WCC III

WattMaster WCC III User Manual part 3

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2. Initiating the System

WCC III

2. Initiating the System

T ABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 2: INITIA TING THE SYSTEM

WCC III System Files ..................................2-1

WCC III Installation Software CDs .............2-1

WattMaster Part # DM1WC011-01X .....................................2-2

WattMaster Part # DM1WC012-01X ....................................2-4

WattMaster Part # DM1WC013-01X ....................................2-6

How to Start or Run the

WCC3.exe Program ....................................2-8

Assigning Operator Access Codes ...........2-11

Password Entry .........................................2-11

WCCIII – MCD Linux Base

System Install ...........................................2-34

How to Setup a Windows-Based Local User’s Computer with a Direct Connection (Ethernet Crossover Cable)

to the WCC III - MCD Computer ................2-36

Adding a Compact Flash Hard Drive Card to the WCC III - MCD Computer Under

Windows XP on the WCC III - MCD ...........2-40

Formatting Disks.......................................2-42

WCC III - MCD Display ...............................2-12

The WCC III – MCD ....................................2-17

Using the MCD-Menu Program .................2-18

Webmin Administration -

Limited Version .........................................2-25

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WCC III and MCD System Files

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After the satellite controllers have been installed and powered up, the WCC III - MCD set up, and the 2-wire communications line connected between all of the satellite controllers and also connected to the WCC III - MCD, then the WCC III data ﬁ les need to be loaded into the WCC III - MCD. This is best accomplished by using the WCC “mcd-menu” batch ﬁ le, remotely with the Webmin program or by directly using the Linux command prompt on the WCC III - MCD.

NOTE: When converting the WCC II data ﬁ les to WCC III

type data ﬁ les. The WCC II data ﬁ les have to be converted to the new WCC III type data ﬁ les using the WCCUtilities. exe program. Then these new WCC III data ﬁ les need to be installed on the WCC III - MCD. This is best accomplished by using the WCC “mcd-menu” batch ﬁ le, remotely with the Webmin program, or by directly using the Linux command prompt on the WCC III - MCD.

LIMITEDITOR.EXE, and WGCC.EXE(SS5029). All of these ﬁ les are available on different installation CDs.

MCD System Files

The Backtask program on the MCD is stored on the solid state hard disk, so after boot-up, the system start up ﬁ les will cause the Backtask Program to run.

CAUTION: The MCD will not communicate with the satellite

controllers while it is going through the “re-boot” process. If the satellite controllers do not communicate with the MCD for approximately three minutes, they will go into local set. The time it takes for the system to “re-boot” should not cause the satellite controllers to go into local set.

The hard disk can hold a vast amount of data which can accidentally be erased or lost due to system malfunction, operator error, etc. Therefore it is extremely important to make a back-up copy of the data on the hard disk. As you program a system to control a building, information is written on the disks. Therefore, back-up copies of programming data ﬁ les on the hard disk should be made after the system has been programmed to control the building. This can be done remotely through the WCC Utility program.

The WCC III – MCD has two solid state hard drives, one that has the Linux operating system along with the backtask program, and one that has the daily/monthly WCC III backup data ﬁ les on it.

A USB thumb drive can be used to shufﬂ e the data in and out of the WCC III – MCD. Another program called “Webmin” is primarily used to administer the more advanced setup features on the WCC III –MCD. This “Webmin” program requires an internet browser, such as Mozilla, or Microsoft Internet Explorer to function. This “Webmin” program can be used over the internet/intranet or locally with a network crossover cable or even a serial null modem cable. The “Webmin” program is pre-installed on the Linux OS hard drive on the WCC III – MCD.

There are three password levels for the “Webmin” program, one for the simple user, one for the contractor level, and one for the WattMaster factory administrator.

WCC III System Files

The WCC III system ﬁ les include the following:

WCC3.EXE(SS5021), SCUSCR.EXE(SS5026), WCCUTILITY. EXE(SS5023), TENANTOVERRIDE.EXE(SS5024), TENANTREPORT.EXE(SS5025), WCC3TRENDLOG. EXE(SS5028), WCC3DOWNLOAD.EXE(SS5030), WCC3GUEST.EXE(SS5022), SCUSCRLtd.EXE(SS5027),

WCC III Installation Software CDs

There are three available CD-ROMs available from WattMaster Controls, Inc. - either from the factory or downloadable from the wcc-controls.com website. They are as follows:

WattMaster Part # DM1WC011-01X*

This is the contractor installation CD for the main WCC III System. This CD installs the following programs:

WCC3.EXE(SS5021), SCUSCR.EXE(SS5026), WCCUTILITY. EXE(SS5023), TENANTOVERRIDE.EXE(SS5024), TENANTREPORT.EXE(SS5025), WCC3TRENDLOG. EXE(SS5028), WGCC3.EXE(SS5029), WCC3DOWNLOAD. EXE(SS5030), WCC3GUEST.EXE(SS5022)

WattMaster Part # DM1WC012-01X*

This is the end-user installation CD for “View Only” versions of the WCC III system. This CD only installs the following programs: WCC3GUEST.EXE(SS5022) and SCUSCRLtd.EXE(SS5027)

WattMaster Part # DM1WC013-01X*

This is the end-user installation CD for the Tenant Override program. This CD only installs the following programs: TENANTOVERRIDE.EXE(SS5024).

* = Where “X” is the software version A to Z.

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Full WCC3 Installation

WCC III Installation Software DM1WC011-01X

Please note: Y our user name mus t hav e sufﬁ cient rights to install these WCC III programs onto your computer’s hard drive.

Step 1:

01X) into your computer’s CDROM/DVD drive.

Step 2: This disk should “autorun” and start the installation

process and then display the WCC III Program Setup and Option Selection Screen. The WCC III Program Setup and Option Selection Screen will allow you to select the installation or removal

of the various WCC III component programs on to the WCC III Front end computer’s hard drive.

Insert the WCC III Program Setup CD (DM1WC011-

Step 4: Using your left mouse button, select the desired check

boxes to the left of the programs you wish to install and then leftclick the

program(s) onto the WCC III Front end computer’s hard drive.

<Next> button to continue with the installation of these

Step 3: Choose either “Select Components to Install” and left-

click the <Next> button to continue with the WCC III program installation or choose “Select Components to Remove” and left- click the removal process.

The <Back> button will take you back one screen and the

<Cancel> button will allow you to cancel the WCC III Program

Setup installation.

The instructions that follow describe the installation process. The removal process closely follows the installation procedure, but instead of installing the various WCC III component programs, it will uninstall them.

<Next> button to continue with the WCC III program

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Step 5: The screen will ask you to click the <Next> button to

begin installation. After again verifying that you really want to install these WCC III programs, please left-click the button.

The <Back> button will take you back one screen and the

<Cancel> button will allow you to cancel the WCC III Program

Setup installation.

<Next>

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Step 6: The mouse cursor will turn to an hourglass-shaped

cursor to indicate that the WCC III installation process is still continuing. The “Ready” ﬁ eld at the bottom of this screen will show the progress of the WCC III programs that were selected for installation. (Copying various subdirectories and ﬁ les). The WCC III installation program will create (or copy over existing subdirectories) the following subdirectories on the WCC III Front end computer’s local disk C:\Program Files\WCCIII subdirectory, depending on the selected programs to be installed:

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Full WCC3 Installation

Step 7: After the installation is complete, the screen shown above

will be displayed. Please left-click the <Finish> button to exit the WCC III program setup installation process.

These are the possible shortcut icons that should now be on your Windows Desktop screen, depending on your WCC III program installation selections:

C:\Programs\WCCIII\SCUSCR C:\Programs\WCCIII\Tenant OVR C:\Programs\WCCIII\Tenant Report C:\Programs\WCCIII\WCC3 C:\Programs\WCCIII\WCCdownload C:\Programs\WCCIII\WCC3Guest C:\Programs\WCCIII\WCC Trendlogging C:\Programs\WCCIII\WCCUtilities C:\Programs\WCCIII\WGCC3

The

<Back> button should take you back one screen, but at this

point it is too late in the installation process to go back one screen.

The <Cancel> button should allow you to cancel the WCC III Program Setup installation, but at this point it is too late to cancel the installation process.

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Limited WCC3 Installation

WCC III Limited Installation Software

- DM1WC012-01X

Please note: Y our user name mus t hav e sufﬁ cient rights to install these WCC III Limited programs onto your computer’s hard drive.

Step 1:

(DM1WC012-01X) into your computer’s CDROM/DVD drive.

Step 2: This disk should “autorun” and start the installation

process and then display the WCC III Limited Program Setup and Option Selection Screen.

Insert the WCC III Limited Program Setup CD

The WCC III Limited Program Setup and Option Selection Scr een will allow you to select the installation or removal of the various WCC III component programs onto the WCC III Front end computer’s hard drive.

Step 4: Using your left mouse button, select the desired check

boxes to the left of the programs you wish to install and then leftclick the

program(s) onto the WCC III Front end computer’s hard drive.

<Next> button to continue with the installation of these

Step 3: Choose either “Select Components to Install” and left-

click the installation or choose “Select Components to Remove” and left- click the <Next> button to continue with the WCC III program removal process.

The

<Cancel> button will allow you to cancel the WCC III Program

Setup installation.

<Next> button to continue with the WCC III program

<Back> button will take you back one screen and the

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Step 5: The screen will ask you to click the <Next> button to

begin installation. After again verifying that you really want to install these WCC III programs, please left-click the <Next> button.

The

<Back> button will take you back one screen and the

<Cancel> button will allow you to cancel the WCC III Program

Setup installation.

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Limited WCC3 Installation

Step 6: The mouse cursor will turn to an hourglass-shaped

C:\Program Files\WCCIII\SCUSCR Ltd C:\Program Files\WCCIII\WCC3Guest

The

<Back> button will take you back one screen, but at this point

it is too late in the installation process to go back one screen.

The <Cancel> button will allow you to cancel the WCC III Program Setup installation, but at this point it is too late to cancel the installation process.

Step 7: After the installation is complete, the screen shown above

will be displayed. Please left-click the <Finish> button to exit the WCC III program setup installation process.

These are the two possible shortcut icons that should now be on your Windows Desktop screen, depending on your WCC III program installation selections:

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WCC III T enant Override Installation

WCC III T enant Override Installation Software - DM1WC013-01X

Please note: Y our user name mus t hav e sufﬁ cient rights to install these WCC III Limited programs onto your computer’s hard drive.

Step 1:

(DM1WC013-01X) into your computer’s CDROM/DVD drive.

Step 2: This disk should “autorun” and start the installation

process and then display the WCC III Tenant Override Program Installation Screen.

Insert the WCC III Tenant Override Program Setup CD

Step 4: The mouse cursor will turn to an hourglass-shaped cursor

to indicate that the WCC III Tenant Override installation process is still continuing. The “Ready” ﬁ eld at the bottom of this screen will show the progress of the WCC III Tenant Override program that was selected for installation. The WCC III Tenant Override installation program will create (or copy over existing subdirectories) the following subdirectory on the end user customer computer’s local disk: C:\Program Files\WCCIII\TenantOverride.

The

<Cancel> button should allow you to cancel the WCC III

Program Setup installation, but at this point it is too late to cancel the installation process.

The WCC III Tenant Override Program Installation Screen will allow you to install the WCC III Tenant Override programs onto the end user customer’s computer hard drive.

Step 3: Please left-click the <Next> button to continue with

the program installation. The cancel the WCC III Tenant Override program installation.

<Cancel> button will allow you to

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Step 5: After the installation is complete, the screen shown above

will be displayed. Please left-click the WCC III Tenant Override program installation process.

<Finish> button to exit the

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WCC III T enant Override Installation

There should now be a Tenant Override shortcut icon on your Windows Desktop screen.

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Running the WCC3 Program

How to Start or Run the WCC3.exe Program (SS5021)

The WCC3.exe shortcut icon should have been installed on your WCC III Front end computer desktop with the WCC III Installation Software CD.

The WCC III Installation Software CD is WattMaster Controls Part # DM1WC011-01X.

To start the WCC3.exe program, double-click the left mouse button the Shortcut Icon on the Windows desktop.

After a short period of time, dependent upon the CPU speed of your Windows based computer and the speed of your IP connection to the internet, the WCC III T ype Connection Dialog Box will appear.

By selecting connect to the selected WCC III – MCD via this selected IP address connection. It should bring up the WCC III Set Password Dialog screen within a new window. If the IP address connection fails to connect to the WCC III – MCD, then another small dialog box window will appear. This is the Cannot Communicate to Backtask Dialog Box.

If you click <Yes>, you will exit the WCC3.exe program. You will have to ﬁ gure out why you cannot connect to the WCC III – MCD via the IP address connection.

If you click but instead you will be connected to the WCC III Main Menu. This connection to the WCC III Main Menu is not an actual IP connection, but rather a “dummy” WCC III main menu screen window with no values. This “dummy” WCC III main menu screen window will allow you to view and see what the actual WCC3.exe screens will look like – minus any data.

<OK>, the WCC3.exe program will now start to

<No>, you will not exit the WCC3.exe program,

Server IP Address:

This is the static IP address of the WCC III – MCD. An IP Address is like a phone number on the world wide web. The IP address for the WCC III – MCD must be Static (does not change) as opposed to Dynamic (constantly changing). This static IP address must be provided by your internet service provider. (A static IP address is the preferred IP connection method for the WCC III system to function.) If you actually know the static IP address of the WCC III – MCD that you wish to connect to, please enter it here in the Server IP Address ﬁ eld, or better yet, continue to the Remote Access Dialog Window by selecting the

You can use a Dynamic IP Address with the WCC III – MCD, but you must then have what is called a static “Host Name”. This static “Host name” must then be provided by your internet service provider and is limited to 58 total characters.

Port Number:

The WCC3.exe program opens a two-way, secure communications port that then allows for communication between WCC III – MCD and the WCC3.exe program that is running on the WCC III Front end computer. This IP Address connection is done on a higher address port number than normal (WCC III connection is port number 39289) to help reduce the risk of computer hacking.

Using your mouse, please left-click on the button. The Remote Access Dialog Window will appear.

<Access Job Site> button.

In the Set Password Dialog Screen enter an “Operator:” identiﬁ cation and a “Code:” or password equal to at least a pass level 0 that has been previously set up on the WCCIII System

Parameter – Operator Code Screen. (See the Operator Code Screen of the System Parameter Scr een in Section 3 for information

on setting up Operator Codes) Click “Current Pass Level:” stays at 0 or higher (1, 2, or 3) then click

<OK>. By selecting <OK>, the WCC3.exe program will now start

to connect to the selected WCC III – MCD via this selected IP address connection. It should bring up the WCC III Main Menu within a new window. If the “Current Pass Level:” changes to –1 then you do not have access to the WCCIII – MCD. If you do not have access to the WCCIII – MCD and you click then this connection to the WCC III Main Menu is not an actual IP connection, but rather a “dummy” WCC III Main Menu window with no values. This “dummy” WCC III Main Menu window will allow you to view and see what the actual WCC3.exe screens will look like – minus any data.

<Check Password>, if the

<OK>

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computers. This reused JobSite.dat will then recreate the needed “Job Site” subdirectories on the other WCC III front end computers upon the reselection of the Job Site IP address.

In an already ﬁ lled out Remote Access Dialog Box, you can simply select from the list of previously entered Job Sites that are displayed in the bottom box ﬁ eld. Then left-click back to the Connection Dialog Box that was ﬁ rst displayed. This Connection Dialog Box now should have the desired IP address in the Server IP Address location ﬁ eld and the port number (39289) in the Port Number location ﬁ eld for the WCC III – MCD that you wish to connect to with the WCC3.exe program.

IP Address:

This is the static IP address where the WCC III – MCD is located. An IP Address is like a phone number on the world wide web. The IP address for the WCC III – MCD must be static (does not change) as opposed to Dynamic (constantly changing). This static IP Address must be provided by your internet service provider. (A static IP address is the preferred IP connection method for the WCC III system to function.)

<OK>. This will take you

The Remote Access Dialog Box will allow you to enter multiple WCC III – MCD IP addresses based upon “Job Site” names. This is done by typing in the name of the jobsite you wish to call your system.

First you must select a “BLANK” line in the bottom box area with your left mouse button. (This line will then be highlighted in “Blue”) You must then enter a Job Site name in the “Job Site” ﬁ eld, along with the static IP address and Port number (39289) for the WCC III – MCD that you wish to connect to with the WCC3. exe program.

If you are using a static “Host Name” instead of a static IP address please make sure that the Dynamic Address check box has been selected, along with the static “Host Name” in the space provided. As mentioned previously, you must get this static “Host Name” from your internet service provider, and it is limited to 58 characters total.

Please note that this “Job Site” name will also be the name of a subdirectory that will automatically be created in the Local disk C:\ Programs\WCCIII\WCC3 subdirectory on the WCC III Front end computer. The Remote Access Dialog Box also creates a JobSite. dat data ﬁ le in the C:\ProgramFiles\WCCIII\WCC3 subdirectory. This data ﬁ le is not a viewable type of ﬁ le. The JobSite.dat ﬁ le can be copied and then can be used on other WCC III front end

Port Number:

The WCC3.exe program opens a two-way, secure communications port that then allows for communication between WCC III – MCD and the WCC3.exe program that is running on the WCC III front end computer. This IP Address connection is done on a higher address port number than normal (WCC III connection is port number 39289) to help reduce the risk of computer hacking.

Job Site:

This is the name of the jobsite you wish to call your system. Please note that this name will also be the name of a subdirectory that will automatically be created in the Local disk C:\ProgramFiles\ WCCIII\WCC3 subdirectory.

Host Name:

When you have ﬁ lled out all necessary ﬁ elds, left-click This will take you back to the Connection Dialog Box that was ﬁ rst displayed. This Connection Dialog Box now should have the desired IP address in the Server IP Address location ﬁ eld and the port number (39289) in the Port Number location ﬁ eld for the WCC III – MCD that you wish to connect to with the WCC3.exe program.

<OK>.

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Running the WCC3 Program

Left-click <Cancel> to return to the Connection Dialog Box that was ﬁ rst displayed. The Connection Dialog Box will have the same IP address as listed originally before in the Server IP Address location ﬁ eld and the port number (39289) in the Port Number location ﬁ eld.

Left-click Dialog Box to your Windows system default printer on the WCC

III front end computer. This print function is provided to give you a hard paper backup copy of these IP address for the various WCC III – MCD that you may have. This print function also creates a Printscreen.dat data ﬁ le in the C:\ProgramFiles\WCCIII\WCC3 subdirectory. This data ﬁ le is not a viewable type of ﬁ le.

<Print> to send all of this data in this Remote Access

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Setting Passcodes

Assigning Operator Access Codes

Access codes can be assigned for up to 16 operators with 4 levels of access. The systems are sent from the factory with an operator number of 33333 and an access number of 3333. To assign other codes, follow the steps in this section.

Step 1: With the WCC III Main Menu showing on the

screen, place the cursor on “System Parameters” and press

<Enter> to access the System Parameter Screen. The System

Parameter Screen should come into view with the computer

awaiting the operator ID.

Step 2: Input the factory set identiﬁ cation number of 33333

and press <Enter>. The numbers at the top of the keyboard must be used. The cursor will automatically move to the right and await the code ID.

Step 3: Input the factory set code number of 3333 and press

<Enter>. The message to the right of the cursor should change

from “

View Screen Only” to “View All Codes.”

Step 4: Use the right arrow key to move the cursor to the

right of the “View All Codes” message.

NOTE: To access the system, the password codes must be

entered exactly as they were entered on this screen, including any spaces which were entered using the space bar.

Passw ord Entry

To be able to make any changes to the inputs in the system, you must have a password which has either a level 1, level 2 or level 3 access assigned to it. You enter your password by following the steps in this section.

Step 1: With the Main Menu showing on the screen, place

the cursor on “System Parameters” and press <Enter> to access the System Parameter Screen. The System Parameter Screen should come into view with the computer awaiting the operator ID.

Step 2: Input your assigned operator code and press

<Enter>. The cursor will automatically move to the right and

await the code ID.

Step 5: Press <Enter> and the screen will appear which

will allow codes for 16 operators with 4 levels of access. The descriptions of the access levels are listed at the bottom of this screen.

Step 6: Access codes can be assigned for the operators

who will be using the system. The operator ID can be up to 16 characters but is generally 5 characters using any letters, numbers, or symbols. The code ID can be up to 10 characters but is generally 4 characters using any letters, numbers, or symbols. The system will distinguish between small and capital letters. To assign an operator ID, type the desired characters and press

<Enter>. The cursor will automatically

move to the right and await the code ID. Type the desired code ID and press <Enter>. The cursor will now automatically move to the right and await the Level access number. Type in this Level number (1 through 3, 1 being the lowest and 3 being the highest) and press

Step 7: After the codes have been entered, make sure you

<Enter>.

know what the codes are before leaving this screen. We recommend leaving the 33333, 3333 access code until the other codes are tested. To leave this screen, press

<HOME>

twice to return to the System Parameter Screen. Press

<HOME> once more to return to the Main Menu.

Step 3: Input your assigned code ID and press <Enter> You

are now “signed on” and may enter and/or change data as necessary.

NOTE: You must enter your exact password. The system

distinguishes between upper and lower case letters, and it recognizes spaces which are created using the

<space bar> .

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WCCIII - MCD Local 2 by 20 Line Display

WCC III - MCD Display

WCC III - MCD Front View

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HeartBeat Location

Button Message Area | Hold | Rotate

"UP" Button

"DOWN" Button

"SELECT" "HOLD" "ROTATE" Button

"MENU" Button

The LCD Display Buttons

There are four buttons on the front of the LCD display on the WCC III - MCD.

The Upper Left button is the “UP” menu navigation button.

The Lower Left button is the “DOWN” menu navigation button.

The Upper Right button works as a “SELECT” button under the MENU option or else it operates as a “HOLD” or “ROTATE” button for the information screens.

The WCC III – MCD now has a 2 line by 20 character dot matrix liquid crystal display. This LCD displays the following information: IP ADDRESS, MCD UPTIME, RX, TX, Down, Up, User %, System %, Nice %, Idle %.

This display is very helpful to determine if the WCC III – MCD is functioning correctly.

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Also the “BUTTON MESSAGE” area will momentarily display either “HOLD” or “ROTATE” when the Upper Right button is depressed.

The Lower Right button is the “MENU” button. It also serves as a “HOME” button to return to the main menu when in any of the sub-menus.

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WCCIII - MCD Local 2 by 20 Line Display

SELECT

CHECK

DESELECT

HEART BEAT

UP/DOWN ITEM SELECT

SUBMENU UP SELECT

SUBMENU DOWN SELECT

The LCD Character Boxes

The Select box, Check box, and Deselect-box icons are displayed on the LCD as a visual aid to selecting or deselecting an item.

The difference between the Select box and the Check box is that the Select box icon is the default setting and the Check box icon is a change to the setpoint that the user has initiated.

The Deselect box turns the selected item “OFF”.

The Heart Beat icon is to be used as a watchdog to make sure that this Linux-based LCD program is still running and is not “Locked Up”.

The Up/Down Item Select icon is used to display which of the currently selected menu items is currently selected for viewing and/or change.

WCC III MCD IPADDRESS

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WCC III - MCD IP Address

This screen shows the actual IP address of the WCC III – MCD.

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a numerical identiﬁ cation and logical address that is assigned to the WCC III – MCD that is participating in a computer network that is then utilizing the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes. The WCC III MCD is conﬁ gured to use the same IP address each time it powers up - this is known as a Static IP address. In contrast, in situations when the other computer’s IP address is assigned automatically, it is known as a Dynamic IP address. The Static IP addresses are manually assigned to the WCC III - MCD by an administrator.

MCD UPTIME

D.Days H.Hours m.Min

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The submenu Up/Down icons are a reminder to use the Upper Left or Lower Left buttons (UP/DOWN) to affect the changes to the user-desired “Adjustable” settings and are used for “CONTRAST”, “ON BRIGHTNESS”, and “OFF BRIGHTNESS” adjustments.

MCD UPTIME D - Days, H - Hours, m - Min

This is the displayed run time total since the last reset or startup of the WCC III – MCD. It is often used as a measure of computer operating system reliability and stability, in that this time represents the time that a computer can be left unattended without crashing or needing to be rebooted for any administrative or maintenance purposes.

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Rx: 0.0 Down l Tx: 0.0 UP 0

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IP Packet

An IP packet is the formatted unit of data that is carried by a packet mode computer network. When the data is formatted into IP packets, the bit rate of the communication medium (Ethernet) can better be shared among users than if the network were circuit switched.

Rx: Displays the number of IP Packets that are currently being received on the network card right now.

Tx: Displays the number of IP Packets that are currently being transmitted on the network card right now.

Down: Total IP Packets that have been received on the network card since the last bootup.

Up: Total IP Packets that have been transmitted on the network card since the last bootup.

Nice becomes useful when there are several processes that are demanding more resources than the WCC III – MCD CPU can provide. In this state, a higher priority process will get a larger chunk of the WCC III – MCD CPU time than a lower priority process. If the WCC III – MCD CPU can deliver more resources than the processes are requesting, then even the lowest priority process can get up to 99% of the WCC III - MCD CPU. Only the superuser (root) may set the niceness to a smaller (higher priority) value. On Linux it is possible to change ”/etc/security/limits.conf “ to allow other users or groups to set a low nice value.

Idle: Percentage of the WCC III – MCD CPU’s time that the CPU were idle and the system did not do an outstanding disk I/O request. A computer processor is described as idle when it is not being used by any program.

Programs which make little use of the CPU Idle Time mean that they run at a low priority so as not to impact programs that run at normal priority like BackTask.exe. Many programs that use the WCC III – MCD CPU idle time can cause the WCC III - MCD CPU to always be 100% utilized, so that the time spent where the WCC III – MCD CPU would have been idle is instead spent performing useful computations. This generally causes the WCC III – MCD CPU to consume more power as most modern computer’s CPUs can enter power-save modes when they are idle.

Usr: 0.0% Nice 0.0% Sys: 0.0% Idle100.0%

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CPU Usage Percentages

Usr: Percentage of the WCC III – MCD CPU’s utilization that occurred while executing at the user level (application). BackTask. exe is an application.

Sys: Percentage of the WCC III – MCD CPU’s utilization that occurred while executing at the system level (kernel). The Linux operating system is system level.

Nice: Percentage of the WCC III – MCD CPU’s utilization that occurred while executing at the user level.

Nice (pronounced /na is/) is a program that’s found within Linux. Nice directly maps to a kernel call of the same name. For any given process, it changes the priority in the kernel’s scheduler. A niceness of −20 is the highest priority and 19 is the lowest priority. The default niceness for any process is inherited from its parent process, usually 0.

LCDproc Menu

Options

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Options Menu

Press the Lower Right button (MENU) to select the “LCDproc Menu” selection.

Press the Upper Right button (SELECT) to select the “Option” selection.

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WCCIII - MCD Local 2 by 20 Line Display

OPTIONS

Heartbeat

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Options Menu – Heart Beat Selection

Press either the Upper Left or Lower Left buttons (UP/DOWN) to select the following user settable options: “Heart Beat”, “Backlight”, or “CFontzPacket”.

Press the Upper Right button (SELECT) to select or toggle the “Heartbeat” selection setting ON or OFF with either the X box, Check box or No box icon.

Or press the Lower Left button (DOWN) to select the “Backlight” selection.

Or press the Lower Left button (DOWN) twice to select the “CFontzPacket” selection.

Heartbeat

Backlight

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Options Menu – Backlight Selection

Press the Upper Right button (SELECT) to select or toggle the “Backlight” selection setting ON or OFF with either the X box, Check box or No box icon.

Heartbeat

CFontxPacket

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu

Press either the Upper Left or Lower Left buttons (UP/DOWN) to select the following user settable options: “Contrast”, “On Brightness”, or “Off Brightness”.

Or press the Upper Left button (UP) to select the “HEART BEAT” selection.

Or press the Upper Left button (UP) twice to select the “BACKLIGHT” selection.

CFontzPacket

Contrast

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu – Contrast Selection

Press the Upper Right button (SELECT) to select the “Contrast” selection setting.

Or press the Upper Left button (UP) to select the “Heartbeat” selection.

Or press the Lower Left button (DOWN) to select the “CFontzPacket” selection.

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Contrast

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu – Contrast Selection – Contrast Setting

Press either the Upper Left or Lower Left buttons (UP/DOWN) to affect the change to the user desired “Contrast” setting.

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Contrast

On Brightness

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu – On Brightness Selection

Press the Upper Right button (SELECT) to select the “On Brightness” selection setting.

On Brightness

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu – On Brightness Selection – On Brightness Setting

Press either the Upper Left or Lower Left buttons (UP/DOWN) to affect the change to the user desired “On Brightness” setting.

On Brightness

Off Brightness

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu – Off Brightness Selection

Press the Upper Right button (SELECT) to select the “Off Brightness” selection setting.

Off Brightness

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Options Menu – CfontzPack et Submenu – Off Brightness Selection – Off Brightness Setting

Press either the Upper Left or Lower Left buttons (UP/DOWN) to affect the change to the user desired “Off Brightness” setting.

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The WCC III – MCD

Overview

The WCC III – MCD was converted from the Windows XP operating system over to the Ubuntu version of Linux using the command line interface only and was then released by WattMaster Controls in October of 2009. The main function of the WCC III – MCD is to provide a hardware and software platform for a program that WattMaster Controls has developed that is called “BACKTASK.exe”. The BACKTASK.exe program is a multiple BACKground TASKing application program.

BACKTASK.EXE (SS5009)

The BACKTASK.exe program performs many functions such as:

• USB communications to the internal MCOMM board

• Time clock functions

• Analog/binary global processing

• Overrides of control points

• Holiday scheduling

• Optimal starts

• PID programs

• Shed /Restore programs

• Duty cycle programs

• Proportional Programs

• Tenant Overrides

• Emailing of alarms

The BACKTASK.exe program also provides for remote IP connection to a set of windows-based programs generally referred to as the WCC III programs. This WCC III – MCD also has hardware (WCCIII MCOMM board) that interfaces to a RS-485 communications loop that connects to SAT III type controllers for building automation controls.

be plugged into a (NON – UPS) 120VAC outlet. The power cord for the WCC III – MCD is to be connected to a dedicated UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) outlet so that the MCD will keep running during a minor power outage. The Cable/DSL modem/ router should also be plugged into one of these dedicated UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) outlets.

MCD-Menu Program Overview

WattMaster Controls has developed a simple setup installation program for the Linux command line interface, and this program is called mcd-menu. Prior knowledge of Linux is not required, but would be helpful. This mcd-menu program has eleven subprograms incorporated into it that will allow for the following operations to be preformed:

• The setup of the Network IP Conﬁ guration of the

WCC III – MCD network card interface

• Copying of the BackTask speciﬁ c data ﬁ les to the root

of the USB Drive

• Restoring of the BackTask speciﬁ c data ﬁ les from the

root of the USB Drive

• The resetting of the WCC III - MCD IP address back

to the WattMaster factory Default IP Address settings

• The resetting of the WCC III - MCD DNS settings

back to the WattMaster factory default DNS settings

• The restarting of the 2 by 20 line LCD Driver that is

located on the front of the WCC III - MCD

• The restarting of the 2 by 20 line LCD Display that is

located on the front of the WCC III - MCD

• The testing of the Internet Connection, from the WCC

III - MCD to the internet

• The testing of DNS Settings, from the WCCIII - MCD

to the internet

• The shutdown of the WCC III - MCD – properly

closing down

• The shutdown and restart of the WCC III - MCD

Watchdog Circuit/P ow er F ail

If the BACKTASK.exe program is not running on the WCCIII

- MCD, there is a watchdog circuit that will restart the WCCIII – MCD. This watchdog circuit may interfere with the installation of new BACKTASK.exe software. There is a way to disable this watchdog circuit. Please contact WattMaster Controls for further information on temporarily disabling this watchdog circuit. In addition to this watchdog circuit, there is a small wall wart 24vac transformer that must be connected to 120VAC or else the WCCIII

- MCD will restart every two minutes. This is part of the power fail design circuit of the WCC III – MCD. This transformer is meant to

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The Webmin access method can also accomplish all of these same tasks, but is a little bit harder to use and is meant to be more of an “off site” management tool for the WCC III - MCD. The mcdmenu program is meant to be used as the initial IP setting tool and BACKTASK data ﬁ le loading tool for the WCC III - MCD. For this a monitor and keyboard needs to be connected temporarily just for the initial IP setup and BACKTASK data ﬁ le loading.

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Overview

The default administration username is wcciii and the password is wt@@58 This user name and password are both CAP sensitive, and should be entered in lower case letters only.

1. Type “mcd-menu” at the wcciii@wcciii-mcd:~$ prompt (view only – restricted access). You can perform very few functions as “View only restricted access”, such as Copy/restore WCCIII data ﬁ les.

2.To do the root level tasks like conﬁ gure IP address, shutdown the WCC III - MCD, reboot the WCC III - MCD, reset the WCC III – MCD IP addresses and DNS settings to DEFAULT conﬁ gurations, and of course, copy/restore WCCIII data ﬁ les, you must be signed in as a “root” user. You must be very careful signed in as a root user because you can render your WCC III - MCD system unable to communicate with the outside world if improperly used.

If you have selected a command and you are not signed in as a root user, it will give you a warning message as listed below:

************************************************** * * * Warning: The program is not running as root. * * Interface conﬁ gurations or saving may fail! * * * **************************************************

The mcd-menu is straight forward. You can select the desired function by number (1 to 11) and hit the enter key to execute the desire function. You can quit this mcd-menu program at any time by hitting the “q” and then the enter key to quit. Then type “exit” at the wcciii-mcd:~$ prompt.

NOTE: DO NOT run the mcd-menu program from inside

WebMin’s Command Shell. It will not work there. This mcdmenu program is meant to work only from the telnet/ssh session or from the actual console (i.e. keyboard and monitor that is connected to the WCC III - MCD).

Running the mcd-menu program Step 1:

and the password is wt@@58. Type mcd-menu at the prompt (view only – restricted access)

Step 2: The following ﬁ rst main menu screen should appear:

Please Pick a Function:

1. Setup Network Conﬁ guration

2. Copy BackTask Files to USB Drive

3. Restore BackTask Files from USB Drive

4. Reset MCD to Default IP Address

5. Reset MCD to Default DNS Settings

6. Restart LCD Driver

7. Restart LCD Display

8. Test Internet Connection

9. Test DNS Settings

10. Shutdown MCD

11 Total Choices

Press ENTER (or “d”) to scroll downward OR “u” to scroll upward (Press “q” to quit)

PLEASE ENTER A CHOICE: ___

Using the default low level, the username is wcciii

Helpful hint: While at the wcciii@wcciii-mcd:~$ prompt you can select/toggle through previously entered commands with the “UP” arrow key.

The new ﬁ les are rolled into the installation ﬁ les so they will be available on new systems. They can also be pushed or updated to older systems via secure ftp and then run from the shell. Alternatively, they can also be upload to the WCC III – MCD from inside the WebMin program and then run from the command line from within the browser. This mcd-menu program may be run remotely from PuTTY which is a terminal emulator application program, provided that this program is installed and properly setup on your computer.

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Step 3: Pressing the “enter” key or the “d” key will result

in the next (second) menu screen appearing. The following second main menu screen should appear:

Please Pick a Function:

11. Shutdown and Reboot MCD 11 Total Choices

Press ENTER (or “d”) to scroll downward OR “u” to scroll upward (Press “q” to quit)

PLEASE ENTER A CHOICE: ___

Helpful hint: You do not have to use the “u” or “d” keys and then the “enter” to toggle between the ﬁ rst and second menus. By using the just “enter” key you can toggle between the ﬁ rst menu screen with selections of 1 to 10 and the second menu screen that has selection 11 only.

Setup Network Conﬁ guration (Choice #1)

This sub program will allow you to set the IP conﬁ guration of the WCC III – MCD. You will be prompted to enter a IP Address in the XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX format. If you do not have all of the following information, then you should not proceed any further. The values should be written below for future reference.

Static IP address ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ Must be static.

You will be now be prompted to enter the following data, and if you do not want to change the address listed within the listed brackets [ ] then just press the enter key and the value in the brackets [ ] will not change.

Enter interface conﬁ guration data: Interface to conﬁ gure: [eth0] __ IP address: [192.168.100.100] __ Netmask: [255.255.255.0] __ Gateway (none for no gateway): [192.168.100.1] __ Nameservers (blank separate list): [208.67.222.222_208.67.220.220] __

Interface to conﬁ gure: [eth0] __ There are two possible

entries here “eth0” and “eth0:0” eth0 is the default main IP address for the WCC III – MCD. eth0:0 is the secondary IP address for the WCC III – MCD and it is meant for direct connection from the WCC III – MCD to a local computer (Laptop) via a Ethernet crossover cable.

IP address: [192.168.100.100] __ This IP address must be

supplied by your internet provider or by your network IT personnel. It must be a “static” as in not changing.

Netmask: [255.255.255.0] __ This IP address must be

supplied by your internet provider or by your network IT personnel.

Gateway (none for no gateway): [192.168.100.1] __ This IP

address must be supplied by your internet provider or by your network IT personnel.

Subnet mask ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___

Gateway ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___

Nameserver ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___

Nameserver ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ . ___ ___ ___ Optional

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Nameservers (blank separate list): [208.67.222.222_208.67.220.220] __

address for a DNS server. Some internet service providers do not have a static IP address. They use what is called static host names, which correspond to a actual static IP address. You can enter more than one IP address here, a primary and a secondary, and please note that they must be separated by a space. For example, on the Internet there exists a special case of nameservers lookup sites, the so called Domain Name System (DNS) servers, which are used to translate a static hostname or a domain name (for example, ‘WCC-CONTROLS.com’) to its corresponding binary identiﬁ er (the IP address 76.12.37.232), or vice versa.

This is the actual IP

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After you have entered in all of the required IP addresses, subnet masks, Gateways, and/or Nameservers, the program will now change the internal IP network conﬁ guration ﬁ les within the Linux operating system of the WCC III – MCD. It will take a few seconds to do this function, and will display the following messages:

Conﬁ guring interface: /sbin/ifconﬁ g eth0 192.168.100.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.100.255

Deleting old interface route: /sbin/route del -net 192.168.100.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0

Setting interface route: /sbin/route add -net 192.168.100.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0

Deleting old default route: /sbin/route del default

Setting default route: /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.100.1

Copy BackT ask da ta Files to USB Drive (Choice #2)

This sub program will copy all of the useful WCC III data ﬁ les to a USB drive (User / Contractor provided), assuming that there is a USB drive plugged into the USB port on the WCC III – MCD. It will copy all of these ﬁ les to the root of the USB drive.

If there is not a USB hard drive in the USB port on the front of the WCCIII – MCD, this program assumes that there is a USB drive there even if it is not there. It will not report that there is a drive reading or writing error or any other errors. So when backing up, make sure that there is a USB hard drive in the USB socket port on the front of the WCCIII – MCD, and also there should be a LED on this USB hard drive that should light up when data is written or read from it. Please verify that this LED operates when backing up data to this USB hard drive.

All WCC III jobsites have multiple speciﬁ c custom data ﬁ les that are the responsibility of the end user and/or mechanical contractor. Any loss or the retention of these jobsite speciﬁ c custom data ﬁ les are not within WattMaster Controls Inc. liabilities.

The following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Copy BackTask Files to USB Drive.

Writing /etc/network/interfaces:

Writing /etc/resolv.conf:

When completed the following information will be displayed:

New netstat settings:

192.168.100.100 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

192.168.200.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0

0.0.0.0 192.168.100.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

Network Conﬁ guration Done. ************************************************** * Exiting Program. * **************************************************

wcciii@wcciii-mcd:~$

The mcd-menu program, as part of the setup process for the IP connections, has on purpose exited the mcd-menu program. This is normal operation.

Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ AlarmBits.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ AlarmMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ DutyCycleSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ EnergyConsumption.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ GeneralMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ GlobalAnalog.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ GlobalBinary.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ HolidaySchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ LookUpTable.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ NetworkInformation.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ OperatorCode.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ OptimalSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ OverrideSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ PidProgram.dat

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Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ ProportionalReset.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ ShedRestoreSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ StatusMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ SystemParameter.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/table.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ TenantEvent_001_2009_09.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ TenantEvent_004_2009_10.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ TenantOverride.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ TenantOverrideRecord.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ UnitMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/drive_c/Backtask/ WeekSchedule.dat

Done copying .dat ﬁ les.

Returning to Main Menu.

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

Restore BackT ask data Files to USB Driv e (Choice #3)

This sub program will copy all of the useful WCC III data ﬁ les from a USB drive (User/Contractor provided), assuming that there is a USB drive plugged into the USB port on the WCC III – MCD. It will copy all of these ﬁ les to the //home/wcciii/. wine/drive_c/Backtask/ subdirectory of the WCC III – MCD solid state hard drive.

All WCC III jobsites have multiple speciﬁ c custom data ﬁ les that are the responsibility of the end user and or mechanical contractor. Any loss or the retention of these jobsite speciﬁ c custom data ﬁ les are not with in WattMaster Controls Inc. liabilities.

The following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Restore BackTask Files from USB Drive.

Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/AlarmBits.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ AlarmMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ DutyCycleSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ EnergyConsumption.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ GeneralMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/GlobalAnalog. dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/GlobalBinary. dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ HolidaySchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/LookUpTable. dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ NetworkInformation.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/OperatorCode. dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ OptimalSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ OverrideSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/PidProgram. dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ ProportionalReset.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ ShedRestoreSchedule.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ StatusMessage.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ SystemParameter.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/table.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ TenantEvent_001_2009_09.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ TenantEvent_004_2009_10.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ TenantOverride.dat

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Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ TenantOverrideRecord.dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/UnitMessage. dat Copying ﬁ le: /home/wcciii/.wine/dosdevices/d:/ WeekSchedule.dat

Done copying .dat ﬁ les.

Returning to Main Menu.

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

Reset MCD to Default IP Address (Choice #4)

There are times when you may want to reset the IP address back to WattMaster Control’s factory default settings. This is primarily done at WattMaster on new systems before they are sent out to the end user/contractor/customer. It is a base known starting point. Please note that this choice will reset both of the eth0 and eth0:0 ethernet conﬁ gurations. The following information will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Reset MCD to Default IP Address.

IP Address restored to Default.

IP Address Conﬁ guration is:

# This ﬁ le describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

iface eth0:0 inet static address 192.168.200.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.200.255 network 192.168.200.0 * Reconﬁ guring network interfaces... SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address * Stopping NTP server ntpd ...done. * Stopping NTP server ntpd [ OK ] ...done. * Starting NTP server ntpd ...done. * Starting NTP server ntpd ...done.

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

Reset MCD to Default DNS Settings (Choice #5)

There are times when you may want to reset the DNS settings back to WattMaster Control’s factory default settings. This is primarily done at WattMaster on new systems before they are sent out to the end user /contractor/customer. It is a base known starting point. The following information will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Reset MCD to Default DNS Settings.

DNS Settings restored to Default.

Contents of /etc/resolv.conf are:

# The loopback network interface auto lo eth0 eth0:0 iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.100.100 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.100.0 broadcast 192.168.100.255 gateway 192.168.100.1

post-up iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed

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search parkville.wattmaster.com nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 * Reconﬁ guring network interfaces... SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address * Stopping NTP server ntpd ...done. [ OK ] * Stopping NTP server ntpd ...done. * Starting NTP server ntpd ...done. * Starting NTP server ntpd ...done.

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

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Restart LCD Driver (Choice #6)

On the front of the WCC III – MCD, there is a 2 by 20 line LCD display. This 2 by 20 line LCD display will display the following information: WCCIII - MCD IP ADDRESS WCCIII - MCD UPTIME WCCIII - MCD IP RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT PACKETS WCCIII - MCD CPU UTILIZATION

This will stop the LCD driver and then restart it. The reasons why you might want to restart the 2 by 20 line LCD driver are: There may have been a issue with a stuck or blanked out screen, or the USB connection to the 2 by 20 line LCD display might have been disconnected or locked up.

If you have selected to restart the LCD driver, then the following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Restart LCD Driver.

Restarting LCD Driver...

Restarting LCDd: Stopping LCDd: LCDd. Starting LCDd: LCDd.

Stopping LCD Display... kill: 74: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or kill -l [exitstatus] LCD Display is stopped Starting LCD Display... LCD Display is now started.

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

Test Internet Connection (Choice 8)

If you have selected to Test the Internet Connection, then the following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Test Internet Connection.

************************************************** * * * Internet is online. * * * **************************************************

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

Restart LCD Display (Choice #7)

On the front of the WCC III – MCD, there is a 2 by 20 line LCD display. This display will display the following information: WCCIII - MCD IP ADDRESS WCCIII - MCD UPTIME WCCIII - MCD IP RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT PACKETS WCCIII - MCD CPU UTILIZATION

This will stop the LCD display program and then restart it. The reasons why you might want to restart the 2 by 20 line LCD display are: There may have been a issue with a stuck or blanked out screen, or the USB connection to the 2 by 20 line LCD display might have been disconnected or locked up.

If you have selected to restart the LCD display, then the following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Restart LCD Display.

Restarting LCD Display...

Test DNS Settings (Choice 9)

If you have selected to Test DNS Settings, then the following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Test DNS Settings.

Testing DNS Setting in /etc/resolv.conf...

www.google.com is online. www.yahoo.com is online. www.wcc-controls.com is online.

DNS is resolving correctly.

The screen should now take you back to the mcd-menu main screen after about a second or two.

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Using the MCD-Menu Program

Shutdown MCD (Choice 10)

There are times that occur when you would need to shutdown the WCC III – MCD. This is generally done when servicing the WCC III – MCD or when you perform software updates on the WCC III – MCD.

If you have selected to shutdown the MCD, then the following will be displayed on the screen:

Selecting Shutdown MCD.

************************************************** * * * Shutdown MCD * * * **************************************************

Broadcast message from wcciii@wcciii-mcd (/dev/pts/0) at 9:01 ...

The system is going down for halt in 3 minutes!

You may cancel this shutdown command with a “Ctrl” “C” key sequence anytime during this 3 minute shutdown time. And you will also get the following shutdown cancelled conﬁ rming message on the display:

Shutdown and Restart the MCD (Choice 11)

There are times that occur when you would need to shutdown and then restart the WCCIII – MCD. This is generally done when servicing the WCCIII – MCD, or when you software updates to the WCCIII – MCD.

If you have selected to shutdown the MCD, then the following will be displayed on the screen:

************************************************** * * * Shutdown and Reboot MCD * * * ************************************************** Broadcast message from wcciii@wcciii-mcd (/dev/pts/0) at 9:01 ...11

The system is going down for reboot NOW!

This is an immediate shutdown and reboot of the WCC III – MCD. You may not cancel this shutdown command with a “Ctrl” “C” key sequence .

shutdown: Shutdown cancelled

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How to Access the Linux-Based Limited Functions of the Operating System of the WCC III – MCD

There are two versions that can be displayed depending on the user code and password. There is a limited user function version of the WebMin program that will allow only limited changes to the MCD Controls submenu and very limited access to the System submenu items. The average user will only need access to the limited version. The unlimited administration version of the WebMin program allows for complete control and allows for every item to be changed. WattMaster Service personal or a very knowable service or IP contractor should only really have access to this unlimited administration version of the WebMin program. Connecting to the Webmin Program is very simple and is done by using any web browse and then accessing the Linux-based

WCC III – MCD via a https webpage. Https stands for Hypertext T ransfer Protocol over Secur e Socket Layer . Https is a URI scheme

used for a secure communication connection to connect to the Linuxbased WCC III – MCD system Web Administration (Webmin) page.

Strictly speaking, https is not a separate protocol, but refers to the combination of a normal HTTP interaction over an encrypted Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection.

Step 2: If a successful login occurs, you should now be

viewing the following screen:

You must now enter a valid User Name and Password

You should manually write in your limited User Name and Password in the space below:

For reference purposes a limited User Name and Password are listed below:

USERNAME __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

PASSWORD __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Step 1: In your web browser address ﬁ eld, enter the following:

https://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:39290/

XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = the static IP address of the WCC III - MCD

The default IP addresses for the WCC III – MCD for a direct connection using an Ethernet cross over cable connected between the WCC III MCD and a user computer/laptop to conﬁ gure the WCC III – MCD.

The IP address should be only one that the end user should change)

This is the IP address (eth0) that you should change to connect to any network or the internet.

For a direct connection with an Ethernet crossover cable connected between the WCC III - MCD and a user computer/ laptop to conﬁ gure the WCC III – MCD, the IP address should be

https://192.168.200.200:39290/

WARNING – YOU SHOULD NEVER CHANGE THIS IP ADDRESS (eth0:0 Ethernet (Virtual))

https://192.168.100.100:39290/ (This is the

Please note that the user names and password are “CAP” sensitive.

The default limited user level username is wcciii and the password is wt@@58

Try not to change these passwords, but if you do then you must write down the new password. – It is not recommended that you change the passwords.

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Step 3: If your login is successful, the webmin main page will

display as shown above. Various important static setup information is displayed under the webmin logo.

System hostname

A hostname is the unique name by which the WCC III –

MCD device is known on a network. The hostname is used to identify a particular host in various forms of electronic communication such as the World Wide Web

Operating system

It is the operating system that is running on the WCC III – MCD. Currently it is “Ubuntu” which is a subversion of Linux.

Webmin version

This is the version of this program, and this program is used to administer the WCC III – MCD.

Time on system

System time is measured by a hardware system clock, and this is the time and date directly from the WCC III – MCD.

Kernel and CPU

This is the sub-version of Linux that the WCC III – MCD is currently running. And what type of CPU that is in the WCC III – MCD.

System uptime

Uptime is a measure of the time the WCC III – MCD has been “up” and running since it have been restarted.

CPU load averages

This is a measure of the amount of work that the WCC III -

MCD is doing. The load average is the average system load

over a period of time.

Real memory

Real memory is the actual RAM that is on the WCC III – MCD CPU board.

Virtual memory

The virtual memory is using hard disk space to increase the physical memory size of the WCC III – MCD.

Local disk space

This lists the current space available on the Solid State Hard Drive that is with in the WCC III – MCD.

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On the Left hand side of the Main webmin page is a very limited subset of the main webmin program sub-categories. These subcategories are used to setup, display, and monitor the operation of the WCC III – MCD.

MCD Controls See Pages 2-28 to 2-29 for further details. This is

used to turn on and off WattMaster’s Backtask service that should always be running on the WCC III – MCD.

System See Pages 2-30 to 2-33 for further details. Used to select

and setup the various Webmin administration system options

Search:

Used to search the Webmin application program for a exact speciﬁ c command, or for general help with the Webmin program.

System Information

This will display the exact same information that is on the right side of the main menu. See page 2-26.

Logout

This will log you out the Webmin application, and take you back to the ﬁ rst initial Webmin log in screen. WattMaster Controls, Inc. only supports the Ubuntu Linux at this time, changing the operating system will void any and all warranties written or implied that applies to the operation of the WCC III - MCD.

NOTICE: A knowledgeable computer person should be

used in the setup and deployment of the WCC III – MCD. This person should also have a good working knowledge of the Ubuntu Linux operating system and needs to be able to make changes to the settings other than the WattMaster Controls factory defaults. These proposed changes should be sent to WattMaster Controls for written approval before any changes occur. Failure to having not complied with the above statements could result in improper operation of the WCC III – MCD hardware and or software and could cause the WattMaster Controls control program “Backtask” to function improperly. Any unauthorized changes will void any and all warranties, written or implied, that apply to the basic operation of the WCC III – MCD system.

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MCD CONTROLS Custom Commands Modules

To ease the management of the WCC III – MCD, these custom commands were created so that long, cryptic Linux commands do not have to be entered in the “RUNNING PROCESSES” command prompt menu. These are script ﬁ les that are run when selecting the command line or the “Run” button function. You may edit them with the “edit button” also, but it is not recommended by WattMaster Controls, Inc.

Named Shortcut Actual Linux Command prompt usage

Show WCCIII Backtask Status /etc/init.d/backtask status Stop Backtask Service /etc/init.d/backtask stop Start Backtask Service /etc/init.d/backtask start

Restart Backtask MCD Display Service /etc/init.d/backtask-lcd display restart

Restart LCD Driver /etc/init.d/LCDd restart

These commands directly affect the operation of the WCC III – MCD. So if you stop Backtask service, you should also restart it when you are done. You must wait approximately 10 seconds

before restarting the Backtask. Service. (Please note that the

Backtask service will automatically restart by itself after a period of time 2 to 15 minutes).

Selecting “Show WCCIII Backtask Status” will display one of the following messages:

“Output from /etc/init.d/backtask status .. Backtask (pid XXXXX) is running”

“Output from /etc/init.d/backtask status .. Backtask (pid XXXXX) is stopped.”

Selecting “Stop Backtask Service” will display the following messages:

“Output from /etc/init.d/backtask stop .. Stopping Backtask... Backtask is stopped”

Selecting “Start Backtask Service” will display the following messages:

“Output from /etc/init.d/backtask start .. Starting Backtask...”

And then within 5 seconds, the following message will display after the end of the above message: “Backtask is

now started.”

Selecting “Restart Backtask MCD Display Service” will display the following messages:

Output from /etc/init.d/backtask-lcd- display restart .. Stopping LCD Display... LCD Display is stopped Starting LCD Display...

And then with in 5 seconds the following message will display at the end of the above message if everything is OK: “LCD Display is now started.”

If everything is not OK, error messages can occur such as the following message:

“Output from /etc/init.d/backtask-lcd- display restart .. Stopping LCD Display... kill: 74: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or kill -l [exitstatus] LCD Display is stopped Starting LCD Display...”

This message can occur if the “Restart LCD Driver” command line has been selected and has stopped or “Killed” the process.

And then within 5 seconds, the following message will display at the end of the above message if everything is OK: “LCD Display is now started.”

Selecting messages:

“Restart LCD Driver” will display the following

Output from /etc/init.d/LCDd restart .. Restarting LCDd: Stopping LCDd: LCDd. Starting LCDd: LCDd.

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System and Serv er Module Screen

This screen sets up a software “watchdog” function on the “Backtask” program and then makes sure that the Backtask program is running. If for some reason the “Backtask” program stops running, this module will send out an Email to a selected person stating the “Backtask” program is not running.

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The Filesystem Backup Module

This module allows you to create and edit the scripts that are run at bootup and shutdown time, called actions by the module. The module can be found under the System category in Webmin, and when you enter it, the main page will display a list of all available actions, whether they are started at boot, and a short description for each.

If this is the ﬁ rst time you have used the module, the table of backups will be empty.

To create a new backup job, do the following :

1. In the ﬁ eld next to the Add a new backup of directory

button, enter the full path to the directory you want to save. By default, the module will use the dump command for backups, but if you prefer tar format

you should select the In tar format checkbox. Then

click the button. The rest of these steps will assume that

you selected the Tar option, as that is the most common

format.

2. On the Add New Backup form, you can add additional paths to backup to the Directories to backup ﬁ eld.

3. In the Backup to section, you can select File or tape device if you want to save to a ﬁ le on the same system. In the adjacent ﬁ eld, either enter a path like /backup/ myﬁ les.tar, or if you have an attached tape drive use a path like /dev/st0 (the ﬁ rst SCSI tape drive). Alternately, you can select the Host option, and enter

a remote hostname, login name, and remote ﬁ le into the three ﬁ elds next to it. Remote backups are clearly preferable in most cases as they can be restored if the system being backed up completely dies!

4. If performing a remote backup, the Remote backup command ﬁ eld can be used to select the protocol to use for transferring the backup. SSH is most commonly used, but FTP is a suitable alternative if you don’t have an SSH login on the remote system. The default RSH

protocol is almost never used these days.

5. If backing up via SSH or FTP, you will need to enter a

password into the Password for SSH/FTP login ﬁ eld. This can be omitted if the root user on the source system has his .ssh directory setup to allow password-

less logins as the destination user.

6. Most of the ﬁ elds in the Backup options section can be left as their defaults. The only exception is Compress archive?, which should be set to Gzip or Bzip if your

backup is not to a tape drive.

7. If you want the backup to be run on a regular schedule,

select the Enabled, at times chosen below.. radio

button and enter an email address to notify into the

Email scheduled output to ﬁ eld.

8. Select a schedule to run from the Cron time / date chooser.

9. Click the Create button at the bottom of the form.

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Running a Backup

Once a backup job has been deﬁ ned, it can be started by clicking

on the Backup.. link in the last column of the backup jobs table.

By default, this will start the job as a foregroup process so that you can view its progress in the browser. However, for long jobs, it may be better to run them in the background so that closing the browser does not interrupt the process. To enable this, click on the

Module Conﬁ g link and change the *Run backups in* option to Background.

Jobs run in the background (either explicitly started from the web interface or run on schedule) will be displayed on the module’s

main page under the Running Backup Jobs header. By clicking on a link in the Action column, you can terminate running jobs, or

if required, signal to the job that a new backup tape is available.

Editing and Deleting Backup Jobs

Once a job has been deﬁ ned, you can edit it by clicking on the source directory(s) in the ﬁ rst column of the backup jobs table on the module’s main page. This will bring up the same form as is shown above, in which all of the job settings can be adjusted.

To delete a job, select the checkbox next to it on the module’s main

page, and click on the Delete Selected Backups button.

Restoring a Backup

If disaster strikes, Webmin can be used to restore backups created using this module or even backups made manually with the tar and dump commands. The steps to do this are :

1. Click on the job you want to restore on the module’s main page.

2. At the bottom of the form, click on the Restore button.

This will bring up a form with the restore source already ﬁ lled in, as shown below.

3. To restore only some ﬁ les in the backup, select the

Listed ﬁ les option for Files to restore, and enter a

space-separate list of paths into the adjacent text ﬁ eld. These are typically absolute paths, like /etc/passwd.

4. Enter a destination path into the Restore to directory ﬁ eld. You can enter / to restore to the original paths, or something like /tmp to restore elsewhere before

manually verifying the ﬁ les and copying them to their correct locations.

5. Change the Only show ﬁ les in backup? option to No

if you want to actually restore ﬁ les. When this is set to

Yes, instead of restoring Webmin, it will simply show

you what ﬁ les the backup contains.

6. Click the Restore Backup Now button.

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Introduction to Processes

Every program, process or command running on a Linux system is a process. At any time, there are dozens of processes running on your system, some for programs that you are interacting with graphically, some for commands that you have started at a shell prompt, some for servers running in the background, and some that perform system tasks. Every time you type a command like ls or vi at the shell prompt, a new process is created, only to exit as soon as its job is done.

Each process is identiﬁ ed by a unique ID, known as the PID or process ID. Each is owned by a single user and is a member of multiple groups, which determine the privileges that the process has. And each has a priority (also known as the nice level), which controls how much CPU time the process can use up on a busy system. Almost every process has a parent, which is the process that started it, and from which it inherits ownership, priority, and other settings. A process will run until it chooses to exit, or until it is killed by a signal from another process.

The Running Processes Module

This module can be used to view, kill, re-prioritize, and run processes on your system. When you enter it for the ﬁ rst time from the System category, the main page will display a tree of processes as shown below.

WARNING: Any unauthorized changes to the Webmin

Bootup and Shutdown module will void any and all warranties written or implied that apply to the basic operation of the WCC III – MCD system.

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WCC III - MCD Linux Base System Installation

WCCIII – MCD Linux Base System Install

Install the Software (SS5019)

Step 1: Insert the WCCIII – MCD Ubuntu install CD (WM part

# DM1WC014-XX ) into your external USB CDROM drive and boot from it. (BIOs must be set to boot from USB device.)

Step 2: Select “English.”

Step 4: You need to determine the end jobsite location where

the WCC III -MCD is going to be shipped to. For the WCC III - MCD, it is usually one of ﬁ ve selections—Eastern, Central, Mountain, Paciﬁ c, or Arizona.

Step 5: Now you need to partition your solid state hard disk.

You want to create one big partition (with the mount point /), so select Guided - use entire disk.

Step 3: The main WCC III MCD Installation Screen will display

and you will have the following options—Install WCCIII MCD, Rescue a broken system, Test memory, and Boot from ﬁ rst hard drive.

Normally, on a new installation, you would select Install WCCIII MCD and proceed through the rest of the installation software. This option will install all of the necessary software onto the WCC III MCD’s solid state hard drive.

Step 6: Select the disk to partition. You should select the SCSII

(0,0,0) sda - 8.0GB ATA Transcend (image may be different, but select sda).

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Step 7: When prompted, you should highlight and select Yes

when you’re asked, “Write the changes to the disks?” Your new solid state hard disk partitions are now being created and formatted.

Step 8: Now the base Linux Ubuntu operating system is being

installed, and the installation screen should be displaying the various different ﬁ les’ information in the middle of this screen. The installation process has been automated and there should not be any prompting for further information unless a problem occurs.

III - MCD is installed and is now creating the wcciii user account information, installing the backtask program, and installing other minor assorted ﬁ les that are needed for proper operation of the WCC III - MCD.

Step 11: The base Linux operating system installation is now

ﬁ nished. You must now remove the USB key and press <Continue> to reboot the WCC III - MCD system.

Step 9: The Linux operating system installation continues for 3-5

minutes at which point other non Linux operating system software is also installed such as the webmin interface.

Step 10: At this point, the Linux operating system for the WCC

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Setting Up a Direct Connection from a Stand-Alone Computer

How to Setup a Windows-Based Local User’s Computer with a Direct Connection (Ethernet Crosso ver Cable) to the WCC III - MCD Computer

There are times when a WCC III - MCD may never be networked or connected to the internet. In these instances, it will be required to install the WCC3 group of programs on a “Stand-Alone” Windows-based computer so that the end user can program and control the operation of the WCC III – MCD. For these “standalone” applications, it is possible to connect the WCC III – MCD to a single Windows-based computer for the end user with an Ethernet crossover cable. The current WCC3 programs-supported Windows versions are Windows 98SE, Windows XP - Pro, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.

The Windows-based local user’s computer will need to be setup at a “new” known IP address so that the WCC III –MCD can connect

to it. This IP conﬁ guration should be done by trained network IT personnel. You must change a couple of network settings

that if done improperly could adversely affect the operation of the local user’s computer, but they are not difﬁ cult if you take a couple of minutes to understand what is going on.

We will use a Laptop computer and a WCC III – MCD that is running Linux Ubuntu as our example machines in this example. The Laptop machine will be running some variant of the Windows operating system other than Windows NT Server or Win2000 Server. The WCC III – MCD that is running Linux Ubuntu is already pre-programmed from the WattMaster factory to use this secondary IP numbering scheme. On the Laptop computer you will need to start by getting into the Network Neighborhood settings. Either right click on the Network Connections icon and select properties or go through the control panel to get to these settings.

On the Laptop - machine 1, check to see if you are using DHCP. DHCP will not work in a crossover connection, and you will need to set a static IP address. We will need to change the IP address settings only on the Laptop machine, because the WCC III – MCD is already programmed from the factory to use this secondary IP numbering scheme:

IP Addressing Scheme: Make sure the ﬁ rst three octets are the

same and the last octet is different.

(XXX.XXX.XXX.XXY) Both IP addresses - All XXX should be the same, and the last digit “Y” should be different.

Example:

WCC III – MCD IP SETTINGS: 192.168.200.200 (Already preprogrammed at the Factory) LAPTOP Machine IP SETTINGS: 192.168.200.201 The subnet mask entry must also be identical on both machines. Example: 255.255.255.0

Close the network neighborhood, and you should be prompted to reboot. Make sure the computers are linked using your special cable. After the reboot, go to the network neighborhood of one of the computers. The other machine’s network name should be visible to you!

Important note: Only one Windows-based local user

computer can be connected to the WCC III – MCD computer using this simple Ethernet crossover cable method.

Why use the 192.168.XXX.XXX for IP Addressing?

In Internet Protocol terminology, a private network is typically

a small network that uses a predeﬁ ned private IP address space, following the standards set by RFC 1918 and RFC 4193. These

addresses (192.168.XXX.XXX) are very common in home

and small ofﬁ ce local area networks (LANs) because globally routable addresses are scarce, expensive to obtain, or their use

is not necessary. These addresses (192.168.XXX.XXX) are

private because they are not globally delegated, meaning they aren’t allocated to a speciﬁ c organization. Anyone can use these addresses without approval from a regional Internet registry (RIR). Consequently, they are not routable within the public Internet. If such a private network needs to connect to the Internet, it must use either a network address translator (NAT) gateway or a proxy server.

Ethernet crossover cable

An Ethernet crossover cable is a type of Ethernet cable used to

connect computing devices together directly where they would normally be connected via a network switch, hub, or router such as directly connecting two personal computers via their network adapters.

An Ethernet Crossover cable is a special Ethernet cable with the sending and receiving wires switched on opposite ends. When two computers are connected with this cable in the normal RJ45 port, you have the ability to create a local workgroup style network between the two machines. This of course is not a replacement for a normal network connection, but can be a great way to ‘Transfer’ large ﬁ les between two machines.

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You must change a couple of network settings, but they are not difﬁ cult if you take a couple of minutes to understand what is going on.

Cable Drawings

All network 10/100 baseT cables use 8-conductor, unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) wire. Category 5 wiring should be free of tight kinks and should be protected from pinches caused by fasteners, staples, cable ties, etc. Loose excess cabling must not be coiled up in loops. A cable from the hub to a PC may not exceed 328 feet in length.

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Standard CAT5 cables are used to connect PCs to the network hub or network switch. They are also used to connect the WCC III – MCD to a network hub, network switch, or DSL/ Cable modem.

Crossover Cables (WattMaster Part # HZ000136 – 6 foot long)

RJ-45 Diagram

Crossover cables are designed to connect hubs together, expanding the capacity of a network. Crossover cables may also be used to connect a single Windows-based computer to a WCC III – MCD without the use of a network hub or network switch.

10/100 baseT cables use RJ-45 connectors on the ends. The diagram shows how to determine the correct pin numbers on these RJ-45 connectors.

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Setting Up a Direct Connection from a Stand-Alone Computer

Step by Step Instructions

To get the “Network Connections” icon you must be able to navigate to the control panel settings so that you can proceed with the IP modiﬁ cations for connecting a computer to the WCC III – MCD with an Ethernet crossover cable.

The Network Connections Icon

The Network Connection icon is used as an initial setup point for IP settings. Double left click on the Network Connections icon with your mouse button. This should have now taken you to the Network

Connections dialog screen with the “The Ethernet Icon”.

The Ethernet Icon

Network Connection settings. Double left click on the Ethernet icon with your mouse button. This should have now taken you to

the Ethernet Status dialog screen.

At the Ethernet Status dialog screen select the “Properties” button by double left clicking on the “Properties” button with

your left mouse button. This should have now taken you to the

“Ethernet Properties” dialog screen.

Ethernet Properties dialog screen

At the Ethernet Properties dialog screen select the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” choice ﬁ eld with a single left click of the mouse to highlight the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” choice ﬁ eld. Next, using your mouse, double left click on the “Properties” button. This should have now taken you to the Internet Protocol

(TCP/IP) Properties dialog screen.

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At the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog screen you

must select the “Use the Following IP address” radio button by a single left click of the mouse to select the radio button to the left of

the “Use the Following IP address”.

You are required to enter the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway at this point. These standard values are used so that you can easily connect to the WCC III – MCD with the minimal amount of IP conﬁ guration setup.

These are the correct values that should be entered for the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway.

IP address 192.168.200.201 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Default gateway 10.0.0.1

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The OK button

Remember to hit the “OK” button with a single left click of the mouse to save these values. It will also take you back to the previous

Ethernet Properties dialog screen. You should now be done setting

up the IP conﬁ guration for the “How to setup a Windows-based local user’s computer for WCC3 with direct connection (Ethernet Crossover cable) to the WCC III – MCD computer”. You will have to hit the “OK’ button again on the “Ethernet Properties” dialog screen with the left button of your mouse, which will then take you back to the “Ethernet Status” dialog screen. At the “Ethernet Status” dialog screen you should now hit the “Close” button on the Ethernet Status dialog screen with the left button of your mouse to close this screen. At this point, any other open Windows screens (Network Connections and Control Panel) should be closed out or shut down with the close down box in the upper right hand corner. It is good practice to restart the computer at this point for these settings to be applied. Also, make sure that the Ethernet crossover cable is connected from this computer to the WCC III – MCD at this point.

The Cancel button

The Cancel button is used to cancel the IP changing operation of

this screen. It will also take you back to the previous Ethernet Properties dialog screen.

Advanced TCP/IP Settings Dialog Screen

An IT person may also want to visit this “Advanced TCP/IP Settings Dialog” screen to add or remove other unwanted IP addresses and/ or Default gateways with this screen. There are situations where you can have multiple IP addresses with multiple gateways. This would require advanced knowledge of how the internet / intranet works.

Additionally, there are “Tabs” for DNS, WINS, and OPTIONS settings. These are typically not used on this conﬁ guration of connection to the WCC III - MCD.

The Cancel button

The Cancel button is used to cancel the IP changing operation of

this screen. It will also take you back to the previous Ethernet Properties dialog screen.

The OK button

Remember to hit the “OK” button with a single left click of the mouse to save these values. It will also take you back to the

previous Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog screen.

The Advanced button

The Advanced button is used to access the Advanced TCP/IP Setting screen.

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Adding A Flash Hard Drive Card

Adding a Compact Flash Hard Drive Card to the WCC III - MCD Computer Under Windows XP on the WCC III MCD

Before you install the Linux Operating System, the ﬂ ash hard drive card needs to be installed.

Step 1: Properly shut down the WCC III - MCD computer. Step 2: Insert the additional non-volatile Compact Flash

(CF) card to the CF card holder in the back of the Single Board Computer PCI-6881 circuit board. CF cards can supply additional storage that will behave much as a hard drive does in a typical PC with a 2GB size currently installed in the WCC III-MCD. These Compact Flash products are inherently more rugged than a hard drive since they are completely solid-state with no moving parts. The Compact Flash hard drive acts as a secure data back up for the WCC III - MCD computer.

Step 3: The BACKTASK program will make a new

subdirectory on the Compact Flash drive every month that is based on a month / year ﬁ le structure. In this “month / year” subdirectory that is created every month, you will ﬁ nd the last daily data ﬁ les back up for the month – either on the 28

or 31

, depending on the month. The Compact Flash hard

drive in the WCC III - MCD stores the BACKTASK data

ﬁ les on it every day at midnight. Also, the current identical ﬁ les will also co-exist in the BACKTASK subdirectory on the

WCC III - MCD.

, 30th,

Since the Compact Flash card appears as a standard IDE drive on the WCC III-MCD, it uses no additional RAM for drivers. In a Windows XP operating system, the Compact Flash drive on the WCC III-MCD must be mapped to drive letter “E”. This is accomplished with the following instructions:

Step 4a: Reconnect the power to the WCC III-MCD

computer and allow it to boot up normally.

Step 4b: Left click My Computer and from the pull down

menu, select Properties. The following screen will appear.

Step 4c: Right click on Disk Management.

Step 4: All of the Satellite data will need to be retrieved

from the WCC Utilities Program. The Satellite data is usually in the speciﬁ c jobsite subdirectory, because the WCC III-

MCD BACKT ASK Program does not store these ﬁ les. These ﬁ les can be downloaded and then saved from any of the pre-

existing SAT III type controllers at the jobsite.

The 2GB Compact Flash card has the added advantage of being removable media. A Compact Flash reader with writer device may be needed at the host PC for ﬁ le transfers. This results in the ability to quickly move ﬁ les from a host PC to the WCC III - MCD using a Compact Flash card as the removable media.

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Adding A Flash Hard Drive Card

Step 4d: Next, right mouse click on the TRANSCEND drive

under the “Volume label” (or other manufacturer of the Compact Flash hard drive). A pull down type menu will appear. Right click on “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”

Step 4e: Select and highlight the current Compact Flash hard

drive, and then click the Change button.

(Right Mouse Click selects it)

Step 4f: Using the drive letter selection button, select the

drive letter “E” , and only “E”.

Then select the “OK” button to exit this program, and keep selecting the “OK” or “APPLY” buttons until you are back at the main desktop menu again. Using the “My Computer” icon please conﬁ rm that the Compact Flash drive assignment is now set at drive letter “E”, and “E” only.

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Formatting Disks

The ﬁ rst step in copying disks is to format the disk which will serve as the “Target Disk.” After the disk has been formatted, the system can direct the ﬁ les to be stored in certain places.

WARNING: Make sure that the disk that you format does not

contain any programs that you want to save. The formatting process will erase everything presently on the disk.

To format a disk

1. If the disk you want to format is a ﬂ oppy disk, insert it into its drive. Otherwise, skip to step 2.

2. Open

3. On the File menu, point to the name of the ﬂ oppy drive,

4. Specify the following options:

<My Computer>*, and then click the disk you

want to format.

and then click

<Format>.

• Capacity

• File system

• Allocation unit size

• Volume label

• Quick Format**

• Enable Compression (NTFS only)

• Create an MS-DOS startup disk

5. Click <Start>.

* To open My Computer, click

Computer>.

** Quick Format removes ﬁ les from the disk without scanning the disk for bad sectors. Use this option only if the disk has been previously formatted, and you are sure the disk is not damaged.

NOTE: You cannot format a disk if ﬁ les are open on the

disk, the contents of the disk are displayed, or the disk contains the system or boot partition.

You can also format a disk by using Disk Management. For more information, click Related Topics.

<Start>, and then click <My

Copying a File or F older to a Diskette

To copy a ﬁ le or folder to a ﬂ oppy disk:

6. Insert the ﬂ oppy disk into the disk drive.

7. Open

8. If the ﬁ le or folder you want to copy is not located

9. Click the ﬁ le or folder you want to copy. To select more

10. Under File and Folder Tasks, click <Copy this ﬁ le>,

11. In Copy Items, click <3 1/2 Floppy (A:)>, and then click

*To open My Documents, click

Documents>.

You can also copy a ﬁ le or folder to a ﬂ oppy disk by right-clicking the ﬁ le or folder, pointing to

Floppy (A)>.

After you copy ﬁ les or folders to the diskette, it is useful to view the diskette to conﬁ rm that the ﬁ les are copied.

<My Documents>*.

in My Documents or its subfolders, use Search to ﬁ nd it. To open Search, click <Start>, and then click

<Search>.

than one ﬁ le, hold the ﬁ les you want.

<Copy this folder>, or <Copy the selected items>.

<Copy>.

<Ctrl> key while you click on the

<Start>, and then click <My

<Send To>, and then clicking <3 1/2

Copying a File or F older to a USB Flash Drive

To copy ﬁ les and folders to a USB ﬂ ash drive:

12. Insert a USB ﬂ ash drive into the USB port.

13. Open

14. Click the ﬁ les or folders you want to copy to the ﬂ ash

15. In the Copy Items dialog box, click the USB drive, and

16. In My Computer, double-click the USB drive and verify

<My Computer>*.

drive. To select more than one ﬁ le, hold down the

<Ctrl> key while you click the ﬁ les you want. Then,

under File and Folder Tasks, click

<Copy this folder>, or <Copy the selected items>.

then click <Copy>.

that the ﬁ le(s) were copied to the USB device.

<Copy this ﬁ le>,

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Computer>.

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