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Your Partners in Network Alarm Monitoring

NetGuardian 832A:
The Right RTU for Any Data Transport Network

Do your alarms run on both serial and LAN?


Dedicated circuit and overhead channel?
Do you bring back some alarms on FSK, others on RS-232 but you're
moving to IP transport in two years?
Tired of juggling different RTUs for different parts of your network?
This report will show you how you can monitor every part of your network
with just one RTU the versatile NetGuardian 832A

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How many data transports do you use?


Finding the right RTU to collect alarms from all your remote sites is hard enough but then youve got to worry
about how youre going to bring the alarms back to your network alarm monitoring master.
The problem is, you dont have a luxury of choice for alarm data transport. Who can afford to install new network
facilities for telemetry data? So you have to use whatever transport is available at your sites.
And if your network is complex or changing, you can be working with different transports at different sites. You
may prefer to use LAN transport, but you still have sties where only a dedicated circuit or overhead channel is
available. You might even have very distant sites where the only available transport is plain old dial-up modem.
And the problem gets worse if your network is changing. You may need to install alarm monitoring right now, but
you dont want to get a remote for serial transport when you know that the entire network will switch to IP trans-
port in less than five years.
What are you supposed to do? Buy a different kind of RTU for every different kind of data transport you use? And
then buy new ones when your data transport changes?

Traps to Multiple
T/Mon NOC
SNMP Managers

32 Ping Alarms

LAN / WAN

Optional Serial Transport


(202, FSK, RS-232)

32 Discrete Alarms 33.6K Internal Modem


8 Analog Inputs
8 Controls

LAN Visibility of 8 Serial Devices


Pager PPP Dial-Up Access
The NetGuardian 832A remote telemetry unit supports LAN, serial and dial-up connections as well as uniquely
advanced features for network alarm monitoring and management.

Solution: NetGuardian 832A, the flexible RTU that handles all your transports
With the NetGuardian 832A, multiple transports are no problem. This flexible RTU supports three kinds of trans-
port: LAN, dial-up and optional serial connection for 202 modem, FSK modem, or RS-232. The NetGuardian can
work with whatever transport is available at your remote sites.
Networks that are in transition arent a problem for the NetGuardian either. The NetGuardian supports LAN, dial-
up and serial connections simultaneously. So as your network upgrades from legacy transports to LAN, you can
use the same NetGuardian units at all your sites.

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What can the NetGuardian do for you?


There are many benefits to the NetGuardians support for multiple transports:
1. You can use one RTU at all your remote sites, no matter what transport is available.
2. You dont have to install new transport to collect alarms.
3. As your network changes, you dont have to buy new remotes for new transports.
4. You only have to maintain one set of spare units and spare parts for your entire network, for great cost sav-
ings and convenience.
5. All your alarms are in one common format. You dont have to use a confusion of multiple consoles and
multiple screens to monitor all your remote sites.
6. You only have to train your installation techs on one kind of remote.
7. Its easy to set up a standard set of alarms for each of your sites, further simplifying turn up and training.
And thats not all. Because of its multiple transport capability, the NetGuardian also supports applications for
bridging across multiple transports, and even strategies for protocol mediation and replacing legacy monitoring
equipment.
And dont forget, the NetGuardian 832A is a highly competent alarm collector, with unique capabilities no other
RTU can match.
This report details all the ways the NetGuardian brings back alarms, plus what these capabilities can mean for you
in terms of making your job easier and more effective.

Remote Site
With Serial Tranport

RS-232 202, FSK, RS-232

Alarm Collection Dial-up PPP Server LAN / WAN

The NetGuardian can report over 202, FSK, or RS-232 directly to T/Mon NOC, or over RS-232 or dial-up to a
PPP server.
Serial transport with dial-up backup
The NetGuardian supports LAN and dial-up transport as standard, but you can also order your NetGuardian with
an optional 202 modem, FSK modem, or RS-232 interface.
With these interfaces you can support dedicated circuits over copper or fiber and analog channels over analog or
digital radio.
With serial transport, you will most likely report alarms over DCPx protocol to the T/Mon NOC Remote Alarm
Monitoring System but the NetGuardian can send SNMP traps via PPP over RS-232.
Even if youre using a serial connection as your primary alarm reporting channel, the NetGuardians dial-up
modem can be a useful backup data path. If anything goes wrong with the serial connection, you can still receive
alarms via dial-up reporting.

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Remote Site
With Dial-Up Only PPP Server

Dial-up
Connection LAN / WAN

Alarm Collection

If only dial-up connections are available, the NetGuardian can report alarms via its internal 33.6K modem.

Dial-up only
If your remote sites are distant from both LAN and serial networks, the NetGuardian can report alarms over its
dial-up modem. Since dial-up connections can be expensive, the NetGuardian will only dial out when it has an
alarm to report.
The NetGuardian can report directly to T/Mon NOC using dial-up connections or, as shown in the diagram, the
NetGuardian can initiate a dial-up connection to a PPP server to report SNMP traps over LAN.
Primary
Connection

Remote Site

LAN / WAN

NetGuardian 832A
T/Mon NOC

Backup Dial-up PPP Server


Connection

In its standard configuration, the NetGuardian supports LAN transport with dial-up backup.

LAN with dial-up backup


Even when LAN is available, the NetGuardians support for multiple transports can come in handy. The
NetGuardians dial-up modem can serve as a back-up data path in case of LAN failure.
The NetGuardians dial-up modem can connect directly to T/Mon NOC to report alarms via DCPx or it can con-
nect to a PPP server to report SNMP traps to your SNMP manager.
Even if you think youll never use it, maintaining a backup data path is an essential best practice for truly reliable
network alarm monitoring.

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Migration
The NetGuardian is the ideal RTU for networks in transition. If you need to install network alarm monitoring now,
but you know your data transport is going to change, the NetGuardian is the right choice. You can use one remote
now and far into the future, without having to pay twice for the same capabilities.
In the diagram shown, the NetGuardian first supports serial or dial-up connection. Then when LAN is installed at
the site, all you have to do is plug a standard Ethernet cable into the NetGuardians standard 10BaseT port.
You can then turn the serial channel down, or maintain the dial-up connection as a backup data path.

Remote Sites

LAN / WAN

Bridge NetGuardian
T/Mon NOC

Serial
Connections

The NetGuardian can also serve as a LAN/serial bridge.

Bridging
The NetGuardian also serves well in complex networks, where different transports are available at different sites.
A client had a LAN connection available between his T/Mon master and most of his NetGuardian RTUs. But there
were also segments of his network where only serial connections were available.
In the illustration shown of this clients application, one NetGuardian is configured as a bridge to sites with serial
transport. NetGuardians at remote sites are linked via serial connection to the bridge NetGuardians serial ports.
The bridge NetGuardian collects alarms from the serial RTUs and reports via LAN to T/Mon NOC and/or an
SNMP manager.

Migration with legacy replacement


The NetGuardian is also the ideal RTU for controlled migration from legacy remotes.
The illustration shown here is based on the network configuration of a client who uses legacy Pulsecom Datalok
RTUs to monitor old analog microwave radio sites. Before the client upgraded his network monitoring, the
Dataloks reported to a legacy master.
New digital microwave sites were being added to the network. DPS Telecom designed a comprehensive legacy
migration solution:
The old legacy master was replaced with a T/Mon system equipped with the Pulsecom Datalok Interrogator soft-
ware module. The Pulsecom units now report directly to the T/Mon on an overhead channel on the analog
microwave.
At the new digital microwave sites, NetGuardian 832A RTUs are installed. The NetGuardians also report to the
T/Mon via LAN over the digital radio.
If a Pulsecom unit breaks down, its replaced with a new NetGuardian unit that can report over the same overhead
channel the Pulsecom used.

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The NetGuardian 832A monitors 32 discrete alarms and 8 analog alarms, pings 32 network elements, controls 8
relays, provides LAN reach through access to 8 serial ports, and reports via SNMP or DCPx, e-mail, or pagers.

Full Capabilities of the NetGuardian 832A


Versatile and Capable Alarm Collection for SNMP or T/Mon NOC
High Capacity: 32 discrete alarms (expandable to 176), 32 PING alarms, 8 analog alarms, 8 controls, and
8 serial ports
Reports alarms via SNMP or DCPx
Reports alarms to multiple SNMP managers or T/Mon Remote Alarm Monitoring System
NEBS-Level III certified
8 terminal server ports provide multiple user LAN-based reach through access to PBXs, switches, and any
other device with a craft port or serial only interface.
Alternate dial-up reporting path in case of primary communication path failure
Configure and monitor via Web browser
E-mail and pager notifications
Free lifetime firmware upgrades
Free Windows-based utility for off-site editing and remote provisioning via LAN
Multiple customization and expansion options
Integrate with the Building Access System
Add sensors for temperature, humidity, etc.
Integrate site video surveillance into the NetGuardian web interface to help confirm alarms and increase
site security.
The NetGuardian hinged back panel accessories provide alternatives for wiring your alarm points. Wire
wrap, screw-lug terminations, and punch block are some of the wiring options available.
Multi-layer, multi-user, multi-privilege security system.

For full details on the NetGuardian, visit our Web site at:
http://www.dpstele.com/products/ne/netguardian/

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Connector Connector
for Optional for
External Sensor NetGuardian Optional
Grounding Post Sensor Fuse Power Feed Terminal Server Ports Expansion GLD

Dual Power 1 Amp Temp Sensor Analogs 78 Analogs 16, Relays 18, Discretes 124 Telco Ethernet
Feeds GMT Fuse and Discretes 2532 Jack Jack

Rear panel of the NetGuardian 832A.

NetGuardian 832A Specifications


Protocols: SNMP and DCPx
Optional Serial Interface: 202 modem, FSK modem or RS-232
Discrete Inputs: 32 (expandable see options)
Alarm Detection Speed: User-defined (3 to 999 msec)
Analog Inputs: 8
Analog Input Range: (94 to 94 VDC or 4 to 20 mA)
Control Outputs: 8 Form C relay contacts
Max Voltage: 60 VDC/120 VAC
Max Current: 1 Amp, AC/DC
IP Address Ping Targets: 32
Interfaces: 8 DB9 RS-232 ports, 1 RJ45 10BaseT Ethernet port, 1 RJ11 POTS jack, 2 50-pin connectors
(discretes, controls, and analogs), 1 DB9 connector (analogs)
Modem: 33.6K internal
Visual Interface: LCD display with descriptive text. 16 bicolor LEDs
Audio: Alarm speaker
Dimensions: 1.75"H x 17"W x 12"D (4.5 cm x 43.2 cm x 30.5 cm)
Weight: 4 lbs. 3 oz. (1.9 kg)
Mounting: 19" or 23" rack
Power Input: 48VDC (40 to 70 VDC)
Current Draw: 200mA
Fuse: 1 Amp GMT
Operating Temperature: 32140 F (060 C)
Operating Humidity: 0%-95% noncondensing

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DPS Telecom Guarantees Your Success or Your Money Back


Youre never taking any risk when you purchase the NetGuardian 832A from DPS Telecom. The NetGuardian is
backed by a two-year hardware warranty and a 30-day, no-risk, money-back guarantee. Test the NetGuardian
at your site for 30 days. If youre dissatisfied for any reason, just send it back for a full refund.

What to Do Next
If you need an RTU that can handle multiple transports and can adapt to your changing network, you need to get
the full facts about the NetGuardian 832A.
Get the information you need register now for a free, live Web demonstration the NetGuardian. Theres no obli-
gation to buy no high-pressure salesmen just straightforward information to help you make the best decision
about your network monitoring. Youll get complete information on hardware, firmware, specific applications,
specifications, features and benefits . . . plus you'll be able to ask questions and get straight answers.
Call 1-800-622-3314 today to schedule your free Web demo of SNMP monitoring solutions or
register on the Web at http://www.dpstele.com/offer/rtu_web_demo_signup.php.

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