
GRYPHON®
Table of Contents
Contents
Safety First ..........................................................................................................................................................4
1.
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................5
1.1 Document organization ..........................................................................................................................6
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................................................................................7
1.3 Technical support.......................................................................................................................................7
1.4 Future document updates ......................................................................................................................7
1.5 Related documents.................................................................................................................................8
2.
Hardware Overview ................................................................................................................................9
2.1 S4 hardware Specifications ....................................................................................................................9
2.2 Power Connection Options..................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 External Hardware................................................................................................................................11
2.4 Internal Hardware .................................................................................................................................16
3.
Website Overview.................................................................................................................................19
3.1 Main Page ............................................................................................................................................19
3.2 Configuration ........................................................................................................................................20
3.3 Modules/Pinouts ...................................................................................................................................29
3.4 Info/Stats ..............................................................................................................................................30
3.5 Channels ..............................................................................................................................................31
3.6 Documentation .....................................................................................................................................33
3.7 Utilities ..................................................................................................................................................33
4.
Configuring the Network Connection....................................................................................................34
4.1 Connection to the PC ...........................................................................................................................34
4.2 Default IP address ................................................................................................................................35
4.3 Configuring the IP Address ..................................................................................................................35
5.
On-board Utilities..................................................................................................................................38
5.1 Using a Web browser to modify the S4’s TCP/IP parameters ............................................................38
6.
Communication Interface .....................................................................................................................40
6.1 General overview of Gryphon Communication Protocol ......................................................................40
6.2 GC frames ............................................................................................................................................41
6.3 Gryphon time and timestamps .............................................................................................................41
6.4 Channel speed .....................................................................................................................................42
6.5 Message filtering ..................................................................................................................................42
6.6 Message scheduling.............................................................................................................................43
6.7 Message responders ............................................................................................................................44
Appendix A – TCP/IP Settings: DHCP or Static................................................................................................45
A.1 Definitions.............................................................................................................................................45
A.2 Configure the PC Network Settings......................................................................................................47
A.3 Configure the PC Network Settings......................................................................................................49
A.4 What Ethernet cable should I use? ......................................................................................................50
A.5 Other Utilities ........................................................................................................................................50