RT-1000 MC Network Interface 1 Description The network interface for the RT-1000 multichannel direction finder system includes all devices to connect the system over an internet connection to a remote PC. The network interface is built with a redundancy in the transmission/ telephone line. Therefore 2 network switches and 4 DSL modems are necessary.
3 Components DF Channel Components Pos. Component Description Network Switch (Cabinet) HP 1820-24 G with spanning tree enabled Network Switch (Tower) HP 1820-24 G with spanning tree enabled Modem A1 Orion 3 SHDL modem, line one, master configuration Modem A2...
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RT-1000 MC Network Interface 3. Go to the page “Setup Network”, “get connected” and set IP settings as required. IP address: 192.168.77.207 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway Address: 192.168.77.1 4. Press “Apply” and reconnect the PC to the switch with the new IP address. 5.
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RT-1000 MC Network Interface 6. Go to the page “Switching”, “Spanning Tree”, “Configuration” and change settings to the values listed below and press “Apply”: enable spanning tree, protocol version RSTP (802.1w) bridge-priority for the first switch (shelter) is 0 (zero) bridge-priority for the second switch (tower) is 16.384 7.
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RT-1000 MC Network Interface 8. Choose “Configuration” and click on “Begin Transfer” 9. Save the file with the extension.cfg to disk and keep it in a safe environment. 10. Press “Close” and go to “Maintenance”, “Password Manager” and set a password as required (min.
RT-1000 MC Network Interface 4.2 Modem Configuration To configure the modems a PC with a network interface card (NIC) and a browser must be connected to the switch. The NIC should be configured according to the subnet of the switch/modems. The default IP address for new modems is 192.168.0.235. The software TFTP-Server must be installed and running on the PC for the configuration of the modems with the configuration files.
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RT-1000 MC Network Interface 6. Open your browser and connect to the modem. There are 2 different configurations coming from RHOTHETA: • modem mdm-a1 and mdm-b1 are configured as master-modems (dsl-parameter) • modem mdm-a2 and mdm-b2 are configured as slave-modems (dsl-parameter) 7.
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RT-1000 MC Network Interface 11. There will be a warning to apply again and confirm the changes: 12. There will be again a warning and you’ll have to logon to the modem within the next 5 minutes to confirm, the settings. Otherwise the old settings will be restored: RHOTHETA Page 11 of 13 User Manual...
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RT-1000 MC Network Interface 13. After reconnect to the modem you have to confirm the configuration: 14. After confirming the changes everything is written to the startup-config: 15. Don’t forget to set a strong password and to back up the configuration after everything is configured! RHOTHETA Page 12 of 13...