Geist Watchdog 1000 Quick Start
NOTE: This guide is only meant to assist in identifying your Watchdog 1000-series unit and its included
accessories, if any, and to assist you with initial setup of the unit. It does not describe all of the unit’s features
and capabilities in detail. Please refer to the full user’s manual for complete information about how to use all of
the unit’s capabilities. Also note that for purposes of the following instructions, all members of the Watchdog
1000-series family behave identically, so “Watchdog 1000-series” is used generically to refer to all models.)
Watchdog 1000-Series kit will include:
Ÿ Watchdog 1000, Watchdog 1200, Watchdog 1250, Watchdog 1400, or Watchdog 1400P rack-mountable
environmental monitor.
(“Watchdog 1400P” designates a Watchdog 1400 with the Power-over-Ethernet option installed. The
1400 and 1400P are otherwise identical in function and capabilities. Note that the 1400P is the only
model which has a PoE option available; this option is not available on the 1000, 1200, or 1250.)
Ÿ +6Vdc power supply (unless the “no power supply” option was chosen when the unit was ordered)
Watchdog 1200 / 1250 (Watchdog 1200 will not have LCD display or “horn off” button)
IP RESET
ON
+6VDC
REMOTE SENSORS
C C
1 2 3
TEMP &
AIRFLOW
SENSORS
LIGHT SENSOR
ACTIVE
IDLE
TEMPF
HORN OFF
74.09
(sample illustrations only; actual
appearance of unit may vary)
REMOTE SENSORS
E
A
B
ON
+6VDC
IP RESET
DC power jack: +6VDC power supply connects here.
A
Ethernet jack: Right LED indicates “link” when lit; left LED indicates network activity when blinking.
B
RESET button: To reset the IP address to the factory default of 192.168.123.123 and clear any User
C
Account username/password settings, use a pushpin or paperclip to press and hold this pinhole button for
C
REBOOT
D
ACTIVE
IDLE
HORN OFF
Watchdog 1000
REMOTE SENSORS
Watchdog 1400 / 1400P
1
C
REMOTE SENSORS
C
Analog Inputs
C3C4C
2
5
6
C
J
C C
1 2 3
F
RELAY1 RELAY 2 RELAY3
NCN
L
K
ACTIVE
G
NCN
NCN
C
C
C
O
O
M
IDLE
REBOOT
IP RESET
ON
+6VDC
D
H
TEMPF
74.09
O
approximately 20 seconds, until both of the red Active and Idle LEDs light up solidly (no blinking pattern).
To completely erase all settings and reset the unit to factory defaults, disconnect power from the unit, push in the
reset button, reapply power, keep the reset button pushed in for at least 5 seconds, then release.
REBOOT button: reboots the unit (Watchdog 1000 / 1400 / 1400P only)
D
Digital Sensor jacks: Up to sixteen Digital Bus-type external sensors may be connected. (may require an
E
external port-splitter, sold separately)
Analog Inputs: for dry-contact switches, relay contacts, or analog sensors with 0 ~ +5Vdc output voltages.
F
Relay Outputs: (Watchdog 1400 / 1400P only) Dry-contact relays for controlling external low-voltage
G
devices. The LEDs under the terminal block shows the relay states: de-energized (red) or energized (green).
Active / Idle LEDs: Indicates that the unit is operating, and communicating with the sensor-bus controller
H
and external sensors (if any).
Temperature/Humidity/Airflow sensor: Make sure that this is not blocked or covered up when the unit
J
is mounted. (Watchdog 1200 / 1250 only)
Watchdog 1200 / 1250 only
Light sensor:
K
HORN OFF button: (WatchDog 1250 / 1400 / 1400P only) Silences the internal alarm buzzer even if the
L
alarm condition which tripped it has not yet been cleared.
LCD status display: (WatchDog 1250 / 1400 / 1400P only) Displays unit status information and sensor
M
measurements.
Watchdog 1000-Series quick-setup pack-in sheet (rev.150216A) 1 support available at www.itwatchdogs.com or www.geistglobal.com
(
) Measures ambient light level.
“QUICK-START” NETWORK SETUP:
By default, the unit’s IP address is set to 192.168.123.123 from the factory. To access the unit for the first
time, you will probably need to temporarily change your computer’s network settings to match the
192.168.123.xxx subnet.
To set up the Watchdog 1000-series unit, connect it to a PC’s Ethernet port (some PC’s may require a special
“crossover” Ethernet cable to make this type of direct connection), connect the 6V power supply, then follow the
appropriate instructions for your PC’s operating system:
● FOR WINDOWS 2000 / XP / SERVER2003: Click the Start button,
choose Settings, then Network Connections.
● FOR WINDOWS 7 / SERVER2008: Click the Start button, then choose
Control Panel → Adjust Your Computer’s Settings → Network & Sharing
Center → Change Adapter Settings.
Locate the entry under LAN or High-Speed Internet which corresponds to the
network card (or “NIC”) which the unit is connected to. (Most PCs only have
a single NIC installed, but a WiFi connection will also show as a NIC, so be
sure to choose the correct entry.) Double-click on the network adapter’s entry
in the Network Connections list to open its status dialog box, then click the
Properties button to open the Local Properties window (fig.1).
Find the entry titled “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” in the list, then click the
Properties button to open the Internet Protocol Properties window (fig.2).
(fig.1)
If you see more than one TCP/IP entry, the PC may be configured for IPv6
support as well as IPv4; make sure to select the entry for the IPv4 protocol.
Make sure you write down any settings shown here before changing them!
Choose the Use the following IP address option, then set IP address to
192.168.123.100 and Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0. For this initial
setup, Default Gateway and the DNS Server entries can be left blank. Select
OK, then OK again to close both the Internet Protocol Properties and Local
Properties windows.
● FOR MAC OS X: Click the System Preferences icon on the Dock, and
choose Network. Select Built-in Ethernet from the Show drop-down list to
display the Mac’s Ethernet card (“NIC”) settings, then choose the TCP/IP
(fig.2)
settings, as shown in (fig.3). Make sure you write down any settings shown
here before changing them!
Select Manually from the Configure IPv4 drop-down list, then set IP address
to 192.168.123.100 and Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0. (The Router
and DNS Servers can be left blank for this initial setup.) Click Apply Now to
make the settings take effect.
Once the NIC settings are configured properly, you should be able to access
the unit by typing http://192.168.123.123 into the address bar of your
web browser. The unit’s Sensors page will come up by default; click the
Config tab on the left-hand side of the web page to bring up the configuration-
(fig.3)
settings page, then click the Network sub-tab to set the Network parameters
(fig.4) as needed. The unit’s IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS
settings can either be assigned manually, or acquired via DHCP. (For more
information, refer to “Assigning an IP Address” in the appropriate user
manual for your model, available for download from our web site.)
(fig.4)
Note that the new settings will take effect instantly when Save Changes is clicked, so the browser will no longer
be able to reload the web page from the 192.168.123.123 address and will probably display a “page not found”
or “host unavailable” message. This behavior is normal. Once you have finished configuring the unit's IP
address, simply repeat the steps above, and change the PC’s NIC card settings back to the ones you wrote down
prior to changing them, to restore the PC’s normal network and internet settings.
Watchdog 1000-Series quick-setup pack-in sheet (rev.150216A) 2 support available at www.itwatchdogs.com or www.geistglobal.com
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