Updating RTU configuration - Grid automation - User Manual - ARM600 M2M Gateway - Arctic series - 5.0 - IEC - ANSI - 22.06.2023

ARM600 User Manual

The RTU configuration in Arctic devices can be updated with Arctic Patrol. ARM600 can keep multiple revisions of an RTU configuration with a specific name. Any old revision can be restored.

  1. On the left pane of ARM600's WHMI, under the Arctic Patrol menu, select Profiles.

    The RTU section on the Profiles page shows how many RTU configurations are available.

  2. Click Edit to proceed.

    The following page lists the RTU configurations available in ARM600.

    Figure 1. Available RTU configurations

  3. Update the configurations in one of the alternative ways.
    • Add a configuration by clicking the Add new button on the page with the available RTU configurations.
      Give a name to the configuration and save it in INI file format by clicking Save.
      Note: Only the following characters are accepted in the name of an RTU configuration.
      • Numbers 0-9
      • Letters a-z, A-Z
      • Special characters .-
    • Click the notepad icon on the right to edit the latest configuration revision.

      A new revision is saved. Every revision has an MD5 checksum so that it can be verified.

      Note: If a configuration with the specified name is not found, a new configuration with that name is created with revision 1.
    • Edit an older configuration revision by clicking the link n older (n being the number of older revisions available) in the column Revision.

      This displays all the revisions of the configuration.

    • Delete the latest configuration revision.

      In the list of RTU configurations, click the trashcan icon.

    • Delete the whole configuration by clicking the trashcan icon for each revision.
  4. Send the finished RTU configuration to the Arctic device(s).
    CAUTION: When updating the RTU configuration of an Arctic device using Patrol, all the available RTU configurations on the device will be overwritten.
    1. On the left pane under the Arctic Patrol menu, select Management.
    2. Select RTU Configuration Update under Tools.
    3. On the next page, review the compatible devices selected and click Next.
    4. Select the appropriate RTU configuration from the list displayed and click Next.
    5. Select the revision of the RTU configuration and click the Send configuration button.
    6. Reboot the Arctic device to activate the RTU configuration.