Our basic GW3 design took the approach that one size does not fit all. Almost every sub system in GW3 is modularized to give it ultimate flexibility. You do not have to grow modules linearly. Some features can reside on some work stations, configured as Technical Operators, while others can choose modules to be more Operations type locations. Modules do not necessarily need to reside on the same PC if there is adequate LAN bandwidth between the modules. The largest consumer of CPU resources is the GW3-ARCHiver. If this option is not purchased, a large number of systems and/or modules can be operated from one single machine. Likewise, if the GW3-ARCHiver is relegated to its own server, many other modules can cohabitate on a single PC. All of this flexibility does add to complexity. Genesis is attempting to create a web based product configuration tool to help manage this.
Having said all of that, for Motorola, we have taken a 'simple is better' approach with the Commander Series and the other GenWatch3 bundles. Everyone will agree that there are likely hundreds of variations of SIMSII, SIP and Site Lens installations. Various options, distribution of modules, etc. To spend the time and money to chase down all of the permutations that will exist seemed to be the wrong approach. We have decided to build THREE Commander packages that will encompass all of the possible options that we will face in the field. These are easy replacements for SIMSII and SIP. We have also created bundles like GW3-SW that will replace 98% of the SystemWatch installations. The GW3-SL bundle replaces the most COMMON Site Lens configurations, but not all. The GW3-GSP is a bundle that has ultimate flexibility to be configured almost any way you want. Obviously, the GW3-GSP is more complicated.
GenWatch3® Commander Host Bundle
(Replacement for SIMSII Server)
The GenWatch3®
Commander Host Bundle (GW3-HO1-B) is only available from Motorola. It is a specially priced bundle of
all GW3 modules necessary to make sure we have covered all SIMSII
options. For a detailed look at what this includes click here. As
purchased, GW3-HO1-B will come installed and semi-configured on an
HP xw4600 computer. We say semi-configured at this stage since at
this time we are not totally sure about what information we will
receive with the order. The more information we receive, the more we
can pre-configure your machine. Our goal is to have this as close to
a 'plug and play' as possible. Obviously, there will be differences
since you will be moving from older VME Unix technology with serial
'dumb' terminals to modern Windows and Windows networking machines. You might like to look at our Installation Planning page for more details.
The Commander Host comes with all of the interfaces for all of the
modules, as well as all of the 'behind the scenes' engines. The customer
supplied RF-modems
and RIMIIs are connected to the Host along with CAD connections (if
applicable) and
External Alarms (click on the diagram at the right to see this in
graphic form). This means that from the keyboard, mouse and monitor that
is attached to the GenWatch3® Commander Host, you can actually operate
the GenWatch3® software. We HIGHLY recommend that if you are going to do
a lot of reporting that you use the power of your existing LAN to move
the SQL database, after all of your rebanding has settled down, to a
separate machine. The best location would be where the customer's other
databases are centrally housed and backed up. To be clear, there is no
problem keeping the SQL database on the Host and running the reports
from the Host. There is an additional level of data security when the
GW3 Commander database in relocated. Contact Genesis directly for more
information on this.
Host - Basic View
Host with CADI & EA
Host with CADI, EA & Clients
Host with Clients & SMT access
Hardware Specifications for GenWatch3® Host Configuration
GW3-HO1-B will be supplied with the hardware listed below. It
is possible in some special cases to supply your own hardware as long as it meets or
exceeds the specifications below. It will be the responsibility of the customer’s IT department to meet or exceed these
specifications. The elements that you might like to improve on would
be RAM, HD capacity and the monitor. You can certainly increase any or all of
these with no impact on the GW3 performance. The video card that we
are supplying can easily support a second monitor. While we are only
supplying a single 20" monitor, you can supply your own additional monitor
and/or a larger monitor to increase the viewing area. It should be
noted that adding a second monitor is not certified by Motorola. The customer should use their best judgment just as they do with other IT purchases to procure the machine that will work best for them now and in the foreseeable future. For the customer to obtain a Genesis hardware configuration certification, the Genesis Hardware Certification (GW3-HWCERT) can be purchased directly from Genesis.
GenWatch3 Commander Host Hardware Specifications
HP xw4600 Workstation
20-inch LP2065 Flat Panel Monitor
(Genesis reserves the right to substitute with a better monitor)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional 32-bit (SP 2)
HP xw4600 US Localization kit
Intel® Pentium® D 840 3.2GHz/1MB cache, 800FSB, dual-core
nVidia Quadro NVS 285 128M PCI-E (while we are certifying the
use of only one monitor, this card will handle two monitors).
2GB DDR2-667 ECC
HP 80GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 10k RPM (1st)
HP 48X CD-ROM (1st)
HP 16X DVD+/-RW, DL, LightScribe - 2nd
No Floppy Disk option
HP Standard keyboard
HP Scroll mouse
Microsoft® Office 2007 Basic (Win XP 32-bit O/S only)
3/3/3 (parts/labor/next business day on-site) limited warranty
HP Silver Flat Panel Speaker Bar
1 Serial Port Standard, #2 is
Optional but MUST be added
2 RF-modems
and 2 RIMIIs
(Optional customer provided)
Network
connectivity hardware such as cables and hubs
(Optional customer provided)
Printer and
associated cables
(Suggested)
1500KVA UPS
INSTALLATION NOTES: Going
from a VME based SIMSII to a Windows XP Pro based machine is a
huge leap, but it is a leap in a direction that should make your
life easier and better. Here are some things to be aware:
Connection to the RIMII will
remain RS232.
Your RF-modem will need to
be upgraded to include the rebanding band plan firmware.
CAD CONNECTIONS: If you have
CAD systems connected to your SIMSII, connecting them to the
GW3 Host should be only a matter of changing the gender of
the cable.
TERMINALS: Previously any
terminals attached to the SIMSII VME were 'dumb' terminals
and were connected (if local) via RS232. If the terminals
were remote, they used a modem. Your GW3 Host will be
connected via Ethernet TCP/IP to your LAN. GW3 Client
machines will also be connected to the same LAN.
* Pertaining to L3561A / GW3 Host Computer:
A Second NIC is needed in each GW3 Host machine. This is to accommodate the EFJ RF-modem Topaz interface from the radio to the PC. This will be installed as a card and clearly marked as the Input for the EFJ Radio. We also supply a RJ45 Crossover Cable to connect the radio to this port. Even if we transition back to an RS232 connection from the radio to the PC in the future, we will leave this second NIC in the machine. The native Ethernet connection in each machine will be used for possible connection to a customer’s LAN and/or Internet.
GW3-Host Hardware
GW3 Host with 20" monitor that will ship with the bundle
GW3 Host with hardware components labeled
GW3 Host with customer supplied optional second 20" monitor
GenWatch3® Commander Client Bundle
The
GenWatch3® Commander Client Bundle (GW3-CL1-B) is similar to the Host,
but with fewer required software pieces and less hardware. In the SIMSII
world, there were 'dumb' terminals that communicated with the SIMSII
server via RS232 (or modem for remote terminals). In the GW3 world, these will be workstations that
communicate over the customer's LAN via TCP/IP. All of the live
information that is viewed on a GW3 Client machine will come from the
GW3 Host. All reports that are run from Client machines will 'look' to
the SQL database that resides on the Host. The Host bundle comes to the
customer allowing up to 24 Client connections.
Hardware Specification for
GenWatch3®
Client Configuration
GW3-CL1-B will be supplied with the hardware listed below. It
is possible in special conditions to supply your own hardware as long as it meets or
exceeds the specifications below. It will be the responsibility of the customer’s IT department to meet or exceed these
specifications. The elements that you might like to improve on would
be RAM, HD capacity and the monitor. Do note that the HD on the
client machine has very little function since it is not storing the
historical control channel data. That is done on the Host machine. You can certainly increase any or all of
these with no impact on the GW3 performance. The video card that we
are supplying can easily support a second monitor. While we are only
supplying a single 20" monitor, you can supply your own additional monitor
and/or a larger monitor to increase the viewing area. It should be noted that adding a second monitor is not
certified by Motorola. The customer should use their best judgment just as they do with other IT purchases to procure the machine that will work best for them now and in the foreseeable future. For the customer to obtain a Genesis hardware configuration certification, the Genesis Hardware Certification (GW3-HWCERT) can be purchased directly from Genesis.
HP xw4600 Workstation
20-inch LP2065 Flat Panel Monitor
(Genesis reserves the right to substitute with a better monitor)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional 32-bit (SP 2)
HP xw4600 US Localization kit
Intel® Pentium® D 840 3.2GHz/1MB cache, 800FSB, dual-core
nVidia Quadro NVS 285 128M PCI-E (while we are certifying the
use of only one monitor, this card will handle two monitors).
2GB DDR2-667 ECC
HP 80GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 10k RPM (1st)
HP 48X CD-ROM (1st)
HP 16X DVD+/-RW, DL, LightScribe - 2nd
No Floppy Disk option
HP tandard keyboard
HP Scroll mouse
Microsoft® Office 2007 Basic (Win XP 32-bit O/S only)
3/3/3 (parts/labor/next business day on-site) limited warranty
HP Silver Flat Panel
Speaker Bar
1 Serial Port Standard, #2 is
Optional
6 USB Ports
Integrated Sound Card
Integrated NIC
1 Additional NIC Card
Additionally: USRobotics Performance Pro
56K Modem – (Can be purchased from HP)
pcAnywhere® v11
(Optional) Network
connectivity hardware such as cables and hubs
(Optional) Printer and
associated cables
(Suggested) 1500KVA UPS
INSTALLATION NOTES: Going
from UNIX 'dumb' terminals or PCs running Procomm on your SIMSII to a Windows XP Pro based machine is a
huge leap, but it is a leap in a direction that should make your
life easier and better.The SIMSII terminals were simply screens
and keyboards that allowed you to run SIMSII 'sessions' that
actually ran on the host. In GW3 Commander world, your GW3
Commander Client is actually doing much more work. Here are some things to be aware of-
The GW3 Commander Client is
connected to the GW3 commander Host via the customers
existing TCP/IP LAN. Bandwidth requirements are rather
minimal for each terminal. Genesis can assist with the
calculation of these requirements.
There is no RF-modem/RIMII
at any client. All data is fed to it from the Host machine.
There is no CADI port
connection, no External alarm (EA) box and no SMT connection
from and client machine.
If you want to run EzSaveWin
from a client machine (for SMT communications), you will use
the pcAnywhere connection to internally contact the Host
machine in order to rin EzSaveWin from there. BE AWARE: Any
applications taht are open on the Host machine by a
supervisor, WILL be available to anyone that is remotely
logging in via pcAnywhere.
All reports can be run from
any GW3 Client machine. The reports access the SQL data file
that is located on the GW3 Host machine via the network, and
the results of their queries are displayed in the GW3 Excel
reports on the Client machine. As such, they can be
manipulated, viewed and printed from the Client machines.
GW3-Client Hardware
GenWatch3® Commander LE Bundle (Replacement for SIP)
LE stands for Limited Edition. SIP
was a DOS based software that was a 'subset' of SIMSII. That means
that it could only do some of the commands that a SIMSII could do.
You can see the set of commands that GW3-LE can do in detail by clicking here.
Hardware Specification for
GenWatch3® LE Configuration
GW3-LE1-B will be supplied with the hardware listed below. It
is possible to supply your own hardware as long as it meets or
exceeds the specifications below. It will be the responsibility of the customer’s IT department to meet or exceed these
specifications. The elements that you might like to improve on would
be RAM, HD capacity and the monitor. Please note that to supply the
nearest 'equivalent facility' we are restricting the size of the
historical control channel data in the LE bundle to 2Gb. You can certainly increase any or all of
these with no impact on the GW3 performance. The video card that we
are supplying can easily support a second monitor. While we are only
supplying a single 20" monitor, you can supply your own additional monitor
and/or a larger monitor to increase the viewing area. It should be noted that adding a second monitor is not
certified by Motorola. The customer should use their best judgment just as they do with other IT purchases to procure the machine that will work best for them now and in the foreseeable future. For the customer to obtain a Genesis hardware configuration certification, the Genesis Hardware Certification (GW3-HWCERT) can be purchased
directly from Genesis.
GenWatch3® Commander LE Hardware Specifications
HP xw4600 Workstation
20-inch LP2065 Flat Panel Monitor
(Genesis reserves the right to substitute with a better monitor)
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional 32-bit (SP 2)
HP xw4600 US Localization kit
Intel® Pentium® D 840 3.2GHz/1MB cache, 800FSB, dual-core
nVidia Quadro NVS 285 128M PCI-E (while we are certifying the
use of only one monitor, this card will handle two monitors).
2GB DDR2-667 ECC
HP 80GB SATA 3Gb/s NCQ 10k RPM (1st)
HP 48X CD-ROM (1st)
HP 16X DVD+/-RW, DL, LightScribe - 2nd
No Floppy Disk option
HP Standard keyboard
HP Scroll mouse
Microsoft® Office 2007 Basic (Win XP 32-bit O/S only)
3/3/3 (parts/labor/next business day on-site) limited warranty
HP Silver Flat Panel
Speaker Bar
1 Serial Port Standard, #2 is
Optional but MUST be added
6 USB Ports
Integrated Sound Card
Integrated NIC
1 Additional NIC Card
Additionally: USRobotics Performance Pro
56K Modem – (Can be purchased from HP)
pcAnywhere® v11
External Alarm Hardware (OnTrak
ADU208)
(CUSTOMER PROVIDED) 2 RF-modems
and 2 RIMIIs
(Optional) Network
connectivity hardware such as cables and hubs
(Optional) Printer and
associated cables
(Suggested) 1500KVA UPS
INSTALLATION NOTES: Going
from a DOS based SIP to a Windows XP Pro based machine is a
leap, but it is a leap in a direction that should make your
life easier and better. Most of you have done this over the
years with other software so it should come naturally. Here are some things to be aware of-
Connection to the RIMII will
remain RS232.
Your RF-modem will need to
be upgraded to include the rebanding band plan firmware.
TERMINALS: SIP was sold as
being ONLY stand alone. LE is also bundled this way. Your LE
will have all of the hardware pieces to allow it to expand
and allow Client terminals to be connected. All you will
need is to purchase the correct licensing from Genesis or
Motorola and you will be able to expand your LE
capabilities. It is expected that this increase will
not be directly covered by Sprint Nextel.
