) Exit

The DHCP mode should be disabled before proceeding with the 7800FC Frame Controller upgrade, which is outlined in section 7.3.7. In order to successfully upgrade the device, select No [N] when prompted for DHCP m ode, as shown in

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the above network setup screen. If the DHCP is enabled you will be unable to proceed further with the upgrade. See section 7.3.7 for instructions on upgrading the 7800FC Fr am e Controller.

The chart below gives a brief descript ion of each menu item and what the parameter does. To choose one of the menu choic es, ent er the l ett er or n um ber sh own on th e left and t hen p ress < Ent er> . You wi ll be pr ompted to enter the required parameter value. When you are done con f iguring the Net work Setup menu item s press X to r et u rn t o the m ai n menu . I f you are u n c l ear abou t h ow t o confi g u r e you r n et work, con su l t your network administrator.

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within the network.

192.168.1.XXX is an example of an IP address in a private (internal) network. If

controller local subnet that was

Frame Controller Parameters

IP Address

Hostname

IP Address

Netmask

Gateway

Broadcast

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Th i s s et t i n g al l ow s t h e F rame Con t r ol l er t o be automatically assigned an IP ad dr es s

Use DHCP

for t h e p ar am et er s below from a DH CP serv er d u r i ng b oot -up. If you are not runni ng a D HCP server , set th is p aram eter t o “No” firs t bef ore m akin g any c hang es to ot her parameters.

Hostname

IP Address

Netmask

Gateway

Broadcast

Use Telnet

A user-configurable 7800FC identifier. This menu item can be used to name the specif ic frame, serv ice or location of the 7800FC.

This control sets the unique IP address of the 7800FC con nec t in g m ul ti pl e fram es (eac h w i th it s ow n f ram e c ont rol ler ), t ake c are not t o use

the sam e IP address for eac h. This m enu item def ines the “subnet mask” of the networ k . Speci fic ally, th is par ameter

out l i n es al l t h e I P ad d res ses t h at c an c omm u n i c at e w i t h t h e 7800FC. T h i s par ameter can be set t o 255.255. 255. 0 for a private network.

This item identifies the IP address of the “gateway” (in previous versions of the soft war e, “g atew ay” i s refer red t o as “route”) . I n it s si mp lest sense t he gat eway is a

device that routes packets to different networks. If configured , the IP address of the gateway must reside in the frame defined by th e subnet mask. I n a pr iv ate n etw or k, th is gat eway cou ld be i den ti fi ed

as 192.168.1.1. Power cycle required after gateway change. This m enu item sets t he “broadcast” I P address. For example, i n a pri vate n etw ork

with a subnet mask configured as 255.255.255.0. This param eter c an be set to

192.168.1.255 Th is set ti ng all ow s t he F ram e Con tr oll er to b e ac c es sed t h rou g h a t el n et i n t er fac e f or

config uration chang es instead of just the serial interface.

To communicate beyond the private (internal) network and into the internet, all messages must be relayed via the gatew ay (firewall). As a result, the firew all must

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Once the Network Setup paramet ers have b een configured, exit t he Network Setup by pressing X then <Enter>. Proceed to the SNMP Setup menu option by entering 2 then <Enter> at the Main Menu prompt.

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6.2.2. SNMP Setup

In the SNMP Setup men u, there are three submenus to c hoose from:

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SNMP V1 Setup

SNMP V3 Setup

SNMP Version Setup

6.2.2.1. SNMP V1 Setup

In the SNMP V1 Setup menu, th ree parameters are configured :

Read Community String

Read/Write Community String

This menu item contains setup information for SNMP version 1 related configurations.

This menu item contains setup information for SNMP version 3 related configurations.

This menu item identifies which of the two version of SNMP will be used to communicate to the 7800FC.

Factory default “public” (No changes required. However, if these settings are communication will occur betw een the 7800FC and the manager.)

Factory default “private” (No changes required. However, if these settings are communication will occur betw een the 7800FC and the manager.)

Th i s menu i t em id en t i fi es t h e des t i n at i on I P ad dr ess es (S NMP Trap Handlers) to

Trap Setup

Once the SNMP V1 Setup param eters have b een configured, exit SNMP V1 Setup by pressing X then <Enter>.

6.2.2.2. Community Strings

Community Strings are considered as “passwords” within SNMP, controlling the ability to read (“GET”) and/or read/write (“SET”) values to a specific destination. “GET” and “SET” messages include the comm unit y strings w ithin t heir PDU (protocol data units). B y factory d ef ault , community strings are set to “public” and “private”, respec tively. If these set tings are changed, the SNMP manager’ s comm unity string must agree with the “SET” string. Otherwise no communication will occur between the 7800FC and manager.

which TRAPS are sent via SNMP. A maximum of ten IP addresses may be entered.

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For example:

**** SNMP Setup **** <1> Read Community String [public] <2> Read/Write Community String [private] <3> Trap Setup

<X> Exit

6.2.2.3. T rap S etu p

“Tr ap Set up” allow s t he user to define IP ad dres ses of the trap listeners for wh en the asynchronous fault messages are sent. A maximum of ten IP ad dr esses c an b e st ored in th e Fr am e Cont r oll er. Af ter

sel ecting “Add…” or “Rem ove…” I P addresses ar e entered one at a time.

Add Trap Destinations

Add a SNMP trap server IP address to the TRAP distribution list.

Remove a S NMP trap server IP address from the TRAP di st ribution list. For exam ple, selec tin g th is option reveals the l ist of IP address es wi th the pr ompt to

Remove Trap Destinations

remove one f rom the l ist:

Trap #1: 192.168.1.76 Trap #2: 192.168.8.140 Remove t r ap # > 2

Di splay s a list of all entered SNMP trap server IP addresses. For example:

Show All T rap Destinations

Trap #1: 192.168.1.76 Trap #2: 192.168.8.140 Trap #3: 192.168.8.112

Once the SNMP V1 Setup param eters have b een configured, exit t he SNMP Setup by pressing X then <Enter>.

6.2.2.4. SNMP V3 Setup

In SNMP V3 Setup menu, th ere are two submenus to choos e from :

SNMP V3 User Setup

This m enu it em is used to set User configuration param eters including Add, Edit, Remove and Show users

SNMP V3 Trap Setup

Remove, and Show traps

Once the SNMP V3 Setup param eters have b een configured, exit SNMP V3 Setup by pressing X then <Enter>.

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User Name

This is mandatory.

User Type

Default is READONLY, Options are READONLY, READWRITE

Authentication

Default is NONE. O ptions are NONE, MD5, or SHA-1.

Authentication

If Authentication is not set to NONE then this field is mandatory,

Use Privacy

Default is NONE, O ptions are NONE, AES, or DES. Use Privacy will

Encryption

If Use Privacy is not set to NONE then th is field is mandatory,

Included OID 1

These op tions are optional. They define the OID tree that the user is

Included OID 2

Included OID 3

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6.2.2.4.1. SNMP V3 User Setup

The SNMP V3 User Setup menu defines basic access rules for the S NMP V 3 prot ocol, cont rolling the ability to read (“GET”) or read/write (“SET”) parameters. It also provides the password key for authentication as well as AES or DES encrypti on. A maximum of ten different users c an be entered.

Add New User and Edit User wil l provide the same in terface.

Add New Us er

This defines the access mode for the specific user.

Au thenti cation to check integrity of t he incoming messages.

Password

otherwise, Authentication will be automatic al ly set back to NONE. The password m ust be at least 8 char acters long.

encrypt incoming and outgoing messages.

Edit Us er

otherwise, Use Privacy will be automaticall y s et back t o N ONE. The password must be at least 8 c haracters l ong.

restricted to access. The user can not ac cess any other OID that is not listed or included in the OID tr ee specified.

Remove User

Show All SnmpV3 User

Password

Rem oves previous ly ent ered users. This will affect the SNMP V3 Trap setup as w ell. Please refer to next section for details.

Lists all entered users. It will show username, access type, authentication type and password, privacy type and password as well as i ncluded OIDs.

On c e t h e SNMP V3 Us er Setup paramet ers h ave b een confi gured, exit SNMP V 3 Us er Setup by pressing X then <Enter>.

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Enter T r ap Destination Address

En ter IP address all at once

Enter T r ap Destination User

En ter User Name only. Input is r equired to match

**** Main Menu ****

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6.2.2.4.2. SNMP V3 Trap Setup

The SNMP V3 Trap Setup m enu all ow s t he us er t o define I P ad dr esses of the trap listeners for wh en the asynchronous fault messages are sent. A maximum of ten IP addresses can be stored in the

Fr am e Con t roll er. Th e di ffer ent b etw een S NMP V 1 T rap and SN MP v 3 T rap i s t hat S NMP V 3 req ui res a matchi ng User, whi ch is creat ed in the previous sec t i on.

Add Tr ap destination such that Fr ame Con trol ler will send fault messages to specif ied address.

Add New V3 Trap Destination

Note: I f user is deleted af ter trap informat ion i s created, thi s trap inf ormation is not val id and Frame Con trol ler w ill not s end fault message to that IP ad dress.

one of User s created in previous section

Remove V3 Trap Destination

Show All SnmpV3 Trap Destinations

On c e t h e SNMP V3 Trap S etup paramet ers hav e b een confi g u red , exi t S NMP V 3 Trap Setup by pressing

X then <Enter>.

6.2.3. Exiting the Setup Menu

From the Main Menu, press X to sav e t h e con f igurati on to mem ory. After 30 seconds, a successfu l save of the configuration is ac know ledged w ith a “Com mi t succ essfu l” stat em ent , and t he us er i s ret ur ned to t he “login” prompt.

For example: (after pressing X<enter>)

<1> Network Setup <2> SNMP Setup

<X> Exit <W> Exit without saving to flash X Please wait 30 seconds to save settings to flash… Commit successful.

NetBSD/evertz <fc-default>

Removes p reviously entered trap inf ormation .

Lists all entered trap information. It will show destination IP address and trap User.

Press W if you made an error during configurat ion and want to exit the setup menu wit hout saving the new settings. In either case you w i l l return to the “login:” prompt.

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**** Main Menu ****

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<1> Network Setup <2> SNMP Setup

<X> Exit <W> Exit without saving to flash W

NetBSD/evbppc (780xfc) (console)

At this point, the serial con nect or can be rem oved from the Fram e Controller and t he termi nal program closed. An SNMP manager using the previously specified IP can now be initiated.

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7. UPGRADING THE FRAME CONTROLLER IMAGE VISTALINK®

7.1. PROCEDURES FOR UPGRADING THE F RAME CONTROLLER IMAGE VISTALINK®

The 7800FC Fram e C ont rol ler fac il it at es c om m uni c ati on b et ween th e SN MP -enabl ed ( Vi st aLI NK®) cards, resi di ng in a fram e an d t he S NM P Man ager (Vi st aLI NK to be upgraded wit h the l atest inf ormation (“image” ) to maintain the most up-to-date monitor ing and control capabilities.

The 7800FC Fram e Cont rol l er i m age can be u pg raded by tw o di ffer ent pr oced ur es, wh ic h are out l in ed i n sections 7.2 and 7.3.

P RO). F r om ti me t o t i me, t h e 7 80 0 F C wil l n eed

7.2. REMOTE UPGRADE PROCEDURE US ING VistaLINK

To perfor m the rem ote up grad e for t he 7800FC VistaLINK setup:

• A working install of a VistaLINK

• A downloaded and unzipped FC image file (.bin file) from

The DHCP mode should be disabled before proceeding with the 7800FC Frame Controller upgrade. T o disable your DHCP refer to section 6.2.1.

7.2.1. Downloading the 7800FC Frame Controller Image

1. Download the image file “7800FC Image File” from the Evertz web site ( Downloads > Firmware Downloads link > Type “7800FC” in the Model search and press “Go”). Save the f ile to the hard drive.

2. Unzi p t he d ow nl oaded f il e and st ore t he . bi n fi l e in a selec t ed su b-di r ec t or y. Rec or d t h e l oc ation of the stored file.

P ro cl ient or VLPRO-C that’s version 10.0.7 or greater.

Fr ame C ontr oller you w il l need the fol low in g

http://www.evertz.com

www.evertz.com –

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7.2.2. Upgrading the Frame Controller Image using VistaLINK®

1. Start a VistaLINK® PRO client and login using the C does not

in the hardware tree using

Click the ‘Browse’ button to select the unzipped

Image .bin file, which was downloaded in

Click the Upgrade button and w ait for the upload to

ely 5 to 10

automatically and return online in normal “run” mode.

Administrator user account (VLPROuse login accounts).

2. Expose the 7800FC ‘Add/Update Frame’ and collapsing the nodes in the tree appr opriately.

3. Use t h e right-cli ck mouse button on the ‘7800FC’ in the tree and sel ect ‘View Config uration…’ opt ion.

4. Select the ‘Control’ tab in t he configu rati on view.

5. 7800FC section 7.2.1.

When upgrading the FC Image file,

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6. complete. This will take approximat minutes depending on network traffic .

7. Upon completion, the 7800FC module will reboot

Figure 7-1: FC shown in the Hardware Tree

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Figure 7-2: Control Tab for the FC Configuration View

If for any reason the upload is interrupted, you must execute the procedures

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7.3. SERIAL CARD EDGE UPGRADE PROCEDURE

The 7800FC Frame Control l er image is upgraded by following the procedure outlined in this secti on.

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outlined in sections 7.3.4, 7.3.5 and 7.3.7, as you w ill be unable to complete the procedure outlined in section 7.2.

Throughout the upgrade instructions, when you are prompted to type commands using HyperTerminal, the following conventions apply.

Do not type the quotation marks “” <space> means to press the space b ar <Enter> m eans to press the “Enter” key <Ctrl-x> means to press and hold the “ Ctrl” key and p ress th e “ x” key

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PPCBOOT>

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7.3.1. Downloading Upgrade Files

1. Download the boot loader “7800FC Boot Loader”, upgrade program “7800FC Upgrade” and the image file ”7800FC Image File” from the web site ( Dow nload s li nk > Typ e “7800FC” i n th e Model sear ch and pr ess “ Go”. ). S ave t he fi l es t o th e hard drive.

2. Unzi p t he dow nload ed fi les and stor e them i n a sel ect ed sub -dir ect ory . R ecor d t he l oc ati on of th e stored files.

7.3.2. Linking the Frame Controller to th e Network Adapter

Con nec t a “ st rai ght -thru” Cat5 Ethernet c abl e wi t h RJ -45 c onnec t ors , b etw een t h e P C’ s n et w or k E thern et card and a network hub; and a second “straight-thru” Cat5 Ethernet c abl e b etw een t he h ub and th e rear plate of the 7800FC VistaLINK

Frame Controller. A “cross-over” cable directly connecting the PC’s

Et hern et ad apter to t he 7800FC Fram e Con tr oll er’ s rear pl ate c an be s ub st it ut ed f or t he t wo s tr aig ht -thru Ethernet cables and hu b. (See sec tion 2.3.1)

7.3.3. Connecting the Computer to the Card Edge Serial Port

Refer to section 2.3.2 for instructions on connecting the computer to the card edge serial port and config uring the termi nal software.

www.evertz.com – Downloads > Firmware

7.3.4. Setting the 7800FC Frame Controller to Upgrade Mode

The UPGRADE jumper J9 l ocat ed at t he fr ont of t he m odu le is used w hen “im age” u pgr ades are being don e t o t h e 7800FC Frame Control ler module. F or normal op erati on th e jumper is set in t he RUN position. To u pg rade t he f ir m war e in th e m odu le u ni t p ul l i t out of the fram e. Move Jumper J4 int o t h e UPGRADE position. See Figure 5-1 f or jumper locations on the 7800FC Fr ame Controller card.

7.3.5. Viewing Startup Information

• On ce HyperTer mi nal is connected, inser t the 7800FC VistaLINK

Frame Controller into its slot.

• 7800FC b oot i n g i nf ormat i on wil l t h en be s en t t o t h e Hy p erT er min al wi ndow. A f t er the c ar d powers up the “upload” message is displayed.

For example:

Evertz PPCBoot 2.3 et.816 8313e rev. 2.2, e300c3 rev. 1.0, 167 MHz bus, 333 MHz core link up, 1000 Mbit/s, duplex COULD NOT OPEN FILE COMMAND upgrade FAILED -1

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EVERTZ 7800FC BOOT MONITOR.

Boot, Revision 2.0 Build 12

>> (rjalali@brain, Fri Nov 5 10:33:15 EST 2004) >

PPCBOOT>

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7.3.6. Upgrading the 7800FC Boot Loa der

1. At the “Upload Main Program” prompt, send the boot loader program (fcboot_2v0_012.bin) that was dow nload ed in sec tion 7.3.1 t o the 7800FC using Xm odem protocol. This is done by sel ecting “Send file…” from the “Transfer” drop-dow n m enu in the HyperTerminal w indow. Upon selec ting this option, the followi ng screen is di splay ed:

Figure 7-3: Send File Window

Th e “F old er” h eader desc ri bes th e fol der l oc ati on of th e pr eviou sl y dow n load ed Up gr ade P rog ram . To ch ange the location/name of t he fil e, use the “Brow se…” butt on to locate and selec t the c orrec t file. Make s ure the Protocol is s et to “ Xm odem” and p ress t he “Send” b utton to s end the file.

Up on c ompl etion t h e c ard wi l l c on t i n u e t o reb oot . A f t er t h e c ard r eb oot s y ou c an s c r ol l to t he t op of the HyperTerminal buffer and the following information will be displayed:

>> NetBSD/evertz 7800FC

7.3.7. Upgrading the 7800FC Frame Controller

1. Pul l t h e card ou t of t h e s l ot an d t h en rei n ser t i t b ac k i n t o t h e fr am e. Af t er the c ar d p ow er s up an d the “Up l oad Mai n P r og ram” messag e i s di s pl ay ed , pr es s <Ctrl-x> fiv e ( 5) t i mes. T h i s ac tion t emporarily postpones the “upgrade” procedur e. Th e f ollowing inf ormation is displ ayed on the screen:

Evertz PPCBoot 2.3 et.816 8313e rev. 2.2, e300c3 rev. 1.0, 167 MHz bus, 333 MHz core link up, 1000 Mbit/s, duplex user requested abort

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upload product firmware now

Evertz PPCBoot 2.3 et.816

PPCBOOT>

Evertz PPCBoot 2.3 et.816

CLI>

card is operating in DHCP mode. You will have to turn off DHCP mode and

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2. At the prompt “>”, type “upgrade<space>–u<Enter>” The fol lowing is di splay ed on the screen:

8313e rev. 2.2, e300c3 rev. 1.0, 167 MHz bus, 333 MHz core link up, 1000 Mbit/s, duplex user requested abort PPCBOOT> upgrade

3. Using the procedure outlined in section 7.3.6 send the upgrade program that was downloaded in section 7.3.1 to th e 7800FC. Up on com p l et i on of t hi s step, t h e fol l owin g i n f ormat i on wil l b e di splayed on the screen:

8313e rev. 2.2, e300c3 rev. 1.0, 167 MHz bus, 333 MHz core link up, 1000 Mbit/s, duplex user requested abort PPCBOOT> upgrade upload product firmware now upload okay

4. At the prompt, type “boot<Enter>”. The f ollowing inf ormation is displayed on the screen:

8313e rev. 2.2, e300c3 rev. 1.0, 167 MHz bus, 333 MHz core link up, 1000 Mbit/s, duplex user requested abort PPCBOOT> upgrade upload product firmware now upload okay PPCBOOT> boot LOADING PROGRAM SECTIONS LOAD COMPLETE 780XFC hardware test code RCWHR = 84546c00 RCWLR = 65040000 total memory = 268435456 bytes available memory = 261668864 bytes init_main

serial init

[ftpd]ftpd proc has started

Th e IP add res s, net m ask an d g at ew ay i n f ormat i on i s ext racted fr om th e 7800FC con fi g u ration i nf ormat i on as ent ered in the previ ous section. This IP address shoul d be recorded as it i s used for 7800FC Frame Controller im age upgrading, as per the next instruc tion.

If the IP address, netmask and gateway are set to 0.0.0.0, this indicates that the

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5. Using the “Run…” c omm and in t he “Start” menu, or opening a Com m and Prompt (MS-DOS) w indow, type “ftp 192.168.1.187<Enter>” (or similar IP address from the previous instruction, as displayed). This w ill open an MS-DO S F TP w in dow. Not e that the PC, used for entering comm ands and storing the dow nloaded image file, and 7800FC must b e c on fi g ur ed t o oper at e on t h e same LA N . For example the IP address of the PC and Fram e Controller shoul d be on 192.168.1.x with “x” being a unique address identifier for the P C and the 7800FC F rame Controller

• Do not enter a name for “ User” when prompted (leav e the field blank ). Press <Enter>.

• Do not enter a name for “ Password” when prompted (leave the fiel d blank). Press <Enter>.

6. At the “ftp>” prom pt, type: put<space>“[dir]\XvY_Z_7800FC.bin”<space>image<Enter>

Ad d t he f ul l p ath nam e (d ir ec tor y loc at ion ) of th e dow nl oaded 7800FC I mage f i l e i n p l ac e of [dir] in th e above en try . If ther e are spac es i n th e path nam e th ey mu st b e sur round ed by q uot ation s. N ote th at “ X ”, “Y ” and “Z ” ar e FC i m age r eleas e vers ion num b ers as id ent if ied in th e dow nl oaded fi le nam e. The fil e will t ake appr oximately 5 to 10 minutes t o upload.

• Upon successful command entry, the MS-DOS window will display “200 PORT command

successful” and “150 Opening data connection” messages.

• Af ter sever al m i nu tes of “i m age” up load , th e MS-DOS w indow w ill display “226 Transfer c omplete”

and “ftp:…(adding statistics about the ftp procedure)”

7. Upon completion of the upload, the MS-DOS window/program should be terminated by closing the w indow. Rem ove the 7800FC from the f rame, remove t he upg rade cable and reposition the UPGRAD E jumper to RUN mode. The 7800FC has been upgraded with the latest image and can now be reinserted i nto t he frame to r esume normal op erati on.

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8. WEBEASY® WEB INTERFACE

The 7800FC provides a built-in w eb interface that allows a user to interac t with th e 7800FC as well as WebEASY accessed b y en tering t he IP address of t he 7800FC into the address bar of an Internet web browser. When first visiting the 7800FC web interface, the user will be asked to enter a Login and Password. Both the Log in and Pass word have a default value of “customer”.

The home page of the 7800FC provides a list of all products currently under the control of the 7800FC along with a menu that allows insight into specific Product Location, Hardw are version, Software version, SNMP V1 Community strings, SNMP V1 Trap dest inat ion s and l ocal TRAP Management Fault s for t he 7800FC. The home page of the 7800FC web interface is shown in Figure 8-1.

The FC Menu w ill provide a list of all products currently i n the fram e occupied by the 7800FC. It will also pr ovid e t he fi rm w are v ersi on of each car d i n t he f ram e. Card s t hat app ear in whi t e text do not sup por t t he WebEASY configured using VistaLINK on the yel low product name will link to th e controls available for that card .

Cards can be c onfigured using t he Refresh, Apply ,and Dy namic Apply buttons on top of t h e p age. Th ese function in the same m anner as the buttons of t he same nam e in V ist aLINK

supported products usi ng a standard Internet web browser. T he 7800FC web interface can be

i nter face and are t herefor e not conf igu rabl e thou gh t he w eb in terf ace. T hese c ards mu st b e

. C ards t hat support the WebEAS Y® interface will appear in yellow. Clicking

Figure 8-1: WebEASY

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8.1. UPGRADING CARDS USING WEBEASY®

Th e 78 0 0F C w eb i n t er face p rov i des a si mpl e way t o u pg r ade b ot h t h e fi r mwar e on t he 7800FC as well as th e firmw are of c ards that suppor t W ebEASY screen will bring the user to the Firm ware Upgrade page as shown in Figure 8-2.

. Clicking on the Upgrade button at t he top of the home

Figure 8-2: WebEASY

8.1.1. Upgrading Modules Using WebEASY

Firmware Upgrade Page

The firmw are for individual m odules in a frame with a 7800FC can be upgraded using the web interfac e. Bes id e eac h com p ati bl e p rod uc t w i ll be a c h eck box. Sel ec t the checkbox of the card to be upgraded and then clic k on the t he Choos e F il e bu tt on t o sel ec t t h e desi red fir m w are fr om a loc al dri ve. Clicking on t h e Upgrade button will star t the process. The progress bar t o the right of t he card slot will provi de feedb ack on the status of the upgrade.

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8.1.2. Upgrading 7800FC Using WebEASY®

The firmw are for the 7800FC can be upgraded by clicking on the Upgrade l i n k b esi d e t h e fr ame c ont r ol l er in slot 1. Clic king on t he link wil l bring the user to the 7800F C Fi rmware Upgrade page shown in Figure 8-3. Once on this page, click on the Ch oose Fi le but t on t o sel ect t he des ir ed fi rm w ar e from a l oc al d riv e, then click on the Upgrade butt on to st art t he proc ess. The pr ogress bar t o th e righ t of t he card slot will pr ovide feedbac k on the status of the upgrad e.

Figure 8-3: WebEASY

Firmware Upgrade Page for 7800FC

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