Industrial_HiVision_Quick_Start_Guide_v1

1IndustrialHiVisionQuickStartGuidev1.0August20112ContentsINTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................................3INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................................................4GETTINGSTARTED.................................................................................................................................13NETWORKHIERARCHY........................................................................................................................17DEVICEDISCOVERY...............................................................................................................................28TOPOLOGYDISCOVERY.......................................................................................................................39STATUSDISPLAY.....................................................................................................................................48RUNMODE.................................................................................................................................................54CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................................56INDUSTRIALHIVISIONEVALUATIONGUIDE................................................................................573IntroductionAQuickStartGuidewith57pagesmayseemlikeacontradictioninterms.Butmostofthespaceinthisdocumentistakenupwithscreenshots.BycomparingthescreenshotsinthisdocumentwiththescreensonyourPC,youcanbecertainthatyouareontherighttracktosuccess.Threepagesofdenselypackedtextwillnotprovideyouwithavaluablelearningexperience.Inthiscase,apicturereallyisworthathousandwords.ThereisnoNetworkManagementsystemwhichworksoutofthebox.Someconfigurationisalwaysrequired.IndustrialHiVisionisanetworkconfigurationandsupervisionapplicationdesignedfromthegroundupforuseinindustrialnetworkingenvironments.Itofferstheinnovativefunctionalitywhichisrequiredinthisspace,butdoesnotrequirealifetimeofITexperiencetogetitrunning.Thisdocumentwilltakeyoustepbystepthroughthebasicconfiguration.Byfollowingtheseinstructionsyouwillgetextensiveknowledgeaboutyournetworktopology,andin-depthvisibilityintothedaytodayoperationofyournetwork.Ofcourse,asanetworkadministratoryouwillneedmorethanthis.AndIndustrialHiVisioncanprovideit.Buttheinstructionsprovidedinthisdocumentwillresultinasolidfoundationuponwhichyoucanbuildyourcomprehensivenetworkconfigurationandmanagementsolution,basedonIndustrialHiVision..4InstallationTobegintheinstallation,doubleclickonthe.exesetupfile.5Theinstallationfileswillbeextracted,andthenthesetupwillbegin.Selectalanguage.TheoptionsareEnglishandGerman.Thisselectionisthelanguagefortheinstallationroutineonly.OnceIndustrialHiVisionisinstalled,youwillhaveachoiceofsixlanguages.IfyourPCoperatingsystemisinGerman,thenGermanwillbethedefaultlanguage.OtherwisethedefaultlanguagewillbeEnglish.6Clickthe“Next”button.Youmustthenagreetothelicensingterms.7SelectthefolderinwhichtoinstallIndustrialHiVision.8Youwillthenhavetheoptiontoinstallfourdifferentcomponents.ServerInstallation–thisinstallstheIndustrialHiVisionserver,aswellastheserviceandthedatabase.TheservermustbeinstalledononePCinthenetwork.ClientInstallation–thisinstallstheGraphicalUserInterface.TheGUIcanbeinstalledonthesamePCastheServer,oronanotherPC.TheGUIdoesnotrequirealicense,andcanbeinstalledonasmanyPCsasrequired.OPCService–IndustrialHiVisioncanconvertSNMPvariablesandotherparameterstoOPCTags.IfyouwanttopassinformationaboutyournetworktoaSCADAsystemusingOPC,theninstallthisoption.Ifnot,theoptionisnotrequired.ActiveXControl–theIndustrialHiVisionGUIisavailableasanActiveXcontrol.ThisallowsittobeembeddeddirectlyintoaSCADAsystem.Ifthisisnotarequirement,thendonotselectthisoption.9Ifyouroperatingsystemsupportsit,youwillseeanoptiontoinstallSMScom.ThisprogramisusedtosendSMSmessagefromwithinIndustrialHiVision.10Theinstallationwillthenbegin.11TheIndustrialHiVisionserviceisrequiredtomonitorthenetwork.Ifthisinstallationwillbemonitoringthenetworkpermanently,select“Startservicesautomatically…”.IfIndustrialHiVisionwillonlyberunningperiodically,select“Startservicesmanually”toconservesystemresources.Ineithercase,theServicewillbeinstalled.1213GettingStartedStartIndustrialHiVisionbydoubleclickingtheicononyourPCdesktop.Alternativelytheprogramcanbestartedfrom:Start-Programs-Hirschmann-IndustrialHiVision.Thesplashscreenwillappear.IftheIndustrialHiVisionserviceisnotrunning,becauseyouselectedthe“Startservicesmanually”optionduringinstallationorbecauseyouhavestoppedtheservice,youwillbepromptedtostarttheservice.14TheservicemustberunninginorderforIndustrialHiVisiontosupervisethenetwork.Ifyouselectthe“No”option,IndustrialHiVisionwillnotstart.Selectthe“Cancel”optionifyouwanttoconnecttoanIndustrialHiVisionserveronadifferentPC.TheGUIwillthenconnecttotheServiceandloadt